Post-topographic anatomy is about keeping bodily stuff intact rather than dissecting it to construct discrete anatomical structures. Historically, anatomical dissection […]
When anatomy obscures embodiment
Western notions of the body are dominated by increasingly reductive approaches to anatomy, physiology and neurobiology. This enterprise has lead […]
Causal morphogenisis
CAUSAL MORPHOGENESIS – A DYNAMIC DEFINITION OF STRUCTURE Nobel prize winner Ludwig van Bertalanffy was strongly opposed to applying a […]
Biomechanical boogie men
STRUCTURAL-BIOMECHANICAL CARICATURES A purely biomechanical rendering of the human musculoskeletal system and posture is misleading and deficient, it neglects many […]
Elements of posture
EVOLUTIONARY CONSIDERATIONS Postural schema and movement patterns are interdependent. Movement enables the ontogenetic (developmental) transformation and adaptation of posture – […]
LSE & polyvagal regulation
Long smooth exhalations (LSE) regulate and tune the autonomic nervous system. Long smooth exhalations also positively influence our social engagement […]
The Salutogenic Effect
The Salutogenic Effect or Salutogenesis is a term developed by Aaron Antonovsky, a professor of medical sociology. His focus was […]
Breathing, oscillations and entrainment
Oscillations, in biological systems and organisms, are present at all scales and can be observed right down to the sub-cellular […]
Breathing & functional overlap
Functional overlap is an organisational principle found within all biological systems and organisms. A feature of this is functional redundancy, […]