Body story

This writing assignment is a reflective perspective of your life, from your earliest movement memory to present. Give yourself time to collect as many memories as you can. Write your personal body story. Your paper needs to be double spaced and at least 3 pages. You may submit your paper anytime between now and October 15. Include: *the story of your birth (pre-birth if possible: the health and activities of your mother affect the life in the womb) *your earliest movement memories (earliest kinesthetic sensation you can remember. Examples: being rocked or held, learning to swim or to ride a bike, bouncing on a parent of family member's knee, falling from a tree) *training techniques (sports, dance, gymnastics, musical instruments) *environment you grew up in/where you lived (mountains, plains, forests, oceans all affect how you move, how you perceive- did you have other children to play with, brothers/sisters/friends- games you liked to play) *comments you heard about yourself which shaped your body image ("Oh, what a cute chubby child!" "Stand up straight!" "He's going to be tall like his dad." "Children are to be seen and not heard.") *attitudes towards sensuality and sexuality, gender images (How were these formulated? Family, cultural, religious or your own discoveries and experiences) *injuries, illnesses operations *nutrition, relationship to body shape/weight, strength, flexibility (relationship to food- do you cook or eat out? Where and when do you eat- at the table or on the go) *anything else that interests you