Derek Notman | Embodied Wisdom, Inner Traditions, Physical Culture
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For over 30 years, Derek Notman has dedicated himself to the study of physical culture and philosophy. This pursuit has led him all over the world including time living in China and Southeast Asia, studying with traditional masters of martial, movement, and healing arts. Derek has always sought to extract the essence of the traditions while connecting the common elements. Despite the uniqueness of each art and human form, there is a commonality to being in a body and so themes emerge. Derek has made it his life’s work, to investigate and understand these themes and share them with others in a paradigm of traditional wisdom through embodied practice.
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Time Stamps
0:00 Release the body to improve the mind
0:48 Introduction
1:01 Derek’s entrée into Asian philosophy and embodied practices
3:15 Philosophy and cultivation of wisdom
5:35 Considered viewpoints, the need for curiosity, the nature of mind
8:21 Neijia Quan – Taiji, Xingyi, Bagua
9:23 Xinyi Liuhe Quan and Sifu Shi Shueng Peng
11:07 Self-awareness through a broader view and practice of the body
13:37 Everything is trapped in your body
15:41 Shen Fa body movement, the art of the art
17:50 Xinyi Liuhe Quan vs Xing Yi Quan
20:52 Qigong and Neigong practice
24:24 Developing the martial art body
26:38 Release the body, recognize the mind
30:19 The Heart-Mind
31:03 Awareness and the nature of thought
34:55 Indian club swinging and rope flow
38:14 Body movement therapeutics
41:05 Gyrotonics and Tai Chi
42:36 Egoscue Method, body structure and intelligence
44:35 Jin Shin Jyutsu
48:22 Being present in the body
50:52 Tools in a toolbox
51:34 Social media and the value of movement for a disembodied culture
53:25 Resolve physical pain with meditation
55:30 Zhang Zhuan, shoulder tension, mental identification, headless Zen
1:00:49 Simplicity of difficult practice and recognition of the self
1:003:16 Closing remarks
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