Equine Hanna Somatics: What We Can Learn From Horses

Broadcast on June 09, 2022

With Eleanor Criswell Hanna
Hosted by Brian Siddhartha Ingle

Equine Hanna Somatics is Hanna Somatic Education for horses. Using the horse's voluntary
pandiculations, EHS enables horses to move more easily, comfortably, and happily. This
session, with Eleanor Criswell Hanna, will explore the EHS principles and practices for horses
and humans.

In this session, you’ll discover:

 Definitions for voluntary pandiculations and Equine Hanna Somatics

 The fundametals of how EHS works
 How to use EHS to work with with horses

Eleanor Criswell Hanna

Director, Novato Institute for Somatic Research & Training, C-IAYT

Eleanor Criswell Hanna, EdD, is a preeminent pioneer in the fields of somatics, biofeedback,

and yoga education in the United States. She's an emeritus professor of psychology at Sonoma
State University, where she taught for nearly 40 years. Eleanor has a master's degree in
counseling and guidance from University of Kentucky, and a doctorate in educational
psychology from University of Florida. She was a founding director of the Humanistic
Psychology Institute (now Saybrook University in Pasadena, CA), and is currently director of the
Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training. She's authored multiple 
books including Biofeedback and Somatics: Toward Personal Evolution, How Yoga Works: An
Introduction to Somatic Yoga, and she edited Cram’s Introduction to Surface Electromyography.

Eleanor is a licensed psychologist and is certified in biofeedback, yoga therapy, and equine-
guided education. She is the originator of somatic yoga, Equine Hanna Somatics®, and Canine
Hanna Somatics®. She has a private psychotherapy practice and conducts trainings and
workshops sharing all these effective and transformative modalities.

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Somatic Movement, Mythology & the Quest for Meaning in

Life
Broadcast on June 09, 2022
With Marialuisa Diaz de Leon Zuloaga
Hosted by Gayatri Schriefer

The practice of somatic movement awakens the archetypal energy throughout the different parts
of the body, which allows us to tap into our individual, collective and more-than-human wisdom.
Somatic movement, mythology, archetypal psychology, and expressive arts support us in
connecting our life story with a grand timeless narrative. Marialuisa Diaz de Leon Zuloaga will
help us see our own life as a unique and necessary expression of the collective cosmology,
revealing the meaning of our existence.

In this session, you’ll discover:

 How myths are embodied ritual narratives, and how somatic movement helps to free
individual and collective archetypes
 How somatic movement guides us to descend into the body, supporting us to experience
who we are and our purpose in life
 Personal meaning through embodying the feminine principle, which encompasses the
cycles of birth, death, and rebirth

Marialuisa Diaz de Leon Zuloaga

Creator of Mythic Life

Born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, Marialuisa Diaz de Leon Zuloaga, RSME/T, REAT,
has lived in many places in Mexico and the U.S., which has taught her to navigate cultural
differences, and enriched her view of the world. Her professional experience in psychology,
somatics, and the arts spans over 20 years, and includes work in education, private practice, and
community intervention.   

Marialuisa is creator of Mythic Life: Embodying Wisdom, Beauty and Courage. Mythic Life is
the fruit of over 20 years of practice where she integrates somatic movement, dance, archetypal
psychology, mythology, ecology, and expressive arts to create possibilities for awareness,
healing, growth, and transformation. She wrote an unpublished collection of academic essays,
Somaphilia: Re-membering the Soul and the Aesthetics of Being, which she is currently
reviewing and updating. 

Marialuisa obtained her M.A. in Engaged Humanities with Emphasis in Depth Psychology at

Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is a core faculty for the certificate in Movement-based
Expressive Arts Therapy at the Tamalpa Institute in California and supervises advanced students.
In addition, she teaches graduate courses as adjunct faculty at SouthWestern College in Santa Fe,
New Mexico. 
She's a registered Expressive Arts Therapist through the International Expressive Arts Therapy
Association, and a registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator from ISMETA
(International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association.) Since 2014 Marialuisa
has served on the ISMETA board of directors. Currently, Marialuisa is board president and co-
chair of the professional standards committee. She enjoys collaborating with the ISMETA board
of directors to grow the field of somatic movement and advance the profession.

mythiclife.net

Beginning Inquiry Into Coloniality in Somatic Movement

Education and Practice
Broadcast on June 09, 2022
With Martha Eddy & Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell & Ray Eliot Schwartz
Hosted by Gayatri Schriefer

Dr. Martha Eddy, Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell, and Ray Schwartz discuss their learning
processes about decolonial somatic approaches, as articulated by Amber McZeal, Resmaa
Menakem, and others. As racialized white somatic practitioners, they begin to investigate how
cultural frameworks of coloniality impact the field of somatics, and consider ways in which these
mindsets and power structures can be transformed within individual and organizational somatic
movement practices.

