Podcasts about evolve move play

Join John Vervaeke, Guy Sengstock, and Kyle Koch as they invite you to a transformative retreat designed to help you reconnect to the real—deepening your connection to yourself, others, and the world around you. They explore the philosophical, spiritual, and psychological concepts behind the retreat and how these ideas will be integrated into the activities. Guy introduces his 'circling approach,' Kyle shares his nature-centered practices, and John elaborates on the importance of dialogical practices for cultivating wisdom and meaning. The retreat will take place from March 17th to 22nd, 2025 at Mount Mitchell Eco Retreat Center in North Carolina and aims to help participants deepen their connections with themselves, others, and the natural world. Lastly, the trio touches on the broader cultural implications of meaning in the age of advancing artificial intelligence, emphasizing the importance of shared, meaningful practices. Reconnecting to the Real Retreat - Spaces are limited to just 20 participants to ensure a deeply immersive, participatory experience where genuine connection and transformation can take place. This retreat is a fully participatory experience, where John, Guy, and Kyle will guide you through immersive practices while engaging in them alongside you. Each day follows a carefully designed flow: Morning Movement: Led by John or Sara, starting the day with embodied practice. Morning Sessions (9 AM - 12 PM): John will lead transformative practices, including meditation, contemplation, and deep philosophical inquiry. Afternoon Nature Connection (2 PM - 4 PM): Kyle and Guy will guide participants through core routines of nature connection, helping to cultivate a deeper relationship with the natural world. Evening Practices: John and Guy will lead Circling and Dialogical practices, fostering deep listening, relational intelligence, and transformative conversation. Throughout the retreat, you will learn and practice: Wisdom & Awareness Practices Dialectic into Dialogos Philosophical Fellowship Socratic Search Space Meditation & Contemplation Yoga The Circling Method & Relational Practices Group Circling Exercises 1-on-1 Circling Sessions Deep Listening & Communication Skills  Core Routines of Nature Connection Sit Spot (Attuning to nature through stillness) Storytelling (Sharing and integrating experiences) Animal Forms (Embodied movement inspired by nature) Mapping (Developing a spatial awareness of the land) Bird Language (Understanding ecological intelligence through avian behavior) This retreat is an opportunity to engage deeply with practices that cultivate self-awareness, relational depth, and a profound connection to nature.  Location: Mount Mitchell Eco Retreat, North Carolina (ashville) Cozy cabins and shared spaces with mountain views Organic and locally sourced meals Access to nature trails, meditation spaces, and quiet areas Pricing: Private Suite: $4800 Private Lodge: $4500 Shared Room: $4300 Dorm Room: $4,000 *Includes food Notes:  (0:00) Welcome! Today's special topic is ‘Reconnecting to the Real' (1:00) Guy's Introduction - The Power of Circling (3:00) Kyle's Introduction - Embodied Practice & Nature Connection (4:00) Retreat Details (7:00) John's Contribution - Dialogical & Imaginal Practices (9:00) Socratic Search Space - Exploring Virtue Through Dialogue (12:00) The Meaning Crisis & The Need for Embodied Wisdom (14:00) Guy's Circling Approach (16:00) Relational Presence & Deep Listening (21:00) The  Existential Crisis of What it Means to be a Human Being (27:00) The Call to Practice Connection Now (37:30)  ”Knowledge is knowing how to solve the problem and wisdom is knowing what problems to solve.” (40:00) “Theology would become the discipline for the future.”  (41:00) The Shared Nature of Meaning (51:00) The Impact of Virtual Connection and Lose Connection (57:00) Rediscovering a Connection with Nature   ---  Connect with a community dedicated to self-discovery and purpose, and gain deeper insights by joining our Patreon. The Vervaeke Foundation is committed to advancing the scientific pursuit of wisdom and creating a significant impact on the world. Become a part of our mission.   Join Awaken to Meaning to explore practices that enhance your virtues and foster deeper connections with reality and relationships.   John Vervaeke: Website | Twitter | YouTube | Patreon   Guy Sengstock, the founder of the Circling method, is a renowned facilitator and innovator in the field of authentic communication and personal development. His method blends philosophical rigor with a deep understanding of relational dynamics, offering transformative experiences that foster genuine connection and self-awareness. Learn more about Guy Sengstock and his methods at his website Kyle Koch is a movement expert and facilitator of nature-based embodiment practices, Kyle has been working with Evolve Move Play for over a decade, helping people reconnect with their bodies, the land, and the deeper rhythms of existence. He integrates physical play, ancestral movement, and relational presence into his work.  Learn more about Kyle Koch at his website  

Kyle Koch is a facilitator at Evolve Move Play, where he integrates dialogical practices into natural settings to foster deep personal connections and psychological growth.    Have you ever wondered about the impact of our environment on our cognition and ability to connect with others? In this episode of Voice with Vervaeke, John and Kyle explore the integration of dialogical practices within natural settings, the psychological and communal impacts of such practices, and the potential for deep listening to forge powerful, transformative experiences.   Support John's groundbreaking work and gain exclusive access to live Q&A sessions, early video releases, and more by joining our Patreon community! https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke   We invite you to sign up for Evolve Move Play's "Embedded Experience" weekend workshops with Kyle Koch. Register at https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/weekend-workshops   -   "Memory is about the future. It's not about the past. Memories reconstruct and reconfigure in powerful, often unconscious ways to improve your ability to foresee in a relevant, realizing manner, the future." - John Vervaeke [25:13]    "Rituals only matter to the degree to which they transfer broadly and deeply into many domains in your life and transfer broadly and deeply into many layers of your psyche." - John Vervaeke [57:27]   -    0:00 Rekindling Connections: Dialogue and Nature 4:50 Environmental Impact on Cognition: Embodied Practices and Deep Listening 13:10 Evolutionary Impact of Campfires: Hypnosis, Shared Attention, and Ritual for Cognition and Connectedness 11:00 The Role of Deep Listening in Dialogical Practices 22:50 Ritual and Long-Term Change: Reconstructive Memory and Internalizing Wise Spirit 29:30 The Role of Place and Virtual Reality in Storytelling and Evolutionary Constraints 32:40 Navigating Virtual Technology: Maladaptations and the Importance of Wisdom in Epistemic Vulnerability   41:00 The Evolution of Evolvability 50:00 The Power of Pilgrimage and Serious Play 59:30 Language and Expression of Transformation: Connectivity, Aliveness, and the We Space 1:06:40 Conclusion and Upcoming Opportunities for Embodied Experiences   -   Join the Vervaeke Foundation in our mission to advance the scientifically rigorous pursuit of wisdom and make a meaningful impact in the world. https://vervaekefoundation.org/   Discover practices that deepen your virtues and help you connect more deeply with reality and relationships by joining Awaken to Meaning today. https://awakentomeaning.com/   -   Follow John Vervaeke: https://johnvervaeke.com/ https://twitter.com/vervaeke_john  https://www.youtube.com/@johnvervaeke https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke Follow Kyle Koch: https://www.instagram.com/trottingsparrow/ https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/   -   Thank you for watching!  

Today's podcast features Rafe Kelley, owner of Evolve Move Play. Rafe has studied and taught a multitude of movement practices spanning gymnastics, parkour, martial arts, weightlifting, and more for over 20 years. His passion is to help people build the physical practice that will help make them the strongest, most adaptable, and most resilient version of themselves in movement and life. Rafe has had a profound impact on my coaching and training philosophy and has helped me expand my views on the totality of the bio-psycho-social model of movement and human performance. Much of modern training is overly prescriptive, reliant on drills, and overemphasizes winning. This leads to practices with a reduced learning potential, a downplay of creativity, and a lowered ceiling of movement and skill potential. It also leads to less engaging practices in general. In today's episode, Rafe delves into his unique methods and teachings that foster creative and adaptable athletic movement. He explores the interplay of constraints and play in sport and skill training, underscores the significance of creativity and improvisation in movement (and how to cultivate it), and shares insights on the role of joy in movement. Rafe also touches upon collaborative movement training, rough-housing, dance, and movement improvisation, and how these elements can shape better learners and movers in their respective sports or movement practices. By gaining a deeper understanding of play, exploration, and constraints, we can unlock the full potential of human performance. Today's episode is brought to you by TeamBuildr, the Plyomat, and LILA Exogen. Use the code “justfly25” for 25% off of any Lila Exogen wearable resistance training, including the popular Exogen Calf Sleeves. For this offer head to Lilateam.com TeamBuildr is an online software for coaches and trainers. Use the code “JUSTFLY” for a free 30 day trial of the TeamBuildr software at https://teambuildr.com. The Plyomat is a functional, intuitive, and affordable contact mat for jump and plyometric training and testing.  Check out the Plyomat at www.plyomat.net View more podcast episodes at the podcast homepage. Main Points 2:30- The balance between constraints and free play in coaching, as well as children's skill development 15:30- Training based off of “following one's joy”, versus more set skill rehearsal 25:30- Creativity and improvisation in human movement and sport performance 32:30- Athleticism, dance, and individual dancing versus dancing with others, in context of sport 41:00- Roughhousing and links to team sport movement and problem solving 48:00- Forms of play that are both done for winning, as well as learning, exploration and mutual growth 57:30- Scaling and continuums of effort in individual and team sports, for improved learning 1:07:00- The use of roughhousing, and contact improv oriented work, on facilitating play states, and opening up movement options in a donor sport format Rafe Kelley Quotes “Soccer works because there is a set of constraints; there are structures that allow the game to exist, but there are infinite degrees of freedom once the constraints are in place” “Usually I'll have 3 areas I'm working in, and then one core skill” “At the end of the session, I'll ask them “What was your rose, your bud and your thorn”. They get to reflect on what they want to hold going forward” “Sweet, we are playing tag. How do we add a little more speed demand to that tag. How do we play a version of tag that looks like this, and gives you the thing you are looking for?” “Creativity is the ability to create a solution to a movement problem, in a sport situation” “What made Barry Sanders special wasn't that he did set plays better than anybody else” “A gymnast doing a high bar routine, is actually adjusting constantly to try to achieve the goal; they are not doing the exact same thing… but that's far less ...

