The breathing body Flurina Dominique Thali

Hello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here.


Today's episode invites you to listen to Pete`s journey away from structure and alignment into sensation and movement - and how this transition shaped his lens through which he approaches the concept of pain and chronic pain in particular.

This conversation is for YOU if you would like to explore how you can start to untangle the meaning of both physical and emotional pain and how the experience of pain can be a doorway to meet yourself and `to reach into yourself more fully`.


About Pete:

Peter is an UK based Osteopath and yoga teacher, both teaching regular classes and workshops and training various movement practitioners. His approach is so unique as you will find out in this episode and also influenced strongly by the work of Vanda Scaravelli. Pete continues to explore ways to make yoga accessible and relevant to practitioners in the 21st Century. Over the last fifteen years he has contributed to various teacher training courses both in the UK and abroad, but his central interest has been the development of his humanistic yoga courses which aims to understand yoga from modern understandings of neurology, psychology and biomechanics. He is the author of the book called "Intelligent Yoga" in which he describes his humanistic approach to yoga, firmly rooted in the here and now and underpinned by scientific research. In this second edition, he seeks to distance himself further from the biomechanical view of the body, revealing instead his more integrative perspective, focused on the neurological basis for movement and on the relationships between things. Rather than approaching yoga as an exercise system, it is seen here as a tool for self-exploration and as we explored in tis conversation as a tool to increase the accuracy of our perception - maybe the most important tool we can ever engage with?



In this conversation we talked about:

✨ The illusion of our tendency to separate body and mind - especially in relation to pain

✨ How understanding pain invites us to learn to think biologically and what this means

✨ Role of movement in experience of pain and healing - what if feeling arises from bodily changes?

✨ How yoga can be a practice to increase the accuracy of your perception and its role in (chronic) pain

✨ What practice you can do to embark in this process, grow your sensory vocabulary and create space to heal


This is how you can connect with Peter Blackaby:

- Visit his webpage: www.peterblackaby.co.uk


I hope you enjoy this episode and I am looking forward reading your thoughts and comments.


Love,

Flurina


Credits:
- Intro/outro music – ‘Hymn for Jim’ by Aspyrian: Robin Porter – saxophone, Jack Gillen – guitar, Matt Parkinson – drums, composed by Robin Porter, listen to the full track here.
- Graphic: Annina Thali, for more information click here
- Mix engineer: Jack Gillen, for more information click here

Hello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. 

This podcast invites you to meet your body - in a deeper and more meaningful way and to find your way back home. We explore tools and practices, share stories and experiences about how we can say YES to the body we inhabit: This is is the most beautiful project life has to offer.  I call it self-love. 

After I shared my own healing journey as the first episode in this year I got a lot of questions from you about what concretely I did to uncover my eating disorder and stop into the recovered landscape - and I decided to record two episodes - this is part 2 - in which I share all weird and wonderful big and small things which supported me and still support me to this day.

This episode is for you, no matter if you struggle with food or not.

In today's episode I fly solo and I talk with you about why eating disorder recovery is such a rich & rewarding journey: 

🌟 It gifts you with tools, coping strategies, inspirations and insights which you will benefit from way beyond!
🌟 And today I share with you what these goldnuggets are for me. 
🌟Let us open the space for disordered eating to guide us back home to our true self 💛 


These are the resources I mentioned in today's show:

- Diana Richardson (www.loveforcouples.com), also see Episode 5

I hope you enjoy this episode and I am looking forward reading your thoughts and comments.


Love, 

Flurina 

How to connect with me: 
• Follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flurina_breathingbody/
• Join my FREE MASTERCLASS: https://www.flurinathali.com/masterclass
• Visit my webpage: www.flurinathali.com 

Hello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here.


Today's episode is another one of my `root teachers`- series: In 2017 I went to Goa to participate in a Scaravelli-inspired yoga teacher training with Helen Noakes, who was guest on the podcast too (see episode 4). During this training I met Gary Carter, who taught us anatomy and movement - and I can't put in words what happened with me when I sat there on the sandy Shala ground and witnessed how my own horizon got pulled wide open and I came to acknowledge that my body is so much more I would ever have thought. Yes, studying with Gary is breath-taking and so is this episode.

This episode is for YOU if you would like to explore how studying the miraculous nature of your body changes the way we move and use our body - and is a direct invitation to heal.


