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Human Social Malnourishment – aka COVID Isolation Syndrome
It’s time for me to speak up even though it’s a risk. Concisely, this needs saying: - Under extended lockdowns vital human needs are being denied - Minimising social contact has real and serious consequences that need to be considered against other health risks - If...
The Three Stages of Embodied Learning
FundamentalismAt the first stage people are embodiment fascists. They follow just one art and insist that it’s the best. They berate other practices and have very little cross-style, or cross-cultural understanding. This stage may come with fairy conservative or event...
AND THEY PAUSED
And they paused and looked at their livesAnd realised it was more appearance than substanceAnd more busyness than sanity When the rushing subsidedThey were embarrassedBut thankful to wake upfrom a kind of trance And they walked out into the sunshineWith loved...
7 THINGS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HAND-WASHING
As someone who’s taught resilience in disaster and war zones to many humanitarian agencies and several militaries, here’s a few things more important than Vitamin C and anti-viral hand-wash right now: - being present to yourself- a sense of purpose- pleasure- social...
Six things you can do to save your yoga studios, martial arts dojos, and dance classes.
The hard truth is that we’re likely heading for a shutdown that could last months, with many people isolating and not going to their regular classes. Many small businesses and sole-traders can not afford this, so if you still want those people around on the other side...
The Touch Famine – The impact of a year of plague on social distance and dynamics
At a lunch I arranged for various kinds of therapists and movement teachers the other day, it was really strange to see people fist bumping and knocking elbows instead of hugging. Likewise at a meditation conference I attended people were using the...
Five reasons why embodiment training is better done online.
For a while now people have questioned (fair enough) and mocked the fact that we deliver embodiment training online - on webinars, courses like FEC, and of course at the conference. Now, there’s pros and cons vs face to face, which of course I still appreciate...but...
Verbal mistakes to avoid when teaching Embodiment
These are the most common verbal mistakes I see people in this field make: Giving possible outcomes and metaphors, rather than clear methods, e.g. “Empty your mind”, or, “Have a mind like water”, versus “Bring your attention to the physical sensations of breathing”....
Embodiment Book – Out Today!
The labour of love is finally available! Embodiment - Moving Beyond Mindfulness is out now on Amazon! The book is a deep yet accessible overview of the field of embodiment. It's also super personal and it feels somewhat vulnerable to be putting it out there, but I'm...
My list of trauma healing
Things I’ve found useful for my own trauma healing in no particular order (and it’s very personal): - EMDR (especially good for single instances) - TRE (empowering as you can do it yourself anywhere) - Long-term relational therapy - Bodywork (most recently...
Welcome to the new EFC blog
This will feature a mixture of written and video content from Mark Walsh and members of the EFC community.
To start with, here are some very recent videos showing EFC 2016 in action and examples of embodied coaching techniques:
Body listening coaching:
Contract coaching tool:
Relationship coaching:
4 Elements coaching: