Core Awareness Podcasts

An international educator and bodyworker, Carol Ann Agneessens, M.S. offers a powerful new paradigm for understanding form, gravity, and fluid movement. With 40 years of experience as a rolfer, rolf-movement instructor, and, more recently, a Biodynamic Craniosacral therapist, Agneessens easily shifts from the bio-mechanical to the embryological paradigm to resolve structural issues concerning form and function. Carol Agneessens is the author of The Fabric of Wholeness (Quantum Institute Press, 2001), which explores gravity and the movement of daily life. Liz Koch and Carol Agneessens discuss the Psoas as a fluid proprioceptive messenger as well as the importance of redefining form and strength to encompass dynamic resilience rather than density.

An international educator and bodyworker, Carol Ann Agneessens, M.S. offers a powerful new paradigm for understanding form, gravity, and fluid movement. With 40 years of experience as a rolfer, rolf-movement instructor, and, more recently, a Biodynamic Craniosacral therapist, Agneessens easily shifts from the bio-mechanical to the embryological paradigm to resolve structural issues concerning form and function. Carol Agneessens is the author of The Fabric of Wholeness (Quantum Institute Press, 2001), which explores gravity and the movement of daily life. Liz Koch and Carol Agneessens discuss the Psoas as a fluid proprioceptive messenger as well as the importance of redefining form and strength to encompass dynamic resilience rather than density.

Working along side perinatologists, obstetricians, and indigenous midwives, Anna Verwaal RN, CLE has attended hundreds of high-risk hospital deliveries and natural births at home. Her research on the long-term effects of conception, nine months in the womb, and birth experience have evolved into an educational and healing perspective regarding the journey that shapes our lives. From Womb to World is a conversation between USA born Liz Koch and Dutch born Anna Verwaal concerning the assumptions, imprints, and traumas reflected in the cellular matrix of human beings that are expressed in the core tissue of the Psoas.

Working along side perinatologists, obstetricians, and indigenous midwives, Anna Verwaal RN, CLE has attended hundreds of high-risk hospital deliveries and natural births at home. Her research on the long-term effects of conception, nine months in the womb, and birth experience have evolved into an educational and healing perspective regarding the journey that shapes our lives. From Womb to World is a conversation between USA born Liz Koch and Dutch born Anna Verwaal concerning the assumptions, imprints, and traumas reflected in the cellular matrix of human beings that are expressed in the core tissue of the Psoas.

Dr. Michael Shea PhD is an international educator and author in the field of somatic psychology, myofascial release, and biodynamic craniosacral therapy. He is currently an adjunct faculty teacher in human embryology within the pre and perinatal psychology doctoral program at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute of California. Liz Koch and Dr. Shea discuss embryology as a symbol for healing, wisdom, and wholeness. Using the story of the developing embryo helps us understand the fluid core and the dynamic juicy psoas by shifting the cultural paradigm of body as object to body as a living bio-intelligent process.

Dr. Michael Shea PhD is an international educator and author in the field of somatic psychology, myofascial release, and biodynamic craniosacral therapy. He is currently an adjunct faculty teacher in human embryology within the pre and perinatal psychology doctoral program at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute of California. Liz Koch and Dr. Shea discuss embryology as a symbol for healing, wisdom, and wholeness. Using the story of the developing embryo helps us understand the fluid core and the dynamic juicy psoas by shifting the cultural paradigm of body as object to body as a living bio-intelligent process.

Alice’s journey to establish her core integrity and become vitally healthy is an inspiring story for everyone to hear. Born into a mixed ethnic military family in the middle of Kansas, Alice grew up in a traumatized environment just around the corner from a brothel.

Raped at age 17 and strung out on heroin her journey to claim her body and soul and in so doing create a healthy, creative, flourishing life has shaped her ability as a powerful teacher, healer, and inspirational health advocate for both women and men.

Alice’s journey to establish her core integrity and become vitally healthy is an inspiring story for everyone to hear. Born into a mixed ethnic military family in the middle of Kansas, Alice grew up in a traumatized environment just around the corner from a brothel.

Raped at age 17 and strung out on heroin her journey to claim her body and soul and in so doing create a healthy, creative, flourishing life has shaped her ability as a powerful teacher, healer, and inspirational health advocate for both women and men.

Sue Hitzmann, MS, CST, NMT, is a nationally recognized neuro-fascial manual therapist and teacher whose studies and explorations have culminated in the creation of the M.E.L.T. Method® (MELT). A revolutionary approach to pain-free fitness and longevity, Melt Method is a self help technique for working with the connective tissue. Because the Psoas is deeply embedded in the sympathetic neuro-core, hydrating connective tissue is an important key for resolving Psoas inflammation, pain, and tension.

Sue Hitzmann, MS, CST, NMT, is a nationally recognized neuro-fascial manual therapist and teacher whose studies and explorations have culminated in the creation of the M.E.L.T. Method® (MELT). A revolutionary approach to pain-free fitness and longevity, Melt Method is a self help technique for working with the connective tissue. Because the Psoas is deeply embedded in the sympathetic neuro-core, hydrating connective tissue is an important key for resolving Psoas inflammation, pain, and tension.