About Gary:

Gary Carter brings a wealth of experience to this world with his over 35 years of experience in physical training, anatomical study, and bodywork practices.
He created a movement Training called ‘Myofascial Movement Training’ and founded the Natural Bodies Centre
in 1991 to teach, train and encourage kinaesthetic awareness, ease of movement, efficient body use in exercise, sport, and many movement disciplines, and is one of the first people in the UK to bring tensegrity and fascial aspects to yoga and training systems.
Gary trained and taught with Tom Myers (Anatomy Trains) and studied yoga with teachers such as Mary Stewart and John Stirk and after a brief time with Vanda Scaravelli. He also studied in Shiatsu, Chi Kung & Chi Ne Tsang, CranioSacral Therapy.
Gary has been and is teaching nationally and internationally for various organisations and universities and recently  has been lead dissector and designer with the Fascial Net Plastination Project, Germany with Gunther von Hagens team, creating the world’s first plastinated fascial human.
Gary lives and teaches in Brighton in the UK and is consistently exploring, studying, and practicing with talented and inspiring people from all backgrounds of movement research and manual therapy.

In this conversation we talked about:

✨ How Gary`s understanding of the body evolved on his journey …

✨ … from working as a graphic designer to become a leading dissector in the `fascia world

✨ How learning about our body transforms the way we use our body and the way we move!

✨ The power of the mind - body connection and how we can use visualisation to access a place of …

✨ ... innerness, that mysterious place where no words exist …

✨… and we move into the power of unspoken knowing.



This is how you can connect with Gary:
- Visit his webpage: www.naturalbodies.com


I hope you enjoy this episode and I am looking forward reading your thoughts and comments.


Love,

Flurina


Credits:
- Intro/outro music – ‘Hymn for Jim’ by Aspyrian: Robin Porter – saxophone, Jack Gillen – guitar, Matt Parkinson – drums, composed by Robin Porter, listen to the full track here.
- Graphic: Annina Thali, for more information click here
- Mix engineer: Jack Gillen, for more information click here

Hello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. 



Today I welcome my dear friend Isabella Kilian on the podcast and together we weaved a conversation about all the many things we have in common - dance, osteopathy, movement research, spirituality, … - celebrating how we are both on this search for "something more", the very ungraspable and mystical … 



This episode is for YOU if you would like to explore how you can say yes to a PROCESS which invites you to arrive in your body and in your truth every given moment. 



About Bella:

Isabella Kilian's passion for dance has been a lifelong journey, beginning with ballet during her early years and evolving into a love for Latin American partner dances during her teens. Her dance background laid the foundation for her to study contemporary dance for three years in Munich, where she delved deeper into the art form and discovered a desire to work harmoniously with the body.

Seeking a holistic approach to healing and movement, Isabella pursued studies in osteopathy in the UK. This path not only enriched her understanding of the body's mechanics but also inspired her to develop her movement workshop, SoulContact. This unique workshop has been a highlight at festivals across Europe, attracting participants eager to explore the nuances of movement and connection.

Driven by her insatiable curiosity about the connection between body, mind, and spirit, Isabella embarked on a journey to study the Liberato Method with her mentor, Xandy Liberato. This transformative experience further fueled her passion for exploring body flow, connection, and the profound beauty of listening through the body.

Today, Isabella Kilian is dedicated to creating workshops that empower individuals to embrace their body's natural flow, deepen their connections with themselves and others, and discover the joy of truly listening to their bodies. Through her teachings, she continues to inspire others to explore the interconnectedness of movement, mindfulness, and personal growth.





In this conversation with Bella we talked about:




Bella journey from Ballett to Osteopathy, back to dance and into her very own work
The importance of sensuality …
… and why we need to let go of control to find freedom in movement. 
Her own work "soul contact"
And why you don't need to commit to a morning routine to be in flow with life :-) 





How to connect with Isabella:




You can find all about Isabella's current work and offers on her instagram page (@bellas.body.poetry)





I hope you enjoy this episode and I am looking forward reading your thoughts and comments.



Love, 



Flurina 





Credits:


Intro/outro music – ‘Hymn for Jim’ by Aspyrian: Robin Porter – saxophone, Jack Gillen – guitar, Matt Parkinson – drums, composed by Robin Porter, listen to the full track here. 


Graphic: Annina Thali, for more information click here


Mix engineer: Jack Gillen, for more information click here

Hello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. 



