In this interview I host a conversation between iconoclastic yoga teacher Angela Farmer, and internationally renowned counsellor, workshop teacher, and author of ‘The Wild Woman’s Way’, Michaela Boehm.

Michaela shares her admiration for Angela’s work, and Angela describes the journey of her relationship to her body, including childhood struggles , meeting her pain, and beginning a love affair with the body.

Angela discuses her life’s process of teaching and eventually going beyond traditional yoga, as well as sharing the remarkable account of recovery from severe injuries received in a recent fall.

Angela and Michaela also discuss Milarepa and the feminine, surrender vs giving up, the wisdom of the body, structure and imposition, learning to receive, and how to meet the world with all one’s fullness.

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Video version: www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep165-wisdom-and-the-body-angela-farmer-michaela-boehm

Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’.

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Topics Include:

00:00 - Intro

00:57 - How Michaela first encountered Angela

05:31 - Angela’s struggle to connect with her body

08:08 - Finding yoga

09:25 - The story of the body and judging oneself

12:30 - The spiral and childhood challenges

13:53 - Meeting one’s pain and disfunction

23:03 - Beyond the social persona

24:24 - Freedom from traditional yoga

30:32 - Learning about women

31:20 - Students’ projections

35:05 - Milarepa and the feminine

37:20 - Women’s empowerment

38:50 - A love affair with the body

43:38 - Deepening practice in pandemic sabbatical

45:47 - Angela’s recent fall

48:54 - Angela’s remarkable recovery process

52:09 - Be here now

56:26 - Surrender vs giving up

58:06 - Being in the head and being stuck in the underworld

01:01:27 - Wisdom of the body

01:04:36 - Structure and imposition

01:08:23 - Learning to receive

01:10:55 - Softening inside to meet the world

01:14:58 - Role models and learning through resonance

01:17:45 - Animals as role models

01:21:58 - Inspiring others

01:24:05 - Zoom vs in-person teaching

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Previous episode with Angela:

- https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep117-angela-farmer-a-life-in-yoga

Previous episodes with Michaela:

- https://www.guruviking.com/search?q=michaela%20boehm

To find our more about Angela, visit:

- https://angela-victor.com/

To find out more about Michaela, visit;

- https://www.michaelaboehm.com/

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For more interviews, videos, and more visit:

- www.guruviking.com

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Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James