{"product_id":"9798889842019","title":"Pilates, Flow, and Healing: A Philosophical and Trauma-Informed Guide to Living the Method","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eWestin, Anna; Murray, Holly\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNorth Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\/19\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking reimagining of Classical Pilates as a pathway for trauma recovery and embodied integration—cultivate breath, touch, flow, and relational awareness for mind-body healing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePilates, Flow, and Healing \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a rigorous, embodied, and trauma-informed reframe of one of today’s most popular wellness methods. Drawing from thinkers like Merleau-Ponty, somatics pioneers like Peter Levine, and up-to-date neurobiological research, this book offers a profound path toward an embodied “Return to Life.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by academic-practitioner Anna Westin and Master Trainer Holly Murray, this pilates manual is the first to bridge the gap between the Classical Pilates Method, contemporary trauma theory, and somatics—and to show how Pilates helps trauma survivors heal through structured, developmental movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten for teachers, trainers, somatic therapists, trauma healers, and serious students of Pilates, this book is structured in three parts and explores:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe art of touch:\u003c\/b\u003e How to use containing touch, guiding and supporting touch, and invitational touch to cultivate somatic safety and relational repair in clients\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHow the Method regulates the nervous system\u003c\/b\u003e: Cueing conscious, structured movement to ground the body and restore the nervous system to its natural rhythms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFlow and neurobiology\u003c\/b\u003e: How the “sixth principle” of flow integrates body and mind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePractical aspects of Pilates for trauma survivors\u003c\/b\u003e: How the Method’s approaches to rhythmic breathing, spinal articulation, two-way stretching, and embodied biofeedback facilitate safety, agency, and autonomic regulation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers serious readers a deeply embodied approach to the Method that restores Pilates from pop-culture misconceptions to its original purpose: an effective path back to healing, recovery, and the powerhouse of the self.","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48412415459583,"sku":"9798889842019","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9798889842019_s600x595.png?v=1781542055","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9798889842019","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}