The Posturing for Health Podcast
Sit in with soul friends and bodyworkers, Bill Bryan and Gina Loree Bryan, as we suss out the meaning of health, the universe and everything.
We don’t have all the answers, but we love asking lots of questions!
As seekers and open-minded skeptics, we’re like explorers in the world, going about our respective days and then returning home to share, unpack, challenge, vent a little … with lots of aha’s (and the occasional snarkiness) along the way.
We hash out topics such as holistic health, the latest news headlines, the struggles of parenting, perplexing Bible passages, our next big project, compassion, gratitude, and what it means to be human.
Our hope is that you’ll come away looking at life with a little more curiosity.
Eps.7 ~ A ‘rule of experts’
In this episode, we’re exploring the definition and the influence of ‘technocracy’.
Bill and Gina talk a little about the history of this philosophical view, and the pervasive influence that it’s had on how we perceive ourselves, our health, our relationships to authority and more.
In this episode, we discuss:
What the word' “technocracy” means (from the Greek!)';
What impact on our current medical system a report published by a bachelor of arts and educator had;
What the pros and cons might be of a government led by ‘experts’ (rather than elected officials);
What bearing an embedded ‘rule of experts’ has on our sense of authority and bodily sovereignty;
Why would someone’s expertise imply we ‘have no choice but to follow them’? What other options do we have?
Eps.5 ~ Technology: servant or master?
“Is technology a competent servant or an incompetent master?”
Drawing from a compelling statement made by Jean Liedloff, author of “The Continuum Concept: In Search of Happiness Lost”, Gina offers some challenges to our cultural eagerness to embrace technology without weighting the balance against its ‘biological tax’.
In this episode, we discuss:
That; as a species, we are endowed with a creative spirit; but…
What of our humanity is lost whenever we embrace a new tool, or technology?
An example of a culture with a different set of filters around technology;
Is technology all bad, or can we find balance? And where would we begin?
Eps.2 ~ A question of balance
One question begets many more!
Continuing from our last podcast which asked the question, “What is health?”, we explore:
What did Bill mean by the terms ‘design’ and ‘purpose’, regarding the definition of health;
What is ‘balance’ in terms of health;
How the further we get from our relationship with nature creates new questions about what we need to be healthy, why we need it, and how we get it;
Are we outsourcing our innate ability to technology to adapt to changing circumstances, and, is ‘adaptation’ even a good thing;
Where do Twinkies fit in;
And … a specific ‘exercise’ to help you identify the foundations for your own working definition of health.