The Body's Compass

Matt Sorensen
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Real conversations about what it actually takes to live well and perform at your best. Hosted by Matt Sorensen, this podcast explores spirituality, personal growth, health, fitness, and metaphysics through raw, honest discussions you can apply in real life. Matt is a CHEK Institute Faculty member, Barral Institute Teaching Assistant, Medical Massage Therapist, Counsellor, and Strength Coach—blending deep expertise with lived experience to explore life from both sides of the coin.

  1. EP 110 - Mindfulness Through Movement with Bridget Hughes

    3D AGO

    EP 110 - Mindfulness Through Movement with Bridget Hughes

    In this episode, Matt Sorensen interviews Bridget Hughes, a yoga teacher at TrueWoo, Cronulla, who shares her personal journey into yoga, the principles of Iyengar yoga, and the importance of body awareness and alignment in practice. They discuss the significance of holding poses, observing oneself, and addressing common postural distortions through asana. The conversation also touches on the nine-point flexibility index and how it relates to overall body awareness and health. In this conversation, Bridget and Matt explore the intricate relationship between yoga, the ego, and physical challenges. They discuss the importance of balance in strength training and flexibility, the role of yoga in physiotherapy, and the rigorous training required to become an Iyengar Yoga teacher. The conversation also delves into the significance of breath work in yoga, contrasting Iyengar practices with other breath work methods, and emphasises the journey of self-discovery through yoga as a means to understand and manage trauma. 00:00 "This episode has taken us literally 25 hours." 03:29 "There's more to the movement." 17:33 "Yoga means union or reunion with one." 18:27 "It's observing from the inside." 23:45 "Asana is the physical practice." 30:13 "The closer to zero you are, the more..." 33:08 "It's a problem waiting to happen." 36:45 "Yoga is a holistic practice." 40:24 "Iyengar teachers are quite well trained." 46:31 "Breath work comes from yoga practices." 57:11 "It's a progression. It's a learning." Resources: IG @seabreezeyoga https://www.seabreezeyogacronulla.com

    1 hr
  2. EP 109 - Nutrition 101: Eat, Drink & Relate Better with Matt Sorensen

    APR 26

    EP 109 - Nutrition 101: Eat, Drink & Relate Better with Matt Sorensen

    What is worse, eating “naughty” foods or feeling guilt about it later? Matt explains why he avoids strict meal plans and instead teaches people to build a better relationship with food so they can enjoy commonly “naughty” items like coffee, alcohol, dairy, grains, sugar, and tobacco with less guilt. He outlines practical guidelines such as choosing organic coffee, drinking water, eating before alcohol, and opting for organic/preservative-free drinks. He discusses why many adults struggle to digest dairy and suggests raw or organic options, goat/sheep alternatives, and cutting dairy for 3–6 months if symptomatic. He covers fat quality, cooking oils, and why grains can be tolerated better when properly processed, sharing a simple  bread recipe and highlights how pervasive sugar is in foods. He also urging listeners how to track how foods affect mood, energy, and digestion. 00:34 Why Meal Plans Fail 01:37 Cheat Foods Mindset 06:56 Coffee Basics and Effects 12:32 Coffee Non Negotiables 17:42 Alcohol and Labels 21:33 Dairy Digestion Truths 25:56 Healthy Fats and Oils 29:06 Grains and Europe Paradox 31:13 German Bread Recipe 37:28 Salt and Sugar Reality 40:38 Tobacco and Nicotine Debate 45:04 Wrap Up Listen to Body Resources: Doing The Wrong Things Right: how to cheat foods effectively https://amzn.asia/d/04b6LfEs IG: @thebodyscompass @mattsorensenhh https://www.healhub.net

