Podcast appearances and mentions of liz koch

I discuss the importance of personalized training for women in mountain biking with Dr. Liz Koch, Physiotherapist and Strength & Endurance Training Expert. We talk about the significance of understanding movement patterns, biomechanics, and some common misconceptions in coaching and training, address a tailored approach to strength training and skills development, particularly for women and riders aged 40+, and explore how small adjustments in technique can lead to significant improvements in performance. We also touch on the difference between being a skilled rider and an effective coach, advocating for a deeper understanding of biomechanics and movement in sports training and mountain bike instructor certifications and look at some possible causes as to WHY some coaches teach so superficially.  Join my Live-Online Skill Up Program, starting March 29th - an ALL-IN-ONE Program with Skills, Strength Training, Mobility, Mindset, Neuroathletics + Coordination Drills on your doorstep and in your living room to improve your ON TRAIL Skills, Confidence and Control: https://roxybike.podia.com/skill-up-2-0-6-weeks-mtb-skills-program  Video links mentioned in this episode: Why not to drop both heels: https://youtu.be/VgddegvDvzU&list=PLwfXYMc609PXOZxbdKKE9i0hFzk8hTip0   Why not to focus on ELBOWS OUT! https://youtu.be/C8hm9L0BOm4?si=sv1LdMC3BjGp8XO4&list=PLwfXYMc609PXOZxbdKKE9i0hFzk8hTip0 More Info about Dr. Liz Koch and Outdoor Women Strong: Liz's Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kpgGpDSqdGfZ4zTsJsngC?si=2d23cf0e72eb4dcb Her Strength Training, Mobility and Endurance Membership: https://theridelife.com/ride-life-membership-1/ Liz's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRideLife   

How can we leverage mountain biking to make the world more inclusive? What do mountain biking ladies think about sexism in the mtb world (and beyond)? Is hate on social media a reflection of society? Is there systematic misogyny? Is it a coincidence that most Nobel Prize winners are male? How can mountain biking help build skills for life? In this episode I address these and many more questions, sharing some of the wild comments I got below my last YouTube video (which contained a cheeky joke, that prompted some men to write pretty outrageous comments below it, and MANY people to write absolutely LOVELY comments and even send me super appreciative emails

Your psoas is more than just a muscle; it's the primal messenger of your core being. This bio-intelligent tissue reflects your integrity on every level, serving as the guardian of your Hara, or moving center. Deep within your core, your psoas holds a wellspring of inner power. Often, we only pay attention to our psoas when we experience pain in our back or hips. However, nurturing and reconnecting with your psoas can lead to profound self-connection and transformation. Join me as I interview Liz Koch, author of "The Psoas Book," to help us rediscover this vital muscle. In this episode, we'll discuss: Why this "emotional muscle" is known as the muscle of the soulSigns that your psoas needs more loveSimple self-care techniques for maintaining a healthy psoas As a spiritual healer, I am thrilled to explore how these two worlds intersect in this unique and insightful interview!

In this episode, Anna, Janet and Devan interview Liz Koch, DPT and founder of The Ride Life a program for women to build strength and confidence on and off the bike.  Liz is also a Level I PIMBIA Coach and her Facebook community has over 38K women.  Liz took her own physical challenges she experienced herself and created a strength and training program in 2018.       Learn more about Liz's Mountain Bike Strength and Training Programs for Women:IG: @the.ride.life.mtb.ladiesWebsite: https://www.theridelife.comOur shout out goes to The Prouty, northern New England's largest family-friendly fundraising event combining cycling, walking, rowing, golf and more to raise funds and awareness for life-saving research and critical patient and family support services at Dartmouth Cancer Center.  This year for the first time ever, we have a Mountain Bike route at The Prouty on Saturday, July 13. Enjoy 18 miles of fun climbs and thrilling downhills at Oak Hill. Our Mountain Bike will start and finish at Richmond Middle School and our route is designed for intermediate riders. This event will be capped at 200 bikers with a staggered start as we pilot this new event.https://getinvolved.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/site/TR/FriendsConditional/General-FNCCC?fr_id=2050&pg=entryAs a reminder, our episodes are live on the 3rd Tuesday of the Month, our next episode will air on June 18th. Check out our website: GLOW MTBFollow us on Instagram: @glow_mtbJoin our Facebook Group: GLOW MTBSend us an Email: mtbglow@gmail.com Thank you for listening to the GLOW MTB Podcast! We are the Glorious Ladies on Wheels are here to share stories, tips and tricks all about mountain biking and keeping you informed of what is happening in our incredible community. GLOW is located in the Upper Valley of VT/NH and your hosts for the Podcast are Anna, Janet and Juli. Kickstands Up!

