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.
Master coach Doug Silsbee joined me to talk about his death, presence, urgency, meaning, coaching and play. A very special episode. Thank you Doug. RIP.
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Director of The Integral Centre joins me from Boulder Colorado for a bromantic romp though the world of spiritual towns, how to choose a practice, healthy addictions, first embodied loves, postmodernism, the postmodern sweet-shop/buffet, feel good practice vs discipline, America vs Europe, Western self-hatred, developmental psychology, losers, conservative practice and tradition, Jesus, why families are the best practice, the integral elite, Circling and relational mindfulness, haters, the future of integral, what he learnt from running the centre and why he chose to close it. This one went looong as we were having so much fun. NSFNAT (not suitable for new-age twats).
From back pain beginnings to embodied podcasting. Carl and Mark discuss Feldenkrais, Russel Delman, The Dharma, education, integrating practices, what is "embodiment" anyway, health vs. embodiment, being too pure, integrity, grief and longing, loss, the lack of men in embodiment, vulnerability, David Deida archetypes, beyond pluralism, politics, lineages, sexism, movement culture, play, embodied podcasting (Carl also has one), and social justice embodiment and how it can be a force for embodiment and disembodiment. This episode is a bit different as a spacious chat between kindred spirits than a formal interview.
Pierre joins me from France to talk bullying and power psychosomatic illness voice-work the pains of discovering embodiment, business applications (the main theme of the podcast really), pioneers like Wendy Palmer and Strozzi Institute, packaging embodied work for business, having clear aims, making use of time, buy-in and selling corporate embodied work, team building, training vs facilitation, language use, working with states, the World Cafe and Open Space methods, hosting, holding space, Leadership Embodiment and why the body matters for leaders, and the "how" of being a good leader. We also discuss France and French embodiment, French disembodiment and cognitive bias, aikido in France, Danny Bois, taste, criticism, elegance; and finish with a nice quote no learning relationships. A practical and stylish one!
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Mark gives an overview of the world's martial arts and how they can be used as embodied practices. A whistle-stop tour of the fighting arts from around the globe!
Tantrik scholar and practitioner Christopher Wallis joins me for some seriously well researched yoga geekery and also to give an exercise for when you're taking a dump. We talk immanence vs transcendence, define "tantra" as a life affirming type of yoga and explain classical tantra (vs neotantra), energy, body image, empowerment, spiritual snobbery, spiritual bypassing, radical self acceptance, Sanskrit's uses and misuses, Mark Singleton and yoga history, how to say "namaste", Sanskrit cognates, the yoga sutra, kundalini yoga, spiritual insecurity, Kashmir Shaivism, how to "tantraise" a postural yoga practice and tips for yogis, our mutual friend Jim Tarren and we end with a simple yet profound meditation pointer. Deep, wise and fun.
Dave joins the show for a masterclass in authenticity, receiving appreciation, voice work, embodied speaking, presence, charisma, Irish culture, validation and how to resists it, charm, corporate reality, swearing (very NSFW in places), rejection and non-attachment. A poetic, very alive and inspiring episode.
Top British yoga teacher Peter Blackaby joins long-term student and host Mark Walsh to discuss humanism vs. guru culture, purpose (what's the point of yoga?), functionality, critical analysis, structural vs. neurological approaches to yoga, foot yoga, efficient and parasitic movement, ease, top vs. bottom-up approaches, sensory yoga, interoception, proprioception, Antonio Damasio, emotions vs. feelings, yoga for daily life, social engagement, the "quiet revolutions" in yoga-land, what stupid and delusional yoga is,Mary Stewart and Vanda Scaravelli, modernism vs. postmodernism, evidence based yoga, cultural exclusivity, container vs. transfer in yoga and yoga as a process. A thoughtful wide-ranging discussion with shout-outs to many innovative people in the field today.
Experienced bodyworker and fellow podcaster Liam Bowler joins me to discuss nature, martial arts, embodied practices meeting in the middle, dark nights of the soul, wilderness work, scripts vs. authentic responses, embodied listening and podcasting, what makes for a good conversation, yin & yang, range, relational embodiment, movement and change, the spectrum of bodywork, what makes a good bodyworker, how to choose a bodyworker, social media addiction, talking across the political divide and boredom. A lively authentic chat between two kindred spirits.
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