120. Yoga and trauma – with Sarah Holmes De Castro
Trauma sensitive yoga teacher Sarah joins me form Vancouver to discuss her start in yoga as a sick teen and how a sexual assault led to an interest in the trauma informed approach to yoga. We look at the benefits of yoga for traumatised people, positive social aspects of yoga, self care how yoga isn’t trauma sensitive, opt out vs opt in, consent card, agency, […]
119. Illness as teacher – with Elizabeth Reumont
Lizzie joins us to discuss being a sick child, having a liver transplant, Rolfing, relationships with pain, body dialogue, types of bodywork, functional vs structural vs political approaches, what yoga really is, inculturation, embodied narrative, “ego”, US vs UK bodies, embodied climate and norms, relationship to illness, what illness can teach us, gratitude and the […]
118. A blinding glimpse of the obvious – with Arye Bursztyn
Contact dance teacher Arye joins me from Tel Aviv. We discuss what can be researched within contact dance, being a contact pioneer in Israel, Judaism and contact, dancing across international borders, what “embodiment” means, “deep embodiment”, judo vs dance vs somatics, body as use vs experience, gestalt therapy, how we’re busy NOT being in contact, […]
117. Primal Yoga – with John Stirk
Highly experienced and innovative yoga teacher John Stirk joins me to talk yoga in the 70s, Vanda Scaravelli, osteopathy, form vs somatic yoga, skin and sensuality in yoga, how skin on the whole body helps us stretch, the mind and emotions in yoga, trust, presence, unfinished sentences, the somatic nature of love, primal movement, LSD, […]
116. Eros your Trump – with Ruby May
Sexuality workshop leader Ruby May joins us to chat burlesque, sexological bodywork, where to start with sexuality work, Togetherness, Explore and Angsbacka festivals, Berlin kink, authentic relating, open space, sex geeks, compartmentalising sex, Eros, flirting, goal-orientation in sexuality, communicating in the age of offence, victim blaming, trans issues, feminine leadership, hormone cycles, activism, top down […]
115. Everyday Trauma – with Jane Clapp
Jane joins me for a fun romp through how trauma shows up in everyday life. We cover aerobics, finding belonging, fascia, drama triangles, trauma in daily life, nervous system regulation, “trauma” vs “stress”, complex trauma, neglect, survivorship, relationships, boundaries, stages of trauma recovery, subtly in trauma symptoms, pleasure, play, windows of tolerance, exercise and trauma, money and […]
114. Why yoga works – with Heather Mason
Founder of The Minded Institute Heather Mason joins me for some yoga science geekery! She describes her own path from having mental health issues, though academia to teaching mindfulness and meditation. We discuss, find there is no one Buddhist way, becoming focused on the evidence base for yoga and supportive neuroscience. She overviews the research […]
113. Deep Embodiment – with Peter Appel
Peter Appel joins us form Finland to discuss his journey from pain and yoga to free movement, mindbody vs bodymind, the criticality of relaxation, the importance of pleasure, Finnish slowness and silence, the dangers and benefits of sports, smell as a primitive connector, linguistic diversity and history, environmental destruction and connection, the beauties and dangers of […]
112. Manhood – with Eivind Skjellum
Men’s work Facilitator Eivind joins me to discuss masculinity. We go over his experience of realising that he couldn’t meditate out of manliness, rites of passage and the phallic intrusion, the call and the heroes journey, the initiated man, feminised culture, entrepreneur as adventurer, Jungian archetypes, integrity vs tyrant integrity and free flow, balancing warrior […]
111. Cranio-rectal removal – with Eric Paskel
Eric Paskel joins me to explain why yoga ISN’T bullshit. We discuss researching misery, addiction, relationships, rock and roll, how to torture yourself, keeping it real, blaming it on everyone else, the narcissism of changing the world, getting your head out of your arse, 12-step groups, what happened to yoga, LA, on being a learner, […]