Stack Your Bones

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Bodywork meets mindfulness in Stack Your Bones, comprised of 100 movement lessons and visualisations. Longtime bodywork clinician and innovative movement teacher Ruthie Fraser developed these secular `sutras to acquaint us with the basics of how we move essential for anyone who lives in a body. A minimalist, evocative illustration accompanies each of these thoughtfully articulated exercises (Strength Is Balance, Buoyant Shoulders, Legs as Columns, Order Creates Freedom).

Grounded in the Structural Integration principles of Dr. Ida Rolf (18961979), Stack Your Bones is complementary to yoga, dance, acting, running, golf, martial arts physical activity of every sort. Readers will reap the benefits of heightened body awareness, improved core strength, and enhanced movement mechanics.

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"Provides lessons and exercises to help you tackle the imbalances--which will help you relieve any pain or tension, so you can ultimately reach your fitness goals."--Shape

"I love this book for its chromatic 'lessons' to make you more aware of your body and your mind."--MindBodyGreen

"Deepen your focus and alignment awareness in yoga poses with these concise, accessible, and practical exercises, which can also provide themes and inspiration for yoga teachers."--YogaBasics.com

"Ruthie is masterfully articulate, fluent in the language of the body. I am more limber and pain-free because of her."--Adrian Grenier, actor, producer, director, musician

"The lessons in this book invite you to observe and play with physical habits and mental assumptions about your body that you may have developed over a lifetime. This book is a treasure trove of useful and enjoyable ways to improve your body awareness--to move from seeing your body as a source of worry and frustration, to relying on your body as a reservoir of strength and pleasure."--Ellen Saltonstall, yoga teacher and author of Anatomy and Yoga

Author Bio

Ruthie Fraser is a Structural Integration practitioner, yoga teacher, and movement guide. A graduate of the Guild for Structural Integration, Ruthie has been in private practice in New York City since 2007 and currently runs the Stack Your Bones Studio in Brooklyn. Ruthie has worked with hundreds of clients, blending Structural Integration with her developing movement methodology. She has trained extensively in yoga with many master teachers and has taught thousands of classes in the United States and abroad. She holds a degree in art and architecture history from Brown University. Ruthie is also a lifelong dancer, a long-time Iyengar Yoga student, and a budding Voice Dialogue facilitator. She lives in New York, splitting her time between Brooklyn and Hudson.