How to Churn an Ocean and Breathe Like a Horse: Rekindling the Somatic Heart of Myth

The power of myth exists beyond representation and symbolism. Myths grow out of a time when to utter the word ‘sky’ around a fire at night would transmit something directly to the listener, something very different than the experience of reading the word ‘sky’ on a page from the comfort of a library. Today on the podcast we explore the somatic dimension of myth, the idea that the great myths take place within the body. Myths invoke somatic journeys, focusing on one somatic journey in particular, the journey of the individual practitioner towards a state of ecstatic union with the cosmos. Support the show