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Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastLegislative RainbowThe Legislative Rainbow is a participatory theatrical methodology that blends Augusto Boal’s Rainbow of Desire and Legislative Theatre, adapted for small communities. It enables groups to surface shared tensions, embody collective desires and “demons,” and rapidly co-create living norms and codes of conduct.Read more about the practice on the website and the resources it offers: legislativerainbow.com Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2026-01-121h 12
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastThe Theatre of Yes!In this Living Library, Uri talks with Marina Pallarès Elias, a theater practitioner and researcher, about her journey creating the Theatre of Yes! Together, we explore how theater can drive social transformation while maintaining artistic quality.Follow-up links:* Theatre of Yes Online (5th Edition) training register on Eventbrite* Learn more about Marina Pallers and the Theatre of Yes* ImaginAction Upcoming events on Lu.ma and Theatre that ReconnectsSee below a presentation made by NotebookLM based on this conversation Do consider becoming a paid subscriber an s...
2025-12-291h 02
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastHolding What Hurts, TogetherThrough the Spiral — Day 2 | Honoring the PainThrough the Spiral is a 5-day collective journey rooted in the Work That Reconnects (Joanna Macy), Mutima Imani’s Expanded Spiral model, and Theatre that Reconnects (Uri Noy Meir)—exploring gratitude, grief, new vision, liberation, and integration through embodied, collective practice.Day 2 focused on Honoring the Pain as a necessary passage toward liberation. Through sharing, deep listening, and playback theatre and social presencing theatre, participants gave voice to personal and ancestral grief.🌱 Interested in supporting or joining Through the Spiral 2026 and the Fellowship (from Feb 2026)?Reach out — at...
2025-12-171h 52
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastMemories from Senegal — Part 2Ruth Cross reflects on her experience during our 2016 journey with ImaginAction. As we prepare for our next Learning Journey to Senegal (2026), we invite you to be part of opening THE Regenerative Arts Fellowship—where arts and community meet.🌍 Join or Support the Journey:https://opencollective.com/imaginactionet/events/senegal-learning-journey-2026-6a58c373✨ Upcoming Sessions 💫 Embodied Teamwork — Using Theatre to Build Trust and FlowHosted by Uri Noy Meir📅 Wed, Nov 5, 2025 — 2:30 PM GMT+1 (30 min, Zoom)Explore how simple embodied practices can deepen trust and connection.🔗 Join for free🌿 Making Space for Connection — Shifting AwarenessHosted by Uri No...
2025-10-2602 min
Social Arts for Dialogue Podcast🌍 Memories from Senegal! 🎭Ten years ago, this journey changed many of our lives. As Ruth Cross shared from our 2016 experience in the video aboveJoin us, support, or sponsor a participant:👉 Senegal Learning Journey 2026#TheatreThatReconnects #KadduYaraax #ImaginAction #AppliedTheatre #LearningJourney #Senegal2026 Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2025-10-2304 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastMaking Hope in Times of Despair - In conversion with Maoz InonIn a heartfelt conversation with Uri, Maoz Inon shares his journey of grief and transformation following the October 7th Hamas attack, in which he lost his parents, close friends, and their children. Born in a kibbutz near the Gaza border, Maoz describes life since the attack as a freefall into an abyss of violence and despair. Yet, he insists that hope must be made, not found—and that hope is born through action. Despite the pain, Maoz chooses the path of radical forgiveness, inspired by Palestinian peace activists who also lost loved ones. He has forgiven both Hamas and th...
2025-07-0453 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastA Living Library with Adrian Hales - Episode 6Adrian Hales works with people to awaken their innate well-being, peace, and happiness, guiding them to live, lead, and create from there. Success flows naturally, coming from an inner sense of well-being, so you're not waiting for success to feel happiness, joy, love, enthusiasm, and engagement. You’re coming from that. We had a powerful conversation full of story and wisdom on the Lviing Library!Stay tuned and read Adrian’s wisdom on Substack Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2025-02-2035 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastA Living Library with Inger-Mette Stenseth - Episode 5Welcome to this Episode where we enter a conversation with Inger-Mette about rebuilding the Library of Alexandria. We explore the Gaia theory by listening to the earth as well as the Delphic Council and its connection to the arts, culture, and wisdom. Join us in shaping our understanding of the world, and the necessity of aligning with our inner selves and the wisdom of the earth.Inger-Mette Stenseth: “- in this context, I am an imaginator!Being part of the global and distributed team of Imaginaction, gives me hope. I come from a pl...
2025-02-1236 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastA Living Library of Active Hope with Anneloes Smitsman - Episode 4Play and Learn more about Elowyn at:https://www.earthwise.global/elowyn-gameDr. Anneloes Smitsman (Ph.D., LLM), is the founder and CEO of the EARTHwise companies. She is a futurist, serial entrepreneur, systems scientist, award-winning pioneer in human development and systems change, and award-winning bestselling author. She leads the EARTHwise faculty and is the lead architect of the EARTHwise Constitution and architect of the EARTHwise Game, Elowyn: Quest of TIme. She was awarded the 2022 Visioneers Lifetime Achievement Award and was crowned overall African winner in the category "Human...
