S1 E21 - Embodying Our Deep Wisdom

Today's episode is a reinforcement of the ideas of somatic practice, and building upon those with wisdom from a prominent spiritual teacher, Eckhart Tolle. I recently reviewed some material from Tolle's A New Earth book. If you are interested in the flowering and deepening of human consciousness, you may want to check out the 10-part series that opens his podcast Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings. The inner body awareness that Tolle describes is parallel to the practice of somatics. I give a little background on the experience of meditation and my own struggles with it, but why it can be so beneficial. Fundamentally, meditation and being present are about knowing ourselves deeply, and coming to see how we are a part of the divine. Our cultural and societal conditioning often treats us as though we are machines. But we are not machines, we are biological creatures with energetic cycles. This episode's central message is that you have deep wisdom embodied within you. I refer to the work of Martha Beck, who has two quirky and humorous podcasts you might enjoy, The Gathering Pod, and Bewildered. This podcast is brought to you by my book Unleash, Unlearn, and Enliven: Seven Micro-practices to Engage Your Somatic Wisdom. I am celebrating the fact that my book was selected by the curators of the Indie Author project, and it is now available as a part of Indie Minnesota's Biblioboard mobile and web platform. This makes it available for free to Minnesota library patrons! If you're outside Minnesota, you can still get a very low cost eBook delivered to you directly from my website in pdf format at this link. The paperback and ePub versions are available at many online retailers, including Amazon and Bookshop.org. *** If you want to leave us a voice message, Somatic Wisdom is now on Speakpipe! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions: https://www.speakpipe.com/SomaticWisdomLoveNotes For more resources, subscribe to my the Somatic Wisdom Substack newsletter, where additional content can be found in essay format. For potential guests: we love it when you listen to at least 2-3 episodes and leave a positive review. It lets us know you've done your homework to see if you are a fit for the show. Many thanks! ;-) Support for this podcast comes from readers of Unleash, Unlearn, and Enliven, from clients, and from listeners like you. To support my work, you can purchase the audio version of my book here. *** Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/composers/ihsandincer/ Cover art credit: https://www.natalyakolosowsky.com/