Support & Join Podcast Community: https://www.patreon.com/thechrisgeisler Sign Up To My Newsletter: https://www.thechrisgeisler.com Rafe is primarily a movement teacher focusing on evolutionary approaches to movement practice. He is the founder of Evolve Move Play, one of the premiere natural movement teaching organisations in the world. Rafe is someone who gets to the root cause of systemic problems, I respect him tremendously, he is a perpetual student and always brings a curious energy to his conversations. CONNECT w/ Rafe === Website:⁠ https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/ Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/rafekelley/ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/rafe.kelley/ Join PODCAST COMMUNITY === TELEGRAM: https://t.me/thechrisgeislerpodcast LOCALS: https://bit.ly/3JZTPXe Join CHRIS === Online Mens Community - https://bit.ly/3WHLlKU Transformation Events (UK) - https://bit.ly/3WDYK6S Sponsors === Exhale Coffee [https://exhalecoffee.com/] Use Code: CGP or click link below to receive £10 off your first purchase on a full flexible subscription!http://bit.ly/404n82Y Wildsole Sandals [https://www.wildsolesandals.com]Use Code CGP10 at checkout for 10% off 

John Vervaeke and Rafe Kelley join forces to explore the profound connection between movement, nature, and personal growth. Kelley, a movement educator, reveals his "Ecology of Practices," a unique blend of parkour, martial arts, and nature-based movement designed to cultivate a holistic wisdom practice. Discover the transformative power of movement as it pushes physical boundaries, fosters environmental connection, and opens doors to personal evolution. Learn how Kelley integrates philosophy to build a wisdom practice that resonates not just in the mind, but deep within the body itself. Explore the challenges and rewards of connecting with nature through movement, and gain valuable insights into the future of movement culture and its potential to impact individuals and communities alike. This episode offers a thought-provoking journey for athletes, beginners, and anyone seeking deeper meaning, leaving you eager to explore the transformative power of movement in your own life.   Rafe Kelley, founder of Evolve Move Play, pioneers a unique movement philosophy, merging parkour with martial arts and a deep connection to nature, fostering a holistic wisdom practice. With over two decades of teaching experience, he offers transformative retreats, workshops, and online courses worldwide. His work emphasizes the synergy between body, psyche, and environment, inviting exploration of personal potential and the sacred in movement. Glossary of Terms   Ecology of Practices: A set of activities or habits that a group of people commit to doing together. Parkour: A discipline focused on navigating obstacles efficiently and creatively. Movement Culture: A broad approach to physical training that incorporates elements from various disciplines for holistic development.   John Vervaeke: Website: https://johnvervaeke.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johnvervaeke  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke   X: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_john   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VervaekeJohn/   Rafe Kelley Website: https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/rafekelley X: https://twitter.com/rafekelley   Join our new Patreon https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke   The Vervaeke Foundation - https://vervaekefoundation.org/   Awaken to Meaning - https://awakentomeaning.com/   John Vervaeke YouTube Awakening from the Meaning Crisis https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLND1JCRq8Vuh3f0P5qjrSdb5eC1ZfZwWJ   Quotes    "Discipline ultimately means to follow, and you don't discipline punitively; you discipline something by getting it oriented to something that it wants to follow. That's an important idea." - [01:26:20] John Vervaeke   "Parkour invites you to fall in love with your experience of being by opening up new affordances in how you perceive and experience the world, bringing joy and the potential for the flow state." - [01:41:00] Rafe Kelley   "If we want to solve the meaning crisis and the meta crisis, we have to fall more in love with being. And that's not something we can do just through dialogue. It's something we have to embody." - [01:43:20] Rafe Kelley    Chapters    [00:00:00] - Introduction and Background of Rafe Kelley [00:02:20] - Return to the Source Retreat Experience [07:50:00] -  The Essence of Movement Practice [00:21:00] - Challenges and Transformations Through Movement [00:53:10] - The Role of Community and Teaching in Movement [01:07:05] - Integrating Philosophy and Movement [01:25:28] - Future Directions for Movement Culture    

My guest today is Rafe Kelley!Rafe is the founder of Evolve Move Play and is one of the foremost movement practitioners on the world. He's studied and practiced everything from parkour, gymnastics, various martial arts disciplines, and much more.  Rafe absolutely crushes on this podcast and we discuss some very deep and interesting topics. If you want to learn more about Rafe and the EMP content, then I highly suggest visiting his website!We are launching a new program called the Skill Acquisition Retreat! We will be hosting the first one in Arizona on February 17th, 2024. ..Click here to learn more!If you like today's episode, leave a review here....If you want to reach me directly, contact me on social media or shoot me @javier@emergentmvmt.comEpisode Resources Evolve Move Play WebsiteRafe on XRafe on IG EMP Podcast Credits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.ioLet's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjavCredits: Song- "Starstruck" by Freebeats.io Let's Chat!Twitter: @thecoachjavIG: @thecoachjav

Rafe Kelley was a community leader for the Seattle parkour scene and now holds retreats and workshops in nature under the name Evolve Move Play, where parkour plays a heavy role. Rafe is one of the parkour community's most erudite and philosophically thoughtful members. He has recently even found himself as a guest on Jordan Peterson's podcast and other thinkers such as John Verkaeke, the philosopher and cognitive scientist. Beyond this, his thinking and methods make waves within the skill acquisition, strength and conditioning, movement culture and embodiment fields. Rafe and Callum are joined by Brandon Douglass, an OG parkour legend from Colorado, who runs maybe the longest-standing parkour podcast, Height Drop. Instagram - @rafekelley If you'd rather watch the podcast and occasionally see some added clips and pics relevant to the conversation, you can access it by becoming a YouTube join member on Storror's YouTube, along with other weekly members-only content - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdPui8EYr_sX6q1xNXCRPXg/join

Rafe Kelley, founder of Evolve Move Play, discusses the transformative benefits of physical fitness and embodied spiritual disciplines. He shares about his unique upbringing in the counterculture and how it has shaped his current interest in ancient Christian ideas and the intersection of myth and science. Rafe's work explores the value of physical discipline in character transformation. He's been featured on  Paul VanderKlay, John Vervaeke,  Jordan B. Peterson,  Jonathan Pageau,  and many other podcasts. Find out more about Rafe Kelley at: https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/rafe-kelley/ Become a patron on Patreon and get bonus Q&A Episodes, resources, opportunities for live discussions on Zoom, and access to our community Discord server: www.patreon.com/deeptalkstheologypodcast Timestamps: 00:00  - Intro 02:27 - Rafe's unique upbringing 17:01 - Wrestling with our pictures of Christ 21:40 - Modern Gnosticism & the Proper Valuing of our Bodies 33:52 - Physical Participation in Pentecostal & Charismatic Christianity 39:20 - Navigating Sexual Ethics in Counterculture & Religious Communities 44:37 - Original Sin, Religious Myth, and our Evolutionary "Hardware" 54:26 - Finding a Shared Pursuit in a Religiously Pluralistic Society 59:44 - Christianity, Group Selection, and Empire 01:12:31 - Pagan Resurgence plays on the Sex & Violence Hardware 01:21:58 - Rafe Kelley reflects on  @JordanBPeterson  ARC project  01:29:30 - Sin is Pursuing a Mistaken Good 01:35:29 - Becoming Christ-like without Orthodox Beliefs? 01:46:50 - Young Men Yearn for Courageous Practices

Today's podcast is with movement coach Aaron Cantor. Aaron is a bodyworker, personal trainer, yogi, and movement generalist. He grew up in Japan and Brazil, and has traveled the world, learning from a variety of teachers and movement experts. Aaron has taught in the US and internationally, and works through a variety of game-play, movement, and story-telling-based methods. He is currently a coach for Evolve Move Play, while also working on his own movement coaching and teaching practice. In training, movement, and competition, we have both an “outer game” and an “inner game” at work. The outer game is relatively straightforward and the most common way we tend to interface with movement in the modern world. This includes the game's rules and also leads into the external methods of instructing that game, such as telling individuals where to put their limbs in space, what motions to make, and what strategies to choose. The “inner game” approaches movement from a fun, connection, feel, and exploration perspective. Training requires some sort of numerical target of improvement (outer game), but at the same time, elite performers that have the “inner-game” skills that gives them a more complete package. Human performance is a combination of both outer and inner elements. By understanding the nature of the “inner” aspects of training, how to explore movements more fully, how to connect more deeply with our own bodies and our environment, we can achieve a more integrated and dynamic training process and, even more importantly, find more joy in sport and movement, and connection with ourselves and others. On today's podcast, Aaron and I discuss the key aspects of training the inner game of movement, through an exploratory and intuitive process. These principles can apply to any realm of movement, from strength training and general fitness, to running and sprinting, to team sport skill applications. Most of what we study in the space has to do with the “outer game,” so taking time for the inner aspects of movement helps us to paint a more complete picture of the total process of training, play, and competition. Today's episode is brought to you by Lost Empire Herbs, TeamBuildr and the Plyomat. For 15% off your Lost Empire Herbs order, head to lostempireherbs.com/justfly. To try Pine Pollen for free (just pay for shipping), head to: justflypinepollen.com. The Plyomat is a functional, intuitive, and affordable contact mat for jump and plyometric training and testing.  Check out the Plyomat at www.plyomat.net TeamBuildr is an online software for coaches and trainers.  I've continued to hear great things about the Teambuildr platform, and whether you are looking for an in-house training portal or an online training hub, be sure to check out Teambuildr training software. For 15% off of Exogen Wearable resistance, follow this link to lilateam.com or use code: jfs2023 at checkout. View more podcast episodes at the podcast homepage. Timestamps and Main Points 4:32 – The “Maradona Mind” in warmups and athletic mastery 13:20 – The importance of a low-barrier to entry in movement, in terms of building a flow state of performance” 20:37 – Principle vs. Systems based approach to training and global thinking 23:04 – How bringing the inner game into training can level up basic strength and human movement training 29:23 – The difference between a formula, and a trusted path “in” to the workout, to allow for dynamic exploration and flow, while still allowing for a sense of structure to the session 37:15 – Aaron's “to infinity” practice, to help him get more into his body while learning and performing a skill 45:05 – “Coyote Mentoring” processes, where games and tasks can “trick” an athlete or individual into achieving 50:41 – All of the layers that can go in between moving and exploring, and then competing, in building a more total aspect of athletic and competitive ability,

