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
Birth and death: an update. Thank you for being here!
💛 Danny Schmidt "Just Wait Til They See You"
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/
Happy third anniversary, friends 💛
Links
My “how to start a podcast” guide
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:
His podcast
you can search #randomtalkingvideo on Instagram
And, again, his page on Instagram
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
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.