Taking Root to Fly

by Irene Dowd Irene Dowd is the leading exponent of Mabel Todd's work. Dr. Feldenkrais highly recommended all of Dr. Todd's writings. Anyone interested in Feldenkrais Method, dance, or moving through life with ease should read this book. Not only does Irene Dowd write about functional anatomy in this text, but she teaches how to re-educate one’s body. For Feldenkrais Practitioners', this book is certain to influence your thinking about Functional Integration. "If I am touching someone else I will be able to feel their textures, the forces moving within them, instead of just the pressure of my own tight-held fingers indenting their skin. Something is exchanged through our nerve endings and we are both moved by each other." —Irene Dowd, "Taking Root To Fly" Dowd's writing helps Feldenkrais Practitioners, dancers and movers of all kinds understand how the body was designed to move efficiently and effortlessly when it is working within anatomical principles. The subjects of t