"Zoosomatics is both a practice and a field of research that explores how humans can learn from other animals' movement, perception, and presence. It is about awakening animal intelligence into the human body and awareness by observing, sensing, and moving with animal rhythms, somatic qualities, and ways of inhabiting space. It also invites us to learn-and engage with-the umwelt of species, their unique senses and ways of experiencing the world."
"A few weeks ago, ethologist and dog trainer Marco Adda wrote to me about his new ideas of how to move and sense with other animals, a practice he calls zoosomatics. Marco has long been interested in dog-human relationships and how to improve them, and after reading through his brief note and outline, I asked if he could answer a few questions about this practice, one that will be of interest to a wide audience, including ethologists, comparative psychologists, therapists,"
Zoosomatics defines a practice and research field where humans learn from other animals’ movement, perception, and presence by awakening animal intelligence in the human body. The practice uses observation, sensing, and moving with animal rhythms, somatic qualities, and spatial inhabitation to engage species-specific umwelten and unique sensory experiences. Practices derive from theatre, martial arts, somatic training, and anthropology and combine insights from ethology, philosophy, and psychology. Zoosomatics generates new methods for studying interspecies resonance by focusing on embodied exploration, ecological interaction, and shared presence to deepen empathy and expand human perception and bodily awareness.
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