2nd edition 2021
144 pages
182 illustrations
Softcover, 17 x 24 cm
ISBN 978-3-948442-30-9


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Danièle-Claude Martin

Living Biotensegrity (2nd ed.)

Interplay of Tension and Compression in the Body

This book provides a detailed look at the structural principles of biotensegrity and the relevance it may have for the architecture of living structures. The author, Danièle-Claude Martin, begins with fundamental thoughts on the integrative mechanics of the human body and progresses to a theoretical framework of biotensegrity that can be useful for both body therapists and movement practictioners. Readers will also find discussions of key concepts in biotensegrity that reflect the concrete application in a wide variety of fields.

In this book:

  • Introduction to biotensegrity: observations – need – history
  • Exploring the principle: constructing models – discovering the essential aspects – implications of the tensegral approach
  • Applying the principle to living structures: the principle in nature – theoretical framework for bodywork – new perspective on anatomy and on movement

Contributors:

  • Liane Simmel: Dance and Biotensegrity
  • Michèle Tarento: Ostéo-éveil and biotensegrity
  • Nadine Quéré: Biotensegrity and manual fascia therapy : the importance of the bone structure
  • Bernard Payrau: Reflections of a cardiologist inspired by the concept of Biotensegrity
  • Diane Drake Vincentz: Exploring the Biotensegral Response Potential With Special Needs Children and Adults – Advanced Biomechanical Rehabilitation
  • Marc Nürnberger: Towards a tensegral grammar

Autor(en)



Danièle-Claude Martin

Author and Translator    

Physicist, movement researcher and educator. Since 1989 Dr Martin has been practicing Chinese arts of movement (Qi Gong, Tai Ji Quan and Yi Quan); she is also trained in dance therapy and in Spiraldynamik® (three-dimensional movement coordination) and worked as a movement therapist at a psychosomatic clinic for eight years. Dr Martin studied biotensegrity with Dr Stephen Levin and Tom Flemons.

In 2009 she set up an international think-tank focussed on biotensegrity: the Biotensegrity Interest Group (B.I.G.). The group meets every year. She has developed movement concepts based on her diverse background and integrated them into a unified programme. She now practices as a freelance "living biotensegrity" teacher.

For more information contact: dc_martin@gmx.de.

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Rezensionen, Lesermeinungen

OM über "Living Biotensegrity" (D.-C. Martin)

English translation of the book review by Ralf Vogt (Illertissen) in "Osteopathische Medizin" 2/2017

This book is a declaration of love to the concept of tensegrity, a combination of „tension“ and „integrity“, which is based on the architectural ideas of Richard Buckminster Fuller and Kenneth Snelson in the 50’s of the last century. Inspired by her mentor, Dr. Steven M. Levin, the author explains briefly the origins of the concept and instructs the reader in detail how to do her own experiments with tensegrity models. In her opinion someone who has had practical manual experience and knowledge of this concept can evaluate it better. And there is no better way of doing this than building models. In the third and fourth section of the book Danièle Martin reflects on the significance of biotensegrity in biology and medicine and describes with many examples the significance of biomechanics based on this concept. The book is concluded with some ideas from various fields in which biotensegrity has already been applied. The book is written concisely. The author attempts to avoid as far as possible terms from technology or physics and not to include calculation, which would only deter the lay reader.

All in all this is a work, which can be a successful introduction to the subject of tensegrity and expresses the enthusiasm of the author for her subject. From the point of view of the osteopath this wonderful book makes tensegrity itself accessible – including instructions about how to make models – a must for the book shelf, but definitely not for gathering dust.


zur Rezension in "Osteopathische Medizin" (2/2017, Elsevier)


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