Jamie Holmes joins Craig to discuss life's admin tasks, her journey through holistic healing from melanoma, and insights into the world of circus arts and personal fitness showcasing her multifaceted life and philosophies. I think it was three months from when I had my first, initial consult with my surgeon, and he said, "okay I can get you in. It's going to be a bit harder because you're doing both hips at once, but I can get you in within three months." And that was horrid to me! I was like, "I have to live three more months like this!?" It wasn't just that it hurt a little bit when I walked ..read more

Email craig@constantine.name Supporting Movers Mindset… https://moversmindset.com/supporting-movers-mindset/ Movers Mindset is passing 175 episodes, starting its 8th season, and people keep telling me they love these amazing conversations with these amazing people… https://moversmindset.com/full-list-of-episodes/ Thanks for listening to this in-between-isode! I appreciate your time and attention and I don't take it for granted. --- Hello, I'm Craig Constantine. ? In the Movers Mindset podcast, I talk with movement enthusiasts to learn who they are, what they do, and why they do it. I'm interes ..read more

Anna Bezuglova transforms the mundane into sacred practice, challenging our perceptions of daily life and movement with insights from her unique journey and teaching philosophy. "The dialogue of sacredness of deep meaning is something that is often connected to daily things. It's not only the physical practice that I treat in such a way but also just daily moments and living life. Being present to it all the time— and it doesn't matter whether I'm doing an official session of practice, or I'm driving a car, or I'm talking to my husband, or I'm teaching a class, or I'm just walking down the roa ..read more

Julie Angel describes her multifaceted approach to movement, breath–work, and life as 'everything everywhere all at once,' revealing a seamless blend of creativity, transformation, and minimalism in her practices. "I'm really lazy. I'm a high performance slacker. And so it has to be simple and minimalist in doing it. If there's any practice where it's like: You need to buy all of this equipment, and you need to do all of these things, and you need a membership… I'm just like, no no that'll be a no. All of those things cause friction points for me, and I don't do them. So I mean there's a minim ..read more

Andrew Suseno joins Craig to describe how Moving Rasa transforms trauma into collective healing and empowerment through movement, redefining personal boundaries and identity in profound ways. Andrew Suseno describes the transformative work of Moving Rasa, a continuation from his earlier focus on Parcon Resilience. Andrew and Craig begin with an introduction to two upcoming retreats designed for Asian American Pacific Islanders and BIPOC communities, emphasizing rest, recuperation, and abolition. These retreats aim to support community organizers by reconnecting them with their bodies and helpi ..read more

Jeremy Fein, a coach who embraces the power of conversation, joins Craig to talk about the complexities of podcasting and coaching, revealing his journey from creating a successful podcast to purposefully pausing it to refocus. "[Coaching sessions are] much better when they're not recorded, right? They're better for the client, which is what matters. And so podcasting felt like a way that I could maybe bridge a gap between the actual work that I do, and— let's call it content creation. You go to write a caption on Instagram, and it's just so divorced from the work that I'm doing on a regular b ..read more

Vincent Thibault joins Craig to discuss the dance between movement and mindfulness, and the balance of effort and ease in training Art du Déplacement. You don't have to pretend that you're in top shape. If you're not in top shape that very day you just do what you can. You can be yourself and the whole notion of ease is actually very profound, and that's where my personal training connects with meditation […] One of the first things we learn with Buddhist Meditation is to be friends with yourself. I don't want to confuse the whole discussion and mix our metaphors here, but there's this notion ..read more

Hayley Chilvers joins Craig Constantine to dissect the essence of movement, and to unravel the intricate balance between self-expression and engaging with others. Hayley and Craig talk about movement and podcasting, and the fine balance between personal authenticity and audience engagement. They explore challenges of remaining true to oneself while considering the audience's experience. Hayley draws from her recent business development experience, emphasizing the importance of authenticity in establishing sustainable ventures. […] you can't build something, I think, sustainably off something t ..read more

Amina Shareef Ali joins Craig Constantine in a conversation ranging from punk rock to social movements, intertwined values, and the role of parkour in personal transformation. …so these are transformative conceptual frameworks that have influenced me. But something, I think [critical …], is that they haven't displaced each other. They've necessarily— …in order for it to be, really, a meaningful transformation and not just some kind of flailing, [not what] I might call [a] spiritual bypassing— It has to be integrated with what was already there. ~ Amina Shareef Ali from 26:58 This conversation ..read more

Craig Constantine and Bane free-dive into the world of training alone, where challenges are intrinsic and progress is incremental. Bane discusses the personal nature of parkour practice. He emphasizes the idea that "your movement is your own," highlighting the deeply individualized and intrinsic aspect of the discipline. He also discusses the balance between solo training and group training, noting that both have their advantages. He recognizes the value of training with others for inspiration and learning different movement styles, while also emphasizing the benefits of solitary practice for ..read more