Change Your Age: Using Your Body and Brain to Feel Younger, Stronger, and More Fit (Feldenkrais based)

228 Pages·2010·6.52 MB·English

by  Frank Wildman

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CHANGE YOUR AGE
USING YOUR BODY AND BRAIN TO FEEL
YOUNGER, STRONGER, AND MORE FIT
FRANK WILDMAN, CFT, PHD
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CONTENTS
ForewoArgdi:nI gs nW'hta tI tU sedTBoe -BuItt N'ostY eWth atI tC oulBde xi
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IntroduYaoiuRo ena:lC laynC hanYgoeu Arg e xv
ONE Howt oA sseYsosu rC urreEnxte rcPirsoeg ram:
IsYouCru rreEnxte rcRiosuet iHneel pionrgH armingYou?
TWO A Statoeft heB odyR eporHto:w IYso urB odTyo day?
How DoY ouW antY ourB odyt oB eT omorrow? 19
THREE The ChangYeo uArg eP rograTmhe: E verydUalyt imate
Body-BrCaoinnd itioPnrionggr am-B3a0s iEcx ercises 37
FOUR YourB odyY.o uTrmi e:C ustoimzitnhgeP rogratmo
FiYto urI ndiviNdeueadls 151
FIVE Usintgh eP rograimYn o urE verydLaiyf e:
Howt oT ransfYoorumrH abittos AvoPiadia nn dI njury 165
SIX ChangYeo uArg ef oLri fe 193
Aboutth Aeu thor 201
Acknowledgments 203
Notes 205
Index 207
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WHAT ITC OULD BE
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unhealthy Duargiitnnhgge 2. 0 tche nutryw,e d ida ne xcelljoebno fte limi­
natimnagn yo ft hel ife-thredaitseenaiosnfyeg os u tChh.i ldbiorntchae,
majocra usoefp rematdueraet hha,sb ya ndl arbgeec omhee altahnides ra fer.
XI
XII FOREWORD
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