Thinking Body, Dancing Mind

Thinking Body, Dancing Mind
Author: Chungliang Al Huang
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2009-07-29
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0307568393

Why fight your way to the top when you can rise to it? Let go of the obsession to win—and you will be victorious. Acknowledge your vulnerabilities—and turn them into strengths. Find the courage to risk failure—and begin your journey to success. That is the secret of the TaoAthlete, and in this remarkable book t'ai chi expert Chungliang Al Huang and renowned professional and Olympic sports psychologist Jerry Lynch teach you the time-honored principles of successful performance—whether on the playing field, in the office, or in your relationships. By mastering the unique strategies and mental exercises of the TaoAthelete, you'll unlock the extraordinary powers of body, mind, and spirit that will lead you to victory in any field of endeavor. Praise for Thinking Body, Dancing Mind “This gives you a positive mental perspective and provides good focus for your mind—unconscious and conscious.”—Phil Jackson, coach of the Los Angeles Lakers “Warning: If you're completely content with your life, don't read this book. But if you'd like to break through to higher levels of performance, understanding, and happiness . . . this book is magic.”—Larry Dossey, M.D., author of Meaning & Medicine and Healing Words “In six months my level of performance has grown more than in the previous ten years of athletic training. Using Taoist principles of performance has pushed me to levels I never dreamed possible.”—Steven Gottlieb, all-American 1989 NCAA Tennis Division III champion “Bringing Eastern thought to the Western world of sport really works. . . . My game has improved immensely.”—Vince Stroth, offensive guard, Houston Oilers, NFL “The Tao is responsible for me turning my life around, athletically and personally. I am now able to believe in myself and perform to my capability.”—Regina Jacobs, U.S. Olympic Track Team

Dancing Mindfulness

Dancing Mindfulness
Author: Jamie Marich, PhD, LPCC-S
Publisher: SkyLight Paths Publishing
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2015-10-28
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1594736014

This lively, passionate approach to moving meditation offers a fresh way to embrace mindfulness. It weaves together personal stories, therapeutic insights, practical skills and opportunities for reflection and practice to provide a gateway to spiritual growth, a path to more balanced living, a healing experience and ignition for your creativity.

Ballerina Body

Ballerina Body
Author: Misty Copeland
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2017-03-23
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0751565652

In her first health and fitness book, celebrated ballerina Misty Copeland shows you how to find the motivation to get healthier and stronger, and how to refine the body you were born with to be lean, strong and flexible, with step-by-step advice, meal plans, workout routines and words of inspiration. Misty offers her own time-tested, ballet-inspired movements that are perfect for women who want to lengthen and strengthen, but don't want to run a marathon or lift weights. She also demonstrates the floor exercises that helped maintain her own ballerina body while recovering from an injury. Misty's eating plan focuses on vegetables, fruits, plant fats, animal proteins and beneficial oils - all of which keep her energetic and in top shape. With simple and delicious recipes for Granola, Spinach and Goat Cheese Salad, Quick Salsa Chili, and even a Ballerina Smoothie, you'll be satisfied and happy while getting leaner. To keep you motivated, Misty gives tips and words of encouragement on persevering even when you may want to give up, including a peek into her personal journal, to inspire you and help you stay on the road to your own ballerina body.

Sister-In-Law Free with Wife

Sister-In-Law Free with Wife
Author: Farokh Rustomji Kharas
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2012-04
Genre:
ISBN: 1467024589

Sister-in-law free with wife is a comedy novel. Quick Dollars is a man who wants to earn dollars the easy way by fooling people. He has a servant name Cents. Quick Dollars gives Cents all the dirty work and problems of his life, who handles it in a comical way. Quick Dollars is trapped by a girl name Penny Wise. Quick Dollars marries Penny Wise by signing a document thinking he will get a sister-in-law free with his wife plus thousands of dollars. Penny Wise is a very cunning girl and she traps Quick Dollars to take care of her and her family. Penny Wise's family members are low down skunks. One after another, Penny Wise's family members come to visit Penny Wise and create havoc in Quick Dollars' life. Cents and Quick Dollars play tricks on them and drive the family members out of the house. Then Penny Wise thinks that she can't handle Quick Dollars, so she takes help of three ugly ladies who are their neighbors. The three ugly ladies, who are always hungry for dollars take help from a girl named Loose Knot to trap Quick Dollars in their web. The three ugly ladies and Loose Knot try to squeeze dollars out of Quick Dollars but..

