https://Withintalks.podbean.com Within explores the art and science of living well. Hosted by Shahinaz Ahmed, this podcast features interviews with experts, practitioners, and leaders with knowledge and practices that help us live healthier, freer, and more fulfilled lives. Each conversation delivers practical strategies, inspiring stories, and insights to help listeners enhance their health, wellness, leadership, and overall well-being.

]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:35:30 -0300 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Society & Culture 1440 episodic shahinazahmed shahinazahmed No false https://feed.podbean.com/Withintalks/feed.xml https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22291811/Withing_logoo77n5y.png https://Withintalks.podbean.com 144 144 Traditional Chinese Medicine & Martial Arts: A Conversation with Taha Hassouna https://Withintalks.podbean.com/e/traditional-chinese-medicine-martial-arts-a-conversation-with-taha-hassouna/ https://Withintalks.podbean.com/e/traditional-chinese-medicine-martial-arts-a-conversation-with-taha-hassouna/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:35:30 -0300 shahinazahmed.podbean.com/5617d308-f870-393b-a2bb-ebb99cfbde63 In this episode, we explore Traditional Chinese medicine and martial arts as interconnected systems of understanding the human body—not just in terms of movement, but in terms of energy, regulation, and awareness. Taha Hassouna shares perspectives on how ancient frameworks of healing and discipline view the body as an intelligent system, where physical practice and internal balance are inseparable. This conversation moves between philosophy, practice, and lived experience—offering a lens into how the body can be trained not only for strength, but for clarity and alignment.

]]> In this episode, we explore Traditional Chinese medicine and martial arts as interconnected systems of understanding the human body—not just in terms of movement, but in terms of energy, regulation, and awareness.

Taha Hassouna shares perspectives on how ancient frameworks of healing and discipline view the body as an intelligent system, where physical practice and internal balance are inseparable.

This conversation moves between philosophy, practice, and lived experience—offering a lens into how the body can be trained not only for strength, but for clarity and alignment.

]]> Taha is a martial arts practitioner and a therapist in Chinese Energetics. He is the founder of Meshkah, a traditional martial arts & therapy school based in Cairo, Egypt. Taha has been practicing martial arts since the age of 6, and has studied various techniques in Egypt, Guinea, China, France, Thailand, Philippines and USA. He had studied Chinese language and Civilization in Aix-Marseille University (France). In 2008, he found out about a Traditional Chinese Energetics school and decided to study in it for 4 years. Through traditional Chinese energetics, he became interested in and eventually studied Hypnotherapy for 2 years. In 2012 he came back to Egypt and is now teaching in his school, Meshkah, while continuing to update his knowledge and skills from his master Shahinaz Ahmed false No 3384 1 1 full Episode Two: The Science and Practice of Breathwork https://Withintalks.podbean.com/e/episode-two-the-science-and-practice-of-breathwork/ https://Withintalks.podbean.com/e/episode-two-the-science-and-practice-of-breathwork/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:34:50 -0300 shahinazahmed.podbean.com/81f0c08e-eec2-338a-9eaa-cb6ec67d8edc Breath is often overlooked because it is constant. Yet within it lies one of the most immediate ways to influence the nervous system, emotional state, and internal regulation of the body. In this episode, Mohamed El Dakak explores breathwork through both a scientific and experiential lens—bridging physiology with practice. We discuss how conscious breathing impacts stress, presence, and emotional clarity, and why learning to work with the breath is less about technique and more about awareness.

]]> Breath is often overlooked because it is constant. Yet within it lies one of the most immediate ways to influence the nervous system, emotional state, and internal regulation of the body.

In this episode, Mohamed El Dakak explores breathwork through both a scientific and experiential lens—bridging physiology with practice.

We discuss how conscious breathing impacts stress, presence, and emotional clarity, and why learning to work with the breath is less about technique and more about awareness.

]]> Mohamed Dakkak is a science-based water therapy coach, breath master, ice bath practitioner, and advanced yoga teacher. His approach focuses on providing effective coaching to achieve physical, mental, emotional, and overall holistic betterment. He holds three international breathwork certifications, including the Breath Master Certification, and over 600+ hours of yoga training completed across online programs, Germany, and Egypt. He has also studied advanced anatomy and physiology for teachers through Yoga Medicine and the Yoga Therapy Institute in Spain, accredited by the International Yoga Therapists Association (IYTA) in the USA. He has worked with more than 1,400 clients, including individuals and major corporate organizations such as Unilever, Amazon, British Petroleum (BP), Adidas, L’Oréal, Al-Futtaim, Raya, and many others. shahinazahmed false No 3632 1 2 full