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The Soft Rebellion PodcastEp. 63: You are the portal. Exploring ancient secrets of female power with Liz Childs Kelly.The Sacred Feminine is about your power, my power, and the deep, ancient wisdom that guides us toward authenticity, healing, and transformation. Herstory and mythology - often erased or forgotten - reveal that women have always been undeniable forces of nature. These stories offer us new frameworks for leadership, creativity, and courage in a world crying out for change. If we allow Her to lead, the Sacred Feminine offers a roadmap to the most powerful, embodied version of ourselves.In this episode, I`m talking to Liz Childs Kelly, a writer, award-winning researcher, educator, community builder, and...2025-06-191h 04
The Soft Rebellion PodcastThe mother in the mother: Unearthing Hidden Stories with Pippa GraceWe all come from the feminine — from the mother. You and I have unfolded from bodies within bodies. (Did you know the egg that created you was already in your mother’s ovaries when she was still a fetus in your grandmother’s womb?) And yet, we often take her — the mother — and her story for granted. We forget our greatest source, Mother Earth, and our maternal lineage, which is often tangled with shame, grief, and silence.In this episode, I speak with Pippa Grace — a socially engaged artist, writer, sculptor, and author of Mother in the Mother. This...2025-06-0459 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastEp. 61: Coming home to the body through voice, circle and midlife wisdom - with Phoebe Rose.What if midlife wasn’t a crisis - but a calling?In this soul-stirring episode, I sit with Phoebe - heart-centred women’s coach, women’s circle facilitator, and voice activation guide - to explore the initiatory nature of perimenopause, the power of voice, and the transformative healing found in circle work.Phoebe shares from her personal journey: From feeling lost and stripped of identity to discovering her creative power through morning pages, voice, and sitting in circle with other women. We talk the power of circle initiation to guide us home to our cyclical bodies...2025-05-281h 05
SoulFood Journey: Der Podcast für Frauen mit Essstörungen#293: Wie Heilung durch verkörperte Embryologie spürbar wird – Interview mit Flurina ThaliEin Gespräch mit Flurina Thali über Körperweisheit, Weiblichkeit & poetische Anatomie. Diese Folge ist ein echtes Geschenk. Flurina ist Osteopathin, Tänzerin, Coach, Forscherin des Körpers und der feinen inneren Bewegungen, die Heilung möglich machen. Sie teilt mit uns ihren eigenen Weg zum Tanz, ihre ganz persönliche Recovery Journey, zwei kraftvolle Impulse aus einer gemeinsamen Coaching-Session mit mir – und weitere prägende, heilsame Begegnungen auf ihrem Weg. Wir sprechen über Themen, die tief berühren und gleichzeitig neue Perspektiven eröffnen. In dieser Folge erfährst du: Was verkörperte Embr...2025-05-151h 07
The Soft Rebellion PodcastEp. 60 - I invite you to soften. A little.Over the last few weeks I have landed with a new question to start my days; when I wake up and emerge into the potent liminality of the early morning hour, I ask «Mother Earth, who do you need me to be today?» This question is inspired by one of my dearest teachers, Jane Hardwicke Collings who urges us to be the woman the earth needs.Lately Mother Earth keeps sending me this message: «I need you to soften», she says, «I need you to soften into your own experience, into the wholeness and rightness you are».A...2025-05-1428 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastA conversation on feminine wisdom, creativity, and how to trust your inner voice - with Alice Grist.What does it mean to rebel softly — to walk a spiritual path that challenges, heals, and liberates, to let go of the costume which no longer fits you, feel an intuitive sense of flow to life and trusting your own experience?In this soulful episode, I sit down with the amazing (and ever so inspiring!) Alice Grist — an award winning author, tarot deck creator and spiritual guide to rebellious women looking to invoke intuition and sacred connection through everyday lives — to explore the intersection of creativity, intuition, and mystical rebellion.In this episode we explored:...2025-05-071h 04
Full & Thriving: A Mental Health and Personal Development Podcast195. The 4 Seasons of Your Menstrual Cycle: How to Sync with Your Body’s Natural Rhythm with Flurina Thali🎙️ Episode Title: The 4 Seasons of Your Menstrual Cycle: How to Sync with Your Body’s Natural Rhythm with Flurina ThaliDescription:In this enlightening episode, we’re joined by Flurina Thali, a menstrual cycle coach and embodiment guide, who shares how tuning into the natural "seasons" of your menstrual cycle can help you live with more alignment, energy, and ease.Flurina introduces us to the four inner seasons—menstruation (winter), the follicular phase (spring), ovulation (summer), and the luteal phase (autumn)—and explains how each phase offers unique strengths, challenges, and invitations for self-care. Wh...2025-04-241h 02
