Radical Wholeness
Philip Shepherd
About this book
Philip Shepherd proposes that the Western fragmentation between head and body — and between the individual and the world — is the source of our deepest suffering. He offers somatic practices to restore embodied wholeness as a foundation for presence, creativity, and belonging.
Key themes
- The body as the primary organ of perception and intelligence
- How thinking-from-the-body transforms all aspects of life
- The pelvis as the center of embodied intelligence — not the head
- Being moved rather than always moving: receptivity as a practice
- The relationship between embodiment, belonging, and genuine presence
About the author
Philip Shepherd is a somatic educator, actor, and author based in Toronto. He developed Embodied Present Process (EPP), a body-based approach to transforming the rift between the thinking mind and the body's intelligence.
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Training programs
Alexander Technique Teacher Training
American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT)
Body-Mind Centering (BMC)
School for Body-Mind Centering
Feldenkrais Method Training
Feldenkrais Guild of North America
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