This page contains links to other valuable resources related to Ancestral Movement. Some are more about the science or the philosophy, others link to the websites of movement practices or practitioners that I like.
FRIENDS IN AUSTRALIA:
There’s a bit of a community growing in Australia now, which I am very pleased to be a part of. Most of these are “movement” people, but also increasingly people are getting into “rewilding” and starting to make the connection between the two worlds.
Aware Relaxed Connected – Craig Mallett – Canberra
Physical Alchemy – Dave Wardman – Sydney
Stretch Therapy & Monkey Gym – Kit Laughlin – Jervis Bay
Natural Movement Canberra – Facebook group started by Craig Mallett and myself
Stage 6 Natural Fitness – Brisbane
Bluegum Bushcraft – Jervis Bay, NSW
Nature Philosophy – Halfway Creek, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Wildcraft Australia – Dungog, NSW
Claire Dunn (Bushcraft, nature connection) – Melbourne
FRIENDS (or recommended teachers) OVERSEAS
Evolve Move Play – Rafe Kelley – Seattle
Athletic Playground – Oakland CA
Ido Portal.com – Berlin, mostly?
Earth Strength – Neil Hill & Rannoch Donald – Spain
Exuberant Animal – Frank Forencich – USA
Living Wild – Lynx Vilden – Washington State?
Rewild Portland – Portland, Oregon
BODY-MIND PRACTICE, SCIENCE & PHILOSOPHY
OpenATM.org – Free Feldenkrais
Evolution of the Muscular System
Yoga Sutra Study (comparison of seven respected translations)
Swamij.com Yoga Sutra translation and commentaries
Access To Insight – Theravada Buddhist Teachings
EVOLUTION/ECOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY
Learn Genetics – University of Utah
Smithsonian Institute – Human Origins
VIDEOS
Various videos containing what I consider to be essential information for understanding humans, evolution, the mind and brain, and basically providing the scientific conceptual framework for Ancestral Movement.
Many more links to come.
Hola!
Thanks for your great information. One question, do you give any kind
of trainings outside US, if not would recommend somebody. Thank you so much.
In joy, Shaida
Hi Shaida. Thanks! I live in Australia. Where are you based?
Hi Simon, I just heard you on the Rewilding podcast…..great interview!
Do you know anyone in the Perth area that does this type of movement/bushskills?
Thank You
Hi Fiona! Thanks. And actually yes I do! A guy called Steve Aldrige, “Wild Movement Perth”. Look him up.
This is fantastic, thank you Simon. I’m writing a brief, surface level article on how the reptilian brain, as its called, gets a bad rap in our modern culture (i.e. how it “constantly betrays us, something we need to overcome, overpower, the cause of much of our undue stress due to mismatch between modern insults and mortal threats of evolutionary environment, inhibits learning and empathy” etc). Since listening to you on the Rewilding podcast, I figure i’d reach out and see if you might direct me to any further resources or overviews on more comprehensive evaluations of this more primitive brain, ways it is misunderstood and the benefits of understanding/engaging/accessing it. Or, of course, offering any concise thoughts of your own on the subject. Cheers
Hi Simon, I have come across you and your website in my reading/prep for a dissertation I am writing – it’s on the topic of yoga for children with autism (for an MEd). I am blown away by what I’ve read so far on your website as it makes so much sense and is speaking to me from an even deeper level than all the great stuff I have been reading so far from different spheres (traditional yoga, neuroscience etc). There is a call from some forward thinking scientists and the autistic community to shift to thinking about and helping people with autism from a movement/embodied perspective, I wonder if you have heard about this? There was a 2015 series of papers on the topic in ‘Frontiers of Neuroscience’ journal. Anyway, I am all the way over in the UK and mainly just wanted to say hi! Will be delving deeper into the resources on your site as soon as I can 🙂 Sincerest of thanks, Gemma