The Embodiment Coaching Podcast

A solo one where I overview the body and meditation as a topic, talk about some common techniques, different schools, principles, posture, and what makes meditation "embodied" or not. https://embodiedfacilitator.com

Dancer and somatic movement therapist Dr Martha Eddy joins us to discuss her background growing up in inner city New York with social activist parents, modern dance, Rudolf Laban, Bartenieff, Isodora Duncan, theatre, Bodymind Centring and Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen, health and physical therapy, developmental movement, her Dynamic Embodiment system, health, middle-class embodiment, "practical" vs exploratory practice, Warren Lamb, working with children, somatic "detective work", support and social equity, addiction and social somatics, and the economics of access. http://drmarthaeddy.com

Uzazu founder Dylan joins us to discuss dance and sound, embodiment vs mindfulness, vowel sounds, maps of space in embodiment, state shifting and states vs traits, Amy Cuddy and her critics, the vagus nerve, academic and artistic trends, why "be here now" is impossible, how research enriches subjective experience, embodied assessments and integral theory and Ken Wilber. A clever vibrant one. https://www.uzazu.org

We are hosting many great events this year in Brighton, UK including master coach Dr Joseph Riggio in April, we have EYP Teacher Trainings in the UK and the US, also hosting a two day trauma workshop by Betsy Polatin in May and a day workshop by Philip Shepherd. Then in the summer we have a student of Wim Hof, Tim van der Vliet will be holding a 2 day courses and also Russell Delman is coming to the UK for a weekend workshop. These are just the few we have coming up, we have a great line up, see all details in our event calendar: https://embodiedfacilitator.com/events-calendar/

Dance therapist Christa Cocciole joins me to discuss what dance therapy is and psychiatric work. We chat role modelling, Berlin, embodiment history, trauma work in Bosnia, divided cities, window of tolerance, the "Coke" trauma model, NGO psychology, epigenetic, "trauma" as a word, yoga vs dance, The Embodiment Conference, post Trump embodiment, The Embodiment Circle, online vs offline connection, going in vs going out and the peer-led movement movement! A fun, deep and lively one. http://christacocciole.com/en/home/

Consultant, sceptical podcaster and poker player Paul Gibbons joins me to talk religion, rationality, embodied leadership, training assessment, corporate culture, Trump, intuition, bias, thinking errors and more. A useful one for anyone who wants to think bigger and better. https://paulgibbons.net/podcasts/

Headache coach joins me to discuss migraines, vision distortions, hormones, how to stop headaches with your hands, Somatics and headaches, tension headaches, lifestyle factors. Lots of practical tools for sufferers. https://theheadachecoach.com/ https://mundolifework.com/

In this panel discussion Dr. Roger Walsh, a real elder in the field of Integral studies and human development and Bence Ganti, therapist and founder of Integral European Conference (IEC) dive deep into the stages of Consciousness developed by Ken Wilber and how they relate and manifest in our embodiment practice. 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 access the full visual recording and 140 others go to https://embodiedfacilitator.com/e-conf2018-bonus-2/

Dance teacher Nadia joins us to discuss growing up in Lebanon, embodied holistic coaching, moments of body betrayal, the power of play, sensuality, gender relations, feminine and masculine ways to get into the body, gender polarity, ravishing, patriarchy, male rights, inner child work, female cycles, Embody dance. http://nadiamunla.com/

Yoga teacher, podcaster and intuitive therapist Amisha joins me to discuss coming back to the body. We discuss cultural heritage, yoga scandals, shadow work, "patriarchy", men and women, stories, mythology, Christopher Wallis, the exotic and fetishisation, the "supermarket", positive discrimination, mentoring, embodying and self worth. A timely flow. http://www.amisha.co.uk/