This podcast invites you to meet your body - in a deeper and more meaningful way and to find your way back home. We explore tools and practices, share stories and experiences about how we can say YES to the body we inhabit: This is is the most beautiful project life has to offer.  I call it self-love. 



You asked, I deliver: 



In today's episode I fly solo and I talk with you about why eating disorder recovery is such a rich & rewarding journey: 




It gifts you with tools, coping strategies, inspirations and insights which you will benefit from way beyond!




And today I share with you what these goldnuggets are for me. 




Let us open the space for disordered eating to guide us back home to our true self 💛 





These are the resources I mentioned in today's show:




The Alexander Technique - look for an Alexander Technique Teacher in your area
Ideokinesis, book: By Ursula Stricker - Ideokinesis: A Creative Approach to Human Movement and Body Alignment
Dr. Sue Morter and her amazing book called «The Energy Codes»
Dr. Anita Johnston and her amazing book called «Eating in the light of the moon.»
EFT - Emotion Freedom Technique 





I hope you enjoy this episode and I am looking forward reading your thoughts and comments.



Love, 



Flurina 



How to connect with me: 




Follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flurina_breathingbody/
Join my FREE MASTERCLASS: https://www.flurinathali.com/masterclass
Visit my webpage: www.flurinathali.com 







Credits:


Intro/outro music – ‘Hymn for Jim’ by Aspyrian: Robin Porter – saxophone, Jack Gillen – guitar, Matt Parkinson – drums, composed by Robin Porter, listen to the full track here. 


Graphic: Annina Thali, for more information click here


Mix engineer: Jack Gillen, for more information click here

Hello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. 



This podcast invites you to meet your body - in a deeper and more meaningful way and to find your way back home. We explore tools and practices, share stories and experiences about how we can say YES to the body we inhabit: This is is the most beautiful project life has to offer.  I call it self-love. 



Today's episode is all about chocolate, fascia and the spark of life - yes, this is a deep, magic and mysterious conversation - just how recovering from eating difficulties can feel like or did feel for me. 



About Joanne:

Joanne Avison is an author, illustrator and specialist in fascia, myofascial movement and manual therapy. The 2nd edition of her book "Yoga Fascia Anatomy and Movement" precedes a new illustrated series including "Myofascial Magic in Action", "Fasciategrity – the Magical Interface", "The Heart-centred Embryo" and "Somatic Archetypes". Through archetypal awareness, Joanne teaches how fasciategrity redefines the unified nature of human form and self-expression through everyone's unique movement patterns. An ordained minister, Joanne's doctorate in Spiritual Science includes study and practice as teacher / practitioner of Restorative Yoga, Surat Shabd Yoga, Structural Integration and Sacred Contracts - archetypal patterns and the movement of magical inner awareness. Joanne invites us to tune in to ourselves and understand our own biomotional intelligence from the inside out. 



During our conversation Joanne shared how she spends most of her time travelling the world working mainly with  practitioners teaching her work and how she witnesses her students get confidence that «there is nothing wrong with me, I am embodied, I am.» She described this as «watching lightbulbs go on, a process of bringing ourselves home - where the magic happens». And of course this is exactly what this podcast is about and what healing is about - coming back home and acknowledging the wholeness you are and have always been! 





In this conversation we talked about:




Joanne's journey from being a chocolatier to speaking «fluent fascia» …
… and teaching practitioners worldwide in her role as a «spiritual scientists»
Why we need to let go of thinking about our body as a biomechanical machine … 
… and acknowledge the crystal liquid matrix of fascia!
How we can engage the latter through movement!
What embodiment means and that we can never not be embodied!
What the embryo has to teach us.



Yes, this is a power talk of an episode and just so heart-warming, inspiring and encouraging! Listen, enjoy and then go and follow your own wild heart and do all those things which make you feel alive. This is our birth right. 



I hope you will enjoy this episode and I am so much looking forward hearing from you - share with me how listening to Julie inspired and nurtured your yoga practice from anew and what you took from this conversation. 





More information about Joanne's work: 


www.joanneavison.com


Engage with Joanne on social media @joanneavison





Credits:


Intro/outro music – ‘Hymn for Jim’ by Aspyrian: Robin Porter – saxophone, Jack Gillen – guitar, Matt Parkinson – drums, composed by Robin Porter, listen to the full track here. 


Graphic: Annina Thali, for more information click here


Mix engineer: Jack Gillen, for more information click here