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This yoga nidra practice (translating to "yoga sleep" in Sanskrit) is a guided meditation that explores space in our bodies and helps plant seeds of manifestation with the new moon. (Starts at 1:40) Yoga nidra is a wonderful practice that brings you into a hypnogogic state: a semi-conscious state between wakefulness and sleep. As your brain waves slow down, the body is essentially asleep while the mind remains aware. This activates our parasympathetic system where our body naturally repairs itself (we access this while sleeping every night). Research shows that only 20 minutes of yoga nidra gives your body the same benefits as 2-3 hours of sleep. The roots of this ancient practice are more than 5,000 years old, originated in India, and lead us through the 5 "koshas" or layers of the self. All you need to do is lay down and listen. If you have any thoughts, questions, or concerns, please reach out on instagram @freebodypodcast.

It is Guillain-Barré Syndrome Awareness Month and in this episode of FreeBody, Marianna McClellan, performer and Body Intelligence Movement instructor, shares the journey of her GBS diagnosis while simultaneously discovering that her mother was suffering from late stage cancer.  We explore her embodied experience of growing up in the Lower East Side, how illness often challenges us to let go of past identities, and how pain can be an important teacher.

This yoga nidra practice (translating to "yoga sleep" in Sanskrit) is a guided meditation that explores space in our bodies and helps plant seeds of manifestation with the new moon. (Starts at 5:15) Yoga nidra is a wonderful practice that brings you into a hypnogogic state: a semi-conscious state between wakefulness and sleep. As your brain waves slow down, the body is essentially asleep while the mind remains aware. This activates our parasympathetic system where our body naturally repairs itself (we access this while sleeping every night). Research shows that only 20 minutes of yoga nidra gives your body the same benefits as 2-3 hours of sleep. The roots of this ancient practice are more than 5,000 years old, originated in India, and lead us through the 5 "koshas" or layers of the self. All you need to do is lay down and listen. If you have any thoughts, questions, or concerns, please reach out on instagram @freebodypodcast.

This yoga nidra practice (translating to "yoga sleep" in Sanskrit) is a guided meditation that explores opposites and naturally occurring polarities existing within us and nature. Yoga nidra is a wonderful practice that brings you into a hypnogogic state: a semi-conscious state between wakefulness and sleep. As your brain waves slow down, the body is essentially asleep while the mind remains aware. This activates our parasympathetic system where our body naturally repairs itself (we access this while sleeping every night). Research shows that only 20 minutes of yoga nidra gives your body the same benefits as 2-3 hours of sleep. The roots of this ancient practice are more than 5,000 years old, originated in India, and lead us through the 5 "koshas" or layers of the self. All you need to do is lay down and listen. If you have any thoughts, questions, or concerns, please reach out on instagram @freebodypodcast.

This yoga nidra practice (translating to "yoga sleep" in Sanskrit) is a guided meditation that explores opposites and naturally occurring polarities existing within us and nature. Yoga nidra is a wonderful practice that brings you into a hypnogogic state: a semi-conscious state between wakefulness and sleep. As your brain waves slow down, the body is essentially asleep while the mind remains aware. This activates our parasympathetic system where our body naturally repairs itself (we access this while sleeping every night). Research shows that only 20 minutes of yoga nidra gives your body the same benefits as 2-3 hours of sleep. The roots of this ancient practice are more than 5,000 years old, originated in India, and lead us through the 5 "koshas" or layers of the self. All you need to do is lay down and listen. If you have any thoughts, questions, or concerns, please reach out on instagram @freebodypodcast. Special thank you for the ambient space sound used in this nidra: Ambient Space Texture by Andrewkn -- https://freesound.org/s/474864/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

This yoga nidra practice (translating to "yoga sleep" in Sanskrit) is a guided meditation that explores opposites and naturally occurring polarities existing within us and nature. Yoga nidra is a wonderful practice that brings you into a hypnogogic state: a semi-conscious state between wakefulness and sleep. As your brain waves slow down, the body is essentially asleep while the mind remains aware. This activates our parasympathetic system where our body naturally repairs itself (we access this while sleeping every night). Research shows that only 20 minutes of yoga nidra gives your body the same benefits as 2-3 hours of sleep. The roots of this ancient practice are more than 5,000 years old, originated in India, and lead us through the 5 "koshas" or layers of the self. All you need to do is lay down and listen. If you have any thoughts, questions, or concerns, please reach out on instagram @freebodypodcast.

Aaron Dean Eisenberg has undergone major physical transformations for multiple roles. In this episode you'll hear more about Aaron’s experience with these dramatic physical demands while working on The Iron Claw, which fearlessly explores the cost of living in the world as men who are taught that vulnerability or softness equals weakness. We talk about the difference between “hitting the gym to get shredded" and mindful somatic practices like yoga or meditation, and if working out in the gym can be a healing experience, what would that look like? You can see Aaron in The Deuce and The Iron Claw on MAX, Dead Ringers on Amazon (TW: miscarriage) and go watch us both on Power Book II: Ghost on STARZ. If you'd like to share your body story, please reach out on instagram @freebodypodcast, we'd love to hear from you! SUBSCRIBE: Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freebody-podcast/id1532838522 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5C1hqPeOXMUqooK1z4gDVn?si=198bea81389148c4 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@FreeBodyPodcast SOCIALS: Instagram - @freebodypodcast and @patonashbrook AARON DEAN EISENBERG: instagram - @aarondeaneisenberg