In this session, you’ll discover:

 Somatic practices to settle the nervous system during challenging conversations related to
injustice, dehumanization, and violence
 History of somatic movement education + importance of acknowledging Indigenous
sources, diverse origins, and global influences
 Amber McZeal's work on Decolonizing the Psyche, works by Resmaa Menakem, Staci
Haines, Martha Eddy and Dave Grossman

Martha Eddy

Founding Director of Dynamic Embodiment℠ Somatic Movement Therapy Training

Dr. Martha Eddy, RSMT, RSDE, is an international speaker and author, a Registered Somatic
Movement Therapist (RSMT), Registered Somatic Dance Educator (RSDE), and applied
physiologist, with a doctorate in Movement Science/Biobehavioral Studies from Columbia
University.
She is an innovator dedicated to social justice and was named the First Geraldine Ferraro Fellow
of Social Justice and Movement at Marymount Manhattan College. She spent 10 years as part of
the faculty at the School for Body-Mind Centering®   and the certfication in Laban/Bartenieff
Movement Studies influenced her to develop the first Somatic Movement Therapy Training, now
rebranded as Dynamic Embodiment®  SMTT, also affiliated with Moving On Center and
Moving For Life - two nonprofit organizations that she co-founded.

Her articles and chapters have been published in research, arts, and educational literature. Martha
is the author of Mindful Movement: The Evolution of the Somatic Arts and Conscious Action.
The book she co-authored with Shakti Andrea Smith, A Dynamic Embodiment Approach to the
Sun Salutation, guides readers in how to balance their hormonal system through understanding
sacred use of space, vibration and movement. She has served on numerous boards, including The
Yard Choreographic Residency, National Dance Education Organization, Congress on Research
in Dance, the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association, and the
Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, the last two of which she has served as
president.

Her work, especially with people going through cancer,  and her healing dance classes, have
been featured in the NY Times, National Public Radio, and almost every national news network. 

DrMarthaEddy.com
DynamicEmbodiment.org
EmbodyPeace.org

Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell

Expressive Arts Therapist, Somatic Movement Educator, Tamalpa Institute Faculty

Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell, MA, EdM, RSME, is a seasoned somatic movement educator

and expressive arts therapist who guides clients into the rich resources residing in their
BodyMindSpirit, and the natural world. In addition to being a
member of Tamalpa Institute’s faculty and the Continuum Teachers Association, she is also an
interfaith minister. Interweaving these various capacities, Elisabeth designs embodied
explorations to support individual and collective creativity and facilitates ceremonies to honor
rites of passage, from baby blessings to memorial services.

She served on the board of directors of the International Somatic Movement Education and
Therapy Association (ISMETA) for nine years and currently acts as co-chair of the
Research and Publications, and Equity, Justice, and Accessibility committees, which are
dedicated to building the base of evidence for the field of somatic movement education and
therapy.

Elisabeth has delivered presentations on cultivating neuroplasticity through interoception in

somatic movement practices at academic conferences at Harvard Medical School and Tel Aviv
University. 
elisabethosgood.com

Ray Eliot Schwartz

Movement Artist, Educator and Researcher

Ray Eliot Schwartz, MFA, CBMCP, GCFP, is a movement artist, educator, and researcher,
whose main focus is the integration of somatic movement education with dance practice. He is
co-founder of four contemporary dance projects in the south of the USA. He is a research
associate for The Center for BodyMindMovement and was the dance program academic
coordinator for the Universidad de las Américas-Puebla in Mexico from 2008 to 2018.

Ray attended high school at the North Carolina School of the Arts and received his BFA in
Dance and Choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University and his MFA in Dance from
the University of Texas-Austin. He is the founder of Performática: Foro Internacional de Danza
Contemporánea y Artes del Movimiento and a consultant and teaching artist for ArcDanz
International Dance Workshop. Ray co-founded four contemporary dance projects in the
southern U.S. including Sheep Army... The Zen Monkey Project... Steve’s House Dance
Collective... and THEM.

Ray has been a guest artist for diverse populations in the U.S., South East Asia, Turkey, South
America, and Mexico. He has served on the faculty of the American Dance Festival, Bates
Dance Festival, MELT, the ZMP Summer Dance Intensive, the Colorado College Summer
Dance Festival, and SFADI, among others. His somatic studies include certifications in Body-
Mind Centering® and the Feldenkrais Method®. Additional studies include Zero-Balancing®,
Gross Anatomy, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, and Traditional Thai Massage. He is a published scholar
who writes in Spanish and English about the interface of somatic movement education and
contemporary dance practice.

rayeliotschwartz.com

Building the Connection With Yourself to Engage With the

World
Broadcast on June 09, 2022
With Richard E. Sims
Hosted by Gayatri Schriefer

In this session, Richard E. Sims will share tools to engage and deepen your connection to
yourself, the experiences you enjoy, and the people you love. Connection alone is not enough,
we also need to learn how to confidently re-engage in life in a joyful, open, relaxed, caring and
powerful way. It's time to reconnect after the past years - come play and explore!

