Podcast appearances and mentions of peter blackaby

The conversation explores the concept of movement in yoga and its relationship to daily life. Peter argues that yoga should focus on improving overall movement patterns and functionality rather than specific asanas. He emphasizes the importance of sensory feedback and learning through repetition, like how children learn to move. Peter also introduces the idea of the neurological fallacy, which challenges the reductionist view of the body and emphasizes the interconnectedness of the whole system.  www.peterblackaby.co.uk   KEEN ON YOGA

Hello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. Today's episode invites you to listen to Pete`s journey away from structure and alignment into sensation and movement - and how this transition shaped his lens through which he approaches the concept of pain and chronic pain in particular. This conversation is for YOU if you would like to explore how you can start to untangle the meaning of both physical and emotional pain and how the experience of pain can be a doorway to meet yourself and `to reach into yourself more fully`. About Pete: Peter is an UK based Osteopath and yoga teacher, both teaching regular classes and workshops and training various movement practitioners. His approach is so unique as you will find out in this episode and also influenced strongly by the work of Vanda Scaravelli. Pete continues to explore ways to make yoga accessible and relevant to practitioners in the 21st Century. Over the last fifteen years he has contributed to various teacher training courses both in the UK and abroad, but his central interest has been the development of his humanistic yoga courses which aims to understand yoga from modern understandings of neurology, psychology and biomechanics. He is the author of the book called "Intelligent Yoga" in which he describes his humanistic approach to yoga, firmly rooted in the here and now and underpinned by scientific research. In this second edition, he seeks to distance himself further from the biomechanical view of the body, revealing instead his more integrative perspective, focused on the neurological basis for movement and on the relationships between things. Rather than approaching yoga as an exercise system, it is seen here as a tool for self-exploration and as we explored in tis conversation as a tool to increase the accuracy of our perception - maybe the most important tool we can ever engage with? In this conversation we talked about: ✨ The illusion of our tendency to separate body and mind - especially in relation to pain ✨ How understanding pain invites us to learn to think biologically and what this means ✨ Role of movement in experience of pain and healing - what if feeling arises from bodily changes? ✨ How yoga can be a practice to increase the accuracy of your perception and its role in (chronic) pain ✨ What practice you can do to embark in this process, grow your sensory vocabulary and create space to heal This is how you can connect with Peter Blackaby: - Visit his webpage: www.peterblackaby.co.uk I hope you enjoy this episode and I am looking forward reading your thoughts and comments. Love, Flurina Credits: - Intro/outro music – ‘Hymn for Jim' by Aspyrian: Robin Porter – saxophone, Jack Gillen – guitar, Matt Parkinson – drums, composed by Robin Porter, listen to the full track here. - Graphic: Annina Thali, for more information click here - Mix engineer: Jack Gillen, for more information click here

What happens if we think for ourselves, instead of taking things on faith from ancient texts? Peter Blackaby teaches what he calls “humanistic yoga”, based on “modern understandings of neurology, psychology and biomechanics.” This includes "stripping away the culturally specific aspects of yoga that might not be useful or relevant,” such as many of the theories of Indian philosophy. In which case, why call it yoga? Our conversation considers the basis for this, noting overlaps between his ideas and traditional teachings. Get full access to Ancient Futures at ancientfutures.substack.com/subscribe

Peter Blackaby, author of Intelligent Yoga, talks with J about ways of perceiving the phenomenal world and the emergence of spirit. They discuss what is meant by the term "nonmaterial," ways of understanding how a human being takes in censorial information, intuitive resilience as the by-product of accumulated experience or divine intervention by a higher power, using words like God or spirit or soul, what materialists and mystics fear, and recognizing the unifying connection we all share as co-inhabitants of nature in all its wonder.   To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.   Check out J's other podcast… J. BROWN YOGA THOUGHTS.    

In today’s episode this is a talk that is an excerpt from a guest teacher gathering with Peter Blackaby which originally took place on August 28th, 2020. Pete Blackaby is a yoga asana teacher and osteopath, and is the author of the book Intelligent Yoga. His interest comes from a loosely humanist perspective firmly rooted in the here and now, and his view has shifted over the years from a largely physical view of yoga to a view that encompasses the complex relationship between things, and the way perception influences everything. What do we make of the impressions that come in through our senses, and how do we respond to those impressions? You can find out more about Liberated Being at liberatedbeing.community, and more about Peter’s work at peteblackaby.co.uk and intelligentyoga.co.uk

Peter Blackaby and Bernie Clark come together with J to consider the nature of human anatomy and the process of affecting change. Initiated by Peter after he listened to Bernie’s last appearance, this probing conversation was an opportunity to clarify points of agreement and hash out some areas of departure. They discuss whether the spine is primarily a source or stability or mobility, what poses do to our tissues or patterns, and the intents and purposes that forge a deeper understanding. This episode is sponsored by Yogic Studies.   This episode is part of our premium podcast subscription. To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.  

