Welcome JF Martel, filmmaker, writer, and cohost of the superb podcast, Weird Studies. Sometimes, we have a guest who really gets the spirit of what we’re up to here at the Mind Bod Pod… JF is one such guest. He full-on designed a practice for us based on his love of old-school, Dungeons-and-Dragons-style role-playing games… the kind that (in JF’s words) “usually happen in dank basements.”
That’s right, in this week’s episode, JF is our Dungeon Master!
“Your feet touch down on a forest path, climbing up a wooden hill …”
As we follow JF’s guidance, our inner vision opens, and we trek into the dark underbelly of our imaginations.
What is the practice of surrendering to a story, especially in speculative fiction like fantasy, horror, and science fiction?
What exactly IS imagination, anyway?
Is there a reality here beyond our own subconscious?
…and what happens when we take it seriously?
Join us for a discussion of dream yoga, Jungian archetypes, shadow selves, disaster scenarios, and the imagination as a sense organ. Bwwhahahahahahahahahahaha!!
The Afterparty
This week, we discuss surrendering to a story as a kind of meditation, what happens when we move towards the scary and the uncomfortable, and how we can use our existential ambition to elevate Dungeons and Dragons into a transformative spiritual practice.
The Afterparty will eventually move behind ye olde paywall, but for now, it’s free for all :)
That’s all for now! Thanks for tuning in & see you next week.
Love always,
🧘🏽♀️ Tasha & Jeff 🧘🏼♂️
LINKS
Weird Studies: www.weirdstudies.com
J.F. Martel: www.reclaimingart.com
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