Stay ConnectedA weekly podcast for coaches, embodiment teachers and anyone who sees the body as more than a hunk of meat.
Embodiment Unlimited host Mark Walsh, interviews leaders and innovators from around the world. We cover coaching, mindfulness, trauma therapy, martial arts, meditation, somatics, yoga, and movement practices generally. The flavour is light-hearted, conversational and practical.
The podcast has been going for seven years and had over three million downloads.
Taken from our recent Embodied Spirituality course.
Jeff Brown talks about the practice and application of being grounded and truly embodying our spirituality.
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About Jeff Brown
Jeff's innovative new terms and short writings continue to be a growing phenomenon, widely shared by seekers and growers worldwide. His quotes have been shared in social media by Brain Games co-host Jason Silva, actress Chrissy Metz, songstresses Alanis Morissette and Fergie, and many other well-known figures. Most beautifully, they have touched and benefitted millions of souls.
Jeff now understands that each step on his path laid down the foundation of a new model: Grounded Spirituality. The challenges he faced, and the countless steps of overcoming were intended for this purpose: to support humanity in their efforts to embody all that they are. Not to bypass their humanness, but to celebrate it. Not to find enlightenment independent of the self, but to find enrealment deep within it. Here we are, just as we are.
He has spent the past several years, further forging and articulating his realizations, honing his voice, and shaping this new model. After an intensive and laborious process, buried in his writing cave outside Toronto, Jeff brought forth his most comprehensive work to date. Published in March 2019, the book Grounded Spirituality calls out and critically reviews ungrounded spiritualities, and presents a new model of authentic humanness, offering us a more integrated, embodied, and heartfelt path going forward. In November 2020, Jeff's 4th book of popular quotes, Hearticulations, was published. Endorsed by Grammy Award-Winning singer LeAnn Rimes, Hearticulations reminds us of the golden threads that bind us together and that there is more that connects us than divides us.
Jeff is presently breaking new ground as an Enrealment Activist, with lots of exciting plans in the works including: a facilitators' training course for Grounded Spirituality; a soon-to-be-launched podcast and video interface; a plethora of new courses at Soulshaping Institute; co-creating benevolent movements; traveling the world teaching and connecting with his supporters…. and whatever other unexpected surprises await this wildly rich path of Sacred Purpose. Stay tuned!
Relatefulness founder Jordan joins me to talk integral, inter-personal meditation, arguing online, presence, what gives hope, NVC, therapy, conflict, social media, audience capture, and the business side of relating. A real yet relaxed chat. www.embodimentunlimited.com for courses, certifications and more from embodiment legends. Mark on instagram https://www.instagram.com/warkmalsh/ Jordan has been teaching individuals, groups, and executive teams in Texas, Europe, and South America for some fifteen years. He is the founder of CircleAnywhere, and the Austin Circling Studio, author of the acclaimed Integral novel A Beautiful Apocalypse, a Certified Integral Facilitator™ and PhilosophyCenter Certified Life Coach. Jordan has also spent the past five years applying Integral, Circling, and meditative practice modalities and perspectives to aligning Artificial Intelligence, in partnership with a few research organizations. https://www.jordanmallen.com/
Spiritual teacher and author John Prendergast joins Mark to talk resonance, therapy vs meditation, shadow and ethics, spiritual embodiment, relational practice, polarisation, grounding, "tribes", transformation, science fiction, and of course decadence. A deep ramble. www.embodimentunlimited.com https://www.instagram.com/warkmalsh/ John Prendergast, Ph.D., is an author, teacher, retired adjunct professor of psychology, and retired psychotherapist. He studied for many years with the European sage, Jean Klein, as well as with the American spiritual teacher Adyashanti, and has been leading retreats and offering online teachings in the United States for the past decade. His primary focus is on embodying our deepest understanding in our ordinary life. He brings a unique blend of nondual understanding, subtle body sensitivity, and depth psychotherapy to his approach. www.listeningfromsilence.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/548801002412516 Books and articles. 1) The Deep Heart: Our Portal to Presence (Sounds True, 2019) https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Heart-Our-Portal-Presence/dp/168364252X 2) In Touch: How to Tune in to Your Inner Knowing and Trust Yourself (Sounds True, 2015) https://www.amazon.com/Touch-Inner-Guidance-Trust-Yourself/dp/1622032071/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_w=LVdJF&content-id=amzn1.sym.116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_p=116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_r=2V1H2WZWJY0BYC0HBHPZ&pd_rd_wg=26IfE&pd_rd_r=e0e42d69-bedc-43e9-b7dd-a5b31333372f&pd_rd_i=1622032071&psc=1
Movement teacher Simon joins Mark to talk breath, relaxed energy, "no pain no game", "looking good", Iyengar, yoga iconoclast, the stretch reflex, movement vs poses, the future of yoga, yoga as drugs, over-breathing, excess and decadence, chi kung, exercise and longevity.
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Simon Borg-Olivier, MSc BAppSc (Physiotherapy) APAM c-IAYT, has been practicing traditional forms of posture, movement, breathing, and mental control for 50 years. He has been teaching for 38 years and has been a registered physiotherapist for 23 years.
Simon works as a research scientist and a University lecturer. He has been regularly invited to teach about lifestyle, posture, movement, breathing, and meditation at conferences, festivals, and intensive teacher training courses internationally since 1990.
He is also co-director of YogaSynergy, one of Australia's oldest and most respected yoga schools, which has a style based on a deep understanding of modern medical science and traditional forms of exercise and therapy from all over the world.