The Soft Rebellion PodcastHow womb healing can liberate your leadership. With Tumelo Moreri.What if your womb is the creation portals for your leadership? And the transformed leadership we want for our world and communities will be born through our wombs, and the work of tending to our wombs and bodies? Today I am talking about womb healing and leadership with Tumelo Moreri who is an initiated Spiritual Healer, Womb Medicine Woman and Embodied Leadership Guide based in Botswana. She supports women seeking to heal their inner womb wounds and pains and reclaim the power and sovereignty of their wombs. Tumelo`s work is influenced by African...2025-04-231h 15
The Soft Rebellion Podcast3 questions to nurture your inner rebellion - with Flurina Thali.New solo episode out! Join me as I share with you how the Soft Rebellion has shown up in my life recently- pitching bloody miraculous article ideas! - and hear what 3 questions guide me through my daily meditation and journal practice to hear the voice of my inner rebel and act upon it! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit flurinathali.substack.com2025-04-1628 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastInquiry & Unity Consciousness – The Path to Freedom with Evie Gibbens.Four years ago, I read a book called "Loving What Is" by Byron Katie and learned about a process called The Work, which became a catalyst for my homecoming journey. This process gifted me with what I call "the poetry of truth"—so deeply meaningful, liberating, and full of joy. As part of that process, I met an incredible woman, Evie, today’s guest! Evie sat with me for many hours, doing The Work and holding the space to awaken to the truth beneath stories, beyond fear and fantasy...I am deeply excited to shar...2025-04-091h 04
The Soft Rebellion PodcastThe dance of your womb. With Anja Gysin.What does your womb mean to you? How do you relate to her and nurture your connection? What if you were invited to tune into her movement and join her dance? What if our journey of homecoming is about learning to perceive the anatomy of our very selves (not a textbook!) through the lens of our sensual experience? I am thrilled to welcome Anja Gysin back onto the podcast. Anja is a dancer, choreographer, and Somatic Movement Educator in Body-Mind Centering. She has been teaching movement and dance as a healing force for over 25...2025-03-271h 05
The Soft Rebellion PodcastFrom silence to connection - the power of talking about the menstrual cycle in public.What if the journey of homecoming to the female body begins with sharing our experiences of inhabiting a female body?In this solo episode I share with you a recent so magical, joyful and bloody powerful encounter in my favourite coffee shop in South East London in which a “business” meeting transformed into a circle of connection with another woman. We openly and shamelessly discussed menstruality, inspiring the women around us to do the same. This experience is giving birth to a new, deeply meaningful definition of the Soft Rebellion. Enjoy!Receive my f...2025-03-2021 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastThe power of menstruality to dismantle inequalities within ourselves and the world. Dr. Cre DyeWhat does social justice and inclusion mean to you? What stories of your past make you to notice, sense and feel racial injustice? Where in you does personal injustice live? And how do you feel you can use your practice of menstrual cycle awareness to dismantle inequalities within you and the world?In this episode I am embarking on a racial injustice inquiry with Dr. Cre Dye, a dear friend, teacher, mentor, sister and such an incredible woman! Yes, we are the daughters of our stories and the stories that inform who we are...2025-03-121h 05
The Soft Rebellion PodcastThe joy of dropping it all & tasting waves of homecoming.How often do you hide the truth of your female body and neglect her cyclical rhythm (and the magic that comes with it)? When was the last time you completely let go, dropped your bundle, and surrendered to the need to rest—unexpectedly, out of the blue—because your body was asking for it in that very moment? And when did you last fully surrender to your desires, with a big smile in your heart, without judging yourself for it?In this episode, I invite you to join me on a walk along the Rave...2025-03-0633 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastThe embryo in us: A deep dive into questions about the meaning of human existence - Jaap van der WalIn this fascinating episode, I am joined by Dr. Jaap van der Wal, Ph.D., a medical doctor and renowned expert in embryology and anatomy. Gradually, he developed into a teacher of philosophy of science and medical anthropology and today he calls his teaching “Embryosophy” as he finds in the embryo tentative answers to questions about the meaning of human existence. Jaap van der Wal has been a teacher of mine in the past and I follow his work with deep respect, admiration and fascination. Whilst feeling very nervous (and aware of the vastness of t...2025-02-261h 01
The Soft Rebellion PodcastHow to navigate being highly sensitive. With Jo Sheppard.How can being highly sensitive be a gift rather than a burden, and how do we learn to embrace and navigate that sensitivity in our lives and work?In this episode, we dive into the world of bodywork and healing. Jo is an experienced Osteopath whose journey has taken her beyond physical health and into the realms of emotional and spiritual. We explored how we can create a safe space for ourselves - and our patients - to surrender, trust and come home to our bodies. Jo shared how she navigated and still navigates...2025-02-191h 02
