Somatic Primer Podcast

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  Dr. Nashalla Gwyn Nyida: The Subtle Body in Tibetan Medicine; Part 3 Drops 31.08.2026 1h 36min

  Connect with us On today’s episode I once again had the pleasure to speak with Tibetan Doctor Nashalla Gwyn Nyida. Dr. Nashalla began the study of Tibetan Medicine in 1999 and treating in 2004. She is the director of the Nyinda Clinic of Tibetan Medicine & Holistic Healing Clinic in Boulder, Colorado. This is my third in a series of interviews with Dr. Nashalla about the tibetan concept of the subtle body. In this episode we discuss the tikle or drops within the psycho-physi...
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  My Conversation with Malcolm Smith 30.07.2026 1h 15min

  Connect with us Malcolm Smith has been a student of the Great Perfection teachings since 1992. His main Dzogchen teachers are Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, the late Kunzang Dechen Lingpa, and the late H.H. Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche. He is a veteran of a traditional three-year solitary Tibetan Buddhist retreat, a published translator of Tibetan Buddhist texts, and was awarded the Āchārya degree by the Sakya Institute in 2004. Since 1992 Malcolm Smith has worked on a wide variety of texts for Sakya, Dr...
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  My Conversation with Sifu Lyndon Oudsten 17.06.2026 1h

  Connect with us On today’s episode I had the pleasure to speak with Sifu Lyndon Oudsten. Sifu Lyndon Oudsten is a highly accomplished martial arts master from the Netherlands who serves as the Chief Instructor of Yan Shou Gong (YSG) for Europe and North America. He is a senior student of Master Yap Boh Heong. For Classes & Workshops with Sifu Lydon; https://yanshougong.org/courses/list Thank you to all the listeners who are supporting the show and if you are not already then please consid...
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  Feng Shui 20.04.2026 58min

  Connect with us On today’s episode I had the pleasure to speak with Fungi Shui experts Nicole Zaremba, Astrid Glockner and Shenay Paakkanen. They are also the hosts of the Energy podcast Nicole Zaremba is a Feng Shui Instructor at the Yap Cheng Hai Academy, Feng Shui Consultant for building construction and optimization of living and work spaces and creator of the online webinar for Basic Feng Shui Knowledge at https://themartialman.com/courses/fengshui/ Find out more under www.klassi...
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  Jack Thompson: Fascia Coach 12.03.2026 49min

  Connect with us On today’s episode I had the pleasure to speak with Jack Thompson. Jack Thompson is a somatic coach focusing on the fascia body. With a background in wrestling and systema he sought out new ways of thinking about the body and moving while trying to heal old injuries. Over decades of research he slowly developed his fascia strength program that he now shares with others. Find out more about Jack and his work at: https://jackthompsoncoaching.com Thank you to all the listeners ...
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  My Conversation with Master Yap Boh Heong 02.02.2026 1h 46min

  Connect with us On today’s episode I had the pleasure to speak with Master Yap Boh Heong Master Yap is a distinguished healer and martial artist from Malaysia, renowned for his expertise in traditional Chinese martial arts, particularly Wu Mei Quan and the Five Ancestors Fist. He began his training under the guidance of his father, Grandmaster Yap Cheng Hai, and then Master Chee. In addition to his martial pursuits, Master Yap is a lineage holder and instructor of Yan Shou Gong, also k...
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  Dennis Wang: Han Yang Ru Yi Gong (Medical Qigong) 03.01.2026 30min

  Connect with us On this episode I had the pleasure to speak with Master Dennis Wang. Master Dennis Wang is a devoted lifetime practitioner of Chinese Martial Arts and Qi Gong. His expertise and skills span decades of dedicated practice. In 2003, Master Dennis discovered Han Yang Ru Yi and became captivated by its rich history and healing power. In 2010, Master Dennis was inducted as the first indoor disciple of Grandmaster Shao Xing Xuen. Since then, he has devoted his life to spreading the p...
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  Howard Wang: Prana Dynamics 30.11.2025 1h 2min

  Connect with us On today’s episode I had the pleasure to speak with Howard Wang. He has been exploring the theory and practice of Traditional Chinese Kung Fu through multiple disciplines since he was 14 years of age when he first learned the Eight Step Praying Mantis from his father, Grand Master Wang Chieh. Howard has studied Traditional Chinese Martial Arts as well as both Eastern and Western spiritual philosophies. Combining the theory and practice of Traditional Chinese Martial Art...
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  Dr. Shin Lin - The Science of Acupuncture 10.11.2025 1h 1min

  Connect with us On today’s episode I once again had the pleasure to speak to Dr. Shin Lin. Shin Lin, PhD, is a world-renowned expert on Tai Chi and a 12th generation heir of Chen Style Tai Chi designated by Grandmaster Chen Zheng-Lei of China’s Chen Family Village, where Tai Chi originated. He is a longtime chair of biophysics at Johns Hopkins and professor of biological sciences and biomedical engineering at UCI, where his Laboratory for Mind-Body Signaling and Energy Research applies...
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  Dr. Ortwin Lüers: Wu Ji Chuan, Tibetan Buddhism, & Psychotherapy 18.10.2025 1h 26min

  Connect with us On today’s episode I had the pleasure to speak with Dr Ortwin Lüers. Dr. Lüers is a psychotherapist and an expert in the internal martial art of Wu Ji Chuan. As a psychiatrist he specializes in treating post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic stress. In 1984, he began studying Buddhism with Tibetan meditation master Ven. Lama Chime Rinpoche and the following year he began his study of Wu Ji Chuan. In 1990 he was accepted as a disciple by Grandmaster Chee Kim Tho...
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  Gavin Kilty: Tibetan Buddhist Translator 21.09.2025 1h 11min

