Reclaiming Vitality and Presence: Sensory Awareness as a Practice for Life

by Charlotte Selver and Charles V.W. Brooks

Foreword by Norman Fischer
Edited by Richard Lowe & Stefan Laeng-Gilliatt

North Atlantic Books - $19.95

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Every Moment is a Moment: A Journal with Words of Charlotte Selver

From her 102 years of living and over 75 years of offering the work of Sensory Awareness.

(125 pages, with many color and black-and-white photographs) $22

Waking Up

This book is a lovingly selected and skillfully edited compilation of excerpts of more than two decades of Charlotte Selver's profound teachings, colorful sayings, and rich insights, arranged topically. They represent the heart of her teaching. Using her own words, the text of each experiment feels like Charlotte Selver herself speaking not only to her class but to the reader. The reader is invited to try out some of the suggested experiments. $15.50

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Charlotte Selver, Vol. 1. Sensory Awareness And Our Attitude Toward Life

Collected lectures and texts. Containing: Sensory Awareness and Our Attitude Toward Life; Sensory Awareness & Total Functioning; Report on Work in Sensory Awareness & Total Functioning; To See Without Eyes...; On Breathing; On Being in Touch With Oneself

Charlotte Selver

A Taste of Sensory Awareness.. An overview of the work, with an edited transcript of a session from the 1987 NY Open Center workshop. 38 pages

Collected Writings

Articles by Alan Watts, Charlotte Selver, and others. 34 pages with photos.

Elfriede Hengstenberg

The work of the oldest living colleague of Gindler and Jacoby, including biographical notes, experiences in her own studies, and accounts of her innovative work with children.46 pages, photos (1985)

Elsa Gindler Vol. 1

Memorial to the originator of the work we know as Sensory Awareness. Excerpts from Gindler's letters, an article by her, and reports from her students, including C. Selver. 44 pages with photos. (1978) Available in German translation

Elsa Gindler Vol. 2

Memories from Gindler students and an article about Heinrich Jacoby, innovative educator and colleague of Gindler. 44 pages with photos. Available in German translation

Emmi Pikler

Dr. Emmi Pikler, Hungarian pediatrician, whose revolutionary practice and philosophy, about earliest childhood upbringing, has been very influential in Europe. Contains extensive selections from Dr. Pikler's first book, Peaceful Babies - Contented Mothers , and a paper by Judith Falk, M.D., then director of the Emmi Pikler Methodological Institute for Residential Nurseries. 48 pages, with many photos of young children. (1993).

Heinrich Jacoby

The work and influence of Gindler's long-time collaborator. Summaries of his books. Interviews with his students, including his editor and colleague Sophie Ludwig. 46 pages with photos. (1986).