bodymind

Etymology

From body + mind.

bodymind means body and mind viewed as a single integrated entity. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

Why “bodymind” is a great word

BODYMIND — [Noun] The human being considered as a single, indivisible entity in which physiological and psychological processes are continuous and integrated. From body + mind, a modern compound word. Unlike "dualism" (which cleaves consciousness from flesh as separate substances) or "embodiment" (which often describes consciousness expressed through a physical vessel), "bodymind" names the holistic entity itself. It is the gut’s instinctive clench preceding a conscious thought of dread, the tremor in a hand that betrays a calm face, and the fluent, unthinking grace of a dancer in motion—a quiet insistence that we are not passengers in our flesh, but its ongoing conversation.

noun

Body and mind viewed as a single integrated entity.“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.”