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The first place terrorists win is in the body
Whatever the form, the purpose of terrorism is to produce a fight-flight state that perpetuates violence. Scared people hurt people, and hurt people hurt yet MORE people. This is the cycle of: violence-hindbrain dominance - more violence. This fight-flight reaction...
We live in a badly self-regulated disconnected time
We live in a badly self-regulated disconnected time. Basically we're lonely toddlers in tantrum land. And yeah, me included many days. People buy shit they don't need and do shit that hurts them to fill a void that can only be filled by meaning and community. We are...
Keeping Your Body… While Everyone Is Losing Theirs And Blaming It On You
Practical resilience tools for troubled times So it's all gone a bit crazy, right? Given the state of politics and the world generally right now, I thought I'd offer a few tips on keeping your head in the insanity. Well, more like keeping your body as those around...
A Sexy Embodiment Is More Important Than A Sexy Body
We all know someone who doesn't look like a magazine model, but is confident – and as a result, seriously sexy. Or we have a friend who's open, empathic – and drop-dead gorgeous because of it. Or maybe we know a leader who has presence, gravitas or charisma which...
Coaching, Training and Trauma
By Mark Walsh This article is useful reading for any trainer or coach as it describes some of the signs and symptoms of trauma, and the effects it can have on learning. Trauma is incredibly common. For example, statistics show an 80% lifetime prevalence in the UK, and...
How Not To Seem Like A Bloody Hippie When Working With Normal People
By Mark Walsh I've been successfully bringing unusual embodied practices into what could be called ‘mainstream’ environments for over ten years now, working with everyone from large corporate entities (e.g. Unilever, Shell and L’Oreal), to the police and international...
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: