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"We have a rich cross-cultural legacy of both contemplative and expressive practices at our disposal. How do we draw upon and update them to meet the conditions of the modern mind living in an industrialized body within an urban environment?"

Articles & Video/Audio Interviews

Articles

360 Degree Belly Breathing - Peper Perspective Blog (2024)

Embodying Nature: Discovering Eco-consciousness through
Sensate Experience
Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices
Volume 13, Numbers 1-2 (2021)

Embodying Eco-consciousness: Somatics, aesthetic practices and social action (Editorial) Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices
Volume 13, Numbers 1-2 (2021)

Neo-Luddite of the Dance Interview with Victoria Thomas (2021)

Mindful Movement Book Review Dance, Movement & Spiritualities
Volume 4 Number 1 (2017)
PDF

Embodied Mindfulness - The Art of Stillness (2016) PDF

Anna Halprin 95th Birthday Tribute (2015) PDF

Living with Purpose in the End Times From "Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World” Editor, Martin Keogh, North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA (2010)

My Journey to Somatic Expression (2007)

Soma Play with Gay Men - Yogi Times (2006) PDF

The Five Technologies of Somatic Expression (2005) PDF

video interviews & Presentations


Integrating Personal Somatic Practice in Daily Life
A Conversation with Clare Maxwell of Embodied Learning Systems (2025)

Unplug to Connect with Non-Sleep Deep Rest Guided Practice (2025)

Tending and Befriending our Inner Ecosystem & the 5 Somatic Technologies - Presentation & Experiential Practice for United States Association for Body Psychotherapists USABP (2024)

The Power of the Pause: Breathing Room Guided Practice (2023)

Shift Network Somatic Movement Summit Interview with Dr Martha Eddy (2023)

Sentient Performativities Conference Plenary Dartington Hall, Totnes, England (2022)

The Embodiment Conference: Research and Ecology Channel (2020)

Portrait by Jens Wazel (2019)

Introduction to Somatic Expression - Sacred Science Series (2016)

 

Audio Interviews

The Power of Simplicity – Remembering the Breath as a Guide Home
Elemental Being Podcast with Robin Tag (2025)

The Five Somatic Technologies: Attuning Body, Mind, and Earth
Elemental Being Podcast with Robin Tag (2024)

The Sidewalk Talk Podcast - Breathing Room Interview with Traci Ruble (2020)

Embodied Mindfulness – Interview with Brooke Thomas (2015)

Jamie with dancer Anna Halprin

 

Jamie with Pomo Healer Lorin Smith