Dancer and healer Gil, from Amenti, joins Rose Claverie for a raw and revelatory conversation about trauma, transformation, and the wisdom of the body. Raised in a strict religious environment and navigating life-altering psychosis, Amenti forged a healing path through movement, eventually creating a method that blends dance with psychology and ancient spiritual knowledge.

This episode explores how the body stores memories, how community can catalyze change, and why the shadow we fear may hold the keys to our liberation.

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Chapters:

0:00 Welcome to the Harvest Series
0:52 Introducing Amenti: Dancer, Healer, Teacher
2:10 Courage Through the Body: Mission at Harvest
3:25 Childhood, Religion & Disconnection from the Body
5:00 Dance as a Secret Sanctuary
6:30 Hip-Hop as Community, Culture & Self-Awareness
9:00 Excommunication, Family Tension & Choosing Dance
11:10 World Championships & Inner Turmoil
12:00 The Psychotic Break: Four Days in Another Reality
14:00 Body Memory & Somatic Triggers
15:30 Healing Without Therapy: Inventing Movement Medicine
17:00 Sharing the Practice: Amenti is Born
19:10 Amenti’s Meaning & Spiritual Roots
21:00 The Shadow as Ally, Not Enemy
24:00 Layered Method: From Power to Symbols
26:00 Ego Structures, Energetic Blueprints & Somatic Scanning
28:00 Dance, Archetypes & Community Healing
30:00 Transformation Is a Process, Not an Event
31:30 Advice for Listeners: Healing Through Feedback & Movement
34:00 Healing in Marginalized Communities
36:00 We Move to Remember We’re Human
38:00 The Most Courageous Thing: Dancing His Story Publicly

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Credits:

Sound editing by: @lesbellesfrequences
Technician in Kaplankaya: Joel Moriasi
Music by: Chambord

Harvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital Partners

Harvest Series Founders: Burak Öymen and Roman Carel