EFC Early bird rate ending – with Mark Walsh
A special episode about the Embodied Facilitator Course – as early bird rate ends today. https://www.embodiedfacilitator.com
208. Special Yoga for Special Kids – with Jyoti Manuel
Special Yoga Founder Jyoti Manuel joins Maud and shares her extensive experience in leveraging yoga towards the inclusion of kids with special needs, and supporting paediatric professionals, teachers and teaching support staff to offer therapeutic interventions through yoga. We discuss: meeting a child where they are, the student as teacher, subversive interventions in the conventional […]
207. Men’s Groups – with Owen Marcus
Men’s work leader Owen Marcus joins us to discuss working with men for 25 years, Rolfing, Hakomi and body types, dyspraxia, autism spectrum conditions, Stephen Porges, men’s groups, what’s missing for men today, emotional intelligence for men, our tribal roots, what exactly is a men’s group, embodied meditation, emotions, how men connect, how to start […]
206. Embodied Excellence – with Mark Walsh
In this special episode I discuss what makes for excellence in the embodied training field with members of the Embodied Facilitator Course community. An excellent one for the training geeks and anyone looking at doing the EFC course especially. www.embodiedfacilitator.com
205. Life and breath – With Max Strom
Yoga teacher and breath-worker Max joins me to discuss hatha yoga, the purpose of yoga, conscious vs unconscious breathing, anxiety, how the USA has changed, loneliness, “The Blitz spirit” and social cohesion, sports violence, ethics, morality, Nazis and communists, gratitude, industrialisation and core human needs. A talk that’s both classic and right up to date. […]
204. What the hell to practice? – With Mark Walsh and Alexandra Vilvovskaya
In this conversation my EFC colleague from Russia Alexandra (aka Vilya) discuss how do we choose and establish a practice. We talk about how to how the hell do you pick one fo starters, and how do all the different practices in the field integrate. We discuss the Embodied Facilitator Course a fair bit too […]
203. The acrobatics of partnership – with Kendra Charts and Francis Tabin
Business and life partners Kendra and Francis join Maud in unpacking the great gifts of AcroYoga for building transferrable life skills around connection, trust, intimacy and communication. We discuss synchronisation and calibration, curiosity, making the implicit explicit, the polarity of knowing and not-knowing, vulnerability, power dynamics, transcending conflict, inclusivity in embodied practice, (really) asking for […]
202. Stone-age practice- with Joseph Bartz
Holistic mover Joseph joins me to chat parkour, practice, why we train, discipline, play and goal orientation, his school outside Berlin, the fundamentals of being human, the importance of craft, agency and creation, what’s lost in modern life, Hipster hunting, “time well spent”, gardening, how to navigate the diversity of practice in the modern world, […]
201. Sex and trauma – with Charna Cassell
Somatic sex therapist Charna Cassell joins me to discuss trauma and sex. This one gets quite full-on in places and could be triggering. We chat about childhood trauma, windows of tolerance, numbing, hyper-arousal, the six F’s, being gay, sexual self-medication, attachment, what a “healthy” sex drive is, BDSM, Peter Levine, practical tools for healing, meditation […]
200. Special 200th episode – with Mark Walsh
Special 200th episode where my friend and colleague Neil interview me, with questions form you! We get personal, professional and profound…and also talk quite a lot of c**p. Enjoy! www.embodiedfacilitator.com www.embodiedyogaprinciples.com www.integrationtraining.co.uk