The Memory Palace of Bones: Exploring Embodiment Through the Skeletal System

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The Memory Palace of Bones: Exploring Embodiment Through the Skeletal System is an unprecedented exploration of the anatomy of the bones of the body, and a unique set of reflections on the role each individual bone plays in our lives, looking at both its physical and energetic contributions. Written and presented in an imaginative and highly readable style, the book describes each individual bone and, where appropriate, the surrounding joints. It combines the anatomical expertise of the authors with their appreciation for the beauty of the body, presenting a unique perspective that values extensive clinical expertise as well as imagination as a source of wisdom and depth. Seeing and discussing bones as a wisdom source is a topic that until now has never been systematically covered. The Memory Palace of Bones will be read and treasured by practitioners and students of massage therapy, bodywork, movement professionals, Zero Balancers, chiropractors, osteopaths, Rolfers, body-centered psychotherapists, students and teachers of yoga, performing artists and other health professionals as well as by laymen wanting a greater understanding of and connection to their bodies. The Memory Palace of Bones Cover Of related interest Title Page Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Gil Hedley Important Note to Readers Introduction:Welcome to the Memory Palace! 1. In the Beginning Are the Feet 2. The Song of the Brother and Sister in Your Leg:Tibia and Fibula 3. A Life in the Groove: Being Patella 4. The Alpha and Omega of the Femur 5. The Pelvis and Its Wings 6. The Sacrum and Coccyx: Portal to the Lower and Higher Ground 7. The Karma of the Lumbar Vertebrae 8. Thoracic Visions 9. The Sternum: Blade and Flower 10. The Trimtab of the Xiphoid Process 11. The Ribs: 24 Ways to Say the Heart is My Home 12. The Scapula: Wisdom in the Wings 13. The Clavicles: Keys to the Shoulder Girdles 14. The Humerus and Social Engagement 15. Forearms with a River Flowing Between Two Bones: Radius and Ulna 16. The Light in the Hands and the Carpal Tunnel 17. The Seven Beauties of the Neck: Lower Cervicals, Axis, and Atlas 18. Mandible and Maxilla: What These Bones Tell Us 19. Yoga and the Zygomatic Bone 20. Visions of the Cranium 21. The Frontal Bone—Doorway to the Inner and Outer Worlds 22. The Sphenoid: Wasp or Butterfly? 23. Blessed Are the Soundmakers 24. Occipital Dreams Bibliography Subject Index Author Index