Willa Blythe Baker: The Wakeful Body, Somatic Mindfulness
Willa Baker has a doctorate from Harvard University. She is the Founder and director of The Natural Dharma Fellowship in Boston, MA, and its retreat center in the mountains of, NH. She is a dharma teacher and lineage holder in the Tibetan Buddhist Kagyu lineage . Willa lived as a monastic for twelve years and has also completed two three-year retreats. Willa is author of several books including The Wakeful Body: Somatic Mindfulness as a Path to Freedom Find our more about...
24 Mars 20241h 6min
Drew Leder: The Healing Body
Drew Leder a professor of Western and Eastern Philosophy at Loyola University Maryland. Dr. Leder's work focuses on the embodied experience. He asks us to reconsider the Cartesian mind-body dualism that underlies much of contemporary Western medicine, and proposes a more holistic, yet rigorous, alternative. He has written several books on these topics including The Absent Body, and his latest book The Healing Body: Creative Responses to Illness, Aging, and Affliction Find out m...
7 Mars 20241h 14min
Joseph Alter: The Embodiment of Somatics & Yoga
In this weeks episode, I speak with Joseph Alter. Joseph S. Alter is the Director of the Asian Studies Center and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also the editor of The Journal of Asian Studies (2021 – 2025). His research is on environmental health, the globalization of Asian medical knowledge and the cultural history of Yoga’s development in India. In the discussion professor Alter made references to Geoffrey Samuel & Livia Koan both of whom have ...
10 Feb 202454min
Veronica Rottman: Somatic Experiencing
My guest today, is Veronica Rottman. Veronica has a somatics and dance background. She studied Somatic Experiencing with Peter Levine as well as Somatic Attachment Therapy. Her passion is in Birth Work where she teaches a speciality Yoga for the pelvic floor, + prenatal/postnatal yoga) Listeners can find about more about her and her work at Waking Womb where she teaches classes and workshops. To find our more about the Podcast visit Somatic Primer For Meditation & Somatic Embodiment Cla...
6 Feb 202452min
Stuart Olson: The Jade Emperor’s Mind Seal Classic
Welcome to season 3 of the Somatic Primer Podcast. In this week's episode, I speak with Stuart Olson. Stuart is the founder, of Sanctuary of Tao. he is an author and translator of over thirty works on Taoist Philosophy, Taijiquan, Qigong, and Taoist internal practices. We discuss his translation of the Jade Emperor’s Mind Seal Classic: The Taoist Guide to Health, Longevity, and Immortality. The Jade Emperor’s Mind Seal Classic teaches that one can attain immortality through the cultivation o...
23 Jan 20241h 18min
Georges Dreyfus: Self as Body in Tibetan Buddhism
Georges Dreyfus is Professor of Religion at Williams College, Massachusetts. His focus is in the fields of Indian Buddhist philosophy, philosophy of mind, and cognitive processes. At the age of 20, Dreyfus left his native home of Switzerland and backpacked across Eastern Europe through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan to India. He traveled to Dharamsala where he first encountered Tibetan Buddhism. Captivated by its philosophy, he entered a monastery and began the studies t...
9 Jan 20241h 14min
James Mallinson: Living with the Sadhus
In this episode, I speak with Dr. James Mallinson about his time living in India living with the sadhus, meeting his guru, and his pioneering research on the history of yoga. Dr. James Mallinson is is a professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford. He was previously a Reader in Indology and Yoga Studies at SOAS University of London. His research focuses on the history and current traditional practice of yoga. He co-authored with Mark Singleton the Haṭha Yoga Project, a five...
20 Dec 20231h 5min
Rick Olderman: Physical Therapy, Somatics, & Chronic Pain
My guest today is Rick Olderman. Rick is a sports and orthopedic physical therapist, Hanna somatic practitioner and author. Rick has spent years developing his approach for treating chronic pain. Rick has written a series of books called “Fixing you” and his most recent book "Solving the Pain Puzzle" to help people with chronic pain and injuries. Rick is also is the host of the podcast Talk about Pain. Rick's Podcast, Talk about Pain Podcast https://rickolderman.com/ Type in "talk25" f...
5 Dec 202343min
