Your body has a mind of its own. You know it's true. You can sense
it, even though it may be hard to articulate. You know that your
body is more than a vehicle for your brain to cruise around in, but
how deeply are mind and body truly interwoven?
Answers can be found in the emerging science of body maps. Just as
road maps represent interconnections across the landscape, your
many body maps represent all aspects of your bodily self. Your self
doesn't begin and end with your physical body but extends into the
space around you. When you drive a car, your personal body space
grows to envelop it. When you play a video game, your body maps
automatically track and emulate the actions of your character
onscreen. If your body maps fall out of sync, you may have an
out-of-body experience or see auras around other people.
The Body Has a Mind of Its Own explains how you can tap into the
power of body maps to do almost anything better: play tennis, strum
a guitar, ride a horse, dance a waltz, empathize with a friend,
raise children, cope with stress. Filled with illustrations,
wonderful anecdotes, and even parlor tricks that you can use to
reconfigure your body sense, The Body Has a Mind of Its Own will
change the way you think about what it takes to have a conscious
mind inside a feeling body.
Praise for "The Body Has a Mind of Its Own"
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "THE WASHINGTON POST
BOOK WORLD"
"You'll never think about your body-or your mind-in the same way
again."
-Daniel Goleman, author of" Social Intelligence"
"A fascinating exploration of senses we didn't even know we
had."
-Jon Kabat-Zinn, author of "Coming to Our Senses"
"A delightfully original, understandable, and mind-stretching
work."
-William Safire, columnist, "The New York Times Magazine"
"A marvelous book."
-V. S. Ramachandran, M.D., director, Center for Brain and
Cognition, University of California, San Diego
" An] accessible, practical overview of an important scientific
story."
-Antonio Damasio, author of "Descartes' Error"
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