Podcasts about authentic movement

Send us a textIn this episode of The Nourished Nervous System, I welcome my longtime friend Daniel Bear Davis, a somatic experiencing practitioner with a rich background in dance, performance and bodywork. Our conversation explores the intersections of somatic experiencing, cultural somatics, and authentic movement. Daniel shares how dance and movement have shaped his approach to trauma renegotiation, emphasizing the importance of body awareness and elemental balance. We discuss the transformative power of community practices, the concept of 'agency of attention,' and creating space for healing within our bodies and society. Daniel also introduces his upcoming eight-week series, Web Nest Earth Home, inviting listeners to explore these profound somatic practices in a supportive group setting. This episode is a deep dive into the wisdom of the body and the healing potential of somatic work.In this episode:Daniel's Background and Journey Understanding Somatic Experiencing Cultural Somatics Explained The Concept of Bodies Within Bodies Agency of Attention Combining Authentic Movement with Somatic Experiencing Improvisational Dance and Trauma Renegotiation Cultural and Elemental SomaticsConnect with Daniel:WEB, NEST, EARTH, HOME. Somatic Practices for Woven Bodies An 8-Week Committed Movement Group Wednesdays 9:30-11:30. April 9 - June 4 (no class April 23) Drop Ins April 9 & 16  Join us for this 8-week group combining authentic movement, free writing, and other movement practices with insights from Somatic Experiencing and cultural somatics. We will combine tools for orienting, settling, and resourcing with contemplative movement and perception practices to weave dynamic relations between our flesh bodies and the larger bodies of which we are part (land/place, ancestry, culture, nature).  Each class will offer specific focus and content to frame improvised movement explorations in group sections and one-on-one witnessing. Open to all bodies with curiosity about movement and the landscapes of the human experience. FB: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BmF6RgZmM/Daniel's WebsiteDaniel's FB PageMy resources:Deep Rest MeditationNourished For Resilience Workbook Book a free Exploratory CallFind me at www.nourishednervoussystem.comand @nourishednervoussytem on Instagram

Today's podcast features Jon Stea. Jon is a strength and performance coach based in Vancouver with over a decade of experience developing athletes from youth to the professional level. Jon combines coaching practices with an overarching philosophy of sport and movement concepts. As modern society advances, youth sports and adult movement practices are becoming increasingly rigid and specialized. Many athletes struggle to progress in their sport and lose interest once their competitive careers end. Adults engage in community-based fitness but often miss the opportunity to explore their full movement potential and the deeper fulfillment it brings. Understanding why we train and how to empower athletes in their unique process is more crucial than ever. On today's episode, Jon speaks on building a creative, authentic coaching process that gives athletes room to fail, learn, and grow, expanding their abilities over time. He discusses the importance of connection and environment in sports training, games, and movement challenges, gets into motor learning concepts, and speaks on the overall art of coaching athletes for their long-term success. This is a conversation that our current sports, and sports performance world, demands that we have, to offer athletes room to not only be better in their sport but move and play as their authentic selves, in their chosen practice. Today's episode is brought to you by TeamBuildr's Gym Studio and the Just Fly Sports Online Courses. To learn more about the Sprint Acceleration Essentials, Elastic Essentials, or Speed ID courses, go to justflysports.thinkific.com Use the code “justfly25” for 25% off any Lila Exogen wearable resistance training, including the popular Exogen Calf Sleeves. For this offer, head to Lilateam.com View more podcast episodes at https://www.just-fly-sports.com/podcast-home/ Timestamps 2:00- How having a personal substantial work capacity has shaped Jon's viewpoints on training 7:00- Capacity and aerobic elements in a total athletic performance program, as well as programs with a focus on explosiveness 10:30- Jon's beginnings in athletic performance 15:00- The nature of coaching education and sports performance career paths in the modern and technological age 21:30- How Jon's training process has evolved, based on athlete perception, gameplay, and the total developmental process 38:30- Insights to the creative process of game development 49:00- The use of games for more advanced athletes, to help “re-expand” movement options and facilitate a joyful training environment 55:30- How Jon's journey shifted over time, to a more games and motor learning-based approach to training 1:00:00- How and why motor learning is at the core of athletic development in a variety of training sectors Quotes 8:00 “When you work your superpower, it sets you up for easy wins” Jon Stea 21:10: “After a while, it's just about the connection you make with people. Coaching or training, whether it be through sports, strength and conditioning, or working at a gym, is just a vehicle for human connection” 24:10 “You have a lot of contact time with people in a low-stakes environment (personal training, strength and conditioning), where someone is allowed to screw up, and that's almost the point of a session, I want to see you fail, so I know where we can improve” 24:45 “We want to do a lot of things in here that you fail at, so we can do more of those things” 25:10 “You want to be your authentic self as much as possible so that athletes feel they can be that too” 30:15: “What you do doesn't matter as much as who you are (to the athletes)” 38:45 “Go over to the wall, pick up 2 pieces of equipment, and we are going to make up a game” 39:45 “I find youth athletes, that's something I've found drilled into them so much, “how do we score points, how do we win”. Rather, how do we create the most beautiful game possible?

In this episode, Jai sits down with acclaimed writing coach Marilyn Horowitz to explore the power of storytelling in shaping how we experience aging. Marilyn shares two simple yet transformative practices that can help mindful agers rewrite their personal narrative in a more empowering and authentic way.Tune in to learn how these tools can foster greater self-awareness, resilience, and a renewed sense of purpose—no matter where you are on your journey.Key Insights:The role of storytelling in personal growthTwo practices to reframe limiting beliefsHow rewriting your story can positively impact your mindset and daily lifeAbout Marilyn HorowitzMarilyn Horowitz is an award-winning author who has taught her trademarked storytelling method at New York University for twenty-five years. Her students have been nominated for Emmy Awards, won a Peabody Award and been produced by the major Hollywood studios. Now sharing her storytelling secrets with a broader audience, Horowitz has written severalbooks on the art of writing. Her most recent book, Word of the Day: Transform Your Writing in 15 Minutes a Day shares a journaling practice that demonstrates a new, easy way to create and sustain genuine happiness.Shadows and Echoes, her latest book, co-authored with world-famous clairvoyant Martin Sherlock shares her three-year journey to enlightened self- awareness. Horowitz has written two novels, The Book of Zev in 2016 and Bad Girl Pie is to be released in 2025. Horowitz is a Reiki master and is certified in Dao Yin Yoga and Authentic Movement. She dances the Argentine Tango as often as possible.Marilyn's Website: https://www.marilynhorowitz.com/LinkedIn:    https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilynhorowitz/                  TikTok:        https://www.tiktok.com/@transformin2minutes@transformin2minutesTikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@cutthroughthecrap?lang=en@cutthroughthecrapFacebook Business Page:  https://www.facebook.com/marilynidahorowitzmarilynidahorowitzFacebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/marilyn.horowitzmarilyn.horowitzInstagram:horowitz1105Jai's Instagram:@theartofagingmindfully@jaiyogashalaTO SUPPORT THE ART OF AGING MINDFULNESS PODCAST:patreon.com/jaisugrimHealth and Longevity Coaching with Jai:https://theartofagingmindfully.com/To Train with Jai in "Yoga for Longevity Classes:"https://jaiyogashala.com/daily-schedule/If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with others who might benefit from these insights!

What if the resilience of one person could transform the lives of countless foster children? In this episode, we're joined by Rob Scheer, the founder of Comfort Cases, who opens up about his extraordinary journey from a challenging childhood in the foster care system to becoming a beacon of hope and change for children in need. Rob shares the heart-wrenching story of growing up as the youngest of ten siblings, highlighting the harsh realities and minimal choices within the foster care system. Despite overwhelming obstacles, Rob's commitment to creating a positive impact shines through as he emphasizes the fundamental need for compassion and care for all children. Listeners will be moved by Rob's candid recounting of the emotional struggles he faced while navigating the foster care system alone, often feeling like an outsider in what was supposed to be his home. Witness his inspiring journey of perseverance, from the disillusionment of being forced out at 18 to the triumph of high school graduation against all odds. As Rob joins the U.S. Navy, he seeks an escape from his past and a stepping stone to a brighter future. This narrative is not only a testament to his grit and determination but also a powerful reminder of the systemic hurdles faced by those growing up in foster care. Rob's story takes a transformative turn when he embraces fatherhood, deciding to adopt children with his husband, Reese. He shares the challenges and joys of building a family, reflecting on how his aspirations shifted from material success to providing a loving and dignified home for his children. Through this life-altering decision, Rob challenges societal norms, revealing the unexpected fulfillment that comes with prioritizing family. Join us as we explore Rob's unwavering commitment to fostering positive change, offering a heartfelt narrative that underscores the importance of love, dignity, and resilience in the journey towards creating a better world for foster children.   Timestamps 00:00:00 - Introduction and Welcome to the Business Legacy Podcast 00:00:30 - Introduction of Guest: Rob Shear, Founder of Comfort Cases 00:01:00 - Rob Shear's Background: Childhood and Entry into Foster Care 00:04:12 - Navigating the Foster Care System: Challenges and Resilience 00:07:30 - Turning 18 and Facing Homelessness: Rob's Journey to Survival 00:11:55 - Overcoming Adversity: Joining the U.S. Navy and Life After Discharge 00:14:00 - Finding Stability: Rob's Early Career and Pursuit of Education 00:18:25 - Embracing Fatherhood: Adoption Journey with Husband Reese 00:20:30 - Founding Comfort Cases: Mission to Provide Dignity for Foster Children 00:23:45 - Expanding the Family: Adopting Siblings and Overcoming Challenges 00:27:00 - The Impact of Comfort Cases: Eliminating Trash Bags in Foster Care 00:30:00 - Rob Scheer's Legacy: Teaching Empathy and Building a Loving Family 00:33:00 - Closing Thoughts: Rob Shear on Redefining Success and Advocacy 00:35:00 - Closing Remarks  Go to https://comfortcases.org/. To find out how you can help foster children. Legacy Podcast: For more information about the Legacy Podcast and its co-hosts, visit businesslegacypodcast.com. Leave a Review: If you enjoyed the episode, leave a review and rating on your preferred podcast platform. For more information: Visit businesslegacypodcast.com to access the shownotes and additional resources on the episode.

