The Embodiment Coaching Podcast

Exploring the deep and widely applicable model of cycles. Learn how we are effected by the rhythms of life and how imbalance here may cause issues. Various perspectives such as 5Rhythms and the seasons model, are compared, and exercises given. George Leonard - The Silent Pulse Gabriel Roth - Maps to Ecstasy The Anatomy of Change - Richard Strozzi Heckler The Hero's Journey - Joseph Campbell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero%27s_journey Adam Barley - http://www.adambarley.com/ Mark Walsh videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbkydndvoR0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV06pi4JyQ0 The Subjective Flow - The I Cycle Activation-increasing-peaking-containing-decreasing-completing-rest Simplified versions: Wake, awake, sleepy, sleep; or - turning on, on, turning off, off The Relationship Flow - We-Cycle Aloneness-meeting-connecting-dialogue-transformation-completing-departing Simplified version: greeting, relating, parting, alone The Action Flow - It-Cycle Preparing-allowing-starting-doing-completing-reflecting-not doing Simplified version: Prepare, do, stop, don't "To everything there is a season...a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to reap that which has been planted" - Ecclesiastes 3:2, The Bible "Of what is the body made? It is made of emptiness and rhythm. At the heart of the world there is no solidity, there is only dance..." - George Leonard "At the heart of each of us, whatever our imperfections, there exists a silent pulse of perfect rhythm, a complex of wave forms and resonances, which is absolutely individual and unique, and yet which connects us to everything in the universe." - George Leonard

Tatjana joins Mark to discuss embodiment and music, Buddhism and yoga. We explore excellence in yoga teaching, what is yoga anyway (?), yoga history, Zen/ Chan, anatomy training. She describes her journey from growing up in a conflicted Yugoslavia to modern day Berlin, how we embody culture, and Europeans vs American marketing. She also offers some practical meditation practices for urban life. https://www.zenyoga-berlin.de/ https://soundcloud.com/zen-yoga-berlin

Julia is a yoga teacher who specialises in menstruation and "women's issues". She educates Mark about women's cycles and how they effect life and yoga practice, and offers many useful do's and don'ts related to women's bleed. They also hit on gender differences in anatomy and practice, form vs free yoga, Western yoga, yoga in daily life, abuse in yoga, copyright issues vs generosity, hyper-mobility, why more women do yoga than men, shame and menstruation, how men can be left out of modern yoga, and awareness and self-care as the key. She also offers a calming alternate-nostril breathing exercise. Another fun and educational chat. http://finchleyyoga.com/

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Mark's guide to the best embodiment books out there. Slightly biased of course, but many classics from various fields from aikido-based coaching, to embodied philosophy, to body therapy, to meditation, to dance are discussed.

Vince Cullen joins Mark to talk addiction and Buddhism. They discuss what addiction is and how the body the relevant to it, why the body is central to Buddhist practice and how mindfulness can help with addictions of all kinds from alcohol, to drugs, to food to Facebook! Vince and Mark discuss their own addictions, work in prisons, the heaven and hell realms and give practical tools that can help. http://hungryghostretreats.org Hungry Ghost Retreats - http://hungryghostretreats.org/ 5th-Precept Fellowship - http://5th-precept.org/ Nalagiri House Meditation Centre (opening soon!) - http://nalagiri-mindfulness.ie/ Angulimala Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy - http://angulimala.org.uk/ Buddhist Recovery Resources - http://5th-precept.org/fifth-precept-sangha-resources/ A Template for Forgiveness - http://hungryghostretreats.org/template-for-forgiveness/

Adam Wilder on connection, sexuality and authenticity. Comedian, festival host and silent speed-dating organiser, Adam, discusses improvisation, anger, bondage, tantra, male touch, sex positivity, hippie-festivals, spiritual by-passing, internet dating and more with Mark. He also offers some nice embodied relationship tips for listeners. Togethernesslondon.com Shhhdating.com

Today we enter the feminine world of birth, birth trauma, attachment, breast feeding, menstruation, and how to raise children who aren't disembodied. Doula, parenting consultant and breast-feeding counsellor Roma Norris joins the show and educates Mark about a thing or two. http://birthingabetterworld.co.uk/ https://drgabormate.com/

Rachel brings us the skills - the actor explains what improv is and why we could all benefit from it, we talk expanding your range and describes a play she did about terrorism and reconciliation. We discuss not knowing, touch, boundaries, massage, bodywork and The Embodied Facilitator Course. A fun one. http://stillpointtheatre.co.uk/ http://vibrantbody.co.uk/home.html https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/the-bombing-of-the-grand-hotel http://www.normandoidge.com/ http://www.embodiedfacilitator.com/

A masterclass in making yoga more meaningful and getting it (or any other art) off the mat and into life. Some in-depth theory and very practical tools any embodiment teacher can use. The Embodied Yoga Principles method is presented, along with work on enriching asana ethics, community, learning theory and more. • An overview of the principles that underly effective learning transfer from the yoga mat to the rest of life. • The practical "how" of making asana a much deeper and more useful practice. The nuts and bolts of an innovative, "western yet deep" approach to yoga. • Pragmatic techniques for enhancing how much your personal practice impacts what you care about. • Dozens of life-integration exercises you won't find elsewhere. • Simple teaching tools so you can help students enrich their yoga. www.embodiedyogaprinciples.com/subcribe-ebook www.embodiedyogaprinciples.com