51. Socially engaged somatics – with Russell Delman
Long-time Feldenkrais teacher and founder of The Embodied Life Russell Delman joins the podcast to explain Moshe Feldenkrais’ method, and his own holistic approach to awareness. He discusses functional integration and awareness through movement, the birth of embodiment in The West, the counter-culture of slowing down and not trying, integrating mental, emotional and social awareness […]
50. Sexual polarity – with Michaela Boehm
What gives a relationship “spark”? Experienced counsellor and intimacy and sexuality expert Michaela chats to Mark about connection, sexual polarity, sacred dance and more. http://www.michaelaboehm.com/
49. Tai chi – with Derek Notman
Explore the Chinese “internal” martial and healing arts in this episode with Derek Notman. We explore what “chi” is, vitality, health vs. martial applications, relaxation, jin shin Jyutsu, standing meditating, forms, ying and yang, tai chi in daily life, Taoism, different models of exercise, freedom and interception. A touch of the poetic Chinese in an […]
48. Fighting monkey – with Jozef Frucek
Co-founder of Fighting Monkey, Jozef joins Mark to discuss learning and unlearning discovery learning, diversity creating immunity art and sculpture, play, strategy “zero forms”, specialism communication experimenting and your perfect tone. An intense exploration. https://fightingmonkey.net/
47. Ki power – with Charlie Badenhop
Charlie Badenhop joins Mark to discuss Japan culture, what is “ki” and ki aikido, martial arts in daily life, implicit communication, bodywork, sustainable embodiment, corporate work and team building, kaizen, NLP/trances, verbal aikido, changing perspective, ideas generation, making a space between stimulus and response, the enteric nervous system, the somatic language of the body, the […]
46. Sacred Sexuality – with Gayatri Claire Beegan
Gayatri explains what tantra is, objectification and sexual denialism, cock loving, tantric massage, orgasm vs. climax, boundaries, consent, sex and agency, demonising men, touch, sleazy tantra, how to find a good teacher, bypassing, the wheel of consent, masturbation and self touch. She also gives some nice exercises to try at home. A juicy one! tantramassagetraining.co.uk/ […]
45. Swords, gender and intuitive training – with Pawel Widuto
House of Tengu sword and club wielding manic Pawel joins Mark to discuss martial arts, health vs. fitness, medieval and Viking weapons, birth and death, fluidity, 4 elements in training, gender roles, Slavic vs. Scandinavian culture, self defence, reconnecting to the primitive, types of transformation, moral training, service, seasonal eating, intuitive training, and what the […]
44. Intellectual, athletic and business disembodiment – with Alison McAulay and Nick Jankel
Key-note speakers, personal development and business trainers Allison McAulay and Nick Jankel join Mark to discuss how intellectualism and athleticism can both be ways out of embodiment. They chat about gymnastics, rave culture, perfectionism, the “performance body”, ecstasy – the pill and state, integration of high states into life, tips for working with “squares” in […]
43. The anatomy of wholeness – with Marc Acquaviva
Yoga teacher Marc joins Mark to discuss Scaravelli inspired practice, childhood sidis, confrontation with society, temptations and staying true to oneself, listening to the body, problems with anatomy, the sutras, working with tension, space and attention, sitting vs. movement meditation, yoga teacher’s remit, violence in yoga, basic goodness, hope for the yoga community and the […]
42. Irish conscious dancing – with David Mooney
Movement Medicine teacher and therapist David Mooney joins Mark from Dublin to discuss Irish cultural embodiment, trauma, alcohol and addiction, the church, therapy vs. mindfulness, dancing past present and future, ceremony, east and west integration, immanent vs. transcendent practice, your own shadows as teacher and he shared the Tree of Life exercise. http://www.embodiment.ie https://www.schoolofmovementmedicine.com/ […]