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The new barons of trauma
When I started learning about trauma, it was an unusual thing to be aware of in embodied communities. I'd come across the realities of it in when doing humanitarian work in various war zones, so had got interested in it personally. My main mentor, Paul Linden,...
We’re all from the same place
One grandfather soared in the air and dropped death on Germans. He screamed in his sleep until the day he died. The other was from a village in Ireland. He spent his youth braving U-boats, sweating and shovelling coal in the bellies of war ships to get his children to...
Today I decided to be human
Today I decided to be human. I went for a walk when I had “lots to do”, because busy is a choice. I smelt the roses and the dog shit, to be fair. I ate what I liked and didn’t feel guilty. I grunted in yoga and didn’t pretend to transcend my money worries or that the...
How to know if you’re cut off from your body
Even as embodiment professional, I find myself losing touch with my body regularly. Hardly surprising really given the world we live in – so I should probably cut myself some slack. What I do find helpful is noting certain things that indicate it’s time to log off,...
The Stupidest Things Smart People Often Do
think being cognitively smart is what counts not rest over-analyse have good ideas, but don't take action ruin relationships by being right waste time on Facebook, being clever make lists ?
A bodymind education
I can imagine a world where bodymind education is a normal part of growing up; where embodied systems such as yoga, martial arts, meditation, trauma release etc are taught as standard in schools, and everyone has access to the benefits of them; where everyone – not...
The 10 laws of being a body
1. Context Our current situation, relationships, culture, disposition and the environment are all embodied. We are layered adaptations to context and history. 2. Comfort The body reveals what's familiar. We feel “at home” in what we have practised, and it feels easy....
Warning: embodiment geek post
It's obvious to most of us that we empathise with other people and can "catch" their moods. If you've ever, say, sat next to that angry guy on the train or been infected by the joy of children, you know that. This (mirror neurone activated?) effect is a part of how...
The simplest embodiment technique
Notice how you're being, then choose how to be.
Sometimes when I come back to my body and breath, I feel so sad.
Sometimes when I come back to my body and breath, I feel so sad. I whisper, “I’ve missed you darling. I’m so sorry to ignore you. Thank you so much for still being here, my lover. I’ll never abandon you again.” And we embrace and it’s beautiful and she holds and heals...
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: