S8E3 - The Human Method: A Somatic Nervous System Balm with Nahid de Belgeonne

School of Embodied Arts Podcast with Jenna Ward

How can we be fully human?

Seems like an obvious question, but when the demands (stress/trauma) of our culture & lived experience asks us to show up more like a machine than an organic being, it’s a valid one.

Nahid de Belgeonne, the founder of The Human Method, believes “our modern times are relentless and our nervous system just isn’t built for this kind of onslaught.” So how can we calm our anxious & nervous brains? How can we meet the overwhelming daily catastrophe of our climate, our culture, and our world and remain human and feeling in the face of it?

Nahid suggests the answer isn’t sitting in silence, seated meditation trying to be quiet. Instead, we need to befriend the “Master System” and work with our nervous system to better regular our selves.

In this podcast, we discuss & experience:

• What does an unregulated nervous system look like?
• We taste the The Human Method with a 5 min practice
• Mind/body heirarchy & why “you are more body than you are mind”
• Habits & how our body/physiology impacts our thoughts
• How to trust our body & the reclamation of awareness
• Breaking the rules of spiritual practices & why silent, seated meditation doesn’t often work

About Nahid de Belgeonne

The Human Method™ - the brainchild of Somatic Movement coach, breath and yoga teacher Nahid de Belgeonne, is a radical re-learning system that works to intelligently harmonise the mind and body, dynamically transforming the health of everyone from exhausted and burned-out high fliers, A-list celebrities, and athletes right through to clients recovering from illness, injury, sleep issues, stress, and anxiety.

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

• www.thehumanmethod.co.uk
• Nahid de Belgeonne on Instagram
• Subscribe to Nahid de Belgeonne’s writings
• The Human Method, online classes
• The Feldenkrais Method
• How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett
• Feminine Embodiment Coaching - an emotional embodiment & vulnerability-based professional training for coaches
• Find a Feminine Embodiment Coach in our Professional Directory
• School of Embodied Arts
• Leave a podcast review on iTunes here
• Thought or reflection to share? Leave a comment on Instagram here

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Find Jenna on the following platforms:

Website: http://jennaward.co/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennaward.co/

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