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Human Social Malnourishment – aka COVID Isolation Syndrome

It’s time for me to speak up even though it’s a risk. Concisely, this needs saying: – Under extended lockdowns vital human needs are being denied – Minimising social contact has real and serious consequences that need to be considered against other health risks – If you are suffering from this “malnourishment” right now that’s …

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7 THINGS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HAND-WASHING

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 …

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Six things you can do to save your yoga studios, martial arts dojos, and dance classes

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 …

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The Touch Famine – The impact of a year of plague on social distance and dynamics

At a lunch I arranged for various kinds of therapists and movement teachers the other day, it was really strange to see people fist bumping and knocking elbows instead of hugging. Likewise at a meditation conference I attended people were using the prayer 🙏 “namaste” gesture rather than hand shaking. More generally I have noticed people standing …

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Five reasons why embodiment training is better done online.

For a while now people have questioned (fair enough) and mocked the fact that we deliver embodiment training online – on webinars, courses like FEC, and of course at the conference. Now, there’s pros and cons vs face to face, which of course I still appreciate…but maybe the pros of online aren’t so obvious…so here’s …

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