SuperFeast Podcast #87 From Physical Pain To Freedom with Benny Fergusson
We've got our favourite Movement Monk, Benny Fergusson, back on the show with Mason today. The gents continue the conversation around embodied movement and the many elements involved when exploring life and personal growth through the physical form. As always Benny is humble in his delivery and intelligent in his approach, inviting us to delve beyond the gross layers into the subtleties that lurk beneath our habits, patterns and intentions. Another beautiful and insightful chat to wrap your ears around.
Mason and Benny journey through various terrain, discussing both the tangible and intangible aspects of movement as experienced through the lens of the body, mind and spirit. The gents explore:
-Movement practices as a continuation of both Yin and Yang, Benny shares how he is embodying this concept in his current practice and what is showing up for him as he explores.
-Changing your relationship to discomfort through stretching "to me stretching first and foremost is a metaphorical idea, a symbol of going to where there is discomfort and finding resolve in that." - Benny.
-The Western approach to chronic pain and how to address it through a consistent and curious movement practice.
-Pain as an effect, not a cause of dis-ease in the body, mind or spirit.
-The Western perspective that a diagnoses is the pathway to a cure, how to release our attachment to this ideology and begin to view pain and discomfort as malleable information as opposed to a static state.
-Feeling safe in your experience of the body as a foundational tool for embodiment and healing.
-Benny's hardware vs software analogy, and the importance of addressing both the physical and mental/emotional programs that inhibit us from feeling ease within our experience of the human form.
-Honouring the seasonality of practice without judgement.
-An introduction into Benny's 5 levels of activity; physical, work, contentment, spiritual, and silence.
-Benny's new Movement Monk platforms and the courses he offers.
Who Is Benny Fergusson?
After living with chronic scoliosis & pain for years, and getting no lasting relief from mainstream fitness and therapies.. Benny embarked on a journey to heal his body and get to know himself better. Through years of research and the practice of movement & meditation arts, Benny found a way to restore his physical freedom, leading to profound personal growth. Benny now shares his findings with his students at MovementMonk.xyz.
Resources:
The Movement Monk Website The Movement Monk YouTube The Movement Monk Facebook The Movement Monk Instagram
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