Nathan Woogums

About Me

There are a few who understand that cherishing and unleashing are the same act....

-Hakim Bey-
 

Education

- graduate A.L. Fortune Secondary School - recipient of the Canadian Governor General's award (highest GPA in graduating class)

- gray sash (second instructor level) Pak Hok Pai Tibetan White Crane Gung Fu

- 2nd degree black belt Black Arts Canadian Unarmed Combat

- British Columbia Ministry of Forests S-100 Fire Suppression certification 

- 3rd kyu Aikiki Aikido 

- Stott Pilates Intensive Reformer, Intensive Mat Plus, and Injuries & Special Populations certification courses

- ongoing Systema training under Vali Maajd, Vladimir Vasiliev, Mikhail Ryabko & Konstantin Komorov. 

- Certified Systema Instructor-in-training 

Career

"Career" seems a little too narrow. My life's purpose is to help people develop the resiliency, open-heartedness, and cheerfulness that we all need increasingly on a daily basis to help ourselves and each other through this unpredictable and novel period in Life's unfolding. 

Ken Wilber has pointed out that for an individual in an information economy, one needn't begin at hunting/foraging, then move up to agriculture, then industry, etc... but I have. In order to pay the bills I have picked berries, logged, worked on reforestation projects, taught kickboxing, waited tables, worked on oil drilling rigs in northern Canada, milked cows on a dairy farm, and done assembly line factory work. I worked at the retail level selling nutritional supplements for about four years. This was my first entrance into the "informational workforce". 

Now that I am an Integral Coach(tm), everything from my past seems to be valid and useful. I am practicing in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. My specialties are the somatic and subtle realms. I teach Pilates and Systema, a Russian Martial Art that is at the leading edge in terms of developing and defining extraordinary human capacities.

Hobbies and Interests

- Breath

- Form

- Body Position

- Relaxation

- Strength

- Courage

- Humility 

- paddling a canoe on a sunny day/clear evening

- cactus gardening

- improvised contact dance

- pedestrian parkour

- walking barefoot over sharp rocks

- cold showers

- analysing cultural mythology through the lens of Hollywood movies 

Perspectives

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