    47 min
  3. EP 108 - Breaking Patterns Across Lifetimes with Kamila Ataman

    APR 20

    EP 108 - Breaking Patterns Across Lifetimes with Kamila Ataman

    Do you ever feel like you’re being punished or it was destiny to be doomed? Matt welcomes back Kamila to discuss how Akashic Records and past lives function as an informational field encoded in consciousness, framed through Hermetic principles like mentalism and “as above, so below.” Kamila describes her process for accessing a person’s records and focuses on practical insights such as repeating patterns linked to past-life roles affecting self-esteem, relationships, work, and money. They explore higher self/spirit connection as part of an ascension process, Earth as a polarity-based, dense learning environment, and the idea that incarnations may be simultaneous rather than truly “past.” Kamila explains soul contracts and four life focuses—learning, contributor, support, and holiday—along with planned life “checkpoints,” and connects manifestation to Neville Goddard’s law of assumption, including certainty, bridge-of-incidents, and revision practices to reduce emotional charge from early experiences. 00:36 Akashic Records Explained 02:27 How Readings Work 03:49 Protection And Protocols 04:51 Past Life Patterns 08:14 Higher Self Connection 10:26 Polarity Karma And Time 19:05 Earning Light Lessons 24:22 Past Lives And Densities 27:44 Simultaneous Incarnations 30:40 Healing Ripple Effects 34:00 Does the Past Exist 34:58 Destiny Beliefs and Agency 35:58 Law of Assumption Basics 37:04 Bridge of Incidents 38:35 Revisions to Heal the Past 40:44 Four Lifetime Types 44:11 Planned Events and Free Will 47:36 Assumption vs Attraction 50:25 Why Manifesting Fails 52:06 Soul Contracts and Patterns 59:01 Victimhood and Hidden Payoffs 01:01:06 Intention and Energy Work 01:02:27 Meditation and Channeling Practice Resources: IG:@kamila.ataman https://www.kamilaataman.com https://www.healhub.net

    1h 7m
  4. EP 107 - Family Constellations & the Body’s Intelligence with Daniela Mallozzi

    APR 13

    EP 107 - Family Constellations & the Body’s Intelligence with Daniela Mallozzi

    Ever felt a sadness that doesn’t feel like your own or think your pains and patterns are from ‘poor’ genetics? Matt talks with Daniela, who works with Family Consellations and talks about what shaped her path into healing, including seven major traumas between ages 11–22, extensive medical and alternative approaches, and an “aha” that it wasn’t the trauma but her thoughts about it that caused ongoing pain. Daniela describes estrangement from her mother as a core wound and explains how family constellations uses representatives and specific acknowledging phrases to create rapid release and nervous system regulation. They discuss victim mentality, symptoms as sources of attention, inherited trauma and epigenetics, how thoughts and feelings shape reality, and why humans focus on negativity.  00:44 Daniella Origin Story 01:47 Trauma To Healing 04:08 Family Constellations Breakthrough 06:09 Victimhood And Symptoms 11:13 Sickness As A Teacher 13:30 What Constellations Are 18:02 Inherited Trauma Epigenetics 22:14 Inner World Creates Reality 26:13 Negativity Bias Online 28:17 Brain Chemicals Colors 29:52 Daily Brain Chemistry 31:03 Supplements And Soil 35:22 Breaking Unwanted Patterns 37:02 Constellations And Parents 40:26 Gratitude And Perspective 41:09 Anxiety As A Teacher 45:09 Self Discipline And Balance 47:15 Weight Loss And Mindset 50:02 Muscle Corrective Therapy Recourses: IG: @daniela_the_happiness_queen https://www.thehappinessqueen.com

    55 min
  5. EP 106 - A Road From Reinvention to Regulation and Reframing with Kim von Loewe

    APR 6

    EP 106 - A Road From Reinvention to Regulation and Reframing with Kim von Loewe

    Did you ever get a soul calling to reinvent yourself? Kim had a fear of being alone so she moved to the other side of the world for exactly that. Moving from Germany to Australia 10 years ago, and the personal upheavals that led her to breath work and coaching. Kim describes discovering breath work in early 2023 through an ice bath event, how different breathing styles (including coherence breathing and faster mouth breathing) affect the nervous system and mental state, and how she uses breath to manage anxiety in situations like flying, the dentist, and ice baths. She also explains the DeMartini Method as a question-based tool to reframe perception, balance emotions like guilt, and stop taking events personally. Kim discusses grounding practices such as nature, coaching, weight training for posture and jaw clenching, contrasts German vs Australian culture, and shares her current focus on integrating breath work insights with mindset reframing through 1:1 work and upcoming online breath work events. 01:08 Reinvention Trigger 01:49 Moving to Australia 02:48 Farm Work Visa Reality 03:25 Patterns and Accountability 04:13 Finding Breath work 05:52 Ice Bath Breakthrough 09:05 Personal Growth Trap 10:02 Breath work Basics Spectrum 11:34 Coherence Breathing Calm 12:57 Fast Breathing Safety 14:08 Inside a Breath work Session 17:10 Using Breath Daily 21:13 Always Learning as Coach 22:45 DeMartini Method Intro 23:53 Filters Stories Perception 24:54 Seeing the Full Picture 25:51 Reframing Shock Responses 27:00 From Quotes to Tools 29:27 Staying Grounded Abroad 31:09 Breath work and Coaching Support 31:59 Strength Training for Posture 34:22 German Sauna Culture 38:28 Bringing Saunas to Australia 40:41 Integration Coaching Vision Resources: IG @yourlifeuplifted https://lifeuplifted.carrd.co

