A is for All Good Things!

Anecdotal Anatomy

On today's episode, we announced that our final podcast will be E88. We still have a few more things to discuss in our weekly casual conversation, but we also feel it coming to its natural conclusion.

Anecdotal Anatomy (the podcast) will be now be Anecdotal Anatomy in Action (seasonal signature programs - mostly live, some virtual).

Our next program is CAMP (8/4 &5), a place for women to gather, play, practice, laugh, and generally just BE. We are using these final episodes to end as we began, using the Koshas as a model for looking at the various aspects and pillars of CAMP through the layers of our being. If you're local to Bucks County, PA and would like to join the fun, click any CAMP you see in these Show Notes.

This episode touches on the A in cAmp which stands for Awareness, Alignment, and Anecdotes, as seen through Anamayakosha (the Food Body).

In a nutshell, this conversation is about the awareness of the physical body, its alignment and the stories it holds and tells.

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Here is a very brief breakdown, time-stamped summary:

• 00:00:45 Announcement of wrapping up the podcast.
• 00:01:24 Koshas are our jam.
• 00:01:30 Plans for the final five episodes.
• 00:01:44 Join us on this journey!
• 00:02:28 CAMP, the koshas and practices, as well as details for signing up.
• 00:04:23 Upcoming programs
• 00:04:44 And today we're going back to Anamayakosha
• 00:05:02 The A in camp is about Alignment. Awareness, and Anecdotes.
• 00:06:33 Food/Body relationship
• 00:07:23 Value of the all the Koshas.
• 00:08:11 Koshas as inspiration for our programs
• 00:08:36 Awareness
• 00:09:48 Digestion as a system, as well as a metaphor for taking in information.
• 00:10:06 Reference to Shauna Ahern, guest from first season who wrote the book, Gluten-Free Girl – How I Found the Food that Loves Me Back…& How You Can Too.
• 00:10:42 Shauna’s story through Sherry’s best recollection.
• 00:11:47 Body’s direct reaction to food.
• 00:12:13 Oreos!
• 00:12:54 Not a diet, more feeling your best.
• 00:13:03 Practices we offer increase our ability to more deeply know ourselves.
• 00:13:19 Finding the whispers in their edges to deepen awareness.
• 00:14:02 Body stories
• 00:15:30 Body awareness
• 00:15:50 Alignment
• 00:16:40 John Sarno (see sources below) and talk therapy for back pain.
• 00:17:50 Sherry’s story of patterns of her back pain.
• 00:19:02 Accessing the koshas to help alleviate discomfort.
• 00:19:30 We have many tools for healing, emotional and/or muscular-skeletal.
• 00:20:17 Theresa’s story of what many of her clients say about their pain.
• 00:20:41 Soft tissue as a character in this story.
• 00:22:00 awareness is the key that unlocks every door.
• 00:22:05 Body worker = Energy worker
• 00:22:36 The intersection of the physical body and the energy field.
• 00:22:59 Reminder that one cannot touch without being touched back.
• 00:24:00 There’s story of being at a massage training
• 00:25:30 What happens when we minimize the power of the left brain.
• 00:26:03 Layers of language.
• 00:26:42 Is awareness necessary for things to work?
• 00:27:02 Secondary awareness, awareness of our awareness.
• 00:28:00 What is inner transformation?
• 00:28:15 Transformation is change.
• 00:29:00 If we're unaware, do we still benefit from the choices we make?
• 00:29:11 How our instincts speak to us.
• 00:29:27 Animals know their instinct.
• 00:29:51 Brain rationalizes our instincts instead of trusting them.
• 00:30:30 Tapping instincts and senses by mindfully spending time in nature.
• 00:31:22 Theresa’s story of being nose-blind in the Pine Barrens.
• 00:32:38 Seva’s (Theresa’s dog) senses/instincts.
• 00:33:01 Our senses and our instincts, like the Kosha's are intertwined.
• 00:33:12 Luna’s story (Sherry’s dog)
• 00:33:35 Instincts and senses and being nose blind. Is it safe?
• 00:35:05 Dog’s body language.
• 00:35:18 Amy McCaa (Lead the Way Dog Training) from Season 1
• 00:36:33 The nature of consciousness and awareness. Animals and instinct.
• 00:37:00 Awareness, alignment, and the stories our bodies hold and tell.
• 00:38:16 Understanding how my body is communicating.
• 00:39:41 Greater awareness for internal landscape of my physical body.
• 00:39:55 Awareness helping us move forward.
• 00:40:04 Sherry’s Rainbow story about smelling the rain coming.
• 00:40:57 Nature and the physical body
• 00:41:07 Theresa’s Outdoor Leadership Training story
• 00:42:06 Our breath in connection to what the trees.
• 00:42:30 Greenland doesn't have any trees.
• 00:44:02 Without trees where does the oxygen come from?
• 00:44:07 Other sources of oxygen?
• 00:44:15 CAMP is again at Snipes Farm. Nature walk and Fox Walk.
• 00:44:36 Here's a little story and anecdotal, well it's it's true. It's still a story.
• 00:45:09 Messages from the physical body
• 00:46:00 Community that feels safe enough to be vulnerable
• 00:46:30 Being present for the unexpected
• 00:47:00 Tapping into the resonances of our instincts and senses in the body.
• 00:47:30 Our stories are not always clear.
• 00:47:51 Stories people tell while on the massage table.
• 00:48:14 Possible origin stories for trauma in the body.
• 00:48:39 Compensatory patterns
• 00:50:49 A story of manifestation of a story in the body.
• 00:52:17 Theresa’s “skin” stories.
• 00:52:43 Re-writing the story.
• 00:53:10 It doesn’t take much to inspire transformation, sometimes just the right words.
• 00:53:41 Meeting challenges as vehicles for transformation.
• 00:54:30 Redefining transformation
• 00:54:55 Widening the lens.
• 00:55:08 Examining the timeline of our own origin and growth stories.
• 00:55:50 Sherry’s takeaway transformation - from passive aggressive to direct communications. Sometimes transformation is subtle and cumulative.
• 00:56:54 Sometimes we need an “Acme” safe to fall on us (via cartoon world)
• 00:57:11 Stick with us for the Kosha Countdown. Pranayamakosha next week.
• 00:57:45 Be a transformer.
• 00:57:58 Until next time!

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Sources & Snippets from the Show:

Book: gluten-free girl: How I found the Food that Loves Me Back...and How You Can Too

John Sarno (Dr. Sarno is no longer here, but this is his process - along with testimonials)

Koshas - this is one of countless sources for study on the Koshas.

Greenland - no trees! Okay, there used to be some trees and now there are some shrubs. This is one of a number of articles on the subject.

Fox Walk - this is a sweet link. Go out and give it a good meander!

Hanuman

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Our Amazing Team:

Judith George - Editor (video & audio)

Keith Kenny - Music

Cindy Fatsis - Photography