Philip Shepherd

This is the third recorded conversation I’ve had with Ilan Stephani. It begins with a question: there is a growing awareness of the crucial importance of embodiment in our lives, and at the same time there is a huge resistance to it. What is the nature of that resistance, and the reasons for it? The conversation is launched! Fasten your seatbelts as it careens through hidden recesses of our culture and our beings, bringing light and expression to issues that matter deeply to both of us – and hopefully to you too.

What could be more fun than diving into some question with Ilan Stephani? In this conversation, we seek to identify whether there is some deep issue that is the source of the major problems that humanity has generated, from species extinction to the acidification of the oceans to soil degradation and beyond. Is there some wound within us that must heal if we are to come back into harmony with the coursing life of our home, the earth?

I first met Ilan Stephani on a panel discussion for The Embodiment Conference, and was blown away by her. She brought to the discussion a deeply informed honesty that, combined with her unfettered spontaneity, proved utterly refreshing. So I approached her to see if we might exchange passions and points of view in a recorded discussion. This is the result, and we’re seeing it as the first in a series of discussions. Hope you enjoy it! And we’d love your feedback.