12. Mark Walsh - Moving Beyond Mindfulness

In this talk, Mark talks about the failures of the modern
postural yoga and how he used the opportunity to turn criticism
into action by creating the Embodied Yoga
Principles. We talked about guru abuse, cultural
differences, trauma, and how these themes can be explored via
multidisciplinary somatic practices. We talk about the issue of
living in a visual culture, in terms of pursuing posture as the
end goal, about relationships in terms of attachment, Mark shares
his approach in the Embodied Facilitator Course,
expanding the skills set and also we discuss the subject of
technology, social media and the pros and contras of using it. We
end our talk with Marc guiding us into a very grounding somatic
practice.


Mark is an embodiment specialist, the creator and host of the
Embodiment Podcast, the director and co-lead
trainer of the Embodied Facilitator
Course, the Embodied Yoga
Principles and the Embodiment
Conference. He has been working extensively in
connecting the dots across diverse fields like martial arts,
yoga, coaching and somatics. His background is in Psychology,
Aikido, Yoga, Embodied Leadership, linguistic coaching,
non-violent communication, mindfulness, etc. He has taught
embodied work in 30+ countries and has experience in
peace-building in numerous areas of conflict from Afghanistan to
Ukraine. Marc also has a new book coming out: Embodiment,
Moving Beyond Mindfulness.


Mark in social media: Facebook, Instagram


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The guru abuse post I mentioned in the talk can be found here in
Instagram


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