Your Body Knows Things Your Brain Forgot
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What this talk is about
The Hang Theory. A lecture series by Hang Dallas.
One speaker. One big idea. One good room.
Where · Times Ten Cellars.
Your body carries knowledge your conscious mind never registered. The rhythm of your morning routine, the posture you fall into when anxious, the way your shoulders remember stress before you notice it. Dr. Blake Hestir examines how everyday physical patterns structure consciousness and identity, drawing on philosophy of mind, phenomenology, and contemplative practice to explore what embodied cognition actually means.
Hestir teaches experiential philosophy at TCU, where his courses integrate philosophical inquiry with mindfulness and embodied practices. His work sits at the intersection of ancient philosophy and contemporary questions about the mind-body relationship, treating the body not as a vessel for the brain but as a site of intelligence in its own right.
How the night goes
Doors at 6:30 PM. Claim a seat, settle in.
We kick things off around 6:55 PM.
Dr. Blake Hestir takes the floor at 7:00 PM.
Questions from the room near 7:45 PM.
Then we linger. Meet the speaker, meet each other, around 8:00 PM.
Out by 8:30 PM.
Who's speaking
Dr. Blake Hestir
Dr. Blake Hestir is President and Co-founder of the Mind Body Ecology Institute and Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of CALM Studies at Texas Christian University. He is also a member of the Flourishing Academic Network. He enjoys friendship, clean water and fresh air, land meandering, playing guitar, dancing, Texas sunsets, and doing what he can to be an excellent citizen of nature. His work explores the relationship between the nature of self, ecological interdependence, and people’s intrinsic capacity for resilience. Through research, teaching, and eco experiential programs, he investigates how these insights can support well-being, strengthen communities, and foster personal and planetary flourishing. Blake’s work brings together perspectives from philosophy, contemplative neuroscience, Buddhism, Indigenous knowledge, and ecological thought to help people understand our relationality with the world and live as wise and responsible steward of nature. He is a certified meditation teacher, a Healing with Nature Trauma Care facilitator, and Work that Reconnects facilitator.
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Times Ten Cellars · Dallas, TX