Steve James - The State And Complexity Of Masculinity

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Relationships, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This was one hell of a conversation. Steve and I cover wide ground, but the central hub of our talk is the state of modern masculinity. What are men asking about? What are they rejecting? What are they loving, losing, and leaving behind? What are men choosing? So yeah. Only light questions in this episode. Listen in for some brilliant insight from a brilliant guest. Steve James travels internationally teaching somatic practices, meditation, as well as leading explorations in contemplative & relational realms. Known for his direct, grounded approach and his inquiry-based ethos, he has extensive experience in elite athletic performance, contemplative and spiritual disciplines, the arts, extreme outdoor survival, and human behaviour. Steve’s unique range of experiences and understanding of human behaviour, elite performance, spirituality, and interpersonal relationships is highly sought after by leading figures at the highest levels of the arts, entertainment, and business. In his private client practice, he specialises in the unique interpersonal and strategic challenges faced by very successful and highly visible individuals. Ongoing clients include Oscar-winning actors, multi-Grammy-winning musicians, CEOs, and multi-billion dollar fund managers. In addition to private client work and international public workshops, Steve designed the ground-breaking teacher training programs for Michaela Boehm Inc, including comprehensive training in the area of intimacy and relationships, coaching skills, and the original Non-Linear Movement Method®. These programs have trained over 100 practitioners internationally. Graduates have applied the methods in psychotherapy practice, refugee counselling, sexual abuse counselling, as well as workshop and general life enhancement contexts. Steve has taught at the Esalen Institute and 1440 Multiversity, is a regular speaker at the Science and Nonduality Conference (San Jose) and Radiant Intimacy (Scotts Valley), and has lectured at The Summit Series and Summit at Sea. In 2022, Steve will also teach at the Omega Institute (New York) and the Mandali Retreat Centre (Italy). Steve’s work has been featured in international media such as the BBC, Channel 5, The Times, CP24, the Netflix series ‘(Un)Well‘, and the Netflix series ‘Sex, Love & goop‘. Connect with Steve -Website: https://www.guruviking.com/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guruviking/ -Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guruviking/ -Meditation Club: https://www.guruviking.com/guru-viking-meditation-club/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Man Talk Show.
0:12.9	I'm Connor Beaton, and joining me today is Steve James.
0:17.2	Now, Steve James travels internationally, teaching somatic practices, meditation, as well as leading
0:23.2	explorations in contemplative and relational realms.
0:27.1	He's known for his direct ground approach and inquiry-based ethos.
0:31.1	He has extensive experience in elite athletic performance, contemplative and spiritual disciplines,
0:36.7	the arts, extreme outdoor survival,
0:39.2	and human behavior.
0:40.6	On the extreme outdoor survival note, he recently underwent an 11-day Arctic survival expedition
0:50.2	in the Boreal Forest of Sweden Sweden where the daytime temperatures were negative 24
0:55.3	degrees Celsius, which is pretty, you know, it's pretty cold.
0:59.0	But the wild part was that he was outdoors the entire time with no tents.
1:05.8	And basically, he was using cold weather survival strategies that were utilized by the British and the
1:13.1	Swedish military and the Sami people. And it included Arctic shelter techniques where you
1:19.8	don't use a tent and winter navigation and extreme cold weather techniques. Unfortunately,
1:25.4	we didn't actually get around talking about that but we will
1:29.9	definitely talk about that next time because there will be the next time because
1:32.7	this was a phenomenal conversation for many reasons so Steve and I talk about a
1:38.3	number of things really talk about the the path out of thought and into the body or from the body and into the mind we talk about the path out of thought and into the body or from the body and
1:46.6	and into the mind.
1:47.8	We talk about meditation techniques.
1:50.7	We also go deep into the current state of men and masculinity and just some of the frameworks
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