Book Review: Move Into Life: The Nine Essentials for Lifelong Vitality by Anat Baniel - Page 2

With all of this technical knowledge behind her, Baniel does a surprisingly great job in Move Into Life: The Nine Essentials for Lifelong Vitality in making all of this understandable for the average person.  The nine essentials all have to do with learning and awareness: moving with awareness, doing and experiencing new things, recognizing the power of subtle and gentle change, opening up to variation, slowing down, being enthusiastic, staying flexible, enjoying dreams and imagination, and being aware.  In each chapter Baniel offers her take on the topic, examples of how this comes up in life using her clients, and exercises to help the reader explore further.  

For example, in the chapter on enthusiasm she coins the term "Eeyoric" to denote negativity and lack of enthusiasm for living as the old gray donkey friend of Winnie the Pooh epitomizes what we're like when we lack enthusiasm.  "Like Eeyore, we slouch both physically and emotionally.  We hunch down, drag our feet; the tone and tenor of our voice drops and slows, and our moods become as slouchy and draggy as our posture."  And then she follows with ways to get out of this trap, to stand tall and shine inside and out.

If you are interested in neuroscience, in movement, and in improved quality of life you must read Move Into Life and try some of Baniel's techniques.  They have worked for thousands of people of all ages and backgrounds for decades and now they can help you wherever you are.

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