When you think of self-defense, your mind probably jumps to martial arts or some form of physical combat. But what if I told you that the key to effective self-defense and personal development lies in something much simpler, something as natural as movement? Welcome to another thought-provoking episode where we have the pleasure of hosting Rafe Kelly from Evolve Move Play. Rafe, a beacon of resilience, shares his personal triumph over ADHD and dyslexia through the transformative power of movement and play.Throughout our conversation, Rafe offers illuminating insights into his work at Evolve Move Play, a unique blend of dance, tribal movement, parkour, and martial arts designed to promote growth and wellbeing. We also take a deep dive into the profound impact of movement on our health, how it shapes our gene expression, and how we can harness its power to bring more meaning into our lives. This can be especially crucial in our society today, which has increasingly shifted away from the significance of embodiment.Finally, we touch upon the essential task of teaching children self-defense and the importance of developing situational awareness. From martial arts to parkour, we explore how physical activities can build confidence and strength in children. However, it's not just about preparing for potential threats. It's about empowering children with the knowledge and skills to navigate life in a safer, healthier, and more intentional manner. So, join us for a riveting discussion on the essence of self-defense, the role of movement in personal development, and the wonder that is the human body in motion. You won't want to miss it!Follow Rafe Here! YT: https://www.youtube.com/@RafeKelleyWebsite: https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/Please be sure to give us a 5 Star review for this Podcast!We are now also a video podcast! You can find us @smartsafedefense to follow and subscribe on YouTube and Instagram!You can also join the Waiting List for the upcoming 5 Day Situational Awareness Challenge Course - Coming Soon.

Dr. John Vervaeke engages with Rafe Kelley, a visionary movement coach, in a nuanced discussion that meanders from the philosophy of human movement to the meaning of life. Kelley imparts his unique approach to personal growth, advocating for a harmonious blend of physicality and philosophical depth. He delves into the significance of sensory-motor learning, ethical action, and the role of movement in understanding both self and world. The pair traverse an array of complex topics such as the connection between cognition and emotion, the profound philosophy behind parkour, and even venture into existential crises among athletes. Kelley compellingly argues that modern humans have lost touch with their natural environment, a point underscored by Vervaeke's reflections on serious play and rituals. Drawing on literature from Maps of Meaning to predictive processing, the dialogue is layered with insights into the integration of body and mind.    Rafe Kelley (@RafeKelley) is a pioneering movement coach and founder of Evolve Move Play, an organization devoted to helping individuals reconnect with the natural world and their own innate capacity for movement. With a background spanning disciplines from parkour and martial arts to gymnastics, Kelley advocates for a holistic approach to physical training that emphasizes the mind-body connection, ethical development, and personal growth. Through workshops, podcasts, and seminars, Rafe Kelley is redefining the landscape of what it means to move, think, and live harmoniously.   Resources:   Rafe Kelley: Website | YouTube | X     Dr. John Vervaeke: Website | YouTube | Patreon | X The Vervaeke Foundation Workshops | Evolve Move Play Volunteer Park Trust Wilderness Awareness School   Voices with Vervaeke - YouTube: The deep return to nature in order to cultivate wisdom and meaning w/ Kyle Koch   Rafe Kelley - YouTube John Vervaeke & Lex Friedman on Return to the Source Nest Robbers: Return to the Source 2021    The Dr. Jordan B. Peterson Podcast - YouTube: Parkour and Rough Play: Combatting Infantilization | Rafe Kelley | EP 343   Andrew Huberman - YouTube: Ido Portal: The Science & Practice of Movement | Huberman Lab Podcast #77   Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief - Jordan  Peterson The Ego and the Dynamic Ground: A Transpersonal Theory of Human Development -  Michael Washburn Four Quartets: A Poem “Little Gidding” - T. S. Eliot  Laches, or Courage by Plato - The Internet Classics Archive  The View from Above: A Transformation of Perspectival and Participatory Knowing by John Vervaeke - Modern Stoicism James-Lange theory  - Oxford Reference Parkour | Description, History, & Facts - Britannica Eightfold Path | Summary & Eight Elements of the Path  - Britannica Moving like a kid again : an analysis of Parkour as free-form adult play - Margaret E. Kelley    People: Aaron Cantor Kyle Koch Ben Medder Paul Bloom Todd Hargrove Jonathan Pageau Stuart Brown Timecodes: [00:00:00] Dr. John Vervaeke introduces Rafe Kelley, a movement coach who has been making powerful opportunities available for people.  [00:08:20] Kelley explains the connection between emotions and action potentials and provides a unique perspective on how emotions are tied to our actions and motivations. [00:15:30] Dr. John Vervaeke discusses the relationship between physiological awareness and emotions, suggesting that even when people are immobilized, they can still experience emotions. [00:19:40] Highlighting the complexity of the relationship between sensory motor capacity and cognitive ability, Vervaeke suggestis a top-down approach might also be at play. [00:23:16] Rafe Kelley discusses the importance of our relationship with 'being' and how it drives meaning in life. [00:32:53] Dr. John Vervaeke and Rafe Kelley delve into the transformative effect of parkour on the perception and understanding of the environment, enriching and expanding the geometries of thought and physical relationships. [00:38:23] Painting a somber picture, Rafe Kelley states that modern Westerners have disconnected from nature, which strips the environment of its innate meaning. [00:43:44] Discussing how collective intelligence can arise from group physical activities, Kelley talks about widening the scope of what we consider 'intelligent behavior'. [00:46:14] Dr. Vervaeke shifts the conversation to cognitive and sensory motor movements, emphasizing their complex and exaptive relationship. [00:50:14] Cognitive dimensions get a new perspective as Dr. Vervaeke talks about the role of beauty in cultivating wisdom. [00:57:26] Questioning our notion of cognition, Vervaeke explores the possibility of sensory motor aspects extending to all cognition. [01:00:20] Rafe Kelley highlights humans' unique ability to throw objects with precise aim, challenging the notion of human physical inferiority. [01:02:40] Dr. Vervaeke reflects on how martial arts tap into an intuitive understanding of philosophy, giving a nod to embodied cognition. [01:12:00] Both Kelley and Vervaeke weigh in on the meaning crisis, and how their perspectives on movement and cognition offer a pathway out. [01:18:20] Kelley mentions Jordan Peterson's model of the archetypal hero and suggests that the physical interaction with the environment is undervalued. [01:19:20] The conversation concludes with a proposition for a future discussion on the role of embodiment in response to AI.  

In the 188th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, owner of Chronicles of Strength, Pat Flynn will talk about reductive naturalism or materialism, philosophers challenge everything you could possibly believe, simplicity is a general guide to truth, questioning is the natural path to mastery, objections are argument testers, and more!Join us in this insightful and captivating talk! In this chapter, you will discover:(1:00) Mike introduces our special guest Owner of Chronicles of Strength, Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength(1:30) Shout out to Aleks Salkin @aleks_salkin(2:10) The first trilogy member in the Strength Connection(3:30) Remembering the last interview with Pat Flynn, “Be Extreme To Be Better” https://www.buzzsprout.com/1860981/11246260 (4:10) Shout out to legendary coach Dan John @coachdanjohn(5:30) Go to Nabosotechnology.com Use the code CONNECTION for 10% of your purchase https://bit.ly/3PUZC6G (7:30) Philosophy and religion(8:20) Reductive naturalism or materialism(9.30) Lao-Tzu and Confucius(10:10) Your worldview is something you can't have(11:10) Philosophical questions(12:15) Shout out to Founder of EVOLVE MOVE PLAY, Rafe Kelley @rafekelley(12:30) Complicated vs Complex(14:00) Philosophers challenge everything you could possibly believe(15:00) “To ask one question is to ask every question.” - Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength(16:00) The power of simplicity(19:00) Simplicity is a general guide to truth.(20:00) Questioning is the natural path to mastery(20:30) “Objections is a love language of philosophers.” - Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength(21:00) Objections are argument testers(22:00) The process of writing a philosophical book(25:20) “Know the rules before you break the rules.” - Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength(27:00) Generalism and Minimalism(29:00) The Least vs Little(36:00) The Highway of Strength analogy(37:40) The difference between structure and intuition(41:00) Staying consistent through different stages of life(42:20) Shout out to Abel James @fatburningman(48:00) Low volume and high volume. Shout out to Fabio Zonin @x_fab_69(49:00) Brett Jones @brettjonessfg and Iron Cardio https://strongandfit.com/products/iron-cardio-by-brett-jones?gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5f2lBhCkARIsAHeTvliN-tGsSNmOlzJoqVV6pY7wagoMk_jzUl8ED1kkkL-yBttRwVoBwpEaAqlFEALw_wcB (56:30) Where to find more about Pat Flynn @chroniclesofstrength https://www.instagram.com/chroniclesofstrength/ 

