BodyMantra with Kimberly Jonas

While we are deep in the separation demanded by the social distancing and shelter in place measures of COVID-19, intimacy is being challenged right down to its core. In this two-part podcast, Kimberly takes a look the role of intimacy in our lives, how our defenses can affect the level of intimacy we experience, and how to cultivate more consistent intimacy through self-examination, presence and vulnerability. In Part Two, Kimberly speaks about how a careful examination of our personal defense mechanisms is imperative for the most healthy experience of intimacy.

While we are deep in the separation demanded by the social distancing and shelter in place measures of COVID-19, intimacy is being challenged right down to its core. In this two-part podcast, Kimberly takes a look the role of intimacy in our lives, how our defenses can affect the level of intimacy we experience, and how to cultivate more consistent intimacy through self-examination, presence and vulnerability. In Part One, Kimberly speaks about the two building blocks of Intimacy: Presence and Vulnerability.

A reading by Kimberly of her piece titled Pith & Presence.

In this episode, Kimberly takes a look at the fact that we have collectively moved away from Presence in recent years, examining how technology and instant gratification structures have impacted us globally, dismantling the insight and awareness that comes with true Presence. She invites listeners to look at how their personal choices and behaviors affect this global picture of presence, how we can all do specific work to return from the places where we have collectively or individually gone unconscious, and use the medicine of Presence for healing.

As a follow-on to her previous episode Clearing The Field, Kimberly walks us through a meditation designed to help us stay connected to our loved ones during this time of physical separation. Using energy and intention to extend ourselves outward, build on the strength of our existing connections.

Coronavirus = Uncertainty. What do we do with the uncertainty? How can we calm ourselves, feel safe, when there is so much unknown, so much that we cannot see? In this episode, Kimberly speaks to the impact of global uncertainty on our resilience and how we can return to a place of more balance and internal resource if we surrender to the uncertainty and cultivate humility.

We are being turned upside down and inside out these days. Upheaval defined. What are we to do with such turmoil, the reality of the ground underneath our feet no longer certain? A reading by Kimberly of her piece entitled Upheaval.

In the Northern Hemisphere, as we emerge into Spring, the season of New Life, we are simultaneously being faced with the deadly impact of the Coronavirus. We are being taken to our knees as half the planet cycles back to life, post-winter. How can we harness the power of this spring season, welcome lessons about rebirth and resurrection into our conversation as the nation and the planet wrestle with the reality of death and profound endings?

With the arrival of COVID-19 in the U.S., social distancing and self sheltering are buzzwords of the day. With this shift toward spending the majority of our time at home, we are all faced with new challenges about how to manage our time. Inevitably, this leads to the question: Are you checking in with yourself more as the days pass, or are you finding yourself checking out and avoiding? In this episode, Kimberly speaks about this question and how we can practice leaning in to our experience.

A reading by Kimberly Jonas of her piece entitled Fear & Faith.

As the Coronavirus spreads and we all encounter high levels of input from so many sources, the amount of energetic accumulation in our bodies naturally increases. In this episode, Kimberly shares a simple yet powerful daily practice for clearing your field – of fear, anxiety, emotional content from others, negative headlines, chaos, and all of the other energies that are swirling around with this pandemic.