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.
Creator of biodynamic breathwork and trauma release system Giten joins me to discuss Osho, Emilie Conrad, breathwork in 2020, "completing" trauma responses, online trauma work, safety, how you know a trauma therapy works, trauma "release", western vs. eastern, creating a system, the age of integration, cultural differences, chi kung and more. A lively one.
Dancer, coach and healer Michelle rejoins me to talk the commence, Montana, the politics of somatics, playing to strengths, forgiveness, growth, vision, gangstas, competition, the law of polarity, the "good will economy", hidden costs and benefits, sex, and "embodiment university". A fun, rambling one.
An update about The Embodiment Conference, with founder Mark Walsh
https://theembodimentconference.org/
For a special 300th episode my wife Daria interviews me with your questions. Very casual and a few secrets revealed!
Yoga facilitator Divya joins me to talk journalism, her yoga journey, cultural factors, what is yoga today, mindfulness, niching vs. generalisation, Indian vs. consumer mindset, trauma and difficulty, predicting the post-COVID yoga future, global vs. local, diversity issues, representation, belonging, and deep listening. This may be a challenging one for some of our listeners.
Senior contact improv dance teacher Nita joins me to talk about meeting Steve Paxton, how contact got born, what contact improv is, listening, the physicality of attention, how the mind is embodied, Nancy Stark Smith, enquiry, Touch and Play, eroticism and dance, the "articulation of presence", "body-mind" and holism, response-ability, the politics of connection, the ISSC, the "speed of attention", and her vision for the future. A deep passionate opportunity.
Capoeira teacher Pedro joins me to discuss life in Brazil, the "conversation of movement", play, the culture of the art, the "street" history, the African roots, competition, the group tribal quality, slavery, ethnicity, belonging, social division, arguments, and how Capoeira is developing. An important yet relaxed "roda".
Dr. Gemma Beckley, Clinical Psychologist and Independent Transcendental Meditation teacher, joins Allison Lindsay to discuss learning TM as a child, releasing stress from the body, addiction, trauma, occupational stress, changing our relationship with our thoughts, brain waves, and the interplay between ancient vedic psychology and modern psychology, A wide-ranging discussion on the science and practice of meditation and mindfulness.
www.meditationtrust.com
Intimacy activist Wilrieke joins me to discuss being an outsider, open relationships, cuddles, safe sex, kink, play parties, spanking, trauma, domination, intimacy, TED talks and mixing Tantra and kink. A juicy sometimes combative one!
Founder of relational trauma therapy Merete joins me to talk psycho-motor tools, what hyper vs. hypo states are, nerves vs. muscles, how to find less active parts, Reich, "life energy", Porges, research, bodywork and trauma history, gender differences in trauma, the spectrum of trauma, trauma and politics, trauma centrality, "dosing", authority and submissiveness, and COVID trauma responses. An intelligent and useful one.
http://www.moaiku.dk/
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