2025-02-0433 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastA Living Library of Active Hope with Bernardette Castilho - Episode 3Bernardette Castilho brings her book to the Living Library, Bernardette's travels using the 12 senses, a concept from anthroposophy, in places such as France, Germany, Italy, and Egypt, and places connected to women such as Matilda of Canossa, Mary Magdalene, and the Templars. Join us in reflecting on how a historical person's biography could be a doorway into discovering the self with others. Highlights from the conversation:● Matilda's importance as a historical figure and her role in the history of women's rights.●The interconnectedness of personal research and self-discovery.● The concept of incarn...
2024-12-2636 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastA Living Library of Active Hope with David Diamond - Episode 2David Diamond's episode of The Living Library focuses on the themes of certainty and uncertainty, drawing from his 45 years of experience with creating Theatre for Living. David emphasizes that while humans desire certainty, especially in chaotic times, the only certainty is that there is no certainty. He stresses the importance of being a good observer, listener, and creative artist while trusting the communities with whom he works to make the experience relevant to them. David shares personal stories to highlight how the impact of our actions is often unknown and unpredictable.David Diamond's talk emphasizes embracing uncertainty...
2024-12-2546 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastA Living Library of Active Hope with Héctor Aristizábal - Episode 1The Living Library of Active Hope features conversations with individuals seen as "living books" sharing their stories, practices, and dreams of active hope. In this first conversation with Hector, Uri and the guests discuss his work with Reconnectando in Colombia and the practice of the "Council of All Beings”. This practice invites us to listen to the voices of the more-than-human world, such as animals, plants, and ecosystems, to challenge human anthropocentrism and recognize our interdependence. It involves a process of deep listening, dance, and theater, as ways to embody and integrate these “otherized” voices.key points from H...
2024-12-2454 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastIn Conversation Uri Noy Meir with Sulaiman Khatib and Dr. Daniel FoorUri Noy Meir is in conversation with Combatants for Peace Co-Founder Sulaiman Khatib and School of Ancestral Medicine founder Dr. Daniel Foor about the current situation and the potential future for the Middle East and beyond. Speakers BiosSulaiman Khatib is co-director and co-founder of Combatants for Peace, a bi-national, grassroots nonviolence movement in Israel and Palestine. Combatants for Peace is dedicated to three main pillars: nonviolent direct action, a joint partnership between Israelis and Palestinians, and ending the Israeli military occupation. Khatib was nominated, along with Israeli co-founder of...
2024-03-311h 04
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastIlaria Olimpico in conversation with Rana Salman and Eszter Koranyi from Combatants for PeacePalestine-Israel: from one story to more than one story, from us vs them to togetherness, from cycle of violence to nonviolence, towards a Collective LiberationA conversation with the two female co-directors of Combatants for Peaceby Ilaria Olimpico Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2024-02-1246 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastGenerazione NomadeA story written and red by Ilaria Olimpico, questioning about identity and belonging, place and language. Una storia scritta e letta da Ilaria Olimpico, per interrogarsi su identita' e appartenenza, luogo e lingua. Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2024-02-0608 min
Innovadores Sin FiltroHector Aristizábal | Psicoterapeuta, actor y artista | ImaginActionHector Aristizábal es psicoterapeuta, actor y escritor. Combina su formación y más de 20 años de experiencia como psicoterapeuta con su trabajo artístico y activismo. Ha trabajado en zonas de guerra y posconflicto utilizando el teatro del oprimido y otras metodologías para explorar alternativas al conflicto y la creación de rituales comunitarios de sanación. En este episodio, Hector nos cuenta como ha experimentado la adversidad en formas que van más allá de la comprensión de la mayoría y se ha convertido en un verdadero defensor del cambio y la transform...
2023-12-051h 09
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastIn Conversation with Sulaiman Khatib and Chen AlonSocial arts facilitator Ilaria Olimpico is in a heartfelt conversation with two co-founders of Combatants for Peace, Sulaiman Khatib and Chen Alon, on nonviolent paths in Israel-Palestine.READ MORE ON OUR BLOG imaginaction.org/ilaria-olimpico-in-conversation-with-sulaiman-khatib-and-chen-alon Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2023-11-3056 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastItalia Anno che Non Verra'In this historic moment of "Fortresse Europe", Ilaria Olimpico gives voice to her text, written in 2018, where a distopian world represents the extreme consequences of the racist atmosphere and the discourse about immigration. The text in Italian "Italia Anno che non verra' " is part of a post in the blog imaginaction-thealbero collective (storie brevi e poesie piccole). Link - https://imaginaction.org/thealbero-storie-brevi-e-poesie-piccole Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2023-11-2615 min
Y Parecía FácilT3x18 - Y Parecía Fácil… Con Héctor Arístizabal | [Agentes de Cambio]En este episodio de los miércoles dedicado a Agentes de Cambio nos acompaña un gran referente: Héctor Arístizabal.
Héctor combina su formación en psicología y más de 20 años de experiencia como psicoterapeuta, con su trabajo artístico y como activista.
