S8E1 - Exercise vs Embodiment: Why I quit high-intensity exercise for 5 years

School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

I’ve sweated more this past month than I have in the past 5 years.

After a looooong absence from the high-intensity-energy scene, I’m back in my high-rise activewear that Australians love so much (activewear is a legitimate 24/7 dress code where I live).

It’s got me thinking a lot about my journey from a once-hard-core-hot-yoga-fan to a never-exercise-flowing-feminine-embodiment-practice, and back again.

I’ve come full circle this year and the 10ish-year journey has bought with it some big insights about embodiment, exercise & the different (key) roles they play in my life.

If you are:

• Trying to future out the right exercise regimen for yourself
• Feel your exercise it “to yang” or “not feminine enough” or
• Having trouble deepening your embodiment skills

This episode could contain a few gems for you.

In this episode, we discuss

• Using hot yoga & high-intensity exercise to “get out of your head” (a highly ineffective strategy I used for too long)
• Why I had to quit strong yoga to turn up the sensitivity of my body
• How I first learned about embodiment practices (even if I didn’t know that’s what it was called)
• The different dimensions of the body & how exercise and embodied movement practice care for them
• How to choose the right embodiment & exercise options for your body

This episode marks the first in Season 8 of the podcast, a season devoted to Embodied Movement. We’ll be speaking with some amazing practitioners & creators of modality in the somatic movement arts - I can’t wait to share them with you.

RESOURCES

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

• Primal Feminine Flow - At Home Embodied Movement Practice
• Some of my influences in embodied movement: Non-Linear Movement Method, Amber Grey, Marcela Widgrig
• 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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