JW: I was lucky enough to meet Ozzie when I first moved to San Diego 1976-ish. Years later we reconnected lightly and have stayed in touch although we’ve never met outside those early days. I think he’s a wise and interesting person. It may have some connection to our journey.
As I was listening to this podcast, I thought about our retreat in Mexico and the memory of walking through the palm forests, deep in conversation, "shoulder to shoulder" as the podcast host below mentions. At some point Ozzie says, "Sometimes your best therapist is the person you're walking with."
We've recognized the lack of being able to walk in Julian because of the weather but, for me, this podcast has articulated why that was a significant loss. I have a physical memory of walking through the palm forest and into and around Todos Santos. I think it's too easy for me to think other things are more important than walking so this served as a good reminder.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/29a0AzFmTwdusAZPN9ILgf
Join Joyce & Dr. Ozzie Gontang, walking & running therapist, for a casual conversation perfect for a walk. Joyce and Ozzie discuss the immense changes that can happen in therapy patients while walking, the value of walking shoulder to shoulder, and how knowing someone is listening can make all the difference.
Your mind will be challenged and enlightened as Ozzie explains how walking and running is a practice of falling and catching yourself, plus why alignment is important, in walking and running, but also in life in general.
About OzzieOzzie was the first walking/running therapist trained by psychiatrist Ted Kostrubala the author of the Joy and Running. He worked and studied under Dr. Kostrubala from 1975 until 1980.Walking during therapy, lifestyle and executive coaching has been part of his practice for over 45 years. As director of the San Diego Marathon Clinic, he has coached and learned from several thousand walkers, joggers and marathoners from beginners to nationally ranked athletes on proper techniques of walking and running.
His focus of attention is helping people understand that walking and running is falling and catching yourself gracefully each and every step. The work of Bessel van der Kolk on Trauma shows the body remembers.His theory is that we walk the way we walk because we are afraid of falling…down.For most of us it is a one-time learning experience. After the hurt and pain from an unexpected fall, its memory fades…yet the body remembers and protects us from another such experience...for the rest of our lives.
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