The Embodiment Coaching Podcast

   Writer and intuitive healer Stella joins me to talk poop, 💩 placebo, attention, trauma, rest and relax mode vs fight-flight, “positional release”, compensation, and what happened when she changed her name. A fascinating one if you’re interested in healing.    Learn more about Stella here: https://www.resonantattention.com/  ----------------------------------------------------------------------    A writer and intuitive bodyworker, Stella started teaching Resonant Attention during the pandemic. Since then, she has dedicated her life to changing the medical paradigm and getting the word out about how easy it can be to heal yourself.    Her memoir about self-healing was serialized on the Resonant Attention substack. An acupuncturist with state and national accreditation, Stella has also studied Esoteric Acupuncture, Ortho-Bionomy, Depth Hypnosis and Integrative Manual Therapy. A previous memoir, called Star Sister: How I Changed My Name, Grew Wings, and Learned to Trust Intuition was published in 2012 by North Atlantic Books/Evolver Editions. In her younger years, Stella worked in magazine publishing. Her freelance stories have appeared in Condé Nast Traveler, InStyle, Travel & Leisure and more. At the New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts, she served as a Physiology/Pathophysiology instructor and, in her spare time, co-founded the Santa Fe Time Bank.     Of Colombian and Virginian heritage, Stella grew up in Rhode Island and is married to the writer, Charles Eisenstein, with whom she has one son and three stepsons. ----------------------------------------------------------------------     Get a free copy of Mark's latest eBook at this link: https://bit.ly/Top12Embodiment      Subscribe to Mark's new Feral Philosophy You Tube channel here: https://youtube.com/@feralphilosophy_mw?si=PHJcNwK4GYpRSflK    Join Mark for in-person workshops – https://embodimentunlimited.com/events-calendar/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Events    Join free coaching demos sessions with Mark – https://embodimentunlimited.com/free-coaching-with-mark/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Demo     Find Mark Walsh on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/warkmalsh/

   Rapper, entrepreneur and podcaster Zuby joins me to talk sales, breaking the women’s deadlifting record, doing hard things, fear, identification, rights, woke ideology, why we lift, virtue, division, modern exercise, anxiety, nihilism, victim narratives, work ethics, immigration, and great responsibility.  A deep and fun chat with a good man.    Find out more about Zuby here: https://www.zubymusic.com/  -----------------------------------------------------------------    Zuby is an independent rapper, author, podcast host, public speaker and creative entrepreneur with over 2 million followers on social media. He was born in England, raised in Saudi Arabia and is a graduate of Oxford University. -----------------------------------------------------------------     Get a free copy of Mark's latest eBook at this link: https://bit.ly/Top12Embodiment      Subscribe to Mark's new Feral Philosophy You Tube channel here: https://youtube.com/@feralphilosophy_mw?si=PHJcNwK4GYpRSflK    Join Mark for in-person workshops – https://embodimentunlimited.com/events-calendar/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Events    Join free coaching demos sessions with Mark – https://embodimentunlimited.com/free-coaching-with-mark/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Demo    Find Mark Walsh on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/warkmalsh/

   Yoga educator Leslie comes back on the podcast to talk yoga peaking, online training, business models, AI, yoga and society, yoga research, the Olympics, BJJ, aikido, why Mark can’t run, ageing, Zoom-life balance, and polarisation. A wonderful catch-up between embodiment friends.    Find out more about Leslie here: https://yogaanatomy.org/  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------    Leslie Kaminoff, co-author of the bestselling book “Yoga Anatomy” and creator of YogaAnatomy.net, is a yoga educator and internationally recognized specialist with over four decades’ experience in the fields of yoga, breath anatomy and bodywork. His approach to teaching combines intellectual rigor, spontaneity and humor, and is always evolving. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Get a free copy of Mark's latest eBook at this link: https://bit.ly/Top12Embodiment      Subscribe to Mark's new Feral Philosophy You Tube channel here: https://youtube.com/@feralphilosophy_mw?si=PHJcNwK4GYpRSflK    Join Mark for in-person workshops – https://embodimentunlimited.com/events-calendar/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Events    Join free coaching demos sessions with Mark – https://embodimentunlimited.com/free-coaching-with-mark/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Demo    Find Mark Walsh on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/warkmalsh/