The Soft Rebellion PodcastBreaking free from toxic productivity: A journey of healing and renewal. Tamu Thomas.Do you catch yourself measuring your worth by how much you do, and how much what you do benefits others? If so, you’re not alone. As my guest today, Tamu Thomas, says – it’s not your fault.Tamu Thomas is the author of the groundbreaking book, Women Who Work Too Much: Break Free from Toxic Productivity. She’s a transformational coach and thought-provoking keynote speaker, passionately advocating for the well-being and success of high-achieving women. Tamu’s mission is to dismantle the societal and systemic barriers that lead to burnout, helping women create work lives...2025-02-1257 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastMenstrual activism: Indulge the impulse to resist & let your anger guide you home. Dr.Breanne Fahs.How do you meet resistance and anger in your lifeCheck if cnava left account twice ? How often do you say yes when you mean no? And how often did you betray yourself by neglecting the power of your female body to fight back?I am so excited to have had the amazing Breanne Fahs as guest on the podcast. Breanne is professor of Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State University, where she specializes in studying women's sexuality, critical embodiment studies, feminist histories, and political activism. She has authored many books, including most recently...2025-01-2953 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastThis is my vision. Will you join me?In this short solo episode, I share my vision — the why behind all the work I do, from writing and coaching to research and teaching. This is more than just a declaration; it’s an invitation to join me on this softly rebellious quest to expand this vision into a larger energetic container where it can truly grow - thank you for being a witness! I`ll read my vision three times:As my personal vision. A vision for the world. As YOUR vision, imagining it i...2025-01-2319 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastAn abundant trustful yes: Embracing enoughness and navigating transitions.Welcome to the first solo episode of The Soft Rebellion of 2025! In this moment of transition—from my personal wintering season into spring—I’m sharing an intimate look at my journey as I step back into the creative flow of this podcast and my life’s work. Over the last two weeks, I’ve navigated feelings of overwhelm, fear, and self-doubt, only to receive a simple but profound gift: a message from within that said, “You are enough. You’ve never not been enough.”From that place of clarity, I embraced a theme for my year—and...2025-01-1521 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastHow to turn 2025 into a radical act of Self-care - with Valentina Thayer.Imagine a world where women meet with other women as the year comes to an end, together they reflect, process and collectively lean into their dreams and wishes for the new beginning, and because they do, the collective space holding and honoring awakens and plants the seed of their greatest vision and desire. This is today’s conversation. A radical act of self-care. Intimate. Inspiring. I am joined by my friend Valentina Thayer, a menstrual cycle coach & fertility awareness educator. Living in a world where the female body is of...2025-01-091h 12
The Soft Rebellion PodcastThe softly rebellious call to winter - see you in January!Sometimes we just need to let go. For the time being. And trust that the arising emptiness will birth effortlessly what we have been working towards so hard. I am feeling tired. I have a strong calling to invite women home to their soft healing power of their bodies … and reclaim their very own version of the Soft Rebellion, their unique, weird and wonderful self. Over the last months I have been playing in various ways how to do that … and I wish to be in a deeper conversation about this, with you. And righ...2024-12-0420 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastUnlocking the mysteries of the female body: An evolutionary perspective. Dr. Deena EmeraWhat’s the story of the women’s bodies? And what can the evolutionary biology of the female body teach us about our health, agency, and creative power? The functions of the female body have always been shroud in mysteries, and often myths and misconceptions. As our understanding of our own anatomy and physiology evolves we still have such big questions such as why do women go through menopause? Why do we have periods unlike other mammals? What’s the function of the female orgasm? Why are we in the midst of a fertility crisis? And why is reproductive choice...2024-11-271h 02
