Trauma and Abuse Survivors in Aikido with Paul Linden

Paul Linden is a body awareness educator, a martial artist, and an author. He is the developer of Being In Movement® mindbody education, and founder of the Columbus Center for Movement Studies in Columbus, Ohio USA. He holds a BA in Philosophy and a PhD in Physical Education. He has been practicing and teaching Aikido since 1969 and holds a sixth degree black belt in Aikido as well as a first degree black belt in Karate. He is an instructor of the Feldenkrais Method® of somatic education. Paul and Georgia discuss: - Why Aikido "saves" people

How to get hit and keep going

- What Paul has learned from having Parkinson's disease

- The use of humor when working with trauma survivors

- Trauma informed vs regular aikido

 To connect with Paul, email him at [email protected] or visit his website: https://www.being-in-movement.com/

Thank you so much to Nari for the beautiful song "Shape Me" heard at the beginning and end of this episode. Nari wrote this song about Shape Your Life, a boxing program for self-identified women survicors of violence in Canada. She wrote this song using the words and experiences shared by participants with Cathy Van Ingen. You can find out more about Shape Your Life in my interview with Cathy in Episode 8. You can hear more of Nari's work by going to her Instagram: @narithesaga