In the 184th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, founder of EVOLVE MOVE PLAY, Rafe Kelley will talk about the power of dance and music, the connectability of Parkour, the freedom and creativity of Parkour, German gymnastics, the difference between a complicated problem and a complex problem, and more!Join us in this insightful and captivating talk! In this chapter, you will discover:(0:30) Mike introducing our special guest, founder of EVOLVE MOVE PLAY, Rafe Kelley @rafekelley(1:30) Happy 4th of July! (3:00) Rafe Kelley's son learning new disciplines(5:30) The power of dance and music(7:20) The essence of playing and creativity(7:20) “Playing has this incredible power to drive progress.” - Rafe Kelley @rafekelley(7:40) Rafe Kelley was a gymnastics teacher before practicing Parkour(9:00) Rafe's brother and sister also were into gymnastics(10:00) Love for coaching(10:30) Parkour, in a lot of ways, it's quite similar to gymnastics(12:00) Triple backflip(13:00) Double twisting, double backflip(14:10) Parkour is not about running fast(15:00) Upper body pulling power is really important in parkour(17:40) The connectability of Parkour(19:30) Shout out to Dominic Di Tommaso @domtomato(21:20) Shout out to Elis Torhall @elis_torhall(21:30) What was it about Parkour that felt different for Rafe Kelley?(23:10) Parkour had everything that gymnastics had, but it was more real(23:40) The freedom and creativity of Parkour(25:20) “Parkour is basically motivated by play, by the desire to take on challenges.” - Rafe Kelley @rafekelley(28:55) “Parkour is just exploratory locomotor play. Gymnastics is locomotion.” - Rafe Kelley @rafekelley(29:30) Gymnastics comes from the Greek word “gumnasía” which refers to being naked(33:30) Kong Vault Parkour(35:00) What we do in parkour is actually a reflection of what gymnastics was at its origins. But gymnastics has become extremely aesthetically driven, the competitive format has sort of lost its connection to what the purpose of it was to develop in an athlete(35:50) German gymnastics(36:40) The difference between a complicated problem and a complex problem(37:00) Why Chess is a complex problem(38:30) “Anything about human movement is a complex problem, not a complicated problem. So the optimal way to think about it is more like a gardener, less like an engineer.” - Rafe Kelley @rafekelley(47:40) Shout out to Matt Thornton @ aliveness_ape(49:40) Shout out to Gray Cook @functionalmvmt(50:00) Started a non-profit parkour organization(52:20) If you want to master every tool, start by being the master at one tool(58:00) The Monkey Vault in Toronto, a parkour gym(59:00) Parkour retreats and workshops(1:08:00) What makes your life feel meaningful?(1:09:50) Creating depth and sophistication across our relationships(1:10:30) I think therefore I am(1:11:00) “The only justification that we have that we are real is that we experience consciousness.” - Rafe Kelley @rafekelley(1:15:00) Shout out to Sifu Singh @sifusingh(1:16:00) Where to find more about Rafe Kelley @rafekelley https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/workshops 

My guest for episode 34 is Rafe Kelly, founder of Evolve Move Play. Rafe is a parkour athlete, movement coach and entrepreneur based on the west coast of the US. Rafe's approach to training goes much deeper than the physical aspects and through his exploration of the physical, he revolves around existential questions of meaning, connection, wisdom and health. I was thrilled to dive into this conversation with Rafe and go down the rabbit hole of sense making together. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did and encourage you to leave a comment or question and join the conversation! Connect with Rafe: https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/ https://www.instagram.com/rafekelley/ Join the Movement Lab open day: https://movementlab.eu/open-day Subscribe to get the podcast to your email:⁠ https://movementlab.eu/subscribe⁠

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Jim talks with Rafe Kelley about the parkour-based movement system he created and teaches, Evolve Move Play. They discuss electromagnetic pulses, combining parkour & martial arts, the importance of nature exploration for children, the historical roots of parkour, using limbs to overcome obstacles, what makes parkour natural, rough play as an antidote to infantilization, healthy play culture, humans as arboreal animals, the quantification of extreme sports, love & amateurism, ekstasis, building selves worth esteeming, the professionalization of sexuality, dangers of AI porn, building alternative communities, building virtues, values, and norms, EMP as virtue development, parkour as an exemplar of GameB, procedural, perspectival, and participatory knowing, the embodiment of virtue, music & community-building, and much more. Episode Transcript Evolve Move Play Workshops JRS Currents 010: Tyson Yunkaporta on Humans As Custodial Species Sand Talk, by Tyson Yunkaporta Rafe Kelley - TreeRunner (YouTube) Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed, by James C. Scott Rafe Kelley is the creator of the Evolve Move Play method. A method incorporealatoring elements of play, natural parkour [treerunning], rough-housing, movement games, athletic development, body integrity and antifragility practices for resilience, working with fear and its repatterning, rewilding, ecological knowledge and anthropology, systems theory and motor learning perspectives of skill acquisition. Besides the personal physical feats of high degree and the hard work of art formation involved in EMP, Rafe is passionate about community fostering. He has created what is one of the best movement and related fields podcasts to these ends; and hosts retreats to foster human connection on top of many workshops taught.

Welcome to The Wellbeing Room.In this episode I interview Rafe Kelley, natural parkour coach, movement trainer and founder of Evolve, Move, Play.  Listen in as Rafe shares:the meaning behind Evolve Move Play and the reason he chose these words for the name of his businessthe evolution of play and movement in human culture and the reasons why our capacity for play diminishes in adulthood how our culture trains movement out of people from an early agethe pillars and practices that form the backbone of Evolve, Move, Playthe different relationships we have to the external world that drive our development as human beings his guidelines when it comes to screen time for children and the nuances between the use of phones, television and video gameshow screens take children away from the physical world and the impact this has on their mental healththe differences between a fitness practice and an exploratory movement practice  the concept of movement as “wholefood” for our bodieshow exploratory locomotor play, or parkour, can be adapted to anybody, and provides us with the potential to fall in love with the experience of moving our body.  “Step outside your door and walk through the world, and if you can go somewhere where there is nature, go be in nature. If you can take off your shoes, take off your shoes, and if you can hang from a tree branch, hang from a tree branch and start there and feel what it feels like in your body... The ultimate sustaining power to a practice is that it makes you fall more in love with your experience of being.”      ~ Rafe KelleyConnect with Rafe here:Evolve, Move, Playhttps://www.evolvemoveplay.com/Evolve, Move, Play podcasthttps://www.evolvemoveplay.com/emp-podcast/YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/rafekelleyWatch  Dr Jordan B Peterson's interview with Rafe Kelley: Parkour and Rough PlaySupport the showSupport the show so I can keep producing more episodes here:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1756648/supporters/newRate & Review The Wellbeing Room on Apple Podcasts - Click on the Listen on Apple Podcasts button and add your review in the Podcast app. Scroll to the bottom of the page to Ratings & Review and select Write a Review. Get in touch: leah@thecentreofki.com.au

EMP | On Sale Now - Seasonal Retreats: https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/retreats - Weekend Workshops: https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/workshops - Online Natural Movement Courses: https://learn.evolvemoveplay.com/choose-your-own-adventure1672680678329 Welcome back to the Evolve Move Play Podcast! Today we're joined by Bobby Whyte, an athletic performance and basketball skill enhancement trainer operating out of Northern New Jersey. Much of Bobby's work as a basketball trainer is rooted in the constraints led approach which is a huge component of how we structure our teaching at Evolve Move Play, so it was really interesting to sit down with him and see how he applies his thinking to the world of basketball. In today's chat, we'll learn a little bit about his past, how he struggled with and overcame heroin addiction, and how that experience has positively impacted the way he approaches and connects with his students today. We'll also take a deep dive into his thoughts and practices around skill specific training, strength and conditioning work, and injury avoidance. If you enjoy the conversation, please be sure to like, share, and subscribe if you aren't already. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:17 – Internal Ad 00:50 - Intro/Bobby's Backg-round 10:48 - Leading with Vulnerability 17:18 - Skill Specific Training, Overcoaching & Coyote Mentoring 28:58 - Integrating Strength & Skill 41:30 - Jump Training in Basketball 51:06 - Starting early, Pickup v. AAU, Pursuing Greatness 54:35 - Dealing with Jumper's Knee & Ankle Sprains EMP | Visit Us Online - EMP Website: https://www.evolvemoveplay.com - IG: @RafeKelly - http://www.instagram.com/rafekelley/ - FB: @RafeKelleyMovement - https://www.facebook.com/RafeKelleyMo... - Twitter: @rafekelley - https://twitter.com/rafekelley - YT Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/Faelcind... - Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/rafekelley Bobby Whyte -IG: https://www.instagram.com/bobbywhyte/

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, joined by movement and parkour expert Rafe Kelley, discuss the importance of rough-and-tumble play for developing children, how a lifestyle centered around movement can expand our grasp and involvement with the natural world, and why society should value masculine activities, rather than adhering to the push for feminization in all aspects of modern life. Rafe Kelley is an entrepreneur and advocate for a lifestyle centered around human movement. He suffered at a young age from ADHD, causing him to struggle in school. As it would happen, he came into contact with a mentor who recognized his need for play, encouraged time in nature, and taught him to productively roughhouse. This quickly resulted in Kelley advancing in his studies, launching him on his life path. In college, he studied anthropology and evolutionary biology, falling in love with martial arts and parkour along the way. He would go on to establish the first parkour gym on the west coast, Parkour Visions, before developing a new fitness lifestyle based on primal movement that Kelley calls “Evolve, Move, Play.” - Sponsors - Birch Gold Group: Text "JORDAN" to 989898 for your no-cost, no-obligation, FREE information kit. Hallow: Try Hallow for 3 months FREE: https://hallow.com/jordan  - Links - For Rafe Kelley: Join Rafe on an Evolve Move Play retreat: https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/retreats/ Rafe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rafekelley/?hl=en Rafe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/rafekelley 

In this episode, we riff off of a video by Rafe Kelley from Evolve Move Play where Rafe and John Vervaeke are discussing the idea of Serious Play. We explore what it means to be a good coach and how you can utilize play to facilitate engagement, growth, and development. We also interacted with a few other video clips from Inning by Inning and Bruce Lee's movie Enter the Dragon. Links to things featured in this episode: Why Serious Play is Transformative! By Rafe Kelley https://youtu.be/zDnNONr2kdw Rafe Kelley's website: https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/ Bruce Lee Enter the Dragon Philosophy https://youtu.be/hhvBTy28VJM Support Us & learn more about Ecological Dynamics (links below) Donate to Finding the Edge: buymeacoffee.com/ftepod Skill Development Resources Resources from Emergence a movement skill education company dedicated to helping coaches learn how to apply an ecological approach to understanding and developing movement skill. Get 7% off most courses by using code: Edge7 Educational Products: https://emergentmvmt.com/shop-2/ Social Media Twitter: @Emergentmvmt Instagram: @Emergentmvmt Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Emergentmvmt Follow Us! Join our Discord: bit.ly/3a07z1B Find us on Twitter: @gboyum01 @RobertFrey40 @Coachgbaker Subscribe on Youtube: bit.ly/34dZ7MQ

