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Coming home from another yoga teacher training, full of new information and techniques to utilize, can be exciting…and also overwhelming.
In today’s episode, hosts Tiffany and Rachel talk about how to integrate all the tools you learn in training in a way that is meaningful for your students. In this episode, we stress the importance of a slow and steady approach guided by clarity of purpose for each class.
Listen in to learn how to incorporate new material and when to use which teaching tools in both group classes and when working with students one-on-one.
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Show Notes:
The challenge of integrating new information into classes in a meaningful way [1:33] Focus on one area of content at a time, in practice and teaching [4:31] The importance of setting and meeting student expectations [9:30] “Drip-feed” new content or techniques into your teaching [12:10] Creating classes for the students who come back [16:41] Using a class series to introduce new content gradually [18:36] Combining techniques in group classes versus one-to-one [22:05] A real-world example [28:58] Summing up: simplicity, clarity, repetition, patience, and individuality [31:26]---
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Burnout is becoming a more common experience than ever, in the yoga world and beyond, so today hosts Tiffany and Rachel dive into the varied experiences of and solutions to this problem.
We discuss three common precursors to burnout and how challenging it can be to generate the energy required to recognize and resolve it. We also share the role yoga practice can play in helping us build long-term physical and mental resilience as an antidote to burnout.
Listen to this episode to learn what burnout is, what causes contribute, and the intangible game-changers you could be overlooking when trying to overcome burnout.
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Show Notes: The three key symptoms of burnout [3:50] Perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and a potential up-side of burnout [5:10] Difficulty generating the energy to find a way out [7:30] Is restorative yoga the solution to burnout? [9:17] Burnout as a long-term imbalance between inputs and outputs [13:08] Individuality in burnout, emotional labour, and the role yoga can play [17:11] Training long-term resilience to burnout [23:59] A three-part approach: nervous system, connective tissue & mental resilience [27:00] Where to start [32.28] The Yoga Medicine Resilience Retreat and other resources [35:38]---
Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Yoga Medicine® Resilience Retreat with Tiffany Cruikshank – Boulder, CO Yoga Medicine® Resilience Retreat with Tiffany Cruikshank – Norfolk, VA Yoga Medicine® Podcast Episode 05: Sustainability & Yoga YMO Resources: Tiffany’s Burnout Resilience Playlist Valerie Knopik’s Burnout SeriesYou can learn more about this episode, and see the full show notes at YogaMedicine.com/podcast-107.
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Today host Katja talks with Dr. Stephanie Otto about exercise oncology, exercise, and fascia. We discuss the biological foundations of cancer and the research link between fascia and cancer. We also talk about therapeutic interventions related to cancer exercise and fascia and explain what distinguishes healthy tissue from cancerous tissue.
Listen in to learn how important effective exercise can be for our oncology and how exercise oncology interventions relate to fascial tissues.
Show Notes: What makes cancer develop [3:47] Can we affect cells that become cancerous [6:45] Exercises to target biometrics of tissues [8:18] Optional treatment paths for exercise for oncology [11:37] Breathing and nervous system approaches [19:26] What is next for the field of exercise oncology research [25:32] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Connect with Dr. Stephanie Otto:LinkedIn | Twitter | ResearchGate
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It’s common knowledge that the vast majority of us will experience low back pain at some point in our lives. Today we hone in on an aspect of low back pain that is less commonly considered and discussed: pain in or around the sacroiliac joints.
Rachel Land hosts yoga studio owner, YACEP, Yoga Medicine Therapeutic Specialist, and 1000-hour teacher Kelsea Wright, whose capstone research project was a comparison of two interventions for long-term SI joint pain.
In this episode, we share key practices for strength, stability, and body awareness as well as tips for postural and positional awareness off the yoga mat. We also unpack the importance of detailed student intake interviews and their usefulness in pain education and student empowerment.
Listen in to hear key takeaways from Kelsea’s 1000-hour project on SI joint pain.
Show Notes: Kelsey’s own experience: persistent SI joint pain & fear of flare-ups [3:03] Outlining Kelsey’s 1000-hour research project [6:38] Pain education as a key component of care [9:46] The impact of detailed intake interviews [16:39] Strength and stability practices for SI joint pain [20:31] Key myofascial release practices and approaches [30:37] MFR as a novel tool to improve mind-body connection [40:00] Key learnings from the results of Kelsey’s intervention [45:45] The under-estimated importance of keeping good notes [56:01] Cultivating a “glass half full” attitude [58:12] Final takeaways and the benefit of immediate relief [1:00:06] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Previous Yoga Medicine® Podcast Episodes: 15: Shifting Persistent Pain 26: Support the Low Back 70: Yoga & MFR: Fundamentals to Get the Most Out of Your Practice Connect with Kelsea Wright:Instagram | Limitless Yoga Studio
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Today hosts Tiffany and Rachel discuss a question many yoga teachers grapple with: should we aim to make our classes safe or fun? Is it possible to do both?
In this episode, we talk about the challenges teachers face when balancing these two aims in all-levels classes. We offer tips on how to keep safety in mind as you plan and teach yoga classes, and dissect what fun could actually mean for your students.
