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Dialogues with/avec Laure Marin de la ValléeÀ Corps Consentants: le sens du toucher et du consentementÀ propos des invité-es:Marie Cachou Trudel-Langevin et Caro Dupeyras, co-fondatrices du projet À Corps Consentants (depuis 2021), facilitent des ateliers pratiques sur le consentement et le développement de formes d’intimité plus conscientes depuis 2019. Leur approche est expérientielle, somatique, féministe-Queer et sensible aux traumas. Danseuses dans la communauté d’impro contact de Montréal, iels co-animent des classes et des jams en mixité choisie pour femmes et personnes Queer. Au travers de leurs pratiques, iels explorent les liens entre émancipation sensuelle, artistique et politique. Caro développe depuis plusieurs années sa pratique comme...2025-02-2554 min
Dialogues with/avec Laure Marin de la ValléeJonas Mago: Presence and Consciousness in Theory and PracticeAbout today's guest: Jonas Mago is am a certified Unified Mindfulness meditation coach with a deep fascination for the science and mathematics of consciousness and wellbeing. His work bridges the gap between scientific inquiry, practices of the body and mind, and the wisdom of ancient traditions. Rooted in lineages such as Buddhism and Christian prayer, Jonas find inspiration in exploring how contemplative practices across traditions offer pathways to profound states of consciousness and flourishing. In his academic work, Jonas is pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience at McGill University, where he studies how contemplative...2025-01-291h 03
Dialogues with/avec Laure Marin de la ValléeNick Ingrisani on Fatherhood, Mindfulness, and ChangeAbout today's guest: Nick Ingrisani is a musician, writer, and meditation teacher driven by an insatiable curiosity and appreciation for the dynamic richness of life. Following over a decade of dedicated meditation practice, he recently completed Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s 2-year Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program to embrace the gift of reciprocity and step onto the teaching path. Nick's music (artist name: Nick Oaken) drives toward connection to the wider currents of our shared experience on this earth through a harmonic blend of folk simplicity, percussive flow, and raw spirit. His new album 'In Between the Se...2024-12-0141 min
Vendée Globe 2024Louis Burton au départ du Vendée Globe depuis 2012Né en région parisienne, le malouin d'adoption aime la vitesse, sur l’eau comme sur terre. La collaboration, le courage et l’abnégation sont au cœur de ses valeurs. Sur l’eau, Louis aime les options musclées et ne renonce jamais. Au-delà de la compétition, il s’appuie sur son projet pour sensibiliser les nouvelles générations à la fragilité du milieu marin. Accompagné depuis 13 ans par son fidèle partenaire Bureau Vallée et ses co-sponsors, Louis a décroché une très belle 3e place sur le dernier Vendée Globe. Son objectif en 2024 ? Faire encore mie...2024-11-0613 min
Dialogues with/avec Laure Marin de la ValléeDevlin Flynn: in Honor of Breath and BelongingAbout today's guest: Following a path of multiplicity and ambi-valence, Devlin Flynn has gathered together many ways of being- trained jazz musician, professional puppeteer, working with kids and teenagers with complex neurological disorders, metal vocalist- and has in recent times turned towards something of the sacred. Devlin has turned towards Death and Sound as two prisms through which he engages with his work. Now working often as a “sound healer” (but don’t call him that, he doesn’t like it) and practitioner of vocal resonance, he is interested in how we story ourselves, how we can be in better r...2024-11-011h 26
Dialogues with/avec Laure Marin de la ValléeLalaina Ravelojaona: Être présent, détaché, et reconnaissant pour le composte.Lalaina est né en France au cœur d’un foyer empli de musique et d'aventure, il a été élevé par une mère enseignante et musicienne pétrie d’humanisme. Elle lui lègue son amour de l’aventure, du mystère et de la transmission ce qui déterminera son parcours : Il termine une maîtrise sur l’improvisation musicale avec les machines puis se retrouve à enseigner et jouer de la musique sur les routes de France et du Canada. Sa pratique artistique couplée à son amour pour la méditation et la philosoph...2024-10-161h 06
Dialogues with/avec Laure Marin de la ValléeShanthi Minor, D.O: How do we practice consistently?Today's Dialogue welcomes Shanthi Minor, D.O. Shanthi is an Osteopath, Massage Therapist, Life Coach, Somatic Educator, and Dance Facilitator. She has certifications as a Somatics + Dance Facilitator (Contact Improvisation, Feldenkrais and Massage, Focusing Massage, Authentic Movement), Yoga Teacher, Life Coach, and a longstanding dedicated personal practice of meditation, energy work, and personal growth since 2007, including 3 cumulative years of intensive practice in India. She supports and holds space for participants to explore and discover their own insights along their paths.---How can we practice in a context that is not supportive...2024-10-0143 min
Dialogues with/avec Laure Marin de la ValléeMaelle Lafond, doula d'intimité relationnellePassionnée d’histoires et des liens qui les sous-tendent, curieuse de tout comprendre et amoureuse des belles conversations, Maëlle explore le monde sans répit à travers ses outils de prédilection: l’écriture, la spiritualité, la psychologie, la sexualité, et les sens. Avec empathie et audace, elle accompagne ses client.e.s sur ce même chemin en tant que doula d’intimité et de relations. Pèlerine des sentiers peu empruntés, elle partage les trouvailles issues de ses crises existentielles dans sa newsletter Soul Sabbatical.- Maëlle sur subtack: Soul Sabbatical- Maëlle...2024-09-191h 15
Dialogues with/avec Laure Marin de la ValléeDan Rudolph, founder of Unified PlayfulnessDan is the founder, and chief developer of Unified Playfulness. He has trained and learned from various renowned clown and playfulness teachers from different traditions. He has also spent 2.5 years living in a monastic setting, practicing and learning about meditation practices and mystical wisdom. His work integrates wisdom from both playfulness and mindfulness lineages and has a focus rooted in systems change. Unified Playfulness Upcoming WorkshopsUnified Playfulness: Lifestyle Labs Montreal (10/12, 11/19 and 11/23) and Online A series of workshops designed for people to make tangible changes in their life through the power of play...2024-09-011h 08
Dialogues with/avec Laure Marin de la ValléeContact Improvisation, Taiji, and Self-Rehabilitation: A Conversation with Mark YoungMark is a teacher of Contact Improvisation and a practitioner of Taiji with 20 years of practice, and the director of Leviathan Studio, an off-grid space a place in nature to study movement, dance, and meditation, dedicated to Contact Improvisation, and committed to sustainable practices and permaculture serving organic local food whenever possible.I had the pleasure of sitting down Mark Young during his recent visit to Montreal. Mark and I talk about his story, his injuries and rehabilitation, our practice of dance and martial arts, and the neural benefits of Contact.Enjoy!...2024-02-111h 20
Dialogues with/avec Laure Marin de la ValléeTalking about Auto-Immune HeresyI've had many conversations about my upcoming book in the past few weeks–and now feels like the right time to start speaking about it in longer form.The following audio is an account of my past few years, the process of writing the book, my road to remission, and where I'm at right now. I recorded it while walking to and from my regular gongfu training sessions last week. I talk about remission, stopping my medication in 2022, and the ongoing process.Enjoy!Note: I mention th...2024-02-0149 min