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.
Body IQ founder Kai joins me to discuss touch vs. sexual needs, addiction, Middendorf breath work, true value of somatics, Continuum and Emily Conrad, the freeing power and paradox of awareness, use of sound, felt vs directed approaches to somatics, his Somatic Academy, Berlin and embodiment in Germany. A wide ranging and deep one.
Experienced yoga teacher Simon joins me from Australia to discuss his yoga journey, physiotherapy, the nervous system, bodyhacking, what "traditional" yoga is, practicing in "the bush", mallakhamb, Indian martial arts, problems with the word "yoga", the basic principles of movement, breath, fluid natural movement, blood pumps, what's not yoga, modern exercise, steroids, the philosophy of yoga and Sanskrit mistranslations, sexuality, laughter, cancer and more! A veritable masterclass of yoga and movement!
Social presencing theatre founder Arawana joins me to discuss her Japanese roots, The Shambhala tradition, innovation, communalism vs. individualism, Theory U and Otto Scharmer, constellations, intuition, working with organisations, working with people with disabilities, UN work, school work, mindfulness and embodiment, the future of embodiment, not knowing, how to bring the work into yoga classes, emergent group properties, and climate change. A deep, warm and intuitive one.
A special episode about the Embodied Facilitator Course - as early bird rate ends today.
Special Yoga Founder Jyoti Manuel joins Maud and shares her extensive experience in leveraging yoga towards the inclusion of kids with special needs, and supporting paediatric professionals, teachers and teaching support staff to offer therapeutic interventions through yoga. We discuss: meeting a child where they are, the student as teacher, subversive interventions in the conventional education, unconditional love and more.
Men's work leader Owen Marcus joins us to discuss working with men for 25 years, Rolfing, Hakomi and body types, dyspraxia, autism spectrum conditions, Stephen Porges, men's groups, what's missing for men today, emotional intelligence for men, our tribal roots, what exactly is a men's group, embodied meditation, emotions, how men connect, how to start a men's group, cultural bias in men's work, differences between men and women, corporate leadership, what's changed in recent years, virtual groups, Ester Perel and his vision of masculinity for the future. A lively yet profound one.
In this special episode I discuss what makes for excellence in the embodied training field with members of the Embodied Facilitator Course community. An excellent one for the training geeks and anyone looking at doing the EFC course especially.
Yoga teacher and breath-worker Max joins me to discuss hatha yoga, the purpose of yoga, conscious vs unconscious breathing, anxiety, how the USA has changed, loneliness, "The Blitz spirit" and social cohesion, sports violence, ethics, morality, Nazis and communists, gratitude, industrialisation and core human needs. A talk that's both classic and right up to date.
In this conversation my EFC colleague from Russia Alexandra (aka Vilya) discuss how do we choose and establish a practice. We talk about how to how the hell do you pick one fo starters, and how do all the different practices in the field integrate. We discuss the Embodied Facilitator Course a fair bit too for those interested in that. Some really leading-edge embodied musings on this one.
Business and life partners Kendra and Francis join Maud in unpacking the great gifts of AcroYoga for building transferrable life skills around connection, trust, intimacy and communication. We discuss synchronisation and calibration, curiosity, making the implicit explicit, the polarity of knowing and not-knowing, vulnerability, power dynamics, transcending conflict, inclusivity in embodied practice, (really) asking for what you need, fully receiving, the 4 Elements, and much more.
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