SFL Episode 98: Dan Sykes

This week, an exciting and wide-ranging conversation with Dan Sykes - musician, film-maker, Systema Instructor, founder of the Somatic Training Network, and host of the Systema-based YouTube series Emergency Fish Party! Dan's journey to Systema was unusual to say the least, and his boundless enthusaism for its possibilities is evident to anyone who talks to him.

Here, we discuss:

• his intense introduction to Systema and Systema bodywork in Russia

• exploring the similarities between Systema, Feldenkrais, and other somatic training methods

• working with the injured and infirm - from treatment to training

• the story and motivation behind the Emergency Fish Party series

• Systema as part of a greater approach to health

Check out Emergency Fish Party on YouTube

Find out more about the Somatic Training Network at somatictrainingnetwork.com

SFL Episode 97: On Time

This episode, we welcome health & wellness guru Howard Jacobson - co-author of Whole, host of the Plant Yourself Podcast, and ongoing Systema aficionado. In a timely fashion, we enter the new year by reflecting on the concept of Time, and how it influences our life, health, and happiness.

•  perspectives on time thorughout history
  

•  the shift from natural, event-based time to agricultural, industrial, and Internet time
  

•  the consequences of getting stuck in the past, or the future
  

•  using Systema practice to shift and sustain an appropriate time perspective
  

Mentioned in this episode:

The Time Paradox, by Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd

SFL Episode 96: Emmanuel Manolakakis - on teaching and leadership

This week, another in-depth discussion with Senior Systema Instructor, founder of Fight Club Toronto, and SFL podcast regular Emmanuel Manolakakis. For those who haven't yet had the pleasure of his company, Manny is superb instructor and coach. He always has deep insights on hand, and expresses them with a fine sense of clarity and humour.

Here, we discuss:

- the essential elements of teaching
- instruction vs leadership
- establishing (and relinquishing) control
- rediscovering your personal agency and sovereignty

Emmanuel Manolakakis will be coming to Durham, North Carolina the weekend of January 24-26th 2020, the second of three seminars entitled Systema Explorations. Open to instructors and practitioners fo all levels, but capacity strictly limited. Register online now at www.ncsystema.com/events

Train with Emmanuel - and subscribe to his FightPod podcast - at http://www.fight-club.ca/