How to Get Out of Your Head | Willa Blythe Baker | Podcast Episode 399

This podcast episode talks about Willa’s new book and explores: what somatic mindfulness is; the four levels of your body; specific exercises for getting out of your
head; and how to meditate without all the effort. This rangy conversation goes
on all sorts of fascinating, esoteric digressions, but always comes back to the
practical stuff.
It is a common desire to get out of our heads, to escape the internal noise, the
chatter, the Sturm und Drang, the sound and fury, etc. You hear about it in pop
songs and poetry, this urge to be blown away, to transcend. But how do you
actually do it?
Willa Blythe Baker can help answer this question and is a font of practical
advice. She is the Founder and Spiritual Director of Natural Dharma Fellowship
[naturaldharma....] in Boston, MA and its retreat center Wonderwell
Mountain Refuge [www.wonderwellr...] in Springfield, NH. She was
authorized as a dharma teacher and lineage holder in the Kagyu lineage of
Tibetan Buddhism after twelve years of monastic training and two consecutive
three-year retreats. She has a doctorate from Harvard University and is the
author of the new book, The Wakeful Body: Somatic Mindfulness as a Path to
Freedom [www.penguinran...].
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Published Wed Nov 24 2021
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Thank you! For showing the path to non duality and possibly freedom not just from suffering but real freedom. This was amazing