A monthly podcast about the body, movement, and the impermanence of life.

with Ana Maia

Midlife Recalibration: Redefining Women's Health with Raquel Devillé

In this episode, Raquel Devillé challenges the conventional narratives around women's health, particularly during midlife. She shares her journey of embracing hormonal shifts as a form of intelligence and recalibration rather than decline. Through somatic listening and holistic health practices, Raquel offers practical insights into navigating the complexities of midlife with resilience and curiosity. Discover how movement, stress management, and adaptive responses play a crucial role in transforming well-being and redefining what it means to thrive in your 40s and beyond.

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The Power of Yielding: Redefining Strength Through Meditation and Movement with Jeff Patterson

Most people think strength is about force — pushing harder, gripping tighter, overpowering whatever’s in front of them. But that mindset is exactly what creates chronic tension and burnout. Yielding isn’t passive. It’s intelligent responsiveness. It’s the ability to feel what’s happening in real time and adjust without collapsing or resisting.

When you regulate the body, the breath, the mind, the energy, and the spirit, you stop leaking power through tension. You start conserving it. That’s when performance improves — not because you’re trying harder, but because you’re wasting less.

Aging works the same way. If you fight the river, you exhaust yourself. If you flow with it — adaptable, aware, steady — you become strong in a different way. Yielding is how you stay powerful for decades, not just moments.

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Repatterning Trauma Responses: Using predictability to create everlasting change with Cedric Bertelli

Cedric Bertelli, founder of the Emotional Health Institute and co-developer of EmRes® (Emotional Resolution), invites us to rethink everything we assume about emotional healing. Rather than revisiting painful memories or relying on catharsis, Cedric explains how unresolved emotions are patterns constructed by the brain — and how those patterns can be gently resolved through awareness of physical sensations in the body.

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Light Touch Massage and Fascia: Rethinking Chronic Pain with Peter Stuart

Chronic pain is rarely just a tissue problem. In this episode, manual therapist Peter Stuart explains why fascia, gentle touch, and trauma-aware practice are essential for lasting change, and why force-based treatments often fail when the nervous system is ignored.

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Why Fitness Is Not About Confidence but Self-Worth, with Nicole Zapoli

Nicole Zapoli former Junior Olympic gymnast, a natural bodybuilding pro, a top five percent CrossFit Games Open athlete, and the author of Live FIT From the Inside Out, explores the profound connection between movement, emotional stability, and personal growth. Our conversation delves into the differences between self-worth and self-confidence, emphasizing the need for a deeper understanding of one's value beyond external achievements.

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Darryl Edwards on The Science of Play: Movement as a Complete Human Experience

Darryl Edwards, founder of Primal Play method, unpacks the science of movement arguing that the problem isn’t movement, it is how we’ve stripped movement of curiosity and adaptability. Today we talk about what play actually is, why adults have abandoned it, and why reclaiming it might be the most practical lever we have for physical and mental change.

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Jori Meijer on the Subtle Art of Movement, Community, and Handstands

Movement is a conversation—with your body, your mind, and your community. In this episode, Jori Meijer, dancer and teacher at Hidden Body, invites us to explore subtle dimensions, relational practice, and the handstand as a metaphor for growth. She shares how micro-communities, progressive overload, and the art of unlearning tension can transform not just our movement, but the way we connect with ourselves and others.

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Reflexology for Pain Relief and Preventive Care with Dr. Njideka Olatunde

Discover how reflexology goes far beyond stress relief. In this conversation with Dr. Njideka Olatunde, we explore reflexology as preventive care, pain management, and a peace-making practice that empowers people to reconnect with the mind–body–spirit and take control of their health.

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Clowning, Fooling, and IFS: Embodied Tools for Neurodivergence, Trauma Healing, and Burnout Prevention — with Holly Stoppit

Facilitator and dramatherapist Holly Stoppit joins me to explore clowning, fooling, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) as embodied tools for neurodivergence, trauma healing, and burnout prevention. We discuss how creative, movement-based practices can deepen self-awareness and open new pathways for growth.

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From Movement to Meaning with Jo Hardy: How Embodiment Facilitation Transforms Emotion and Body Awareness

Somatic psychotherapist Jo Hardy explores how embodiment facilitation transforms movement into a tool for emotional healing, spiritual insight, and therapeutic depth. This episode dives into conscious dance as inquiry, not performance, and offers practical wisdom for facilitators, therapists, and anyone curious about the body’s role in transformation.

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Touch, Trust & Transformation: How Contact Improvisation Builds Emotional Awareness with Tom Goldhand

Discover the transformative power of touch and movement in this episode with Tom Goldhand. Dive into contact improvisation as a practice for emotional healing, embodied presence, and self-development. Whether you’re a dancer, teacher, or curious explorer, Tom’s insights on safety, play, and trust offer practical wisdom for navigating the rich emotional terrain of partner dance and beyond.

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Synchronicity, Flow & Free Will: Physics Meets Personal Growth with Sky Nelson-Isaacs

What if science could help us find meaning in chaos?
In this episode, physicist and author Sky Nelson-Isaacs explores how synchronicity, grief, and joy offer powerful tools for personal transformation. We talk about living in flow, making conscious choices, and using emotional awareness to shift patterns and deepen connection. This conversation bridges quantum physics, mindfulness, and embodiment—perfect for anyone curious about how inner work and outer change go hand in hand.

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Ana Maia