Mirror Neurons, ShapeShifting & the Body Map - Simon Thakur #133

ReWild Yourself

Daniel Vitalis

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2017

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

Simon Thakur is the creator of Ancestral Movement — an approach to embodied practice aimed at radically transforming and expanding the sense of self, by exploring and rediscovering patterns of movement and awareness that are part of our species’ history, both recent and ancient.

In this episode, we explore how to open up the realm of infinite expression with our bodies through a basic understanding of mirror neurons, body-mapping, comparative anatomy and animal mimicry. While that might sound complex, Simon explains that "As we explore, we find that the body is full of layer upon layer of extraordinary, ancient, ancestral power – four billion years of adaptation and embodied knowledge – and we start to anchor this understanding of shared ancestry and vast evolutionary timescales in the actual feeling of the body itself."

Simon encourages us to become aware of the structural and behavioral similarities we share with other living creatures through developing our sense of empathy and body awareness. We also discuss the current status of the Australian indigenous lifeway and how to learn to understand the language of nature. Tune into this fascinating conversation with Simon Thakur to learn more about the possibilities of your own human animal.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN:

Show introduction:
- Exciting new SurThrival products in the works
- What Daniel has been up to this winter
- Upcoming spring hunting and gathering pursuits
- Green iguana hunting in the Florida Keys
- Conservation through use + finding mentors in the hunting & gathering world
- Recent interview with Luke Storey on The Life Stylist Podcast
- Starting back up with the ReWild Yourself Podcast Q&A
- Find A Spring's new mobile-friendly website
- Recapping on the A New Path Book Club
Introducing Simon Thakur
What Simon’s been up to lately
What led Simon to ReWilding
The current status of the Australian indigenous life way
Learning to understand the language of nature
How to get started integrating into your local ecology
Mirror neurons, empathy and comparative anatomy
Opening up the realm of infinite expression with the body
Working with Simon
Simon’s prognosis for the future of the human species

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the rewild yourself podcastakens. Your instincts.
0:14.0	Awakens.
0:16.0	Awakens. Awakens.
0:17.0	You're it instincts.
0:18.0	Awakens. You're it instincts. Welcome to episode one of season three of the Rewild Yourself podcast. I'm your host
0:32.2	Daniel Vitalis.
0:33.8	The show is brought to you by Sir Thrival.com.
0:37.4	Check out Sir Thrival.com.
0:39.2	We are having our Velvet antler sale right now. Those tinctures are all on sale and we have some
0:46.6	exciting new products in the pipeline. I ended season two talking about a DHA
0:51.9	product that we were going to be bringing to the marketplace
0:54.3	and unfortunately right before the launch of that we had some importation issues that came up
0:59.0	so I spent the winter formulating and working on some new stuff and we have some really cool
1:04.2	things coming including a really cool t-shirt sticker kind of collaboration
1:09.1	between the podcast and Sir Thrival so that's coming at you in the next couple of weeks here and what I'm kind of most excited about, a stimulant herb that I think has long been forgotten and I'm excited about a stimulant herb that I think has long been forgotten and I'm excited to be part of bringing that plant back to its
1:24.3	rightful place here in North America.
1:26.4	So you're going to be hearing about that soon too.
1:28.3	So keep your eyes peeled.
1:29.7	We are going to be back at you with a bunch of really great new things at surthrival.com.
1:34.8	Show is also brought to you by Clear Light Sauna's. Awesome to get email from
1:39.6	all of you out there who've gotten Clear Light Sauna's and your testimonials about how they worked for you.
1:44.2	I just got back from traveling and you know sometimes you know how it can be when you're traveling and
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