Liberated Being

How have our "advances" physical disempowered infants and children? What long terms costs does that have? How might the epidemics related to poorly functioning nervous systems be linked to or influenced by this? How do we send the message that what is "out there" is more important than what is "in here"?What are some of the movement-related predictors and therapies for autism spectrum disorders? 

Frank Forencich and I talk about "the long body". A Native American term about how we are massively connected with the biological and social world around us. Where does the human body begin and end? Why is our perception of ourselves as isolated units dangerous? Why do we have nervous systems?Are we currently living in an alien environment?What are some of the features of our culture that make is a "short culture"?How is technology changing our nervous systems and our relationships? How has stress changed since paleo times?

Where are we teaching critical sensing skills (instead of just critical thinking skills)? What is true physical education? Are classical meditation forms incompatible with modern life and the modern mind? How do we use the expressive capacity of our bodies to connect as communities of humans? 

Barbara Loomis talks about the surprising symptoms that can spring from uterine malpositioning- urinary incontinence, constipation, fertility issues, and even knee pain with ovulation. We also talk about the normal movement of the uterus, what we can do to keep it in as happy a position as possible, and some of the cultural things that contribute to a malpositioned uterus. Additionally we talk about the risks of hysterectomies, and the controversies that spring up around whether or not women should lift- if that affects uterine issues or contributes to problems in pregnancy. .

I am talking with Dr. Stephen Levin about what biotensegrity is, the many ways that we are not like skyscrapers, how the difference between the bicycle wheel and the wagon wheel can illustrate the concept of how we are “pre-stressed”, what viscoelasticity is, the shoulder as a sesamoid bone, some examples of the many tensegrity structures we can find in nature if we know what we’re looking for, what the ichosahedron has going for it and why we should care, and more!

I talk to somatic pioneer Judith Aston about the Aston Kinetics paradigm and how it integrates seamlessly with other paradigms like yoga, Pilates, and personal training, how seeing the body is taught in those disciplines and what seeing the body even means, our bodies not just as self-contained units but also about their interactions with the physical world, thoughts on the impact of product design on our bodies, what the early days of co-creating with Dr. Rolf and other pioneers was like, and the meaning behind her quote, “sometimes we just need help interpreting ourselves.”

Dr. Eyal Lederman talks about his paper, The Myth of Core Stability. We get into the assumptions that were pulled out of the research which have lead to the core stability model, how dividing muscles into “core” and “global” groups is a reductionist fantasy, why the focus on the transversus abdominus is faulty, and the problems training for core stability can create.