The Embodiment Coaching Podcast
Mark Walsh
A weekly podcast for coaches, embodiment teachers and anyone who sees the body as more than a hunk of meat.
Embodiment Unlimited host Mark Walsh, interviews leaders and innovators from around the world. We cover coaching, mindfulness, trauma therapy, martial arts, meditation, somatics, yoga, and movement practices generally. The flavour is light-hearted, conversational and practical.
The podcast has been going for seven years and had over three million downloads.
Embodiment Unlimited host Mark Walsh, interviews leaders and innovators from around the world. We cover coaching, mindfulness, trauma therapy, martial arts, meditation, somatics, yoga, and movement practices generally. The flavour is light-hearted, conversational and practical.
The podcast has been going for seven years and had over three million downloads.
Episodes
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Mar 9, 2018 • 1h 1min
52. Running as a birthright - with Jae Gruenke
Feldenkrais and running form teacher Jae Gruenke joins Mark to discuss running function and psychology. She covers not fighting yourself, running with awareness and feeling, looking for ease, barefoot running, nature connection, the evils of shoes, and if runners are crazy. She ends the podcasts with a short Feldenkrais experiment / lesson on foot use. https://www.balancedrunner.com/ http://www.balancedrunner.com/mind-your-running/ http://kinesophics.ca/category/podcast/ http://www.feldenkrais.co.uk/audio.php
Mar 6, 2018 • 43min
51. Socially engaged somatics - with Russell Delman
Long-time Feldenkrais teacher and founder of The Embodied Life Russell Delman joins the podcast to explain Moshe Feldenkrais' method, and his own holistic approach to awareness. He discusses functional integration and awareness through movement, the birth of embodiment in The West, the counter-culture of slowing down and not trying, integrating mental, emotional and social awareness into physical practice, and how to transfer embodied work into daily life more effectively in the age of Trump and Brexit. http://www.russelldelman.com
Mar 2, 2018 • 1h 13min
50. Sexual polarity - with Michaela Boehm
What gives a relationship "spark"? Experienced counsellor and intimacy and sexuality expert Michaela chats to Mark about connection, sexual polarity, sacred dance and more. http://www.michaelaboehm.com/
Feb 26, 2018 • 51min
49. Tai chi - with Derek Notman
Explore the Chinese "internal" martial and healing arts in this episode with Derek Notman. We explore what "chi" is, vitality, health vs. martial applications, relaxation, jin shin Jyutsu, standing meditating, forms, ying and yang, tai chi in daily life, Taoism, different models of exercise, freedom and interception. A touch of the poetic Chinese in an accessible American format. https://www.12riverstaichi.com/
Feb 23, 2018 • 1h 1min
48. Fighting monkey - with Jozef Frucek
Co-founder of Fighting Monkey, Jozef joins Mark to discuss learning and unlearning discovery learning, diversity creating immunity art and sculpture, play, strategy "zero forms", specialism communication experimenting and your perfect tone. An intense exploration. https://fightingmonkey.net/
Feb 19, 2018 • 59min
47. Ki power - with Charlie Badenhop
Charlie Badenhop joins Mark to discuss Japan culture, what is "ki" and ki aikido, martial arts in daily life, implicit communication, bodywork, sustainable embodiment, corporate work and team building, kaizen, NLP/trances, verbal aikido, changing perspective, ideas generation, making a space between stimulus and response, the enteric nervous system, the somatic language of the body, the deep bodily structure of language, our inner voices and experience. Another rich episode. http://seishindo.org/
Feb 17, 2018 • 1h 3min
46. Sacred Sexuality - with Gayatri Claire Beegan
Gayatri explains what tantra is, objectification and sexual denialism, cock loving, tantric massage, orgasm vs. climax, boundaries, consent, sex and agency, demonising men, touch, sleazy tantra, how to find a good teacher, bypassing, the wheel of consent, masturbation and self touch. She also gives some nice exercises to try at home. A juicy one! tantramassagetraining.co.uk/ https://heavenoneartheros.com/
Feb 13, 2018 • 53min
45. Swords, gender and intuitive training - with Pawel Widuto
House of Tengu sword and club wielding manic Pawel joins Mark to discuss martial arts, health vs. fitness, medieval and Viking weapons, birth and death, fluidity, 4 elements in training, gender roles, Slavic vs. Scandinavian culture, self defence, reconnecting to the primitive, types of transformation, moral training, service, seasonal eating, intuitive training, and what the hell is a "tengu" anyway! Instagram: @coachtengu http://tengu.no/product-category/books/ https://youtu.be/TrStHd6qYw4
Feb 9, 2018 • 1h 3min
44. Intellectual, athletic and business disembodiment - with Alison McAulay and Nick Jankel
Key-note speakers, personal development and business trainers Alison McAulay and Nick Jankel join Mark to discuss how intellectualism and athleticism can both be ways out of embodiment. They chat about gymnastics, rave culture, perfectionism, the "performance body", ecstasy - the pill and state, integration of high states into life, tips for working with "squares" in business, California, pain, science, embodied relationships, success and the growth industry and more. A really bright alive discussion. https://switchonnow.com
Feb 5, 2018 • 1h 8min
43. The anatomy of wholeness - with Marc Acquaviva
Yoga teacher Marc joins Mark to discuss Scaravelli inspired practice, childhood sidis, confrontation with society, temptations and staying true to oneself, listening to the body, problems with anatomy, the sutras, working with tension, space and attention, sitting vs. movement meditation, yoga teacher's remit, violence in yoga, basic goodness, hope for the yoga community and the actual purpose of yoga! A fairly philosophical one. https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithmarc http://www.acquavivayoga.com/
