Tag: body
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F.M.Alexander – the orator with no voice
Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869-1955) was an Australian actor who had made a good living from poetry recitals in the 1890s until he encountered a career-threatening problem: he developed breathing problems and chronic laryngitis, and lost his voice! He went from doctor to doctor, but none could find any physical cause nor any cure. Since no-one…
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An empty shell
Today’s doctors study anatomy in great detail, aided by constant improvements in microscope technology, electronic scanning and, in recent decades, computers. But what exactly are they studying? If you want to see what a human body looks like with its mental and emotional energies taken away, look out for Professor Gunther von Hagens’ travelling Bodyworlds…
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A New Body Every Year?
Would you like a brand new body every year? It’s not that far-fetched you know! Your body is constantly regenerating itself. The cells continually die and are replaced with new cells at the rate of more than one million every second. The cells of the heart and digestive system are replaced every three to six…