Dr Karen Kirkness holds her doctorate in medical sciences with a focus on complexity and anatomy pedagogy. She has published numerous academic papers and book chapters and is the author of Spiral Bound: Integrated Anatomy for Yoga, a multidisciplinary approach to understanding how spirality is expressed in human movement. She codifies this spirality as the Five Filaments, a spiral motion rubric based on the multidimensional, chiral, filamentous morphologic constraints of fascia. As an experienced teacher of movement, she aims to hone the therapeutic experience of movement by emphasising the importance of "going with the spiral grain of nature". Karen lives with her husband and their two young kids in the Scottish Borders.
Toroidal geometry of the gastrulating embryo: kinesthetic phenomenology and the learning journey
Can we visualise how our adult bodies spring into form from a single cell? This short blog argues that where embryology is concerned, visualisation is not possible without participation. There are animated videos available that make aspects of the embryonic journey feel more approachable. However, watching a video can never convey the genuine sense of…
Toroidal geometry of the gastrulating embryo
by Dr Karen Kirkness, PhD Medical Sciences, MSc Human Anatomy Can we visualise how our adult bodies spring into form from a single cell? This short blog argues that where embryology is concerned, visualisation is not possible without participation. There are animated videos available that can make aspects of the embryonic journey feel more approachable….
Monthly Member Webinar – Thursday 21st November 2024
Monthly Member Webinar – Thursday 21st November 2024 Practical details Date: Thursday 21st November Time: 19.00 – 20.00 UK time. Check your timezone here Presenter: Dr Karen Kirkness Title: Planes of Folding: The Embryo Mushroom Once you have registered, you will receive an email with the zoom link. You will also get a reminder on…
Monthly Members’ Webinar – Planes of Folding: The Embryo Mushroom
Date: Thursday 21st November 2024Times: 19:00 – 20:00 Check your timezone here.Presenter: Dr Karen KirknessTitle: Planes of Folding: The Embryo Mushroom Description: Join Dr Karen Kirkness for a light-hearted romp through the main stages of embryonic folding to see how the embryo ‘mushrooms’ its way into form. Bring some paper and pens to fold along with Karen to make the…
Karen Kirkness: Five Filaments in Practice
Spirality in nature is everywhere we look, and resides in every movement we make. Nature’sdance through the music and mathematics of form leave patterns in nature that providenatural constraints, and in life we find it arising in complexity. Spiral constraints inform andinfuse every movement we make through filamentous tissue. Join Karen in a practicalworkshop exploring…
Karen Kirkness: Constrain to Set Free: Fascia and Complexity
Spirality in nature is everywhere we look, and resides in every movement we make. To be spiral is to curl, to resonate with vibration, to converge and expand with the breath. Spirals are found universally, leaving a twirling pattern in biologic tissue, pea tendrils, the horns of ruminant animals, weather formations and the motion of…