Desde su fundación en Los Ángeles, ImaginAction, están haciendo un trabajo brutal utilizando el teatro y otras metodologías como creación de rituales de sanación comunitaria y laboratorios humanos para explorar alternativas a los conflictos.
Y en este fragmento de entrevista nos viene a hablar de:
👉 Cómo el arte, la natur...
2023-04-2616 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastPodcast in the Car #13 We are backWhat is cycle is calling you? Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2023-02-1502 min
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Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastPoscast in car #12 commitmentWhat is your podcast in the car? Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
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Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastPoscast in the car #11 CelebratingWhat and how are you celebrating today? Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
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Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastPodcast in the car 10# AfterUsWhat empowers you? Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
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Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastPodcast in the car #9 About timeHow is your morning time ? Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2023-01-3101 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastPoscast in the car #8 TimeWhat is your way to organize time? Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2023-01-3002 min
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Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastPodcast in the car #7 confirmationWhat is being conirmed to you today? Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2023-01-2604 min
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Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastPoscast in the car #6 ReconnectWhat is your practice of reconnection? Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2023-01-2505 min
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Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastPodcast in the Car #5 Flow with it...Are you under or on the wave? Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2023-01-2402 min
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Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastPoscast in the car #4 MetamorphosiHow can we really make it visible? Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2023-01-2302 min
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Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastPodcast in the car #3 Allowing to feelWhat would it be like? Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2023-01-1905 min
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Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastPodcast in the car #2 New eyesWith which eyes do you wittness? Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
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Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastPodcast in the Car #1 A beginingBe our wittness Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2023-01-1703 min
Go With GraceHighlander Homecoming with Je Naé TaylorThis week I’m in conversation with Je Naé Taylor, a storyteller, play director, Black Joy Experience album song writer and cultural organizer at The Highlander Education and Research Center. Please enjoy our conversation about Highlander homecoming and cultural organizing!
Transcript available here.
Notes:
Highlander Methodologies - https://highlandercenter.org/cultural-organizing/
Homecoming registration link -https://highlander.swoogo.com/90th/2311618
Black Joy Experience: https://www.liberationhouse.org/black-joy-experience/
Born Like Me - Jake Clemons Single (feat. Allison Russell & The Highlander Center)
https://music.apple.com/us/album/born-like-me-single-feat-allison-russell-the/1634362175
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2022-09-3029 min
ImaginAction's PodcastEp. 20 - A conversation with Yana Salakhova on refugees, war and the power of words (Part 2)This conversation was co-created with We Talk Podcast (www.wetalkpodcast.co.uk)
Support in solidarity Yana and Ukraine TO network via this open collective
https://opencollective.com/imaginactionet/projects/toukraine
Stay tuned for the second part of the conversation on the podcast
https://imaginaction.org/podcast
2022-09-0440 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 20 - A conversation with Yana Salakhova on refugees, war and the power of words (Part 2)This conversation was co-created with We Talk Podcast (www.wetalkpodcast.co.uk)Support in solidarity Yana and Ukraine TO network via this open collectivehttps://opencollective.com/imaginactionet/projects/toukraineStay tuned for the second part of the conversation on the podcasthttps://imaginaction.org/podcast Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2022-09-0440 minImaginAction's PodcastEp. 19 - A conversation with Yana Salakhova on refugees, war and the power of words (Part 1)This conversation was co-created with We Talk Podcast (www.wetalkpodcast.co.uk)
Support in solidarity Yana and Ukraine TO network via this open collective
https://opencollective.com/imaginactionet/projects/toukraine
Stay tuned for the second part of the conversation on the podcast
2022-09-0309 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 19 - A conversation with Yana Salakhova on refugees, war and the power of words (Part 1)This conversation was co-created with We Talk Podcast (www.wetalkpodcast.co.uk) Support in solidarity Yana and Ukraine TO network via this open collective https://opencollective.com/imaginactionet/projects/toukraineStay tuned for the second part of the conversation on the podcast Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2022-09-0309 minImaginAction's PodcastEp. 18 - A conversation with Dan Friedman about Performance ActivismWe are happy to share a new podcast episode!
Dan Friedman has been active in progressive political and community-based theatre for half a century. He is the Artistic Director Emeritus of the Castillo Theatre in New York City, a lead organizer of Performing the World and on the faculty of the East Side Institute.
Learn more about Dan's NEW BOOK on imaginaction.org/performance-activism
Learn more about Performance Activism
LEARN MORE ABOUT DAN on www.danfriedmannyc.org
LEARN MORE ABOUT EAST SIDE INSTITUTE on...
2022-07-0953 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 18 - A conversation with Dan Friedman about Performance ActivismWe are happy to share a new podcast episode! Dan Friedman has been active in progressive political and community-based theatre for half a century. He is the Artistic Director Emeritus of the Castillo Theatre in New York City, a lead organizer of Performing the World and on the faculty of the East Side Institute. Learn more about Dan's NEW BOOK on imaginaction.org/performance-activism Learn more about Performance ActivismLEARN MORE ABOUT DAN on www.danfriedmannyc.orgL...
