In this episode we speak with Russell Delman, founder of the Embodied Life School and Feldenkrais Method (R) trainer. In our conversation we explore Russell’s reflections on what embodiment means and why it matters in the modern world. We talk about our tendencies to reify life and how being in living relationship with our bodies, minds and world changes everything. We explore the difference between concept and direct experience and how useful it is to return to lived experience in many contexts, from physical pain to political situations. 

In this episode we speak with Diane Hamilton, author of Everything is Workable and The Zen of You and Me, as well as a mediator, international trainer in facilitation, and lineage holder and teacher at the Two Arrows Zen Center with locations in Salt Lake City and Torrey, Utah. We speak about embodiment, about the beautiful paradox of both being your body and being more than your body, about meditation, about navigating the realms of politics and personal relationships during these turbulent times, about the importance of being clear about our intentions and allowing them to guide our participation in life, about patriarchy and hierarchy in spirituality, about our inner bonobos and chimpanzees, and much more. 

In this episode, Erin and Carl speak with each other about embodiment, about why it matters, and explore many topics including their journeys into the realms of learning and teaching somatic work, the connections between somatics and spirituality, and so much more.