Today on the show I get to speak with Laura Victoria Ward, CMA, RSME, a dancer, choreographer, movement teacher, Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst, musician, painter, consciousness explorer, somanaut, and meditator.She is the artistic director of Kingston Contemporary Dance Theatre (formerly Octavia Cup Dance Theatre), a multi-disciplinary, multi-generational company. She has been creating dance theater and performing in New York City, the Hudson Valley, and internationally for over 25 years.She regularly creates and performs with Tonus Maximus and the Glam Rock Cabaret, The Goddess Party, and she is in your grandmother's punk rock band–a.k.a. Dick Pinchers. Recently, she played Columbia in Rocky Horror Picture Show with R'Ville Stage Creations.She holds a BA from SUNY Empire State in Dance, Theatre, and Movement Studies and has studied with Irene Dowd, Liz Koch, and Gil Hedley. She studied the Meisner technique with Michael Harney.  Her teaching experience includes Wagner College, Gina Gibney, Dance New Amsterdam, Equinox, Dutchess Community College, Manhattan School of Music, the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, Cornell Creative Arts Center, and privately. She has received several KCACTF Awards for her choreography at Ramapo College in New Jersey, as have the ensembles she has worked with. Her Ramapo choreography credits include Spring Awakening, Twelfth Night, Urinetown, Church, Ride the Cyclone, and Church.This year Laura received a Dance Force Choreographer's Initiative grant (NYSCA) which she is just beginning to work on. She has 2 paintings in a show at the Berkeley Alembic.She shares her early memories of movement and how her awareness of the body has developed and shaped who she is and the work she does. It's quite an inspiring conversation as Laura is steeped in body wisdom while being playful and open about how that weaves into her life. We learn about her own practices in both movement and stillness and what she offers to others as their guide. She indulges my questions about toddler movement, the nervous system and truth and offers a short yet powerful practice towards the end of the show. Connect with her via Facebook or Instagram for updates on classes, Dick Pinchers and Tonus Maximus and the Glam Rock Caberet.You can also check out her YOUTUBE Channel, Somatics with Laura V Ward here!See you at The Goddess Party performance this Saturday. And here's the info on costume designer Ramona who we gushed about!Today's show was engineered by Ian Seda from Radiokingston.org.Our show music is from Shana Falana!Feel free to email me, say hello: she@iwantwhatshehas.org** Please: SUBSCRIBE to the pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND IThttp://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcastITUNES | SPOTIFYITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCAFollow:INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast

Today's episode features an exploratory conversation with singing voice specialist and trauma-informed voice car facilitator Megan Durham. Through this episode, Megan and I talk and philosophize together, as well as explore language, choices, intentions, and more. Megan and I come from two different perspectives - one-on-one voice perspectives and large ensemble perspectives. Whether you teach voice in a individual or group setting, this information is so valuable! I learned more about myself in this conversation than I expected to. You may learn about yourself as well!In the episode, Megan recommends the book Stalking Wild Psoas by Liz Koch. Check it out!Learn more about Megan on her website.Be sure to join our community on Facebook and Instagram, and if you are inspired by the content, please support using Buy Me A Coffee! Check back every Thursday for a new inspiring episode. 

In this episode with EFT practitioner and teacher Theresa Lear Levine, we... share how Theresa found EFT after struggling to figure out how to be more successful, recover from perfectionism, live with ADHD and high-functioning anxiety, and navigate "normal" life traumas like childhood, divorce, re-marriage, and more discuss EFT as a combination of modern psychology and ancient Chinese medicine share how Theresa initially felt she didn't have "severe enough" trauma to benefit from EFT and how she changed her mind talk about the "borrowed benefits" of EFT, such as more energy and regulating the nervous system give the background of EFT tapping and share its efficacy for things like past trauma, bothersome memories, future worries, anxiety, physical symptoms, and more share the benefits of EFT specifically for the nervous system answer the question, "Is there anything EFT doesn't 'work' for?" discuss EFT as a possible tool for Lindsey's chronic psoas muscle pain and for our clients with health anxiety share how Theresa uses EFT to address past traumas, even the stuff from our past we think doesn't really matter that much talk about how to use EFT tapping to get off the "Hamster Wheel of Wellness" dabble in a little bit of conversation about EFT for ADHD Links: Visit Theresa's website Theresa's podcast: Becoming More Me The Private Sessions (over $6k of coaching for free!) Follow Theresa on Instagram Get my FREE Guide to Trauma Types Stalking Wild Psoas by Liz Koch Core Awareness by Liz Koch

Brooklyn Book Festival kicked off yesterday and runs until October 3. Co-founders Carolyn Greer and Liz Koch join to discuss this year's offerings.

The breath between form and formlessness shapes our humanness. Dissolving to show up fully in life, brings folding and unfolding queries with the tides. Who is this creature? What are elemental and foundational expressions that support and nourish being human? Why is it vital to dissolve to reappear? How does tracking wild bio-intelligence enhance all life?  Liz Koch, author of Stalking Wild Psoas, introduces Sarah Byrden of The Elemental Self and invites all of us to consider meaning-making myths and embryological stories -- conversing with the more than human we explore being alive as a soulful flourishing.  

