Jessica Vellela on Ayurveda as the Language of Life

The tridosha model, pain phenomenology, and building an automated Ayurvedic diagnostic system

Sep 11 • Max Shen

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July 2026

Mike Johnson on Vasocomputation

Smooth muscle latches, organs as semi-sovereign regimes, and the unreasonable effectiveness of Sarno

Jul 28 • Max Shen

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June 2026

Doug Tataryn on a Physiological Basis for Repression

The emotional repression to muscle tension to chronic pain pipeline

Jun 13 • Max Shen

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Gay Hendricks on somatics, Sarno, and the Yes Breath

A tour through somatic history from an early pioneer

Jun 11 • Max Shen

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May 2026

Simon Cox on the Subtle Body

Somatic cartographies, genealogy as a method, and the ontology of pain

May 21 • Max Shen

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Contra Kotler, Friston et al. on 'The body keeps the score'

the body keeps the priors

May 5 • Max Shen

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April 2026

Embodied anatomy: Moving your face, constructing sound

These are learning notes from my explorations and classes on embodied anatomy. I give myself 30 minutes to write these up before my lessons.

Apr 21 • Max Shen

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Embodied anatomy - Cranial nerves

The most important nerve cluster in the peripheral nervous system is the cluster of cranial nerves.

Apr 13 • Max Shen

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March 2026

Dr Thomas Pollak on Balinese witch doctors and therapeutic resets for chronic illness

Talking about chronic illness is hard

Mar 19 • Max Shen

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Embodied Anatomy - Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems

Our nervous system has billions of neurons and glias cells linked by dozens of nerves throughout the body.

Mar 9 • Max Shen

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How does reading Sarno heal back pain? A qualitative study

TL;DR if your pain has significantly changed after reading one of Dr John Sarno’s books, I would love to interview you.

Mar 4 • Max Shen

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February 2026

You are not (just) your brain

The three brains in our body

Feb 16 • Max Shen

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