Episode 7: Britt Johnson: Thriving From a Chronic Patient’s Perspective

Episode 31: Gil Hedley: Exploring Inner Space: Gil Hedley is an ethicist and anatomist who runs unique human dissection labsthat are much more about discovering the reality of our connectedness than about finding the separations between things. We talk about how our model of the body determines... by Liberated Being

59 min listen

Episode 12: Valerie Berg: Structural Aging At Any Age: Picture the standard old-person shuffle that we have come to assume is the norm. Why do we assume this is what happens to a body over time? What are the beginnings of these patterns and how can we catch them in their early stages? And, of course, how... by Liberated Being

32 min listen

Episode 8: Nancy DeLucrezia: How Bodies Change: Nancy DeLucrezia, founder of Neuro-Structural Bodywork and of The Kali Institute, talks about the importance of connecting fascial release with neuro-muscular re-education, or how to address both the hardware and the software of our bodies.... by Liberated Being

45 min listen

ep 43: Making Classrooms Movement Friendly: I talk with Richard Brennan, originator of the School Chairs Campaign to make backward sloping chairs illegal, and Patricia Pyrka of Beyond Training about her week-long furniture-free experiment in her son's school. What is (approximately) 15,000... by Liberated Being

69 min listen

Episode 9: Jules Mitchell: The Science of Stretching: http://www.liberatedbody.com/jules-mitchell-lbp-009 I get a chance to talk with Jules Mitchell right after she turned in her Master’s thesis in the science of stretching. Jules’ work blends biomechanics with the tradition of yoga to... by Liberated Being

42 min listen

Episode 11: Tom Myers: Mapping the Anatomy of Connection: Tom Myers, founder of Anatomy Trains and Kinesis Myofascial Integration, talks about the history of Anatomy Trains and how he came to chart connections through the fascial fabric, where Newtonian biomechanics fall short, fascia as the 3rd big... by Liberated Being

46 min listen

Episode 19: Constance Clare-Newman: Alexander Technique: Constance Clare-Newman and I talk Alexander Technique, the difference between un-doing vs. doing (or relaxing into expansive support vs. propping oneself up), tensegrity concepts, the support relationships within our body, and (hey, why not!) what... by Liberated Being

47 min listen

Episode 14: Judith Hanson Lasater: The Power of Restoration: Judith Hanson Lasater talks about being one of BKS Iyengar’s first students and, especially in light of his recent passing, some of his teachings that have stayed with her the most through the years. We also discuss why she has become... by Liberated Being

53 min listen

Episode 13: David Weinstock: Neurokinetic Therapy and Motor Control Theory: David Weinstock, founder of Neurokinetic Therapy, talks about motor control theory, how we create healthy and dysfunctional patterns, what our scars can tell us about ourselves, how eye movements facilitate muscle movements throughout the... by Liberated Being

33 min listen

Episode 34: Judith Aston: Our Relationship to our Bodies and Their Relationship to the World: 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... by Liberated Being

63 min listen

Episode 10: Matthew Lacoste: Journeying Through the History of Massage: www.liberatedbody.com/matthew-lacoste-lbp-010 Matthew Lacoste of www.thetouchtrail.com talks about the epic journey that he is kicking off next month. He’ll be traveling the world following the history of massage. On a bike. That converts into a... by Liberated Being

30 min listen

Episode 17: Bo Forbes: Mindfulness Expressed in the Body: Bo Forbes, clinical psychologist, yoga teacher, and integrative yoga therapist talks about what Integrative Yoga Therapy is, interoception, relaxing rather than corralling into expansion, why vinyasa and restorative yoga fit together on a continuum,... by Liberated Being

35 min listen

Episode 6: Matthew Remski: What Are We Actually Doing In Asana?: www.liberatedbody.com/matthew-remski-lbp-006 Matthew Remski discusses his WAWADIA (What Are We Actually Doing In Asana) Project. We get into if yoga was ever really intended as a physically therapeutic practice, what the Hatha yogis may have actually... by Liberated Being

45 min listen

Episode 21: Sayonara Short Hamstrings: This episode includes outtakes from interviews I did with Jules Mitchell, Dr. Dawn McCrory, Jillian Nichols, and Rachel Bernsen for the Liberated Body Guide to Short Hamstrings. We get into the what and the why behind persistently unyielding... by Liberated Being

38 min listen

Episode 23: Gary Ward: What the Foot?: I’m talking with Gary Ward who is the founder of Anatomy in Motion, and the author of the book What the Foot?. He talks about how Anatomy in Motion is based on understanding how the body moves- or what the body does and when it does it, why... by Liberated Being

