Season 2 Episode 5 - Respect with Anneke Sips, Jon Cree & Deborah Armstrong

September’s Podcast is a conversation on Respect with three previous guests:- Anneke Sips (Yoga Therapist, Trainer & Psychiatric Practitioner in Amsterdam, Founder of Network Yoga Therapy),- Deborah Armstrong (Indigenous & Shamanic Therapist & Practitioner in North East Scotland) and - Jon Cree (Forest School Association Director, Author & Activist bringing more trauma-informed outdoor education to young people).   The conversation starts with the connection between safety and respect and moves into areas such as:- the difference between conditions that allow for versus the rules that aim to produce respect;- how nature and the potential consequences of not respecting it is a great teacher;- whether we may benefit from a new label for this beautiful experience and- the role of presence and boundaries in supporting respect. It is a beautiful conversation that took me further into surrendering into deeper respect.   I am touched in a profound and uncomfortable way when I speak with people who are open to experience in ways beyond where I have been able to. It still draws a sense of grief for me as I continue to digest and process what closed me down, and yet offers me such insight and direction for where and how to take myself forward in new ways.