Martin Lundgren - Movement Integration

movement

integration

the systemic approach to human
movement

movement

integration

the systemic approach to human
movement

Martin Lundgren
Linus Johansson

Contributors

Gary Carter, sa hman, Julian Baker, Cecilia Gustafsson,
Lucas Henriksson, Lena Bjrnsdotter, Gary Ward, Jerry Hesch

Copyright 2020 by Martin Lundgren, Linus Johansson. All rights reserved. No portion of this book, except for brief review, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwisewithout the written permission of the publisher. For information, contact Lotus Publishing or North Atlantic Books.

First published in 2020 by

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North Atlantic Books

Berkeley, California

Illustrations and Cover Design Linus Johansson and Martin Lundgren

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Movement Integration: The Systemic Approach to Human Movement is sponsored and published by the Society for the Study of Native Arts and Sciences (dba North Atlantic Books), an educational nonprofit based in Berkeley, California, that collaborates with partners to develop cross-cultural perspectives; nurture holistic views of art, science, the humanities, and healing; and seed personal and global transformation by publishing work on the relationship of body, spirit, and nature.

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Medical Disclaimer

The following information is intended for general information purposes only. Individuals should always consult their health care provider before administering any suggestions made in this book. Any application of the material set forth in the following pages is at the readers discretion and is his or her sole responsibility.

British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data

A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 978 1 905367 95 5 (Lotus Publishing)

ISBN 978 1 623174 65 1 (North Atlantic Books)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Lundgren, Martin, author. | Johansson, Linus, 1981- author.

Title: Movement integration : the systemic approach to human movement / Martin Lundgren, Linus Johansson ; contributors, Gary Carter, sa hman, Julian Baker, Cecilia Gustafsson, Lucas Henriksson, Lena Bjrnsdotter, Gary Ward, Jerry Hesch.

Description: Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: A paradigm-shifting, integrative approach to understanding body movement. Drawing on expertise in physiotherapy, somatics, sports science, Rolfing, myofascial therapy, craniosacral therapy, Pilates, and yoga, the authors assert that a more comprehensive understanding of movement is key to restoring the bodys natural ability to move fluidly and painlessly-- Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019025126 (print) | LCCN 2019025127 (ebook) | ISBN 9781623174651 (paperback) | ISBN 9781623174668 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Human locomotion. | Human beings--Attitude and movement. | Posture.

Classification: LCC QP303 .L86 2020 (print) | LCC QP303 (ebook) | DDC 612.7/6--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019025126

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019025127

Contents

Foreword

This book should come with a warning! It will challenge and eventually change the way you see and understand the body. But what else would we expect from a philosophizing world-champion wind-surfer and a fluid-moving aesthete? We can be grateful that they have teamed up together to provide us with a new perspective.

Martin, the philosopher, and Linus, the aesthete, point out that when changing views there is no wrong perspectivebeing different is not the same as being wrongand this book certainly gives a new and refreshing perspective. The change in perspective and vocabulary means it might take the reader a few passes through the book to really hear, see, and integrate the significance of what they say inside. That time will be well spent.

I first met Martin and Linus in separate bodywork classes. They were both quietly confident deep thinkers, happy to sit back and observe until they had the full picture. When either of them did eventually ask a question or make a comment the class listened. Both Linus and Martin demonstrated the ability to take in new information, process it and re-present it with enhanced clarity and even greater depth.

That same dynamic is at play in this text. Linus and Martin have taken their experience and understanding of many disciplines and distilled it into Movement Integration. The understanding of their principles will, when applied, free you from protocol-based thinking. They will take you from posture to movement and from anatomy to ensomatosytheir own word and gift to the world.

The philosophy within the book guides us toward an understanding of integration, a concept many have tried to define and which is captured beautifully within these pages through words, pictures and photographs. Integration is about embodiment, and is both inclusive and incorporative in the truest senses of each of those words: integration is about relationships and communication, freedom and expression. As your guides on the journey toward integration, Linus and Martin have provided language and visual tools that facilitate any therapists exploration of what embodiment really means. Movement and breath tools are also explored both by the writers themselves and by a collection of contributors that youll find in .

If you have traveled widely in your reading you will be familiar with many of the names on the list of contributors. Each has something different to say about their experience with movement and each, like the main authors, enjoys testing orthodoxy. This book is about challenging current models and is full of fresh ideas from fresh thinkers. Thereby the book achieves its aspiration because, in Linuss words, the meaning of life is to be able to move freely in body and mind and to find someone to love.

Linus and Martin have moved boundaries that constrain us in body, mind, and soul. As an expression of their commitment to communication they have created Movement Integration . This innovative book will inspire you to move your body, it will expand your mind, and, trust me, you will love it!

James Earls

Author of Born to Walk: Myofascial Efficiency and the Body in Movement

London, UK

July 2019

Acknowledgments

Linus Johansson

The best way to organize ones thoughts, ideas, and concepts is to write a book. Finding the right words, creating sentences, paragraphs, and chapters, and illustrating it all is something that is very challenging and demanding and at the same time very satisfying and rewarding.

And every time you align your thoughts and embody your ideas in something concrete like a book, you go into a state of development. This book has been a very creative endeavor and together we have created two new concepts that we present here, both of which we are very proud. The first is both a concept and a completely new word, Ensomatosy. The second is the Color Illustration Model, which is a completely new way to explain and illustrate movement between structures.