Bøger af Janet Adler

"Janet Adler's shaping of Authentic Movement is a significant response to a widely felt need for a spiritual practice that is both embodied and non-authoritarian. Offering from the Conscious Body gives a lucid description of each element of the discipline of Authentic Movement and its impact on the soul. It is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in this area of human development." --Don Hanlon Johnson, Ph.D., professor of Somatics, California Institute of lntegral Studies and author of Bone, Breath and Gesture: Practices of Embodiment "Janet Adler's Offering from the Conscious Body is an outstanding contribution--beautifully written, rich with information, scholarly, and deeply moving. Her definitive work on the origins, theory, and practice of Authentic Movement is a great gift t us all." --Joan Chodorow, Ph.D., author of Dance Therapy and Depth Psychology and editor of Jung on Active Imagination "A remarkably subtle guide to discovering who we are in the present moment through the spontaneous movements of our bodies." --Rosemarie Anderson, Ph.D., professor of Transpersonal Psychology, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology "Offering from the Conscious Body is a tour de force for exploring the further realms of our essential human development." --Sherry Ruth Anderson, Ph.D., coauthor of The Feminine Face of God and The Cultural Creatives "In the richness of her offering, Janet embodies the mystical journey present in all of humanity. Her writing inspires us from the soul of antiquity." --Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Founder and Educational Director, The School for Body-Mind Centering "An unusual book--a novel approach to self-discovery through movement and careful observation . . . a slowing down to step into Presence." --Edward Espe Brown, Zen priest and author of The Tassajara Bread Book

Arching Backward is the story of an American woman who found herself suddenly and violently immersed in a mystical initiation for which she was not consciously prepared. For four years, Janet Adler''s life was dominated by the transforming experience of a primal energy and the visions that were created by it. She was not seeking spiritual experience, nor was she a student of any particular mystical tradition. But the visions brought her into the realm of the sacred, transforming her body into a conduit for spiritual energy. The writings collected here record her visions and describe the way this contemporary woman dealt with the impact of this energy on her physical body, her work, and her relationships. Her story offers a guide for others on this journey and provides a powerful affirmation of women''s experience of the spirit.