Dancing with Gravity is about the secret of Cornu Tension. It is the secret to surviving in the gravity jungle.

Cornu Tension is the Michael Miller theory of bio-mechanics. The theory is simple, oppositional rotation between axes in your body creates two things you can feel: a sense of alignment and of being lighter on your feet because you know how to engage your muscles more efficiently.

Engaging in Cornu Tension knowingly results in better movement. Awareness of Cornu Tension makes gravity your dance partner, not your oppressor. And when you learn how to draw Cornu you will understand it even better!

Part I discusses what an axis is. Part II looks at the 6 axes in Cornu Tension. Part III explores the relationship between these axes. This is the secret of Cornu Tension, the recognition of oppositional rotation between axes.

In this book you’ll learn how the secret was discovered. You’ll learn how the image of the Michael Miller Trademark came to be known as Cornu. You’ll learn the easy way to engage in Cornu Tension between the ears and the shoulders in 30 words on 5 lines.

In this book you’ll learn how Cornu Tension is used in the instruction of Pilates. How the pursuit of uniform engagement through Cornu Tension applies to all movement, including martial arts, yoga and swimming.

Advanced sections include comments on the basis of consciousness and where the true nature of being eccentric in our body comes from.

How will this book change you as a Pilates instructor?

It will give you and understanding of how the body engages itself to move through space.

It will improve your eye when evaluating posture and movement.

You'll have more confidence in what to cue and why.

You'll know about endpoints of tension, how to create them and how to connect them.

This book will teach you how the body engages itself to move through space. Someday, everyone will know about Cornu Tension. For now, the secret of Cornu Tension is waiting for you!