The Soft Rebellion PodcastLet's talk about ovaries. A wildly poetic exploration of the ancient landscapes of the feminine.Welcome to The Soft Rebellion Podcast, I am so happy that you are here.In this episode I invite you onto a journey exploring the wildly poetic anatomy of your ovaries, `wombscapes` and the body of the egg. Yes, you knew and sensed ovaries before anything else, ovaries have been your first human experience, your first melting and meeting point with the feminine and its physical expression and they shaped first land you travelled upon … … your ovaries are a temple of deeply grounded wisdom. And the home of the body...2024-11-2043 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastEffortless effort: Healing and embodied presence through dance - with Lizzy Le Quesne.Welcome back to the Soft Rebellion Podcast. I feel so excited, touched and moved sharing this conversation with you during which I felt like I am arriving in every moment, from anew, and deeper. Thank you, Lizzy. Skinner Releasing Technique is a somatic dance practice and in this episode you will learn how rich of a container and wholly immersive this practice is to come home to your body, find healing and give voice to your very own version of … the Soft Rebellion. Today's guest is Lizzy Le Quesne, a dance artist and teacher of...2024-11-141h 04
The Soft Rebellion PodcastDon't give up. 3 powerful ways I've turned worries & doubt into joy & confidence.Welcome to The Soft Rebellion Podcast, I am so happy that you are here.This episode is a powerful reminder that giving up is not a solution. And I record this as much for myself as for all of you! I got to know this place too well recently when waves of doubts and worries seem to override what once felt like a burning fire committing to a deep-desired project. Yes, those waves seem to override our fire, but do they really? No, I experienced they do not, if, we have...2024-11-0726 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastHow to find healing through menstrual art - Jasmine Alicia Carter.Do you ever feel numb or restless in your heart? Navigating those feelings can be incredibly challenging, yet it can also lead to profound discovery if we allow our bodies to guide us. Today’s guest, Jasmine Alicia Carter, knows this journey all too well. She felt there was no space for her and no space for womanhood—until she began creating art with her own menstrual blood.Jasmine is a true Soft Rebellion. As a Menstrual Artist and Feminine Empowerment Mentor, she has been painting with her period blood since 2016. This sacred art form has transformed her...2024-10-3059 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastHow menstrual cycle awareness supports you not to burn out!In this episode I share with you how discovering menstrual cycle awareness has helped me to not continuously burn myself out. I have always felt so passionate for my studies and work that I often pushed myself too hard as I missed the subtle signs of my body saying “stop, we need a break!”. In fact for the longer time of my life (!) I resisted any type of break: I felt guilty during my holiday, got up at 6 am on Sundays and constantly felt chasen by the fear of not having achieved enough. The result was that I would burn...2024-10-2341 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastHow to reclaim your feminine fire & connect with the source of creativity - with Lucy H Pearce.In this episode I am talking to Lucy H Pearce, the author of the amazingly powerful book Burning Woman. I still feel my soul shimmer thinking back to this meaningful conversation!Burning Woman is a breath-taking and controversial woman’s journey through history — personal and cultural — on a quest to find and free her own power. And so is this episode a wake-up call to the Burning Woman within you, a reminder. We live in burning times and they call for Burning Women. This is our time to come out of the shadows and burn b...2024-10-161h 10
The Soft Rebellion PodcastThe wild and poetic anatomy of your calling - and how to navigate feeling confused.In this episode, we delve into the journey of discovering and nurturing our true calling. Together, we explore what it means to feel called, how to reconnect with that inner voice, and find our way back home — even when the path seems clouded by confusion and overwhelm.Have you ever found yourself in that uncertain space, wondering, “How the heck will I ever know what I’m meant to do?” When your heart yearns for something that feels just out of reach, it can create a tumultuous internal struggle. I share my own experiences from the past few week...2024-10-0936 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastThe witch' s path: Unleashing your magic through fairytale, folklore & ancient myth - Sarah RobinsonWhat does magic and witchcraft mean to you? And how much of it do you allow there to be in your life? The witch, an ancient archetype, is there in all of us, waiting to be awakened and its powers to be used wisely. The witch is the one who gets things done, magically, meaning in flow whilst she is harvesting the ocean of possibilities. And so did my today’s guest Sarah Robinson get a lot done being the author of a whole world of magical books! Together we explored why it is so powerful to invite fairytale, st...2024-10-0255 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastThe wild and poetic anatomy of your heart.Welcome to The Soft Rebellion Podcast, I am so happy that you are here.By the time your were only four weeks old floating in your mother’s womb your heart was there circulating blood to every cell and organ to become, your heart is still there 24 hours, 7 days a week, your whole earthy live. It is always with us and yet we so rarely attend to it, only noticing it when we’re out of breath or feeling uncomfortably nervous. Your heart is so much more than an organ, so much more...2024-09-251h 01
