Fabric of Wholeness - Carol Agneessens

A Rolfing trainer and practitioner for twenty-four years, especially interested in the body's natural wisdom, presents a unique and original inquiry into the nature of gravity and gravity's influence on human movement potential. The easy-to-read book links physics, human physiology, somatics, and Eastern understandings of underlying unity, bridging theory and practice with examples like the victories of a 1996 Olympic gold medallist who coupled his natural biological intelligence with an embodied understanding of Einstein's theory of relativity. Gravity influences our muscle tone, posture, and core expression. It underlies our deepest experience of security, gives us a sense of place, ground, bonding with the earth. Through experiential dialogues, Agneessens draws readers into the body to view the pulsating and vital interplay. She concludes that gravity is fundamental to the development of biological intelligence -- the glue that holds together and organises our fabric of wholeness.