  Connect with us Gavin Kilty has been a full-time translator for the Institute of Tibetan Classics since 2001. Before that he lived in Dharamsala, India, for fourteen years, where he spent eight years training in the traditional Geluk monastic curriculum through the medium of class and debate at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics. He has also taught Tibetan language courses in India, Nepal, and elsewhere, and is a translation reviewer for the organization 84000, Translating the Words of the ...
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  Graham Scarr: BioTensegrity 29.08.2025 1h 9min

  Connect with us Graham Scarr is a biologist and retired osteopath with interest in structural biology. Scarr’s interest in biotensegrity started after reading articles by Stephen Levin, an orthopedic surgeon who recognized the importance of biotensegrity to living organisms. A life-long interest in natural geometry and a thorough grounding in anatomy have enabled him to work with Stephen Levin and develop new models that are progressing our understanding of the structure-function relati...
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  Paula Chichester: Long Term Retretant & Embodiment Teacher 03.08.2025 1h 14min

  Connect with us On today’s episode I had the pleasure to speak with buddhist teacher and long term retreatant Paula Chichester Paula became interested in the Tibetan Buddhism in the 1970's when she met Lama Thubten Yeshe. She embarked on a 40 year journey of study spending nearly a decade in solitary retreats. Paula now helps run braeview hermitage in the shetland islands in Scotland as a retreat space. Paula also teaches and shares her experiences from her time in long retreats. To fin...
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  Malcolm Smith: Dzogchen Teacher & Translator 13.07.2025 1h 28min

  Connect with us Born in 1962, Malcolm Smith was raised in Western Massachusetts. Captivated by the sound of Tibetan ritual music in 1984, he began his study of the Dharma. He met his first formal teacher, H. H. Sakya Trizin, in 1989. He studied Buddhist philosophy and Tibetan language under the guidance of Khenpo Migmar Tseten for the next five years at Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1990 Malcolm travelled to Nepal to receive lamdré from the late H. H. Sa...
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  Prajwal Ratna Vajracharya: Charya Nritya, Sacred Dance of Nepal 19.06.2025 1h 3min

  Connect with us Welcome to the somatic primer podcast im your host Bryson Newell. This is a bi-weekly podcast where I invite guests on to discuss embodiment, Somatics, and meditation. I’d like to invite listeners to our online learning platform at somatic primer on patreon. There you can find weekly taiji and somatic classes as well as articles and extended content. On today’s episode I had the pleasure to speak with Prajwal Ratna Vajracharya. Prajwal is a teacher of a Vajrayana B...
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  Dr. Nashalla Gwyn Nyida: The Subtle Body in Tibetan Medicine; Part 2 Winds 13.06.2025 20min

  Connect with us On today’s episode I once again had the pleasure to speak with Tibetan Doctor Nashalla Gwyn Nyida. Dr. Nashalla began the study of Tibetan Medicine in 1999 and treating in 2004. She is the director of the Nyinda Clinic of Tibetan Medicine & Holistic Healing Clinic in Boulder, Colorado. This is my second in a series of interviews with Dr. Nashalla about the tibetan concept of the subtle body. If you haven’t heard our first interview please go back and listen t...
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  Dr. Nashalla Gwyn Nyida: The Subtle Body in Tibetan Medicine; Part 1 The Winds 23.05.2025 1h 9min

  Connect with us On today’s episode I once again had the pleasure to speak with Tibetan Doctor Nashalla Gwyn Nyida. Dr. Nashalla began the study of Tibetan Medicine in 1999 and treating in 2004. She is the director of the Nyinda Clinic of Tibetan Medicine & Holistic Healing Clinic in Boulder, Colorado. This is my second in a series of interviews with Dr. Nashalla about the tibetan concept of the subtle body. If you haven’t heard our first interview please go back and listen t...
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  Penelope Easten: Integrated Movement 21.04.2025 1h 15min

  Connect with us On today’s episode I had the pleasure to speak with Alexander Teacher Penelope Easten Penelope has been teaching the Alexander Technique since 1989. She also trained in Reiki, nutrition, and craniosacral therapy. Her book “Twelve Fundamentals of Integrated Movement” offers a theoretical framework of how integrated movement occurs. In this episode we discuss her studies with Margaret Goldie, an original student of F.M Alexander, and what made Miss Goldie such an impressive ...
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  Brad Kearns: Born to Walk 05.04.2025 57min

  Connect with us Brad Kearns is a New York Times bestselling author, former national champion and world-ranked professional triathlete. Brad is the host of the B Rad podcast and he has written twenty books on diet, health, peak performance, and ancestral living. His newest book Born to Walk, he coauthored with Mark Sisson. It’s an aggressive takedown of the running boom and an important recalibration of our modern approach to total body fitness and longevity. To find out more abo...
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  Dr. Shin Lin: The Science of Qi 22.03.2025 1h 3min

  Connect with us On today’s episode I had the pleasure to speak to Dr. Shin Lin. Shin Lin, PhD, is a world-renowned expert on Tai Chi and a 12th generation heir of Chen Style Tai Chi designated by Grandmaster Chen Zheng-Lei of China’s Chen Family Village, where Tai Chi originated. He is a longtime chair of biophysics at Johns Hopkins and professor of biological sciences and biomedical engineering at UCI, where his Laboratory for Mind-Body Signaling and Energy Research applies modern bio...