Enhancing Creativity with Somatics.
The article focuses on how somatic movement practices, particularly somatic dancing, enhance creativity by emphasizing internal body awareness, free and playful movement, and imaginative engagement. Somatic dance integrates both patterned choreography and spontaneous free dance, fostering cognitive...
| Publicado en: | Integrative & Complementary Therapies Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 182 - 186 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Oct2026
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