The Soft Rebellion PodcastHow fear is calling you home to your true power - with Lisa Lister.Do you sometimes (or often) find yourself wondering how to tap into your own magic and how to bring it into physical creation? And do you ask yourself how the h* to tackle all the fears and self-doubts trying to throw you off along the way? I know all these questions so well and I feel so grateful to have had the opportunity to let the one and only Lisa Lister share her wisdom about it. In this conversation you will learn that in order to do more you have to BE m...2024-09-1858 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastHow to step into the responsibility of your own healing - with Amy Wilding.Do you know these moments in life when you struggle to meet your own needs, your whole being feels out of alignment as if there is a mismatch between body, mind and spirit and you are trying (maybe too hard) to weave those gaps back together? I feel honoured to have had Amy Wilding on the podcast and together we leaned into such an intimate, raw and pure conversation. We explored what healing means for both of us and Amy shared the steps she had to take on her own path stepping in...2024-09-1159 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastTime for a big bleed! Why we need rest to tap into our creative power with host Flurina.Welcome to The Soft Rebellion Podcast, I am so happy that you are here.This podcast is my expression of yearning to come home to the creative power of my female body and I am so excited to share my lived experience with you and invite you to join this movement. And in todays episode I share with you how, oh Sister, I have been on an adventure called "doing nothing and harvest it all" - yes, a big break, a big bleed was calling me home, it was so bloody hard...2024-09-0446 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastHow your body can guide you to live your calling - with Sophie-Jane Hardy.Are you still curiously wondering what this Soft Rebellion is all about? Well, there are as many definitions of the Soft Rebellion as there are women softly rebelling; the key to the Soft Rebellion is that it looks unique for each of us and the closer we are to our instinctual knowing the closer we are to our Soft Rebellion. The Soft Rebellion is she who gives herself permission to be her weird and unique self, it is the beginning of a magic journey and movement, for me, for you and for this podcast. 2024-08-281h 03
The Soft Rebellion PodcastHow I made this big and bold decision.Welcome to The Soft Rebellion Podcast, I am so happy that you are here. One year ago I started with The Breathing Body podcast, and what I thought would be `just` the first step of doing `my own thing` became process of really getting to know myself, revealing my authenticity, to call out of my and reach more fully into myself a deep promise to myself to listen and give expression to my creative voice and let her work through me - it became a process of reclaiming my soft rebellion. 2024-08-2138 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastIs art ever not healing? A deep dive into why we dance and create with Hagit YakiraHello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. In this episode I am talking with dancer, researcher, movement therapist and choreographer Hagit Yakira. Together we embarked on a journey to explore so deep and meaningful questions, is the artistic process ever not healing? Why do we dance? What does freedom mean? And how much freedom can we give and live in any given structure? The end result is a conversation, so raw, pure a...2024-07-3154 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastRecovering into Love and becoming your own best coach - with Meg McCabe.Hello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. Eating disorders, food struggles, body image issue, body shame, … we are living in a world in which many of us live a life disconnected from their bodies, numbing their feelings and neglect their needs. Always running, never arriving. I am so grateful to open the space again to talk about eating disorder recovery as it is a process full...2024-07-1756 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastThe four faces of the feminine psyche - with Dr. Anita JohnstonHello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. In today's episode I welcome Dr. Anita Johnston back on the podcast and together we explored how by tapping into the timeless Archetypal Feminine energies flowing through each of us, you can: discover what soul nourishment means for you, experience the power of the multifaceted feminine psyche - the 4 faces of the feminine psyche -, find new ways to be at peace in your body and learn to use your inner...2024-07-031h 01
The Eating Disorder TherapistFinding Re-connection with Body, Inner Wisdom and Intuition in Eating Disorder Recovery with Flurina ThaliToday I’m talking to Flurina Thali who is an osteopath, coach, lecturer, researcher, dancer, artist and host of the podcast, ‘The Breathing Body’. She is also someone who suffered from an eating disorder for many years - and found healing through movement, body awareness and rediscovering the fascination and miracle our bodies express every day. She calls this the sweet song of feelings and emotions.