Send us a textIn this week's episode of the Nourished Nervous System podcast, I welcome Marietta Skeen. Marietta is a Transpersonal and Somatic Psychotherapist, who offers therapy, movement, meditation and energy practices to help folks come into their bodies and feel more grounded, connected and vital. She received her Masters in Transpersonal Psychology from Naropa University, polyvagal training with Deb Dana and extensive training at the Hartford Family Institute in body centered psychotherapy. Through her practice of contemplative movement, apprenticeship with a Buddhist monk, and her unique blend of Akashic records and Usui reiki, she weaves offerings that invite people to live with greater aliveness, clarity and ease. Marietta discusses her journey into this holistic field, touching upon her background in meditation, yoga, and somatic practices. Key themes include the essence of transpersonal and somatic psychotherapy, inner and outer witnessing, and nervous system regulation through polyvagal theory. The conversation further delves into recollective meditation, authentic movement, and their benefits for mental well-being. Marietta also breaks down common myths about therapy, highlighting its importance beyond problem-solving to enhancing human connection, and shares practical steps for self-care and mental health improvement. This episode serves as a rich resource for those intrigued by alternative therapeutic methods and personal growth.Understanding Transpersonal and Somatic PsychotherapyThe Concept of Inner and Outer WitnessExploring Polyvagal TheoryRecollective Meditation and Authentic MovementListening to Our BodiesCommon Myths of PsychotherapyConnect with Marietta:www.mariettaskeen.comIG:  www.instagram.com/movebemovedFB:  https://www.facebook.com/mythrivingvillage://My resources:Deep Rest MeditationNourished For Resilience Workbook Book a free Exploratory CallFind me at www.nourishednervoussystem.comand @nourishednervoussytem on Instagram

Conversation with performance artist BRIAN FUATA about STORY SENT – a live and mediated performance he is presenting as part of CEMENT FONDU's exhibition – TOO MUCH INFORMATION – throughout June and July 2024. https://cementfondu.org/tmi-too-much-information/ Partly an email performance, partly a live improvisation, STORY SENT explores repetition, references Authentic Movement, and finishes on a 20-minute timer. Originally aired on Eastside Radio 89.7FM on 8 July 2024. Sympoiesis radio show is produced on the Gadigal land of the Eora nation, traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respect and gratitude to the elders past, present, and yet to come. Facebook: www.facebook.com/sympoiesisradioshow Instagram: www.instagram.com/sympoiesis_radio_show PRESENTER/INTERVIEWER: Ira Ferris (www.instagram.com/artemisprojects)

Remnants of Humanity: Journey Throughout Our Sacred Earth to Restore Balance Held Within the Feminine Dimension by Christine Van Camp ZeccaThe twenty-first century is facing worldwide disintegration. The spiritual systems are falling apart, revealing the lack of all that used to sustain humanity as notions of separation prevail. However, inclusion is essential for survival. Profound love is more powerful than hate, but those in power amplify/ hate, destroying humanity in the process. After the collapse of Western civilization in North America, survivors grounded in healing love flee south. Seven millennia later, an isolated outpost of women wants to share its hard-earned wisdom. These earth-based shamans are losing the energy to continue, unless they can connect with the Underworld of Dreaming Nature to find suitable males to join them. Their quest attracts other “remnants” that also wish to regenerate the planet and return joy to the world. Paradigm shifts are required to reinvigorate the inevitable toxic collapse of a corrupted society, hope rests in the hands of feminine energy and hard-earned wisdom.  She works with creativity and the imaginal realm integrating her background of 30 years of Jungian studies and analysis, DreamTending, and other forms of embodied dream work. She completed BodySoul Rhythms Leadership Training with Marion Woodman that integrates Jung's work with experiential modalities of dream, imaginal work, voice & body expressions with the intention of bringing deeper levels of awareness into our conscious being. Her own practices include painting (since she was 2), Tai Chi (50 years), yoga (20 years), QiGong (6 years), 5Rhythms practice (12 years), Authentic Movement (4 years), Continuum (3 years), Incubation practice rediscovered by Peter Kingsley from Ancient Pre-Socratic philosophers Empedocles & Parmenides (recent) & is currently studying / experiencing Shamanic Trainings:‘The World in Balance' or Katasee (1 year), Visionseeker Trainings and Continuum Private Trainings with Hank Wesselman and Jill Kuykendal: 4 years, completed both one year of VisionSeeker and two years of Advanced Continuum Trainings on two separate occasions. Sandra Ingerman's: Soul Retrieval and 2 Year Teacher Training (completed). Most recent Christine completed Alberto Villoldo's Four Winds Training in Joshua Tree, CA. Now she does illuminations as well.   https://www.amazon.com/Remnants-Humanity-Throughout-Feminine-Dimension/dp/B0BZCPKRCM/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.rUmRoy3-lob9Lu9a_zwNFg.cd4MFXoPy2G5CB40eBDvsKJ1JGVOx1WcHqC-14tbgac&dib_tag=se&keywords=Remnants+of+Humanity%3A+Journey+Throughout+Our+Sacred+Earth+to+Restore+Balance+Held+Within+the+Feminine+Dimension&qid=1710288289&sr=8-1https://www.christinezecca.com/www.WritersBranding.com  http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/5924cvcz.mp3   

Ellen Emmet returns to the show. Ellen is a psychotherapist and facilitator of Authentic Movement. Our first conversation in episode 29, Nonduality and the Shadow, covered psychological aspects of the awakening. This time we focus on Ellen's teaching of the Awakening Body and yoga meditations in the tradition of nonduality and Kashmir Shaivism. This is an exploration of our true nature at the level of tactility and feeling. We discuss gentle practices to relax the somatic sensation of separation and re-enliven the senses, the undefinable nature of tantra, how listening to sensation differs from hedonism and sensory indulgence, embodying vs. intellectualizing, method vs. devotional practice, the pros and cons of self-trust, valuing intuition, embracing not knowing, plus much more. And just a reminder before we jump into the conversation to please like, rate, subscribe and share to help more people access the podcast. Enjoy! Resources Ellen Emmet's website: https://www.ellenemmet.com/ Ellen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theawakeningbody/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ellenemmet

Margo is joined by writer, singer-songwriter, teacher, and coach Marisa Handler. Marisa is the author of Loyal to the Sky, which won a Nautilus Gold Award for world-changing books and her essays, fiction, and poetry have appeared in numerous publications. Her music is also streamed across large platforms such as Spotify and iTunes. Marisa earned her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and has received many fellowships in Creative Writing, including a Fulbright and an Elizabeth George Foundation grant. On the spiritual side, Marisa has been studying Insight Meditation in retreats and daily life since 2002, and instructing since 2012. She is a Certified Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie, and has long-term practices in Authentic Movement, Somatic Experiencing, and various forms of dance. Marisa is the founder of Live Your Creative Genius, an in-depth coaching program offering a new paradigm for creative work, and she teaches on creativity, writing, and transformation at places like Stanford University, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Esalen, and the California Institute for Integral Studies.   Margo and Marisa discuss: Her creative path and how spirituality plays a role in her many creative mediums Cultivating creativity, finding support in a creative community, and connecting with one's authentic voice The challenges of balancing creative pursuits with jobs Creating a sacred space for creativity Her 9 month coaching program How we are intrinsically creative beings How we do our best creative work by becoming who we truly are Embracing our shadow Viewing our obstacles as allies   Join Windowsill Chats Patreon for just $5 a month and receive early access to the Windowsill Chats Podcast, question submission for Q&A, replay's of monthly Q&A create-together sessions, a vibrant Facebook community, and more at www.patreon.com/inthewindowsill!   Connect with Marisa: www.marisahandler.com "Alchemize Your Creative Vision" on December 12th: https://marisahandler.com/programs/aycv/ Live your Creative Genius (9 month coaching): https://marisahandler.com/programs/lycg/ https://marisahandler.com/programs/firing-up-the-engines/  https://www.facebook.com/marisa.handler.3 https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Q6NM99n37Lch8xG4Rjkfx?si=YqGdYLUaSo-JnGgyF_qbww https://insighttimer.com/marisacreates   Connect with Margo: www.instagram.com/windowsillchats www.windowsillchats.com www.patreon.com/inthewindowsill

Ellen Emmet is a psychotherapist, facilitator of Authentic Movement, and offers meetings in The Awakening Body: Yoga meditations in the tradition of non-duality and Kashmir Shivaism that she learnt from her teachers Francis Lucille and Eric Baret. She offers webinars and residential retreats. Her offering is an exploration of our true nature at the level of tactility and feelings, but also an inquiry into the hidden corners of the psyche to invite more wholeness into our lives. More specifically, The Awakening Body meetings focus on the body, “allowing it to be our mirror and our pathway, our prayer and our altar, and ultimately the shining expression of this shared identity.” Our conversation explores the complex topic of nonduality and the shadow. Ellen's growing intuition matched my own, that nondual teachings can often be used as a way to escape difficult emotions or feelings, or even disown the body, and overlook or avoid the shadow. With training in Jungian philosophy, including working directly with Jungian analyst Marion Woodman, Ellen brings wisdom and openness to exploring this oversight. Topics include connecting to the wisdom of the body, relational alchemy, the pain of separation, nonduality as a hiding place, ever-present nature of peace, the path of devotion, the role of the divine feminine, and ways to avoid ego inflation. EllenEmmet.com

What is Radical Aliveness? How can we explore the principles of Radical Aliveness in the laboratory space of our lives? How might being in a group process help us with exploring our deep feelings?Being in conversation with my friend and teacher Madison Nees is always a profound experience for me. I'm excited for you to listen in and to explore this alive, glowing, curious space we co-created. My first conversation with Madison for Healing The Spirit (Ep. 22 Dancing in The Underworld) was recorded about a year ago, right before the first run of her offering, Katabasis: A Journey to Aliveness.This time, Madison and I met at the crossroads. I'm currently at the end of a yearlong journey with my offering, Astrology as Praxis, and Madison is about to re-enter the field of Katabasis for its second cohort.The principles of Radical Aliveness guided our conversation. The principles are: Cultivating a Non-Shaming Heart and AttitudeKnowing I Don't KnowWelcoming Multiple PerspectivesBeing Willing to be ChangedSaying YES to EverythingIf you're curious about Madison's work, this event coming up on Sunday is great place to start: An Introduction to Radical Aliveness.Here's Madison's bio:Madison Nees is a human, counselor, artist, and guide. My practice focuses on the intersection of ecology, ritual and somatics. I have worked in the addiction and trauma treatment industry since 2015. My own journey includes healing from substance use, anorexia nervosa, loss of culture and self. When I began my journey, I did not understand that the pull to somatics was a call of my ancestors. I was being pulled to heal all the things my mother could not and ultimately lost her life avoiding. I was being pulled to feel the things my Grandmother had no language for.My body knew the language however, and it spoke in illness, pains, aches and rage. It also spoke the language of held grief and aloneness. During this process, I discovered gifts hidden beneath these repressed emotions. These gifts were the sensations. The gifts were the rivers of grief leading me home to myself. They were also the intuition and creativity of my lineage. I always tried to “do” something with the emotions but my healing progressed the more I simply sat with them. Instead of trying to push them away, I wondered what would happen if I let them grow. They grew into my practice today.You can sign up for Madison's newsletter on Madison's website, and follow Madison's work on Instagram @ritual_body.  Check out Madison's exciting new six-month journey, Katabasis, which will begin on Sep 17, 2023. You can set up a call with Madison if you're curious here. Madison will also be hosting An Introduction to Radical Aliveness on Sunday, Aug 27, 2023. I have some spots available for astrology readings and I invite you to click here to book an astrology reading or click here to book an Akashic reading with me.Listen to & purchase my new song Friends on Bandcamp. You can also listen to it on your favorite streaming platforms.Try the incredible breathwork and meditation app Open for 30 days free using this special link. This podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Jonathan Koe. Theme music is also composed by me! Connect with me through my newsletter, my Instagram @nate_qi, and my music. For podcast-related inquiries, email me at healingthespiritpodcast@gmail.com.

