In this interview I host a conversation between iconoclastic yoga teacher Angela Farmer, and internationally renowned counsellor, workshop teacher, and author of ‘The Wild Woman’s Way’, Michaela Boehm.
Michaela shares her admiration for Angela’s work, and Angela describes the journey of her relationship to her body, including childhood struggles , meeting her pain, and beginning a love affair with the body.
Angela discuses her life’s process of teaching and eventually going beyond traditional yoga, as well as sharing the remarkable account of recovery from severe injuries received in a recent fall.
Angela and Michaela also discuss Milarepa and the feminine, surrender vs giving up, the wisdom of the body, structure and imposition, learning to receive, and how to meet the world with all one’s fullness.
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Video version: www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep165-wisdom-and-the-body-angela-farmer-michaela-boehm
Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’.
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Topics Include:
00:00 - Intro
00:57 - How Michaela first encountered Angela
05:31 - Angela’s struggle to connect with her body
08:08 - Finding yoga
09:25 - The story of the body and judging oneself
12:30 - The spiral and childhood challenges
13:53 - Meeting one’s pain and disfunction
23:03 - Beyond the social persona
24:24 - Freedom from traditional yoga
30:32 - Learning about women
31:20 - Students’ projections
35:05 - Milarepa and the feminine
37:20 - Women’s empowerment
38:50 - A love affair with the body
43:38 - Deepening practice in pandemic sabbatical
45:47 - Angela’s recent fall
48:54 - Angela’s remarkable recovery process
52:09 - Be here now
56:26 - Surrender vs giving up
58:06 - Being in the head and being stuck in the underworld
01:01:27 - Wisdom of the body
01:04:36 - Structure and imposition
01:08:23 - Learning to receive
01:10:55 - Softening inside to meet the world
01:14:58 - Role models and learning through resonance
01:17:45 - Animals as role models
01:21:58 - Inspiring others
01:24:05 - Zoom vs in-person teaching
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Previous episode with Angela:
- https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep117-angela-farmer-a-life-in-yoga
Previous episodes with Michaela:
- https://www.guruviking.com/search?q=michaela%20boehm
To find our more about Angela, visit:
- https://angela-victor.com/
To find out more about Michaela, visit;
- https://www.michaelaboehm.com/
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For more interviews, videos, and more visit:
- www.guruviking.com
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Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James
