Gil Hedley: Life-Lessons from Cadavers, Somatic Intelligence and Why Fascia Matters | EP 376

Align Podcast

Aaron Alexander

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8 • 923 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

What can a cadaver reveal about the living? In this episode of the Align Podcast, Gil Hedley, Ph.D. shares his mind-boggling insights from a lifetime of navigating what he calls the "inner space." We discuss how the body of the deceased leaves tracks that lead us to a deeper understanding of life and how the living should exist. We also talk about body shaming and ways to overcome it, why you should deromanticize pain, how external pressures can distort your tissue organization, and how to finally release yourself from that feeling of being a victim of your surroundings and emotions. Besides being a prominent expert in human dissection, Gil Hedley, Ph.D., is also an author, teacher, and a nationally certified Rolfer and massage therapist. What we discuss: 0:00 - Introduction to Gil Hedley 4:20 - Developing a non-emotional relationship to pain 9:50 - Why Movement means Mobility & Motility 16:40 - Cultural & religious roots of body shaming + ways to overcome it 23:00 - Should you feel guilty about seeking rest & pleasure? 34:30 - Life lessons from cadavers 41:20 - What's the "fuzz" & why do we need more differential movement? 50:30 - How tissues bind together & cause inflammation 54:00 - Piezoelectricity & how external pressures disrupt our inner space 57:50 - "You can't expect to get a different result from the same thoughts, emotions, or behaviors." 1:00:05 - How to detach yourself from a victim identity 1:05:30 - Break these thought patterns to rise above victim mentality Learn more from Gil Hedley: Website: www.gilhedley.com/ Instagram: @gilhedleysomanaut Youtube: Somanaut Related links: The revised version of the Align Method book is now available with 22 brand-new exercises! Pre-order here: alignpodcast.com/alignbook alignpodcast.com/alignmethod for a special discount Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Lion Podcast. My name is Aaron Alexander and this is a place that we bring together
0:07.2	the world's leading experts in all things health and wellness to help you optimize your mind,
0:10.5	body and movement. Today's episode is with my friend, Dr. Gil Hedley. Dr.
0:15.2	Gil Hedley is a doctor of philosophy, doctorate in theological ethics. He is probably the
0:22.0	world's foremost expert on all things fascia, connective tissue and
0:27.6	dissection.
0:28.6	A lot of the information that we understand in the realms of the interconnections among facial tissues and anatomy
0:36.4	trains and connect tissues and things of the sort.
0:39.0	A lot of that has been influenced by Gill's work over the years and he knows more about the human body and its interrelationship
0:47.9	with the mind I think as as much or more than probably any other person on the planet so I'm really excited to get to share conversations with him on here.
0:55.3	This conversation is essentially about the things that you would think it would be about.
0:58.9	Gets into spirit, gets into mind, gets into body, gets into postural patterns, personality, the meaning of postural patterns,
1:05.9	really meaningful stuff, also limiting beliefs, victimhood, really deeply meaningful conversation,
1:12.1	and I think you guys are going to get a ton of value from it.
1:14.6	I want to thank you guys for leaving reviews on Apple Podcast.
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1:21.3	Jessafu, imagine that's a girl. says love exclamation point really love the topics on this
1:25.8	podcast daily movement is so important to overall health his book is very good as well
1:30.3	imagine they're referring to the online method I method. I hope, thank you very much, and practical, easy
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