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Many of us have felt like we don’t matter. That we’re not wanted. That we don’t have a right to even exist. That we have no safe home. Even with my confidence and bravado this is true for me at times, for students with abuse histories and difficult personal...

We are not made of flesh and bone; we are made of love and loss. The body is not meat; it is an autobiography. The pieces of the body are pieces of the soul – those that have touched us and those who have hurt us, places we have been and people we have cared for. The...

Many coaches have a sense that the body is important in their work, but may not be aware of exactly how much it matters. I’ve spent many years helping coaches and facilitators increase their embodied understanding; rather than just their bodily understanding. Here's a...

While inclusion is almost a knee-jerk stated value these days, it's worth noting that to form a really good community, inclusion needs to be balanced with boundaries. The Embodied Facilitator Course and Embodied Yoga Principles communities are powerful and contain...

You're mostly your fault. Admit it. When people complain about their bodies and emotions, they tend to miss the central fact: true accidents aside, they're usually doing what they're complaining about! When someone says, ‘I have a bad neck’, for example, what they...

As you probably know, I train people to teach embodiment. These are the most common verbal mistakes I see my students make: Starting instructions with 'Just ...' This is a common verbal tic, which actually minimises the task (when it may not be easy or trivial to your...

There are many different processes that can contribute to a sense of certainty in Aikido. Some are very different from others, but they all can have similar consequences. In this paper, we are going to consider some illustrative stories and utilize some technical...