Introduction
Amanda Williamson, Glenna Batson and Sarah Whatley
Part I: Moving Spiritualities Amanda Williamson
Chapter 1: Embodiment of Spirit: From Embryology to Authentic Movement as Embodied Relational Spiritual Practice Linda Hartley
Chapter 2: The Alchemy of Authentic Movement: Awakening Spirit in the Body Tina Stromsted
Chapter 3: Dancing in the Spirit of Sophia Jill Hayes
Chapter 4: Body Ensouled, Enacted and Entranced: Movement/Dance as Transformative Art Daria Halprin
Chapter 5: Dancing on the Breath of Limbs: Embodied Inquiry as a Place of Opening Celeste Snowber
Chapter 6: Can They Dance?: Towards a Philosophy of Bodily Becoming Kimerer L. LaMothe
Part II: Reflections on the Intersections of Spiritualities and Pedagogy Sarah Whatley
Chapter 7: Reflections on the Spiritual Dimensions of Somatic Movement Dance Education Martha Eddy, Amanda Williamson and Rebecca Weber
Chapter 8: Postmodern Spirituality? A Personal Narrative Jill Green
Chapter 9: Working Like a Farmer: Towards an Embodied Spirituality Helen Poynor
Chapter 10: Intimate to Ultimate: The Meta-Kinesthetic Flow of Embodied Engagement Glenna Batson
Chapter 11: Permission and the Making of Consciousness Sondra Fraleigh
Chapter 12: Conversations about the Somatic Basis of Spiritual Experiences Sylvie Fortin, Ninoska Gomez, Yvan Joly, Linda Rabin, Odile Rouquet and Lawrence Smith
Chapter 13: Inner DanceSpirituality and Somatic Practice in Dance Technique, Choreography and Performance Kathleen Debenham and Pat Debenham
Chapter 14: This Indivisible Moment: A Meditation on Language, Spirit, Magic and Somatic Practice Ray Schwartz
Chapter 15: Global Somatics Process: A Contemporary Shamanic Approach Suzanne River, interviewed by Kathleen Melin
Part III: Cultural Immersions and Performance ExcursionsGlenna Batson
Chapter 16: Dancing N/om Hillary Keeney and Bradford Keeney
Chapter 17: Dancing with the Divine: Dance Education and the Embodiment of Spirit, from Bali to America Susan Bauer
Chapter 18: The Sacrum and the Sacred: Mutual Transformation of Performer and Site through Ecological Movement in a Sacred Site Sandra Reeve
Chapter 19: Dancing and Flourishing: Mindful Meditation in Dance-Making and Performing Sarah Whatley and Naomi Lefebvre Sell
Chapter 20: What You Cannot Imagine: Spirituality in Akram Khans Vertical Road Jayne Stevens