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For the practitioner who’s never stopped being curious. Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe bring together leading researchers, master clinicians, and big questions from across bodywork, massage, and manual therapy — exploring not just what we do with our hands, but why it works and how to do it better. Smart, grounded, and genuinely useful conversations for the somatic arts and sciences.
For professional practitioners in bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedics, sports massage, physical therapy, and osteopathy — as well as yoga, strength and conditioning, and allied professions.
This podcast is not medical or treatment advice.
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Dec 24, 2025
Dec 24, 2025
41 min
🎙 5 Years of The Thinking Practitioner: Our Favorites & Top 5 Most Popular Episodes
It's been 5 years since we launched The Thinking Practitioner — with over half a million downloads and 130,000 unique listeners along the way. In this special retrospective episode, Til and Whitney look back at personal favorites that shaped their own thinking, then count down the top 5 most-listened episodes of all time.
What stands out? A clear shift from tissue-focused to nervous-system-first thinking. Ideas about consent, context, and the client experience that once felt radical now feel like common sense. And the conversations that resonated most? They're about fascia, trauma, pain, and the practitioners brave enough to challenge what we think we know.
🎧 Episodes discussed (in order of appearance):
Personal favorites:
- Ep 140: Embodied Attention & Contact Improvisation (Nita Little)
- Ep 23: Do Expectations Shape Results? (Mark Bishop)
- Ep 80: What We Might Learn From Sex (Betty Martin)
- Ep 144: Movement Optimism (Greg Lehman)
- Ep 130: The Body of Grief (Jun Park)
- Ep 146: Inflammation, Touch & the Grieving Body (Mary-Francis O'Connor)
- Ep 135: The Neuroscience of Bodywork (Mark Olson)
Top 5 most popular of all time:
5. Ep 108: Trauma & Bodywork (Peter Levine)
4. Ep 79: Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos, Fascia, and Pain (Tina Wang)
3. Ep 45: Fascia in Sport & Movement (Robert Schleip)
2. Ep 69: Back Pain, Stiffness & Fascia (Stuart McGill)
1. Ep 126: Fascia: A Deep Dive (Dr. Antonio Stecco)
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- Til Luchau: https://advanced-trainings.com | https://facebook.com/advancedtrainings | https://instagram.com/til.luchau
- Whitney Lowe: https://academyofclinicalmassage.com | https://facebook.com/WhitneyLowe | https://twitter.com/whitneylowe
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📧 Email us: info@thethinkingpractitioner.com
The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies — bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, physical therapy, osteopathy, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.
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