The Embodiment Coaching Podcast

  Fascia expert David joins me to discuss what exactly the fuzzy stuff is and why it matters. We chat anatomy, Tom Myers, the blessing and curse of fascial adaptation, how to avoid injuries, why people are obsessed with it, how working with fascia changes you, fascia and emotions and character, his most extreme cases, pain and his position documenting the movement. A wonderfully geeky one. http://...

Dance movement therapist and Body-Mind Centring teacher Katy joins me to discuss experiential anatomy, body systems, states of consciousness, the medical system, the learning approach of BMC, we do an exercise about accessing the stomach, visually impaired work, contact improv, Touchdown Dance and membranes. A thoughtful and experiential one. http://touchdowndance.co.uk/ https://embody-move.co.uk/...

Game designer and theatre director Atlas joins us to talk martial arts, what makes New Zealand special, Maori warrior culture, Open World Theatre, rewilding, "no training", personas and identity, immersive games and designing your own martial art. A lively, fun but deep one. https://openworldtheater.com

A poem that combine many of the most famous quotes on the body from around the world - an extract form the upcoming book Embodiment - Moving Beyond Mindfulness https://www.theembodimentbook.com/

Conscious marketing leader Tad joins me to discus pricing, "collapse vs posturing", what a market is, why so many people have an issue with marketing, sales rip offs, unethical "arousing", networking, good will, sustainable sales, finding clients who are a good fit and niching. A super useful one if you have to sell embodiment! https://marketingforhippies.com

Author of The Embodied Teen Susan joins me to talk experiential anatomy, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and BMC, Janet Adler, Mary Whitehouse and authentic movement, Bali, how she started working with teens, adaptions to this and other groups, misperceptions of the body, teaching principles, balancing sensory and motor in embodiment, eco-somatics, teen stereotypes, cultural differences and technology. A...

Coach and trainer Tracy Seed joins me to discuss sober raves, therapy, grief, NonViolent Communication, requests, observations vs. judgements, the power of empathy, biodanza, giraffes vs. jackals, biocentric movement, generative postures, NLP and modelling, sub-modalities, internet empathy fails and trolls, communication tips and self kindness. A pleasant amble. https://tracyseed.com

This a special podcast where I read extracts from my upcoming book Embodiment - Moving beyond mindfulness. Enjoy! https://www.theembodimentbook.com/

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. https://www.kaiehrhardt.com https://bodyiq.berlin https://www.soma...

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...

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...

A special episode about the Embodied Facilitator Course - as early bird rate ends today. https://embodiedfacilitator.com

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,...

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, di...

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.  www.embodiedfacilitator.com

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.  https://maxstrom.com

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.     http...

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 practi...

Holistic mover Joseph joins me to chat parkour, practice, why we train, discipline, play and goal orientation, his school outside Berlin, the fundamentals of being human, the importance of craft, agency and creation, what's lost in modern life, Hipster hunting, "time well spent", gardening, how to navigate the diversity of practice in the modern world, and focus. A deep and wide ranging one with a...

Somatic sex therapist Charna Cassell joins me to discuss trauma and sex. This one gets quite full-on in places and could be triggering. We chat about childhood trauma, windows of tolerance, numbing, hyper-arousal, the six F's, being gay, sexual self-medication, attachment, what a "healthy" sex drive is, BDSM, Peter Levine, practical tools for healing, meditation and trauma, celibacy, and top tips...

Special 200th episode where my friend and colleague Neil interview me, with questions form you! We get personal, professional and profound…and also talk quite a lot of c**p. Enjoy! www.embodiedfacilitator.com www.embodiedyogaprinciples.com www.integrationtraining.co.uk

Dance teacher and yogi Julian joins me from LA to discuss bodymind education. We discuss the freedom in yoga, bodywork, conscious dance, spiritual bypassing, Ken Wilber and integral theory, relational and verbal integration, the function of different classes, verbal integration, the bigger picture of somatics, the next step in the evolution of embodiment, marketing, South Africa vs California, soc...

Founders of Embodied Presence Lee and Jamus join me to talk about working with partners, BMC, dance and contact improv, spiritual enquiry, experiential anatomy, the animal body, "safety" and support, trauma, growth vs healing, "grounding", the heart, nature "doing the heavy lifting", taking time to let things digest, embodied consciousness, sight impairment, and the contrast between sexy fast and...

Dancer and martial artist Filippo Sera joins us to talk Bruce Lee, martial arts, adaption, theatre, the expressive body performing to thousands, Axis Syllabus, deep principles, pleasure, getting learning "off the mat", contact improv dance, technical vs emotional, saying no, personal growth in contact, Steve Paxton, and where to find out more. A wide ranging and enjoyable one.   https://ciglobalca...

Comedy improv teacher and confidence and communication writer Liz Peters joins me to discuss improvising, listening, presence, "yes and", what embodiment brings to improv, creativity, transfer of improv skills into life, form vs freedom, self-regulation, taking up space, imperfection, imposter syndrome, and much more. We end with some super useful top tips. A fun and useful one. https://www.lizpet...