Welcome! Thanks for joining the 3rd episode of The Physical Being. Today we have our guest Tomas Emerson, the founder of Praksis, a movement studio in Canberra. If you haven’t been to Praksis I hope you get to visit it soon, as it’s a beautiful space, and the people who go there are awesome.
This episode was recorded in the studio, and we talk about what is his Life Practice, how we experience new things, practicing being a better human, creativity and discipline and much more. I just wanted to thank Tom for his time and energy in doing this podcast. It was great speaking with you!
Tom is the founder of Praksis. He played rugby, cricket and several other sports throughout his youth. During his high school and university years, Tom took his studies seriously and his body paid a price for it, becoming compromised by endless hours spent sitting at a desk. The deficiencies in his structure revealed themselves on the sporting field, resulting in repeated subluxations of the left shoulder, bone spurs and labral tears in both hips, and stress fractures in the lumbar spine. Tom had little success with conventional therapeutic approaches and would ultimately experience chronic hip, back and shoulder pain for seven years.
In 2014, he encountered two teachers – an Israeli named Ido Portal and an Australian named Simon Thakur – who exposed him to the concept of movement practice. He started attending workshops taught by Ido and Simon, as well as following ongoing individualised training programs devised by Ido and his team, using their tools to address and ultimately overcome the pain and injuries in his body. It was a life-changing period that convinced Tom of the transformative power of movement practice.
Tom has now been studying movement for five years, travelling internationally to attend events and to continue deepening his understanding of the body. After graduating from the Australian National University’s PhB (Bachelor of Philosophy) program in 2017, Tom founded Praksis to provide a home for Canberrans interested in repatterning their bodies, overcoming pain and injury, and realising the potential of their embodiment.
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