David Cates is a tantra teacher ... sort of. (That's actually the first thing we get into in the interview: defining terms.)
What that means for YOU, whether bodyworker or yoga teacher or curious bodymind looking to apply what we talk about here on the show into your life, is a deep inquiry about: the 2nd chakra/sacrum/sexual-creative center of the body, healing sexual trauma of many shapes and sizes, what we can learn from observing the natural world and, in many ways the thing I found the most useful, just hearing David's take as a long-time teacher of an art, a practice, that keeps evolving on its own terms.
Hope you enjoy, as always!
SHOW NOTES
The Radiance Sutras, on amazon
David's interview with Garrison Cohen, "Looking for You: Activating the Animal Body"
The website of Peter Levine (also check out his many books)
This is really a show about one of my favorite topics: HOW to think about learning about your body. (Are we being dogmatic or really open to learning new information? Plus a hundred other nuggets of gold in this show.)
Angelo Coppola hosts the podcast Latest in Paleo and the site, and guiding philosophy really, that Humans Are Not Broken. He's a writer, interviewer, devourer of research, father of five, husband, natural mover and has kept off 90 pounds for six years (a powerful transformation — deep insight after a lifetime of trying to lose weight — that he uses to connect to his tribe looking to do the same in a sustainable, healthy, long-game way).
All that is cool, of course, though what really drew to me to want to interview Angelo is how he transmits his massive knowledge base about the human body in a very open-minded, kind and accessible way.
Lots of insight in this one. Enjoy!
SHOW NOTES
Katy Bowman's book I mention is called Move Your DNA