Breathing Room and the Power of a Pause | Jamie McHugh

2020-09-08

Did you know that you can use your breath to activate your body and become more receptive? In this episode, Traci will have an in-depth conversation with Jamie on the breathing room and the power of a pause. Jamie McHugh is a somatic movement specialist, a multidisciplinary artist, and a fine art photographer. He lives on the Mendocino coast of California. Listen in as Jamie shares his journey into becoming the person he is today, and he will give some essential pieces of information that we all can take home to make the world a better place for all of us. Episode T...

Jamie McHugh is a somatic movement specialist, a multidisciplinary artist, and a fine art photographer. He lives on the Mendocino coast of California. Listen in as Jamie shares his journey into becoming the person he is today, and he will give some essential pieces of information that we all can take home to make the world a better place for all of us.

Episode Timeline

[00:09] Intro

[01:01] Meet Jamie

[07:55] Traci’s first encounter with Jamie

[11:13] Jamie’s photography and how it is serving the community

[15:42] Grounding and centering

[19:55] The play impulse

[21:36] Reclaiming your birthright

[26:50] The mystery and power of breathing

[40:14] Reclaiming the breath for you and the world

[46:26] Jamie’s nuggets of Wisdom

[48:23] Outtro

Standout Quotes

“ Let your consciousness really focus as much as you like. When you're ready to just let it wander, and that rhythm of condensing and expanding is, for me just part of the rhythm of life.”Jamie McHugh [13:22]
“The planet is a creative process that is emerging and has so much variation. In a way, as human beings as members of the planet, not independent of the planet, but members of the planet, we have that same capacity to explore and experience all of these kinds of sensory-motor delights when we just give over to gravity.”-Jamie McHugh[18:19]
“ There is more to us than our pain and suffering at any one moment.”- Jamie McHugh [23:25]
“If you have at least 20 different ways to breathe, you can meet varying challenges.” -Jamie McHugh [27:22]

Resources Mentioned

Anna Halprin

Tamalpa Institute

Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

Emilie Conrad

Breathing Room Events With Jamie McHugh

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