In this session, you’ll discover:

  Practical tools for connecting with yourself
 Ways to grow your ability to wisely respond instead of blindly reacting
 How to share the building blocks of connection with others and the world around you

Richard E. Sims

Using Somatic Movement to Release Stress, Fear, Anxiety & Trauma

Richard E. Sims, RSME, RSMT, CTP, specializes in the areas of stress, fear, anxiety, and
trauma. He brings his trauma-sensitive expertise to individuals and organizations around the
globe including MenHealing (Survivors of Sexual Abuse), Cancer Wellness Center, Alternatives
to Violence Project, and ISMETA (The International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy
Association). His work blends somatic, embodiment, and mindfulness approaches. His practice
has been especially enriched by his continued close collaboration with Paul Linden and his
practice of Aikido. 

Some of the areas he works in include the mental health, education, social justice, prison, abuse
survivor, and first responder communities. 

Through this work, he combines the connection between our minds, bodies, emotions, and
distress responses with methods that include Body Awareness, Breathing, Meditation,
Embodiment, Somatic Education, Trauma-Informed Mindfulness, and Mindfulness-Based Stress
Reduction (MBSR), also utilizing principles from the art of Aikido.

He has a private practice, and teaches individuals and groups online and in-person from home
and abroad. He currently serves on ISMETA’s board of directors and the executive committee,
co-chairs the arts & education and communication commitees, and hosts the ISMETA somatic
cafés. He’s also served on the board of the Amate House, making it possible for young adults to
dedicate a year of their lives to serving under-resourced, low-income communities in social
justice and leadership roles.

 
RichardESims.com

You Are the Entire Ocean in a Drop

Broadcast on June 09, 2022
With Banafsheh Sayyad
Hosted by Gayatri Schriefer

Mystical teachings and science tell us that the universe is inside us. The micro (the individual
you) mirrors the macro (the entire greater universe) and every part of the universe contains the
whole. So, in essence, whatever you seek can be found within. But does this mean within the
physical body? Banafsheh Sayyad will share with you how the deeper you go into your
physicality as awareness, the more your physicality begins to merge into the greater field of
consciousness. We are more energy than matter.

In this session, you’ll discover:

 A profound understanding and appreciation of the physical body as truly unlimited

 We are interconnected with all of life, and our choices matter in our own lives, and in the
lives of others
 That we have the power in every moment to choose how we feel and how we show up in
the world

Banafsheh Sayyad

Sacred Dancer, Choreographer & Founder of Dance of Oneness®

Banafsheh Sayyad is a Persian master sacred dancer, choreographer, acupuncturist,

transformational teacher, and founder of Dance of Oneness®. A deeply profound and highly
accessible spiritual teacher of embodiment, Banafsheh performs and teaches internationally,
initiating people into the wisdom of their bodies. Her signature style of holy wildness infused
with ancient wisdom, activates transformation and illumination in all those who watch and dance
with her from around the globe.

Banafsheh invites the dancer within to remember, reclaim, and resource the innate healing
intelligence spiraling in us and all around us. Her easeful instruction and welcoming spirit
empowers students to feel a true sense of belonging in their bodies. Students experience
more passion in their lives, by integrating wisdom teachings from throughout the ages.

She is among the few virtuosos of authentic Persian dance in the world, and a pioneer in creating
a liberated feminine expression in the Sufi dance genre, previously performed only by men. Her
modality, Dance of Oneness®, is a spiritual path and a science of embodiment. It is a fusion of
three dimensions, including healing, wisdom teachings, and the rigorous technique and self-
expression of the art of dance.

Banafsheh has a masters degree in dance and choreography from UCLA, and a masters degree in
Traditional Chinese Medicine. Her award-winning work has been presented throughout North
America, Europe, and Australia. Her dance film, In the Fire of Grace, with Andrew Harvey,
traces Rumi’s journey of the soul in dance.

danceofoneness.org
Resolving Sexual Trauma
Broadcast on June 09, 2022
With Heike Hudson & Jonathan Hudson
Hosted by Brian Siddhartha Ingle

According to Heike Hudson and Jonathan Hudson, everyone is affected by sexual trauma to
some degree, and it affects our core being, our lives, our relationships, and the ability to fully
express ourselves authentically. We will explore how and where sexual trauma is stored in the
body, and revolutionary ways of using somatic and pleasure-based tools to resolve it.