As athletes, we are sure many of you have heard phrases like, "push through the pain" or "if it doesn't hurt it's not working". But are these really words to live by? This week, Sara welcomes Liz Koch onto the show. Liz is a physiotherapist dedicated to helping athletes reach maximum efficiency with their movement. However, Liz is not just a physio, she is also a division 1 soccer player, white water kayaker, mountain biker, and coach. Liz is a strong believer that there are right ways to hurt...AND wrong ways to hurt. She shares how in order to maximize the efficiency of your movement, you have to understand what should be hurting, what shouldn't, and why. Finally, in true WPP fashion, Liz tells us how societal messaging towards women hinders proper breathing and therefore affects the efficiency of our training. For more information from Liz visit https://www.theridelife.com/ (www.theridelife.com) Join her "Mountain Biking Ladies" Facebook page And, subscribe to her youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRideLife (Liz's Ride Life) https://www.womensperformance.com/keynotesandbreakouts (Watch Liz's talk at the 2022 Feisty Women's Performance Summit) **Support the Podcast** Get 20% off at http://insidetracker.com/feisty (http://insidetracker.com/feisty) Use code PERFORMANCE for 20% off at http://apresdelight.com/ (apresdelight.com) Head to http://fuelin.com/ (fuelin.com) and use referral code "Feisty Performance" to sign up for nutrition coaching that aligns with your training program.

Your pelvis is a centerpiece of your body. A place of creation, elimination and pleasure. But in our modern society, almost everything we do has the potential to cause imbalances there.Incontinence. Prolapse. Painful sex.  Inability to orgasm. Chronic pelvic pain.  All the things we don't talk about. Or at least not regularly, and not publicly.In this interview, Chaya Leia Aronson touches on all of these and more, including some first steps you can take to address them in your own body (hint: the answer is NOT kegels).Even if you're not experiencing any of these, you'll learn ways you can prevent them from showing up in the future. For real, this episode is a must-listen. We all deserve to have this basic body knowledge.In this episode, you'll learn:why it's important to start paying attention to your pelvishow to tell if you might have some imbalances going onsome potential causes of things like incontinence, prolapse, painful sex, etcwhy softening is the first step to healing (+ why kegels can make it all worse)how to tell if your vaginal wall muscles are toned in a balanced wayhow to begin to relax your psoas muscle, and what that has to do with pelvic healthsome practical steps you can take to start enhancing your pelvic healthRESOURCES:Find links to learn more from Chaya, get her barefoot shoe company recommendations + Liz Koch's article on the psoas:  Episode ShownotesEpisode 9: Your Vaginal MicrobiomeAre you starting an herbal garden this year? Download the free Gardening for Your Menstrual Health GuideIf you loved this episode, share it with a friend, or take a screenshot and share on social media and tag me @herbalwombwisdom.  And if you love this podcast, leave a rating & write a review! It's really helpful to get the show to more amazing humans like you.  ❤️DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only, I am not providing any medical advice, I am not a medical practitioner, I'm an herbalist and in the US, there is no path to licensure for herbalists, so my role is as an herbal educator. Please do your own research and consult your healthcare provider for any personal health concerns.

At the core of our being is the psoas — sometimes known as a muscle, or as my guest Liz Koch calls it, a “fluid messenger” that has so much to teach us about what it means to walk rooted on the earth. Liz Koch is an international educator the creator of Core Awareness,™ a somatic approach to deepening the experience of the human core, and the author of beautiful books including The Psoas Book and Stalking Wild Psoas. In our conversation, we explore: the primal brain and the animal body — the sense of knowing we have in our womb the shift from viewing ourselves as disjointed parts to a living ecosystem the womb as an organ of perception how spiraling into menopause can bring a new level of wholeness and autonomy eldership and how as a collective we are missing our mothers how women have participated in handing over our power by outsourcing our fear, and how psoas can bring us back to our primal power the function of psoas and its relationship with fear and safety How we can come home to our body and the earth as a re-mothering process …And sooo much more. Check out Liz's Incredible website, Core Awareness, and her recorded and live workshops.  Get the Earlybird pricing for Confessions of a Well Nourished Woman until April 17! Join us in The Womb Room Community Membership

Denise Bloemen is a Dutch therapist, TAO healer, educator, and author. She received her diploma in Heilgym Massage and Physiotechnology, which later became Physiotherapy and worked as a therapist in both hospitals and in private practice in The Netherlands. After more than 50 years of observing people, their habits, and their motor skills, Denise came to an important conclusion … If a person is told to “relax your muscles” it does not mean that you can make this happen. This realization advanced the importance of bringing the mind into the body and the power it exerts on a physical, emotional, and spiritual level.

Denise Bloemen is a Dutch therapist, TAO healer, educator, and author. She received her diploma in Heilgym Massage and Physiotechnology, which later became Physiotherapy and worked as a therapist in both hospitals and in private practice in The Netherlands. After more than 50 years of observing people, their habits, and their motor skills, Denise came to an important conclusion … If a person is told to “relax your muscles” it does not mean that you can make this happen. This realization advanced the importance of bringing the mind into the body and the power it exerts on a physical, emotional, and spiritual level.

