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Midterm Flashcards

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Bartenieff Fundamentals

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  1. Total Body Connectivity
  2. Breath Support
  3. Grounding
  4. Developmental Progression
  5. Intent
  6. Complexity
  7. Inner- Outer
  8. Stability/ Mobility
  9. Exertion/ Recuperation
  10. Personal uniqueness
  11. Function/ Expression
  12. Phrasing
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3.5 Billion years ago

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Cellular respiration with single called organisms

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1.5 Billion years ago

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Asymmetry with and amoeba due to sexual reproduction rather than cell division

Lead to diversity

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600 million years ago

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Radial symmetry with multicellular life (jellyfish, sponges) - naval radiation

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525 million years ago

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Bilateral symmetry with vertebrates (sharks and fishes) - head tail connectivity

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252-66 million years ago

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Yield/ push and reach/ pull with amphibians, reptiles and mammals

Homologous push- front to back (upper lower connectivity
Home lateral push- side to side (body half connectivity)
Contra lateral (diagonal connectivity)

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60 million years ago

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Hunkering- developed opposable thumbs and hand eye coordination (upper/ lower connectivity)

Brachiation- swung shoulder blades around to the back, extended the hips and shoulders (Conta- lateral rotation) diagonal connectivity

Stood up

Fell to walk

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2 million years ago

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Homo Sapians

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Breath and mobility

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Inhaling- diaphragm goes down allowing room and mobility in chest cavity

Exhaling- diaphragm goes up into the chest cavity

Flow is the key to mobility

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Breath and stability

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Patterns of breath create security and presence to make stability.

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How does breath relate to upper lower connectivity on an anatomical level?

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Breath doesn’t only deal with our upper body and lungs, air rushed in because of lower muscular action. The diaphragm connects to the pelvis creating a whole core center connectivity

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Three body weights and plum line

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Head
Ribs
Pelvis
Plum line goes through all and through outer trocanters

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Lordosis and kyphosis

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L- the cervical spine and lumbar spine going in

K- thorasric spine going out

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Movement is

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Key to balance

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Breath connection between

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Somatic news system (voluntary) and automatic nervous system (involuntary)
It connects us to the environment and communities around us. Supports upper and lower connectivity

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Irene Dowds 9 lines of movement

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  1. Lengthening down the spine
  2. Widening across the back of the pelvis
  3. Narrowing inside the front of the pelvis
  4. Connecting the last thorastic vertebrate to the pelvic bone
  5. Connecting the center of the knee up to the femur
  6. Connect the big toe to center of the arch of foot
  7. Narrowing rib cage
  8. Middle of collar bone to back of cervical spine
  9. Middle of head up
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Haha yoga

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Sun and moon- connecting opposites

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Vinyasa yoga

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Movement of breath

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Raja yoga

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Wisdom yoga

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Bahkti yoga

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Spiritual- to serve

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Karma yoga

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Actions and consequences

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Astanga yoga

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8 limbs path

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First limb path

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Yama- external disiplines

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Yamas

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  1. Non harming
  2. Non stealing
  3. Non hoarding
  4. Truthfulness
  5. Abstaining from sexual misconduct
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Second limb

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Niyamas- internal disiplines

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Niyamas

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  1. Purity
  2. Contentment
  3. Commitment
  4. Self study
  5. Appreciation of a scared world
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Third limb

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Asana- posture for meditation
Sthira- Steadiness
Sukha- sweetness

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Fourth limb

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Pranayama- breath regulation

Ujjayi- tightening of the glottis

Nadi sodhana- channel cleansing

Kalabahati- skull shinning

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Fifth limb

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Pratyhara

Withdrawal of the senses

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Sixth limb

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Dharana- concentration to hold fast

Mantra- prayer or recitation giving us something told on to

31
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Severn limb

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Dhyana- meditation absorption

Becoming one with and idea or thing

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Eighth limb

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Samadhi- oneness, steadiness of mind

33
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What is prana?

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Life force

Surrounds us like electricity everywhere but must be controlled and channeled

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What is a Nadi?

