This episode might surprise you. I had no idea until I spoke with my guest Bruce Fertman that the way we’ve unconsciously learned to walk is actually doing us a disservice. In fact, most of us are making it harder than it needs to be. In this episode we discuss Bruce and his coauthor Michael J. Gelb’s new book Walking Well: A New Approach for Experiencing Comfort and Vitality in Every Step; a helpful guide that’s chock full of secrets, advice, and guidance on walking with pleasure, power, poise, and peace.

Bruce Fertman brings sixty years of study as a movement artist and educator to his work, having trained in gymnastics, modern dance, ballet, contact improvisation, the Alexander Technique, tai chi chuan, aikido, chanoyu (Japanese tea ceremony), Argentine tango, and kyudo (Zen archery). For the past thirty years Fertman has taught in Europe, Asia, and the Americas helping people experience the interconnectedness of physical and spiritual life.

In this episode Bruce discusses:

• How walking can be more than exercise
• Walking as a metaphor
• “Sleep walking” your way through life
• How walking can help you increase your awareness of your body
• Developing a new relationship with your body
• Walking and breathing
• Walking for inspiration
• Myths about walking
• Walking for vitality
• Tips on how to walk well
• Walking with “bear” feet
• Walking shoulder to shoulder
• Walking for transformation
• The connection between sitting, standing and walking

Bruce and Michael’s website: Walking Well

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Cacao is more than just a drink that many are sharing in their ceremonies; it is a Master Plant Medicine that, although not psychedelic, carries the power to open hearts, facilitate deep inner work, and foster a profound connection with the essence of life. My guest Judy Machado, founder of Goddess Temple Cacao, is following her passion to introduce people to the healing magic of Ceremonial Cacao.

Judy spent a year and half Consulting for a bean-to-bar chocolate company. She became infatuated with the spiritual story and significance of Cacao and whole-heartedly connected to the power of this heart-opening, Consciousness-raising plant medicine.

She worked intimately with a Shipibo-Canibo trained Shaman to deepen her connection with the plant, journeying through many of the ancient and sacred Cacao Dietas to receive teachings and wisdom. She began to experience a deepening relationship to this benevolent Spirit Guide, receiving messages to share with the world.

In this episode, Judy discusses:

• How Cacao is a Master Teacher Plant
• The difference between medicinal and teacher plants
• Creating a Cacao ritual
• How the Cacao Spirit invites a heart-opening journey inward
• The Cacao Dieta ceremony
• Developing a relationship with the Spirit of Cacao
• Transforming beliefs
• How the Spirit of Cacao can help us remember and broaden our perspectives
• Creating the Cacao ritual that’s right for you
• The transformative nature of Cacao
• Free introductory gifts she offers people (links below)
• 5-Day Cacao Drinking Challenge for beginners (link below)
• Cacao retreats

Visit Judy’s website

Free offerings for Lucid Café listeners from Judy:

• FREE Metamorphosis Journey-To-Self Meditation
• 5-Day Cacao Drinking Challenge: Breakup with coffee & Awaken with Cacao
• FREE live training How to Transform Your Passion for Cacao into a Profitable, Impactful Business
• FREE live training Meet your Cacao & Mushroom Spirit Guides through the sacred Master Plant Medicine Dieta

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Are you emotionally potty trained? My guest Rachel Kaplan is a licensed psychotherapist who created an accessible framework for self-care and personal transformation that she calls Emotional Potty Training™ (EPT). In this episode and in her new book Feel, Heal & Let That Sh*t Go, she shares her revolutionary call to action that will teach you precisely how to feel your emotions by moving them through your body as nature intended.

Rachel Kaplan, MA, MFT, is a licensed psychotherapist with a thriving practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. Creator and host of the acclaimed podcast Healing Feeling Sh*t Show, she is active on a variety of social media channels and has published multiple features in Common Ground. Kaplan has studied yoga, meditation, and hands-on healing practices in India and Nepal, earned a master’s degree in counseling psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, and trained in cutting-edge trauma modalities such as EMDR. She divides her time between Oakland and Joshua Tree, California.

In this episode, Rachel discusses:

• Her creative perspective regarding processing emotions
• The trend of thinking about your feelings
• The tragic event that heavily influenced her life
• The limits of traditional psychotherapy
• The importance of feeling your feelings
• How she teaches people how to get in touch with their wounds in order to release their pain
• The importance of taking charge of your healing process
• Her spiritual journey
• What being emotionally resilient looks like
• The benefits of allowing yourself to feel all your feelings
• Why people experience stuck-ness
• Reactive and proactive emotional release
• The fear of allowing yourself to feel
• The importance of feeling a sense of agency in your emotional life
• The various ways she works with clients
• Her podcast Healing Feeling Sh*t Show

Rachel’s website

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