Alex speaks with the brilliant Liz Koch about her work with the psoas. The psoas is typically known as a hip flexor muscle but over the decades Liz has come to realise it is so much more. It has profound influence on the body, mind, and emotions. This is a deep, meaningful, and powerful conversation - listen closely to Liz's words! The exercise Liz mentions in this episode can be found here: https://coreawareness.com/movements-u... Her first book (the one she recommends reading first!) can be found here: https://geni.us/BkWao9A

Having trouble growing your own community? Or are you about to create one, but you have no idea how to promote it effectively? Here we just have what you need! In this week's episode, I will be joined by Liz Koch. Liz was raised in western Kentucky, Paducah. She then played soccer at TN Tech while pursuing an engineering degree. She finished her engineering degree at the University of Kentucky. After taking a year off of school, she completed her doctor of PT at the University of Kentucky. Many reasons lead to the switch from engineering to PT. In this episode, we talked about the benefits of Niching down. The shift to online business. How to manage work-life balance. Why did you start a business?  The benefit of online business. How to build a community through Facebook Group. How to get the conversation going? What you'll learn from the podcast:(4:48) What are the most challenging factors as a Healthcare provider in Social Media?(7:07)  Are there enough people for you when you are so niched down?(8:16) How to cope up with work and personal life(10:07) Does your business take over your life?(14:41) Liz Koch explained her experience and tips on how to build a community on a Facebook Group(22:19) How to conversation get going without you being there Reach out to Liz :Social:Instagram: @blue.ridge.biomechanicsWebsite: https://www.blueridgebiomechanics.com/ Additional information:If you are tired of trying to figure out this game of business, marketing, and sales, all on your own, and you are ready to just implement what's already proven to work, rather than reinventing the wheel head over to healthcarebusinessradio.com/insider right now and there you will find over $7,000 worth of training, resources, and coaching available only for listeners of this show. https://www.healthcarebusinessradio.com/insider

Liz Koch comes from an academic background as a teacher of sculpture. However, her speciality in this is the spacial element of sculpture. One day she happened upon a yoga class and realised this was what was actually being denied in the dissemination of yoga.  The space for one's own experience of being, outside notions of alignment focussing on the rigid column of the spine. Soon after Liz was asked to writing for yoga journal, and these articles ended up turning into the book Core Awareness. This was really the first serious discussion of the psoas, published in the 90s when hardly anyone had heard of it. We covered this  in our 1st podcast together, episode 59. More recently, Liz has released Stalking Wild Psoas.  This is by way of an answer to the mistaken attempts in the yoga world after helped bring the psoas into general awareness here. Liz feels the yoga students are busy again dominating, essentially ­re-colonising their bodies. Here we spread out from the physical body.  We look at our attitudes to our own individuation to our socio-economic attitudes to the world, and others in it. Having reduced our own experience of ourselves to something we can isolate, know, control and often commoditise. This is why I really wanted to do a second session with Liz as the implications of her work on the psoas go deeper than the body. In embodying ourselves in this more visceral, non-linear manner, we notice the kind of narrative of repression and restraint we – generally in the West – have been living under. I found our talk highly inspiring. There is no time when we might not better look for other perspectives – non colonial established and patriarchal narratives on our own experience than now!

In this episode, Tim talks with the amazing, Liz Koch, teacher and author specializing in the mysteries and messages of the psoas. Liz is the author of The Psoas Book and Stalking Wild Psoas and she teaches professionals all over the world how to help people heal and restore their psoas, thus restoring themselves. T o learn more about Liz, check out her website Coreawareness.com To read her books, click here: https://www.amazon.com/Liz-Koch/e/B0030N9M2Q?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1629737624&sr=8-1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/original-strength/support

Dr. Darrell Sanchez is a licensed somatic psychotherapist, Rolfer, and dancer who has designed a tool for exploring vertical fluidity. By attuning with gravitational flows the Original Tuning Board ™ offers a psycho-kinetic tool for activating a free flow of sensory and motor possibilities. Liz Koch and Dr. Sanchez discuss how engaging with our fluid verticality changes our state of being, grows our confidence, and fosters our human potential. 

Dr. Darrell Sanchez is a licensed somatic psychotherapist, Rolfer, and dancer who has designed a tool for exploring vertical fluidity. By attuning with gravitational flows the Original Tuning Board ™ offers a psycho-kinetic tool for activating a free flow of sensory and motor possibilities. Liz Koch and Dr. Sanchez discuss how engaging with our fluid verticality changes our state of being, grows our confidence, and fosters our human potential. 

Liz is an international teacher and author with 43 years of experience working with and specializing in the psoas. Educating both laypersons and professionals around the world, Liz is recognized by colleagues in the movement, wellness, and fitness professions as an authority on the “core muscle” of the human body. Stalking Wild Psoas is her passion and changing the language of body is her mission. Liz Koch is the creator of Core Awareness,™ a somatic approach to deepening the experience of the human core. Beginning with the core muscle, the psoas, Core Awareness™ focuses attention on sensation as a means for maturing and developing the proprioceptive nervous system, which is responsible for skeletal alignment, balance, and orientation. Liz is the author of The Psoas Book; Core Awareness: Enhancing Yoga, Pilates, Exercise & Dance; Unraveling Scoliosis CD; The Psoas & Back Pain CD; and she is a contributing author to Maiden, Mother, Crone: Our Pleasure Playlist and Stalking Wild Psoas: Embodying Your Core Intelligence. Her writing has been featured in Yoga Journal, Positive Health, Massage & Bodywork, Massage Magazine, Yoga & Health International, Midwifery Today, Vegetarian Times, and The Doula as well as numerous small health and wellness publications. Liz Koch is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. The psoas is considered such an unknown muscle yet so important and powerful. Liz first discovered the psoas while attending a human potential class in Boston over 45 years ago. At that particular moment, the teacher, Robert Cooley, was fascinated with the psoas muscle. Having previously been a dancer, he was exploring how injuries and a lack of movement might be tracked back to the midline or core issues expressed in the iliopsoas complex. Between Liz's in-depth inquiry and Bob's encouragement, she eventually shifted my career from being a conceptual artist and sculpture instructor at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts to the healing arts profession. While working with her psoas, Liz discovered that she had released years of back pain and emotional distress which awoke within her a deep sense of pleasure. She became passionate that people should know what an extraordinary role the psoas plays in recovering health and gaining a sense of wholeness. When she moved to California in the 1970s, her personal explorations of the psoas catapulted her into her current profession. She began by teaching courses on the psoas muscle for local community colleges, dance departments, and massage school programs. Her vocation not only evolved throughout the years but also expanded into wider spheres of influence which included being a keynote speaker at two international conferences as well as teaching both national and international workshops and retreats. What began as a personal journey has continued as the psoas is no ordinary tissue, but a profound segway into the rich interior and exterior world of awareness.  