    49 min
  6. EP 105 - Reviving The Land to Revive Ourselves with Stuart McWilliam

    MAR 30

    EP 105 - Reviving The Land to Revive Ourselves with Stuart McWilliam

    Have you ever noticed how unnatural most farms look? Well, there’s a reason! Matt interviews Stuart McWilliam about his unconventional path from leaving school early into plumbing, entrepreneurship, and eventually farming, leading to his work implementing Natural Sequence Farming across Australia. Stuart describes learning agriculture from scratch through podcasts and YouTube, training with and focusing on “reading the landscape” through plant diversity, soil compaction, water movement, and “weeds” as signals—paralleling how Matt reads the human body. He explains practical interventions like level contours, spillways, leaky weirs, and gully ponds to slow runoff, retain fertility, and rehydrate land, and discusses connections between soil health, animal stress, and human nutrition, emphasising grass-fed and grass-finished meat and buying direct from farmers. They touch on agricultural politics, consumer power, farmer wellbeing initiatives, and the Rehydrate Australia documentary. 00:38 Stuart’s Early Life 01:25 Entrepreneurial Hustle 03:39 First Steps in Farming 04:28 Learning the Hard Way 06:30 Courses and New Farm 08:31 Health and Burnout 10:57 Reading Land Like Bodies 14:26 Weeds as Soil Signals 23:42 Contours and Water Repair 26:44 Food Quality and Grass Fed Truths 28:28 Food System Secrets 28:55 Feedlot Stress Explained 31:10 Home Kill Reality 32:29 Politics and Big Ag 34:52 Can We Farm Naturally 37:12 Vote With Your Dollar 39:48 Is It Too Expensive 43:51 Community and Feedback 46:20 Modern Agriculture Forgot 48:29 Rehydrate Australia Film 52:07 Helping New Farmers Resouces: IG: @blackbirdandbeast Website - https://www.nofarmofood.com.au

    59 min
  7. EP 104 - Remember Your Inner Power: Cord Cutting and Akashic Records with Kamila Ataman

    MAR 23

    EP 104 - Remember Your Inner Power: Cord Cutting and Akashic Records with Kamila Ataman