Flurina initially trained as a dancer in Denmark and the Netherlands. During this time, she encountered many somatic practices, in particular the Alexander Technique and Ideokinesis which continuously taught her as a faci...2024-06-2235 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastBack to the roots & How to live a bloody brilliant life! Part 2 - with Josianne HosnerHello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. In today's episode I welcomed Josianne Hosner back on the podcast, and this time we answered YOUR questions - and the result is such a deep and meaningful and joyful conversation. This conversation is for YOU if you would like to diver deeper into the magic, mystic and power of menstrual cycle awareness and how you can use it to enhance your life!Nature lives through...2024-06-191h 02
The Soft Rebellion PodcastUntangling the meaning of pain as a doorway to reach more fully into yourself - with Peter Blackaby.Hello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. Today's episode invites you to listen to Pete`s journey away from structure and alignment into sensation and movement - and how this transition shaped his lens through which he approaches the concept of pain and chronic pain in particular. This conversation is for YOU if you would like to explore how you can start to untangle the meaning of both physical and emotional pain and how the...2024-06-092h 07
The Soft Rebellion PodcastEating disorder recovery tools A-Z & all those lush things which enhance my life | Part 2Hello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. This podcast invites you to meet your body - in a deeper and more meaningful way and to find your way back home. We explore tools and practices, share stories and experiences about how we can say YES to the body we inhabit: This is is the most beautiful project life has to offer. I call it self-love. After I shared my own healing journey as the first episode in...2024-05-2228 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastThe power of moving into the place of unspoken knowing - With Gary Carter.Hello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. Today's episode is another one of my `root teachers`- series: In 2017 I went to Goa to participate in a Scaravelli-inspired yoga teacher training with Helen Noakes, who was guest on the podcast too (see episode 4). During this training I met Gary Carter, who taught us anatomy and movement - and I can't put in words what happened with me when I sat there on the sandy Shala ground and...2024-05-081h 00
The Soft Rebellion PodcastFrom the head into the body - tapping into flow through movement and dance. With Isabella Killian.Hello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. Today I welcome my dear friend Isabella Kilian on the podcast and together we weaved a conversation about all the many things we have in common - dance, osteopathy, movement research, spirituality, … - celebrating how we are both on this search for "something more", the very ungraspable and mystical … This episode is for YOU if you would like to exp...2024-04-2452 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastEating disorder recovery tools A-Z & all those lush things which enhance my life | PART 1Hello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. This podcast invites you to meet your body - in a deeper and more meaningful way and to find your way back home. We explore tools and practices, share stories and experiences about how we can say YES to the body we inhabit: This is is the most beautiful project life has to offer. I call it self-love. 2024-04-1034 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastChocolate, fascia and the spark of life. With Dr. Joanne Avison.Hello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. This podcast invites you to meet your body - in a deeper and more meaningful way and to find your way back home. We explore tools and practices, share stories and experiences about how we can say YES to the body we inhabit: This is is the most beautiful project life has to offer. I call it self-love. Tod...2024-03-271h 04
The Soft Rebellion PodcastFrom eating difficulties to self-love | My story, part 2.Hello and welcome to another episode of «The breathing body». My name is Flurina and I am your host - and I am so happy that you are here.I received so much feedback and questions about my latest solo episode so that I decided to share with you part 2 of my own healing journey. Yes, me and my body this is my story. I found healing from disordered eating when I allowed myself to become sensually alive and when I gave her a voice. The power within emotions and feelings became the...2024-03-1326 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastFollowing your wild heart, moving through your fears and embracing the business of your life! With Jenny Weber.Hello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. This episode I have recorded rather spontaneously when being back in Switzerland at my parents place - I am talking to my dear friend Jenny, a woman of pure inspiration, heart and successful business - the title says it all! Note: This episode is in German, if you head over to YouTube (link in shownotes) you can find Eng...2024-02-281h 01
The Soft Rebellion PodcastBeing your own scientist: A yoga practice of curiosity and ongoing investigation - where the magic happens. With Julie MartinHello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. Does that sound familiar to you, the more you practiced yoga, the more you realised it is about so much more than the shapes and postures? And you find doorways you would have never thought you would? And it feels like new worlds open up? That is what yoga is about! Yoga asana is not the same as yoga philosophy and the practice isn't in t...2024-02-141h 10
