Eric Franklin is the visionary founder of the Franklin Method, a practice he developed over 25 years ago. His work centers on the intricate connection between mind and body, employing imagery to achieve dynamic alignment and enhance technique and performance. Franklin's expertise has been shared at esteemed institutions worldwide, and his methods have reached numerous countries, including China, where he introduced the first dance conditioning methodology. His approach to movement emphasizes the profound interplay of inner strength and outer expression.
Understanding the Pelvis: A Functional Approach to Yoga will help instructors and practitioners improve their yoga practice as it relates to the pelvis. They will better understand proper pelvic movement and cues and apply that knowledge through 26 asanas, accompanied by full-color illustrations.
Breathing for Peak Performance presents detailed anatomical information related to optimal breathing function and offers 35 breathing exercises. This text uses the famed Franklin Method, which combines movement, imagery, and touch to improve functional breathing technique.
Conditioning for Dance, Second Edition, offers over 100 new conditioning exercises, for all parts of the body. It features two new chapters and a new web resource with video clips showing the correct execution of the exercises, two 20-minute workouts, and a personal conditioning program.
"You will learn how to combine technical expertise with imagery skills to enrich your expressive repertoire of movement, and you will discover methods for exploring how imagery connects with dance improvisation, technique, and performance." -- Back cover.
Franklin shows readers how to use imaging techniques to improve posture and alignment, and to release excess tension. The illustrations help explain the images and exercises, and show how to use them in a variety of contexts.
Combining scientific principles with movement and imagery exercises that are both effective and fun, this book demonstrates how to create a stronger body by toning the pelvic floor. Focusing on the biomechanics of the pelvic floor, which acts as a support for the inner organs and contains a passage for the urethra, the sex organs, and the rectum, this guide shows how the pelvic floor plays an important role in almost all movements, balance, and body posture. The exercises train the muscles and joints and improve the tone of the organs, thereby increasing energy flow, eliminating incontinence, and keeping sexual organs healthy. The mind-body techniques are used to increase awareness of this part of the body and to improve sexual stamina.
This guide shows how imagery and touch can be used to eliminate stiffness and pain. An explanation of the anatomy of the shoulders provides a better understanding of how improving the alignment of the head, neck, and shoulders helps ease strain on muscles and joints and promotes an aura of confidence and health.