In this session, you’ll discover:

 The prevelance of sexual trauma in today's world

 How and where sexual trauma is stored in the body
 The revolutionary idea of using pleasure as a healing tool

Heike Hudson

Co-Founder of Sextraordinary Living, Somatic Sexologist

Heike Hudson is a doctor of naturopathy, somatic sexologist, and one of San Diego’s
preeminent somatic healers. She's also a relationship/intimacy coach, and together with her
husband Jonathan, co-founder of Sextraordinaryliving, and co-creator of the Pleasure on
Purpose Healing System.

Heike's work is dedicated to those who are ready to release guilt, shame, and trauma around their
bodies and sexuality, to become confident, empowered, and living their highest soulful
expression. 

Both naturopathic doctor and healer, Heike has understood for decades what the medical
community is only now cluing into — that in order to clear the past that influences our present
and future, we can't just talk and use spiritual practices, but have to actually address and clear the
cellular memory to release trauma and old wounds in order to live a soulful and sovereign life.

sextraordinaryliving.com

Jonathan Hudson

Co-Founder of Sextraordinary Living, Certified Sexological Bodyworker

Jonathan Hudson is a certified sexological bodyworker, sex educator, relationship mentor, and
somatic healer. He has dedicated his life to helping men reclaim their inner King, embrace their
sexuality, step fully into their passion and purpose, and have incredible relationships. In his 20+
years of traditional, holistic, and alternative practices he found the one missing link for men’s
ultimate wellbeing is to love himself, IN his body, fully embracing his sexuality. 

Together with his wife, Dr. Heike Hudson, he is co-founder of Sextraordinary Living and the
Pleasure on Purpose Healing System™, offering a new paradigm of relationships and sexuality.
His clients come from around the world to experience extraordinary shifts in their relationships,
sex and love lives, business, and health.

sextraordinaryliving.com

Body and Land: A Practice in Listening

Broadcast on June 09, 2022
With Brooke Smiley
Hosted by Gayatri Schriefer

This is an arrival space to slow down and remember our personal connection with the earth. In
this session, Brooke Smiley shares somatic resources to explore our interrelationship with our
internal systems and the minerals, elements, and relatives around us, while orienting towards
comfort and choice in the body. The intention is to individually and collectively experience
insight into our body’s "why" by remembering our original passion for what we do, reflecting on
our personal practice of sustainability.

In this session, you’ll discover:

 Somatic resources to slow down in connection with the earth

 Embodied rhythms, a personal permission process, and choice
 Support to observe relationships releasing and receiving

Brooke Smiley

Body and Earth Artist and Somatic Movement Educator

Brooke Smiley is an artist who guides land and body learning. Grounded in somatic education,
earth sculpture, and dance performance, her work engages a deepening of awareness in the body,
with a dedicated practice of movement research in choreographic, sculptural, and healing
capacities. Her transdisciplinary work is always in relationship with the history of the land and
who lives here, centering truths and expressions by slowing down (valuing human and more than
human)presence and language. With a strong background in contemporary, post-modern dance,
sustainable architecture, and trauma-informed Indigenous and environmental justice, Brooke
invites collaborative spaces of remembering and belonging through workshops, community
performance, film, installation, and exhibitions. Her choreographic and earth works are
embodied acts of change, catalyzing deeper awareness for evolving environmental, Indigenous,
and social justice realities.

A Native Launchpad Artist from Western Arts Alliance 2020-2023, one of Brooke’s recent
projects is Life Lines, a diplomatic land-based community work seeking bodies' relationship to
land. She is developing this work as land-based community action in partnership with Native
communities, National Parks, venues, and institutions worldwide with embodied earth markers,
multisensory performance, and a sonic installation app inviting a wider audience to feel a deeper
history with the land and their connection to it.

Brooke is a Somatic Movement Educator (SME) from Body Mind Centering®, currently is
working within Somatic Experiencing® (SE) studhing trauma healing from both Western and
Indigenous perspectives. Her passion for working with the earth comes from being born into a
family of builders. She holds a California General Contractor’s License #987256, and specializes
in Superadobe, as a graduate and longterm apprentice of California Institute of Earth Art and
Architecture (CalEarth). She has experience building earth domes for many communities,
including the Tarahumara women in Guachochi, Mexico, the Havasupai in Arizona, sculptural
play gardens outside the Hayward Gallery in London for the Festival of the World Exhibition,
and helped create the “Hollywood Dome” featured on HGTV.

Brooke is a United States Dance Scholars Awardee from the California State Senate, California
Legislature, and United States Congress.

brookesmiley.com