The Embodiment Coaching Podcast

Meditation teacher and mediator Diane Hamilton joins me to discuss the Zen of conflict. A deep wise lady worth listening to.  http://dianemushohamilton.com/ https://tendirections.com/diane-musho-hamilton/

Join Joseph for an experiential practice of Soma-Semantics and Generative Flow, where we will connect and engage with our fear instead of regulating it down, in order to tune into its wisdom and move through it towards a more skillful and impactful outcome. Please note this is the audio of an audio-visual session with a live Zoom group so there may be reference to things shown and comments in the...

Julie Martin re-joins the show to discuss the benefits of a somatic and embodied approaches to yoga. Culture power and yoga, self-worth and yoga, tango, awareness, modern times and being a yoga "in the world".  https://www.brahmaniyoga.com

Here's Charles Eisenstein interview from the Embodiment Conference 2018 where he will take you deep into the topic of how stories structure our thinking of the world and the urgent need of how to write a new story to create a more beautiful world. Please note this is the audio of an audio-visual session with a live Zoom group so there may be reference to things shown and comments in the chat. To a...

Founder of Sounds True Tami Simon joins me to discuss somatic meditation, being part of the earth, relationships, the online body, activism vs acceptance, conscious business and spiritual consumerism. A fierce one.  https://www.soundstrue.com/store/

This groundbreaking conversation with Geo-Philosopher David Abram and Professor of Philosophy and Humanities Glen Mazis from the Embodiment Conference 2018, moderated by Adrian Harris. They explore the relationship of our embodiment as human beings equipped with animal senses within a world beyond humanity. Please note this is the audio of an audio-visual session with a live Zoom group so there ma...

Darren Deojee on Carlos Castenda, the gender crisis, gender confusion, trans and intersex people, postmodernism, gender fluidity, mental health, the Toltec view of gender, source energy vs behaviour, anger, polarity, what's wrong with Sweden, boundaries, "charge", the "gifts of the masculine", ancestor power and the future of gender. A passionate controversial episode.  www.masterdeojee.com

Here's Ken Wilber from the Embodiment Conference 2018 making a presentation on Integral Bodies where he explains the base of his approach and how the body fits into that whole framework. Please note this is the audio of a an audio-visual session with a live Zoom group so there may be reference to things shown and comments in the chat. To access the full visual recording and 140 others go to https:...

Architect, yogi and somatic educator Miriam joins the show to discuss the impact of somatic practices, her yoga training, yoga in daily life, the five sheaths "koshas", Frank Lloyd Wright, the effect of spaces on us, how to design your house to benefit us on all levels, personality and physical space, somatic vs physical yoga and Mexican embodiment. http://miriamyoga.com/

Alex joins the show to discuss chronic fatigue, how to have optimal health, the spiritual supermarket, gurus, hypocrites and charlatans, how to judge a spiritual teacher, Roger Walsh, Doshin, Tami Simon, business, marketing, not having talent, spirituality day-to-day, raising children as a practice, eugenics, narcissism and coming to terms with one's own family. A practical down to Earth one about...

Academic and ex dancer Kelly joins the shadow to discuss her beginnings as a dancer., a definition of somatics, the history of the field, oration, Leo Kofler, Gindler, Shelver, Delsarte, the western influence on yoga, Ling gymnastics, Stebbins, FM Alexander, Feldenkrais, Laban, Mabel Todd and ideokinesis, Martha Eddy and Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. A really good history lesson form someone who's done...

Experienced meditation teacher Shinzen Young  joins me to discuss the science and logic of mindfulness and meditation. A deep, thoughtful wise and also light-hearted one.  https://www.shinzen.org/

Parkour teacher Amos joins the show to discuss the science of movement, natural movement, social movement shame, how to learn Parkour, Ukemi and falling, randori, human hunting, psychological effects of Parkour, the tribal culture of the art, the dark side of embodied arts, "training vibe", playfulness and fear, parkour sports and the far reaches of human potential. A fun chat about a misunderstoo...

