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Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery

By: Eric Franklin
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Human Kinetics Europe Ltd
ISBN: 0873224752
ISBN-13: 9780873224758
Released: 17 Oct 1996
RRP: £17.99
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Brilliant! - By: , 17 May 2005
I love this book. As a yoga teacher & teacher trainer I find the techniques he uses invaluable for helping students work into postures, & for offering teachers ways to think about the energy movement within posture. For personal use the text is also helpful in guiding more delicate alignment & in engaging the mind with the body's work. I'd strongly recommend this book to anyone working with yoga, pilates or similar body alignment techniques.
Franklin strongly based on Sweigard - By: , 10 Dec 2001
Franklin offers a second version on Sweigard's (1974) ideokinesis. Especiallly useful are his illustrations & psychological mentionings from child psychology.
He fails to mention important scientific reserach by Hanrahan on this topic. After thorough explanations I desired often a summary & guidance what to do with the presented knowledge & why it was important, eg. exercises are often given without explaining their practical usage.

I find his approach quite based in Western dance tradition & Western philosophical context.

Nevertheless his book is an essential introduction to a revolutionary way of thinking through instruction.