“…In our daily lives, the body is seldom tasted as it is. We rarely listen to its language or allow it to simply unfold and blossom in its natural original intelligence.”—Ellen Emmet Ellen Emmet offers meetings and retreats in The Awakening Body, a direct exploration of experience sourced in the non-dual tradition of Kashmir Shivaism, Authentic Movement, and self-inquiry. In addition, she has a private practice as a Psychotherapist with a Jungian orientation. More info about Ellen and her weekly sessions and private sessions – https://www.ellenemmet.com/ Ellen's upcoming retreat in March – https://www.ellenemmet.com/retreat-at-the-eden-rise Shadow and Nonduality: A Cry of the Heart By Ellen Emmet – https://www.scienceandnonduality.com/article/shadow-and-nonduality-a-cry-of-the-heart Ellen's video at SAND – The Awakening Body – https://www.scienceandnonduality.com/video/the-awakening-body

Dance and movement therapy is an exciting way of working creatively with trauma. In this episode, Nicola Herd, who is a guest teacher on the Certificate in Working Creatively with Trauma, explains the history and application of Authentic Movement, which is one of the most popular ways of using movement in therapy.... Nicola is a guest teacher on our Certificate in Working Creatively with Trauma course. We are booking for a Certificate starting September 9th, 2023. You can book online here https://jillcartertraining.co.uk/trauma-therapy-training-certificate/. You can email lindsey@jillcartertraining.co.uk for more details or call Lindsey on 07311 389613.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Author Marisa Handler.  Marisa Handler—writer, singer-songwriter, teacher, and coach—is the author of Loyal to the Sky, which won a Nautilus Gold Award for world-changing books.  Her essays, fiction, and poetry have appeared in numerous publications, and her music is available on various platforms.  Marisa earned her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and has received many fellowships in Creative Writing, including a Fulbright and an Elizabeth George Foundation grant.  On the spiritual side, Marisa has been studying Insight Meditation in retreats and daily life since 2002, and instructing since 2012. She is a Certified Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie, and has long-term practices in Authentic Movement, Somatic Experiencing, and various forms of dance. Marisa is the founder of Live Your Creative Genius, an in-depth coaching program offering a new paradigm for creative work, and she teaches on creativity, writing, and transformation at places like Stanford University, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Esalen, and the California Institute for Integral Studies.  She also works one-on-one as a coach.  More at www.marisahandler.com

Marisa Handler—writer, singer-songwriter, teacher, and coach—is the author of the memoir Loyal to the Sky, which won a Nautilus Gold Award for world-changing books.  Her essays, fiction, and poetry have appeared in numerous publications, and her music is available on Soundcloud.  Marisa earned her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and has received many fellowships in Creative Writing, including a Fulbright and an Elizabeth George Foundation grant.  She is a longtime spiritual practitioner—she's been practicing Insight Meditation in retreats and daily life since 2002, and teaching since 2011.  She is also a Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie and a committed practitioner of Authentic Movement and Somatic Experiencing.  Marisa teaches on creativity, meditation, and transformation at places like Stanford, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, the Esalen Institute, and the California Institute for Integral Studies.  She also works one-on-one as a coach. She is currently at work on a novel and new songs.  More at www.marisahandler.com. Thank you fro listening to The Curious Creatrix podcast. Your donation helps us continue to spread creativity throughout the land.  Thank you! https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=2PM3V82XDS7GA  Beautiful music: Good Friends Inc by Jonathan Boyle

Known in the yoga world as THE teachers' teacher, Annie Carpenter (@anniecarpentersmartflow) shares her story with Anne, who has been an avid student, first via online platform Glo.com, before attending live Zoom classes and IRL workshops with her in 2022. Annie's journey starts in Virginia, but she tells Anne how she found her path early on with dance, leading her to the Martha Graham company and New York City. From getting a scholarship to working at the junior company and briefly joining the main company, Annie found a calling in what she refers to as authentic self-movement and in teaching at the Martha Graham Center. An introvert, she shares with Anne how yoga became an essential part of her life, thanks to Integral yoga (Swami Satchidananda's school) which felt like a refuge from the competitiveness of the dance world.Annie explains how after a trip to LA and a conversation with her teacher Maty Ezraty, she impulsively relocated to the West Coast and turned to teaching yoga full time, training at Yoga Works under Maty and Lisa Walford. They go on to talk about teaching, about Annie's movement principles and energy, how to create inspiration for students, and why Annie founded her own yoga school, Smart Flow Yoga. Annie also shares why continuing to evolve is essential, as well as learning to let go of preconceived notions. She explains how she has learnt to tap into her students' expectations rather than relying on her own. Now based in Northern California, the teacher, who turned 65 this year, also talks about the stages of life, or ashrams, and she is learning to ‘retire' whatever is not supportive in her practice. Quoting Noam Chomsky, she says: "If you are teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either your field is dead, or you are.” Annie also reveals  her passion for bird-watching, her mindfulness and pranayama practices, and how learning to be still was the doorway to her meditation practice. Finally, she answers the most delicate and profound question of all, one that Annie regularly asks her students: who is Annie? A joyous, profoundly thoughtful and inspiring interview. Enjoy! ***You can find Annie at https://www.smartflowyoga.com/about-annie-carpenter/on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/anniecarpentersmartflow/and on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/annie.carpenter1And all details for her upcoming class schedule and teacher trainings are available here  - https://www.smartflowyoga.com/or find Annie's classes on Glo - https://www.glo.com/Selected links from episodeMartha Graham on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_GrahamAnd https://marthagraham.org/The classic piece Appalachian Spring - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM5-CsI713gIntegral Yoga - https://integralyoga.org/Savasana pose - https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/6582/savasanaAli McGraw Yoga, Mind & Body - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmW5Og4VBg8Eric Schiffman - https://erichschiffmann.com/Sally Kempton - https://www.sallykempton.com/Swami Satchidananda - https://integralyoga.org/founder/Maty Ezrati - https://matyezraty.com/Kia Miller - https://www.kiamiller.com/Triyoga London - https://triyoga.co.uk/Diana Rilov - https://www.dianarilov.com/Feldenkreis - https://feldenkrais.com/Alexander Technique - https://alexandertechnique.com/Bonnie Bainbridgecohen - https://bonniebainbridgecohen.com/The Glo Podcast - https://podcast.glo.com/The yoga sutras of Patanjali - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga_Sutras_of_PatanjaliSiddhis - https://www.thecontemplativelife.org/blog/yoga-sutras-patanjali-siddhis-mystic-powersThe prothonotary warbler - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prothonotary_warblerSlow birding, the book by Joan E. Strassmann - https://www.amazon.com/Slow-Birding-Science-Enjoying-Backyard/dp/B09SN7L7WMScrub jays - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_scrub_jayThe four ashrams of life - https://yogasvi.com/the-four-ashrams-of-life/Abhinivesha - https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/5533/abhiniveshaAnnie's favourite word 'molt' - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moltOut of the Clouds' playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Viqm1uiiHtM5Y0FwTCtFR?si=9c1d46979d784abaAnnie's choice for what song best represents her is I'll Take You There by the Staple Singers - https://open.spotify.com/track/5xHfZxFBcMA2akGVMM1bdk?si=fb01ff20b53c42b7An Immense world by Ed Yong https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59575939-an-immense-world***If you enjoyed this episode, click subscribe for more, and consider writing a review of the show on Apple Podcasts, we really appreciate your support and feedback. And thank you  so much for listening! For all notes and transcripts, please visit Out Of The Clouds on Simplecast - https://out-of-the-clouds.simplecast.com/  Sign up for Anne's email newsletter for more from Out of the Clouds at https://annevmuhlethaler.com. Follow Anne: IG: @_outoftheclouds or  @annvi   

Sherry Saterstrom helped shape the life of the dance program at St. Olaf College from the late 1960's when she was a student there. A twist of fate brought her back as a guest artist and teacher after completing a Master's Degree in Dance/Humanities at Arizona State University. Over the years her fascination with invention yielded classes such as The Body Movable, Power Play, The Beat Goes On, Movement as a Metaphor, Improvisation as Practice and Performance. In 2000 with a growing passion for improvisation in movement technique and performance, she invented The Improvisation Ensemble. This group continued to re-invent itself with each new season of possibility.Between1978-84 Sherry created and co-directed Dance Co'Motion, a modern dance company whose work was focused in the Artist-in-Residence program of the National Endowment for the Arts. Over the years she enjoyed performing with other dance artists--- Maria Cheng and Dancers, Paula Mann, Bill T. Jones, Lovice Weller, Deborah Hay, Body Cartography---and learning from their artistic visions.As a seeker of new adventures in 2001 Sherry developed a workshop, ”Dance in the Rainforest” at a biological field station in the rainforest of Costa Rica. The workshop intended to pull dancers and movement artists out of their more controlled environments and challenge their notions of dance. It aimed for personal and artistic discovery through navigating unfamiliar terrain. Since 1984 Sherry has focused her training in the area of body-mind studies as it relates to movement, dance and the learning process. She is a certified Body-Mind Centering practitioner and includes meditation, Authentic Movement, yoga, Gaga and movement improvisation in her ongoing physical practice. Her most recent fascination is with the world of fitness and its relationship to her fundamental passion for all things physical.

Movement is life. Movement is part of how our body communicates with itself and senses itself in the outside world. Proper and ease filled movement, be it with our emotions, the circulation of our blood, the way our joints through their range movement, and how we can move and be in the relationships, work and interaction with the 10000 things. All of this is tied in with our well-being and capacity to thrive. In this conversation with Margot Rossi we explore the terrain of movement and sensing and how this fundamental capacity is the foundation of our life, and gives us the ability to live the seasons of our lives. Listen into this conversation on the wisdom of the body, and how movement with attention is part of the language of wellbeing.

Biz Cush welcomes you back to the Awaken Your Wise Woman podcast and shares what's in store for Season 3. “We're all wise women, and we can all cultivate the qualities of wise women.” — Biz Cush The full show notes for this episode can be found at — https://elizabethcushcoaching.com/awaken-your-wise-woman-podcast

In this episode, Colleen Bartley talks with Julia Pond about non-active activism, crip time, body time, disability and dance, Quaker meetings and more. The conversation meanders and associates widely between topics, circling around themes of being vs doing, spaciousness and productivity culture. Bios Colleen Bartley has a Dance and Education degree from Swarthmore College and a diploma in Community Dance from Laban with years of experience with Somatic Education. She has been a regular at ID since 1999.She has worked directly with most of the founders of Contact Improvisation and been influenced by teachers of contemporary and post-modern dance, experiential anatomy with Gary Carter and Caryn McHose, Authentic Movement with Susan Schell, Improvisation & Composition (Tuning Scores with Lisa Nelson, The Underscore with Nancy Stark Smith, Ensemble Thinking with Nina Martin, Relational Intelligence with Nita Little) and is very active in dancing, organizing, writing about and documenting dance.Colleen has an invisible disability which informs her practice as a teacher and an artist. She believes that it's everyone's birthright to move, that people are inherently creative, movement is our first language, and sees dance as a way to empower people, to effect social change and to build community.Learn More: https://contactquarterly.com/contact-improvisation/newsletter/view/on-being-an-introvert-neuro-diversity-and-contact-improvisation#$Mentioned in the conversation: - Young Blood Initiative: https://youngbloodinitiative.com/Wake-Up-Smell-the-Tear-Gas-Agenda - Bettina Fung: https://www.bettinafung.com/- Petra Kuppers: https://petrakuppersfiction.wordpress.com/about/- Long Table (Lois Weaver) http://www.split-britches.com/long-table- Simon Whitehead - Chisenhale Art Space