2022-07-0953 min
ImaginAction's PodcastCROSS POST- Theatre for Good in conversation with Uri Noy Meir about ImaginAction and online theatreImaginAction was born 20 years ago from the vision of Hector Aristizabal, today it is a growing network of Social Arts Facilitators that use Theatre and Storytelling to create spaces in which communities can see and heal themselves. In this podcast, Meg Nimigon speaks to Uri Noy Meir from ImaginAction about how the work has transformed since moving online and how ImaginAction is playing a role in curating and creating this work both on and offline with communities worldwide.
Follow Theatre for Good here!
https://www.theatreforgood.ca/podcast
2022-05-2050 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastCROSS POST- Theatre for Good in conversation with Uri Noy Meir about ImaginAction and online theatreImaginAction was born 20 years ago from the vision of Hector Aristizabal, today it is a growing network of Social Arts Facilitators that use Theatre and Storytelling to create spaces in which communities can see and heal themselves. In this podcast, Meg Nimigon speaks to Uri Noy Meir from ImaginAction about how the work has transformed since moving online and how ImaginAction is playing a role in curating and creating this work both on and offline with communities worldwide.Follow Theatre for Good here!https://www.theatreforgood.ca/podcast Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at...
2022-05-2050 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 17 - A conversation with Rebecca Paradiso de Sayu about Social Arts and Collective WellbeingUri and Nico had a lovely conversation with Rebecca Paradiso de Sayu about collective wellbeing, social arts and much more! Rebecca Paradiso de Sayu Co-founder and co-director of The Institute for Collective Wellbeing (www.instituteforcollectivewellbeing.org)Recently self-published this wonderful book www.thepurposefulphd.com Stay tuned for more ImaginAction podcast episodes on Anchor, Spotify, Google and Apple podcast (and more).Also, Check out the new Mentoring Program of ImaginAction we mention in the episode over herehttps://mentoringprogram.sutra.co/...
2022-01-2854 min
ImaginAction's PodcastEp. 17 - A conversation with Rebecca Paradiso de Sayu about Social Arts and Collective WellbeingUri and Nico had a lovely conversation with Rebecca Paradiso de Sayu about collective wellbeing, social arts and much more!
Rebecca Paradiso de Sayu Co-founder and co-director of The Institute for Collective Wellbeing (www.instituteforcollectivewellbeing.org)
Recently self-published this wonderful book www.thepurposefulphd.com
Stay tuned for more ImaginAction podcast episodes on Anchor, Spotify, Google and Apple podcast (and more).
Also, Check out the new Mentoring Program of ImaginAction we mention in the episode over here
https://mentoringprogram.sutra.co/
https://anchor.fm/imaginaction
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2022-01-2854 min
Finding Your VillageEpisode 85: Reducing Children's Fear of Shots and Doctors Visits: Interview with Dr. Jody ThomasIn today’s episode, I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Jody Thomas, who is a licensed clinical psychologist, and specialist in pediatric medical illness and trauma. She is an internationally known expert on pediatric pain, she is also a founder and CEO of the Meg Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering kids and families to prevent and relieve pain and medical anxiety. She is the former Clinical Director of the Packard Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center at Stanford, and a former Assistant Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Though she now lives in Denver, CO, she still se...
2022-01-1640 min
The Hints For Healing PodcastSeason 1; Episode 15 - The Sacred Territory: Using the Methodologies of Eco-dialogue to Open Minds to the Interrelation and Interdependency of Nature and HumanityOn 10 September, STARTTS School Liaison Team Leader, Shaun Nemorin chaired the 2021 conference of the International Society for Health and Human Rights (ISHHR). One of the distinguished speakers was psychologist, activist and social arts facilitator, Hector Aristizábal. In this recording, Hector, himself a survivor of civil war, trauma and torture, speaks about his work on the “Reconectando” project in Colombia. This project combines deep ecology, social theatre and ritual to support ex-combatants and victims of Colombia’s civil war to heal through their connection to themselves, each other and the earth. The project accompanies the work of the Truth Commiss...
2021-10-1236 min
The Conscious Action Podcast by Brian BernemanEpisode 72 with Hector Aristizábal - Reconnecting, reimagining & healing the collectiveOn this episode we talk with Hector Aristizábal, theatre-activist and artistic director of ImaginAction, a psychotherapist who developed original plays with immigrants, torture survivors, incarcerated youth, gang members, AIDS/HIV infected people and people in Hospice care, and facilitator at Reconectando & DreamingAction.We explore using theater to image a different world, deep ecology, our connection with nature, the somatic and body work, rituals and initiations, reimagining and integrating traumatic experiences, collective healing, taking ownership & responsibility, the importance of the group and the witnessing.Hector talks about his journey, growing up in Colombia and a c...