Highly experienced somatic psychologist Annie Brook joins the show to discuss a new death experience, developmental somatics, "compensations", Body-Mind Centering, self-awareness and response, cellular learning, Sufi mindfulness, the "risk of life", the history of embodiment and development of the "somatic baby", play and contact improv, trauma, charisma, digesting experience, what's the best trau...

Bodyworker Silas Hörler on what bodywork is and the many types of it. We talk "Energy", bioenergetics, emotions and values, the purpose of anger, Alexander Lowen, who's good in the field, shadow work, body reading and online bodywork. Kinda a casual but very useful one.  https://www.integrales-leben.org/ http://youtube.com/integralekorperarbeit   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4IDxq0UPlIsZdKImO...

Columbian philosopher and dance teacher Daniel Metallana joins us today from Qatar. We talk South American embodiment, travelling in the Amazon, his Magic Messengers documentary, reintegrating the intellectual self, stages of self-love, David Deida, conscious masculinity, James Bond and the dangerous masculine, blow jobs and the Dali Lama, sexual energy, the consequences of repressed sexuality, fo...

Embodied parenting expert Kirstie joins the show. We discuss embodiment vs dancer bodies, trauma and resilience, why we need to include the body when being with children, attachment and attachment issues, parent's emotional needs, care and compassion fatigue, self-regulation, conditions of transformation, self-care, learning about and training nervous systems, principles of embodied learning, sham...

Doshin joins to to discuss what Zen is, koans, the bodymind link, Zen's role in World War 2, postmodernism, what "feeling" means, Jonathon Haidt, the "moral matrix", value sets, guilt be shame, self loathing, the victim triangle, protest culture, NonViolent Communication, skilful inflexibility, zen privilege, humour, how The West has improved Zen, shadow work, archetypes, Jordan Peterson, feminine...

Yoga teacher and podcaster Shannon joins the show to chat girls nights out, children and practice, prenatal yoga, pregnancy, birth trauma, pelvic health, Victorian attitudes, pelvic floors, mula banda, incontinence, the power of community, competition in yoga, 8 limbs of yoga, community vs cult, boundaries, limits of expertise, eating disorders, podcasting, training design (we geek out quite a lot...

Mike Lousada joins us to chat sexual repression, cultural aspects of this, body shame, sexual energy, different schools of bodywork, psychosynthesis, Western vs Eastern approaches, "armouring", 1970s vs modern approaches, loving presence, sexology, the medical model in sex, the upper limits of human sexual potential, the cult of ecstasy and other traps in tantra, making sexual work accessible to "...

Yoga teacher Gernot Huber joins me to discuss mindbody integration and a balance between "hard" and "soft" yoga. We talk intellectuals beginnings, yoga to strengthen the mindbody link, teacher over style, finding balance in yoga to make it more beneficial, individually adapted practice, form vs feeling, how you do it, listening deeply vs listening to ego, yoga to deepen neurotic patterns, goal ori...

Martial arts teacher Roy Dean joins me today to discuss combat sports and personal growth. We talk about early training in Japan as a teenager, why he started martial arts, how training morphs from self defence to personal growth, martial arts categories, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, ranges, MMA and the UFC, how it's not like the movies, the reality choice point, how different martial arts build different...

Biodanza teacher Julia Hope Brightwell joins us today. We talk about the trap of trying to transcend the body with spirituality, seroc, butoh, 5Rhythms what Biodanza is and what a class looks like, life force, connection, sexual energy and sexual repression, creativity, the South American feel, how we lose our life force, self control, the pleasure principle, Emotional Guidance System and getting...

Skinner Releasing dance teacher Polly Hudson joins me to discuss her art. We talk life in a dance conservatoire, somatic practices in dance and acting and the advantages of using this approach, being available and compelling through embodiment, embodiment becoming implicit, the use of language in teaching, the birth of Skinner Releasing, the purpose of the art, the difficulties of form, Siobhan Da...

Creator of Ancestral Movement Simon Thakur joins me to talk monkeys, martial arts and humans. We chat Asian martial arts, the Indian spiritual look, the pros and cons of the life of a traveling student, evolutionary theory, Flow states in nature, primate movement, movement from other stages of our evolution, why we should reclaim our evolutionary movement, the limitations of movement, movement in...