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In this episode, Luis is joined by Anita Brown, a grooveologist, yoga teacher, and writer. Luis and Anita have a fascinating conversation about the sole of somatics within Christianity. Both Luis and Anita were raised within the Catholic tradition and they discuss the impact of those experiences, the concept of embodied praying, and how religious pluralism shows up in their lives. Also, Anita shar...

On today's episode, Luis discusses the somatics of lying. In his own words:“lying is what I do when I don’t have the capacity for how you may respond to my truth.” Some of the topics he covers include: lying as a strategy to give us space understanding (thinking) vs. experience (somatic) exploring what lying really is, how we experience it, and what are our stories around it lying and fawning...

In this episode, Luis is joined by Simone Grace Seol, a life coach and business mentor. Simone explains why business can and has to be relational in order for it to be sustainable. Although it can be counterintuitive, Luis and Simone discuss why slowing down and building a relationship with the body and the nervous system actually provides people with the capacity to make money over the long term....

On today's episode, the HLN Team discusses cancel culture. From the perspective of the person or organization being "cancelled", cancelling can only exist if you aren’t in your integrity or authenticity. Cancelling is often rooted in the fawn response, especially from the corporate perspective. In order to be "on the right side of history", organizations will often flip th...

Today's podcast episode is a replay from the special session Maureen Gallagher offered during the Spring 2023 six week course. Maureen discusses her own personal experiences, how she uses IRF, and then takes us through a demo with Victoria. You can learn more about Victoria Platt here: https://www.ielevateme.com/ You can learn more about Maureen Gallagher, and her available courses, here: htt...

In this episode, Luis is joined by Anne Connor, a trauma-informed educator, energy healer and certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP). However, being an SEP is not all that Anne and Luis have in common. In this episode that both share how the identity constructs of "Wicca" and "Witch" once served them but then there came a time where they began to experience incongrue...

Today’s bonus episode is a recording of the most recent Somatic Drop-In. Luis takes us through a variety of topics and practices as he invites us to drop in, play with the philosophy and techniques of somatic work, and see what we learn. These Somatic Drop-Ins are bi-monthly, public, pay-what-you-want offerings. You can view the upcoming schedule to attend one live here: https://www.holisticlifena...

In this episode, Luis is joined by Lacou Flipse, a binge eating recovery coach and creator of the Pleasure Eating Process. Luis and Lacou discuss their shared history of binge eating, and how somatic awareness builds our capacity to bring attention to the feelings that are underneath the urge to binge. Lacou shares how much confusion and shame she once experienced around binge eating recovery, and...

This is a bonus episode which features an interview with Luis and Jaguar Mary X.  They had Luis on their program called Midday Medicine Journey. It's a live, public radio out of Kingston, NY. You can find the entire episode, and others, by visiting them here. For more information about Jaguar Mary X, visit: https://www.kaliartproject.com/ You can register for the upcoming webinar, "Sexua...

In this episode, Luis is joined by Paul Simard, Executive Coordinator at Sacred Sons . Drawing upon ancient wisdom and modern technologies of human development, Sacred Sons utilizes the power of ceremony, ritual, and intentional spaces to deepen into authentic brotherhood and catalyze growth in men in order to teach healthy masculinity. Paul shares with us his own life events that lead him to begi...

In today's episode, Luis introduces some of the topics he's planning to cover during the free, three week email series he's offering, titled "Healing From Sexual Trauma." You can sign up here: https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/healing-from-sexual-trauma Sexual trauma can be caused by an array of experiences: if an event or events cause an overwhelm related to the char...

Sickness isn’t a punishment being done to you, but a request coming from inside of you. In this episode, Luis explores a reframing of sickness, and how symptoms are the way that the body speaks to us without words. Symptoms are the messenger, and not the problem. They are the body's way of expressing something that is in perfect accordance with what it’s connecting or in relationship with. Lu...

