What is it about?
This article uses a couple of books by and about Gerda Geddes, who was very influential in bringing Tai Chi to the UK. However, in "another life" she was part of the "Golden AGe of Body Psychotherapy" that existed around Wilhelm Reich and his partner, Elsa Lindenberg, in Oslo, Norway from 1934-1939.
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Why is it important?
It brings together - in a remarkable portrait about this rather wonderful woman - the two very diverse sides of her life: body-oriented therapy and movement and also Tai Chi.
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This page is a summary of: Reflections on Gerda Geddes, Body Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy, November 2013, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/17432979.2013.810665.
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Resources
Gerda Geddes - Yang Long Form - YouTube
A video of Gerda Geddes's style of Tai Chi
DVD - Understanding Tai Chi Ch'uan
Amazon site for DVD
Dancer in the Light: The Life of Gerda Pytt Geddes
Amazon site for book about Gerda Geddes
Looking for the Golden Needle: An Allegorical Journey
A book by Gerda Geddes
Gerda Pytt Geddes
Wikipedia site about Gerda Pytt Geddes
Gerda Geddes: Obituary - by Frank Woods
A 2006 obituary of Gerda Geddes
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