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b"We believe that the practice of movement is more than learning neat tricks and improving our physical aesthetics. \\n\\nWhile those things are great, what we are aimed at is a practice that goes beyond just the physical and improves as many aspects of our lives as possible. \\n\\nMovement is essentially an expression of the self\\u2014 the body-mind organism that we are. It is how we interact with and experience literally everything going on within and around us. \\n\\nOur connections to the environment, to others, and to ourselves immediately affect the quality of our lives. \\n\\nIf you are constantly unhappy with your own actions, scared of the world around you, and being alienated by your peers, cultivating a sense of purpose can be incredibly difficult to do. \\n\\nBuilding an ecology of practices that strengthen these relations gives us a better chance to create the life we want for ourselves. \\n\\nWe can find affordances in our environment that nurture us and give us opportunities for learning and growth. \\n\\nWe learn how to communicate and form bonds with people to expand our network of support. We begin to live according to our vision and, through continual work and incremental progress, gain a stronger sense of self respect and self trust. \\n\\nJohns work is tightly woven around this idea of creating a sense of meaning, but one of the biggest criticisms of his work is that it can be abstract. Sure, we should live more meaningful lives, but what are the real world, physical actions that bring about that result?\\n\\nJohn\\u2019s work has resonated deeply with us at EMP and we feel there is a way to make the ideas and principles concrete, and we\\u2019ve been working hard on mapping out how to put all of these concepts into actual practice. \\n\\nThe purpose of today's episode is not so much to interview John, but rather to present our map of practices to him for the sake of getting some dialogue and feedback on how congruent they are to his teachings.\\n\\nWe hope you enjoy this conversation and we\\u2019d be happy to hear what questions or comments you have. \\n\\nKeep an eye out in the future for more interviews and conversations with John, and don\\u2019t forget to go check out his lecture series \\u201cAwakening from the Meaning Crisis\\u201d on YouTube. \\n\\nSHOW NOTES\\n\\n00:00 - Intro\\n03:48 - Pillar Practices\\n09:08 - The Physical Philosopher\\n18:11 - The EMP Roadmap\\n33:32 - The Archetypes\\n47:22 - Embodied Sacredness\\n58:34 - Jitsu vs Do\\n1:04:13 - The Power of Dialogue"