In what ways did the ideas in these chapters challenge, reinforce, or add nuance to your current thinking about the body?

After reading preface, chapter1 and chapter2, please respond to the following questions with 1 thoughtful paragraph each:

1. In what ways did the ideas in these chapters challenge, reinforce, or add nuance to your current thinking about the body?

2. What concepts in these chapters most intrigued you? What questions does it prompt you to bring to your own in-class study of movement?

3. What did you notice in your own body as you were reading? Did any of the ideas presented help you to feel more conscious of your embodied presence?