Dr Karen Kirkness holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Medical Sciences from Hull York Medical School. Her research is based on complexity science applications in the medical curriculum, especially how anatomy pedagogy informs health professions education outcomes. Dr Kirkness teaches embryology and anatomy with a focus on kineasthetic learning methods.
Karen is a committed movement educator passionate about facilitating healthy outcomes through guided self-practice with a focus on constraints-led spiral motion. Her work as a movement researcher in the Spiral Syllabus looks at rotational biomechanics in terms of the Five Filaments, the spiral motion rubric that Dr. Kirkness coined in her book, Spiral Bound: Integrated Anatomy for Yoga. Karen is the founder of Meadowlark Yoga in Edinburgh, Scotland, and holds an MFA & MSc in Human Anatomy from the University of Edinburgh.
The World of Spirals
by Karen Kirkness What is spirality? You might have been hearing more about spirality in the anatomy world recently, but what is spirality and why is it important for bodyworkers to know about it? Spirality in biologic structure, including fascia, refers to the appearance of spiral form throughout nature. Spirality is an emergent property of…
The world of Spirals
What is spirality? You might have been hearing more about spirality in the anatomy world recently, but what is spirality and why is it important for bodyworkers to know about it? Spirality in biologic structure, including fascia, refers to the appearance of spiral form throughout nature. Spirality is an emergent property of tension-compression balance, emerging…
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