Rafe is a deep thinker, mover, and practitioner of parkour in nature. He is the founder of Evolve Move Play, a practice of “movement training for humans” based out of the Pacific Northwest US. Today we cover movement, body, mind, parkour, advice for developing an ecology of practice, the hero's journey toward a meaningful life, and quite a bit more. Primal Nature is a podcast and a center for psychedelic therapy in rural Spain.You can find Rafe here:https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/IG: @rafekelleyYou can find Primal Nature here:www.primalnature.euSapient is a nonprofit endeavor dedicated to revitalizing the wisdom of the world's oldest living cultures through collaborative exploration and immersive experience: www.sapientfuture.org

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In this interview, I am speaking with Damien Norris, who I met at an Evolve Move Play retreat in Washington in Fall of 2021. We were placed in a group together, called the Vikings, and shared interests drew us into conversation about how embodiment within nature can combine to transform individual and collective experience and perspective. Damien is completing a PhD at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada that explores the links between human movement, philosophy (phenomenology), embodiment, nature connection and human wellness. In his twenties Damien retired from a career in elite gymnastics and began working as a community development and international aid worker and later as a criminal and civil lawyer, public guardian, university lecturer, philosopher and human rights consultant. After twenty years of working a desk job Damien became a dad and was forced to confront his “fitness”. Desk bound and de-conditioned he reclaimed his fitness through practicing parkour in nature and urban settings. The story of Damien's return to fitness was captured in a TEDxPerth2018 presentation, “It's time to rewild”. This project set in motion a much deeper exploration of human movement, world travel and research that lead to his current PhD and a foundational understanding of the meaning of movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGNKHmt34gk Damien teaches, presents, mentors and leads workshops, in person and online, on subjects related to his PhD and can be contacted via email: damien_norris@sfu.ca To support the labor of love that is The Return to Embodiment, visit https://www.patreon.com/returntoembodiment

Today's episode features Rafe Kelly and Charles St. John.  Rafe is the owner of Evolve Move Play, and has studied and taught a multitude of movement practices spanning gymnastics, parkour, martial arts, weightlifting, Cross-fit and more for decades.  His passion to is help people build the physical practice that will help make them the strongest, most adaptable and resilient version of themselves in movement and in life.  Charles has been training parkour since 2009, and coaching it since 2012. He carries multiple parkour coaching certifications and is a certified personal trainer for general fitness, while he currently coaches at the APEX Denver Parkour (Apexdenver.com) and Circus facility in Colorado. Motor learning is the worldview by which you keep yourself from over-compartmentalizing elements of a total training program.  It's how you discover the window, or lens by which an athlete acquires mastery in their sport, and also determines how you go about constructing a training session with the “whole” in mind.  It allows one to see the forest from the trees in the process of athletic mastery.  If we only listen to “speed”, “output” and “drill” oriented material, and leave out the actual over-arching process of motor learning in any sort of athletic performance discussion, we end up with a more over-compartmentalized, less sustainable, less effective, and less enjoyable model of training On the podcast today, Rafe and Charles speak in the first half, on games they particularly enjoy from a true “generalist” point of view; games that encapsulate the most essential elements of “human-ness” in movement.  These game principles can be plugged into either general (for the sake of better outputs for the subsequent training session), or specific warmups (for the sake of “donor” learning to the main session).  In the second half, we get into a detailed discussion on dynamic points of learning and coaching, speaking on points of drill vs. holistic approach to skills, frequency of feedback (and types of feedback), working with highly analytical athletes, checking the effectiveness of one's cues, and much more. Today's episode is brought to you by SimpliFaster and Lost Empire Herbs. For 15% off your Lost Empire Herbs order, head to lostempireherbs.com/justfly. To try Pine Pollen for FREE (just pay for shipping), head to: justflypinepollen.com View more podcast episodes at the podcast homepage. Timestamps and Main Points: 4:41 – Why Rafe and Charles love rugby as a multi-dimensional game that encapsulates a lot of human qualities and opportunities 14:12 – “Hybrid” games that coaches like to play as a generalist warmup to a strength training session, and the emergence of “king of the course” 23:21 – How to craft a “donor” activity to prepare for your primary training activity 32:49 – What the balance is, in parkour, on teaching actual technique, vs. decisions 52:08 – How to properly tell stories and frame skills to an athlete, without letting words get in the way 1:02:11 – How many efforts to let an athlete perform, before coaches should seek to intervene in the form of a cue or instruction, and how to help athletes be better self-learners 1:14:34 – Cueing and instructing athletes who may desire more structure than others 1:22:37 – Thoughts on velocity of a movement, and the transferability of drills, or slower versions of skills, versus fast movements 1:27:02 – “Feeding the Error” and principles of variable learning that can assist in skill development 1:32:38 – How to improve learning by reducing potential “fear” constraints in sports with a potential risk element “I would contest that (rugby) is the best designed ball sport… it's the only sport I played that allowed for a range of body types” “Team sports have all of (generalist fitness) demands in them… and you have to do it in a team manner, you have to cooperate with other people”

Welcome back to another episode of The Heart Speaks Podcast. In this episode, I speak with Rafe Kelly, founder of Evolve, Move, Play, an organization that's dedicated to getting people off the couch and moving their bodies out in nature and the outdoors. Now, why is this important? Because as human beings, our bodies were designed to move, and in fact, we cannot actually have a sense of meaning without movement. In this episode, we discuss why that is, and we dive into other juicy topics, like why some movement practices are worth pursuing more than others, why roughhousing is essential to developing empathy, and how you cannot be truly non-violent unless you are capable of being violent and consciously choose not to use violence. Enjoy the episode!

The Embodied Movement Summit is going live January 24-28, and today on the podcast we are joined by our good friends from Strength Side: Josh & Trevor Hash! What's extra exciting is that Josh & Trevor will also be the first new speakers for this year's Embodied Movement Summit, offering the Movement Highlight for day one! If you'd like to check out their exclusive presentation, or any of the other 30+ sessions we have lined up from top professionals in the fields of Movement, Mindfulness, Community and Nature Connection, hit the link to get signed up!

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Support this channel: thesymbolicworld.com/support/ patreon: www.patreon.com/pageauvideos subscribestar: www.subscribestar.com/jonathan-pageau paypal: www.paypal.me/JonathanPageau I sit down with Rafe Kelley on his podcast called Evolve Move Play (EMP). Rafe is interested in human movement training and parkour. Evolve Move Play “reconnects people to the most meaningful aspects of life and helps them cultivate their character through outdoor movement training with online courses, classes, and retreats.” Rafe comes from a more scientific perspective and has been in conversation with people like John Vervaeke and Paul VanderKlay (https://youtu.be/0p47jSSYXZk). This interview is an attempt to bridge the gap between the symbolic, or mythological, worldview and Rafe's more materialist presuppositions. We talk about the reemergence of the religious spirit (“re-enchantment), social justice, BLM and veganism etc, the role religion has played evolutionarily, the problem of inclusion and exclusion in group identity, the work of Jonathan Haidt, spirituality, emergence and emanation, the universalist position and much more. Original Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Osa0EmJVc My links: website: www.thesymbolicworld.com facebook: www.facebook.com/TheSymbolicWorld/ twitter: twitter.com/pageaujonathan The podcast was edited by Justin Ward.

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See what Rafe is up to: www.evolvemoveplay.com Listen to the Evolve Move Play podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/evolve-move-play-podcast/id1349557801 Topics discussed: parkour, coaching, human development, masculinity, Jungian shadow, Big Five personality traits, self-discipline, sexuality, burnout, evolutionary biology, movement, play

There are times I am a bit shocked by the wonderful connections that I have been blessed to facilitate through my work and the EMP podcast. The friendship that’s formed between John and Nick is one of the strange and wonderful connections. If you have been following the podcast you’ll definitely be familiar with John Vervaeke Director of Cognitive Science at the University of Toronto, author of Zombies in Western Culture and creator of the YouTube series Awakening from the Meaning Crisis, who has become one of my primary mentors. Nick Winkelman is back for his second appearance and is another of my favorite thinkers, the Author of the Language of Coaching, Director of Science and Performance for Irish Rugby and former Director of Athlete Preparation for the NFL combine at Exos. I introduced Nick to John’s work during our first interview in May of last year. Since then Nick and John have formed a friendship and ongoing dialogue of their own— one that resonates deeply with the central themes of Evolve Move Play. Their second interview on John’s channel was the inspiration for this discussion, in particular a discussion they had around shamanism and its relationship to the cognitive science concept of enactedness and Nick’s work around analogies in motor learning. While that was the starting point, this conversation became a deep dive into the role of embodiment and physical practices in overcoming the meaning crisis, how we scaffold up more integrated selves and better sense making from our physical practices, and how we can bring the sense making conversation down into the body. I think you guys will get a ton out of this one! ============ Learn More about John Vervaeke YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyre9Ij2nCg&ab_channel=JohnVervaeke Twitter: @vervaeke_john Learn More about Nick Winkelman IG: @nickwinkelman Twitter: @NickWinkelman ============ ============

Rafe Kelley is an unusual guy. As focused on ideas as he is on physical movement, Rafe has studied martial arts, philosophy, parkour, anthropology, gymnastics, and evolution. He comes from an unusual family background (to put it mildly), and now teaches natural movement to everyone from UFC fighters to retired grandmothers. Super interesting, introspective, honest guy. Rafe on Insta and Twitter. Find me on Instagram or Twitter. Please consider supporting this podcast. This Amazon affiliate link kicks a few bucks back my way. Intro music: “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range;"The Way You Move" by Outkast, "Smoke Alarm," by Carsie Blanton.

