Miranda Tufnell is a dancer, Alexander teacher and craniosacral therapist. She has been showing performance work in galleries and theatres since 1976, often making site-specific events and collaborating with visual artists. She has taught widely, including at Dartington College of Arts and at Fellside Alexander School. Her work both as a dancer/choreographer and body therapist has been to make visible the invisible world of the sensing body.

"This book is a plea for dance as a means of moving beyond the anatomised, medicalised, sexualised body to the body as a vital portal into the shifting and complex nature of being alive. It takes the reader on journeys that weave together stories, insights and practical exercises. A rare and moving book and a companion for health practitioners, teachers, students, movers and those searching for creative expression." Niamh Dowling, Principal, RADA

• AcknowledgmentsForeword Dr Gavin YoungPreface My story of movementIntroduction A medicine withinPART 1 ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’ – an account of a project. Brenda Mallon and Miranda TufnellPART 2 Approaches to PracticeBreathTouchThe practice of saying yes, Eva KarczagBetween you and meSelf care in times of chaos and violence, Michal ShahakGetting your bearings – movement and sensingTowards meaning – body, health and imagination‘Chance of fair’ – writing with people with mental and physical health issues, Kay SyradPART 3 Laying the Foundations – movement in early years development, Karen Adcock Doyle and Jasmine PaschPART 4 Practitioner AccountsWhat is this pill called dance? – music and movement in hospital, Filipa Pereira-StubbsHarry: the story of a child in hospital, Lisa Dowler (co-written with Kellie Rixon, Harry’s mother)Dancing recall: making connections, Daphne CushnieMoving forward with Parkinson’s, Amanda FoggBreath and becoming in mental health and addiction, Sister Bridget FolkardA dance for Buddug, Cai TomosWhat is health?PermissionsIllustrationsBiographies of ContributorsBibliography and Resources

Miranda Tufnell is a dancer, Alexander teacher and craniosacral therapist. She has been showing performance work in galleries and theatres since 1976, often making site-specific events and collaborating with visual artists. She has taught widely, including at Dartington College of Arts and at Fellside Alexander School. Her work both as a dancer/choreographer and body therapist has been to make visible the invisible world of the sensing body.

"This book is a plea for dance as a means of moving beyond the anatomised, medicalised, sexualised body to the body as a vital portal into the shifting and complex nature of being alive. It takes the reader on journeys that weave together stories, insights and practical exercises. A rare and moving book and a companion for health practitioners, teachers, students, movers and those searching for creative expression." Niamh Dowling, Principal, RADA

• AcknowledgmentsForeword Dr Gavin YoungPreface My story of movementIntroduction A medicine withinPART 1 ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’ – an account of a project. Brenda Mallon and Miranda TufnellPART 2 Approaches to PracticeBreathTouchThe practice of saying yes, Eva KarczagBetween you and meSelf care in times of chaos and violence, Michal ShahakGetting your bearings – movement and sensingTowards meaning – body, health and imagination‘Chance of fair’ – writing with people with mental and physical health issues, Kay SyradPART 3 Laying the Foundations – movement in early years development, Karen Adcock Doyle and Jasmine PaschPART 4 Practitioner AccountsWhat is this pill called dance? – music and movement in hospital, Filipa Pereira-StubbsHarry: the story of a child in hospital, Lisa Dowler (co-written with Kellie Rixon, Harry’s mother)Dancing recall: making connections, Daphne CushnieMoving forward with Parkinson’s, Amanda FoggBreath and becoming in mental health and addiction, Sister Bridget FolkardA dance for Buddug, Cai TomosWhat is health?PermissionsIllustrationsBiographies of ContributorsBibliography and Resources

Miranda Tufnell is a dancer, Alexander teacher and craniosacral therapist. She has been showing performance work in galleries and theatres since 1976, often making site-specific events and collaborating with visual artists. She has taught widely, including at Dartington College of Arts and at Fellside Alexander School. Her work both as a dancer/choreographer and body therapist has been to make visible the invisible world of the sensing body.

"This book is a plea for dance as a means of moving beyond the anatomised, medicalised, sexualised body to the body as a vital portal into the shifting and complex nature of being alive. It takes the reader on journeys that weave together stories, insights and practical exercises. A rare and moving book and a companion for health practitioners, teachers, students, movers and those searching for creative expression." Niamh Dowling, Principal, RADA

• AcknowledgmentsForeword Dr Gavin YoungPreface My story of movementIntroduction A medicine withinPART 1 ‘A Breath of Fresh Air’ – an account of a project. Brenda Mallon and Miranda TufnellPART 2 Approaches to PracticeBreathTouchThe practice of saying yes, Eva KarczagBetween you and meSelf care in times of chaos and violence, Michal ShahakGetting your bearings – movement and sensingTowards meaning – body, health and imagination‘Chance of fair’ – writing with people with mental and physical health issues, Kay SyradPART 3 Laying the Foundations – movement in early years development, Karen Adcock Doyle and Jasmine PaschPART 4 Practitioner AccountsWhat is this pill called dance? – music and movement in hospital, Filipa Pereira-StubbsHarry: the story of a child in hospital, Lisa Dowler (co-written with Kellie Rixon, Harry’s mother)Dancing recall: making connections, Daphne CushnieMoving forward with Parkinson’s, Amanda FoggBreath and becoming in mental health and addiction, Sister Bridget FolkardA dance for Buddug, Cai TomosWhat is health?PermissionsIllustrationsBiographies of ContributorsBibliography and Resources