Artistry, Emotional Processing, & Acting as Spiritual Practice | With Somatic Alchemist Ali Tataryn

Ali Tataryn is a counselor, somatic educator, and coach who guides clients through somatic-emotional release and helps them map their internal emotional landscapes for healing and self-development. She is the founder of Relational Dojo, a space where kind humans come together to co-create curious and courageous conversations, and co-founder of Sacred Somatic Events, a sober somatic dance experience inviting participants into full-spectrum self-expression.Her primary training is in counseling, expressive arts, and somatic education. Ali has completed over 260 hours of Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training and is a trained T3 Circling Facilitator through the Integral Center. She is a meditation teacher certified under Upasaka Culadasa and Junpo Roshi, with extensive personal practice in the Namgyal-Kagyu tradition under teachers including Lama Lodro, Lama Sidney, Lama Rodney Devinish, and her mother, Dr. Darlene Tataryn. Ali proudly collaborates with her father, clinical psychologist Dr. Douglas J. Tataryn, facilitating and coaching through his Bio-Emotive Framework.In this conversation, we explore Ali's journey growing up with parents deeply immersed in emotional and spiritual work, what it meant to grow up with "cycle breakers," and good enough parenting in an imperfect life.We get into navigating the self vs other polarity, how a bodhisattva deals with a narcissist, and reconnecting to the good, the true, and the beautiful.Ali walks us through acting as a spiritual practice versus acting as a career, becoming aware of suffering, the thin line between awakening and psychosis, and navigating identity as an artist.We also explore the Bio-Emotive Framework and the art of emotional processing, why emotions are not logical but lawful, balancing intellectual with emotional and relational development, and comparing Circling, emotional processing, and deconstruction as distinct paths of growth. 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗Ali’s personal siteThe Bio-Emotive FrameworkFollow Ali on SubstackFollow Douglas Tataryn on SubstackHow to Process Emotions with Douglas Tataryn on the Elevating Consciousness PodcastDiane Musho HamiltonLeonard CohenWhat is Circling by Artem Zen🕰️ TIMESTAMPS 🕰️0:00 - Introduction 4:00 - Growing up with cycle breakers 7:06 - Good enough parenting and an imperfect life 10:08 - Navigating the self vs other polarity 16:18 - How does a bodhisattva deal with a narcissist? 22:00 - Reconnecting to the good, the true, and the beautiful 24:50 - Acting as a spiritual practice vs acting as a career 37:45 - Becoming aware of suffering 40:27 - The thin line between awakening and psychosis 44:25 - Navigating identity as an artist 57:02 - The Bio-Emotive Framework and the art of emotional processing 1:08:07 - Emotions are not logical but they are lawful 1:10:57 - Balancing intellectual with emotional and relational development 1:15:49 - Circling (relational work) vs emotional processing vs deconstruction 1:31:43 - What is between me and love, or truth?*Subscribe to my YouTube channel to watch the video versions of the Elevating Consciousness Podcast *Subscribe to the Insighter Substack to get in-depth articles on the theory and practice of human transformation through a post-conventional