Welcome back to another episode of the Evolve Move Play podcast! This week my guest is Chloe Valdary, a public intellectual and writer who has been published by the Atlantic, New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. Chloe is the founder of Theory of Enchantment which helps businesses fight racism systematically by combining the teaching of Dr. Martin Luther King with developmental psychology and pop culture materials. Through her work she aims to help others develop their understanding of social emotional learning and improve their ability to take care of each other. The three fundamental principles of her method around conflict resolution are: 1) Treat people as individuals, not political abstractions. 2) Criticize to uplift and inspire, never to tear down and destroy. 3) Root everything you do in love and compassion. I really loved the way that she brings these things together in her work in promoting the idea of Agapic love and how we can change our ways of thinking to improve our connection to each other. I was also particularly interested in talking to Chloe because we share an interest in the work of Jordan Peterson and the idea of archetypal stories. So this discussion revolves mostly around the idea of the divine feminine and masculine and how understanding of those two aspects can help us come to solve some of the social dilemmas that we face. Resources Mentioned in today’s episode: Books: The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin Notes of a Native Son - Everybody’s Protest Novel - James Baldwin Artist: Aaron Douglas ============ Learn More about Chloe and Theory of Enchantment Web: Theoryofenchantment.com IG: @theoryofenchantment Twitter: @enchanttheory or @cvaldary ============

Welcome back to another episode of the Evolve Move Play podcast! My guest this week is Kate Galliet, founder of Unbreakable Body and Fit For Real Life. Kate has spent the last two decades helping people overcome the physical and mental hurdles that come with cultivating a truly effective and sustainable healthy lifestyle and I think the message she shares with us in this episode is so important for anyone looking to build a lasting, positive relationship with their health and wellness. So if you want to learn more about how to see the bigger picture when it comes to fitness, and how to treat your body with a compassionate heart and an explorers mindset, check it out! ============ Follow Kate: IG: @kategalliett @theunbreakablebody Web: https://theunbreakablebody.com/ Download Kate’s free workbook at: https://theunbreakablebody.com/10habits/ ============

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Evolve Move Play Podcast. Today we are joined by the one and only Sebastien Foucan! For those of you who are not familiar, Sebastien Foucan is one of the original founding fathers of what became Parkour, Freerunning and Art Du Duplacement. You may have also seen his amazing parkour chase scene in 007: Casino Royale Sebastien is a very fun and thoughtful person and I’m really impressed with the ideas he’s put together and the philosophy behind his approach to movement, which I found really similar in a lot of ways to Evolve Move Play. So check it out and don’t forget to like, subscribe, and hit that notification icon so you can catch all our upcoming episodes as soon as they drop every Monday. ============

This is a must-listen episode. The insights Craig shared in this conversation are truly eye-opening for me and the clarity and structure around his thoughts ranging from the super esoteric and philosophical to the brutally pragmatic are invaluable. We get into topics such as; Internal and external alchemy, meditation and breath practices of his tradition, self cultivation, the structure of subjective reality, cycles (of time, of events etc), the REAL meaning of Fung Shui, his time and experience with different training modalities (many Chinese arts, becoming a group fitness instructor, and exploring various training systems like; physical alchemy , Modern methods of mobility , stretch therapy ,  Ancestral Movement , Evolve Move Play , Gymnastic Strength Training, Calesthenics, MovNat, The Ido Portal Method, Urban Dance, Parkour, Gymnastics, Capoeira, Handstands and more), and much much more.Mbody instragram: @Mbody___ Instagram profile link:https://www.instagram.com/mbody___/Craig Mallett Instagram: @craigmallettdx Instagram profile link: https://www.instagram.com/craigmallettdx/ Website: https://craigmallett.com Online Tutelage: https://craigmallett.com/become-a-student/ Online courses: https://craigmallett.com/online-courses/ 

Rafe is the founder of Evolve Move Play, a natural movement teaching method, rooted in his dozen years of parkour training, 25 plus years of martial arts and various years of dance, gymnastics, and strength and conditioning training. In addition it is deeply rooted in his study of human evolution, ethnography, anthropology, play research and complex systems. Evolve Move Play is recognized worldwide as leading voice in natural movement and broader movement culture. Prior to forming evolve move play, he co-founded Parkour Visions, the first parkour gym on the west coast and acted as lead instructor there for 4 years. In this conversation, Rafe discusses his philosophy of natural movement and a generalist practice. He shares about his approach to strength training, and what should be the "meat and potatoes." He also talks about the need to build better problem solvers, and dives into his thoughts on spirituality.

On Today's Episode we have on the one and only Rafe Kelley. Rafe is the owner of Evolve Move Play and a expert of everything movement! One of the most knowledge filled episodes to date, strap in! If You Want To Dive Deeper Into Coach Kelleys Work: https://courses.evolvemoveplay.com/foundations

Today we have Rafe Kelley from Evolve Move Play on the podcast. It's a great conversation talking about the pig hunting, being in tune with body and surroundings, covid, differences between being good and great, and so on. I really think you'll enjoy todays show!   Get in Touch with Rafe TODAY! WEBSITE- https://www.evolvemoveplay.com FACEBOOK- https://www.facebook.com/rafe.kelley/ YOUTUBE- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDIPXp88qjAV3TiaR5Uo3iQ INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/rafekelley/ _ STAY IN TOUCH ↣WEBSITE: http://breakingnormal.com ↣FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/DanielEisenman ↣INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/DanielEisenman ↣TWITTER: https://twitter.com/DanielEisenman _ Check out Daniel's Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tribevitamins/tribevitamins-the-supplement-before-supplements?ref=project_build Daniel wrote a book! . . . Get the book on Audible! https://www.audible.com/pd/Self-Devel... Get the book on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071SBC7NC/...

Hey! Welcome to Move Wild Podcast, a podcast dedicated to understanding human health from an evolutionary perspective, and integrating the universal principles of human health and wildness into our lives. Each week I interview and discuss with guests on topics and conversations entered around re-wilding, natural movement, nature connection and ancestral living practices. Thanks for joining me on this journey! About today’s show: Today I'm sharing with you conversation I recorded with Rafe Kelley..... Natural movement has been the key theme of Rafe’s life since he was born. He has immersed himself in various martial arts practices such as Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Capoeira and Muay Thai. Rafe was one of the first parkour teachers in North America and co-founded Parkour Visions, one of the most highly respected Parkour teaching institutions in the world. When Rafe encountered the work of Georges Herbert and Methode Naturalle he started to take his practice into the natural world. Climbing trees, lifting logs, swimming and carrying rocks underwater. He is the founder of Evolve, Move, Play and it is his passion to help people build the physical practice that will help make them the strongest, most adaptable and resilient version of themselves in movement and in life. Links to connect with Rafe: Website - https://www.evolvemoveplay.com Instagram - @rafekelley Follow me and get in touch with me on Instagram, @move_wild, to stay up to date and stay inspired to keep connecting to your true nature! For more on what I offer and upcoming events I will be running, head over to my website www.movewildcollective.com. Always feel free to reach out with questions, suggestions for podcasts, feedback, collaborations, ideas etc. I’m always happy to connect :) My email is jake@movewildcollective.com Alright, thanks for tuning in, I’ll catch ya next episode, and as always, get outside, grow strong and Move Wild!

Welcome to the Movement Revolution! Check out our replay of this week's first session... Workshop #1: Why We Need Whole Food Movement -Explore the failures of the fitness industry and why we need to shift our mindset to learn how to train a human like a human -Find out how the secret of “movement nutrientism” can unlock your innate movement potential through a “whole food movement diet” -Discover how tapping into our biological systems can help us cultivate rewarding, engaging and sustainable movement practices To stay up to date with the rest of the series and win some awesome prices, join the revolution here: https://rafe.ly/revolution/yt These sessions will only be available on our channel for a limited time. All will be taken down when we wrap up the series on September 27th!

Rafe Kelley joins the show from Evolve. Move. Play. He is a master Parkour practitioner who knows a ton about movement. We talk about the value of movement in mental health and physical longevity. Rafe shares his personal journey into

Rafe Kelley is a natural movement coach, first generation American parkour practitioner, co-founder of Parkour Visions in Seattle, and creator of the Evolve Move Play educational retreats, educational programs & podcast. Follow him at: Rafe IG https://www.instagram.com/rafekelley/ Rafe YT https://www.youtube.com/user/Faelcind Evolve Move Play https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/ SUPPORT HEIGHT DROP iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/height-drop/id987026725?mt=2 ***** leave a five star review for ultimate support YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/heightdrop?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/heightdrop/ Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/brandon-douglass/height-drop Google Play https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/I7m6mjsvsfrubhkeuto46jvylqa Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4a9hZD6OGjp9bvvijYplnd?si=Owc9K6AnS-aK6xEjDlCSfQ HEIGHT DROP HOTLINE 1+720-295-7537

We believe that the practice of movement is more than learning neat tricks and improving our physical aesthetics. While those things are great, what we are aimed at is a practice that goes beyond just the physical and improves as many aspects of our lives as possible. Movement is essentially an expression of the self— the body-mind organism that we are. It is how we interact with and experience literally everything going on within and around us. Our connections to the environment, to others, and to ourselves immediately affect the quality of our lives. If you are constantly unhappy with your own actions, scared of the world around you, and being alienated by your peers, cultivating a sense of purpose can be incredibly difficult to do. Building an ecology of practices that strengthen these relations gives us a better chance to create the life we want for ourselves. We can find affordances in our environment that nurture us and give us opportunities for learning and growth. We learn how to communicate and form bonds with people to expand our network of support. We begin to live according to our vision and, through continual work and incremental progress, gain a stronger sense of self respect and self trust. Johns work is tightly woven around this idea of creating a sense of meaning, but one of the biggest criticisms of his work is that it can be abstract. Sure, we should live more meaningful lives, but what are the real world, physical actions that bring about that result? John’s work has resonated deeply with us at EMP and we feel there is a way to make the ideas and principles concrete, and we’ve been working hard on mapping out how to put all of these concepts into actual practice. The purpose of today's episode is not so much to interview John, but rather to present our map of practices to him for the sake of getting some dialogue and feedback on how congruent they are to his teachings. We hope you enjoy this conversation and we’d be happy to hear what questions or comments you have. Keep an eye out in the future for more interviews and conversations with John, and don’t forget to go check out his lecture series “Awakening from the Meaning Crisis” on YouTube. SHOW NOTES 00:00 - Intro 03:48 - Pillar Practices 09:08 - The Physical Philosopher 18:11 - The EMP Roadmap 33:32 - The Archetypes 47:22 - Embodied Sacredness 58:34 - Jitsu vs Do 1:04:13 - The Power of Dialogue

