Juliana Pongutá is an adventurous dance maker, improvisor and movement educator who has performed on stages around the world. She has developed extensive practices of movement research which expand beyond the realm of dance performance into uniquely personal inquiries into how a human body works.

We talked about what "movement research" means and how it unfolds in movement practice with a partner, with a group, or by an individual. Further questions we discussed included: At which point in the development of a movement practice does research become essential? How does your intention shape the form of your practice? How does your movement practice influence the way you understand the world you live in?

Connect with Juliana on Instagram - @pongutajuliana

Watch Áspero, a piece which shows Juliana's movement research collaboration with Jhonatan González:
https://vimeo.com/176370071

Connect with Seth at: http://MoveWithSeth.Com or on Instagram - @dcfeldenkrais

Brian is breath work coach, a certified instructor of the Wim Hof Method and a visual artist. He offers immersive breath work experiences to help people release emotional trauma and teaches simple tools that can be used to manage stress and anxiety. As an artist, he has explored questions related to the way that gender is performed through the human body.

We talked about how a path of transformation is shaped by an individual's ideas of what kind of change will improve their quality of life and their willingness to commit to ongoing practice. In contrast to the failed approach of the pharmaceutical model of confronting the growing mental health crisis with medication, the growing popularity of breath work and other personal growth practices offer the opportunity for people to reassert autonomy over their quality of life.

Connect with Brian for breathwork at https://www.thebreathingproject.org or on Instagram - @breathingproject
Find out more about Brian's art projects at http://www.brianjmorrison.com or on Instagram - @bjmorrison_

Connect with Seth at: http://MoveWithSeth.com or on Instagram - @dcfeldenkrais

SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT THIS EPISODE IF YOU ARE LISTENING VIA AUDIO ONLY:
This podcast was recorded with video and Mateusz wanted to begin and end the conversation by sharing his movement. When he dances at the beginning of the episode, he speaks, narrating his internal process, but he is not right next to his microphone. At the end, he dances again, but does not speak.

See Mateusz's narrated dance on my YouTube channel, Move With Seth:
https://youtu.be/lywX9CPUs2M
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Mateusz Bogdanowicz is a contemporary dancer and choreographer in Essen, Germany in his final year of study at the internationally recognized Folkwang University of the Arts. Mateusz combines his background in the martial arts, training in many different dance forms, and his love of photography to celebrate the beauty of the human body in motion. During the global pandemic, he has initiated several social projects to invite people to experience what was missing: movement and human connection.

This conversation started and ended with dance improvisations by Mateusz. In between, we talked about how dance - and movement in general - is a special kind of language that creates a kinesthetic connection between performer and audience, how developing body awareness improves the quality of life, and Mateusz's belief that dancers have a special role to play in society - and how he has acted on this conviction during the global pandemic.

Connect with Mateusz at https://www.mateuszbogdanowicz.com
or on Instagram - @mateuszdance

Several short videos of Mateusz dancing:
https://youtu.be/4wssD26-XMk
https://youtu.be/8vH8MCgpP5U
https://youtu.be/bLIpwtpkluU
https://youtu.be/STCRjBFomNo

Facebook page for the Imagination Space Center:
https://m.facebook.com/imspacent

Connect with Seth at:
http://MoveWithSeth.Com
or on Instagram - @dcfeldenkrais

Paul Pui Wo Lee is a Feldenkrais practitioner and contemporary dancer who has performed throughout the world. In his teaching he emphasizes how people can discover their own personal sense of artistry by expanding their awareness of their options and experimenting with different choices.

We talked about this concept of artistry, the intimate relationship between movement & communication, developing your own sense of "right" & "wrong" in movement - and much more!

Connect with Paul at https://www.paulsfeldenkraisprojects.com or on Instagram - @paul_moves & @paulsfeldenkraisproject 

Connect with Seth at:
http://MoveWithSeth.Com
or on Instagram - @dcfeldenkrais

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Tobi Portella is an adventurous mover & thinker, a physiotherapist and teacher of Animal Flow locomotion and Fighting Monkey practice with the 9 Speed Tool, a dynamic process for learning how to organize the joints to manage the movement of weight through space in multiple directions.

We talked about the process that unfolds when an individual follows what sparks their interest, while navigating a range of movement traditions, student-teacher relationships, social institutions, and the complexities of living in an unpredictable world. A significant portion of the conversation focused on the potent possibilities of combining learning strategies of constraint in the Feldenkrais Method with the experimental play of Fighting Monkey Practice.

Connect with Tobi at https://askeokineo.com
or on Instagram - @tobiportella

Connect with Seth at:
http://MoveWithSeth.Com
or on Instagram - @dcfeldenkrais

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Chandler Stevens is an embodiment and business coach and the creator of the Movement As Metaphor training program for movement teachers, counselors, and psychotherapists. In his teaching he emphasizes the connections between different domains of life experience in order to orient clients towards a movement practice connected to their life purpose.

We talked about how movement practice connects to other realms of life - and death! - and how to sort out a path forward when there are unlimited possibilities but limited time.

Connect with Chandler and get a free introduction to Movement As Metaphor at https://www.bodymindclass.com

Connect with Seth at:
http://MoveWithSeth.Com
or on Instagram - @dcfeldenkrais

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(CHANNEL NAME IS "MOVE WITH SETH")

Andrew Gibbons is a Feldenkrais Practitioner based in New York, USA. He brings the rigor and creativity of his training as a classical pianist into his movement teaching with an emphasis on helping his clients develop specificity in the use of their attention, an awareness of how their action is shaped by their thinking, and a commitment to life-long learning.

It was a pleasure to have Andrew join me for this, the first of many planned conversations, about cultivating a movement practice that expands your possibilities in all arenas of life.

Connect with Andrew and learn more about his online membership program via Patreon at his website:
https://www.bodyofknowledge.me

Andrew's YouTube channel: 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHONleEfWPl4-Q3BwgLhYw

Connect with Seth at:
http://MoveWithSeth.Com

IF YOU PREFER VIDEO, FIND THIS PODCAST ON YOUTUBE 
(CHANNEL NAME IS "MOVE WITH SETH")