In the event of a fall, the body is well protected by its deep muscles and, above all, is quick to react. Every day, people tell us how their bodies behaved “differently” during a fall or an accident involving a bicycle, car, scooter, or skis—or on ice—how they protected themselves, and how they managed to get out of the predicament with only minor injuries.
And almost always, the reports end with an exclamation like, “Now I know what Benita Cantieni means by ‘body intelligence’!”