bodymind

English

Alternative forms

• body-mind

Etymology

From body +‎ mind.

Noun

bodymind (countable and uncountable, plural bodyminds)

1. Body and mind viewed as a single integrated entity.
   • 2010, Jerri Daboo, Ritual, Rapture and Remorse: A Study of Tarantism and Pizzica in Salento, →ISBN:

     In this way, it concerns the interrelationship between the experience of the bodymind and the social function of the music and dance, and the mutual dependency and inseparability of the two, in and through the action of the performance.

   • 2014, Melissa Hurt, Arthur Lessac’s Embodied Actor Training, →ISBN, page 88:

     The actor who self-teaches through her perceptions remains attuned to her bodymind throughout her training and into performance because she remains connected with what she does and feels each day.

   • 2017, Stephanie L Kerschbaum, Laura T Eisenman, James M Jones, Negotiating Disability: Disclosure and Higher Education, →ISBN, page 97:

     The issue and focus is, of course, our bodyminds and not the structures, practices, or policies of the academy.

Anagrams

• mind-body