Be Still, Move Faster - Georgie Holt - Episode 92

Hey there and welcome to the weMove podcast.With one more episode in our movement and search for meaning to come, we are holding off whilst we complete the accompanying short film Chris has been working on. It’s rally good and a lovely bookend to the series.In the meantime we are beginning a new series of conversations with a growing number of body work practitioners influenced by the concepts of Eastern Medicine specfically acupuncture, of which there happen to be two who have piqued my interest on instagram for their personal message and their aesthetics. And whilst how we choose our personal team isn’t always best based on aesthetics of their insta feed and words. These mediums do portray someone’s flavour as I call it. Their personality, their interests etc,, which has been how I have gathered and formed those around me who I call on when I am struggling physically, mentally or spiritually.There are many practitioners out there in the world, no two are the same even if they come from what is on the surface the same background. If you don’t click with them and by that I mean feel safe, seen and heard then chances are their effectiveness with the person is not likely to be what it could be. So if you are seeking someone to support you, then be discerning with your choice, with you and the energy you surround yourself with, be this a coach, a training program, body worker, healer, guide. Choose wisely.So today Chris speaks to Georgie Holt, a London based Auricular Acupuncturist, Herbalist and Yin Yoga practitioner who specialises in guiding people in their Still Practices. So much of the movement world is about moving, moving faster, moving further or the health world about healing faster and quicker, with quick fixes and body hacks.Increasingly this modern emphasis on speed and progress ignores the very way progress is made which is to be still. And by that I am not meaning you will run your marathon by standing still, of course you won’t but you might just run it better if you are still within your mind and body, when you are not constantly catapulted into fight or flight by adrenaline which over time is not great for your performance or your health.This approach of still, centred and stable is evident in all of those who achieve great things. Not that the great things is the reason, but rather that from this still, centred and stable place we can tap into the potential and resources that each of us have.Yin Yoga, Yoga nidra, breathwork, ice baths, rest, sleep, journaling. All of these I would put in the box of Still practices which are game changing and daunting at the same time. Particularly the latter for those folk who like me didn’t want to sit still and would push through injury, pain or other such signs of the body saying, “mate, time to give me a rest”You can follow Georgie on insta @fearlessbodies and also @studio_unfold.Share our podcast with your friends, it is how the conversations get to people who may need them. Also our newsletter, the first one of which is finally out – that was a purge on my procrastination skills! If you have received it, have a look through, it is by no means the finished article, it improves based on feedback, all of which is welcome. And if you haven’t signed up then do and support us in creating a newsletter of value and not just more inbox clogging stuff. From Chris and me, thanks for your support. Peace.