Empowering ourselves by learning how to embody different archetypes with David and Thea | Ep 45

For this week's episode, we have not one, but two amazing guests - David Brown and Thea Allison, and together we are exploring the topic of embodying archetypes. David and Thea are both life coaches, focusing on holistic coaching as well as leadership coaching, and together they work with "archetypes with an embodied quality". As they explain, archetypes are patterns of being and behaviour that are similar across different times and cultures. Embodiment is a practice of learning to see and involve our body as a beloved thing and not just as an object or a vehicle for our mind & soul. David explains that embodiment helps us realise that our body isn't just a brain taxi, it's like mindfulness on steroids! Later in this episode, your can experience inner sovereignty and self-care practice guided by David. And Thea shares her walk practice and helps us uncover “the magic in life”. During our chat, David and Thea also share some wonderful reading inspiration: - The Hero’s Journey - Joseph Cambell - The Heroine's Journey - Maureen Murdock - Archetypes: Who Are You? - Caroline Myss * * * David's work with the archetypes began over 30 years ago when he began his training with The Bushido Academy of Martial Artists, specialising in Aikido, Iaido (Sword), Karate, self-defence and oriental weapons.   Through martial arts, David gained extensive experience with the Warrior archetype. Also, the Zen training that accompanies the martial arts, cultivated the Sovereign archetype for him.  David trained as a life coach with CTI (Co-Active Training Institute), and combines his experience as a coach and martial artist in his Archetypes Academy work with Thea Allison.  Thea is a coach and facilitator who works from the foundation that we are deeply and naturally supported by life. She works with clients to make simple adjustments in mindset and embodiment to access that support and create magic. She has over a decade of experience as a coach working with business leaders, aspiring coaches and social entrepreneurs.  Thea is developing a new approach to creating a life of deep, personal satisfaction through the interaction of human imagination, the human body and the infinite potential of creative energy. She calls this approach Embodied Creating. Thea and David deliver events and trainings around embodying the archetypes. Having started their partnership to run Embodiment Circles as a source of support to people during the pandemic, they discovered just how effective it was to work through the model of the archetypes and embodiment. They continue to work with this unique approach to support clients to get new, sustainable results from very simple and easily applied embodiment techniques to bring to life the range of qualities of the sovereign, magician, lover and warrior within.  * * * If this topic interests you, you can join the Archetypes Academy here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/archetypesacademy You can also explore their past sessions on their YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaEVYRZONvb1qaufIvCfQZQ Connect with David and Thea on LinkedIn and feel free to reach out:  - David: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-brown-potentiality-coaching/  - Thea: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thea-allison/