   Exercise scientist Mike joins me to discuss why we might all want to do weight training, what makes us attractive, virtue and the gym, the psychological impact of weight training, anxiety, agency, humility, the high of working out, can the gym be addictive, the negatives of exercise, compensation, an “exercise pill”, what’s it like being a man, and getting cancelled. A wonderful deep dive into exercise psychology.    Find out more about Mike here: https://www.instagram.com/drmikeisraetel/?hl=en  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    Dr. Mike Israetel holds a PhD in Sport Physiology and is currently the chief content officer at RP Strength (https://rpstrength.com/ ). Mike has been a longtime professor of Sport and Exercise Science at multiple universities. He has worked as a consultant on sports nutrition to the U.S. Olympic Training Site in Johnson City, TN, and has been an invited speaker at numerous scientific, performance, and health conferences. A co-founder of RP Strength, Mike is the head designer of both the RP Hypertrophy App and the RP Diet Coach App. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Get a free copy of Mark's latest eBook at this link: https://bit.ly/Top12Embodiment      Subscribe to Mark's new Feral Philosophy You Tube channel here: https://youtube.com/@feralphilosophy_mw?si=PHJcNwK4GYpRSflK    Join Mark for in-person workshops – https://embodimentunlimited.com/events-calendar/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Events    Join free coaching demos sessions with Mark – https://embodimentunlimited.com/free-coaching-with-mark/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Demo    Find Mark Walsh on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/warkmalsh/

    Yoga, meditation and Embodied Toolkit teacher Vidyadasa joins me to talk ranges of embodied practice, the development of ETK (Embodied Toolkit), how the poses were invented, the "No" pose, vulnerability, yoga festivals, exotic Asian appeal, and creativity. A lovely ramble.      Find out more about Embodied Toolkit here: https://embodimentunlimited.com/embodied-toolkit/      Learn more about Vidyadasa on his website: https://vidyadasa.com/  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Vidyadasa is an Embodiment coach, yoga & meditation teacher, author, creative, web designer and father, who shares Buddhist-inspired embodiment-based practices with groups & individuals to facilitate body & mind transformation, and creates websites for embodiment practitioners & creatives. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Get a free copy of Mark's latest eBook at this link: https://bit.ly/Top12Embodiment        Subscribe to Mark's new Feral Philosophy You Tube channel here: https://youtube.com/@feralphilosophy_mw?si=PHJcNwK4GYpRSflK    Join Mark for in-person workshops – https://embodimentunlimited.com/events-calendar/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Events    Join free coaching demos sessions with Mark – https://embodimentunlimited.com/free-coaching-with-mark/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Demo    Find Mark Walsh on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/warkmalsh/

   Health coach and breathworker joins me to talk retreats, anxiety, co-regulation, breath-work modalities, breath contraindications, vision quests, boredom, psychedelics, and more. A really broad friendly ramble.     Find out more about Ryan here: https://ryanxcarroll.com/  ------------------------------------------------------------    Ryan is a health coach with a primary focus on the breath and it’s powerful impacts on health and wellness. He helps clients overcome lifelong chronic anxiety, change food relationships, and achieve incredible health through a program he’s fine tuned over his 20 years in the industry.  -----------------------------------------------------------       Get a free copy of Mark's latest eBook at this link: https://bit.ly/Top12Embodiment        Subscribe to Mark's new Feral Philosophy You Tube channel here: https://youtube.com/@feralphilosophy_mw?si=PHJcNwK4GYpRSflK    Join Mark for in-person workshops – https://embodimentunlimited.com/events-calendar/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Events    Join free coaching demos sessions with Mark – https://embodimentunlimited.com/free-coaching-with-mark/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Demo    Find Mark Walsh on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/warkmalsh/

   Nervous system educator Sheridan joins me to talk body disconnection, having no hair, being defaulted while doing business, boundaries, business, the divine masculine, how women work, food cravings, intuitive eating, self compassion, and dealing with others who have a shot nervous system!    A wonderful practical flow.    Find out more about Ruth here: https://sheridanruth.com/  ------------------------------------------------------------    Sheridan is a Certified Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapist, Yoga Therapist, Ayurvedic practitioner and ex-anxiety, OCD and relationships coach.    From being stripped of every strand of hair on her body to losing her ex to suicide 3 weeks after breaking up, Sheridan was forced to use trauma-healing to sustainably build her business. While there are a lot of 'trauma-informed' and 'body-based practitioner' coaches in the industry, none of them do it by merging body-based tools, the nervous system AND business strategy.    Sheridan helps anxious, perfectionist, people-pleasing and burned out entrepreneurs combine the nervous system with business strategy to increase profit and decrease anxiety - even when traditional methods haven’t worked. ------------------------------------------------------------     Subscribe to Mark's new Feral Philosophy You Tube channel here: https://youtube.com/@feralphilosophy_mw?si=PHJcNwK4GYpRSflK    Join Mark for in-person workshops – https://embodimentunlimited.com/events-calendar/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Events    Join free coaching demos sessions with Mark – https://embodimentunlimited.com/free-coaching-with-mark/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Demo    Find Mark Walsh on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/warkmalsh/

