Nawal El Tememi is a movement artist, researcher, and yoga teacher whose work explores how the physical body becomes a gateway to greater universal awareness. Through her signature workshop Whirling Magic, taught across the globe, she bridges ancient movement traditions with modern embodiment practices. A registered yoga school founder, she shares breathwork, mindfulness, and adventure with a touch of mysticism and esoteric insight. In her studies of whirling, Nawal has observed how the motion influences the flow of cerebrospinal fluid and supports the body’s ability to access trance and expanded states of consciousness. Website — http://www.the9lions.com Instagram — / nawal_el_tememi Facebook - / nawaleltememi

This will make you want to dance.

Nawal describes the dance as a means of listening to the body. A tube of pressure and awareness that runs from the feet through the diaphragm and up the spine. When people slow down enough to feel what’s happening inside that structure, something interesting begins to happen: the body starts organizing itself. Nawal began her career performing and teaching belly dance around the world, but over time she became more interested in what the practice was doing internally — how breath, pressure, and rhythm influence awareness inside the body. That curiosity eventually led her into exploring spinning and whirling practices that induce deep flow states. This episode is really about Cerebral Spinal Fluid and how we get it to move. It’s about how movement can reconnect us with sensations we’ve forgotten how to feel — the diaphragm expanding, the feet gripping the ground, the spine becoming an axis around which awareness organizes itself. And how sometimes the fastest way back to presence it’s motion.

We discussed:

- The Role of Dance in Personal Development - Understanding the Diaphragm and Breath Control - Consciousness, Awareness, and Presence in Movement - The Importance of Music and Silence in Dance - Personal Meditation Practices and Body Awareness - Exploring Whirling and Its Spiritual Connection - The Verticality Axis and Consciousness Expansion - Bridging Esoteric Practices and Movement - Whirling Magic: A Journey into Transcendence - Grounding Techniques in Movement - The Power of Collective Energy and Connection For those who prefer a visual experience, the conversation is available on YouTube. As always, the audio version streams wild and free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. I sincerely hope you enjoyed our talk. Be mighty!

 

“Dance was never about performing. It was about discovering myself.”

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