Love This Food ThingFrom Eating Disorder to Self-Love with Flurina Dominique Thali“I always said I’m recovering from eating difficulties and eating disorders. When I realised it’s much less about recovering, but about uncovering I started to call my journey the uncovering journey.” Flurina is an osteopath, dancer and creator of The Breathing Body Podcast.When Flurina was eleven she had an idea that being thin would make her happier. This random thought caused years of disordered eating and exercise. As time passed Flurina’s double life proved exhausting - bright and sunny on the outside, but internally, sad and depressed. She sought treatment/sup...2024-02-0543 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastThe art of breathing. In conversation with Jessica Wolf.Hello and welcome to The Breathing Body Podcast - My name is Flurina and I am your host, and I am so happy that you are here. In this episode I have a conversation with Internationally recognized Alexander Teacher, Jessica Wolf. Jessica is a pioneer in what she does and the founder of «Jessica Wolf`s Art of Breathing» - YES, there is an art to breathing - in her own words:«We breathe about 23,000 times a day. Anything we do that frequently, we want to d...2024-01-3159 min
Fly To Freedom: The anorexia recovery podcastEpisode 43 - Can you ever be grateful for the eating disorder ?Flurina shares her journey of struggling with an eating disorder for 17 years and how she found healing through movement, body awareness, and rediscovering the miracle within. She discusses using her body as a means of control, her passion for studying osteopathy, and realising her eating disorder was trying to help her avoid difficult feelings. Florina explains how she became grateful for her illness as it led her to her purpose of supporting other women in their recovery.
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The Awakened Woman by Dr. Tererai Trent
Eating in the light o...2024-01-1757 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastHealing from eating difficulties through storytelling and metaphor - and living a life beyond your wildest dreams - PART 2 with Dr. Anita JohnstonIt is with great intention that the second episode of this year is with today's guest Dr. Anita Johnston. As I shared with you in the last episode me and my body, this is my story. I found healing from disordered eating when I allowed a dialogue between my body and me and when I gave her a voice. The power within emotions and feelings became the sweetest song and strongest dance I could ever share. This is my creator force and feminine spirit, wanting to be awakened and expressed. And along m...2024-01-1758 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastHealing from eating difficulties and living a life beyond my wildest dreams. My story.Hello and welcome to the first episode of «The breathing body» podcast after the Christmas break. My name is Flurina and I am your host - and I am so happy that you are here - and I am so excited diving into a new year with you. It is with great intention - and with a huge step out of my comfort zone - that the first episode of this new year is a solo episode. Me and my body this is my story. I found healing from disordered eating when I allo...2024-01-1652 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastBecoming sugar-free, anti-inflammatory diet & how to truly nourish yourself. With Julie Daniluk.Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast «The breathing body». My name is Flurina and I am your host - and I am so happy that you are here.Do you struggle with sugar cravings? Feel like sugar controls you? That s how I felt a couple of years back - Until I «stumbled» over a podcast where Julie Daniluk was guest on and shortly after and read all her books and since feel so blessed how her knowledge and research nurtures and influences the way I cook...2023-12-1652 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastEmbodiment, Self-care & Healing - With Bonnie Gintis.Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast «The breathing body».My name is Flurina and I am your host - and I am so happy that you are here.The body is a process and not an object, not a thing - we can't learn about it, but only experience and live through it - experiencing a living process. And this is what it means to engage the movement of life. This is embodiment …… Embodiment, Self-care and Healing - we talked...2023-11-2956 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastSurrendering to the unknown - where intuition unfolds. With Delia Rosenboom.Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast «The breathing body». My name is Flurina and I am your host - and I am so happy that you are here.This conversation was very meaningful to me as I have been talking to another wonderful Alexander Technique teacher, Delia Rosenboom. Delia found to the Alexander Technique with 14 years of age, the age with which I had my first Alexander Technique lesson too, in Switzerland. It deeply resonated with me when Delia shared how the Alexander Technique opened a doorway to «this other...2023-11-151h 04
