Welcome to Free-Form Conversations with Michal where we explore the Paula Method and other approaches to wellness. The Paula Method, also known as the ring muscles exercise method, helps people heal by connecting and collaborating with their bodies through complete trust and spontaneity. It was developed in the 1950s in Israel by Paula Garbourg and is part of the public health services there.

I’m Michal Mehler, a Paula practitioner in the United States. I created this podcast to help more people learn about this gentle, pleasant, and fun approach to self-healing. I speak to people I know and appreciate who are Paula Method students. We discuss their professional and personal points of view on healing and their experience working with their bodies.

If you know in your heart that self-healing is possible, and you wish to explore new ways to get in touch with your body and assist it in doing its amazing work, join us! I think you’ll enjoy these conversations.

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Episode #3 - Emotional Chain Reactions

December 17th

Hi everyone and welcome to the second episode of Free-Form Conversations with Michal! In this episode I'm talking to Dr. Jeffrey Friedman, PHD, who is a clinical psychologist in San Luis Obispo California. Our conversation was a real free-form flow of thoughts and ideas about emotions, pain, and how we can use our bodies to help stuck feelings change. You can find Dr. Jeffrey Friedman on LinkdIn:   / jeffrey-friedman-929b644   I hope you'll enjoy our conversation!

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Episode #2 - Loving and Trusting the Body

November 17, 2023

In this episode I’m talking to Anat Axelrode who developed “Listening to the Eyes”. Listening to the Eyes is a mind-body therapy helping people heal their eyes and improve their vision naturally through conversations with their eyes. Anat is my teacher and mentor of vision education and I invited to her to talk about Listening to the Eyes, the role of the therapist a session and how to trust the body in the process of healing.

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Episode #1 - Fascia and Body Memory

September 4, 2023

Today I’m talking to Kristen Myers, co-founder of the Myers Institute and FMCM (Fascial Matrix Connection Method). Kristen is also a talented artist and intuitive healer.
She combines her love for art and the Devine feminine as well as her ability to connect and communicate with animals in her second business, Animals and Spirit. 

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Introduction TO PODCAST

September 4, 2023

Welcome to Free-Form Conversations with Michal.
Discussing the Paula Method and Other Approaches to Wellness.   

Music: Etude #5 by Ofer Lifshitz 
Illustration: Peony by Animal and Spirits 
Logo: Little Green Monkey 

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Michal Guest Appearances

Michal regularly gets invited on other podcasts and interviews, to share her wide knowledge as an expert in her field. View or listen more below.

Claudia Muehlenweg, Holistic Vision Coach Podcast

September 6, 2023

Join the Clear Vision Wednesday episode with holistic health practitioner Michal Mehler. We will discover the fundamentals of the Paula Method, a different approach to improving your vision, eyesight and overall well-being.
Michal will walk us through the core principles and benefits of this innovative method and go over the similarities and differences to the Bates Method, and the Listening to the Eyes Method (Anat Axelrod).

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Better Eyesight Podcast
Episode #48

May 23, 2023

In the forty-eighth episode of the Better Eyesight Podcast, Nathan Oxenfeld, Anat Axelrode, and Michal Mehler read through the forty-eighth Better Eyesight magazine that was originally published in June 1923 by Dr. William H. Bates, the pioneer of natural vision improvement.
Exactly 100 years later, these three natural vision educators breathe life back into the words of Dr. Bates, and also provide some modern commentary on the topics brought up in each article.

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THE NAKED EYE PODCAST
Episode #66

November 19, 2022

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld interviews Michal Mehler of Graceful Ease. Michal is a movement instructor who teaches the Paula Method, which deals with the sphincters/ring muscles of the body, including the eyes!
Watch to find out what the overlaps between the Paula Method and the Bates Method are, and how you can keep exploring non-invasive approaches towards self-healing and natural vision improvement.

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