Robyn Hubbard, D. Min., joined the show to share the many aspects of her work. She and Arlia talked about the Four Paths of Soulful Living and Grieving, work she developed based on Matthew Fox's creation spirituality, her mom's death, the intense dreams that informed her healing, and how they inform her work as a spiritual companion. For anyone navigating grief, may you find this episode is affirming and helpful. Topics include:  Four paths of creation spirituality reframed in a more accessible, meaningful map for our daily life's journey. Reclaiming grief as part of a fully lived life with hearts open. Finding the ground of her experience When to mine our experiences for the gold, and when to rest Dreams The role of personal experience and evolution as way to give back in the Return Our impact on the collective vibration How to work with your dreams What is spiritual companioning Being shattered in grief, and the process of being with it About Robyn:  Robyn Hubbard, D.Min. (Doctor of Ministry) is a spiritual companion, grief counselor, certified dream work facilitator, bodyworker and a well-resourced guide into the depths of Self where we access our jewels of transformation and soul growth. Her work involves spiritual companioning that includes deep listening, dialogue, somatic awareness, embodied movement practices and the exploration of dream material that is symbolically represented through our sleeping and waking dreamscapes.   Robyn's broad background of body-mind healing and movement-centered work includes Biosomatics, inspiration from 5Rhythms Dance®, SomaSource®, and Authentic Movement, along with her long-time passion as a dancer and soul-centered mover.  A broad array of dream perspectives, Jungian and depth psychology, indigenous and interspiritual wisdom also deeply inform Robyn's work.   Robyn's professional career began early on as a Physical Therapist with the intention of integrating body healing and emotional tending.  After the loss of her mother to cancer in 1989 and her own diagnosis of cancer in 1995, she was drawn much more deeply into the world of inner healing, spirituality and grief work which led to the completion of her doctorate degree in 2006.  A number of subsequent losses, transitions and healing crises throughout her adult life has deepened her commitment to the social transformation of how we process and integrate grief and loss through the portal of resilience, for the sake of both personal and collective evolution.  A very powerful and active dream life has been a huge inspiration and source of guidance throughout her life.  Her passion for dreams, Jungian and archetypal studies, soulfully embodied movement practices, and all things depth oriented, has fueled her ever-expanding quest for consciousness. Find Robyn at her website https://www.robynhubbard.com/ The Women's Sanctuary Podcast is hosted by Arlia Hoffman. The Women's Sanctuary provides counseling, sacred practice and community for women. Visit thewomenssanctuary.com for more information and all podcast episodes.

 In this episode, Amoda Maa is in conversation with Ellen Emmet, psychotherapist and nondual teacher (www.ellenemmet.com). Together they explore the role of the feminine in spiritual awakening, especially as it relates to the traditional advaitic approach and a more heart-centered approach that includes our human-ness.  Ellen offers meetings and retreats in The Awakening Body,  a direct exploration of experience sourced in the non-dual tradition of Kashmir Shivaism, Authentic Movement, and self-inquiry.  In addition, she has a private practice as a  Psychotherapist, and facilitator of Authentic Movement. She lives in Oxford (UK) with her husband Rupert Spira, also a teacher in the tradition of non-duality. 

Rebecca VerNooy is an actor, writer, educator, and Movement Theater artist.  Her original work has been produced at Dixon Place, P.S. 122, Judson Church, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Dance Theatre Workshop, and Joyce Soho. The practice of Authentic Movement is her anchor for processing her thinking, accessing the imagination, and grounding herself in a chaotic world. Best Links: https://www.rebeccavernooy.com/ https://www.instagram.com/rebecca_vernooy/ https://www.facebook.com/rebeccavernooy.theaterartist/

Join a dynamic and diverse panel from different backgrounds for a roundtable discussion on what it means to heal trauma through dance. Dance is a powerful medium for healing trauma. Regardless of ethnicity, race, gender, or age, people can find community and strength through dance. They discuss the power of dance in healing from traumatic experiences and how to bring about more peace and resilience. Stefan Freedman, Author of the book 'Dance Wise,' is passionate about the role of integrative arts in transforming society. His research focuses on healing trauma through conscious movement. He has facilitated dance in mental health settings for 15 years in Ipswich, UK, and continues a weekly therapeutic movement class where many participants attend with their carers. Stefan's dance training includes dances from many cultures and styles. He sees dance as an integration of body, mind, emotions, and spirituality is drawn to exploring inwardly and outwardly, and has studied Voice Dialogue, Psychosynthesis, Co-Counselling, NLP, and NVC. Stefan coordinates a free online hub where facilitators share insights and practical tools. The aim is to create a global group of dancers and practitioners sharing resources contributing to a more compassionate and sustainable world. www.dancewise.net Marylee Hardenbergh studied under Irmgard Bartenieff and Penny Bernstein and is a Board-Certified Dance/Movement Therapist. She served on the Board of Directors for the American Dance Therapy Association, and led numerous Movement Choirs for the openings and closings at the conferences; she was honored to be a keynote speaker at their 2015 conference. Hardenbergh loves to travel and work with communities to create site-specific performances that combine community art with therapeutic intentions, creating performances in sites worldwide. She was an Artist-In-Residence at the Center for Global Environmental Education at Hamline University in Minnesota and the original Artistic Director of Global Water Dances. She directs Global Site Performance and has received numerous awards for choreography. Globalsiteperformance.org Rebecca Faro's dance journey started at ten while attending Bush Davies & Elmhurst Ballet School. At seventeen, she auditioned for the London School of Contemporary dance. Overjoyed to be one of four accepted from eighty people, they found she had a back problem at that audition, meaning she couldn't continue with her dance career. Although this was earth-shattering news, it changed her direction. She began to explore movement as a healing path for herself & others, training in Creative movement through the Anna Halprin method. She continued her exploration by attending Authentic Movement, Contact improvisation, Rebirthing, Trance Dance, 5rhythms, BioDanza, and Grief Counselling courses. She has recently completed a ten-month online personal development training with Jamie Catto. dancinginsideout.com Alia Thabit is an Arab-American Oriental (belly) dance artist and a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner. She is also a writing instructor, Dancemeditation and Spiritual Bellydance instructor, and creativity coach. Alia champions self-expression, resilience, and trust in the body. Her dance classes help participants reclaim their joyful spirit and deep wells of creativity. She weaves Somatic Experiencing techniques into her classes and coaching to help seekers transcend limiting beliefs and connect to their true self. Alia is the author of "Midnight at the Crossroads: Has belly dance sold its soul?" which challenges cultural stereotypes, discusses its evolution, and shows how to access the dance's inherent spirit and joy.

Explore how to gain a feeling/understanding of our essential, borderless being at the level of tactility, energy, sensations, and emotion. Discover the borderless, unlocated, and unconditional allowing that we essentially are, even in our full embodied experience. See the world through the eyes of love. Hale Dwoskin is joined by Ellen Emmet in this episode of “Letting Go & The Greatest Secret.” Twenty-five years ago, Ellen Emmet recognized the eternal, limitless, and universal nature of our shared reality. Ellen offers meetings and retreats in The Awakening Body, a direct exploration of experience sourced in the non-dual tradition of Kashmir Shivaism and self-inquiry.  In addition, she has a private practice as a psychotherapist and is a facilitator of Authentic Movement. Learn more and connect with Ellen at www.EllenEmmet.com, www.Facebook.com/EllenEmmet.TheAwakeningBody, and www.Instagram.com/TheAwakeningBody. Hale Dwoskin is the author of the New York Times best seller "The Sedona Method" and the coauthor of "Happiness Is Free: And It's Easier Than You Think" with Lester Levenson. He has been helping people let go and discover their true nature since 1976. He is also one of the featured teachers in Rhonda Byrne's book and movie phenomenon "The Secret" as well as a featured teacher in "The Greatest Secret." Learn more about Hale and the Sedona Method at www.Sedona.com, www.YouTube.com/User/TheSedonaMethod, www.Facebook.com/TheSedonaMethod, and www.Instagram.com/TheSedonaMethodOfficial. To comment or ask a question about this episode please go to our channel on YouTube at https://youtu.be/FR-N9q55Qro.

In this episode, Julie Ann Otis, a somatic healer, and energy worker shares her spiritual awakening process and her work in the world. There are so many golden nuggets in this episode around the intensity of spiritual awakening, practices that support us in these intense times, the wisdom of the body and somatic therapy, finding ease with ease in our path, the level of commitment, discernment to come into our gifts, dreamwork, and more.Julie Ann offers embodied and empathic guidance to powerful leaders in universities, non-profits, and lobbying organizations, as well as healers, coaches, consultants, and entrepreneurs all committed to a more peaceful planet. She uses and teaches a broad toolkit of practices including creative visualization, meditation, neurobiology, and somatic feedback. Julie Ann has studied with remarkable teachers around the globe including Seven Stones Leadership, the Focusing Institute, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Insight Meditation Society, Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, and Dell'Arte International. She received her Masters in Arts Administration from Boston University and her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Drama from Tufts University. She brings to her work over a decade of experience in not-for-profit management, vipassana and metta meditation practices, and body-mind integration work including Authentic Movement, Focusing-Oriented Therapy, and Jin Shin Jyutsu. In addition to energy healing and somatic therapy, she offers mentorship to healers and coaches who wish to bring somatic and energy practices into their work with clients.Work with Julie Ann Otis: Julie Ann works with people who coming into presence with their body - feel into the body, what is your heart telling you? What is the pain in your shoulder telling you? If you have an inkling that that are naturally intuitive, empathic, sensitive, and a sense of humor or have any history touching on addiction (use to have, or have or in their family addiction) reach out to Julie Ann to help with intuitive guidance, unlock your energy channels, and get help setting up your own tools for inner work and integrationShow Resources:Work with Julie Ann free 30 min consultation - https://www.julieannotis.com/ 10 laws of ease - https://www.julieannotis.com/post/the-only-path-to-ease-is-easeSTOA - https://www.thestoa.ca/ Rebel wisdom - https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/ Emerging leaders - https://emergingleaders.us/For coaches or consultants - Rising Practitioners - reach out to me@jennreilly.com for an introJin Shin Jyutsu - an art of harmonizing the life energy in the bodyMystic-rising.com for more.Mystics Rising will be a platform to share rising healers and leaders, and showcase foundational classes for inner work (check out the website for discounts). I anticipate more events and ideas will continue to unfold as this project builds momentum. Help me normalize healing! If you feel touched by this work, please help me share the podcast with friends or support us on Patreon. Follow, listen along, and reach out if you feel called to collaborate.

Julie Ann Otis is an intuitive healer and somatic therapist committed to an experience of ease. for. every. body. She founded Samana Consulting in 2014 with the mission of empowering people to radically change their reality.    Julie Ann partners with clients to change the landscape of what is possible in every aspect of their lives. In addition to energy healing and somatic therapy, she offers mentorship to coaches and healers who wish to bring somatic and energy practices into their work with clients.    Julie Ann's work combines Buddhist psychology, somatic therapy, creative arts, shamanic practices, dreamwork, meditation, and energy healing. She has more than a decade of experience in vipassana meditation and body-mind integration work including Authentic Movement, Focusing-Oriented Therapy, and Jin Shin Jyutsu.    She is deeply grateful to have studied with Seven Stones Leadership, the Focusing Institute, Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Insight Meditation Society, Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, and Dell'Arte International.    For more information, please visit www.julieannotis.com.   You can connect with Julie Ann on: Website Book a free 30-minute session with Julie Ann Instagram LinkedIn Facebook   Resources/People Mentioned: Internal Family Systems (IFS), also called Parts Work Somatic Therapy Focusing Oriented Therapy Ajahn Chah Yotam Schachter  Metta Meditation, also called Loving Kindness Meditation Vipassana Meditation Julie Ann's Meditations The Ultimate Anti-Career Guide by Rick Jarow The Erotic Mind by Jack Morin Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss Mindfulness by Joseph Goldstein Sharon Salzberg  

'authentic movement' by Gloria Dawson read by Anna McLauchlan and Margaret McLauchlan, recorded 9 October 2018. This poem is part of the collection circlusion by Gloria Dawson published by Zarf Editions, Leeds, 2018. Thanks to Barry Burns for editing. A transcribed extract can be found at https://trespassingassemblies.tumblr.com/post/172566892704/new-pamphlet-circlusion