2021-10-1257 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 16 - A conversation with Dr. Daniel Foor about Ancestral Medicine (Part 3)Dr. Daniel Foor is a ritualist and educator focused on helping others to reclaim their innate capacity to relate with their ancestors and with the greater web of other-than-human kin. https://ancestralmedicine.org/bio We had the pleasure to be InConversation with Dr. Daniel Foor for the ImaginAction stay tuned and listen in https://imaginaction.org/podcast Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2021-09-0812 min
ImaginAction's PodcastEp. 16 - A conversation with Dr. Daniel Foor about Ancestral Medicine (Part 3)Dr. Daniel Foor is a ritualist and educator focused on helping others to reclaim their innate capacity to relate with their ancestors and with the greater web of other-than-human kin. https://ancestralmedicine.org/bio We had the pleasure to be InConversation with Dr. Daniel Foor for the ImaginAction stay tuned and listen in https://imaginaction.org/podcast
2021-09-0812 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 15 - A conversation with Dr. Daniel Foor about Ancestral Medicine (Part 2)Dr. Daniel Foor is a ritualist and educator focused on helping others to reclaim their innate capacity to relate with their ancestors and with the greater web of other-than-human kin. https://ancestralmedicine.org/bio We had the pleasure to be InConversation with Dr. Daniel Foor for the ImaginAction stay tuned and listen to the conversation at https://imaginaction.org/podcast Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2021-09-0118 minImaginAction's PodcastEp. 15 - A conversation with Dr. Daniel Foor about Ancestral Medicine (Part 2)Dr. Daniel Foor is a ritualist and educator focused on helping others to reclaim their innate capacity to relate with their ancestors and with the greater web of other-than-human kin. https://ancestralmedicine.org/bio
We had the pleasure to be InConversation with Dr. Daniel Foor for the ImaginAction stay tuned and listen to the conversation at https://imaginaction.org/podcast
2021-09-0118 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 14 - A conversation with Dr. Daniel Foor about Ancestral Medicine (Part 1)Dr. Daniel Foor is a ritualist and educator focused on helping others to reclaim their innate capacity to relate with their ancestors and with the greater web of other-than-human kin. https://ancestralmedicine.org/bio We had the pleasure to be in conversation with Dr. Daniel Foor for the ImaginAction stay tuned and listen in. https://imaginaction.org/podcast Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2021-08-2522 min
ImaginAction's PodcastEp. 14 - A conversation with Dr. Daniel Foor about Ancestral Medicine (Part 1)Dr. Daniel Foor is a ritualist and educator focused on helping others to reclaim their innate capacity to relate with their ancestors and with the greater web of other-than-human kin.
https://ancestralmedicine.org/bio
We had the pleasure to be in conversation with Dr. Daniel Foor for the ImaginAction stay tuned and listen in.
https://imaginaction.org/podcast
2021-08-2522 min
ImaginAction's PodcastEp. 13 - A conversation with Bárbara Santos about Feminist Theatre of Oppressed (Part 2)Director, author, actress, performer and Kuringa, Bárbara Santos is artistic director of KURINGA and Madalena-Berlin theatre group. She is one of the creators and an active disseminator of the Feminist Theatre of Oppressed. Founder of the Ma(g)dalena International Network composed by feminist theatre groups from Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia. She is member of ITI Germany, editor of METAXIS magazine and author of Roots & Wings of Theatre of the Oppressed (Portuguese, 2016; Spanish 2017; Italian, 2018 and English, 2019), Aesthetic Paths, original approaches on Theatre of the Oppressed (Portuguese, 2018) and Feminist Theatre of the Oppressed (Portuguese, 2019).
Interview b...
2021-08-1018 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 13 - A conversation with Bárbara Santos about Feminist Theatre of Oppressed (Part 2)Director, author, actress, performer and Kuringa, Bárbara Santos is artistic director of KURINGA and Madalena-Berlin theatre group. She is one of the creators and an active disseminator of the Feminist Theatre of Oppressed. Founder of the Ma(g)dalena International Network composed by feminist theatre groups from Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia. She is member of ITI Germany, editor of METAXIS magazine and author of Roots & Wings of Theatre of the Oppressed (Portuguese, 2016; Spanish 2017; Italian, 2018 and English, 2019), Aesthetic Paths, original approaches on Theatre of the Oppressed (Portuguese, 2018) and Feminist Theatre of the Oppressed (Portuguese, 2019).I...
2021-08-1018 min
ImaginAction's PodcastEp. 12 - A conversation with Bárbara Santos about Feminist Theatre of Oppressed (Part 1)Director, author, actress, performer and Kuringa, Bárbara Santos is artistic director of KURINGA and Madalena-Berlin theatre group. She is one of the creators and an active disseminator of the Feminist Theatre of Oppressed. Founder of the Ma(g)dalena International Network composed by feminist theatre groups from Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia. She is member of ITI Germany, editor of METAXIS magazine and author of Roots & Wings of Theatre of the Oppressed (Portuguese, 2016; Spanish 2017; Italian, 2018 and English, 2019), Aesthetic Paths, original approaches on Theatre of the Oppressed (Portuguese, 2018) and Feminist Theatre of the Oppressed (Portuguese, 2019).
