scripod.com

Building The Culture Of The Body With SIMON THAKUR | EMP Podcast 111

Evolve Move Play Podcast

Shownote

EMP | On Sale Now - Online Natural Movement Courses: https://learn.evolvemoveplay.com/choose-your-own-adventure1672680678329 - Seasonal Retreats: https://www.evolvemoveplay.com/retreats Welcome back to the Evolve Move Play Podcast! Today we’ve got Simon Thakur joining us again to talk about some of the deeper aspects of movement practice. How do we adapt our practice as we age? What is the relationship between discipline and culture? How can the practice of movement nourish more than just our physical bodies, and bring us into deeper accord with the sacred? And those are just a few of the topics we’ll be exploring, so I hope you’ll join us for this fascinating conversation. If you enjoy the show, please be sure to like, subscribe, and share with your friends. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:23 - Catching Up 07:04 - Longevity, Grappling 10:50 - Capoeira 15:09- FRC & Joint Integrity Work 23:30 - The I Method & Contextual Movement & critiquing movement culture 45:43 - The Internal Arts & the Cultured Body 51:58 - Movement as a Bridge to the Sacred 01:00:22 - Return To Movement Course Ad 01:05:31 - Complexification, Integration & Differentiation 01:24:10 - The Ebb & Flow of Practice, dealing with setbacks, 01:37:41 - Going to Church, The Life & Death Thing EMP | Visit Us Online - EMP Website: https://www.evolvemoveplay.com - IG: @RafeKelly - http://www.instagram.com/rafekelley/ - FB: @RafeKelleyMovement - https://www.facebook.com/RafeKelleyMo... - Twitter: @rafekelley - https://twitter.com/rafekelley - YT Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/Faelcind... - Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/rafekelley Simon Thakur -IG: https://www.instagram.com/ancestralmovement/ -YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AncestralMovement

Highlights

In this episode of the Evolve Move Play Podcast, Simon Thakur revisits the profound aspects of movement practice. The discussion delves into adapting practices as we age, the interplay between discipline and culture, and how movement can connect us to the sacred.
05:45
Realized they're a better grappling coach than grappler at age 40
07:07
Movement intelligence from parkour enhances martial arts techniques.
10:50
Capoeira is a blend of dance, music, martial arts, and acrobatics.
17:47
FRC is explored as a year-long commitment for joint integrity.
43:51
All movement schools aim to pass down culture, some with flaws in their dogma.
48:20
Internal martial arts teach experiencing the body differently.
55:20
Embodiment involves cycling awareness through the body to link internal states with physical movement.
1:03:20
Wisdom in philosophy needs to be reunited with the body
1:23:38
Aim to complexify the individual for a deeper love of being.
1:36:48
Training became joyful again after regaining health and energy.
1:40:29
Future people are ancestors, linking normative responsibility to past and future.

Chapters

Intro
00:00
Longevity, Grappling
07:04
Capoeira
10:50
FRC & Joint Integrity Work
15:09
The I Method & Contextual Movement & critiquing movement culture
23:30
The Internal Arts & the Cultured Body
45:43
Movement as a Bridge to the Sacred
51:58
Return To Movement Course Ad
1:00:22
Complexification, Integration & Differentiation
1:05:31
The Ebb & Flow of Practice, dealing with setbacks
1:24:10
Going to Church, The Life & Death Thing
1:37:41

Transcript

Simon Thakur: The feeling of the living body is absolutely mind-blowingly profound. We're learning to get every part of the body moving, to get like ripples of muscular activity between each of the ribs, between each vertebra of the spine, so that we have ...