Episode · Huberman Lab · 2022-06-20
Books mentioned on The Science & Practice of Movement | Ido Portal
My guest is Ido Portal, the world’s foremost expert on human movement. Ido has spent a lifetime studying, combining and evolving elements from an enormous range of martial arts, dance genres, athletic endeavors, and science, to develop a unified theory and practice of movement called “The Ido Portal Method.
Ido Portal recommended Yoga Body by Mark Singleton, and discussed The Spinal Engine by Serge Gracovetsky.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Spinal Engine
The Spinal Engine is a specialized biomechanics book by Serge Gracovetsky that explores human locomotion and argues that the spine and trunk serve as the primary drivers of power in movement.
Discussed“Like the work of Gracovetsky on the spine, "The Spinal Engine", and to see how these old ways of moving even all the way up to exoskeletons and like primary, very ancient or even single cell things are still within us to a certain extent.”
Where to get it
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Yoga Body
Yoga Body by Mark Singleton is a historical examination that investigates the origins of modern postural yoga and challenges traditional beliefs about its ancient roots.
Recommended“For example, yoga, there is a good book called the "Yoga Body", which will destroy a lot of people's yoga practice. And it goes into how did we get to this yoga, the influence of Swedish gymnastics and Mongolian contortionists, and the Western, the West affecting it, and then the ancient practice, which was barely asana-related, posture, position.”
Where to get it
