228. freedomDANCE – with Alex Svoboda
Founder of freedomDANCE Alex joins me to discuss conscious dance vs. movement, the business of movement, the death of Gabrielle Roth, Russia and freedom, the felt sense of freedom, how often we need to dance, what conscious dance is actually for, Rainbow Rhythms, and the future of conscious dance. A deep yet relaxed one. https://freedom-dance.com/
227. Open Floor – with Lori Saltzman and Kathy Altman
Two of the founders of Open Floor join me to discuss the interpretive imperative, the West’s rediscovery of free dance, open sourcing and the Creative Commons, the “university” model, sociocracy, connection as the key purpose of Open Floor, boundaries, dance-floor as life, transfer off the Floor, the three hungers, the importance of “settling” and what […]
226. Movement and technology – With Wil Brown
Founder of the London Movement group Will joins me chat growing up on a building site, competitive sports, movement culture, social media, being “monk-like”, downgrading technology, Jordan Peterson, comparisons, Parkour, fear, “what-why-how”, philosophy, agism and The Art of Learning. One for the movers! https://www.facebook.com/londonmovementgroup/
225. The Neuroscience of Embodiment – With Amanda Blake
Embodiment coach and neuroscience teacher Amanda joins me to discuss body-oriented coaching, how to talk about embodiment, gaining “minimal trust”, neurobunk, Amy Cuddy, trusting research, Wendy Palmer, empathy, embodied self-awareness, interception and proprioception, practice and capacity, centring, your best self “keystone”, the power of practice, and neuro- correlation vs causation,. Clear thinking and good chat. […]
224. Health and Trauma – With Kathy L. Kain
Trauma educator Kathy joins me to discuss ortho-bionomy, psychosomatic symptoms, alternative vocabulary to “trauma”, skin and trauma, digestive issues and poop, the split in the medical system, the basic narrative of trauma, Peter Levine, “triggering”, bodywork, authority projections, the evolutionary and tribal roots of trauma, Joker, medically unexplained symptoms, avoiding the “why”, and physiological retraining, […]
223. Embodied Flow – With Tara Judelle
Yoga teacher Tara joins me to discuss mind vs brain, Anusara Yoga, John Friend, BodyMind Centring, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Tantra, kashmir shaivism, sensing vs feeling, Embodied Flow, why be embodied, “humaning”, the business of yoga, yoga photography and Instagram, the yoga lifestyle, to have kids or not, the future of yoga, and ethics. A rich […]
2020 News and special offer
End of year wrap up, news for next year, and a special offer for the yogis. https://www.eyp.training/
222. Yoga Teaching – With Adam Husler
London-based yoga teacher Adam joins me to discuss yoga teaching, Jason Crandall, Michael Stone, the shadows of yoga, teaching vs practice, the economics of yoga, boxing, white collar boxing, confronting reality, entitlement, Instagram and image, social media, gender relations in yoga, marriage. A practical and useful chat between two friends. http://adamhusler.com/
221. The Axis Syllabus – With Frey Faust
Primary consolidator of the Axis Syllabus creator Frey joins me to discuss classical dance, the “currencies” of the body, injuries, anatomy and research, cat porn, human movement fundamentals, anatomical grammar, copyright and teaching, scientific axioms, learning and variety, movement notation, 3D thinking, feet, and shoes. Lots on shoes. A fun geek out. https://www.freyfaust.org http://www.axissyllabus.org
220. Bodywork, trauma & feelings – with Steve Haines
Bodyworker and TRE teacher Steve joins me to talk yoga, variety, shiatsu, Craniosacral work, paradigms of bodywork, “energy” and mysticism, “safety”, Stephen Porges and the Vagus Nerve, the freeze response, dissociation, discernment, where TRE comes from, how to make sense of the many trauma schools, the value of psycho-education, trauma and social change and the […]