Body and Earth. Andrea Olsen

Body and Earth

Preface: Bill McKibben xiii Acknowledgments xv Entering the Text: Origins xvii Stories of place in our time are often stories of migration. Anecdote: “Openings and Closings” xvii Introduction xxi This text is about relationship. We are part of, rather than separate from, the intricate world we live in. Anecdote: “Hunting for Hope” xxi Preparation: Body and Earth is a book to be done as well as to be read. xxiii Section I: Underlying Patterns and Perception DAY 1 Basic Concepts 3 We begin in wholeness. Anecdotes: “Connections” 3 To do: Inner and outer awareness 4 To do: Finding your place 5 Performance text: Farmstories (1994) 6 DAY 2 Attitudes 7 Our attitudes inform our actions. Anecdotes: “Views” 7 To do: Body map 9 To do: Place story 10 Performance text: Models—The Traveler 10 DAY 3 Underlying Patterns: Body 11 We live in a fluid body; our origins were in the primordial seas. Anecdotes: “Heritage” 11 To do: Pouring the fluid body 14 To do: Vessel breath 15 To do: Fish swish 15 Performance text: Water 16 DAY 4 Underlying Patterns: The Upright Stance 17 Bipedal alignment is our two-footed stance. Anecdotes: “Standing Up”

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