Tantra and intimacy teacher Chris joins me to discuss intimacy during the viral crisis. She gives us all some top tips on clear communication, pausing, NVC, separation and merging, sexual polarity, house dates, making time, surrender vs. victimhood, ways to improve and spice up your lock down sex life, levels of sex, giving and taking …
248. Love in the time of COVID – with Chris Van der Weide Read More »
Movement Medicine teacher Kristin joins me to talk conscious dance, activism, dance and emotions, expressing vs just practicing anger, interoception, “healing”, archetypes, the tensions between the various purposes of dance, boundaries, shouting, Switzerland, community building and bum feeling! https://kristin-glenewinkel.ch/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Graduation-project.pdf https://www.cnnmoney.ch/shows/feeling-good/videos/inner-dancer-kristin-glenewinkel-movement-medicine-instructor
The second in our series on the Corona crisis with Alexander Vilvovskaya, Liz Koch, Ilan Stephani, and Philip Shepherd. We talk the “global psoas muscle, the pause, the maturity of the internet, the power of place, forced learning, the end of more, meaning, useful practices, cultural trauma, breathing, death and control, humour, heroics, “lock down”, …
246. The Global Pause – Plague dialogues 2 – Special Read More »
Rafe Kelley, Rae Johnson and Ilan Stephani join me to discuss the new reality we find ourselves in, the psychology of Corona fight-flight, relationships and intimacy now, creativity, predicting the future, nationalism, the power of touch, intergenerational trauma, and some good resources. A wonderful and of the moment dialogue. https://embodimentcircle.com/embodiment-circle-online/ https://www.embodiedfacilitator.com/resources-for-embodiment/
As someone who’s taught resilience in disaster and war zones to many humanitarian agencies and several militaries, here’s a few things more important than Vitamin C and anti-viral hand-wash right now: – being present to yourself– a sense of purpose– pleasure– social support, especially empathy and touch– shared humour– a spiritual connection of some kind …
Naked yoga teacher Michael joins me to discuss nudity, moving naked, body shame, Burning Man, The Bonobo Lodge, polyamory and monogamy, Sex at Dawn, consent, kink, The Wheel of Consent, shame and more. A sexy, open, free hanging one. http://www.nakedspace.org/
My own health, and how to work online, new courses, support for yoga studios, an offer if you’ve had a course cancelled and more. https://www.embodiedfacilitator.com/events-calendar/ https://www.embodiedyogaprinciples.com/events
Play and connection teacher Marina joins us to discuss the nature of love, Ritual Play, how to play, play and sex, Fred Donaldson, erotic blueprints, sex positivity and sexual mismatches, agency, “death positivity”, our relationship to money, “toxic money”, people pleasing, Betty Martin and more. A wide ranging deep one. https://www.ritual-play.com
The hard truth is that we’re likely heading for a shutdown that could last months, with many people isolating and not going to their regular classes. Many small businesses and sole-traders can not afford this, so if you still want those people around on the other side of the crisis, here’s how to thank them …
Six things you can do to save your yoga studios, martial arts dojos, and dance classes Read More »
Evolve Move Play Founder Rafe joins me to talk travelling workshops vs virtual, “ecologies” of practice, movement “food groups”, parkour, shadow-sides of practice, do vs jitsu, fantasy and reality, indoor vs outdoor movement environments, biophilia, can online learning work, habit formation, money shame, the social aspect of practice and more. A really good discussion about …