Bodies of Knowledge: Embodied Learning in Adult Education: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 134

1. Intuitive Knowing and Embodied Consciousness 5
Randee Lipson Lawrence
This article describes the relationship between intuition and embodied knowing, including how embodied knowing comes into our consciousness. It sets the stage for the variety of practice contexts and strategies that are discussed in this volume.

2. Embodied Learning and Patient Education: From Nurses' Self-Awareness to Patient Self-Caring 15
Ann L. Swartz
This article presents embodied learning from a neurobiologic perspective as a naturally occurring process in patient education. It describes how nursing students learned to trust their own bodies, which led to self-empowerment and extended to patient care.

3. Embodied Learning at Work: Making the Mind-set Shift from Workplace to Playspace 25
Pamela Meyer
Creative play and improvisation can transform organizations into dynamic spaces for learning, promoting collaboration, and creating problem solving.

4. Embodying Women's Stories for Community Awareness and Social Action 33
Yolanda Nieves
This article describes a case study involving collecting stories of Puerto Rican women and embodying them through community performance. In performing the stories, repressed and subjugated knowledge was unleashed.

5. Outdoor Experiential Education: Learning Through the Body 43
Eric Howden
In adventure education, one experiences a series of physical challenges designed to improve self-confidence and create cohesive teams. As thinking one's way through the obstacles often promotes anxiety, one learns to rely on one’s body.

6. Dance as a Way of Knowing 53
Celeste Snowber
Dance is a method of inquiry that invites us to imagine new worlds. This article takes an in-depth look at dance and body movement and the implications for teaching and learning in a variety of disciplines.

7. Embodied Knowledge and Decolonization: Walking with Theater's Powerful and Risky Pedagogy 61
Shauna Butterwick, Jan Selman
Popular theater is an educational tool that empowers individuals to see themselves as creators of their own stories. Mind, body, and emotions come together as anti-oppressive forces.

8. Coming Full Circle: Reclaiming the Body 71
Randee Lipson Lawrence
This concluding article integrates and synthesizes themes from the previous articles and highlights the lessons learned.

Index 79