The Soft Rebellion PodcastHealing anxiety and finding your health - with Ian WrightHello and welcome to another episode of the podcast «The breathing body». My name is Flurina and I am your host - and I am so happy that you are here.YES we live in a world in which electronic devices rule our days and overstimulation often is our normal state! A high percentage of our society is suffering with various anxiety disorders, including the very young children - it seems that we lost our natural rhythmic connection to nature, inside and outside us, and rather than celebrating our connection to the who...2023-11-0155 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastMovement is your birth right - Engaging in the dance of your life. In conversation with Anja Gysin.Yes, MOVEMENT is our BIRTH RIGHT. What if your life would be a DANCE? If there was no beginning and no end but your whole being yielding into the expression of your body? I am so touched and grateful to share this episode with you. I had such an organic and moving conversation filled with breath and joy with Anja Gysin. We talked about movement, touch and healing on such a deep level, from such an embodied perspective that … it is hard to describe it in w...2023-10-181h 00
The Soft Rebellion PodcastMiraculous Breastfeeding - with Catherine Watson GennaI am so touched to be sharing this episode with you in which I am talking to Catherine Watson Genna about the miracles of breastfeeding. This is a topic which is so dear to my heart, and hers of course - and we both share great love for the fascination of human physiology and biology. It was a pure joy to record this episode for you. May this episode serve humanity to share the message that breastfeeding is so much more than the pure milk transfer from breast to baby! Yes, not only did Cathy share so many miraculous...2023-10-0456 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastYour body is your temple - a conversation with Helen NoakesI am so excited to have my dear friend and teacher Helen Noakes on the show today - a woman who is following her golden path, with so much passion, trust and love. I felt newly inspired after this conversation to listen to all the signs and impulses we receive as we flow through life, even if we don't know yet why and where they will lead us to. I also felt newly inspired to connect to my body as the one that (truly) knows, he / she is the bridge to the present moment, yes, my body is my...2023-09-2055 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastMaking love as a doorway to higher consciousness - with Diana RichardsonYes, sex is about so much more than having an orgasm - carries the potential for making love as a doorway to higher consciousness. And that's what this episode is all about. I feel so grateful to share this episode with you and honoured to have had the so inspiring Diana Richardson as a guest on my podcast. I feel grateful for her immense generosity to share her experiences and the unfolded insights with us - we had such a dynamic, expansive and physical conversation, physical as I could feel how she s...2023-09-0656 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastThe potency of listening - a conversation with Mary BolingbrokeI feel so grateful and blessed for all the wonderful Osteopaths and Osteopathy teachers I have met on my journey so far and who shared their experience and wisdom with me. One of them is Mary Bolingbroke! Mary keeps inspiring me on such a profound and I am honoured to have her as my guest on the podcast! Welcome, Mary.In this episode she shares with us important parts of her journey and her understanding of health and the role of us Osteopaths … and yes, if you keep listening, I am sure you...2023-08-2357 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastFinding quiet strength - a conversation with Judith KleinmannThis episode is a particularly vivid one! I am talking with Judith Kleinman in Person in London, sitting in her Kitchen and together exploring the wonderful tools the Alexander Technique has to offer to us to find more ease, space and connection within ourselves and thereby to the world around. Judith Kleinman trained as a musician at the Guildhall school of Music. She went on to train to be an Alexander teacher as well as a Tai chi and Yoga teacher.Judith teaches at The Royal College of Music and The junior Academy of Music alongside being a...2023-08-0954 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastBack to the roots - How to live a bloody brilliant life! - with guest Josianne HosnerNature lives through four seasons year by year, and so do we women cycle through four inner seasons month by month. We are not always in the same mood and many challenges in daily life lose their scarce if we learn to understand WHY our energy levels aren't always the same. To get to know your inner spring, summer, autumn and winter supports us to connect to ourselves, our body and inner wisdom. And in that way we feel less at mercy of our mood and we can use the knowledge about the menstrual cycle to bring lightness and joy...2023-08-061h 02
The Soft Rebellion PodcastYour body, your teacher.Yes our body is our best teacher - and this, I feel, requires a deep connection to it, compassionate listening and the nurturing of a very felt experience of the physical matter we inhabit: The breathing body. The breathing body to me is a spacious body, a soft body, a receptive body, sensing and feeling body, a body which is alert, has the ability to adapt, has mutability, a versatile body, a strong body, a connected body - a body in motion, a body in tune with its own rhythm and song, a...2023-08-0622 min
The Soft Rebellion PodcastIntroduction to «The breathing body»Thank you for being here! This podcast invites you to journey through conversations which share the fascination of the physical matter we inhabit: the breathing body. These conversations explore its inherent intelligence, movement and healing. I am talking to people from various fields of research and practice such as osteopathy, dance, somatic practices, anatomy and embryology, spirituality and many more. Would you like to learn about our miraculous bodies and be inspired in many new ways? Then this podcast is for you! 2023-08-0608 min