Brian Tierney holds a PhD in Somatic Psychology and has, for over a decade, been an international trainer of somatic clinicians. As a somatic practitioner trainer, Brian aids people in working more skillfully with the physiology of the nervous system to build resilience, release trauma, and alleviate chronic pain. His doctoral project was an Integrative approach to Psychology that wove together Somatic Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Embryology, Neurobiology, Mythological Studies, and General Systems Theory.Brian has been an integrative clinical bodywork practitioner since 1999 and has a multiplicity of experiences including working with cancer patients in New Zealand, stewarding rites of passage events for men and boys, and providing drama therapy in group settings. His thousands of hours of training in the healing arts and sciences include certificates in the Rolf Method of Structural Integration, EMDR, Leadership and Social Transformation, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, Advanced Breathing Facilitation, Yoga Teaching, Clinical Hypnosis, Transformational Dance, Drama Therapy, and a plethora of Clinical Massage modalities.Brian is a Licensed Psychologist specializing in hands-on somatic approaches to trauma resolution. He is an eclectic psychotherapist who uses a combination of talk therapy and education with individuals, families, couples, children, and groups. He is also a seasoned dancer with over 20 years of experience in modalities such as Contact Improvisation, Capoeira, and Authentic Movement. Additionally, Brian is currently an adjunct professor teaching at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco.Support the show

On a chilly morning in November, 2013, Deborah Cohan, MD, a clinical professor and program director at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, walked into an operating suite, her curly hair tucked under a cap, not to perform surgery but to undergo a double mastectomy for breast cancer. Within minutes, the sterile room began to enliven with R&B drumbeats, and the entire surgical team erupted into dance to Beyoncé’s “Get Me Bodied,” with Cohan in the center of it all. This flash mob video, captured by the anesthesiologist, went viral — with over eight million views to date — and even Beyoncé herself posted it on her Facebook page. “What better time to celebrate life,” said Cohan, “than when you’re facing death?” To be clear, for Cohan, dancing wasn’t about glossing over suffering with a forced smile, but about leaning into the body, literally dancing with fear and grief. Dancing was her way to optimize her body before surgery, to connect with the surgical team, and to embrace friends and family dancing virtually in solidarity with her. As an obstetrician-gynecologist who has performed thousands of ultrasounds and witnessed babies dancing in their mothers’ wombs, Cohan imagines that she, too, was dancing long before she was born. When she was three, she began learning highly choreographed methods like ballet and jazz. Then in 2011, she happened upon Dance Journey, a conscious practice where people danced freely, effortlessly, and, as she observed, ecstatically; these movements opened up in her a deep listening to her body and an awareness of the healing power within. It was in this spirit that she danced in the surgical suite. And in 2014, a year after her surgery, Cohan founded Foundation for Embodied Medicine (FEM), a nonprofit organization to bring this embodied wisdom to patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. A Harvard-trained physician, Cohan is an obstetrician who attends births at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and serves as the medical director of HIVE, caring for pregnant people living with HIV and promoting reproductive and sexual wellness for those living with and affected by HIV. Since 2005, there have been no babies born with HIV in San Francisco. In addition to her medical degree, Cohan holds a masters in public health from the University of California at Berkeley, and a fellowship in reproductive infectious diseases at San Francisco General Hospital. She also served as a member of the Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents. For Cohan, medicine and movement are deeply interwoven. She has studied with Anna Halprin of Life/Art Process, Tina Stromsted of Authentic Movement, and Valerie Chafograck of Dance Sanctuary and Movement Liberation. With an embodied approach that honors the inherent wisdom of our bodies and nature, she has served as a doula for those who are giving birth and those who are dying.  The flash mob video landed Cohan interviews on multiple mainstream media outlets, including Good Morning America and the Ellen DeGeneres Show, and inspired others to dance before their surgeries. She lives in Berkeley, California, with her two children and their dog. In her free time, she can be found causing mischief, singing to her plants, and spreading messages of love, joy, and interconnectedness.  Join us with this compassionate physician and expressive dancer in a call that will be part-conversation, part-workshop, with an invitation to explore body awareness, conscious movement, and embodied presence in a collective field. 

On a chilly morning in November, 2013, Deborah Cohan, MD, a clinical professor and program director at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, walked into an operating suite, her curly hair tucked under a cap, not to perform surgery but to undergo a double mastectomy for breast cancer. Within minutes, the sterile room began to enliven with R&B drumbeats, and the entire surgical team erupted into dance to Beyoncé’s “Get Me Bodied,” with Cohan in the center of it all. This flash mob video, captured by the anesthesiologist, went viral — with over eight million views to date — and even Beyoncé herself posted it on her Facebook page. “What better time to celebrate life,” said Cohan, “than when you’re facing death?” To be clear, for Cohan, dancing wasn’t about glossing over suffering with a forced smile, but about leaning into the body, literally dancing with fear and grief. Dancing was her way to optimize her body before surgery, to connect with the surgical team, and to embrace friends and family dancing virtually in solidarity with her. As an obstetrician-gynecologist who has performed thousands of ultrasounds and witnessed babies dancing in their mothers’ wombs, Cohan imagines that she, too, was dancing long before she was born. When she was three, she began learning highly choreographed methods like ballet and jazz. Then in 2011, she happened upon Dance Journey, a conscious practice where people danced freely, effortlessly, and, as she observed, ecstatically; these movements opened up in her a deep listening to her body and an awareness of the healing power within. It was in this spirit that she danced in the surgical suite. And in 2014, a year after her surgery, Cohan founded Foundation for Embodied Medicine (FEM), a nonprofit organization to bring this embodied wisdom to patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. A Harvard-trained physician, Cohan is an obstetrician who attends births at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and serves as the medical director of HIVE, caring for pregnant people living with HIV and promoting reproductive and sexual wellness for those living with and affected by HIV. Since 2005, there have been no babies born with HIV in San Francisco. In addition to her medical degree, Cohan holds a masters in public health from the University of California at Berkeley, and a fellowship in reproductive infectious diseases at San Francisco General Hospital. She also served as a member of the Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents. For Cohan, medicine and movement are deeply interwoven. She has studied with Anna Halprin of Life/Art Process, Tina Stromsted of Authentic Movement, and Valerie Chafograck of Dance Sanctuary and Movement Liberation. With an embodied approach that honors the inherent wisdom of our bodies and nature, she has served as a doula for those who are giving birth and those who are dying.  The flash mob video landed Cohan interviews on multiple mainstream media outlets, including Good Morning America and the Ellen DeGeneres Show, and inspired others to dance before their surgeries. She lives in Berkeley, California, with her two children and their dog. In her free time, she can be found causing mischief, singing to her plants, and spreading messages of love, joy, and interconnectedness.  Join us with this compassionate physician and expressive dancer in a call that will be part-conversation, part-workshop, with an invitation to explore body awareness, conscious movement, and embodied presence in a collective field. 

Marilyn Unger Riepe, MA, MSW, LICSW is the founder of Move into Self-Compassion, Authentic Movement workshops for IFS practitioners and friends. Marilyn is an IFS therapist with an MA in Dance/Movement Therapy and an MSW in Clinical Social Work. She is passionate about IFS and Authentic Movement and is eager to share the ways somatic movement can enhance our connection to our parts and to Self energy. Marilyn has a private practice in Sudbury, MA, specializing for over 30 years in treating individuals, couples, and families.Episode Notes: Marilyn's first spark of embodiment and introduction to modern dance Perry-Mansfield in Steamboat Springs, COReframing discipline to devotion, passion, fireMarilyn's different modalities for working with her clients through movement vs. talk therapy Authentic Movement and the power of truly seeing and being seenWhat is IFS/Internal Family Systems? And getting to know all of your partshttps://www.marilynlicsw.com/https://ifs-institute.comhttps://podcast.app/ifs-and-authentic-movement-with-marilyn-unger-riepe-e98512969/

Let's talk coaching - food - activity - habits - music - podcasting - and yes...LIFE with Chas - Emma -and Brittany all from Fearlessly Authentic Movement! I promise it will be full of good info and fun! Please consider supporting the podast by becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/duringthebreakpodcast This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

The conversation: In this 'double interview' Michaela Gerussi and Alice Gale-Feeny (both initiators of the podcast) ask questions about each others' artistic practices, trace some of the ideas which inform them, and unpack different perspectives between their (respective) backgrounds in fine art and contemporary dance. The conversation departs from a place of friendship and familiarity, whereas Alice and Michaela have been working closely since 2019 as peers on the 'MFA Creative Practice: Dance Professional Practice' course with Trinity Laban and Independent Dance.They discuss:-Dialogue; facilitated or 'choreographed' conversations as frames (i.e. Quaker meetings; 'fishbowl conversations', Bohmian Dialogue)-Authorship and collaboration-Notions of ‘material' in both dance and fine art/performance contexts-Fine art training (the changing idea of the art history canon) -States of attention in artistic practice (i.e. distractions as generative)-Objects and written/spoken voice/language as material in physical practice; as extensions of the body; [“The post- in the human suggests not that we come afterways as prosthetic newcomers, but that we were always already embodied in excess of our organs.” (Erin Manning, Politics of touch : sense, movement, sovereignty. University of Minnesota Press, 2007. P. 157)]-Karen Barad, feminist science-Fascia studies-Choreographer and dance researcher Kevin O'Connor -Practice as Research; a perspective which values the tacit knowledge which is present in practice-Performance practice(s) vs dance-making practice(s)-Manchester-based dance-artist and researcher Amy Voris-Making a work vs its performance; witnessing. Where do we locate and emphasize the work?-The Solo performance; implications/optics of that as starting point, where attention is placed, possibilities of subtlety, detail, etc.Interviewee/interviewer: Michaela Gerrusi is a dance artist researching the complexities of how we sense ourselves. Informed by her studies in Craniosacral Biodynamics, her practice is concerned with the intersection of the nervous system, self-regulation, affect and dance-making. michaelagerussi.com Interviewer/interviewee: Alice Gale-Feeny is currently developing a performance practice that investigates the emergent potentials of speaking aloud and being with objects as a way to occupy a middle ground between self/selves and other(s). alicegale-feeny.com 
Read more (links):Bohm, D., & Nichol, L. (2004). On dialogue (Routledge classics). London ; New York: Routledge. (https://www.routledge.com/On-Dialogue/Bohm/p/book/9780415336413)The Cadbury's Bourneville model village (https://www.bvt.org.uk/our-business/the-bournville-story/)Alice Gale-Feeny, Fishbowl Conversations (https://alicegale-feeny.com/incirclesaroundtables)Karen Barad, (2007). Meeting the universe halfway : Quantum physics and the entanglement of matter and meaning. Durham and London: Duke University Press. https://www.dukeupress.edu/meeting-the-universe-halfway Rasmus Olme on magnets, from a SKH Dance Podcast conversation with Eleanor Bauer (https://www.spreaker.com/user/10974845/episode-4-rasmus-o-lme?utm_medium=widget&utm_source=user%3A10974845&utm_term=episode_title)Kevin O'Connor (https://www.ecologicalbodying.com/)Artist Placement Group: (http://flattimeho.org.uk/apg/)Amy Voris (https://www.amyvoris.com)Authentic Movement (https://www.authenticmovementinstitute.com/authenticmovement)The term double interview, and the approach taken for this podcast episode is inspired by a double interview between Mette Edvarsen and Mette Ingvarsten published in February 2016: http://www.metteingvartsen.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016--double-interview--mette-edvardsen-and-mette-ingvartsen.pdf Keywords:Dance Making; Performance Making; Practice as Research; Contemporary Art Practice; The Nervous System; Language; Writing; Fishbowl Conversation; Dialogue; Somatic Practice; Embodied Knowledge/Research; Post Humanism; Feminist Science.