39 min listen

Episode 28: Mary Bond: Posture is an Exploration: Mary Bond, author of The New Rules of Posture, talks about how and why the word “posture” is problematic, how poor posture becomes chronic, what muscular armoring is and how it interferes with our functioning, the distinction between... by Liberated Being

52 min listen

Episode 15: Steve Haines: Body Maps and Interoception: Steve Haines talks about Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, body maps and how they become strange or distorted, interoception and why there is more pain in areas that we have less interoception about- or are more poorly mapped, and the huge role the... by Liberated Being

36 min listen

Episode 30: Carolyn McMakin: The Resonance of Repair: Dr. Carolyn McMakin talks about Frequency Specific Microcurrent, our bodies as electromagnetic systems, the history of electromagnetic medicine, and the dramatic results of Frequency Specific Microcurrent on a diverse range of things from... by Liberated Being

68 min listen

Episode 20: Katy Bowman: Move Your DNA: Katy Bowman, biomechanist and founder of Restorative Exercise talks with us about her most recent book. Move Your DNA. We get into what diseases of mechanotransduction are, the profound ways our environment shapes us, why exercise and movement are not... by Liberated Being

47 min listen

Episode 36: Barbara Loomis: Uterine Wisdom: 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... by Liberated Being

43 min listen

Episode 18: Jonathan Fitzgordon: Psoas Release Party!: Jonathan Fitzgordon, creator of the CoreWalking Method, talks about the uniqueness of the psoas muscle, how its connected to trauma and uprightness, and how and why to release it. He also gets into gait patterns, what the most common... by Liberated Being

53 min listen

Episode 16: Darryl Edwards: Primal Play: Darryl Edwards, founder of the Primal Play methodology and author of Paleo Fitness, talks about some of the research on inactivity, the subtle yet proliferating messages in our environment that warn us that movement might be dangerous, how his... by Liberated Being

45 min listen

Episode 7: Britt Johnson: Thriving From a Chronic Patient’s Perspective: Britt Johnson of The Hurt Blogger talks about life with autoimmune arthritis, how movement helped her to rehabilitate her body, her work to facilitate more patient-centered care as a bio-consultant and e-patient scholar, and her ambitious... by Liberated Being

46 min listen

Episode 29: Amanda Joyce: Parkinson’s Disease and Movement as Powerful Medicine: Amanda Joyce talks about her work as a Parkinson’s Disease Movement Disorder Specialist. We get into how powerful movement can be, even in progressive disease processes, and Amanda also talks about her own journey with scleroderma. by Liberated Being

50 min listen

Episode 32: Steve Gangemi: Raising the Bar for What “Healthy” Means: Dr. Steve Gangemi, aka The Sock Doc, is a chiropractic physician and MovNat certified trainer who is merging functional neurology and nutritional biochemistry into mainstream natural healthcare. We talk about foot health as a gauge of a... by Liberated Being

51 min listen

Episode 22: Anne Tierney: Ki-Hara Resistance Stretching: Anne Tierney and I talk about Ki-Hara Resistance Stretching,what the advantages are of this kind of eccentric training, why alleviating global imbalances is the name of the game, how all of this can lead to a pain-free life, the dangers of... by Liberated Being

28 min listen

Ep 50: Stop Mindless Stretching with Steve Gangemi: Dr. Steve Gangemi, aka The Sock Doc, has ruffled more than a few feathers with his proclamations that stretching is for Bozos... these days he's tempered his statement to "stop mindless stretching". He joins me in this conversation to talk about what... by Liberated Being

61 min listen

Episode 25: Todd Hargrove: Pain Science and How to be a Happy Mover: Todd Hargrove is talking about what happy movers have in common, how learning better movement is more like sculpture than painting, the feather-ruffling information that posture does not predict pain levels- and how posture still matters and why. We... by Liberated Being

42 min listen

Episode 26: Self-Care, Movement Scavenger Hunt, Holiday Giveaway Spectacular!: This being the week of Thanksgiving in the US, I am talking about Liberated Body’s self-care, movement scavenger hunt, holiday giveaway spectacular which kicks off on the facebook group (www.facebook.com/liberatedbody) on Friday the 28th. For 9... by Liberated Being

18 min listen

Episode 24: Jill Miller: The Roll Model: I talk with Jill Miller, co-founder of Tune Up Fitness Worldwide and creator of the corrective exercise formats Yoga Tune Up and The Roll Model Method about her recent book by the same name (The Roll Model), the current pain epidemic in our... by Liberated Being

51 min listen

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