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 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…
Spirality, chirality and movement
This is the introduction to a webinar taught by Karen Kirkness and Celina Hwang. View the webinar here. Curvature and rotation are features so deeply embedded within our natural structure, it is easy to overlook the significance. Spirality, a biological strategy, is hidden in the obvious. Helical structure underpins all carbon-based life; from the micro…