The Embodiment Podcast

Tantra and intimacy teacher Chris joins me to discuss intimacy during the viral crisis. She gives us all some top tips on clear communication, pausing, NVC, separation and merging, sexual polarity, house dates, making time, surrender vs. victimhood, ways to improve and spice up your lock down sex life, levels of sex, giving and taking emotionally, and breath-movement-sound. A really useful one for anyone with a partner in this mess. https://www.unveilingintimacy.com

Movement Medicine teacher Kristin joins me to talk conscious dance, activism, dance and emotions, expressing vs just practicing anger, interoception, “healing”, archetypes, the tensions between the various purposes of dance, boundaries, shouting, Switzerland, community building and bum feeling! https://kristin-glenewinkel.ch/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Graduation-project.pdf https://www.cnnmoney.ch/shows/feeling-good/videos/inner-dancer-kristin-glenewinkel-movement-medicine-instructor

The second in our series on the Corona crisis with Alexander Vilvovskaya, Liz Koch, Ilan Stephani, and Philip Shepherd. We talk the “global psoas muscle, the pause, the maturity of the internet, the power of place, forced learning, the end of more, meaning, useful practices, cultural trauma, breathing, death and control, humour, heroics, “lock down”, the joy of being and more. A WONDERFUL discussion! https://embodimentcircle.com/embodiment-circle-online/

Rafe Kelley, Rae Johnson and Ilan Stephani join me to discuss the new reality we find ourselves in, the psychology of Corona fight-flight, relationships and intimacy now, creativity, predicting the future, nationalism, the power of touch, intergenerational trauma, and some good resources. A wonderful and of the moment dialogue. https://embodimentcircle.com/embodiment-circle-online/ https://embodiedfacilitator.com/resources-for-embodiment/

Naked yoga teacher Michael joins me to discuss nudity, moving naked, body shame, Burning Man, The Bonobo Lodge, polyamory and monogamy, Sex at Dawn, consent, kink, The Wheel of Consent, shame and more. A sexy, open, free hanging one.  http://www.nakedspace.org/

My own health, and how to work online, new courses, support for yoga studios, an offer if you’ve had a course cancelled and more. https://embodiedfacilitator.com/events-calendar/ https://www.embodiedyogaprinciples.com/events

Play and connection teacher Marina joins us to discuss the nature of love, Ritual Play, how to play, play and sex, Fred Donaldson, erotic blueprints, sex positivity and sexual mismatches, agency, “death positivity”, our relationship to money, “toxic money”, people pleasing, Betty Martin and more. A wide ranging deep one. https://www.ritual-play.com

Evolve Move Play Founder Rafe joins me to talk travelling workshops vs virtual, “ecologies” of practice, movement “food groups”, parkour, shadow-sides of practice, do vs jitsu, fantasy and reality, indoor vs outdoor movement environments, biophilia, can online learning work, habit formation, money shame, the social aspect of practice and more. A really good discussion about what can be done online and also why we need nature. https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/

Integral tech teacher Farsam joins me to discuss the interplay between technology and consciousness. We chat East-West dynamics, Ken Wilber, social media, augmented reality, Black Mirror, virtual reality, Minority Report, technology that helps, Facebook evils, TTCONF.org, the enlightenment cap, ethical design, Dylan Newcomb, and more. Where embodiment meets sci fi! https://www.farsam.live/

Internal martial arts and healing teacher Derek joins me to talk internal martial arts, martial arts as healthcare, language barriers, east vs. west maps of the body, fantasy and reality, “internal vs. external”, analogies, “energy” and more. A good wide-ranging chat.  www.dereknotman.com

Scholar practitioner Rae joins me to discuss somatic vs kinesthetics intelligence, Canada, oppression and trauma, systematic oppression, somatic micro aggressions, ethnicity, social justice hostility, class, neuro-queer, language policing, embodied ethics and moral courage, practical anti-oppression tips, and resources to learn more. An enlightening and important one. https://raejohnsonsomatic.com

Yoga teacher Rod joins me to discuss what yoga is and isn’t, the spiritual hunger, teaching vs “conducting”, scandals, stillness, “living yoga”, The Four Desires, The Bhagavad Gita, life purpose, Feldenkrais vs. yoga, life transfer, “flexibility”, daydreaming, the Witness, yoga nidra, balancing life purpose, meditation and The A-Team! A rich, fun and deep one. https://www.parayoga.com/

Trauma expert Steve joins me today, we discuss his personal history, aikido, Organic Intelligence, what’s trauma anyway, the state of the field today, biology, environmental and cultural impoverishment, what actually works, treatments, sensation and numbing, systems theory, resilience, activism, trauma myths, unusual forms of therapy, the opposite of trauma, pleasure and rest. A great one for therapist and a more advanced take on trauma than some other ones on the subject. https://organicintelligence.org

Tad is back to talk conscious marketing again, niching, “sales” funnels, resonance, safety and sustainability, pricing, risk and reputation, referrals, “trauma-sensitive” marketing, handshakes, tribal marketing, mercy, cultural poverty, and more! Another ESSENTIAL one if you run a business. https://marketingforhippies.com

Dancers Brooke and Lauren join me to discuss collaboration, Eros, joint identity, collaboration, power dynamics, motherhood, the rules of integral relationship, forced choice and values, oneness, the power of creativity, and their retreats to tune into all this. A fun and deep one. https://www.brookemcnamara.com/