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2021-08-0440 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 12 - A conversation with Bárbara Santos about Feminist Theatre of Oppressed (Part 1)Director, author, actress, performer and Kuringa, Bárbara Santos is artistic director of KURINGA and Madalena-Berlin theatre group. She is one of the creators and an active disseminator of the Feminist Theatre of Oppressed. Founder of the Ma(g)dalena International Network composed by feminist theatre groups from Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia. She is member of ITI Germany, editor of METAXIS magazine and author of Roots & Wings of Theatre of the Oppressed (Portuguese, 2016; Spanish 2017; Italian, 2018 and English, 2019), Aesthetic Paths, original approaches on Theatre of the Oppressed (Portuguese, 2018) and Feminist Theatre of the Oppressed (Portuguese, 2019). In...
2021-08-0440 minImaginAction's PodcastEp. 11 - A conversation with Iwan Brioc about developing the politics of flowIwan Brioc is Artistic Director of Theatr Cynefin and a consultant in applied theatre. He is best known for pioneering Sensory Labyrinth Theatre, an applied form of Enrique Vargas' Sensory Poetics and has been directing productions and training companies and artists internationally for 20 years. He has also been an independent Theatre of the Oppressed practitioner and trainer for 30 years, specializing in Legislative Theatre and Rainbow of Desires and regularly contributes to publications in the field. His academic qualifications are in Social Psychology, Dramatherapy and Mindfulness and in collaboration with Bangor University Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and the Centre for Mindf...
2021-03-0829 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 11 - A conversation with Iwan Brioc about developing the politics of flowIwan Brioc is Artistic Director of Theatr Cynefin and a consultant in applied theatre. He is best known for pioneering Sensory Labyrinth Theatre, an applied form of Enrique Vargas' Sensory Poetics and has been directing productions and training companies and artists internationally for 20 years. He has also been an independent Theatre of the Oppressed practitioner and trainer for 30 years, specializing in Legislative Theatre and Rainbow of Desires and regularly contributes to publications in the field. His academic qualifications are in Social Psychology, Dramatherapy and Mindfulness and in collaboration with Bangor University Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and the Centre for Mindf...
2021-03-0829 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 10 - A conversation with Arawana Hayashi about Social Presencing TheaterArawana’s pioneering work as a choreographer, performer and educator is deeply sourced in collaborative improvisation. She currently heads the creation of Social Presencing Theater (SPT) for the Presencing Institute. Working with Otto Scharmer and colleagues at the Presencing Institute, she brings her background in the arts, meditation and social justice to creating “social presencing” that makes visible both current reality and emerging future possibilities. https://arawanahayashi.com/ Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2021-03-0436 min
ImaginAction's PodcastEp. 10 - A conversation with Arawana Hayashi about Social Presencing TheaterArawana’s pioneering work as a choreographer, performer and educator is deeply sourced in collaborative improvisation. She currently heads the creation of Social Presencing Theater (SPT) for the Presencing Institute. Working with Otto Scharmer and colleagues at the Presencing Institute, she brings her background in the arts, meditation and social justice to creating “social presencing” that makes visible both current reality and emerging future possibilities.
https://arawanahayashi.com/
2021-03-0436 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastCROSS POST - A conversation with Hector Aristizábal about Initiation, Ritual & TheatreCrossing The Threshold podcast launched in 2020 to make space to share deeper conversations that explore the UK’s educational landscape, and how it shapes our present and future society. We journey through the wide range of topics such as; Education reform Sustainable futures Holistic education Wellbeing Nature connection Rites of passage and beyondIn each episode the two directors, Max and Nikki, sit down with a different guest – leading thinkers and inspiring characters from the world of education – to discuss how they’re equipping the next generation to cross the threshold into adu...
2021-02-1559 min
ImaginAction's PodcastCROSS POST - A conversation with Hector Aristizábal about Initiation, Ritual & TheatreCrossing The Threshold podcast launched in 2020 to make space to share deeper conversations that explore the UK’s educational landscape, and how it shapes our present and future society. We journey through the wide range of topics such as;
Education reform
Sustainable futures
Holistic education
Wellbeing
Nature connection
Rites of passage and beyond
In each episode the two directors, Max and Nikki, sit down with a different guest – leading thinkers and inspiring characters from the world of education – to discuss how they’re equipping the next generation to cross the threshold into adulthood.
https://thevisionaries.org.uk/blog/crossing-the-threshold-podcast/
2021-02-1559 minImaginAction's PodcastEp. 9 - A conversation with Teya Sepinuck about Theatre of WitnessTeya Sepinuck is a visionary artist who has worked at the intersections of art/social change/spirituality/education and peacemaking in creating and producing Theatre of Witness for the past 30 years. Drawing on her dance and counseling backgrounds, she founded this unique form of performance that has tapped the deepest stories from people whose stories had never been heard before, transforming them into powerful and raw theater productions.