    Have you ever found yourself attached to something or someone and can’t quite shake it? Matt interviews Kamila Atman, an energy healer and Akashic Records reader born in Poland who moved to Australia eight years ago, where her spiritual awakening deepened after reading Joseph Murphy’s The Power of Your Subconscious Mind and practicing manifestation. Kamila explains that everything is energy and that psychic abilities are accessible through practice via higher senses (clairsentience, clairaudience, clairvoyance, claircognisance), emphasising not everyone receives information visually. She defines Akashic Records discusses star seeds, soul contracts, and why she avoids fixed future prediction. The conversation covers trauma repetition, integrating psychology with energy work, cord cutting and chakra impacts, aura and energetic protection for empaths, past-life healing and karma balancing, and cautions about psychedelics as shortcuts without grounding and integration.  00:39 Awakening in Australia 01:54 Manifestation Breakthrough 04:21 Energy Work Explained 07:45 Higher Senses Guide 15:11 Healing Starts Within 20:05 Akashic Records Basics 21:02 Starseeds and Soul Origins 23:11 Why Future Predictions Mislead 30:23 Karma Loops and Repeating Lessons 31:24 Trauma Patterns and Cord Cutting 39:09 Anatomy of Trauma in the Body 42:53 Mind Can’t See It 43:22 Energy Healing Beyond Reiki 45:08 Akashic Records Flow State 47:03 Empaths Need Boundaries 51:56 Clearing Lower Chakras 55:14 What Auras Really Are 57:43 Types of Empathy Gifts 59:26 Past Lives and Karma 01:06:31 Psychedelics and Integration 01:14:37 Grounding and Safety Warnings Resources: https://www.kamilaataman.com IG: Kamila.ataman The Power of Your Subconscious Mind https://www.amazon.com.au/Power-Your-Subconscious-Mind/dp/160459201X/ref=sr_1_6?crid=20DVFL4JRQM0K&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.HnE_a2z8wPWkcJccacOB6_zAV6vN_zYMOMYrNq3TxAjOJ39A1agn0k84h-G2yjCK9CDL-vu-XjgAD6piWVRQfkAE3xzW33A3FAKXYMG7wWmb5BW1dPK7_SIFGIiIjicp_jqrNAbO8Ta7JHVR3OImZJjVvihMsBthq9fNiruf6K_7MjL8qNpq3DTMJRWJyQ9R-X1VuEauUxU_JepO6Ag1LTrXSNm0Q_bx5sDs_O7_CfvexV-qWAZp0PE01jrSmnqzARUz7jZdCdCUmV6vbNrgU8DEM8kehVGZDPJJah7Bl54.5nigaZKRYUEbEKisz-POsf_wfe56RQfa3eHNlgP5u34&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+power+of+your+subconscious+mind&qid=1773642321&sprefix=subconscious+mind%2Caps%2C293&sr=8-6 healhub.net

    1h 23m
  8. EP 103 - Germ Theory Vs. Terrain and Why Symptoms are Signals with Rian Smith

    MAR 16

    EP 103 - Germ Theory Vs. Terrain and Why Symptoms are Signals with Rian Smith

    This week, Matt interviews Naturopath Rian Smith about how chronic ear problems, years of antibiotics, and multiple surgeries led her to study naturopathy and question mainstream “disease management.” They discuss the historical shift toward a reductionist, allopathic model, claims about funding influences on medical and naturopathic education, and critiques of virology and virus “isolation.” Rian argues the body has innate healing intelligence, symptoms are signals rather than diseases, and fear-based messaging increases dependence on external experts. They contrast germ/contagion theory with terrain theory, describing microbes as responders that help break down toxicity and debris rather than attackers. Rian also challenges supplement culture, arguing “vitamins” are not truly isolated, many products are synthetic, and health can’t be replaced by quick fixes. She outlines pleomorphism as microbes changing form with environmental conditions and shares her clinical tips. 00:38 Health Journey Begins 01:47 Ear Surgeries and Antibiotics 03:40 Naturopathy Calling 04:50 Disease Management Critique 06:14 Holistic vs Reductionist Medicine 09:05 Rockefeller Era Shift 10:49 Questioning Virology 13:48 Innate Healing Intelligence 20:27 Germs Fear and Nature 24:05 Vitamins Will Save Me 26:47 Quick Fix vs Responsibility 31:11 Supplements Are Synthetic 37:40 Rethinking Vitamin D Tests 41:15 Symptoms as Body Language 42:46 Health as Spectrum 44:40 Symptoms as Messages 47:15 Stop Chasing Fixes 48:29 Contagion vs Terrain 53:35 Detox and Fever Logic 56:34 Ear Infection Story 59:17 Fear and Immune Myth 01:01:56 Cell Biology Critique 01:06:21 Pleomorphism Explained 01:11:03 Microbes as Recyclers 01:16:09 One Myth to Expel 01:18:09 Final Paradigm Shift Resources: https://www.healthexpression.com.au

    1h 24m
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Real conversations about what it actually takes to live well and perform at your best. Hosted by Matt Sorensen, this podcast explores spirituality, personal growth, health, fitness, and metaphysics through raw, honest discussions you can apply in real life. Matt is a CHEK Institute Faculty member, Barral Institute Teaching Assistant, Medical Massage Therapist, Counsellor, and Strength Coach—blending deep expertise with lived experience to explore life from both sides of the coin.

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  • Creator
    Matt Sorensen
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    117
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Matt Sorensen
  • Show Website
    The Body's Compass

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