Top British yoga teacher Peter Blackaby joins long-term student and host Mark Walsh to discuss humanism vs. guru culture, purpose (what's the point of yoga?), functionality, critical analysis, structural vs. neurological approaches to yoga, foot yoga, efficient and parasitic movement, ease, top vs. bottom-up approaches, sensory yoga, interoception, proprioception, Antonio Damasio, emotions vs. feelings, yoga for daily life, social engagement, the “quiet revolutions” in yoga-land, what stupid and delusional yoga is,Mary Stewart and Vanda Scaravelli, modernism vs. postmodernism, evidence based yoga, cultural exclusivity, container vs. transfer in yoga and yoga as a process. A thoughtful wide-ranging discussion with shout-outs to many innovative people in the field today.  http://www.intelligentyoga.co.uk/ https://www.peteblackaby.co.uk/

Peter Blackaby, author of Intelligent Yoga, talks with J about the newly revised second edition of his book and the implications it has on our ideas about yoga and ways in which we teach it. They discuss the fundamental premise that no living thing exists in isolation, how addressing pain is more about life than muscles, and the importance of developing attentive discernment and fashioning a healthy context for practice. Peter also assuages some of J's concerns on standardization and codification of yoga. This episode is brought to you by Karmasoft. This episode is part of our premium podcast subscription. To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.  

Barbara has been teaching and practising yoga for twenty five years and been teaching for over 10 years. Barbara is a British Wheel of Yoga (BWYDip) teacher and a BWY Foundation Course Teacher. Over the years Barbara has studied and practiced many styles of yoga including, Iyengar, Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Hatha yoga, Acrobatic and Aerial yoga, with many renown, experienced and inspiring teachers e.g. Donna Farhi, Doug Keller, Julie Gudmestead, Shiva Rea, Jason Crandell, Natasha Rizopolous, Sally Kempton, John Scott, Brian Cooper, Gary Carter, Peter Blackaby, Paul Fox, Bill Wood, Beverley Nolan, Mark Freeth, Lisa Sanfilippo, Julie Friedeberger, Claire Missingham, John Claxton, Liz Lark, Vonnie Bloom, Hayley Winter, Tanja Mickwitch, Erica Montes, Bonnie Argo, plus many more. Barbara has incorporated her accumulated knowledge into her own practice and into her teaching. Barbara believes we never stop learning, Barbara regularly attends intensives and workshops in the UK and abroad and attend many Local yoga events For more information http://www.yoganorfolk.com/about-barbara.php https://www.facebook.com/yoganorfolk

Today I’m talking with Peter Blackaby who is the author of the book Intelligent Yoga which he is currently writing the 2nd edition for. Pete started practicing yoga in 1978 and began teaching in 1986. He then went on to become an osteopath. In 2002 he became involved in the British Wheel of Yoga (which is the governing body in England), and ran a two-year teacher training program for them. Since then, Pete has been running courses for teachers and teaches functional anatomy and biomechanics in the UK and internationally. His interest in the last 15 years has been to put some scientific underpinning to the practice of yoga, both in the biomechanical sense and in the mind/body relationship. In today’s conversation we’re talking about moving away from the Western reductionist view of anatomy, what a bottom up approach to yoga looks like vs. a top down approach, how the whole person’s lived experience is tied into how they move, and how yoga teachers can approach working with students who have chronic pain.

Peter Blackaby, author of Intelligent Yoga, talks with J about how he went from Iyengar yoga and an anatomical approach to a view that encompasses the complex relationship between things. They discuss some of his influences, including Vanda Scaravelli, Serge Krakovetsky, and Stanley Kellerman, the idea of functionality, and letting go of yoga practice as a form of physical exercise. This conversation is precursor to the upcoming Beyond Anatomy Symposium with Peter, Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews at the Breathing Project NYC. This episode is part of our premium podcast subscription. To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.  

I’m talking with Leslie Kaminoff, Amy Matthews, and Peter Blackaby about our upcoming somatic symposium in New York this April called Beyond Anatomy. There is a vast amount of information about the body out there (and in here within the show)- so how do we discern what's applicable and useful and not simply make ourselves crazy with information overload? And what is ""beyond anatomy"" to each of us? For me this is a fantastic way to kick off the whole of season 4 as I am dedicating that season to interviews related to what happens- what happens inside yourself, in your life, in your community- when you dive deeply into the body experientially, rather than simply intellectually. This doesn't mean we're chucking the importance of learning critical things like anatomy- but it does mean there's more to the story. Much, much more!