Groove: A Phenomenology of Rhythmic Nuance
Rhythmic interaction binds individuals together into cooperative communities.
Shahram Heshmat • Four Ways Music Strengthens Social Interactions
Moshe Feldenkrais liked to speak about how to find “elegance” in movement, and he didn’t mean ornamentation, but rather an easy attention and reversibility. What goes away from a referenced point returns easily. These are all matters of moving consciously.
Karin Rugman • Moving Consciously: Somatic Transformations through Dance, Yoga, and Touch
The spinal engine theory put forward by Serge Gracovetsky, PhD, is explained and illustrated in very accessible form in Erik Dalton’s book The Dynamic Body (Erik Dalton, The Dynamic Body, Freedom from Pain
Joanne Avison • Yoga: Fascia, Anatomy and Movement: Fascia, Form and Functional Movement
Listening to music is not just auditory and emotional, it is motoric as well: “We listen to music with our muscles,” as Nietzsche wrote. We keep time to music,