Episode 2: Embodiment and Creativity with Physical Therapist Thais Bicalho Silva
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We often talk about the mind-body connection, but how does this relate to creativity? Embodiment refers to the state of fully inhabiting our physical selves, as well as our internal, phenomenological experience of living as a physical being. Many of us have complicated relationships with our bodies, especially those of us who have experienced trauma in some form or another (which is most of us). Yet, the body is also a fundamental source of creativity, as we explore in this episode with physical therapist, dancer, and Feldenkrais practitioner Thais Bicalho Silva. Our conversation explores the healing power of movement and touch, as well as what comes alive for us when we experience ourselves from the inside out, as opposed to self-objectifying, and what’s possible when we create from that place.
The Syncreate podcast is created and hosted by Melinda Rothouse, and produced by Michael Osborne at 14th Street Studios in Austin, Texas. Creative development and video production by Shuja Uddin and Devon Foster at Tishna Films. Artwork by Dreux Carpenter.
Episode-specific hyperlinks:
Thais’ Website: mayolimovement.com
Psychiatrist and Trauma Researcher Bessel van der Kolk
Book: The Body Keeps the Score
Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio
Book: Descartes’ Error
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