Midterm Flashcards
Bartenieff Fundamentals
- Total Body Connectivity
- Breath Support
- Grounding
- Developmental Progression
- Intent
- Complexity
- Inner- Outer
- Stability/ Mobility
- Exertion/ Recuperation
- Personal uniqueness
- Function/ Expression
- Phrasing
3.5 Billion years ago
Cellular respiration with single called organisms
1.5 Billion years ago
Asymmetry with and amoeba due to sexual reproduction rather than cell division
Lead to diversity
600 million years ago
Radial symmetry with multicellular life (jellyfish, sponges) - naval radiation
525 million years ago
Bilateral symmetry with vertebrates (sharks and fishes) - head tail connectivity
252-66 million years ago
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)
60 million years ago
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
2 million years ago
Homo Sapians
Breath and mobility
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
Breath and stability
Patterns of breath create security and presence to make stability.
How does breath relate to upper lower connectivity on an anatomical level?
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
Three body weights and plum line
Head
Ribs
Pelvis
Plum line goes through all and through outer trocanters
Lordosis and kyphosis
L- the cervical spine and lumbar spine going in
K- thorasric spine going out
Movement is
Key to balance
Breath connection between
Somatic news system (voluntary) and automatic nervous system (involuntary)
It connects us to the environment and communities around us. Supports upper and lower connectivity
Irene Dowds 9 lines of movement
- Lengthening down the spine
- Widening across the back of the pelvis
- Narrowing inside the front of the pelvis
- Connecting the last thorastic vertebrate to the pelvic bone
- Connecting the center of the knee up to the femur
- Connect the big toe to center of the arch of foot
- Narrowing rib cage
- Middle of collar bone to back of cervical spine
- Middle of head up
Haha yoga
Sun and moon- connecting opposites
Vinyasa yoga
Movement of breath
Raja yoga
Wisdom yoga
Bahkti yoga
Spiritual- to serve
Karma yoga
Actions and consequences
Astanga yoga
8 limbs path
First limb path
Yama- external disiplines
Yamas
- Non harming
- Non stealing
- Non hoarding
- Truthfulness
- Abstaining from sexual misconduct
Second limb
Niyamas- internal disiplines
Niyamas
- Purity
- Contentment
- Commitment
- Self study
- Appreciation of a scared world
Third limb
Asana- posture for meditation
Sthira- Steadiness
Sukha- sweetness
Fourth limb
Pranayama- breath regulation
Ujjayi- tightening of the glottis
Nadi sodhana- channel cleansing
Kalabahati- skull shinning
Fifth limb
Pratyhara
Withdrawal of the senses
Sixth limb
Dharana- concentration to hold fast
Mantra- prayer or recitation giving us something told on to
Severn limb
Dhyana- meditation absorption
Becoming one with and idea or thing
Eighth limb
Samadhi- oneness, steadiness of mind
What is prana?
Life force
Surrounds us like electricity everywhere but must be controlled and channeled
What is a Nadi?
Pathways for prana that connect the physics and subtle body. They must be balanced energetically
How many Nadis are in the body?
72, 000
Three main Nadis?
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
What is samskara?
Habitual patterns
Who pioneered authentic movement?
Mary Starks whitehouse in the 1950s further developed by Janet Adler
What did Mary Starks Whitehouse connect?
Jung’s active imagination with modern dance, developing the role of witness
How do you get authentic movement?
Witnessing is like meditation in that is aims for accepting/ non judgemental awareness/compassion
Authentic movement connects individuals and collective experience in four steps. What are the steps?
- Move- mover with eyes closed allows sounds stillness and different qualities
- Witness- safe and judgmental
- Draw/write- both the mover and witness do this
- Share- witness dis rubes what they experienced in empathetic, non interpretive with present tense language
Skin
Porous and protective
How many sensory receptors do we have?
640,000
How many days until whole skin is replaced?
27 days
What are the 12 functions of the skin?
- Waterproof
- Excretes waste
- Acts as moisturizer and liberator
- Two way exchange for gases
- Sensory organ
- Metabolism
- Temperature regulator
- Part of immune system
- Regulates salt and water
- Regulates blood pressure
- Reservoir for food and water
- Site for vitamin d synthesis
What are he seven different touch receptors?
- Pain receptors- everywhere but the brain
- Hair end organs- registers movement of the hair
- Free nerve ending- light touch everywhere
- Meissners corpuscles- sensitive to light touch, but numb out (lips, fingers)
- Pacinian corpuscles- fast light touch with movement or vibrations
- Ruffinis end organs- deep in the skin, pressure in joint capsules letting us know where are limbs are
- Expanded tip tactile receptors- long continuous signals to pinpoint an object stationary on the skin
What does touch affect?
Personality and cultures
What does touch help us do?
Grow, develop and mature. Touch is essential food, babies die without it.
Endoderm
Internal organs
Mesoderm
Connective tissue, bones, skeletal muscles
Ectoderm
Skin, nervous system
What surround every part of our body?
Fluid
Ground substance
Also known as fluid crystal. Within all connective tissue. It is transparent and gel like. Made up of carbs and proteins.
What is collagen?
Thin white fibers- most abundant protein in the animal kingdom. 40 percent of all proteins in the body.
What do fibroblast do?
Travel through the body and change their chemical make up. Very important to healing. Like white blood cells
Chronic street cause connective tissue to?
Thicken
What is thixotropy?
The thickening and hardening of connective tissue as we age. Can happen with scar tissue as well
Hydrogen bonds and turn collagen molecules in collagen fibrils. What do the fibrils carry?
Cerebrospinal fluid
What is hydrostatic pressure?
A framework created by connective tissue to suspend bones through pressure.
What is tensegrity?
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)
What is somatotrphin?
Growth hormone. Stimulates fibroblasts. Lots in kids
What is cortisone?
Inhibits fibroblasts. From adrenal glands and held reduce inflammation but also reduced the body’s ability to heel. Stress brings out cortisone
What is Cartesian anxiety?
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