Dancing with Jesus

Dancing with Jesus
Author: Sam Stall
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-10-09
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9780762444144

Are you cursed with two left feet? Are your dance moves unrighteous? Do you refrain from getting down lest others judge you cruelly? Fear not. Salvation is at hand. Singing hymns of praise is standard practice-now it's time to set your feet a-tapping with a collection of original dance moves inspired by Jesus and the likes of Moses and John the Baptist. Dances include: the Water Walk, the Temptation Tango, the Judas Hustle, and The Apostolic Conga. Each dance move is outlined with: how to, inspiration, and an illustration. Slyly irreverent but ultimately festive, Dancing with Jesus is illustrated in full color. Best of all, two of the dances are animated for full effect by a lenticular cover and last-spread finale, making this a truly one-of-a-kind novelty item! As the Bible says in Ecclesiastes, there is, "A time to weep, a time to laugh, a time to mourn, a time to dance."

Bodies of Sound

Bodies of Sound
Author: Susan C. Cook
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2016-04-08
Genre: Music
ISBN: 131717352X

From the ragtime one-step of the early twentieth century to the contemporary practices of youth club cultures, popular dance and music are inextricably linked. This collection reveals the intimate connections between the corporeal and the sonic in the creation, transmission and reception of popular dance and music, which is imagined here as ’bodies of sound’. The volume provokes a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary conversation that includes scholarship from Asia, Europe and the United States, which explores topics from the nineteenth century through to the present day and engages with practices at local, national and transnational levels. In Part I: Constructing the Popular, the authors explore how categories of popular music and dance are constructed and de-stabilized, and their proclivity to appropriate and re-imagine cultural forms and meanings. In Part II: Authenticity, Revival and Reinvention, the authors examine how popular forms produce and manipulate identities and meanings through their attraction to and departure from cultural traditions. In Part III: (Re)Framing Value, the authors interrogate how values are inscribed, silenced, rearticulated and capitalized through popular music and dance. And in Part IV: Politics of the Popular, the authors read the popular as a site of political negotiation and transformation.

Dance with the Dragon

Dance with the Dragon
Author: David Hagberg
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2007-09-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0765308347

The CIA is on edge. When the body of an agent ends up on the steps of the U.S. Embassy, the Agency must scramble to get a clue as to the mans involvement with the Chinese. Kirk McGarvey is asked to help figure out the connection between the two.

Will I Ever Dance Again

Will I Ever Dance Again
Author: Lisa Howell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2018-11-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9781790546770

Far too often dancers avoid getting a diagnosis for a foot injury because they are scared of being made to take time off from the thing that they love most - dance! The truth is that with a little creativity and knowledge of your anatomy, there is a huge amount of classwork you can do which will ensure you heal your injury properly, while improving other areas of your technique.This unique book teaches you everything a dancer or dance teacher needs to know about how to safely continue dance training while also dealing with a foot or ankle injury.This book does not replace the need for guidance of a qualified Medical Practitioner. It is essential to always get a correct diagnosis before commencing any rehabilitation program. However, this book is the perfect tool to help dancers integrate their injury rehab into a safe return to class.

From Ballroom to DanceSport

From Ballroom to DanceSport
Author: Caroline Joan S. Picart
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0791482413

Drawing on recent media portrayals and her own experience, author and dancer Caroline Joan S. Picart explores ballroom dancing and its more "sporty" equivalent, DanceSport, suggesting that they are reflective of larger social, political, and cultural tensions. The past several years have seen a resurgence in the popularity of ballroom dance as well as an increasing international anxiety over how and whether to transform ballroom into an Olympic sport. Writing as a participant-critic, Picart suggests that both are crucial sites where bodies are packaged as racialized, sexualized, nationalized, and classed objects. In addition, Picart argues, as the choreography, costuming, and genre of ballroom and DanceSport continue to evolve, these theatrical productions are aestheticized and constructed to encourage commercial appeal, using the narrative frame of the competitive melodrama to heighten audience interest.

Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet

Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet
Author: Gail Grant
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2012-04-30
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0486132862

From adagio to voyage, over 800 steps, movements, poses, and concepts are fully defined. A pronunciation guide and cross-references to alternate names for similar steps and positions also included.