This is a follow-up to the three-part exploration of the power of pausing with Tiffany Sankary and Neruma Ankti. Tiffany Sankary leads a simple yet powerful practice of playing with the intentional pause, which can be done while moving, in stillness, while writing, drawing, walking, doing dishes, anything you like! The practice is inspired by Authentic Movement and mindfulness meditations. Note: this is not a Feldenkrais lesson.

Join us for this week's episode of Coffee & Conversations: Relationships. Faith. Leadership, as Michael talks with his good friend James Seiler. James Selier, Pastor & Church Planter, moved to East TN after planting a successful church in Galt, CA. He has been in ministry for over 25 years and has a heart to walk with leaders and see them healthy. The Authentic Movement will be a mix of house churches, walking with leaders, and a coffee shop space to serve their community. Thank you to Brynn Coffee for supplying the coffee for our conversation. Brynn sets up every Saturday at the Nourish Knox Farmer's Market. They also cater any and every celebration. Stay tuned for a promo code to use with your next purchase from Brynn Coffee. We would love to hear from you. Email us at coffeeconvospodcast@gmail.com.  

Catching up with Chas Snowden and Emma Schilter with Fearlessly Authentic Movement! CrossFit - Eating Disorders - Coaching - Habits - and Much More! Information - Laughs - Stories! Find out more: www.flamovement.com Listen to my other podcast - stories of adventure in the great outdoors - plus tips, gear, and conservation: www.dayfirepodcast.com If you enjoyed this episode please share it with your friends, and check out the website duringthebreakpodcast.com Please consider supporting the podcast by becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/duringthebreakpodcast This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Marisa Handler—writer, singer-songwriter, teacher, and coach—is the author of the memoir Loyal to the Sky, which won a Nautilus Gold Award for world-changing books. Her essays, fiction, journalism and poetry have appeared in The Sun, Orion, Salon.com, Witness, Kosmos, Tikkun, 580 Split, and other publications. Marisa earned her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and has received numerous fellowships in Creative Writing, including a Fulbright and an Elizabeth George Foundation grant. Her poem “The Vanishing” won the Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize and was nominated for a Pushcart. She has taught Creative Writing at a range of places, including Mills College and Stanford University, and workshops on creativity, transformation, and meditation at Esalen, Spirit Rock, and the California Institute for Integral Studies. She also works one-on-one as a Writing Coach and a Personal Transformation Coach. Marisa has practiced Insight Meditation in retreats and daily life since 2002, and is also a committed practitioner of Byron Katie's The Work, Authentic Movement, and Biodanza. She is currently at work on a novel. More at www.marisahandler.com. - Marisa shares with us the Creative Process and how that impacts us. - What healing is for her and how to process that. - The ability to follow your gut and make decisions that are in alignment with your passion and taking an un-chartered course. - She also talks about Awakening - find out as you listen ... - Marisa is currently working on a novel, "Abiding Awakening" soon to be out. - She has carved out some great time for every Tuesday evening for Writing and Meditation Journey over Zoom which is FREE Contact Marisa to be part of this amazing and empowering space. I love it. - Marisa can be reached at: www.marisahandler.com AND for Tuesday evening Writing & Meditation journey over zoom: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-and-meditation-a-weekly-journey-tickets-132685539019

This student life podcast we will talk about authentic movement. What does it mean to be able to move authentically? Is this something you can practice? And how can this influence your life? Together with Katerina from Modern Movement I dive into this interesting topic. We talk about how modern dance exercises can influence your day to day life and how her classes and workshops can support students and teachers in living their best life. Where do you start if you want to live life your own way? Katerina has all the answers! If you want to join one of the classes find Katerina online: Facebook: @Katerina Modern Movement Instagram: @katerinamodernmovement And if you want to come to her workshop at The Energizer Event, book your ticket now! www.vankancoaching.com/the-energizer-event Facebook: @Van Kan Coaching Instagram: @student_life_coaching

Welcome back to the Queer Circle. Today's guest is Maxwell (Max) Pearl (he/him), a Black Trans Man in Sonoma County, CA/Occupied Coastal Miwok lands. Max has a Ph.D in Neuroscience from Case Western Reserve University, and a Certificate of Theological Studies from Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley. Max was an HIV/AIDS educator and advocate from 1985-1995. He has been practicing Buddhist meditation since 1990, and done numerous meditation retreats. He has also taken numerous trainings by Gay and Katie Hendricks, Body Trust, and Body Electric School, and has done multiple retreats in varied embodiment modalities including Authentic Movement. Max has been teaching contemplative practices since 2005. Prior to transitioning, Max co-founded Conscious Girlfriend, where he coached individuals and couples, and taught numerous courses and workshops on emotional awareness, self-love, communication, and relationships. Max is also a multi-genre writer and blogger. To learn more about Max's work, check out his website: transresilience.com or email him at max@transresilience.com CW: mentions of Emotional abuse. Music by Purple Fluorite (Bandcamp // or all the streaming platforms) QueerCirclePocast.com

Have I got a word for you on today! It's Episode 9 of The Road Trip to Wellness Podcast!We getting a little bible study, Sunday school and church in this episode ya'll so get ready! I sit down with my good friend Mr. Tolvi R. Patterson, of Authentic Movement for a deep conversation that has been burning on my heart for so long. I was raised in the church and share the gift of teaching much like my grandfather, a church elder, my father and his brothers (mostly all ministers), but spent the majority of my life bewildered and stifled by the rules of "religion". My spiritual journey has created an overflow of questions that have followed me my entire life and I get greater understanding and many of those questions clarified in this episode! HALLELUJAH!@mr_authenticity patiently breaks down my questions, thoughts and ideas and affirms them with biblical scripture, gentle wisdom and common sense. He teaches us:Down to earth principles for living a "spiritually well" life About the "still small voice" of God and how to hear it.How living a spiritual well or "Godly" lifestyle is available to everyone not just "religious" people. As a teacher, he genuinely focuses on helping people from all walks of life capture their authenticity, embrace who they are now, and create a vision rooted in movement for their future. Mr. Patterson is the founder of Authentic Movement, an ordained minister, mentor, coach, public speaker, strategic consultant, and leader within his community. I'm so grateful to get to share him with you!  Song credit: Apart by Gene Moore*****************************Connect with Tolvi on social media :  Instagram: @mr_authenticity    |   Facebook: Tolvi Patterson Tolvi R. Patterson is a proud native of Philadelphia, PA. "Dr. P", as he is affectionately called by friends and family, has a tremendous passion for people and focuses his attention on the growth, development and advancement of those that he serves. @mr_authenticity is graduate of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), where he studied Leadership & Sociology and holds a Master’s Degree from Indiana Institute of Technology (Indiana Tech) in Organizational Leadership.*******************************Want to work or connect with me? Email: ronar2w@gmail.com  |  Instagram: @roadtrip2wellness  | Facebook: Road Trip to Wellness   

EP#003 | CLARE OSBOND & TIM BROWN | DANCE OF AWARENESS Today's conversation is with two of Marcela's teachers, Clare Osbond & Tim Brown of the Brighton School for Embodied Therapy, here in our home county of Sussex in the UK. Clare is a body psychotherapist with specific experience in working with trauma, movement and mindfulness. She also has an MA in Dance Movement Psychotherapy, and offers body-centred, movement, and sensorimotor psychotherapy, as well as an ongoing women's movement therapy group. Tim is a body psychotherapist with a background in Deep Bodywork, Embodied Relational Therapy, Postural Integration, Authentic Movement and trauma work. He brings a gentle curiosity, creativity, and warm humour to his work. He believes in taking the body seriously as it holds deep wisdom – and that we just need to listen to it, and trust what it tells us. Together they developed Dance of Awareness, a group movement practice that aims to increase self-awareness and self- acceptance. They both have such knowledge and experience that we could have easily just spoken to them about their individual practices, however our focus for the podcast was their work with Dance of Awareness. They explain the therapeutic value of movement, developmental psychology, and the affirming effect of being witnessed and witnessing ourselves. We also discussed how Dance of Awareness can help with trauma, what this means, and how it is realised in the body. They have said that ‘the moving body is the form in which consciousness grows and explores its self', and when that movement is done there's a return to the ‘ground of awareness'. Seen in this light, their teaching connects participants with mind, body and spirit though movement and is spiritual in nature. Clare leads a beautiful couples exercise to explore our feeling and relationship towards Support at the end of the interview that we loved participating in. We hope you do too. LINKS - You can find out more about Brighton School for Embodied Therapyon their official site here. - Dance of Awareness can be found on Facebook too. SPONSORED BY MADE BY COOPERS We sponsored by Made by Coopers, a modern Apothecary, crafting natural and organic products for your skin and soul. Head on over to their shop at madebycoopers.com and use BODY20 at checkout for a discount. LAUNCH COMPETITION We're running a competition to win Made by Cooper products, as well as some ceremonial grade cacao to take part in an online cacao ceremony run by Marcela, all to celebrate our launch. To enter please subscribe on your favourite platform, download the first three episodes, rate and leave a review, then send us a screenshot of your review to contact@thebodyknowspodcas.com. Closing date Nov 30, 2020. Also, please share this conversation with someone who you think it would be of value to. If you share on social media, remember to tag us. You can follow us on Instagram and Facebook. Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoy it, we'll be back every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month from Nov 2020, and remember, listen to your body because your body knows.

Taylor Short continues her series for Mid-Day Mindfulness. This week's episode is on Authentic Movement. For more mental health resources, please visit wewillgetthroughthis.org or facebook.com/wewillgetthroughthis2020. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/we-will-get-through-this/message

Breath-worker Alicja joins me to talk being a strange geek under communism, the secret breathwork centre, working with cancer patients, holotropic breathwork, bodywork, Authentic Movement, coherent and circular breathing, Feldenkrais, the medical industry, trauma and attachment, Wim Hoff, evidence base, hormones, sex hormones and HeartMath. A fun and practically geeky one. www.psycholog.gliwice.pl/en

On today's episode, Marilyn and I chat about AM-IFS. Marilyn has held workshops for several years at the IFS annual conference and in her hometown of Sudbury, Massachusetts. AM-IFS is based on the work of Janet Adler and Mary Stark Whitehouse which Marilyn has integrated with IFS. It is like a moving meditation where you connect with parts and feel witnessed by another. One goal of AM is to help people "extend their aliveness by exploring their feelings and their experience of feeling themselves moving."- Mary Stark Whitehouse I had the privilege of being with Marilyn a few times- It is a powerful experience! I think the theme of this episode is WITNESSING- the power of being with your own inner parts as you move and having a safe, connected witness with you. Find out more about Marilyn here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/marilyn-unger-riepe-sudbury-ma/41464 Email Marilyn at muriepe@verizon.net to get on her mailing list so you don't miss out on future AM-IFS workshops. And join her Facebook group Moving Into Self Compassion. Enjoy!  