This is a bonus episode which features an interview with Luis and Jaguar Mary X. They had Luis on their program called Midday Medicine Journey. It's a live, public radio out of Kingston, NY. You can find the entire episode, and others, by visiting them here. In this episode, Luis leads a somatic experiencing demo with Jaguar Mary X around a traumatizing event they experienced, and they discus...

In this episode, Luis is joined by Inge Sengelmann, a  somatic resilience educator and integrative mind-body healer. Luis and Inge have a interesting conversation about the role of identity and belonging. They discuss how their experiences as White-passing, multi-cultural individuals has impacted them, as well as what it means to find a sense of belonging inside your body rather than in external g...

On today's episode, the HLN team is joined by Simone Grace Seol, and they discuss overcouplings as they relate to race and prejudice. Simone had posted on Instagram about the phrase “I don’t see color", and Luis was curious to explore the statement through the lens of somatics. They discuss: the difference between your mind’s reactions and the body’s reactions the difference between inno...

We welcome back the HLN team for another raucous conversation! In this episode, the HLN team explores the constriction many entrepreneurs experience around setting and raising their rates. They each share their own background and overcouplings with money and how it has impacted their ability to set their rates. They also discuss how money helps feed capacity for their work, the difference between...

In today's episode, Luis discusses sexual fawning, fetishes, sexual trauma, and the notion of liberating them from our bodies so that we can experience vitality. Inspired by the feedback from a recent Instagram post, Luis decided to record a podcast episode, and to create an email series and webinar. You can sign up for the free, three week emails series, "Healing From Sexual Trauma,&quo...

It can seem like it is or should be so simple but it much more elusive than we think: being present. In this episode, Luis explores why many of us avoid the highly sensational experience of being present -- low capacity. And while we often think having a low capacity for sensations means we avoid the "negative" sensations, it actually keeps us from experiencing the "positive" s...

Today’s bonus episode is a recording of the most recent Somatic Drop-In. Luis takes us through a variety of topics and practices as he invites us to drop in, play with the philosophy and techniques of somatic work, and see what we learn. Luis explores: Noticing constriction and expansion within the body, and pendulating Practicing developing "the witnesser" Community intentions and share...

We welcome back friends of HLN, James-Olivia and Nisha Mody! Nisha, James-Olivia, and Luis have a beautiful, existential conversation about a word that is all too easily thrown around -- manifesting.   They first explore what it means to decolonize manifestation, i.e. to go from being in domination of to relationship with, and then explore a myriad of topics including: the literal definition of ma...

Inspired by an article written by Lyla June, Reclaiming our Indigenous European Roots , Luis explores the dangers of denying and disowning our Whiteness. He first discusses why an overcoupling of Whiteness with "bad" can actually lead to fawning or performative allyship, i.e. behaviors that in reality do not support those who may be experiencing racism. But he further explores what many...

Today's episode is a replay of the Q&A from the fawning email series that Luis sent out in March. You can also listen to the podcast episode on fawning here , as well as purchase a webinar Luis did on fawning. Luis is also planning to develop a self-led course around fawning. When he does, it will be mentioned through the newsletter . You can get instant access to all of the HLN webinars...

In this episode, Luis is joined by Ean Wood, a writer, coach  and facilitator of men's healing work. Luis and Ean explore what it means to be in balance with our masculinity and femininity. Whether you are a man, woman, non-binary, transgender, cisgender, intersex, queer, straight, etc., this episode is for you. Luis and Ean discuss the non-binary qualities of masculine and feminine energies....

On today's episode, Luis speaks with Asha Frost about the release of her oracle deck, while bringing in transparency around the full spectrum of emotions and experiences with its release. Typically, whenever someone releases some offering or creation, we talk about it in a very stimulated and excited way. Rarely do we talk about how it can overwhelm the body, or how easy it is to burn ourselv...

In this episode, Luis shares with us his perspective and personal experience as to why trauma and art are similar. Like trauma, art is not the event itself but the expression. And "art" is simply how the body brings things from the unconscious to the conscious, i.e. anything we birth into existence. It can range from what we conventional think of as art, like painting a picture or writin...