BOOKS
From Bodily Knowledge to Inuitive Movement
Where Physical Therapy, Yoga Therapy and Pain Science Meet
In her upcoming new book, sherry teaches that knowing thyself currently is the frame for teaching. When we practice regularly, and hold space for tuning in, we are continually authenticating our teaching. The gift is heightened health, access to all of our layers of being and the ability so that we can sense and guide our clients toward the same for their own unique process and path to wellness and self acceptance. And finally, that this learning becomes less and less brainy and more and more the inner sense which develops fluid movement rather than a way to ‘get it right’. We learn best by feel. Sherry’s handmade drawings at the end have only arrows for teaching the energetic directions of various movements. It’s playful instead of stern which makes it memorable and applicable to all movement.
Singing Dragon, 2025
“This book is an amazing resource and study of the body and yoga therapy from a practical point of view, based on Sherry Brourman’s lifetime of experience helping others deal with physical challenges through yoga therapy. The book sets the stage by describing the biological, psychological, and social aspects of being human that impact how we develop movement patterns over a lifetime. It then builds on that by exploring how we experience and interpret pain, basic anatomy and body movement, as well as how to “see” body movement a wholistic manner. I liked how the book seeks to teach by inviting the reader to experience how things feel in their own body, developing an intuitive sense from the inside out. I also liked how the book provides guidance for evaluating clients, but given that everybody has different physical characteristics, the purpose of yoga therapy is not to achieve an ideal pose, but to move toward an energetic symmetry that enhances balance and ease of movement given the bodies we have. Finally, the last chapter on yoga poses brings all the concepts home, inviting the reader to experience for themselves yoga poses reflecting different body movements. This is not to be missed. There is so much good information here, I know I will be returning to this book again and again.”
- Brad McAllester
Walk Yourself Well
Walk Yourself Well, is written for everyone, with comprehensive, easy to understand self-evaluations, and illustrated stretching, strengthening and walking exercises.
Also a guide to self empowerment, Walk Yourself Well offers a self assessment using gait and general posture observation, gives various ways to see personal common bodily movements and shift (if they feel comforting) and gives strengthening and loosening exercises to help assimilate to any chosen shifts.
A Hyperion publication, in continuous print since 1998. Also available in Italian, Hebrew, Korean, and in the UK.
“The best outcome of Sherry Brourman’s Walk Yourself Well, is you do! She watched me walk, gave me suggestions, and I did them. I not only look younger, I feel younger and stronger. A Simple (once you know what to do), and effective change in body movement. Amazing!”
JPDelafield, M.D.
“From Body Knowledge to Intuitive Movement” expanded my awareness in not only how I could sequence and cue the yoga I teach, but how I could live in and honor my physical and energy body as the unit it is. Sherry’s balance between clear technical knowledge and invitations for insightful introspection allowed me to investigate the functionality of the whole of my body as well as my yoga practice from a deeply personalized perspective, which I found to be the antithesis of her work. She so clearly imparts the wisdom that one cannot work with movement without refining the quality of one's thoughts and the response to feelings. This is further demonstrated in Sherry’s suggestions in how one can utilize the impact of mentality and imagination in practice and cuing. For example, concepts like the body’s “imaginary central line (ICL)” which connects us to our softly strong line of power in our center, “kinetic chains” which reveal the patterns of our movement and the body’s inherent interconnectedness, or simply “breath to movement” are all points of attention which allow the integrity of the movement to feel whole. She most challenges the relationship one can have with pain, suggesting that one could slowly build the capacity to feel both pain and a sense of trust through repeated exercises of movement and mindfulness.”
- Adina Aaron
