Spirit in Motion

About the Book

This book is a guide to help tap the energy source within yourself. You will learn to gather and release energy from the deepest recesses of your body and mind. Breathe-stretch creates new room for the tissues that comprise your body, enhancing circulation and allowing deep relaxation. Experience is a gift you give to yourself. Creative use and development of energy can benefit all aspects of your life. I developed this work because in all my years of physical development (sports, dance, yoga, tai chi chuan, swimming), the understanding of what the instructor indicted when he or she mentioned force or energy remained unclear. It was as though the concept were spoken of or honored but not experience directly or not shared with outsiders. Breathe-stretch and energy have never been explained simply in such a way as to be made accessible. This text teaches how to produce a greater sense of well-being and how to recreate yourself through consciously directing will and desire. You can learn to experience freedom without bounds by directing energy to expand the deepest recesses of the body, mind, and spirit.

About the Author

Dr. Wendy Gross received her doctorate in healthcare leadership from Nova University; degree of master of arts from Columbia University, Teachers College; degree of master of science from Barry University; and degree of bachelor of arts from University of Florida. She has been a yoga teacher for forty-five years and licensed massage therapist for twenty-one years, with licenses in Arizona, Nevada, and Florida. Her last academic position was department head massage specialist, College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada. Currently, she is on-call at Jupiter Medical Center, Lighthouse Detox Center for massage and yoga. During her philosophy classes in college, Dr. Gross discovered that yoga linked the mind and body in a sensation experience. This understanding compelled her to explore the classical and innovative movement styles of both Eastern and Western cultures. Breathe-stretch technique is the foundation of the energy experience expressed on land and water. Energy follows the breath, and the mind directs the attention of consciousness toward the desired experience.