On Ethics, Leadership & Commitment

The Baseworks Method, at its core is a movement conditioning approach. It’s also been developed with the intended purpose of promoting the deepening of introspection based on realizations that come up as a result of the commitment to the practice.

The conversations with people from different backgrounds in these Baseworks transmissions look at both the concrete and abstract realizations that emerge from a commitment to any kind of practice or pursuit to achieve life goals.

The ideas get unpacked from their subjectivity, and the outcome of each conversation sets out to uncover and exhibit common features of physical and introspective experiences.

We will post each episode here on the Medium Baseworks Publication and the original post, show notes and transcripts can be found via searching for this episode on the podcast directory of the Baseworks site.

Show Summary

In this Transmission conversation we chat about Matan’s dedication to — and brief hiatus from, his podcast — ethics in leading, life in the Israeli army, and thereafter transitioning from a dedicated meditation practitioner living in celibacy to be relentlessly coaxed back into the world by erotic desires that surfaced from intense meditation practice, and how all these things tie into commitment, personal realizations and growth.

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About Matan

Matan is a dancer, teacher and graphic designer. In 2015, he founded Movement Lab — which he considers a vehicle for movement education, choreographic work and personal inquiry.

His own practice is inspired by his enthusiasm for physical and theoretical research revolving around the question of how to develop a meaningful relationship with the body and mind.

For over a decade, he devoted himself to educate people from all over the world about better movement while reflecting upon what Matan describes as “the urgent social phenomena” through the medium of performance and also via conversations through his podcast ‘Material for the brain’.

His passion for research and discovery drives to expand his understanding and to further develop himself as a human being.

As a dancer, he performed in the works of, Martin Nachbar, Alessandro Sciarroni and, Marco Torrice.

His own choreographic works have been presented in various dance festivals, cultural events, art galleries and museums in Austria, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, England, Greece, Slovakia and Israel.

Matan’s focus as a teacher is rooted in “movement research”. He started teaching in Israel in 2008. Since then, he has had the chance to teach under different circumstances and to different audiences; ranging from professional and amateurs, dancers to teenagers, in open workshops, festivals and immersive group seminars.

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