Der Körper denkt mit (The Body Thinks with You)

by Mabel Elsworth Todd

Originally published in 1937 with the title: The Thinking Body: A Study of the Balancing of Forces of Dynamic Man, this book was an insider’s resource in numerous body-therapeutic training courses for many years. Health professionals find here in bundled form, but described in great detail, the basic anatomical knowledge they need for their work with movement. Mabel Todd, who played a decisive role in the development of “new” body therapies, develops an understanding of how human beings are to “think” in terms of their structures, beyond the individual body-therapeutic method. This gives clarity about what one can ask of a body and what it should learn. Health professionals can rediscover the physiological-anatomical foundations of their work and acquire their significance more meaningfully than from conventional medical anatomy books. [Translated description]

“Mabel Todd succeeds in communicating anatomical foundations and functional thinking about movement in an exciting, readable way.”
—Dr. Wolfgang Steinmüller

About the Author
Mabel Elsworth Todd (1880-1956) developed a system of education called Natural Posture in the early 20th century to help students discover improved “postural patterns.” Her approach was taught privately in Boston and New York as well as in the physical education departments of east coast colleges and universities. In the 1930’s, Todd’s ideas began to capture the interest of professional performing artists. Two of her best known protégés, Barbara Clark and Lulu Sweigard, advanced the approach among dancers and actors from the 1950’s to the mid 1970’s; their students continued to develop the teaching in the postmodern era. Currently the educational legacy created by Todd is best known by the title, “Ideokinesis.”

Product Details
ISBN (Ebook):  978-3-456-958156
ISBN (Softcover): 978-3-456-858159
Publisher:  Hans Huber
Publication Date:  2017
Product description:  Softcover and Ebook
Number of Pages:  272, Index and Bibliography
Illustrations:  92 anatomical plates and line drawings
Price:  Softcover – 24.95 €; Ebook – 21.99 €
Available for Purchase:  Hogrefe