S10E5 - Embodiment & Feminism - Where do they overlap? with Dr. Kimberly George

School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

The more we notice how disembodied our culture is, the more we have to wonder… how the fuck did we get here?

In my quest to answer that question I stumbled into the world of feminism & across the work of Dr. Kimberly B George thank the goddess I did) several years ago.

There are so many ways feminists (including Kimberly) have empowered & supported my embodiment skills.

Every few years I catch up with Kimberly (most recently at our conference) for a rich discussion on the topic of feminism, embodiment & what is truly life giving. This year’s installment was as potent as ever & today I’m sharing it (and Kimberly) on the podcast with you…

In this conversation, we explore some hard topics such as:

• Where do feminism & embodiment overlap?
• How do ‘modern’ somatic & embodiment practices create harm
• Is embodiment selfish when the world is (literally) burning, and how do we reconcile this?
• What’s the role of intellectual understanding of how we got here? We speak about the intellectual path that supports the safety of sensation and how that’s different from intellectual bypassing
• Kimberly shares two of her favorite feminist foremothers' works

Resources From Today’s Podcast

• Kimberly’s work and social media
• The work of Silvia Federici, we mention Caliban & The Witch
• The work of Gloria Anzaldúa, we mention Light in the Dark/Luz en lo Oscuro: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality
• Feminine Embodiment Coaching – an emotional embodiment & vulnerability-based professional training for coaches
• School of Embodied Arts
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