S8E6 - Embodied Flow with Tara Judelle

One would assume that yoga classes (where we do asanas, or
postures) should be embodied.


Given the deep spiritual roots of yoga from various Indian
philosophies & teachers, you’d expect yoga to be something
that bought you deeper into inhabiting and expressing yourself
fully (my definition of embodiment). 


Except I frequently find myself in yoga classes lacking
that resonance. 


Perhaps they are more focused on precise asanas with increasing
complexity, or a workout to sweat. Either way, modern western
yoga (asana) classes as I experience them sometimes ≠ embodied.


In 2020 (or there about’s) one of our graduate Feminine
Embodiment Coaches Megan Hart mentioned to me she’d been studying
Embodied Flow, which was “so much like Feminine Embodiment Coach,
but in yoga form” I was VERY interested…. And today, finally,
I’ve spoken with the founder of this beautiful embodied movement
method.


Meet Tara Judelle, the creator of Embodied Flow Yoga - a
school of somatics, movement, and yoga based in non-dual tantric
philosophy and humanistic psychology. She  has facilitated
yoga spaces internationally for the over 20 years. She is the
creator of Embodied Flow Yoga - a school of somatics, movement ,
and yoga based in non-dual tantric philosophy and humanistic
psychology.  She is dedicated to facilitating  journeys
that bring people into freedom and agency in the body-mind.


Today’s podcast is my favourite so far in our Season 8 Embodied
Movement Series. While I’ve relished every conversation so far,
this conversation with Tara holds a special place in my heart.


Perhaps it’s because we’re both in cross-cultural relationships
(Tara splits her time between US/Greece & travel for her
teaching/retreats), or perhaps it’s because Tara weaves
so much deep knowledge & diverse philosophy into all she
shares. Either way, Tara is a woman after my own heart
(abet, doing it a very different way) and it’s a joy to bring
this conversation about Embodied Flow to you today!


In this episode, we discuss:


How Tara’s traditional yoga-asana practice evolved by
following the question “how do I become a liberated, embodied
being?”

Shouldn’t all yoga (asana) classes be embodied? Tara shares
with us some historical context of asana’s evolution &
migration to the West, and how that’s shaped the practice

Tara’s journey from traditional yoga teacher, to creator of
Embodied Flow, a meditation in motion, on & off the mat.

Input/Output balances. We speak about balancing the vast
qualities of data we receive in a day & shifting that data
from a vast imaginal field, through the body as a way to reduce
anxiety.



 


Resources mentioned in this podcast:


Embodied Flow - Find a class, teacher or training

Body Mind Centering, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human
Performance Steven Kotler

Feminine Embodiment Coaching - an emotional embodiment &
vulnerability-based professional training for coaches

Find a Feminine Embodiment Coach in our Professional
Directory

School of Embodied Arts

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