The Embodiment Podcast

Feldenkrais and running form teacher Jae Gruenke joins Mark to discuss running function and psychology. She covers not fighting yourself, running with awareness and feeling, looking for ease, barefoot running, nature connection, the evils of shoes, and if runners are crazy. She ends the podcasts with a short Feldenkrais experiment / lesson on foot use.  https://www.balancedrunner.com/ http://kinesophics.ca/category/podcast/ http://www.feldenkrais.co.uk/audio.php

Long-time Feldenkrais teacher and founder of The Embodied Life Russell Delman joins the podcast to explain Moshe Feldenkrais' method, and his own holistic approach to awareness. He discusses functional integration and awareness through movement, the birth of embodiment in The West, the counter-culture of slowing down and not trying, integrating mental, emotional and social awareness into physical practice, and how to transfer embodied work into daily life more effectively. http://www.russelldelman.com

What gives a relationship "spark”? Experienced counsellor and intimacy and sexuality expert Michaela chats to Mark about connection, sexual polarity, sacred dance and more.   http://www.michaelaboehm.com/

Explore the Chinese “internal” martial and healing arts in this episode with Derek Notman. We explore what “chi” is, vitality, health vs. martial applications, relaxation, jin shin Jyutsu, standing meditating, forms, ying and yang, tai chi in daily life, Taoism, different models of exercise, freedom and interception. A touch of the poetic Chinese in an accessible American format.  https://www.12riverstaichi.com/

Co-founder of Fighting Monkey, Jozef joins Mark to discuss learning and unlearning  discovery learning, diversity creating immunity art and sculpture, play, strategy  “zero forms”, specialism communication experimenting and your perfect tone. An intense exploration.  https://fightingmonkey.net/

Charlie Badenhop joins Mark to discuss Japan culture, what is “ki” and ki aikido, martial arts in daily life, implicit communication, bodywork, sustainable embodiment, corporate work and team building, kaizen, NLP/trances, verbal aikido, changing perspective, ideas generation, making a space between stimulus and response, the enteric nervous system, the somatic language of the body, the deep bodily structure of language, our inner voices and experience. Another rich episode.  http://seishindo.org/

Gayatri explains what tantra is, objectification and sexual denialism, cock loving, tantric massage, orgasm vs. climax, boundaries, consent, sex and agency, demonising men, touch, sleazy tantra, how to find a good teacher, bypassing, the wheel of consent, masturbation and self touch. She also gives some nice exercises to try at home. A juicy one! tantramassagetraining.co.uk/ https://heavenoneartheros.com/

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

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, embodied relationships, success and the growth industry and more. A really bright alive discussion. https://switchonnow.

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

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/

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/

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

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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/