Phenomenal: Yumi Umiumare

I’m Trisna, a psychologist with an interest in the wellbeing and fulfilment of artists, performers, creatives and all those who follow their passions. Phenomenal is a podcast about walking in the shoes of some exceptional people who have paved their own way in life. In this podcast, I hope to not only introduce these phenomenal people, but also give an opportunity to understand them phenomenologically – by hearing their lived experience. For more information: www.iamreadypsychology.com/podcast/ In this episode of Phenomenal I speak to independent dancer and choreographer Yumi Umiumare. At the very beginning of a range of closures in Victoria in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, we speak about healing through movement, the balance between containment and freedom, and about the urgency for us to slow down and come back to the bare essentials. Recorded and edited by Alisha Brooks at Global Music Studio Photo by Matthew Lyn