Hetty King, a movement educator certified in the Topf Technique(R), explains how the ideas in this work grew out of Topf's involvement in developing Anatomical Release Technique--an important concept in contemporary dance--and the influence of earlier innovators Barbara Clark and Mabel Elsworth Todd, founder of the approach to movement known as "ideokinesis." Featuring lessons written as a dialogue between teacher, student, and elements of the body, Topf's material is accompanied by twenty-one activities that allow readers to use the book as a self-guided manual. is a widely applicable entry point into the tradition of experiential anatomy and its mindful centering of the living, breathing body.