The Embodiment Project
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Who Did That?
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How we distort posture and movement A natural progression from last podcast's focus in which I focused how much we feel held affects our ability to be...
Holding and Being Held
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Another episode that explores themes from the Embodiment Project, I dive into how feeling held is essential if we are going to meet with the world sen...
Interview with Pedro David on Embodiment and Breath
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There are so many ways that we can enter into sensory engagement with the world. In my interview with Pedro David, he describes how his practice in NL...
An Introduction to the Embodiment Project
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What are the essentials of embodiment practice, the simple go-to awarenesses that you can use in everyday life? Here's my elevator talk (a bit o...
Sacred Vessel Part 4
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This last segment of the Sacred Vessel is 'Healing the Imaginal Body'. The recovery of imaginal life in the body is an essential part of inhabiting th...
Sacred Vessel Part 3
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Sacred Vessel is a reading of an essay I wrote a number of years ago. It's still relevant, delving into engaging with the body when the woun...
Sacred Vessel Part 2
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Reclaiming the Soul Lost in Nature Part 2 of the Sacred Vessel is a continuation of writing I did in the 90’s that explored the experience of the pe...
Sacred Vessel Part 1
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Sacred Vessel was part of a body of writing I did in the 90's that explored the experience of the person in body centred clinical practice. ...
Dream, Body and the World
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Often, dreams are not included in embodiment practices. Yet, the dream is there in the body, a connection that psychologist Arnold Mindell calls...
In Your Body…In the World
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We start with a body connecting practice, then explore how that sense of self connection can survive connection with the world and the challenges it b...
Each Moment As An Opportunity For Learning
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What do you notice in this moment? So often, when we pay attention to our body we prepare it, fix it. In this excerpt from the Embodiment Project ...
Locating Yourself
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Focusing on body sensation can help you find yourself in your tissues. But too much information, perhaps from physical pain or emotional distress, s...
Body and Breath
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Another short (about 18 minute) meditation on how breathing and sensing interact with each other. It’s one of those ‘skills for lifeR...
Movement and the Little Things
24 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s podcast comes from an Embodiment Project class conversation. I answer student questions, giving examples of how movement helps us conn...
Embodiment Practice 1
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s a new series of practices for 2021. At just under an hour, they will ask a little more of your day than the 10 minute meditations but I...
Why We Breathe
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I’m bringing you another contribution from the Project’s weekly seminars. For those of you who are used to a taste of the seminars in the...
Body and Breath Practice
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Breath is the bridge between body and mind. It helps us locate sensations and more deeply connect with the the community conversation that is our li...
Embracing the Beast Part 5
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Conclusion The body’s needs for release can never be fully fathomed by the rational mind, it must be felt, and brought to life in expression. Only...
Embracing the Beast Part 4
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coming Home Learning to relate to pain seems to be the source from which healing comes forth in bodywork. In fact, there is every indication that mu...
Embracing the Beast Part 3
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The World of Sleeping Beauty In this section we leave the dilemma of the frog body and the princess mind for the moment and take a closer look at the ...
Embracing the Beast Part 2
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When Walter Scott wrote, “Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive” he could have been talking about our relationship wit...
Embracing the Beast Introduction
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A short introduction to the five part Embracing the Beast, the series were originally written for Massage Magazine.
Embracing the Beast Part 1
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Written as an article for Massage Magazine in the early 1990’s, Embracing the Beast has sustained some of the most constant interest of any of my pu...