Erin is a dancer, massage therapist, and embodiment coach. She loves the human body from her very core. Here, she presents a revolutionary way of understanding our connection with ourselves + everyone around us. If you have asked, “How do we heal from something like this? How do we come back together, more resilient than ever?” this conversation is for you. Erin’s wisdom shifts how we understand our roles in the fabric of humanity + ignites our beauty by urging us to surrender to the dance of life.

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“In all of our modern conveniences, we have forgotten how to communicate with our bodies and listen to the wisdom they have to give us.”

“When we foster our relationships with ourselves, it sets us up to best honor our relationship with our families, friends, community, planet + beyond.”

“Our current pattern of ‘the individual over the group’, self-reliance at the expense of others, hoarding resources out of fear, is actually hurting us in the long term.”

“Beauty is getting to share the gift we have to offer with other people who are willing to receive it.”

In this episode:

• What the heck is fascia?

• Chinese medicine + energetic meridians in the body

• Somatics

• Trusting the inner felt sense of the body, the body’s wisdom

• Why our heart and gut give us messages

• A dancer with an injury, reshaping one’s identity

• Body image + being a professional ballerina

• Reconciling rejected parts of ourselves back to the whole

• We all play our role in the body of humanity

• Making meaning from movement

• Everything is about relationships

• Beauty = personal empowerment + generosity + sense of humor

• The dance we all get to be a part of

• Contending with deep pain and being more in love with oneself on the other side

References:

• Anatomy Trains by Tom Myers

• Ida Rolf, Rolfing Structural Integration

• Thomas Hanna, Somatics

• Activism Theology Project

• Rudolf Laban, Father of Expressionist Dance

• Irmgard Bartenieff, Dance/Movement Therapy

• Janice Meaden, Kinetic Dance and Integrated Movement Studies

• New Dialect, Nashville based contemporary dance company that offers classes to the public

• The Lively Show

• Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Body-Mind Centering

• William Forsythe, Choreographer who combines ballet and visual arts

Let’s Hang:

Taylor // IG @taylornick // taylornick.com
Erin // IG @erin_c_law

Special thanks to Vance Fite and Matt Kass for creating the theme music for Pretty Please!