Liz Koch is the creator of Core Awareness, an educational website dedicated to understanding the psoas through enhanced somatic awareness. She's had 45 years of experience and her unique approach to movement has garnered a large following both nationally and internationally. She's authored a number books that focus on kinesthetic intelligence and somatic awareness for developing our human potential. According to Liz, the psoas is much more than our deepest spinal muscle. She says that this bio-intelligent tissue expresses one's integrity on every level and may be perceived as the guardian of the Hara, commonly referred to as the moving center. Liz is ever evolving and as a conceptual artist she explores the deep sensory system and the wild wisdom of the psoas. Stalking Wild Psoas is her passion and Changing the Language of Body is her mission. For more information about Liz Koch: https://coreawareness.com

Art is the medicine that actually allows us to metabolize charge. It allows us to metabolize trauma. It takes the intensity that's left in the system, and this goes all the way back to ritual. Art, for me, is a sort of a tributary coming off from ritual that is still sort of consensually allowed in this reality when the direct communication with nature through ritual was silenced.shante sojourn zenith, conscient podcast, May 4, 2021, MinnesotaShante' Sojourn Zenith is an animist somatic practitioner creating Edge Rituals to tend the wounds of her kin's unmetabolized ancestral trauma and developmental dissociation from embodiment by re-enlivening relationship to elemental earth consciousness and initiatory process. She works both one-on-one and in group spaces to create emergent explorations informed by nervous system state shifting, metaphor-based symbolic modeling, constellations, intuitive voice and movement, grief tending, and earth-rooted ritual. Shante' is currently germinating an art project called Long Body Prayers, a podcast, oracle deck, and pedagogical process for re-membering the relational root system of support each being is embedded in. Shante' has asked to name that in this podcast she is speaking from an entangled root system of animist somatics that will have aspects of her teachers and collaborators voices in her own words. What she speaks is a transmutation of many voices, including Kris Nourse, Azul Valerie Thome, Francis Weller, Annemiek van Helsdingen, Susan Raffo, Liz Koch, Tada Hozumi, Dare Sohei, Larissa Kaul, Deb Dana, and Sarah Peyton. Specifically in this podcast, her understanding of the way the Peak Valley Recovery Pattern relates to cultural bodies is credited to Tada Hozumi's essay What comes next? The dawn of a new era of cultural somatic activism (https://tadahozumi.com/what-comes-next-the-dawn-of-a-new-era-of-cultural-somatic-activism/).  Other influential beings in Shante's unfolding have been the moon, a birch tree in Vermont, an oak tree in California, and the turtles of Bass Lake marsh on Dakota land in Mni Sota Makoce.I first heard about Shante's work through her Fruiting Bodies: Collapse as Medicine, Liminal Portals, Mycelial Entanglements essay in Dark Matter magazine. This sentence in particular caught my attention and stuck with me:… we fear experiences of disintegration, breakdown, and collapse. But what if the collapse is also a part of the medicine? There are openings and cracks in these times of breakdown, windows into other worlds.Her writing made sense to me, but I did not really understand how to relate he work to the climate emergency, so I asked her and was enriched by our conversation. It's the kind of recording that is worth listening to twice to further retain nuance. As I did with all episodes this season, I have integrated excerpts from previous episodes in this case, from e19 reality in this episode. I would like to thank Shante' for taking the time to speak with me, for sharing her world view, her practices, including the idea that ‘art is the medicine that actually allows us to metabolize charge'.For more information on Shante's work, see www.earthpoetedgeweaver.com. *END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESHere is a link for more information on season 5. Please note that, in parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and it's francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I publish a Substack newsletter called ‘a calm presence' which are 'short, practical essays for those frightened by the ecological crisis'. To subscribe (free of charge) see https://acalmpresence.substack.com. You'll also find a podcast version of each a calm presence posting on Substack or one your favorite podcast player.Also. please note that a complete transcript of conscient podcast and balado conscient episodes from season 1 to 4 is available on the web version of this site (not available on podcast apps) here: https://conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes.Your feedback is always welcome at claude@conscient.ca and/or on conscient podcast social media: Facebook, X, Instagram or Linkedin. I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. Claude SchryerLatest update on April 2, 2024

Nourishing our inner Wilderness through direct knowing, Liz Koch, author of Stalking Wild Psoas joins Wise Woman guide Kristy Taylor M.Ed., C.C.C for a conversation about mothers; the ones who sacrifice themselves, abandon their daughters, and become destructive forces in their daughter's lives. Through our mother we have our first experience of life and it is from our mother's direct transmission that we learn "correct" behavior, experience shame, and even fear. Like a mama bear, our mother may teach us to listen deeply to our wild nature or as a voice of the over-culture confine our sense of wild and deny our inner knowing. 

Nourishing our inner Wilderness through direct knowing, Liz Koch, author of Stalking Wild Psoas joins Wise Woman guide Kristy Taylor M.Ed., C.C.C for a conversation about mothers; the ones who sacrifice themselves, abandon their daughters, and become destructive forces in their daughter's lives. Through our mother we have our first experience of life and it is from our mother's direct transmission that we learn "correct" behavior, experience shame, and even fear. Like a mama bear, our mother may teach us to listen deeply to our wild nature or as a voice of the over-culture confine our sense of wild and deny our inner knowing. 

In episode 19 of the Inspired Life Project Podcast Maggie interviews Liz Koch, founder of Core Awareness an educational website dedicated to understanding the Psoas through enhanced somatic awareness. For show notes and to learn more visit inspiredlifeproject.com Follow Maggie on Instagram @maggie_inspiredlife  

Liz Koch rejoins me for a third interview, this time to discuss whiteness and colonization in the body. We explore how those pieces show up in the physical body and sensory systems, why it matters, and the importance of physical movement in anti-racism. What Liz Shares:  The interconnection between how we use our bodies and our racialization of bodies Racialized movement patterns  Recognizing racialized nervous system responses How the idealized body in fitness is not only white, but also male, and how that impacts female fitness What You’ll Hear: Noticing how performative behaviors re-iterate a frozen spine Changing our view to see Body as Process, rather than Body as Object Valuing the expressivity of the human body Re-assessing the idealized human body to include expression Developing your sense of self through knowing primal responses Examining your ancestral relationship with colonization Using movement patterns to re-enforce or interrupt white body supremacy Engaging with your psoas to feel more grounded  Letting go of control as decolonization Becoming available for genuine responses rather than socialized reactions Questioning what whiteness looks like in the white female body Tracking subtle whiteness Healing ancestral trauma through owning your Eros Decolonization as an ecological imperative Participating in society as a community member, not as an individual Re-membering into culture and community and out of strategy The more animal you are, the more human you become Animal body as coherence Pre-empting anti-racial work through movement and the sensory system If your body can’t move, you can’t feel your instincts   Resources:  https://coreawareness.com/ IG: @stalkingwildpsoas   Liz Koch is an international teacher and author with 42 years of experience, focusing on kinesthetic intelligence and somatic awareness. She is the author of “The Psoas Book,” “Unraveling Scoliosis,” and “Stalking Wild Psoas: Embodying Your Core Intelligence.”

Brian Bradley, Vice President, Brand Development and Strategic Programs of The Egoscue Method joined me on today's podcast. Chronic pain and performance limitations are a thing of the past to Brian. He is on a mission to help millions of people learn how to live healthier, pain-free lives and achieve complete fitness. A frequent speaker at industry events, he presents, consults, and conducts training with corporations, organizations, and nonprofits on the topics of chronic pain, healthy living, and high-level performance. His clients include the Tony Robbins Companies, Bulletproof Radio, YPO, the Seattle Study Club, MLB, the PGA and the NFL. Brian has been studying “true” biomechanics and human anatomy using The Egoscue Method for the last 30 years. As the Posture-Pain-Performance coach and motivational speaker, he has spoken in more than 15 countries, promoting a myriad of healthy principles for achieving success in all areas of personal and professional life. Brian believes that real and lasting change can happen when we commit to health as a lifestyle. His postural training, fitness experience and engaging personality get people of all ages moving and digging deep to get their best results. Connect with Brian Bradley: Instagram: @ thebrianbradley @egoscuemethod Facebook: TheBrian Bradley THE Egoscue Method https://www.facebook.com/Brian-Bradley-Themovementnerd-104788314344104 Twitter: @TheBrianBradley Website: www.egoscue.com Email: bbradley@egoscue.com Links mentioned: The Vital Psoas Muscle: Connecting Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-Being by Jo Ann Staugaard-Jones https://www.amazon.com/Vital-Psoas-Muscle-Connecting-Well-Being/dp/1583944583 Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain by Pete Egoscue https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887 The Psoas Book by Liz Koch https://www.amazon.com/Psoas-Book-Liz-Koch/dp/0615647995 Blue light glasses https://truedark.com/ Bulletproof Radio with Dave Asprey #429 daveasprey.com/mastering-posture-pain-performance-4-minutes-egoscue-429/ Carol https://www.carolfitai.com/ Connect with Dr. Aaron Tressler and join us in Making Pittsburgh Healthy: www.makingpittsburghhealthy.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MakingPittsburghHealthy/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makingpittsburghhealthy/ Sign up for Dr. Tressler's FREE Mini Video Course: The Naturally Pain Free Workshop https://www.thepainfreeway.com/

This free-flowing conversation emerged out of a need to discern the difference between our inner wild knowing and our savage, feral, and fawning in both gesture and intention. Stalking Wild Psoasauthor/educator Liz Koch and Activating Inner Jaguar author/educator Kimberly Johnson track their personal understanding as two white women who not only grew up in different generations in disparate regions of the U.S., but also experienced very different family conditioning. Together we sniff out and discuss topics concerning the Bluebeard myth of deception, “outing out” perpetrators, being captivated, feral, sacrificing, curious, innocent, powerful, and savage.    

