Experiential Anatomy

New focuses;

• Mouthing pattern
• Soft spine pattern
• lancelet

2 Further tubes..

• Notocord = Soft. Becomes the spine disks. Pre spinal pattern
• Neurotube = Becomes the brain and spinal cord. Later become protected by bone (skull and spine)

Front of the body- Digestive track
Back of the body- Reminance of the neural tube
Front of the body- Reminance of the notocord

Baby 15-20 weeks = Pre spinal pattern
baby 3-4 months = Spinal pattern

Human body cell

During experiential anatomy we have been focussing on the idea of having large collections of cells within the body that work together in order for the body to work. We also move with the idea that all our cells are moving with us and have an effect on every inch of our body and the way it opperates in movement.

Here is an example of a cell found in the human body..

Body systems

During an experiential anatomy class we brought awareness to the different systems in the body. I realised that the systems I notice the most when moving and witnessing in all the different types of classes we take part in are..

. Respiratory

. Skeletal

.Digestive

.Nervous

.Circulatory

Experiantial Anatomy

We took part in a experiential anatomy class with Natalie Garrett. We focussed largely on the idea of somatic practice and how this is integrated within our practice and how it can develop our undertsanding of our body and how it moves and why.

Focus on touch- my body, the air, the room.
Instinct of sensations.. habitual, cultural etc
Flow
Music
Awareness of others and their moving
Feeling I am actually experiancing anatomy by practically doing it
Relationship between touch and breath
Sensation
Weight and gravity
Pressure points
Hot and cold
Lines and length in the room
In and out of awareness
Switching focusses voluntarily and involuntarily

Felt good to learn about anatomy while actually practicing it somatically instead of out of a book. Really connected with me and made me realise how much of our course is somatically based and how useful this really is to undertanding our body and really embodying the movement we perform.

Experiential anatomy class- The organs

A real sheep's live was brought into class, and we were able to look up close and touch it to get an understanding of the texture, colour, shape, and weight of a liver.

Found that moving with the awareness of the organs was something new, as usual the focus is on muscles, bone, joints, and tissues. I almost found it quite restrictive as the organs are internal and fixed within the body, so i found trying to move with this knowledge hard than focusing on the joints for example. However it was a new experience an focus and therefore i found new ways of moving.

Experiential anatomy class- The skull

During class we used partner work to feel for ourselves while referring to diagrams of the skull, to identify the shape, creases, lumps, tissues, and bone structure.

A few things I learnt about the skull I did not know before..

. It weighs just under a stone- being the heaviest of the body
. The 'soft spot' on a baby's head compresses as it is born
. Found the skull was not smooth and there was a lot more dips and lumps than I originally thought