The Return to Embodiment: consciousness, culture, creativity and flourishing

Dance and Ecological Embedment with Amelia Burns

In this conversation, I am speaking with Amelia Burns. I found Amelia through her masters thesis article, Embodiment and embedment: integrating dance/movement therapy, body psychotherapy, and ecopsychologyAs a body worker, a dancer and a somatic therapist/dance therapist, Amelia has gathered threads of a myriad different experiences and inspirations to create a tapestry of her work exploring embodiment in relationship with onself, others, and the more than human world. "In writing and reflecting on the themes of embodiment in my life, I feel inspired and excited about continuing to follow the embodied threads of deep listening and embodied conversing through attuning with my body, with others, and with the more-than-human world. Improvisational dance skills of embodyingly following the yes’s have long influenced my ways of being, and I’m sure will persist in guiding me in the future as I cultivate more and more embodied presence in my life and work." ~Amelia Burns For more information on Amelia's work and writings, visit: https://movingstillnesshealing.com

Embodiment in eating disorder recovery and beyond with Rachel Lewis-Marlow MS, EDS, LCMHC, LMBT

In this conversation Kristen Mennona is the guest host of the Return to Embodiment Podcast. Kristen interviews Rachel Lewis-Marlow, a somatically integrative psychotherapist dually licensed in counseling and therapeutic massage and bodywork. She is a Certified Advanced Practitioner in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and has advanced training and over twenty five years experience in diverse somatic therapies. Rachel developed a protocol called Embodied Recovery for Eating Disorders as a way to enhance the effectiveness of current best practices in eating disorder treatment. The conversation is insightful, nuanced and passionate, exploring the connections between attachment, developmental reflects, nourishment and recovery. I am so delighted to share it with you. Kristen Mennona is a dance therapist, author, speaker and owner of Nurture Family Counseling LLC. Kristen is a licensed professional counselor, a board certified dance/movement therapist, a certified eating disorder specialist (CEDS), a certified specialist in OCD and a yoga instructor.  She has 20 years experience in the counseling field and specializes in the treatment of anxiety-based disorders, life transitions and grief. She is the author of the book titled, Body As Nature, a workbook designed to guide the reader home to the body.

Conscious dance practice as access point to humanity and basic goodness with Jenny Macke

In this conversation, I speak with Jenny Macke about the ways in which dance practice supports how we show up in our lives, relationships and the broader world. We examine some of Jenny's origins and inspirations, and her intentions in facilitation of conscious dance through open floor theories and her spacious capacity for presence with what is. For more information about Jenny, her facilitation and her educational opportunities, visit https://www.jennymacke.com/ and follow her on instagram at jennymackedance.

Dr. Suzi Tortora on Medical Dance Therapy with Infants and Embodiment as an Integrating Capacity

In this conversation, I am speaking with Dr. Suzi Tortora, Ed.D, BC-DMT LCAT LMHC CMA, NCC who is a dance/ movement psychotherapist, mental health counselor, author and educator. Dr. Tortora is a world-renowned specialist in the field of infant mental health, and has written two books, including Dance/Movement Therapy for Infants and Young Children with Medical Illness and The Dancing Dialogue: Using the Communicative Power of Movement with Young Children. She regularly trains, teaches and presents her work, including her two year advanced training program, Ways of Seeing method, all over the world. For more information, please visit her website: https://www.dancingdialogue.com/ [https://www.dancingdialogue.com/] https://www.dancingdialogue.com/ways-of-seeing-international-training [https://www.dancingdialogue.com/ways-of-seeing-international-training]

Embodied Speech: Interviewing the Interviewer with Kimberly Rothwell and Leslie McCormick

In this conversation, Leslie interviews Kim about embodied speech as a practice that grounds conversation in the phenomenological experience of the body in the present moment, which tunes each of us into the truth as it arises within us and sensitizes us to the lived experience of others. We discuss the origins of this podcast, Kim's own cultural situatedness, and the applications of practices of embodiment which embed us more intimately into our relationships and into the broader world. Kim Rothwell LCPC, NCC, LMHC, CADC, BC-DMT, GL-CMA is founder and faculty at the Embodied Education Institute of Chicago.  With a professional dance movement therapy background spanning 20 years, Kim integrates dance/movement therapy and ecological belonging, invoking the body’s wisdom and the power of creative process to cultivate individual and collective healing. Kim’s expertise includes addiction, matriscence, body empowerment and somatic countertransference.  Kim utilizes authentic movement as a primary practice of mindfulness, interpersonal connection and healing. Leslie McCormick (Taravajri) is a licensed somatic psychotherapist, a registered dance/movement therapist, poet and ordained Dharmacharini with the Triratna Buddhist Order. To learn more about ways to connect with Leslie, visit: tucsonsomaticpsychotherapy.com