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Kimerer L LaMothe Ph.D.

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Kimerer LaMothe, Ph.D., is a philosopher, dancer, and scholar of religion who lives with her partner and their five children on a farm in upstate New York. After earning a masters degree in Christianity and Culture from Harvard Divinity School and a doctorate in Theology of the Modern West from Harvard University, LaMothe taught at Brown and then Harvard Universities. She received fellowships for her work in religion and dance from the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study and the Center for the Study of World Religions; and is an award-winning author of six books, including What a Body Knows, Nietzsche's Dancers, Between Dancing and Writing, Family Planting, and her latest, Why We Dance: A Philosophy of Bodily Becoming (Columbia University Press, 2015).

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Recent Posts
Why Dancing Is Good for You
When the music plays, your toe taps, and your head nods without thinking about it. Do these subconscious movements hold keys to well-being?
The Time to Dance Is Now
The current moment requires three skills that dancers across traditions and techniques practice: creativity, flexibility, and resilience.
What Should I Eat, Animals or Plants?

If we are concerned with finding a way to nourish ourselves that is better for animals, plants, and the planet, we need to prioritize the how over the what.

If we are concerned with finding a way to nourish ourselves that is better for animals, plants, and the planet, we need to prioritize the how over the what.

How to Argue With Your Partner

The key to shorter and less frequent arguments comes down to simple principle: An argument is not over until we're grateful that it happened.

The key to shorter and less frequent arguments comes down to simple principle: An argument is not over until we're grateful that it happened.

Want to Do More in 2020? Get Enough Sleep

What are your goals for this new year and decade? Whatever they are, one essential ingredient of your success is enough sleep.

What are your goals for this new year and decade? Whatever they are, one essential ingredient of your success is enough sleep.

Is Pain a Kind of Bodily Wisdom?

The pain of being a bodily self is so often — and paradoxically so — an invitation to move.

The pain of being a bodily self is so often — and paradoxically so — an invitation to move.

What Your Movement Signature Reveals About You

A recent study succeeded in measuring a pattern of muscular activation—a "movement signature"—unique to every human. What does a movement signature reveal?

A recent study succeeded in measuring a pattern of muscular activation—a "movement signature"—unique to every human. What does a movement signature reveal?