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Ideokinesis is an approach to the improvement of human posture and body movement, in which visual and tactile-kinesthetic imagery guide the student toward healthier form. It is a discipline that employs the use of images as a means of improving muscle patterns.〔Bernard. A. ''An introduction to Ideokinesis''〕 Mabel Todd conceived the ideokinesis approach; Barbara Clark and Lulu Sweigard, and others contributed to its early evolution; later, André Bernard, Irene Dowd, Erick Hawkins, Pamela Matt, Eric Franklin and others lent their influence. Sweigard borrowed the word ''Ideokinesis'', composed by two Greek words: ideo (thought) and kinesis (movement), from Bonpensière, a piano teacher, who applied imagery to his methodology. Ideokinesis can be translated roughly as << the image or thought as facilitator of movement >>.〔(Bernard. A. ''An introduction to Ideokinesis'' )〕 Visualizing motor imagery is employed to alter injurious mechanical forces by programming neuromuscular patterns for improved alignment and mechanical balance. The key idea of Ideokinesis is that the mind’s eye can alter potentially injurious movement forces (stress) to avoid injury (strain) 〔(Mabel Todd.''The Thinking Body'', 1937 )〕 Visualizing the movement only with the mind’s eye (either as movement within the body or in space), without any perceivable sensation of muscular effort, primes neural pathways and reprograms unnecessary and unwanted muscular tensions. Sweigard, for example, evolved “nine lines of movement” that could be visualized in “constructive rest” to create better mechanical balance in upright standing posture 〔(Sweigard L. ''Human Movement Potential: Its Ideokinetic Facilitation''. Vermont: Allegro Editions, 2013. )〕 Sports psychology research have shown that visualizing a clear goal of an action readily coordinates the neuromuscular details of the movement (the muscular recruitment, sequencing, and timing and force requirements). Physical practice combined with mental practice can lead to more improvement in motor performance and strength than either physical or mental practice alone. Further brain imaging technology reveals that mentally practicing a motor image utilizes the same brain regions as actual physical execution. Visualization, then, is a powerful tool in linking mind and body in programming “right” (intended) action without excessive wear-and-tear on the body from physical practice.〔(''Somatic Studies and Dance'' by Glenna Batson - International Association for Dance Medicine and Science )〕 ==See also== * Alexander technique * Rolfing Structural Integration * Feldenkrais * Franklin Method 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ideokinesis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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