Can Somatic Material Be Taught Well Online?

Can body-based material be taught online? Can a somatic curriculum be shared with a decent felt sense, something other than the feeling of not quite being as good as the real thing?

The Coronation with Charles Eisenstein - ep 55

“The Coronation” essay links: in print, in iTunes, and other audio options. Charles’ website, which includes links to his podcast, workshops, essays and more.

Our Deepest Compass: Nobody Gets Left Out with Sage Hayes - ep 54

Authentic Revolution and Relating with Sara Ness

I've been wanting to interview Sara for a long time ... Indeed, since I first participated in Authentic Relating Games in a variety of settings, including potlucks, movement seminars and segues into contact improvisation. Happy to have you with us. SHOW NOTES That Atlantic article the the AR Games, "The Club Where You Bare Your Soul to Strangers" Sara and co's website, Authentic Revolution

Movement / Education with David Gallina

Birth and Death 💛 — episode 50 (!)

Birth and death: an update. Thank you for being here! 💛 Danny Schmidt "Just Wait Til They See You" 💛 Rev angel Kyodo Williams On Being 💛 David Whyte's Clear Mind, Wild Heart

Our Interconnected Bodies, Trauma & What Now with Peter Levine — ep 49

Peter Levine founded Somatic Experiencing, a body-oriented approach to healing trauma. In this interview, we hear about the origins of that work, and a lot about what's now, and what's next, for this pioneer. Find Somatic Experiencing, and more of Peter Levine's bio, at https://traumahealing.org/

Full Moon : Third Anniversary Episode

Happy third anniversary, friends 💛 Links My “how to start a podcast” guide My interview with Donna Martin My interview with Angelo Coppola

Connection, Audience and Being Real on Social Media with Ryan Orrico — ep 47

I started following Ryan's page on Instagram. I was nearly immediately put on edge by some of his posts. He, at least a lot at that time, was playing a bit of a villain, challenging me and anyone else reading to put ourselves out there in a way I'd been, and to a large extent still am, uncomfortable with. This episode is really about communication, how we talk to ourselves and others alike. It's a challenge to find the passion in the work you're doing. (There's a line about midway that's been rattling around in my heart ever since, something about "if you're not excited about what you're posting, you're not posting the right stuff" ... which sounds a bit hokey now that I put it out of context, but didn't feel hokey then and, hopefully, doesn't to you when you listen.) Blessings, LB ps he swears a lot and I have no beep'r Links to Ryan's work: Unusually Focused His podcast you can search #randomtalkingvideo on Instagram And, again, his page on Instagram

Clarification, Patience and the Ocean With Patty Townsend

Patty Townsend has been teaching yoga since waaaaaay back in the day when there were only a couple yoga studios in LA. That alone would give her lots of credit to be on this show ... And so it's such a bonus that she offers her experience with a refreshing humility and clarity. We go into what teaching yoga in the States in the early 80's was like, the distinction between purification and clarification (this one's good), even a really sweet — if not super disarming — tip for teachers on how to begin a class ... a home practice you can do to feel the buoyancy of your internal organs ... and heaps more. I really enjoyed this one; hope you do too! Show Notes Patty Townsend and EmbodYoga The YTT manual and other free resources And here's a schematic to give you an idea of what and where the mesentery is inside you.

Interconnectedness and Darkness: ep 44

In this episode, we wrap up Season 2 of The Body Awake with a mix of retrospect, looking around and some personal sharing from me. Here's that poem I mention at the end. With love, LB

Towards an Inclusive Somatics with Don Hanlon Johnson — ep 43

Don Hanlon Johnson has had his interest at the intersection — or perhaps mutual expression — of "taking care of your body stuff" and "political, social and taking care of the environment stuff" for a long time now. We cover a lot of ground. I was delighted to join him, an early pioneer of what we now consider the broad term of "embodiment" practices. == DHJ's new book, authored by a wide array of body types and lineages, is called Diverse Bodies, Diverse Practices: towards an inclusive somatics Other show notes: Bone, Breath and Gesture: practices of embodiment and his website, DonHanlonJohnson.com

Reaching for Blackness with Holistic Resistance — ep 42

This episode, after a long time considering and reckoning myself with some of this material : “Reaching for Blackness” with Aaron and Jennie of Holistic Resistance. You can find their website here. Cheers to all of our inquiries, rich and personal, on our own paths. Love, LB

A Body Electric : Try This at Home with David Fleming — ep 41

Our guest this go is David Fleming, a bright and thoughtful practitioner whose work spans bodywork, lifestyle shifts and movement, and is informed by research into fascia, bioelectricity, the healing potential of the earth and more. This episode has a great big dose of little potential experiments that fall into the category of “Try this! It’s cheap or free, is not complicated, has no downside and may have a huge upside in your life.” One example is spending some time barefoot on the earth each day. And more, always. Cheers and love from Montana, LB SHOW NOTES AMNA : https://www.amnacademy.com/ AMNA’s IG page : @amnacademy : https://www.instagram.com/amnacademy/ James Oschman grounding, earthing (google this; lots of resources) David’s Mac / Apple app is “Candelight” — or search for a blue-light blocking app in whatever app store The work of Robert Becker; right now I (LB) am reading The Body Electric and really loving it William A Tiller : Conscious Acts of Creation Mae-Wan Ho : Living Rainbow H2O Rolin McCraty “The Electricity of Touch” : https://www.heartmath.org/assets/uploads/2015/01/electricity-of-touch.pdf

Start with Science, End with Poetry with Tatjana Mesar — ep 40

When teaching, "I start with science, but hopefully I end with more of the poetry of the movement." This is one of my favorite lines from this episode's guest, Tatjana Mesar. Tatjana is a teacher and practitioner, a smart thinker and deep feeler, like so many of you. And we dive into some big guiding questions: what is tradition, what is modern, what is fusion of ideas and, ultimately, what is outside of the erosion of time? You can find Tatjana's school, and some of her writing, in Berlin or at https://www.zenyoga-berlin.de/

Q & A

I love a good question. I also love the attentive space it evokes in me to come up with an answer. And so with that, hopefully this is a win-win as I present to you five listener-powered inquiries, ranging across a decent spread of body-related topics, and my corresponding responses: I practice massage and am “absorbing” other people’s pain. What do I do about this? What is embodiment? What is the biggest obstacle to being more embodied in the world? I’ve oscillated between self-obsession and self-loathing, and am slowly finding a middle ground. What’s a good way to facilitate this? What’s the best way to walk: feet pointing forward or let them find their own way? People involved in somatics, dance, yoga — all these people with incredible physical intelligence — are not actively engaged politically. With so much injustice in the world, how do we find ways to be actively create meaningful change? Cheers, love, Liam