Parkour teacher Amos joins the show to discuss the science of movement, natural movement, social movement shame, how to learn Parkour, Ukemi and falling, randori, human hunting, psychological effects of Parkour, the tribal culture of the art, the dark side of embodied arts, “training vibe”, playfulness and fear, parkour sports and the far reaches of …
134. Parkour, falling down & picking up – with Amos Rendao Read More »
Highly experienced somatic psychologist Annie Brook joins the show to discuss a new death experience, developmental somatics, “compensations”, Body-Mind Centering, self-awareness and response, cellular learning, Sufi mindfulness, the “risk of life”, the history of embodiment and development of the “somatic baby”, play and contact improv, trauma, charisma, digesting experience, what’s the best trauma therapy, immersion, …
This year I’ve been taking seriously a rather wild understanding: that the individual body contains everything and all of us. This is actually a pretty traditional, mystical/tantric notion: microcosm of the macrocosm; as above, so below; body of Christ etc. However, it’s still a pretty huge – well, infinite idea. No … it’s a somatic …
Bodyworker Silas Hörler on what bodywork is and the many types of it. We talk “Energy”, bioenergetics, emotions and values, the purpose of anger, Alexander Lowen, who’s good in the field, shadow work, body reading and online bodywork. Kinda a casual but very useful one. https://www.integrales-leben.org/ http://youtube.com/integralekorperarbeit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4IDxq0UPlIsZdKImOSy_3A
Columbian philosopher and dance teacher Daniel Metallana joins us today from Qatar. We talk South American embodiment, travelling in the Amazon, his Magic Messengers documentary, reintegrating the intellectual self, stages of self-love, David Deida, conscious masculinity, James Bond and the dangerous masculine, blow jobs and the Dali Lama, sexual energy, the consequences of repressed sexuality, …
131. Sex, death and no-self love – with Daniel Matallana Read More »
Embodied parenting expert Kirstie joins the show. We discuss embodiment vs dancer bodies, trauma and resilience, why we need to include the body when being with children, attachment and attachment issues, parent’s emotional needs, care and compassion fatigue, self-regulation, conditions of transformation, self-care, learning about and training nervous systems, principles of embodied learning, shame, base-line …
Doshin joins to to discuss what Zen is, koans, the bodymind link, Zen’s role in World War 2, postmodernism, what “feeling” means, Jonathon Haidt, the “moral matrix”, value sets, guilt be shame, self loathing, the victim triangle, protest culture, NonViolent Communication, skilful inflexibility, zen privilege, humour, how The West has improved Zen, shadow work, archetypes, …
Yoga teacher and podcaster Shannon joins the show to chat girls nights out, children and practice, prenatal yoga, pregnancy, birth trauma, pelvic health, Victorian attitudes, pelvic floors, mula banda, incontinence, the power of community, competition in yoga, 8 limbs of yoga, community vs cult, boundaries, limits of expertise, eating disorders, podcasting, training design (we geek …
128. Incontinence, kids and money – with Shannon Crow Read More »
Mike Lousada joins us to chat sexual repression, cultural aspects of this, body shame, sexual energy, different schools of bodywork, psychosynthesis, Western vs Eastern approaches, “armouring”, 1970s vs modern approaches, loving presence, sexology, the medical model in sex, the upper limits of human sexual potential, the cult of ecstasy and other traps in tantra, making …
Yoga teacher Gernot Huber joins me to discuss mindbody integration and a balance between “hard” and “soft” yoga. We talk intellectuals beginnings, yoga to strengthen the mindbody link, teacher over style, finding balance in yoga to make it more beneficial, individually adapted practice, form vs feeling, how you do it, listening deeply vs listening to …