Franklin Method Ball and Imagery Exercises for Relaxed and Flexible Shoulders, Neck and Thorax

by Eric Franklin

Body posture and movement are imagery driven. If the image doesn't correspond to the way the body is designed, the result will be a steady decline in function. Franklin Ball exercises help you to discover your movement patterns, restrictions and tension. Using the Franklin Balls and Original Franklin Mini Roll with movement and imagery will awaken your proprioceptors, body awareness and breathing patterns. Exercise are described using imagery, photographs of the movement and imagery illustrations to provide the complete mind-body exploration experience.

Illustrated. Softcover; 44 pages.

48 pages, Paperback

First published October 6, 2008

About the author

Eric Franklin is the founder and director of the Franklin Method. He created the Method over 25 years ago, first teaching in Switzerland, Germany and Austria and further in the USA, China, Japan and many other countries. He earned his BS from the University of Zurich and his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Eric teaches at universities and schools throughout the world including the Juilliard School in New York, Rutgers University, the University of Vienna, the Royal Ballet School and the Laban Center in London. He has taught Beyonce’s & Celine Dion’s world tour dance companies. In 1998 he introduced the first dance conditioning methodology to mainland China.

Eric presents his work at numerous conferences, such as the World Congress for Lower Back and Pelvic Pain, the Pilates Method Alliance and the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science. Eric Franklin is author 21 books, including of Dynamic Alignment through Imagery (2012), Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance (2013), Relax your Neck – Liberate your Shoulders (2002), Pelvic Power (2003), Inner Focus, Outer Strength (2006) and Beautiful Body, Beautiful Mind (2009). Eric Franklin’s books have been translated into German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, French, Czech, Chinese and Korean.