#20 | Surrendering To The Wisdom Of Your Body - Philip Shepherd
“If you could give your allegiance to wholeness, your whole life would change.”
My guest today is Philip Shepherd, an international authority on embodiment. He is the author of two books New Self, New World and Radical Wholeness, along with the developer of The Embodied Present Process, a series of practices for people to undo the stress and imbalances that are caused by disconnection, and find instead what it means to rest in the deeper, connected wisdom of the body.
Philip's personal path was shaped by his adventures as a teenager, when he cycled alone through Europe, the Middle East, India and Japan; by his deep commitment to and studies of bodywork; and by his experiences as an actor, playing lead roles on stages in London, New York, Chicago and Toronto.
In our conversation today, we explore: why living in the head, as many men do, guarantees a state of loneliness, how to tap into the emergent intelligence of life, and why the future of humanity may depend on our ability to finally come home, to your body and the earth.
We begin with a guided presence practice led by Philip Shephard.
Enjoy.
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SHOW NOTES
Growing up in the suburbs of Toronto
Encountering Noh Theatre at 18
Buying a bicycle in England and heading to Japan to study
Moving from the source of Hara
Understanding the body as a resonator
The presence of the present requires spaciousness
Aloneness is inevitable if you’re living in your head
Dialogue with Plato, body as a vehicle
The emergent intelligence of the world
Our agenda of control depends on conformity
The ripples of the Neolithic revolution
The tyrant is one of self achieved independence
The world is calling you into service
The hero is a man of self-achieved surrender
Trauma
The pelvic floor is the ground of your being
You can think and breathe at the same time
Being ‘in the zone’ is the marriage of male and female
Self knowledge is born by felt relationship with the world