Simon has studied with great traditional masters from Tibet, Japan, India, and China. Along with his business partner and fellow physiotherapist, Bianca Machliss, Simon has co-authored many books and scientific articles including 'Applied Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga', which is the textbook for two courses they teach at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
Currently, Simon conducts intensive training courses in India, Bali, Europe, and Australia. He also teaches many online courses on the applications of posture, movement, and breathing for fitness, internal health, wellbeing, and longevity.
Breath philosopher Petri joins Mark to talk Descarte, Merloy Ponty, phenomenology, wonder, "lived experience", trusting experience, ethics, Finnish, and snipers. PhD Petri Berndtson is a philosopher who loves the wisdom of the breath. In his workshops and lectures that he has given since 2006, Petri combines experientially breathing, philosophy, spirituality and imagination in a totally new manner. He works as researcher at a Slovenian research centre and in his own company which offers, for example, courses on respiratory well-being. Petri's book "Phenomenological Ontology of Breathing" (Routledge) was published in 2023. According to Petri, all things and phenomena in life could be rethought, re-examined and re-experienced within the experiential atmosphere of breathing. Petri www.hengittavahyvinvointi.fi In Finnish https://zrs-kp.academia.edu/PetriBerndtson In English https://www.instagram.com/mindfunfulness/ YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@mindfunfulness3273
Two talks on decadence from Mark's recent workshops in Bled, Slovenia.
Mark covers "Falling back in love with ourselves", "How to actually enjoy life and "The antidote to decadence."
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"In a decadent society people die from comfort, fail from ease, and hate life because of luxury. We have an excess of food so die of heart attacks and the like. This is established. The easiest products to buy are high sugar, high processed fats, alcohol etc. We are surrounded by dopamine mouth crack, and then told we need willpower to diet. The deep satisfactions of life are also only found the other side of HARD too. Finding purpose is uncomfortable until it's a joy. Long-term relationships are sometimes uncomfortable as well as a joy. Deep spiritual practice is uncomfortable as well as a joy. Growth is hard. People are hard. Life is hard FFS!"
Taken from our Best of The Embodiment Conference keynote speakers.
Michaela Boehm travels and teaches internationally as an expert in intimacy, relationship and sexuality. A gifted speaker and counselor, her unique body of work centers around the intersection of intimacy and embodiment.
With an extensive (30,000 plus hours) in-person counseling background, clinical experience in trauma and addiction and innovative somatic approach, her work with celebrity couples has been featured in international print publications, TV programs and online talk shows. Most recently her approach has been featured on the Netflix Series [UN] WELL.
Michaela is the creator of The Non-Linear Movement Method®, a somatic release modality which utilizes principles of trauma therapy, polyvagal theory and movement for nervous system regulation.
Her book "The Wild Woman's Way" was published by Simon & Schuster/Atria in August 2018.
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Authour of the 'The Bigger Picture: How psychedelics can help us make sense of the world' (Hay House, 2023), joins Mark to talk politics, the psychedelic renaissance, the dark side of tripping, how to do it safely, DMT, sense making, Rebel Wisdom, the big crisis, decadence, "safety", practices, journaling, shame and being WEIRD.
And really interesting, fast-paced exploration.
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Alex Beiner is a writer, podcaster and facilitator with a love for making sense of culture, hosting transformative experiences, and exploring how we can evolve and thrive in the chaotic times we live in. Also one of the founders of Rebel Wisdom, a popular alternative media platform that ran from 2017-2022 and explored the cutting-edge of systems change and cultural sensemaking.
As well as publishing regular essays and articles on my Substack, Alex is an executive director of Breaking Convention, Europe's longest-running conference on psychedelic medicine and culture, and also co-created and co-facilitate a legal psilocybin retreat called Regenerative Stewardship.
Embodiment elder Caroline joins me to talk concours dance, shamanism, trance states, spirit guides, animism, soul retrieval (vs trauma), sovereignty, out of body expediences, Tolkien, mandorlas, edgewalking, the creative journey and writing. A far ranging lovely chat.
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Caroline Carey
Website www.middleearthmedicine.com
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Caroline is known as an elder within the arena of conscious embodiment, a Soul-Worker, shamanic guide, creativity mentor and professional counselor. She has a beautiful blend of wisdom and humour, as she shares her life experience through teachings of the heart, she has worked internationally for over twenty five years.
Caroline supports her clients by guiding them to explore and unravel their negative beliefs, reclaim what has been missing and implement their soul purpose by finding new perspectives from life stories and discover how those new perspectives might be more advantageous to themselves and others.
Her story is one of surviving and thriving against the odds, of finding resilience through trauma recovery. In sharing her journey, a reclamation of an innocence once lost, she offers the reader hope and inspiration, guiding them to follow the whispers of spirit and the path of their soul.
Body-centred therapist Buster joins me to talk trauma, Osho, catharsis, success, public relationships, ethics in the intimacy world, therapists as rock stars, trust, embodied skills, coming home, touch, goal orientation, intimacy in mainstream culture and we have a fun tussle. An important one if you've ever longed for a softer more connected world.
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Buster Rådvik (M.A Psychology) is the co-founder of Embodied Intimacy, the creator of Embodied Intimacy Training and a Certified Sensorimotor Psychotherapist in private practice. With an MA in Psychology, Couples and Family Therapy, he specialises in trauma and attachment related issues around intimacy, sex and relationship. Buster's dharma is being by example and leading with integrity. He has a reputation for his candid emotional awareness and ability to reveal himself, transparently, no matter how awkward and messy. His warm, open style gives permission for people to come home to their humanity.
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