What does movement mean to you? Is it just a fun pastime? Maybe you use it as a tool to reach certain health markers or become more attractive? Is it a grueling obligation or some form of punishment you put yourself through to make up for unhealthy life choices? Whatever it may be, chances are you’ve been conditioned to view movement in some light that doesn’t capture the ways it can truly serve you, your community and your environment as a whole. At Evolve Move Play we’ve taken on the sizeable task of reawakening people to the power and purpose of a dedicated human movement practice. We’ve found that movement is not only a source of physical nourishment, but mental, social, and emotional nourishment as well. Through trial and error, extensive studies, experimenting and testing our theories, we’ve been able to build a sound framework around what we practice, how we practice, and most importantly, WHY we practice. In this piece, and the accompanying video, we’re going to give you a look at those three elements and the way we conceptualize the key components of our practice.

We recently held our 2019 Return to the Source seminar and by all accounts it was the best event we’ve put on to date. What started years ago as a three day parkour seminar in nature has blossomed and evolved into an event that time and time again brings people together and reconnects them to core components that make life feel more meaningful. This year we were joined by Aaron Cantor, an incredible coach and friend who’s been on the podcast before. He was both a participant and a facilitator at Return to the Source, and it was an absolute joy to have him present to share his stories, movement, humor and support. Not to mention also leading the group in a wonderful dance party on the final night. After the event we sat down to film an interview for the podcast, but decided to make this one a little special and let Aaron ask all the questions. Where did Evolve Move Play start, how did it get to where it is now, and where do we intend to go? What’s the aim of EMP and how do we go about achieving it? How do we determine what’s valuable and who do we look to for inspiration in this vast and chaotic world of beliefs, dogma, misinformation, and mystery? Aaron does a great job as guest interviewer; we share some laughs along the way and it was a valuable means of processing and articulating the deeper insights from the event. SHOW NOTES 00:00 — Intro 04:29 — Return to the Source Recap 12:19 — Moving in Nature 16:05 — Rafe’s Why 21:06 — Chaos, Order, and Connecting to Nature 28:00 — The Ecology of Evolve Move Play 47:16 — Sources of Influence 51:27 — Algorithms and Heuristics 1:01:12 — What Happens After You Die? 1:06:05 — Culture and Value 1:13:17 — The Future TRAIN WITH US EMP Autumn Retreat (Oct 3-6) https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/ev_event/autumn-retreat-2019/ EMP San Francisco Experience (Sept 14-15) https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/ev_event/evolve-move-play-san-francisco/ EMP Los Angeles Experience (Sept 21-22) https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/ev_event/evolve-move-play-los-angeles/ BECOME A PATRON https://www.patreon.com/rafekelley

Welcome to episode 54 of The Red Pill Initiation Hour. Join Primal Alchemy's creator and director Chris Storey with guest Rafe Kelley as they explore the philosophy behind Evolve Move Play and discuss some of the best ways in which to switch on hero mode and activate flow state consciousness for reality bending powers and abilities. On this episode Chris & Rafe look back at Rafes history with parkour and his interest in human movement potential, examining some of his key influences and how he moulded multiple philosophies and sciences together to create Evolve Move Play, a philosophical exercise system rooted in parkour, acrobatics, martial arts and primal movements. Rafe introduces us to flow state consciousness and how we can tap into this God like power to excel in physically & mentally demanding situations both as an individual and in group scenarios. Other topics of discussion include; lessons learnt from Jordan Peterson, how the hero's mono-myth arc applies to exercise and the subjective experience of having, being and becoming your higher self. All of this and more on episode 54 of The Red Pill Initiation Hour.DISCLAIMER: 100% chance of waking up your third eye and becoming WOKE AF.BONUS: use code "redpill" for 10% off all purchases on primalalchemy.co.ukFor more on Rafe Kelley and his content check out belowInstagram: @rafekelleyWebsite: https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/

Rafe Kelley is an instructor of parkour in the Seattle area. In this discussion we speak about self understanding, self actualization, and how training the body leads to wisdom. Rafe Kelley's Youtube: http://bit.ly/2FEE60Z More resources: https://www.evolvemoveplay.com Evolve Move Play podcast: https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/evolve-move-play-podcast/ Follow me on twitter @BenjaminABoyce And on bit chute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/benjaminboyc Support this channel: https://www.paypal.me/benjaminboyce

Humans are complex and so is the world through which we navigate. Often times the things we don't pay attention to have an astounding influence on our ability to accomplish our goals and grow as individuals. Subtleties in how we breathe, how we stand, how we move, how we think, how we perceive ourselves, others, or our environment, all coalesce to either help or hinder our efforts in sport and in life. Today we are beginning a conversation with Simon Thakur about how we can change the way we practice the powerful subtleties of our selves so that we can more effectively become the people we want to be. We will be talking about the ecology of practice ranging from meditation and contemplation to specific physical disciplines and how to determine the scope of value that they can offer to us on our personal journeys. We also touch on why the game of Capoeira inherently creates students that learn skills faster and why divorcing the movements from the game tends to negate those results. This is a brief episode that will lay some groundwork for future conversations with Simon. We are looking forward to having him back because we have a ton of material to cover that we think you'll get a lot out of. So sit back and enjoy! Don't forget to leave a comment, subscribe, and share with your friends. SHOW NOTES 00:00 - Intro 03:18 - Teaching how to Learn 11:57 - Ecology of Practice 23:53 - The Why 35:33 - Attraction and Avoidance 44:16 - Transforming the Self 53:37 - Capoeira & The Limits of Systematization LEARN MORE www.ancestralmovement.com SUPPORT US www.patreon.com/rafekelley www.evolvemoveplay.com Thanks everyone, and happy moving! -The EMP Team

What makes a practice sustainable? What is it that enables someone to devote years of effort and intention to a study? What keeps the fires of motivation stoked and fueled throughout the trials and tribulations of our lives? Finding the answers to those questions is an important and very personal process that can only be walked by the individual who searches; however there is something to be said about the capacity for evolution that is held within the practice itself and the person who studies it. Humans are wildly curious, adaptable, and innovative with a boundless capacity for growth. When we can get past our fixations on comfort, aesthetics, or competitive superiority we can set our aim towards a process of continual learning. We abandon many of the fears associated with failure and begin to seek the limits of our capabilities so that we may expand them. This state of being requires a practice that reflects our own complexities and layers of potential depth; one that will grow with us and offer new and profound lessons no matter how far we progress. Saza Sevo is a firm example of someone who has grown and evolved along with their movement practice. In this week's episode of the Evolve Move Play Podcast we dive into his story and hear how his passion for movement and self cultivation lead him from a humble childhood in a war torn nation to becoming an entrepreneur and highly respected coach in the international parkour community. While you listen, see if you recognize correlations between his enthusiasm, his devotion, and your own. Ask yourself if you are oriented towards the most meaningful goals and if your practice can offer you a limitless path towards attaining them. SHOW NOTES 00:00 - Intro 01:45 - Saza's Journey pt 1 10:36 - Changing Times 23:18 - Saza's Journey pt 2 27:40 - Group & Solo Practice 40:37 - Becoming a Teacher 46:29 - Training w/the Masters 54:16 - A Taste for Struggle 01:04:44 - Saza's Practice 01:11:37 - Rise of the Gym Culture 01:17:21 - Training in Nature 01:24:17 - Saza's Classes 01:28:16 - Roles of the Coach 01:41:42 - Tounge Parkour & Where to Learn More LEARN MORE https://skochypstiks.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/pkzvrk www.evolvemoveplay.com Thanks everyone, and happy moving! -The EMP Team

"The tao that can be told is not the eternal tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the mother of all things. The named gives rise to the 10,000 things." -Tao Te Ching In today's episode of the Evolve Move Play Podcast we speak with Marcello Palozzo, a parkour athlete and movement coach who has been dedicated to the process of self mastery and exploration for over a decade. The core of Marcello's practice does well to embody the opening verse of the Tao Te Ching. Movement is a vast and complex entity that offers endless opportunities for insight, improvement, and self development to those who possess the humility, curiosity, and dedication to the lifelong journey. With our highly rational minds and our tendencies towards reductionist ideals, it can be easy to fall into the trap of specialization and to become highly invested in practices that are inherently limited in their scope of potential value. Marcello has avoided this pitfall and developed a practice that constantly pushes him to evolve his physical, cognitive, and emotional capabilities. His movement has become a personal laboratory for building character. In addition to being a high level parkour athlete and coach, he makes time for climbing and free soloing, exploring and moving through a wide variety of environments from the deep forest to rooftops to subterranean waterways. He works closely with the Ido Portal team and holds a Master of Science in Strength and Conditioning at St. Mary's University. Everything he learns in his studies then makes its way into the programming he creates for his hundreds of students around the world. This philosophy of continual study and exploration, balancing practice based evidence and evidence based practice, balancing intuition and rationality - all to develop the truest and most heroic version of ones being, is central to Evolve Move Play and it is a pleasure to speak at length with Marcello who is independently forging his own path along the same principals. Other topics we cover this week are: 01:00 - Introductions 03:41 - Marcello's Practice 08:30 - Shortcutting the Experience 12:10 - Intuition & Rationality 23:16 - Balancing the Practice 31:24 - Marcello's Philosophy 46:51 - Aliveness 55:50 - Epistemic Humility 1:03:26 - Marcello's Model 1:12:26 - Fear 1:27:06 - The Role of Physical Development 1:44:50 - Flow Thanks for listening, everyone! To learn more about Marcello, go check out his website at www.marcellopalozzo.com and follow him on FB/IG @palozzo.marcello. Also don't forget to subscribe, like and share. Then head on over to www.patreon.com/rafekelley to support the podcast and ensure that our future productions are the highest quality possible. Happy moving, everyone! -The EMP Team

