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| Introduction |
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| Prologue: Beginning with Saline Fluid Resonance |
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11 | (4) |
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Engaging the Movement of Life: The Common Ground of Osteopathy and Continuum Movement |
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What Is Continuum Movement? |
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18 | (1) |
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Watery Motion: Rhythm, Speed, and Amplitude Variation |
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19 | (2) |
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The Movement of Breath and Sound |
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21 | (2) |
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The Primacy of Breath and Fluidity as More Than Mechanical Events |
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23 | (3) |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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Mutability: The Capacity to Change, Adapt, and Heal |
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28 | (2) |
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``Release'' Is Not a Goal |
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30 | (1) |
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The Body Is Primarily Fluid |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (3) |
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Fluid, Movement, and Health |
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34 | (2) |
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Developing a Sensory-Based Kinesthetic Vocabulary |
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36 | (1) |
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Experiencing Osteopathy in Continuum Practice |
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37 | (4) |
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Each of Us Is Our Own Healer |
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41 | (2) |
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The Dynamics of Attention |
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43 | (32) |
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Learning to Attend to Myself as Well as I Attend to Others |
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43 | (5) |
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The Philosophy of ``What Else...?'' |
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48 | (1) |
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Thinking Does Not Create Embodiment |
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49 | (3) |
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Inquiry about Relationships |
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52 | (2) |
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The Effects of Being Attentive |
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54 | (2) |
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56 | (2) |
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The Measurable and Immeasurable Aspects of Attention |
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58 | (4) |
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Concentrating versus Paying Attention |
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62 | (2) |
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Engaged Support versus Intervention |
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64 | (3) |
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Utilizing a Map to Explore the Territory |
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67 | (2) |
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Open Attention and the Tempo of Silent-Felt Listening |
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69 | (1) |
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Language, Belief, Attention, and Perception |
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70 | (3) |
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The Value of Embodied Information |
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73 | (1) |
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Attention as a Portal to the Mystery |
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73 | (2) |
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The Nature of Water in the Living Human Body |
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The Indirect Answer That Fueled My Inquiry |
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76 | (2) |
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Fresh Water and Salt Water Distribution in the Body and on Earth |
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78 | (1) |
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Interesting Properties of Water |
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79 | (2) |
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The Natural Characteristics of Moving Water |
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81 | (5) |
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86 | (5) |
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The Saline Fluids of the Body |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (2) |
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Self-Care Using Water and Its Vital Qualities |
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94 | (4) |
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Water as a Conduit for Information Transfer |
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98 | (1) |
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Material Characteristics of CSF, the Body's Fresh Water |
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99 | (6) |
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Nonmaterial Characteristics of CSF |
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105 | (6) |
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Health and the Expression of Fluidity |
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111 | (5) |
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The Embryonic Field and Healing |
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116 | (15) |
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The Literal and Archetypal Embryo |
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116 | (1) |
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Embryonic Field Influence in Children and Adults |
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117 | (2) |
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An Overview of Conception and Implantation |
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119 | (1) |
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The Emergence of the Midline |
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120 | (3) |
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123 | (2) |
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Questioning Stem Cell Research |
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125 | (2) |
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Embryonic Field Considerations in Diagnosis and Treatment |
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127 | (4) |
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Health as the Reference Point |
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131 | (19) |
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133 | (6) |
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139 | (1) |
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Discipline versus Devotion |
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140 | (3) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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Healing as the Future Moving into the Present |
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145 | (2) |
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Healing Is Not about Self-Improvement |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (2) |
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The Mutability of Mesoderm |
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150 | (43) |
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150 | (5) |
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The Origin and Nature of Mutable Mesoderm |
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155 | (7) |
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Non-Structural Elements of Embryonic Mesoderm |
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162 | (1) |
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The Illusion of ``Systems'' in the Body |
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163 | (2) |
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What Makes Connective Tissue Connect? |
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165 | (3) |
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The Basic Composition of Tissues Derived from Mesoderm |
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168 | (5) |
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The Role of Water in Connective Tissue |
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173 | (3) |
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Is the Name ``Osteopathy'' a Misnomer? |
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176 | (3) |
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179 | (5) |
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The Communicating Matrix and the Possibility of a ``Continuum Pathway'' |
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184 | (1) |
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Forces That Influence Developing Tissue Continue throughout Life |
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185 | (4) |
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Bone Health, Aging, and Degeneration |
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189 | (2) |
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Mutability: The Common Rationale for Working with Mesoderm |
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191 | (2) |
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Fitness: Working ``Out'' or Working ``Within''? |
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193 | (22) |
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193 | (2) |
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``Jungle Gym'': A Dynamic Expression of Continuum |
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195 | (3) |
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Why Do You Choose a Particular Activity? |
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198 | (2) |
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What about Doing Physical Activities Just for Fun? |
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200 | (3) |
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What about Yoga, Pilates, and the Gym? |
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203 | (4) |
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The Problems with Excessive Static Stability |
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207 | (2) |
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The Value of Attentiveness-Based Fitness Training |
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209 | (1) |
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Movement as a Prescribed Treatment |
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210 | (4) |
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Sensing How We Move versus Moving What We Are Told to Move |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (4) |
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Continuum Movement and the Eros of Life |
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219 | (5) |
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Movement and Stillness: A Mutually Inclusive Continuum |
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224 | (9) |
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The Paradox of Simultaneous Movement and Stillness |
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224 | (1) |
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Physical Stillness versus Dynamic Stillness |
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225 | (2) |
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Stillness in Osteopathy: Dynamic, Rhythmic, Balanced Interchange |
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227 | (1) |
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Shifting the Paradigm from Physical to Metaphysical Fulcrums |
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228 | (2) |
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Movement and Stillness: A Mutually Inclusive Continuum |
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230 | (3) |
| Resources |
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233 | (2) |
| Acknowledgments |
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235 | (4) |
| Notes |
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239 | (8) |
| Credits and Permissions |
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247 | (2) |
| Index |
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