BodyMantra with Kimberly Jonas Kimberly Jonas

While we are deep in the separation demanded by the social distancing and shelter in place measures of COVID-19, intimacy is being challenged right down to its core. In this two-part podcast, Kimberly takes a look the role of intimacy in our lives, how our defenses can affect the level of intimacy we experience, and how to cultivate more consistent intimacy through self-examination, presence and vulnerability.
In Part Two, Kimberly speaks about how a careful examination of our personal defense mechanisms is imperative for the most healthy experience of intimacy.

While we are deep in the separation demanded by the social distancing and shelter in place measures of COVID-19, intimacy is being challenged right down to its core. In this two-part podcast, Kimberly takes a look the role of intimacy in our lives, how our defenses can affect the level of intimacy we experience, and how to cultivate more consistent intimacy through self-examination, presence and vulnerability.
In Part One, Kimberly speaks about the two building blocks of Intimacy: Presence and Vulnerability.

A reading by Kimberly of her piece titled Pith & Presence.

In this episode, Kimberly takes a look at the fact that we have collectively moved away from Presence in recent years, examining how technology and instant gratification structures have impacted us globally, dismantling the insight and awareness that comes with true Presence. She invites listeners to look at how their personal choices and behaviors affect this global picture of presence, how we can all do specific work to return from the places where we have collectively or individually gone unconscious, and use the medicine of Presence for healing.

As a follow-on to her previous episode Clearing The Field, Kimberly walks us through a meditation designed to help us stay connected to our loved ones during this time of physical separation. Using energy and intention to extend ourselves outward, build on the strength of our existing connections.

Coronavirus = Uncertainty. What do we do with the uncertainty? How can we calm ourselves, feel safe, when there is so much unknown, so much that we cannot see? In this episode, Kimberly speaks to the impact of global uncertainty on our resilience and how we can return to a place of more balance and internal resource if we surrender to the uncertainty and cultivate humility.