This free-flowing conversation emerged out of a need to discern the difference between our inner wild knowing and our savage, feral, and fawning in both gesture and intention. Stalking Wild Psoasauthor/educator Liz Koch and Activating Inner Jaguar author/educator Kimberly Johnson track their personal understanding as two white women who not only grew up in different generations in disparate regions of the U.S., but also experienced very different family conditioning. Together we sniff out and discuss topics concerning the Bluebeard myth of deception, “outing out” perpetrators, being captivated, feral, sacrificing, curious, innocent, powerful, and savage.    

Acupuncturist & Holistic Self Care Strategist Brodie Welch (host of Healthy Curiosity) interviews Liz Koch about the psycho-emotional-somatic dimensions of the psoas from a Chinese Medicine perspective.  

Tonio Epstein of The Magical Mystery Tour, which features interviews creative and leading edge thinkers who are contributing to the “more beautiful world our heart knows is possible,” interviews Liz Koch about Stalking Wild Psoas: Embodying Your Core Intelligence.   

Liz Koch is an international educator, author with almost 45 years of experience specializing in the primal psoas. Among her most celebrated books are Mother, Maiden, Crone: Our Pleasure Playlist and her latest book Stalking Wild Psoas: Embodying Your Core Intelligence. Precious wisdom about full body orgasms, why there are no ‘spinal column,' ‘vaginal wall,' or ‘pelvic floor;' the magic of constructive rest, why you can't poke the caterpillar, why and how to get our tail and tongue to ‘talk to each other,' how to hydrate our connective tissue to stay lush and orgasmic, a special message for pregnant women, and our men. And so. much. more. $25 off Liz Koch's course (mention Honey Talks): https://coreawareness.com/events/remote-psoas-course-summer-2019/ Discussed in this episode: - what core integrity has to do with sexual expression, full body orgasm (and relating to all life) - what & where is our psoas? - landing in our bones to connect to Mother Earth - juicy core of our being, about showing up as “you” - on having a full body orgasm - on orgasmic communion with yourself / your partner - altered states in birth? - why you can't poke the caterpillar - how to hydrate the psoas (and why it's so important) - how and why we should be hydrating our connective tissue - why there are no ‘spinal column,' ‘vaginal wall,' or ‘pelvic floor' - getting our tail and tongue to ‘talk to each other' - what is a ‘frigid' woman? - what is kinaesthetic awareness? - on helping our children trust themselves - body as object vs body as expression - the magic of constructive rest - what is the fetal curl? - why we have to become resilient, not ‘strong' - message to pregnant women! - how to stay orgasmic and lush into your seventies - how women show stress differently than men - what are men seeking in sexual union? - the psoas in men Mentioned in this episode: - “Women Who Run With the Wolves” - Ana Verwaal: Womb to World http://www.fromwombtoworld.com/ - Emily Conrad: Continuum - video: “Hydrating Movements for Spinal Midline and Psoas - Using a Deflated Ball https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_hBN01iEBU - Deric Stockton: Fluid Movement HONEYTALKSPODCAST.COM FREE MASTERCLASS with Katya & Lacey FKNHONEY.COM connect with Liz: https://coreawareness.com/

Wild Woman-counselor Kristy Taylor interviews Liz Koch about the symbolism and authenticity found in the Bones and how kinesthetic awareness of psoas supports both creativity and agency.

Small Changes Big Shifts creator Dr. Michelle Robin interviews Liz Koch and discusses psoas, well-being, and the importance of nourishing our whole being.  

Personal Growth & Healing Coach Evrim Numanoglu Ozgen interviews Liz Koch (for her Be A Self Made Goddess online Masterclass) about how she developed CoreAwareness™ and became an international author and educator on the Psoas.  

Health Advocate Dr David L. Biles DDS interviews Liz Koch about the bio-intelligent psoas and the importance of changing the language of body for achieving health. 

Acupuncturist & Holistic Self Care Strategist Brodie Welch (host of Healthy Curiosity) interviews Liz Koch about the energetic psoas from an Eastern perspective and supportive approaches to core, curiosity, and flourishing. 

Wild Woman & Birth Doula/Woman's advocate Kimberly Ann Johnson (Activate Your Inner Jaguar) interviews Liz Koch on Wild Psoas, Birth, Orgasm, Eros and Empowerment.

Dr. Susan Eirich is a licensed psychologist, biologist, educator, and the director of the Earthfire Institute. Her goal is to widen the conversational circle around conservation to include the voices of all living beings. She summons us to hear other species so that we may tap into a broader, deeper nourishment of life, self, and other. Liz Koch and Susan Eirich discuss the mutual life supporting benefits of a dynamic multispecies initiative toward finding new ways of being on the Earth.  (photo is of Earthfire the wolf and her brother Red).

Jaap Van der Wal M.D., Ph.D. is a Dutch phenomenological embryologist, teacher, and author who provides a counterweight against the reductionist scientific vision of human existence and the embryonic journey that each of us has taken. Exposing the dogma of anatomy as false, Jaap reshapes our mainstream objectification of self to expose the truth of being human as a lifelong process performed. Liz Koch and Jaap Van der Wal met in the Netherlands informally at the kitchen table to talk about the embryological model for understanding core integrity, the expression of psoas, and the importance of changing our perception of body.  

Krista Jarrard is a dynamic force as a facilitator, trainer, and pioneer in the evolution of the Systemic Family Constellation work. For over 14 years Krista has passionately supported the current shift in consciousness by working with people to transform their ener-genetic family inheritance. Observing that most lingering issues originate in the past, the systemic constellation process addresses transgenerational trauma by accessing enduring solutions through inclusion. Liz Koch and Krista Jarrard discuss core issues and what is truly at the heart of matter.

With 25+ years as a healer, teacher, and bodyworker, Alice Steuerwald weaves together her studies with indigenous cultures, native wisdom traditions, rituals, and plant medicine to reveal her self-help techniques for healing pelvic issues by balancing the hypermobile pelvis, regaining core integrity, and awakening full body pleasure. Liz Koch and Alice Steuerwald conjure up delightful ways to invite eros into your daily life.

Dr. Sam Berne is a Behavioral Optometrist, international educator, and prolific author. His research helps us
 discover the programmed patterns and imprints we may be using as adaptive responses to stress, trauma, and cultural conditioning. Liz Koch and Dr. Berne discuss the significance of the Eye-Psoas connection for strengthening mid-line coherency and eliciting inner healing.

An international educator and bodyworker, Carol Ann Agneessens, M.S. offers a powerful new paradigm for understanding form, gravity, and fluid movement. With 40 years of experience as a rolfer, rolf-movement instructor, and, more recently, a Biodynamic Craniosacral therapist, Agneessens easily shifts from the bio-mechanical to the embryological paradigm to resolve structural issues concerning form and function. Carol Agneessens is the author of The Fabric of Wholeness (Quantum Institute Press, 2001), which explores gravity and the movement of daily life. Liz Koch and Carol Agneessens discuss the Psoas as a fluid proprioceptive messenger as well as the importance of redefining form and strength to encompass dynamic resilience rather than density.  

Working along side perinatologists, obstetricians, and indigenous midwives, Anna Verwaal RN, CLE has attended hundreds of high-risk hospital deliveries and natural births at home. Her research on the long-term effects of conception, nine months in the womb, and birth experience have evolved into an educational and healing perspective regarding the journey that shapes our lives. From Womb to World is a conversation between USA born Liz Koch and Dutch born Anna Verwaal concerning the assumptions, imprints, and traumas reflected in the cellular matrix of human beings that are expressed in the core tissue of the Psoas.

Dr. Michael Shea PhD is an international educator and author in the field of somatic psychology, myofascial release, and biodynamic craniosacral therapy. He is currently an adjunct faculty teacher in human embryology within the pre and perinatal psychology doctoral program at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute of California. Liz Koch and Dr. Shea discuss embryology as a symbol for healing, wisdom, and wholeness. Using the story of the developing embryo helps us understand the fluid core and the dynamic juicy psoas by shifting the cultural paradigm of body as object to body as a living bio-intelligent process.

Tom Myers author of Anatomy Trains and Liz Koch author of The Psoas Book continue their discussion of the core Psoas (Listen to Part I, December 2010 under Podcasts). Tom Myers is an integrative manual therapist who conducts professional training programs. Liz Koch is a somatic movement educator focused on the vital role of the Psoas in functional movement, human expression, and trauma protocol. In Part II, Tom and Liz continue their dialogue clarifying reasons for exploring the psoas, defining manipulation of the psoas, and developing integrative styles of working with awareness that enhance human potential. More information about Tom Myers and Anatomy Trains can be found at www.anatomytrains.com.

David Berceli, Ph.D. an international expert in the area of trauma intervention and conflict resolution, defines trauma, provides steps to recovery, and explains why your psoas is part of trauma resolution. For over 30 years Dr. Berceli has lived and worked throughout the world, including Israel/Palestine, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Yemen, Egypt, and Lebanon, providing trauma relief workshops and designing recovery programs for international organizations. He discusses his international perspective on trauma, enlightening the biological capacity for our species to respond and recover. Dr. Berceli and Liz Koch co-authored The Bio-Reverent Psoas; a two part article focused on the importance of the Psoas for trauma recovery and the non-manipulative approaches for working with the psoas (originally published in Massage Magazine color copies of both Part 1 & Part 2 are available under Online store).

Christine Kent RN author of Saving the Whole Woman, Natural Alternatives to Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence offers the definitive book on non-surgical treatment of pelvic organ prolapse. Liz Koch and Christine Kent discuss the healthy dynamic female pelvis, faulty pelvic female anatomy, and the causes, mis-management, and prevention of pelvic dysfunctions. For more information about Christine Kent and her book, visit her website www.wholewoman.com.