On this week's episode of the Evolve Move Play podcast we talk with Aaron Cantor, an embodiment and movement teacher who has spent the last 15 years creating and sharing his Primal Practice. Over the course of an hour and a half we speak at length about using the incredible power of story telling to enrich our abilities to teach, learn, and live.  The art of telling stories is ancient. The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest recorded piece of literature, dating back to 2700 BC, and in it are common archetypes that have been found in myth and legends all over the world, which suggests that variants on The Heroes Journey predate writing by thousands of years. The fact that humans are deeply connected to and dependent on stories is further exemplified by the costs of the average feature film budget. Most films run between $70 and $90 million, but the blockbusters can soar into the hundreds of millions, hitting as high as $425 million in the case of James Cameron's Avatar.   As instructors, one of the best ways we can convey complex layers of information and meaning to our students is through effective story telling. Utilizing common archetypal themes and characters to represent struggles and journeys that are central to the human experience will almost always hit closer to home than reciting plain raw data or statistics.  Aaron has been using stories to deepen his students connection to their peers, their movement, and their personal processes of discovery and progress. Come with us as we discuss those stories, as well as the search for meaning, embodiment, intention, awareness, and more.

In this episode we discuss all things movement, play and getting over fear with Parkour pioneer Rafe Kelley from Evolve Move Play. See more from Rafe at https://www.evolvemoveplay.com

What does it means to move like a human? In this podcast I talk with Rafe Kelley, the founder of Evolve Move Play, about what movement means for the human animal. We explore evolutionary biology, systems thinking, and play in order to develop a more complete picture of the human experience.

Check out all our podcasts at www.evolvemoveplay.com/evolve-move-play-podcast Jozef Frucek is of the most inspirational movement teachers I have encountered and Fighting Monkey is an incredible practice. He was on fire in this interview. We were all over the place with too many ideas thrown out to track completely. Fighting Monkey and Evolve Move Play are very similar conceptually and contain many similar elements, with the differences arising partially from our different movement backgrounds, as well as our personalities and philosophies. One of the key ideas in movement practice and indeed in life is the balance between form and formlessness. When we create order and structure we give ourselves a scaffolding to work from and a goal to work towards but we constrain our options, constrain what we can perceive, how we can act. Conversely, with formlessness the potential is limitless but direction is difficult. The biggest difference between FM and EMP seems to be in the balance found here. The Fighting Monkey practice leans towards formlessness, to the way of having no way, whereas EMP focuses more on trying to articulate an optimal structure. This theme I think runs through our whole conversation, while touching on many specific aspects of practice and movement philosophy. Specific topics covered include: 1. The balance between the movement practice and bringing in new elements 2. Jozef’s 40/60 rule 3. What is the right “why” for movement practice 4. Heroism and meaning 5. Effective and efficient practice vs. diversity and variability 6. How to develop creativity in movement practice 7. The Heroic archetype and The Iliad and Odyssey, balancing Achilles vs. Odysseus 8. Why you should listen to other people less and listen and to yourself more 9. How we need space and time to allow the development of a practice 10. Jozef’s teachers and background 11. The importance of rhythm; my approach to conceptualization of rhythm for parkour and Jozef’s ideas on how to develop rhythm 12. Why we need to start with improvising, with acting out the thing we want to do 13. Why you want to be a street rat not a lab mouse 14. Specialization vs. general movement practice 15. Longevity and motivation 16. Why the game is more important than the tricks 17. Key things to study to support your movement practice

Rafe Kelly, founder of Evolve Move Play, discusses dynamic systems theory, degrees of freedom in movement, and fighting.

Rafe Kelley, founder of Evolve Move Play, discusses the evolution of the shoulder joint, compound and natural based movements vs exercises, and movement hierarchy

Rafe Kelley, founder of Evolve Move Play, discusses why humans like sports and the evolution of exercise

This week's episode features one of my all-time favorite guests, Rafe Kelley of Evolve Move Play.  I've been following Rafe's work for years, and many of his concepts have worked their way into my own practice and teaching methodology.  The “80/20” play rule, starting from a fully realized natural movement practice and working backwards to […]

In Today’s Episode I’m bringing you Rafe Kelley.  He’s a movement coach that took his background in Parkour and developed his own art of movement method he calls, Evolve Move Play.  In today’s episode we explore why you’ll receive more bang for your buck, both financially and time-wise from exercising outdoors.  How to turn your exercise time into play time, why everyone should take a self defense class, and how do to it in ways that will make you more happy and more productive, and much much more.  Rafe is not only a thought leader in the physical movement arena, I found him to be very down to earth, which I always appreciate.  I highly recommend all his work, if you’re interested.  I’m planning on taking his week long course this coming August of 2016, and I’m excited about that.  You can find his links on the show note page for this episode.  And I think I made a goof.  I was saying in the episode the show notes were at going to be at www.drchrisfrykman.com/evolvemoveplay, which they are.  But then at the end I say www.drchrisfrykman.com/rafekelley.  haha  So you can type either of those things and they’ll both work.  You don’t need to be interested in his course to get a lot out of this episode though.  Please enjoy our conversation about a vision of bringing people to a more natural, more primal way of moving.  Let’s get people out of the gyms and back into the real world, moving for the joy of moving, not for the shame of being overweight or the fear of suffering a heart attack.  Whether you’re like me and you think of us as spiritual beings having a physical experience or you’re a materialist like Rafe and you think of yourself as a physical being having a mental experience, either way, the bottom line is when you move for the joy of movement, you’re going to have more happiness in life, you’ll never have to motivate yourself to workout again, and I guarantee you’ll be a more whole version of yourself.  Here’s to you living YOUR Vibrant Potential.  For more information on Dr Chris Frykman and Rafe Kelley as well as some of the strategies discussed in today's show please visit www.drchrisfrykman.com/evolvemoveplayFor more great health information please visit www.DrChrisFrykman.com               Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/VibrantPotential                    Get the latest updates on twitter at www.twitter.com/DrChrisFrykman See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We are super excited to share our first ever Evolve Move Play podcast featuring Kelly Starrett and Juliet Starrett. We had an awesome discussion on how to balance natural movement and formal movement practice in a modern life and much much more.

On today's show, Mark and Rick interview Rafe Kelley, founder of Evolve Move Play and an experienced movement teacher (14:26). Then it's another moderately funny edition of the Humans Being Human segment with Jon Smith and “Ask Me Anything” (53:22). They wrap with the Simply Human Tip of the Week which is -- invest in experiences not things (1:06:29). They talk to Rafe about growing up in a hippie community, Evolve Move Play, Georges Hebert, killing the body to exalt the mind, a Brain Rules quote, separating mind and body, letting kids move like humans, kids and shoes, when to wear shoes, thermoregulation, Antifragile, human movement, majoring in the minors, falling down, jumping, the basics of movement, @rafekelley on Instagram, w-sitting, duck foots, the “majors” of movement, and playing outside. The “Movement Majors”: * walk * run * jump * climb * balance * swim * defend yourself * lift * carry * throw Before Mark interviews Rafe, Rick and Mark discuss some new Simply Human Podcast equipment, knee surgery, Avatar, and traffic. Thanks for listening! Subscribe on iTunes and be sure not to miss out on the new Simply Human Shorts which will be 10-15 topical shows released in between the main shows. STUFF THEY TALK ABOUT: evolvemoveplay.com ( http://www.evolvemoveplay.com/ ) facebook.com/rafekelleymovement ( https://www.facebook.com/RafeKelleyMovement ) instagram rafekelley ( https://instagram.com/rafekelley/ ) Georges Hebert -- Methode Naturelle ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_H%C3%A9bert ) John Medina -- Brain Rules ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/098326337X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=098326337X&linkCode=as2&tag=thesimhumlif-20&linkId=NWLO76JZ2QAX3UND ) Bobux shoes ( https://www.bobuxusa.com/ ) Antifragile -- Nassim Taleb ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812979680/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0812979680&linkCode=as2&tag=thesimhumlif-20&linkId=DJD5DYOJGKHPPUAX ) The Primal Professional Shoes ( http://theprimalprofessional.com/#a_aid=simplyhuman ) Simply Human Reset ( http://www.simplyhumanlifestyle.com/shop ) SH Reset Testimonials ( http://www.simplyhumanlifestyle.com/testimonials ) nutreince - caltonnutrition ( http://www.caltonnutrition.com/affiliate.html?p=simplyhuman52&w=nutprod ) ($10simplyhuman) SkinnyFat ( http://www.caltonnutrition.com/affiliate.html?p=simplyhuman52&w=skinnyfatprod ) ($5simplyhuman) simplyhumanlifestyle.com ( http://simplyhumanlifestyle.com/ ) The Simply Human Kids page ( http://simplyhumanlifestyle.com/simplyhumankids ) The Simply Human MOMS page ( http://simplyhumanlifestyle.com/simply-human-moms/ ) The Simply Human YouTube channel ( http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbJ0Q0GzEPzvFWDWTM-kvhw ) The Simply Human Facebook page ( http://facebook.com/simplyhumanlifestyle ) Subscribe to the Simply Human Podcast ( https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-simply-human-podcast/id722924013 ) on iTunes Listen to the Podcast on Stitcher ( http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/simply-human-podcast/the-simply-human-podcast?refid=stpr ) simplyhumanlifestyle@gmail.com simplyhumanrick@gmail.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-simply-human-podcast/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy