Holly Sweeney-Hillman: Alexander Technique & Tai Chi Chuan
HOLLY SWEENEY-HILLMAN is a TTM faculty, Anatomy and Biomechanics, academic coordinator and Co-Director of the Teachers Academy USA. Holly has a degree in dance and graphic arts from The University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA and a Masters degree in orthopedic biomechanics from New York University. She is a certified Alexander Technique teacher and practicing CranioSacral therapist. She has written numerous articles on the biomechanics of tai chi for the Interna...
22 Maj 20221h 18min
Lawrence Gold: Hanna Somatics
Lawrence Gold is a Hanna Somatic Educator. Initially Lawrence begin studying physical therapy before being drawn to the work of Ida Rolf following an injury. Impressed with the structural integration he was taught he wanted to find out more and eventually began studying Rolfing with Emmet Hutchins, Ida Rolf's first appointed teacher. He was part of the first and only Hanna Somatic Education Training Course taught by Thomas Hanna. Having completed the course he was asked to continue on as an ...
8 Maj 20221h 5min
Ryan Nagy: The Feldenkrais Method
Ryan is a Feldenkrais teacher from Texas now living in Mexico. He’s been studying and teaching the method since the early 2000’s. He is a long time meditation practitioner having studied with Thích Nhất Hạnh, the Vietnamese monk who founded Plum Village. Ryan uses Feldenkrais as a way to develop awareness. He uses the sensory motor learning process as a way help students organize their physical movements to discover their own ease and freedom. In this episode we discuss: How h...
24 Apr 202256min
Jeando Masoero: Initial Alexander Technique
On this episode I had the pleasure to discuss the Alexander Technique with Jeando Masoero. Jeando is a master teacher and translator of F.M. Alexander's work, having translated all of Alexander's books into French. While working on these translations Jeando discovered that Alexander had studied and was a teacher of the Delsarte Method of Movement which is remarkably similar to Alexander's early approach to his Technique. Realizing this connection Jeando focused on this early work and created ...
10 Apr 20221h 10min
Georges Dreyfus PhD/Geshe Lharampa: Buddhist Philosophy of Mind
Georges Dreyfus is Professor of Religion at Williams College, Massachusetts. His focus is in the fields of Tibetology and Buddology, with a particular interest in 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 ph...
27 Mars 20221h 13min
Tim Cartmell: A Life in Martial Arts
This episode of the Somatic Primer Podcast features Tim Cartmell. Tim has over 30 years of experience in martial arts including Kung Fu San Su, Xing Yi Quan , Ba Gua Zhang, Tai Ji Quan, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Tim is the author of the best selling book "Effortless Combat Throws," and "Passing the Guard." He is the translator of the several books including "The Method of Chinese Wrestling" and "Chin Na Fa: Traditional Chinese Submission Grappling." He teaches full time i...
13 Mars 20221h 2min
Eleanor Criswell Hanna Phd: Hanna Somatic Education
Eleanor Criswell is emeritus professor of psychology and former chair of the psychology department, Sonoma State University. Founding director of the Humanistic Psychology Institute, she is editor of Somatics Magazine, the magazine-journal of the mind-body arts and sciences, and director of the Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training. Her books include Biofeedback and Somatics: Toward Personal Evolution, How Yoga Works: An Introduction to Somatic Yoga, and she is editor of Cram's I...
27 Feb 202252min
Alfons Grabher: Feldenkrais Teacher
This episode of the Somatic Primer Podcast features Alfons Grabher. Alfons Grabher is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner from Vienna, Austria. His Youtube channel "Improving ability” ranked #1 on Feedspot’s Top 20 Feldenkrais Youtube Channels in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. He is author of several books including "My Feldenkrais Book”, a workbook with movement lessons. Alfons and Bryson discuss: How Alfons discovered the Feldenkrais TechniqueAdvantages & Disadvantages of online le...
11 Feb 202259min
