Embodiment Matters Podcast

In this episode we share a deeply nourishing conversation with Daniel Foor, PhD, author of Ancestral Medicine and creator of the Practical Animism course. We explore embodiment as inter-relationship and indebtedness to the other-than-human world, about the intimacy of eating other bodies (whether plant or animal.) He says there are no environmental problems only human behavior problems and we expl...

In this lively episode, we take a conversational wild ride as we speak with author, filmmaker and iconoclast, Jeff Brown, of soulshaping.com. We speak about embodiment (of course!), consumerism preying on the uncentered, conscious armouring, the way embodied humans have a certain quality of gravity, the way he thinks anyone who calls themselves a spiritual teacher is full of shit, how to not throw...

In this episode, Erin speaks with Jungian analyst, dreamworker, and originator of MQ (embodied intelligence), Robert Bosnak. We talk about what embodiment means, about learning from dreams, about animism, about the necessity of taking a multiplicity of perspectives, and toward the end of the episode Bosnak guides us in an embodied exercise working with a memory. We hope you enjoy! If you're inspir...

In this powerful conversation, we speak with Charles Eisenstein. Charles is a teacher, author, speaker, deep-thinker, and a good-hearted human being who asks great questions. His work challenges many of the deep stories and narratives that modern culture holds around economics, the environment, masculinity and more. His books include Sacred Economics, The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Po...

In this episode, we playfully explore the territory of embodiment and creativity with Karen Wallace, M.Ed. BCATR. We speak about trauma, creativity, play, making things, and so much more. This conversation was so personally enriching for me!  
 Karen has a wealth of knowledge and experience in working with people of diverse backgrounds and ages. She's written a gorgeous book called "There is No Ne...

In our conversation we talk about embodiment, and  "lunar knowledge ,"  and  the many different ways of bodily knowing. We explore the importance and challenges of ritual practice in modern culture and how " ritual is creative work  and not  necessarily, repetitive work ." We look at what it means to have a "mythic sense" of the world. We talk about the  innate  genius  each of us carries , and, a...

In this episode (our longest yet, and worth every minute!) we have the great pleasure to speak to the inimitable Stephen Jenkinson.   Stephen is a teacher, author, storyteller, spiritual activist, farmer and founder of the Orphan Wisdom School. In this conversation, w e explore topics such as how to strengthen your "wonder muscle," what it means to be a good ancestor, the importance of dwelling in...

In this episode we talk with Don & Diane St. John. Diane is a somatic counselor, coach and Continuum Teacher. Don is a somatic-relational psychotherapist, Continuum Teacher and author. We explore many topics related to embodiment and relationships. We speak about growing a somatic practice, about cultivating spaciousness, about investing in your own embodied awareness (you have to want to!.) We ex...

Chandler Stevens is a somatic coach. He's developing and organizing a body of work known as Ecosomatics, which revolves around the connections between body, mind, and environment.    In his private coaching practice he focuses on helping environmentally-conscious entrepreneurs get out of chronic pain and restore deep connection of body/mind so that they can tackle our world's biggest problems. In...

In this conversation we speak with Dr. Don St John. Don is a psychotherapist, Hellerwork trainer, and Continuum Practitioner (among many other things,) and he wrote "Healing The Wounds of Childhood: A Psychologist's Journey and Discoveries From Wretched Beginnings to a Thriving Life." Don and his wife, Diane, live and teach in Salt Lake City, Utah. Our conversation stretched through many rich terr...

In this episode, we speak with the brilliant Bayo Akomolafe about embodiment, non-binary thinking, thoughts on the future of our world, activism, indigeneity, entanglement, and so much more. You're in for a treat! 

In this episode, Erin speaks with Dr. Leny Strobel about her decades of work in decolonization,  as a Philipino-American, as well as in her role as a "settler" in her home in Northern California, and how it all connects with being embodied. We explore issues of race, of choosing to live small, of how to become indigenous to the place on earth we inhabit, and so much more. Leny is truly a wise elde...

In this episode we speak with Francis about what it means to live a soulful life, about the importance and value of grief, and about the challenges we face living in a culture fixated on constant ascension, growth, and improvement. We also explore how human beings are, by nature, ritually articulate, and discuss the value of rituals and of connecting with what Francis calls "primary satisfactions,...

In this episode, Erin speaks with Lara Veleda Vesta, creator of The Wild Soul School and author of the Moon Divas Guidebook. In our conversation, we explore many powerful topics including embodiment, Lara's journey navigating life with chronic illness, the importance of growing relationship with our ancestors, and so much more. 

In this episode, Erin speaks with Kinde Nebeker, founder of New Moon Rites of Passage about embodiment, about the importance of modern rites of passage, about the great joy inherent in tending grief, about Kinde's great optimism in the way the world is shifting, and about the connection between the quality of our relationship with our bodies and how it relates with our relationship with Earth, plu...

In this episode, we speak with Philip Shepherd, author of New Self, New World and Radical Wholeness about his reflections on embodiment and why it matters. After Philip guides us into a brief practice of experiencing our embodied selves (not from our heads), we dive into exploring many topics, including his enlivening definition of intelligence as "grounded sensitivity," about growing what he call...

In this episode we speak with Russell Delman, founder of the Embodied Life School and Feldenkrais Method (R) trainer. In our conversation we explore Russell's reflections on what embodiment means and why it matters in the modern world. We talk about our tendencies to reify life and how being in living relationship with our bodies, minds and world changes everything. We explore the difference betwe...

In this episode we speak with Diane Hamilton, author of Everything is Workable and The Zen of You and Me, as well as a mediator, international trainer in facilitation, and lineage holder and teacher at the Two Arrows Zen Center with locations in Salt Lake City and Torrey, Utah. We speak about embodiment, about the beautiful paradox of both being your body and being more than your body, about medit...

In this episode, Erin and Carl speak with each other about embodiment, about why it matters, and explore many topics including their journeys into the realms of learning and teaching somatic work, the connections between somatics and spirituality, and so much more.