Feeling stressed, upended or afraid? Dr. Amber Gray, somatic psychotherapist, dance therapist and Continuum teacher offers insight and practical exercises to find peace, calm and a sense of personal connection from fears triggered by the uncertainty and isolation in these time of the coronavirus pandemic Amber Elizabeth Gray Amber is a licensed mental health professional and psychotherapist, board-certified dance movement therapist, authorized Continuum Movement teacher and public health professional with extensive experience in clinical service provision, program development and management (including evaluation) and training. Amber has worked clinically with survivors of organized violence, torture, war and combat-related trauma, ritual abuse, domestic violence, and community violence for over twenty years. She has worked in program development and management with survivors of human rights abuses for almost thirty years. Amber is trained in Somatic Psychology, Dance Movement Therapy, Contemplative Practice, and Authentic Movement. She also has training in Ecopsychology, Somatic Experiencing, EMDR, Trauma-Focused CBT, Parent-Child Psychotherapy, Mindfulness-based Therapies, Yoga, Life Impressions Bodywork, Cranial-Sacral Therapy, and she is an Authorized Continuum teacher. She teaches and provides training to professionals and paraprofessionals who work with survivors of extreme interpersonal and social trauma worldwide who wish to integrate somatic, movement, mindfulness and creative arts based therapies into their work. She also works with governmental and non governmental organizations responding to disasters and complex humanitarian emergencies to develop and sustain staff care programs for their teams.

Maria Flegas, aka, The Mercury Doll of Shamanic Dolls, is the founder and co-artistic director of Shamanic Dolls Immersive Ritual Theatre and Performance Art Company. Shamanic Dolls is inspired to use Art as a vehicle towards transforming consciousness in culture and society. It seeks to empower us to embody the soulful and archetypal expression of the body, and to integrate all senses towards creating art. Our most commonly used quote is "Our Sex is Our Politics, Our Politics is our Art, and Our Art Is our Magic". Maria currently has a psychotherapy and bodywork practice in Boulder where she does craniosacral therapy and attuned bodywork. She facilitates Authentic Movement circles, and Ritual and Movement groups. She is also a psychotherapist who uses body-based techniques towards awareness, exploration, and transformation. She recently has been influenced by the Quodoshka work and has been growing her relationship to Rites of Passage and Sexuality through the Nagual Tradition and their teachings. Towards sexuality, Maria is a sex-positive therapist, who seeks to help people to use sensation as a way to access states, open to their animal and archetypal nature, and to find places of pleasure in their bodies; trusting the body's wisdom to know what she wants, and how to navigate the sexual journey. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adultcandy/support

Season 2 opens with Shari Washington Rhone, who as a member of the original Los Angeles theatrical company of The Lion King where she worked as a “swing” and an understudy for the role of Sarabi. As energetic as she is talented, Shari is a dancer, choreographer, singer, and voice-over artist. In this engaging interview, she shares how she found her love for performing at a very early age. Coming to LA from what was the Indianapolis Dance Company (now the Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre) Shari jumped right into classes with the revered Lula Washington before being invited to join her company. Shari now enjoys a story-telling style of dance with the JazzAntiqua Dance & Music Ensemble, where she has been for the last 10 years. She also enjoys getting to share her gifts with children through teaching with Dance & Dialogue as well as Jaxx Theatricals, showing them how important it is to use dance to express themselves and share their story. On top of dance and teaching, this amazing woman also performs with two bands, works as a voice-over artist, and just earned her second degree black belt in Hapkido. Steve talks with Shari about how, with the support of her husband, she is able to manage doing all of what she loves while also being a mother to two beautiful, creative children. FEATURED ART Featured Music: “Elevation” by Brian Swartz and the Gnu Sextet (www.brianswartz.com) Narrated Performance: Shari Washington Rhone  Visual: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouEfIEO0uec) SPONSORED LINK (Please support our show!) Nothing Wrong by Lobate Scarp (http://bit.ly/LSNothingWrong) Guest: Shari Washington Rhone Insta: @FestiveShari FB: Shari Washington Rhone Email: swr@sharirhone.com Voiceover Reel: https://voice123.com/sharirhone Mentioned in the show... Jazz Antiqua: www.jazzantiqua.org Soulicious: www.soulicious4u.com Dance and Dialogue: www.danceanddialogue.org Lula Washington Dance Theatre: www.lulawashington.org Bella Donna - A Tribute to Stevie Nicks: www.belladonna-music.com Jaxx Theatricals: www.jaxxtheatricals.org Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre: www.gregoryhancockdancetheatre.org Songs Hapkido: www.songsdohyunhapkido.com Special thanks to Garden of Sound for hosting this conversation at their Melrose studio. (www.gardenofsound.com)   Keywords: The Lion King, Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre, JazzAntiqua Dance & Music Ensemble, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Julie Taymor, Lion King, Jaxx Theatricals, Dance & Dialogue, DisneyLand, Rufus Bonds, Sarabi, dance, dancing, singing, theater, performing, voiceover, costumes, puppets, Julie Taylor, Michael Curry, Disneyland, Disney, Parnell Damone Marcano, Stephanie Andersen, Gerald White, stage

Dr. John Rusin is one of the fitness and sports performance industry’s leading experts in the pain-free performance training model that blends the world of strength and conditioning with clinical movement based diagnostic treatment. Dr. Rusin’s present and past client list include MLB All-Stars, NFL All-Pros, Olympic Gold, Bronze and Silver Medalists, World-Record-Holding Powerlifters, Elite Bodybuilders […] The post John Rusin on Authentic Movement, Injuries and Pain-Free Performance appeared first on Robertson Training Systems.

**Travis Cooper is one of those people you can tell is a dancer just be seeing him walk down the street. **He carries himself with such presence, grace, and fierceness — and as I mention on the intro, has a truly magnetic (except LOL I said infectious because I couldn't think of the right word, but ehhh #getvaccinated

Dance movement therapists and academic researcher Helen Payne joins me to geek out. We discuss why the body, being a "body person in academia", Jon Kabat-Zinn, medically unexplained symptoms, psychosomatic illness, the evidence base for embodiment, the trials of doing trials, the business case for wellbeing, trauma and unexplained symptoms, chronic stress, attachment style, the importance of groups and belonging, moving symptoms with the body, how to package embodiment, resistance from mainstream culture, what an integrated embodied-medical-academic future culture would look like (inspiring stuff), Authentic Movement, the business and university war-zone and resilience. A fast, fun clever one.  http://researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/helen-payne(6f513b38-eca7-4e71-8481-efd23e826ad7).html https://youtu.be/MrY3-LFP0bM

Correction: I misspoke in my introduction to the episode. Melissa is not yet certified as a sex therapist. I apologize for any confusion. Sexual Fragmentation - what is it and how does it show up in sex therapy? Tune in today to learn about how Melissa defines fragmentation as it applies to sex therapy work, as she talks about the competing needs we all have within us. How do we get fragmented? Melissa answers this question, discussing how our sexual and social development from a young age is impacted by loved ones and society, often creating a wedge between our minds and bodies Fragmentation: positive or negative? Keep listening to hear why fragmentation is not necessarily a negative thing, and why it can, in fact, help us to explore and learn more about ourselves. Melissa delves into the fact that a large part of our psyche is in shadow. As we grow up, we are encouraged to critically think and explore so many different subjects and aspects of life; but generally not encouraged to explore or think critically about sexuality and intimacy. “We don't know what we don't know.” How does fragmentation present? Here we learn the key topics that Melissa's clients often bring up and how people use shame or blame as a defense against things that scare them. Spend some time listening as Melissa talks more about the subject of fear in relation to sexuality. Working to heal fragmentation Hear Melissa explain how she approaches the subject of fragmentation with her clients by using body-centered therapy. She tells us that she uses not only the minds of clients but also focuses heavily on dropping down into the body, to the original place where many fragmentations originally occurred. Past memories and moving forward to healing Melissa answers the question: Do people need to remember the original incidences in order to heal? Join in to find out how she helps people de-identify with their stories and move them past the uncomfortable feelings and emotions they may experience in this journey. Erotic mindfulness The definition of mindfulness is listening to your arousal instead of following it blindly. This is one of the first things that Melissa helps her clients to develop a practice in, to help them get out of their head and focus on the pleasure of the body. Find out how it works when couples experience therapy and practice together. Trauma survivors and fear of getting in touch with the body Melissa outlines the impact that trauma can have on the body, and the gentle process that she uses to help people reconnect with those parts of themselves that may have become numb, so they can begin experiencing pleasure and enjoying sex again. Starting the healing process at home Find out some simple pathways to help you start this reconnection process at home by exploring things that already give you pleasure in ways that may not necessarily be sexual. Here, we learn about the expansiveness of sexuality as a generative force and how sex itself is just one component of sensuality. The final takeaway message Our podcast winds up with Melissa telling us her one most important take-home message to start bringing all those fragmented parts of ourselves together. You don't want to miss this valuable message. Background Melissa Walker is a Body-Centered Psychotherapist specializing in sex and relationship therapy for both couples and individuals. Director for the Embodied Relationships Counseling Center, she graduated Naropa University in 2009 and combines her training with certification in Somatic Archaeology, Psychodrama, and Authentic Movement, teaching clients how to get in touch with their body and repair some of the fragmentation that occurs during their life experiences. Melissa now teaches Professional Orientation and Ethics at Naropa University. Links and how to contact Melissa Walker For more information on Melissa, including workshops talks, and to sign up for her monthly blog, visit: http://embodiedrelationshipscenter.com/ More info: Web - https://www.bettersexpodcast.com/ Sex Health Quiz - http://sexhealthquiz.com/ If you're enjoying the podcast and want to be a part of making sure it continues in the future, consider being a patron. With a small monthly pledge, you can support the costs of putting this show together. For as little as $2 per month, you can get advance access to each episode. For just a bit more, you will receive an advance copy of a chapter of my new book. And for $10 per month, you get all that plus an invitation to an online Q&A chat with me once a quarter. Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/bettersexpodcast Better Sex with Jessa Zimmerman https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/better-sex/More info and resources: How Big a Problem is Your Sex Life? Quiz – https://www.sexlifequiz.com The Course – https://www.intimacywithease.com The Book – https://www.sexwithoutstress.com Podcast Website – https://www.intimacywithease.com Access the Free webinar: How to make sex easy and fun for both of you: https://intimacywithease.com/masterclass Secret Podcast for the Higher Desire Partner: https://www.intimacywithease.com/hdppodcast Secret Podcast for the Lower Desire Partner: https://www.intimacywithease.com/ldppodcast

Correction: I misspoke in my introduction to the episode. Melissa is not yet certified as a sex therapist. I apologize for any confusion.Sexual Fragmentation - what is it and how does it show up in sex therapy?Tune in today to learn about how Melissa defines fragmentation as it applies to sex therapy work, as she talks about the competing needs we all have within us.How do we get fragmented?Melissa answers this question, discussing how our sexual and social development from a young age is impacted by loved ones and society, often creating a wedge between our minds and bodiesFragmentation: positive or negative?Keep listening to hear why fragmentation is not necessarily a negative thing, and why it can, in fact, help us to explore and learn more about ourselves.Melissa delves into the fact that a large part of our psyche is in shadow. As we grow up, we are encouraged to critically think and explore so many different subjects and aspects of life; but generally not encouraged to explore or think critically about sexuality and intimacy. “We don’t know what we don’t know.”How does fragmentation present?Here we learn the key topics that Melissa’s clients often bring up and how people use shame or blame as a defense against things that scare them. Spend some time listening as Melissa talks more about the subject of fear in relation to sexuality.Working to heal fragmentationHear Melissa explain how she approaches the subject of fragmentation with her clients by using body-centered therapy. She tells us that she uses not only the minds of clients but also focuses heavily on dropping down into the body, to the original place where many fragmentations originally occurred.Past memories and moving forward to healingMelissa answers the question: Do people need to remember the original incidences in order to heal? Join in to find out how she helps people de-identify with their stories and move them past the uncomfortable feelings and emotions they may experience in this journey.Erotic mindfulnessThe definition of mindfulness is listening to your arousal instead of following it blindly. This is one of the first things that Melissa helps her clients to develop a practice in, to help them get out of their head and focus on the pleasure of the body. Find out how it works when couples experience therapy and practice together.Trauma survivors and fear of getting in touch with the bodyMelissa outlines the impact that trauma can have on the body, and the gentle process that she uses to help people reconnect with those parts of themselves that may have become numb, so they can begin experiencing pleasure and enjoying sex again.Starting the healing process at homeFind out some simple pathways to help you start this reconnection process at home by exploring things that already give you pleasure in ways that may not necessarily be sexual. Here, we learn about the expansiveness of sexuality as a generative force and how sex itself is just one component of sensuality.The final takeaway messageOur podcast winds up with Melissa telling us her one most important take-home message to start bringing all those fragmented parts of ourselves together. You don’t want to miss this valuable message.BackgroundMelissa Walker is a Body-Centered Psychotherapist specializing in sex and relationship therapy for both couples and individuals. Director for the Embodied Relationships Counseling Center, she graduated Naropa University in 2009 and combines her training with certification in Somatic Archaeology, Psychodrama, and Authentic Movement, teaching clients how to get in touch with their body and repair some of the fragmentation that occurs during their life experiences.Melissa now teaches Professional Orientation and Ethics at Naropa University.Links and how to contact Melissa WalkerFor more information on Melissa, including workshops talks, and to sign up for her monthly blog, visit: http://embodiedrelationshipscenter.com/More info:Web - https://www.bettersexpodcast.com/Sex Health Quiz - http://sexhealthquiz.com/If you’re enjoying the podcast and want to be a part of making sure it continues in the future, consider being a patron. With a small monthly pledge, you can support the costs of putting this show together. For as little as $2 per month, you can get advance access to each episode. For just a bit more, you will receive an advance copy of a chapter of my new book. And for $10 per month, you get all that plus an invitation to an online Q&A chat with me once a quarter. Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/bettersexpodcastBetter Sex with Jessa Zimmermanhttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/better-sex/

Correction: I misspoke in my introduction to the episode. Melissa is not yet certified as a sex therapist. I apologize for any confusion.Sexual Fragmentation - what is it and how does it show up in sex therapy?Tune in today to learn about how Melissa defines fragmentation as it applies to sex therapy work, as she talks about the competing needs we all have within us.How do we get fragmented?Melissa answers this question, discussing how our sexual and social development from a young age is impacted by loved ones and society, often creating a wedge between our minds and bodiesFragmentation: positive or negative?Keep listening to hear why fragmentation is not necessarily a negative thing, and why it can, in fact, help us to explore and learn more about ourselves.Melissa delves into the fact that a large part of our psyche is in shadow. As we grow up, we are encouraged to critically think and explore so many different subjects and aspects of life; but generally not encouraged to explore or think critically about sexuality and intimacy. “We don’t know what we don’t know.”How does fragmentation present?Here we learn the key topics that Melissa’s clients often bring up and how people use shame or blame as a defense against things that scare them. Spend some time listening as Melissa talks more about the subject of fear in relation to sexuality.Working to heal fragmentationHear Melissa explain how she approaches the subject of fragmentation with her clients by using body-centered therapy. She tells us that she uses not only the minds of clients but also focuses heavily on dropping down into the body, to the original place where many fragmentations originally occurred.Past memories and moving forward to healingMelissa answers the question: Do people need to remember the original incidences in order to heal? Join in to find out how she helps people de-identify with their stories and move them past the uncomfortable feelings and emotions they may experience in this journey.Erotic mindfulnessThe definition of mindfulness is listening to your arousal instead of following it blindly. This is one of the first things that Melissa helps her clients to develop a practice in, to help them get out of their head and focus on the pleasure of the body. Find out how it works when couples experience therapy and practice together.Trauma survivors and fear of getting in touch with the bodyMelissa outlines the impact that trauma can have on the body, and the gentle process that she uses to help people reconnect with those parts of themselves that may have become numb, so they can begin experiencing pleasure and enjoying sex again.Starting the healing process at homeFind out some simple pathways to help you start this reconnection process at home by exploring things that already give you pleasure in ways that may not necessarily be sexual. Here, we learn about the expansiveness of sexuality as a generative force and how sex itself is just one component of sensuality.The final takeaway messageOur podcast winds up with Melissa telling us her one most important take-home message to start bringing all those fragmented parts of ourselves together. You don’t want to miss this valuable message.BackgroundMelissa Walker is a Body-Centered Psychotherapist specializing in sex and relationship therapy for both couples and individuals. Director for the Embodied Relationships Counseling Center, she graduated Naropa University in 2009 and combines her training with certification in Somatic Archaeology, Psychodrama, and Authentic Movement, teaching clients how to get in touch with their body and repair some of the fragmentation that occurs during their life experiences.Melissa now teaches Professional Orientation and Ethics at Naropa University.Links and how to contact Melissa WalkerFor more information on Melissa, including workshops talks, and to sign up for her monthly blog, visit: http://embodiedrelationshipscenter.com/More info:Web - https://www.bettersexpodcast.com/Sex Health Quiz - http://sexhealthquiz.com/If you’re enjoying the podcast and want to be a part of making sure it continues in the future, consider being a patron. With a small monthly pledge, you can support the costs of putting this show together. For as little as $2 per month, you can get advance access to each episode. For just a bit more, you will receive an advance copy of a chapter of my new book. And for $10 per month, you get all that plus an invitation to an online Q&A chat with me once a quarter. Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/bettersexpodcastBetter Sex with Jessa Zimmermanhttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/better-sex/

Please won't you be a Patreon?: http://www.patreon.com/theartistathlete In a world where every trick and transition under the sun is already out on Instagram and YouTube, how do you go about making art that is truly your own? Shannon is joined today by aerialist, choreographer, and studio owner Liza Rose who in her long career has found ways to create her own art and her own opportunities.  You can find Liza Rose on instagram: @thereallizarose Her studio, Fly Circus Space, is in New Orleans and on instagram: @flycircusspace And on the whorld whide wheb: http://www.flycircus.space Liza Rose mentioned two books today: The Art of Listening by Darla Johnson Open Source Forms by Stephanie Skura You can buy them at your local book seller... or a from a large corporation that will bring it to your doorstep overnight.   This podcast is dedicated to CIRCUS. Aerialist, Shannon McKenna interviews guests from acrobats in Cirque du Soleil to circus therapists and everyone in between. Learn the backstage lives of those who flip, twist, sparkle, and shine under the big top. Shannon McKenna is an internationally recognized circus performer and coach. For the past decade, she has been a freelance artist: giving workshops and classes across 7 countries and worked on both traditional and contemporary circus shows in the US, Portugal, Germany, and Australia including the Shrine Circus and SOAP. She holds a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a concentration on post-modern physical theater (how's that for a mouthful?). She founded The Artist Athlete in 2018 as a means to produce educational materials about circus arts including a line of e-books to help aerial artists train safely and a podcast in which she interviews experts in the industry about their careers. If you're reading this, you're probably listening to it. Thank you! She currently lives in whichever circus community is the warmest. Find her online: www.theartistathlete.com Facebook: The Artist Athlete Instagram: @the_artist_athlete

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/

In this episode, Janet and Nikki chat with Pilates teacher and mentor Chantill Lopez about how to help our students find greater autonomy and take ownership for the work that they do with us. They discuss: The paradigm shift of moving from the "fixing" mentality to one of exploration and discovery How asking deeper questions can help us find intrinsic motivation beyond the boilerplate reasons why a lot of people come to Pilates and how these questions can better help us meet our or our students needs How to help our students set goals and take ownership for their choices and experiences The different stages of competency and teaching strategies to increase competency Top down versus bottom up processing Links Mentioned: Skillful Teaching Mentorship Program About Chantill Lopez "Be real. Don't fake it. Be able to say I don't know. Laugh at myself. Extend compassion to myself and my students. Enter in fully, every time, ready or not." After more than 20 years of teaching, 15 of which have been spent teaching Pilates, yoga, dance, meditation and other movement modalities to a complex variety of folks, Chantill Lopez is proud to be a teacher of teachers. Building relationships with teachers who want to be unabashedly amazing at what they do — teachers who want to move beyond the clockwork pieces of technique and blow the top off their potential – is what excites her most about her work and keeps her inspired, creating continuing education and working with teachers world-wide. She holds Pilates certifications from the PhysicalMind Institute and Body Kinetics with Master Teacher Carol Appel, is certified in Yamuna Body Rolling and Vinyasa yoga, and has extensively studied the work of Philip Beach, Feldenkrais, the Franklin Method, Authentic Movement, and the Halprin Life/Art Process, as well as Vipasana meditation, Buddhist psychology and The Work by Byran Katie. Chantill is a Pilates Method Alliance Certified Pilates Teacher (CPT) and CYT. She is the founder of Skillful Teaching - an international live and online educational company for Pilates and yoga teachers and is the author of "Moving Beyond Technique: How To Nurture Your Passion, Master Your Craft, and Create a Thriving Pilates Business." You can learn more about her at skillfulteaching.com/about or say hello on Facebook. 

Kendra Kambestad, MS, LCAT, BC-DMT and Laura Raffa, MS, LCAT, BC-DMT, talk about what it means to truly witness another and be seen by another through Authentic Movement, a process that can help individuals discover and understand their deepest impulses and needs. Visit www.mindyourbodydmt.com Kendra Kambestad specializes in movement psychotherapy and authentic movement. She has […]

On the importance of staying in our bodies, slowing down to be with our own body's living systems and sensitivity, and getting to know the deeper life of our anatomy as an antidote to the fast-paced, electronic world that is evolutionary new to the human body. Guest Andrea Olsen is a pioneering embodiment educator and expert on experiential anatomy, the author of  a triad of books on the human body and its creative and intuitive expression. For the last three decades  Andrea  has been a Professor of Dance  and Environmental Studies at Middlebury College in Vermont. She is a long time collaborator with embodied mindfulness pioneers  Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen of Body-Mind Centering and Janet Adler of Authentic Movement.   Andrea also teaches at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California,  bringing body education and mindfulness practices into graduate courses on global communication. This episode's Wisdom Quotes: “Understanding that body is part of Earth is an essential component of human awareness. Our bones, and our breath, and our blood are the minerals and the air and the water around us, so that when you arrive someplace new, after a few days of drinking the water or eating the food from that place, you become that place. So the idea of separateness starts to fade and this larger model of interconnectedness becomes more primary in our awareness.” “We are not naming the bones and the muscles to distance ourselves from the body but to consider these parts as family. To be able to name your femur or tibia or the fibula is like knowing your relatives and making the inhabitation of this wonderful structure that we're in more familiar while retaining the mystery.”   More about Andrea Olsen's work : www.andrea-olsen.com, www.body-earth.org   More about host Stefana Serafina's work: www.intuitivedance.org       

Tina Stromsted, Ph.D., MFT, BC-DMT is a Jungian analyst, Somatic psychotherapist, and Board Certified Dance therapist. Past co-founder and faculty of the Authentic Movement Institute in Berkeley and a founding member of the Women's Spirituality program at the California Institute of Integral Studies, she currently teaches at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, the […]

Tina Stromsted, Ph.D., MFT, BC-DMT is a Jungian analyst, Somatic psychotherapist, and Board Certified Dance therapist. Past co-founder and faculty of the Authentic Movement Institute in Berkeley and a founding member of the Women’s Spirituality program at the California Institute of Integral Studies, she currently teaches at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, the […]