Today's guest, Nikki Calonge, "studies the relationship between movement and soul." She is a theatre maker and performing artist, a movement educator, akidoka, and yoga teacher who studied movement and dance therapy at Pratt. Nikki’s body story takes us from high school cheerleading, to battling blood disease while in acting conservatory, to the importance of participation as devotion for theatre makers. Nikki and Paton also talk about embodied ethical decision making and their personal takes on mewing vs. face yoga. If you'd like to share your body story, please reach out on instagram @freebodypodcast , we'd love to hear from you! SUBSCRIBE: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freebody-podcast/id1532838522 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5C1hqPeOXMUqooK1z4gDVn?si=198bea81389148c4 YouTube -https://www.youtube.com/@FreeBodyPodcast SOCIALS: Instagram - @freebodypodcast and @patonashbrook NIKKI CALONGE: instagram - @sashclements and website - nikkicalonge.com

Today's guest is Sasha Clements, an actor and health coach who has reversed her autoimmune and chronic pain. She takes us on her winding journey from experiencing pain as young as 10 years old to being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis 14 years ago, and how in 2020, it flared up to a debilitating level, which led to her spending the next few years dedicated to healing herself and getting pain-free. As of today, Sasha is pain-free and on no medication. If you'd like to share your body story, please reach out on instagram @freebodypodcast , we'd love to hear from you! SUBSCRIBE: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freebody-podcast/id1532838522 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5C1hqPeOXMUqooK1z4gDVn?si=198bea81389148c4 YouTube -https://www.youtube.com/@FreeBodyPodcast SOCIALS: Instagram - @freebodypodcast SASHA CLEMENTS: TikTok - @sashaclements instagram - @sashclements

If catharsis means "releasing", then it may be an act of healing too. And cathartic healing can be experienced through any somatic modality, from the arts to meditation to bodywork. In today's episode, Brooklyn-based indie singer/songwriter Elly Kace, an expert in the somatics of the voice and yoga, shares her insights about the intersectionality between all these practices and the science behind their healing effects on the body. SUBSCRIBE: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freebody-podcast/id1532838522 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5C1hqPeOXMUqooK1z4gDVn?si=198bea81389148c4 YouTube -https://www.youtube.com/@FreeBodyPodcast SOCIALS: Instagram - @freebodypodcast ELLY KACE: substack - https://ellykace.substack.com/ instagram & TikTok - @ellykacemusic bandcamp - https://ellykace.bandcamp.com/ new single “prelude (I did my best)” - https://open.spotify.com/track/4A7ocqhdgSS6LDybh4cq1b?si=7e9eefce841e44e2

In today's episode Paton reflects over the past four seasons of FreeBody and how its ethos has evolved alongside her own expansion and curiosity when it comes to "freeing our bodies." Paton started this podcast by asking the same initial question to her guests as a launchpad into their body stories: "what is an early and significant body memory that comes to mind, and how do you see that experience rippling out through your life?" Little did she know this would lead to a second passion for somatic study, healing, and teaching. Paton also shares some thoughts about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Some resources for information and ways to help the civilians and children in Gaza: FOLLOW on Instagram: @wizard_bisan1 @pal.humanity @operationolivebranch @gabormatemd WATCH on SAND's platform, Dr. Gabor Maté and his son, Daniel Maté, talk about the Crisis in Gaza here: https://scienceandnonduality.com/event/the-crisis-in-gaza/ DONATE: a global initiative led by two Palestinian female doctors who are getting things like diapers, sanitary pads, milk and more for the displaced families in Gaza: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pal-humanity-initiative Other orgs: ANERA, UNICEF, and The Palestine Children's Relief Fund. Make sure to subscribe to FreeBody on your favorite podcast platform and youtube and follow on instagram @FreeBodyPodcast

In today's episode, performing artist, comedian, and creator Neil D'Astolfo shares his journey from being a closeted kid with big dreams and big glasses, to his transformation into the embodied and liberated queer artist he is today. He talks about the societal pressures of meeting certain "masculine" checkboxes in sports and entertainment, the healing somatic experience he had in grad school at Columbia, and how finding meditation and Buddhism has shaped his relationship to his career and to himself. SUBSCRIBE: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freebody-podcast/id1532838522 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5C1hqPeOXMUqooK1z4gDVn?si=198bea81389148c4 YouTube -https://www.youtube.com/@FreeBodyPodcast SOCIALS: Instagram - @freebodypodcast And you can find out more about our guest Neil on his Instagram - @neildastolfo

Today's season 3 finale episode is a recap of Paton's egg retrieval surgery (while sick), post-op, recovery, and reflection. She gets news about how many mature eggs were frozen, how long recovery should take, and she shares what this experience has meant to her and what she's learned about herself and her body. Thank you for all your support and lovely messages! Please subscribe, share, rate, and review! Feel free to reach out on our instagram @freebodypodcast with any thoughts and questions. We'll be back soon. Until next time... be well.

Wake up sick. Check. See regular fertility doctor and get another egg update. Check. Cry at acupuncture appointment. Check. Give yourself two brand new trigger shots late at night. Check check. Almost to the end of this journey! On this last night of administering shots, Paton gives an update and answers your questions from instagram @freebodypodcast, where you can check out the accompanying vlogs for these episodes. Finale episode next week. Thanks for being here and for all your support. Please subscribe, rate, review, and share!

Three more nights until egg retrieval day. This episode is all over the place-- trigger warning: Paton talks about the number of eggs the doctor that morning told her to expect. She also goes into an impromptu film review segment. High highs and low lows. She also answers some questions from the community on our instagram @freebodypodcast. Follow over there to watch the vlogs that accompany these podcasts. Thanks for tuning in. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review!