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The Body Awake

The Body Awake is a show for people interested in health and the human body, in a conversation beyond "body as machine."It's about what we're made of, how we move, how illness, injury and healing happ... Read more

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

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 ... Read more

15 Jun 2019

46mins

Ranked #2

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The Vagus Nerves and the Social Nervous System with Stanley Rosenberg — ep 37

The Vagus Nerves and the Social Nervous System with Stanley Rosenberg — ep 37

I was quite excited when Stanley agreed to this interview. His book on the autonomic nervous system — including but not ... Read more

16 May 2018

1hr 15mins

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Sex, Touch and Naming What's There — ep 38

Sex, Touch and Naming What's There — ep 38

This was one of those interviews where I thought we were going to talk about one thing, and we ended up talking about an... Read more

9 Jun 2018

1hr 39mins

Ranked #4

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Ep 5: Human Evolution, the Artistic Scientist and KQ with Tom Myers

Ep 5: Human Evolution, the Artistic Scientist and KQ with Tom Myers

This episode, I interview guest Tom Myers of Anatomy Trains. Tom is probably best known for his work detailing the anato... Read more

21 Jun 2016

1hr 15mins

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Irene Lyon Returns for More on Perception, Intuition and Raising Our Kids Well — ep 34

Irene Lyon Returns for More on Perception, Intuition and Raising Our Kids Well — ep 34

Welcome back to Irene Lyon for our second chat on TBA. We pick up largely where we left off from our first interview (ep... Read more

15 Mar 2018

1hr 49mins

Ranked #6

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Authentic Revolution and Relating with Sara Ness

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 i... Read more

29 Sep 2019

1hr 21mins

Ranked #7

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Tom Myers on Being in the Body Business, Movement and the Disease of Feeling "Other" — ep 28

Tom Myers on Being in the Body Business, Movement and the Disease of Feeling "Other" — ep 28

Tom Myers returns to The Body Awake for our third interview. And like the other two but with new territory, Tom's experi... Read more

28 Nov 2017

55mins

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The Heart of Movement, Teaching and Learning's Never Ending Path with Jill Miller — ep 30

The Heart of Movement, Teaching and Learning's Never Ending Path with Jill Miller — ep 30

Jill Miller and I range from yoga to biomechanics to humility and hubris to Jill's recent hip surgery, her old teachers ... Read more

12 Dec 2017

1hr 2mins

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Healing Wants to Happen: Pre- and Peri-Natal Somatics with Kate White — ep 31

Healing Wants to Happen: Pre- and Peri-Natal Somatics with Kate White — ep 31

Kate White is an expert in the autonomic nervous system, with heaps of experience — both intellectual and that kind of k... Read more

10 Jan 2018

1hr 16mins

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Towards an Inclusive Somatics with Don Hanlon Johnson — ep 43

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 bod... Read more

29 Oct 2018

1hr 22mins

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The Limbic Brain and Biology of Emotion

The Limbic Brain and Biology of Emotion

In this episode, I'm reading "The Limbic Brain and the Biology of Emotion," which is a chapter from Younger Next Year: L... Read more

30 May 2018

44mins

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

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... Read more

30 Aug 2018

1hr 1min

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Embodied Movement, Politics and Doing Your F#@*ing Work With Mark Walsh — Ep 29

Embodied Movement, Politics and Doing Your F#@*ing Work With Mark Walsh — Ep 29

Are less-embodied movement practices good gateways into a deeper practice, or are they doing more harm than good? Are al... Read more

5 Dec 2017

1hr 40mins

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Movement / Education with David Gallina

Movement / Education with David Gallina

27 Aug 2019

1hr 18mins

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Ep 3: Yoga, Zen and Reality As It Is with Djuna Mascall

Ep 3: Yoga, Zen and Reality As It Is with Djuna Mascall

I'm here with yoga teacher extraordinaire (my words, not hers) Djuna Mascall as we talk dedication, Zen, yoga and its co... Read more

18 May 2016

1hr 4mins

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Water, Muscles and Light as Energy with Gerald Pollack — ep 33

Water, Muscles and Light as Energy with Gerald Pollack — ep 33

Gerald Pollack has spent more hours studying water and the nature of muscle contraction than you've spent doing just abo... Read more

28 Feb 2018

1hr 35mins

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Ep 4: Elasticity, Rebound and Spring in Your Step

Ep 4: Elasticity, Rebound and Spring in Your Step

This week is an in-between-isode,* taking a pause from interviews to bring you this news flash: you know that feeling wh... Read more

26 May 2016

22mins

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Living Your Body's Intelligence

Living Your Body's Intelligence

Living your body's intelligence ... Oh, what that could mean! To get a feel for what it is, let's point to what it's not... Read more

11 Jul 2018

50mins

Ranked #19

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Clarification, Patience and the Ocean With Patty Townsend

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. T... Read more

1 Apr 2019

57mins

Ranked #20

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Ep 8: Embodied Awakening, and the Art of Suffering Skillfully with Tobin Giblin

Ep 8: Embodied Awakening, and the Art of Suffering Skillfully with Tobin Giblin

How much suffering and pain — physical or otherwise — is necessary in this lifetime? What role does our will, our longin... Read more

22 Aug 2016

1hr 5mins

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