The Embodiment Coaching Podcast
Mark Walsh
A weekly podcast for coaches, embodiment teachers and anyone who sees the body as more than a hunk of meat.
Embodiment Unlimited host Mark Walsh, interviews leaders and innovators from around the world. We cover coaching, mindfulness, trauma therapy, martial arts, meditation, somatics, yoga, and movement practices generally. The flavour is light-hearted, conversational and practical.
The podcast has been going for seven years and had over three million downloads.
Embodiment Unlimited host Mark Walsh, interviews leaders and innovators from around the world. We cover coaching, mindfulness, trauma therapy, martial arts, meditation, somatics, yoga, and movement practices generally. The flavour is light-hearted, conversational and practical.
The podcast has been going for seven years and had over three million downloads.
Episodes
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Feb 13, 2018 • 53min
45. Swords, gender and intuitive training - with Pawel Widuto
House of Tengu sword and club wielding manic Pawel joins Mark to discuss martial arts, health vs. fitness, medieval and Viking weapons, birth and death, fluidity, 4 elements in training, gender roles, Slavic vs. Scandinavian culture, self defence, reconnecting to the primitive, types of transformation, moral training, service, seasonal eating, intuitive training, and what the hell is a "tengu" anyway! Instagram: @coachtengu http://tengu.no/product-category/books/ https://youtu.be/TrStHd6qYw4
Feb 9, 2018 • 1h 3min
44. Intellectual, athletic and business disembodiment - with Alison McAulay and Nick Jankel
Key-note speakers, personal development and business trainers Alison McAulay and Nick Jankel join Mark to discuss how intellectualism and athleticism can both be ways out of embodiment. They chat about gymnastics, rave culture, perfectionism, the "performance body", ecstasy - the pill and state, integration of high states into life, tips for working with "squares" in business, California, pain, science, embodied relationships, success and the growth industry and more. A really bright alive discussion. https://switchonnow.com
Feb 5, 2018 • 1h 8min
43. The anatomy of wholeness - with Marc Acquaviva
Yoga teacher Marc joins Mark to discuss Scaravelli inspired practice, childhood sidis, confrontation with society, temptations and staying true to oneself, listening to the body, problems with anatomy, the sutras, working with tension, space and attention, sitting vs. movement meditation, yoga teacher's remit, violence in yoga, basic goodness, hope for the yoga community and the actual purpose of yoga! A fairly philosophical one. https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithmarc http://www.acquavivayoga.com/
Feb 3, 2018 • 1h 3min
42. Irish conscious dancing - with David Mooney
Movement Medicine teacher and therapist David Mooney joins Mark from Dublin to discuss Irish cultural embodiment, trauma, alcohol and addiction, the church, therapy vs. mindfulness, dancing past present and future, ceremony, east and west integration, immanent vs. transcendent practice, your own shadows as teacher and he shared the Tree of Life exercise. http://www.embodiment.ie https://www.schoolofmovementmedicine.com/
Jan 30, 2018 • 40min
41. The best embodiment teachers
What makes some of the world's best embodiment teachers such good teachers? Here Mark examines many facilitators from various disciplines, and draws out what makes them great teachers. http://www.embodiedfacilitator.com/
Jan 27, 2018 • 43min
40. Intuitive, energetic jungle fighting - with Steven Benitez
Full contact champion, ex-pro football player, film stuntman and SE Asian martial arts expert Steve Benitez joins Mark to discuss the art of Slat. They chat fighting, health, Javanese mysticism,, intuition, hard vs. soft, nadis, chakras, body listening, trance training, MMA and finally being enough and self-love. A really live one. https://www.satria-arts.com https://vimeo.com/105884325
Jan 24, 2018 • 5min
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Jan 23, 2018 • 58min
39. Giving yoga a somatic upgrade - with Beverley Nolan
Movement therapist and yoga teacher Beverley Nolan joins Mark to discuss why the body matters for therapy, Body-Mind Centring, Authentic Movement, embodied anatomy and feeling into various organ systems, embryology, what a somatic yoga looks like, trauma and trauma sensitive yoga (and if this can be taken too far), invitational language, culture, shallow vs. deep commitment, and more. http://www.beverleynolan.com/
Jan 21, 2018 • 1h 16min
38. Deconstructing Yoga - with Trina Altman
Yoga and pilates teacher Trina joins Mark to for a lively chat about stretching and much much more. She describes her journey from the corporate world, yoga in the USA (she's LA based), a multidisciplinary approach, what's missing from yoga, proprioception vs. interoception, exploration and play, "serious" yoga, scepticism, being a customer, injuries, the east-west collision,, pilates vs. yoga, being a "somanaught", healing vs. education, "classical" yoga teachers who just made shit up and Yoga Narcissistic Personality Disorder. https://trinaaltman.com/ https://twitter.com/trinaaltman https://www.instagram.com/trinaaltman/
Jan 16, 2018 • 1h 2min
37. Craniosacral, embodiment, health - with Michael Kern
Craniosacral teacher and author Michael Kern discusses this gentle form of bodywork, its history coming form osteopathy, and its techniques. He talks about the deep rhythms of the body, wholeness, presence and being embodied as a bodyworker, the deep urge for health in us, subtle energy and what CST is best for. He and Mark discuss how doing bodywork effects the practitioners, and how to become "teflon" and avoid vicarious trauma. They also chat about the Breath of Life Conference and some of the notable speakers there such as Peter Levine, Emilie Conrad and Gabor Maté. The interview concludes with discussion on simply slowing down and listening to the body not the experts. http://www.cranio.co.uk/ http://breathoflifeconference.co.uk/
