Body and Earth Olsen Andrea
Body and Earth Olsen Andrea "Body is our first environment," writes Andrea Olsen. Part workbook, part exploration, Body and Earth considers the question of how we can best, most responsibly inhabit…
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Body and Earth Olsen Andrea
"Body is our first environment," writes Andrea Olsen. Part workbook, part exploration, Body and Earth considers the question of how we can best, most responsibly inhabit both our bodies and our planet. "It is the medium through which we know the earth." In a remarkable integration of environmental science, biology, meditation, and creative expression, Olsen, a dancer who teaches in the environmental studies program at Middlebury College, offers a guide to a holistic understanding of person and place.
But Body and Earth is not just a lesson, it is also an investigation. Olsen displays an easy command of fields as diverse as geology, biochemistry, ecology, and anatomy as she explores the ways in which our bodies are derived from and connected to the natural world. Arranged as a 31-day program, the book offers not only a wealth of scientific information, but also exercises