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Pathways for prana that connect the physics and subtle body. They must be balanced energetically

35
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How many Nadis are in the body?

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72, 000

36
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Three main Nadis?

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Shashuma nadi- from pelvic floor to crown of head

Ida nadi- spirals around and termination at left nostril. Moon and female

Pingala nadi- spirals around terminating at right nostril. Sun and male

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What is samskara?

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Habitual patterns

38
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Who pioneered authentic movement?

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Mary Starks whitehouse in the 1950s further developed by Janet Adler

39
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What did Mary Starks Whitehouse connect?

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Jung’s active imagination with modern dance, developing the role of witness

40
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How do you get authentic movement?

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Witnessing is like meditation in that is aims for accepting/ non judgemental awareness/compassion

41
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Authentic movement connects individuals and collective experience in four steps. What are the steps?

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  1. Move- mover with eyes closed allows sounds stillness and different qualities
  2. Witness- safe and judgmental
  3. Draw/write- both the mover and witness do this
  4. Share- witness dis rubes what they experienced in empathetic, non interpretive with present tense language
42
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Skin

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Porous and protective

43
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How many sensory receptors do we have?

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640,000

44
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How many days until whole skin is replaced?

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27 days

45
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What are the 12 functions of the skin?

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  1. Waterproof
  2. Excretes waste
  3. Acts as moisturizer and liberator
  4. Two way exchange for gases
  5. Sensory organ
  6. Metabolism
  7. Temperature regulator
  8. Part of immune system
  9. Regulates salt and water
  10. Regulates blood pressure
  11. Reservoir for food and water
  12. Site for vitamin d synthesis
46
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What are he seven different touch receptors?

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  1. Pain receptors- everywhere but the brain
  2. Hair end organs- registers movement of the hair
  3. Free nerve ending- light touch everywhere
  4. Meissners corpuscles- sensitive to light touch, but numb out (lips, fingers)
  5. Pacinian corpuscles- fast light touch with movement or vibrations
  6. Ruffinis end organs- deep in the skin, pressure in joint capsules letting us know where are limbs are
  7. Expanded tip tactile receptors- long continuous signals to pinpoint an object stationary on the skin
47
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What does touch affect?

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Personality and cultures

48
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What does touch help us do?

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Grow, develop and mature. Touch is essential food, babies die without it.

49
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Endoderm

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Internal organs

50
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Mesoderm

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Connective tissue, bones, skeletal muscles

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Ectoderm

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Skin, nervous system

52
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What surround every part of our body?

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Fluid

53
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Ground substance

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Also known as fluid crystal. Within all connective tissue. It is transparent and gel like. Made up of carbs and proteins.

54
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What is collagen?

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Thin white fibers- most abundant protein in the animal kingdom. 40 percent of all proteins in the body.

55
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What do fibroblast do?

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Travel through the body and change their chemical make up. Very important to healing. Like white blood cells

56
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Chronic street cause connective tissue to?

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Thicken

57
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What is thixotropy?

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The thickening and hardening of connective tissue as we age. Can happen with scar tissue as well

58
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Hydrogen bonds and turn collagen molecules in collagen fibrils. What do the fibrils carry?

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Cerebrospinal fluid

59
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What is hydrostatic pressure?

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A framework created by connective tissue to suspend bones through pressure.

60
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What is tensegrity?

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Connective tissue plus active muscles plus bones function. Not just stack of building blocks but instead poles with guide wires that bare more of the weight than the bones (spacers)

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What is somatotrphin?

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Growth hormone. Stimulates fibroblasts. Lots in kids

62
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What is cortisone?

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Inhibits fibroblasts. From adrenal glands and held reduce inflammation but also reduced the body’s ability to heel. Stress brings out cortisone

63
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What is Cartesian anxiety?

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the anxiety that results from the realization that our perception of the world is not simply a mirror image of exactly what is there. we are influenced by our preconceived notions and our preferences as well as various other factors. our western culture is constantly searching for a grounding or something that is absolutely true, and when we cannot find this, there is anxiety or wondering what the point is. meditation can help mitigate the anxiety because it helps us accept and become ok with everything as it is

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