https://theaterofwitness.org/about-teya/
2021-02-0742 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 9 - A conversation with Teya Sepinuck about Theatre of WitnessTeya Sepinuck is a visionary artist who has worked at the intersections of art/social change/spirituality/education and peacemaking in creating and producing Theatre of Witness for the past 30 years. Drawing on her dance and counseling backgrounds, she founded this unique form of performance that has tapped the deepest stories from people whose stories had never been heard before, transforming them into powerful and raw theater productions. https://theaterofwitness.org/about-teya/ Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2021-02-0742 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 8 - Intervista con Maria Luisa Pasquarella su Arti Sociali, Salutogenesi, e Felicita'The conversation is in Italian and is accompanied by an English blog post on Imaginaction.org https://imaginaction.org/in-conversation-with-maria-luisa-pasquarella Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2021-01-3157 minImaginAction's PodcastEp. 8 - Intervista con Maria Luisa Pasquarella su Arti Sociali, Salutogenesi, e Felicita'The conversation is in Italian and is accompanied by an English blog post on Imaginaction.org
https://imaginaction.org/in-conversation-with-maria-luisa-pasquarella
2021-01-3157 minImaginAction's PodcastEp. 7 - Intervista con Doriana Crema su Integrare corpo e menteThe conversation is in Italian and is accompanied by an English blog post on Imaginaction.org
https://imaginaction.org/in-conversation-with-doriana-crema
2021-01-2347 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 7 - Intervista con Doriana Crema su Integrare corpo e menteThe conversation is in Italian and is accompanied by an English blog post on Imaginaction.org https://imaginaction.org/in-conversation-with-doriana-crema Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2021-01-2347 minImaginAction's PodcastEp. 6 - A conversation with Tony Cealy about his life journey and work with Social arts and Theatre of the OppressedIn this conversation, Uri Noy Meir is interviewing Tony Cealy about his life journey and work with Social arts and Theatre of the Oppressed.
Tony Cealy is a highly skilled drama and theatre practitioner, trainer, TO producer, and workshop facilitator specialising in developing and delivering a range of innovative arts-based programmes and projects to educate and empower socially excluded people and groups throughout Europe and increasingly internationally.
http://www.tonycealy.com
https://81actsofexuberantdefiance.com
2021-01-1644 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 6 - A conversation with Tony Cealy about his life journey and work with Social arts and Theatre of the OppressedIn this conversation, Uri Noy Meir is interviewing Tony Cealy about his life journey and work with Social arts and Theatre of the Oppressed.Tony Cealy is a highly skilled drama and theatre practitioner, trainer, TO producer, and workshop facilitator specialising in developing and delivering a range of innovative arts-based programmes and projects to educate and empower socially excluded people and groups throughout Europe and increasingly internationally. http://www.tonycealy.comhttps://81actsofexuberantdefiance.com Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.c...
2021-01-1644 minImaginAction's PodcastEp. 5 - A conversation with Gopal Aryal about Theatre for Social Healing in NepalA conversation with Gopal Aryal on Theatre for Social Healing
Support Gopal and the Lukeko Gaun Village for Arts and Farming: https://bit.ly/SAVE-LUKEKO-GAUN
2021-01-0843 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 5 - A conversation with Gopal Aryal about Theatre for Social Healing in NepalA conversation with Gopal Aryal on Theatre for Social Healing Support Gopal and the Lukeko Gaun Village for Arts and Farming: https://bit.ly/SAVE-LUKEKO-GAUN Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2021-01-0843 minImaginAction's PodcastEp. 4 - A conversation with Charlie Kesem about Storytelling and Community (Part 2)In this episode, I am speaking with Charlie Kesem on her journey with Social Arts, enjoy and leave a comment on what moved and caught your attention in this episode!
Charlie Kesem is a storyteller, facilitator and producer, spreading the message of creativity as a catalyst for transformation. Originally from the leafy suburbs of North London, she trained at the International School of Storytelling in Forest Row, England. She delivers magic through performance arts, workshop facilitation, education and community building, in Israel, the UK and Europe. https://www.kesemcollective.com/
2021-01-0233 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 4 - A conversation with Charlie Kesem about Storytelling and Community (Part 2)In this episode, I am speaking with Charlie Kesem on her journey with Social Arts, enjoy and leave a comment on what moved and caught your attention in this episode! Charlie Kesem is a storyteller, facilitator and producer, spreading the message of creativity as a catalyst for transformation. Originally from the leafy suburbs of North London, she trained at the International School of Storytelling in Forest Row, England. She delivers magic through performance arts, workshop facilitation, education and community building, in Israel, the UK and Europe. https://www.kesemcollective.com/...
2021-01-0233 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 3 - A conversation with Charlie Kesem about Storytelling and Community (Part 1)In this episode, I am speaking with Charlie Kesem on her journey with Social Arts; enjoy and leave a comment on what moved and caught your attention in this episode!Charlie Kesem is a storyteller, facilitator and producer, spreading the message of creativity as a catalyst for transformation.Originally from the leafy suburbs of North London, she trained at the International School of Storytelling in Forest Row, England.She delivers magic through performance arts, workshop facilitation, education and community building, in Israel, the UK and Europe.https://w...
2020-12-2722 minImaginAction's PodcastEp. 3 - A conversation with Charlie Kesem about Storytelling and Community (Part 1)In this episode, I am speaking with Charlie Kesem on her journey with Social Arts; enjoy and leave a comment on what moved and caught your attention in this episode!
Charlie Kesem is a storyteller, facilitator and producer, spreading the message of creativity as a catalyst for transformation.
