The Embodiment Coaching Podcast

Mindfulness teacher Loch joins me to discuss altered states, sports, the slow vs. direct paths, instant effortless, opening awareness, therapy vs. meditation (growing up vs. waking up) and three different "pointing out exercises". Deep and useful. https://lochkelly.org

A special two guests session with two of my favourite mindfulness teachers, Adam Barley founder of ZeroOne and who comes from a conscious dance background, and Martin who runs a meditation centre and is known for integrating practice into daily life. We talk sex and money right off the bat, using practice to escape life, triggers, control freaks vs. escape artists, competition, innovation and lineage, barriers to entry, which practices suit who, and down bad jokes. A deep and fun meeting of minds. http://www.martinaylward.com/ https://inzero.one

Togetherness Festival founder Adam joins me to discuss fitting in, resentments, bagels, the wheel of consent and Betty Martin, sovereignty, noisy trains, individuation, purpose, choice, ghosting, civility, "patriarchy", female power, healing our own wounds, Portia Nelson, the gender wars and the collision course of we're on. A provocative and very relevant one to our times. https://www.togetherness.com/

Experienced yoga teacher Norman joins me to talk industrial vs festival yoga, unions, the economics of yoga, egalitarian models of yoga, "traditional" yoga, yoga supervision and therapy, Bikram, abuse, leggings, yin yoga, fight-flight yoga, Hell Bent, totalitarian yoga, "if, maybe, perhaps", and online vs face-to-face classes. A leading-edge enquiry of a conversation! https://www.yogawithnorman.co.uk

Founder of freedomDANCE Alex joins me to discuss conscious dance vs. movement, the business of movement, the death of Gabrielle Roth, Russia and freedom, the felt sense of freedom, how often we need to dance, what conscious dance is actually for, Rainbow Rhythms, and the future of conscious dance. A deep yet relaxed one. https://freedom-dance.com/

Two of the founders of Open Floor join me to discuss the interpretive imperative, the West's rediscovery of free dance, open sourcing and the Creative Commons, the "university" model, sociocracy, connection as the key purpose of Open Floor, boundaries, dance-floor as life, transfer off the Floor, the three hungers, the importance of "settling" and what love has to do with it all. A fun, full and wise one. https://openfloor.org

Founder of the London Movement group Will joins me chat growing up on a building site, competitive sports, movement culture, social media, being "monk-like", downgrading technology, Jordan Peterson, comparisons, Parkour, fear, "what-why-how", philosophy, agism and The Art of Learning. One for the movers! https://www.facebook.com/londonmovementgroup/

Embodiment coach and neuroscience teacher Amanda joins me to discuss body-oriented coaching, how to talk about embodiment, gaining "minimal trust", neurobunk, Amy Cuddy, trusting research, Wendy Palmer, empathy, embodied self-awareness, interception and proprioception, practice and capacity, centring, your best self "keystone", the power of practice, and neuro- correlation vs causation,. Clear thinking and good chat. https://embright.org

Trauma educator Kathy joins me to discuss ortho-bionomy, psychosomatic symptoms, alternative vocabulary to "trauma", skin and trauma, digestive issues and poop, the split in the medical system, the basic narrative of trauma, Peter Levine, "triggering", bodywork, authority projections, the evolutionary and tribal roots of trauma, Joker, medically unexplained symptoms, avoiding the "why", and physiological retraining, accessing the work, devaluing "trauma" as a word and care with assumptions. A useful and deep one. http://www.somaticpractice.net

Yoga teacher Tara joins me to discuss mind vs brain, Anusara Yoga, John Friend, BodyMind Centring, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Tantra, kashmir shaivism, sensing vs feeling, Embodied Flow, why be embodied, "humaning", the business of yoga, yoga photography and Instagram, the yoga lifestyle, to have kids or not, the future of yoga, and ethics. A rich and pleasant one. http://www.tarajudelle.com https://www.embodiedflow.com/