   Actor and fitness expert Alex joins me to talk  Men’s Health, university level fitness, apps, body image, sleep, stress, auto-regulation, “adherence”, motivation vs inspiration, exercise and mental health, young men’s problems, gateway, how fitness teaches us, embodied acting,  and more. A really pleasant useful one.    Find out more about Alex here: https://www.crockfitapp.com/  ----------------------------------------------------------------------    Alex Crockford is an actor, born in England in 1990. He trained with Yorgos Karamalegos who specialises in presence and authenticity in performance. Alex is a well known personality in the fitness industry, and is becoming the next big actor in TV and film.    He believes that personal development never stops, and that life is about achieving our highest potential. This mindset led him to chase his dreams of becoming a successful actor. ----------------------------------------------------------------------     Subscribe to Mark's new Feral Philosophy You Tube channel here: https://youtube.com/@feralphilosophy_mw?si=PHJcNwK4GYpRSflK    Join Mark for in-person workshops – https://embodimentunlimited.com/events-calendar/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Events    Join free coaching demos sessions with Mark – https://embodimentunlimited.com/free-coaching-with-mark/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Demo    Find Mark Walsh on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/warkmalsh/

   Yoga and embodied toolkit teacher Karin joins me to talk healing, burnout, experience and wisdom, online vs in-person, ritual, bonding with colleagues, who shouldn’t come to my training, workshop dynamics, sensuality and all about Embodied Toolkit. A chill chat between colleagues.    Find out more about Karin here: https://www.yogaandmindfulness.co.uk/     Sign up for our FREE Self-Care event mentioned in the episode here: https://bit.ly/EU-self-care  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    Karin is a body-mind explorer, embodiment trainer & coach, yogini, meditation teacher, fire walk instructor and storyteller. She has been teaching yoga and compassion-based mindfulness full-time since 2008. She trains yoga and meditation teachers and in 2014 certified as an Embodied Yoga Principles teacher. This set her off on a journey into embodiment. She is now trainer and coach at Embodiment Unlimited and she teaches people all over the world.    Karin also co-facilitates storytelling and firewalking events for Being Artemis, a company she co-founded with Lee Stagles. Karin also has a Masters of Science degree in Mindfulness Studies and she is a practising Buddhist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Subscribe to Mark's new Feral Philosophy You Tube channel here: https://youtube.com/@feralphilosophy_mw?si=PHJcNwK4GYpRSflK    Join Mark for in-person workshops – https://embodimentunlimited.com/events-calendar/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Events    Join free coaching demos sessions with Mark – https://embodimentunlimited.com/free-coaching-with-mark/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Demo    Find Mark Walsh on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/warkmalsh/    

   Trauma sensitive yoga teacher David joins me to discuss his story, invitational language, how yoga can be bad for trauma, Judith Herman, trauma IN the body, intereoception, self regulation vs weight lifting and martial arts, politics, power, who he likes working with. A really intelligent, sensitive conversation.    Find more about David here: https://www.healwithcfte.org/  --------------------------------------------------------------    David Emerson, YACEP, TCTSY-F, Co-Director, the Center for Trauma and Embodiment at JRI In 2002, Dave co-founded Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY), the original model of trauma sensitive yoga, and in 2018 he co-founded the Center for Trauma and Embodiment (CFTE) at the Justice Resource Institute in Massachusetts, where he resides as co-director. CFTE is home to TCTSY as well as Trauma Informed Weight Lifting (TIWL) and ReScripted, a theater-based intervention for youth who have experienced psychological trauma. Dave is the author or co- author of numerous papers on yoga and trauma, the co-author of  Overcoming Trauma through Yoga, and the author of Trauma-Sensitive Yoga in Therapy . --------------------------------------------------------------     Subscribe to Mark's new Feral Philosophy You Tube channel here: https://youtube.com/@feralphilosophy_mw?si=PHJcNwK4GYpRSflK    Join Mark for in-person workshops – https://embodimentunlimited.com/events-calendar/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Events    Join free coaching demos sessions with Mark – https://embodimentunlimited.com/free-coaching-with-mark/?utm_source=TEP&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=Demo    Find Mark Walsh on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/warkmalsh/