Originally from the leafy suburbs of North London, she trained at the International School of Storytelling in Forest Row, England.
She delivers magic through performance arts, workshop facilitation, education and community building, in Israel, the UK and Europe.
https://www.kesemcollective.com/
2020-12-2722 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 2 - A conversation with David Diamond about Theatre for Living (Part 2)In these times of incertitude and disruption, we have a choice, we can collapse into old patterns, or we can see in the crisis an opportunity to start over. More than ever, we need in these times to gather across borders, open our minds, hearts, listen... Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2020-12-1928 minImaginAction's PodcastEp. 2 - A conversation with David Diamond about Theatre for Living (Part 2)In these times of incertitude and disruption, we have a choice, we can collapse into old patterns, or we can see in the crisis an opportunity to start over. More than ever, we need in these times to gather across borders, open our minds, hearts, listen...
2020-12-1928 min
BIRTH15. Pain Management Expert: Dr. Jody Thomas PhD (PART 2) Two Incredible Birth Stories! NICU Advice for Parents & Creating Your Empowered Pain Experience.Dr. Jody Thomas shares her TWO incredible birth stories, her own experience having a baby in the NICU, valuable advice for all you parents who also end up with a baby in the NICU, and we talk about how to prepare for a positive and empowered pain experience. Plus a fun historical fact about the history of anesthesia during childbirth! LINKS:Dr. Jody Thomas' Website: https://www.jodythomasphd.com/Meg Foundation website: https://www.megfoundationforpain.org/Baby specific pain management: https://www.megfoundationforpain.org/newborns-babies...
2020-12-1554 min
Social Arts for Dialogue PodcastEp. 1 - A conversation with David Diamond about Theatre for Living (Part 1)Theatre for Living's work is a worldwide leading example of theatre for social change; theatre for dialogue creation and conflict resolution; theatre for community healing and empowerment. Projects have taken place in collaboration with First Nations... Get full access to ImaginAction's SubSpace at imaginaction.substack.com/subscribe
2020-12-1226 minImaginAction's PodcastEp. 1 - A conversation with David Diamond about Theatre for Living (Part 1)Theatre for Living's work is a worldwide leading example of theatre for social change; theatre for dialogue creation and conflict resolution; theatre for community healing and empowerment. Projects have taken place in collaboration with First Nations...
2020-12-1226 minBIRTH14. Pain Management Expert: Dr. Jody Thomas PhD (PART 1) What Every Parent-To-Be Needs To Know About PainPain is one of the most common fears that women have about childbirth, which is why I am so excited to be welcoming a leading expert in pain management on the podcast for a two episode series. Today, in Part One, we discuss why Dr. Jody Thomas is on a mission to improve the pain experience of children and adults everywhere and how years of working with chronically ill children and also her own experiences with childbirth and having a baby in the NICU have charged her passion to empower kids and parents to be in control of their...
2020-12-081h 03
Raising ResilienceEpisode 8: Control During Times of UncertaintyWe are now half a year into navigating a new (ab)normal in our lives due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The return to school and childcare is on the minds of parents, kids and teachers, along with the myriad of unknowns that coexist with the logistics of returning to group settings. How do we strengthen our resilience in times of increased stress and anxiety — and maintain a sense of control during times of uncertainty? In this episode of Raising Resilience, Pam is joined by Dr. Jody Thomas to discuss the unique challenges posed this year, the ubiquitous nature of de...
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Extraordinary Moms PodcastEpisode 297: Covid-19 from a Pediatrician’s Perspective with Dr. Mary Wilde
My guest today is Dr. Mary Wilde. Dr. Mary Wilde is a board-certified pediatrician and owner of Imagine Pediatrics Behavioral Health and Wellness in St. George, UT. She has special training in mind-body medicine and takes a whole child, integrative approach to help children and adolescents build skills of self-regulation and coping through guided imagery and focused practice. She has developed the “Overcoming Childhood Anxiety” online courses, which teach mind, body, and spirit strategies to kids and families dealing with anxiety. Dr. Wilde is the mother of 8 children and the author of several books, including “Faithful Nurturing: Mother...
2020-03-2400 min
Lighthouse ReflectionsGoals Workshop, Ride🚴Talk...!🤔 The Power of Empowering Questions 🤔 & Goals - 🔥WORKSHOP🔥🖋📗 #Do #Learn • 🤔GOALS, Broad to Narrow - List of 50 - 1, 3, 5, 10 - Top 4 (1 Year...) WHY??? 🔥 • 🤔 GOALS 🎯 WORKSHOP! 🤔 - Bring to LIFE with the Power of Story!! 🔥🖋📗🔥 • 🤔GOALS - Imagination + Action = Imagination in Action - 🔥(IMAGINACTION)🔥 • 🚴Ride & Talk... 🚴 • Barbara J. Faison 📚 Sharing Knowledge...🙏 • #SupportiveSaturday - The Daily Larb... F.Y.S. Red Sable 👏👏👏 • THE🎨🎸✍️🎤🗽🏰🎭ARTIST'S🛠⚖️💎💈🔬🚽💊📬MANIFESTO..📜🗝🎯✨🌈
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