Listen in as we talk about the pressure to teach appropriate and engaging classes to all-levels and share tips for encouraging your yoga students to become their own teachers.
Show Notes: Is this the biggest question yoga teachers face? [1:03] Challenges teaching to the stated class level and description [2:26] Options are key [10:02] Empower students to be their own best teacher [12:22] Safe in the short-term isn’t always safe in the long-term [15:28] Curiosity over assumption; the importance of language [19:02] What actually makes a yoga class fun? [25:28] Countering the pressure for novelty and creativity [30:53] Big takeaways [36:20] Invest in in the students who come back, and your own ongoing inspiration [39:27] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Yoga Medicine Online Yoga Medicine Podcast Episode 74: Yoga for All: Community Conversations with Elena Cheung Sequencing with Purpose Yoga Teacher TrainingYou can learn more about this episode, and see the full show notes at YogaMedicine.com/podcast-104.
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The mention of yoga teacher training conjures up a bundle of images and ideas, many of which are inaccurate or at least incomplete. So today host Rachel talks with returning guest Dana Diament, lead teacher of the Yoga Medicine 200hr Teacher Training, about common misconceptions and misunderstandings about yoga training.
In this episode, we discuss what personal qualities are (and aren’t) important for aspiring yoga teachers and unpack the realities of the training experience and how you might feel afterward.
If you have been wondering if you should embark on yoga teacher training, this episode is for you.
Show Notes: Myth #1: All yoga teachers must be… (pick your adjective) [2:21] Who should do a yoga teacher training? [2:22] Being yourself when teaching yoga [5:31] Charisma and comfort speaking to a group [12:07] Myth #2: Yoga must be all you do and care about [17:51] Myth #3: There’s only one pathway to teaching yoga [20:13] Myth #4: Yoga training is all about personal transformation [25:46] Myth #5: All yoga teacher trainings are the same [31:30] Myth #6: Yoga teacher training is fun and easy [35:48] Myth #7: You won’t be nervous to teach after teacher training [41:19] Myth #8: You’ll know everything about yoga [44:16] Myth #9: You’ll feel confident and complete as a teacher [48:02] Key takeaways [52:34] Yoga Medicine 200hr Teacher Training options for 2024 [55:27] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Yoga Medicine® 200hr Yoga Teacher Training Connect with Dana Diament:Facebook | Instagram | Yoga Medicine Online | Raia Collective
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Today's hosts Tiffany and Katja return for a deeper discussion of fascia and pain. Recently, fascia is being more generally acknowledged as a pain generator, especially of one specific type of pain: myofascial pain. In this episode, Tiffany and Katja discuss the mobility of fascia, look at fascia as a sensory organ, and explain the influence of fascia on pain mechanisms.
Listen to this episode to learn how to interact with and influence the fascia and what this information can teach us about implications for pain and mobility disorders.
Show Notes: Understanding the complexities of pain [3:21] Myofascial and skeletal pain [4:47] Utility of trigger points [11:26] Mobility of fascia [15:19] Implications for yoga practice [21:37] Mobility of fascia a myofascial pain [28:20] Myofascial pain and mobility [31:31] Tools for treating mobility disorders [38:20] Fascia as a sensory organ [42:18] Proprioception and hypermobility [48:10] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Fascia Pain Continued Overview Myofascial Release Training Yoga Medicine® Online Yoga Medicine® Podcast Episode 19: Fascia & Pain Connect with Katja Bartsch:Facebook | Instagram | Kalamana Yoga | Yoga Medicine® Online Guest Teacher
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In the yoga world, as elsewhere, opinions seem more polarized than ever. Today we’re making space to explore one popular all-or-nothing topic in the wellness sphere: whether our practice is intended to create comfort or offer challenge.
Host Rachel explores the delicate balance yoga teachers seek between challenge and comfort and the compassion required to do so with returning guest Aisha Fakhro LAPHP, LNRPC, a licensed psychotherapist and yoga teacher who specializes in working with anxiety, trauma, grief, relationships, stress management and personal growth.
Listen in as we compare, and perhaps reconcile, the case for the comfort of safe and welcoming practice spaces with the growth we might experience from venturing outside our comfort zones.
Show Notes: Do we even need to know what students need? [3:58] The case for comfort: who we become in welcoming & inclusive spaces [5:53] The case for courage: challenging our comfort zones [12:15] The need for safety with the challenge [16:19] Empowering students to choose what they need: it starts with us [20:33] Compassion as the thread drawing extremes toward each other [25:46] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Yoga Medicine Online Guest Teacher Connect with Aisha Fakhro:Instagram | Soft Strength Podcast | Aisha Fakhro
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Many yoga students and teachers feel part of a culture and tradition we don't fully understand, leading to the necessity for open, honest, and potentially uncomfortable conversations about the wider context our practice exists within - including its long and complicated history and its intersections with culture, commerce, and politics.
Today host Rachel is joined by Firdose Moonda - a journalist, academic, yoga teacher, and researcher - to explore some of these intersecting issues, and offer an introduction to important definitions and common misunderstandings about the practice.
Listen in to learn about the historical and cultural context of yoga and its contributions to our unique and individual in-body experiences.
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Firdose’s early experience with yoga; the drive to deeper study [3:22] The inspiration for Firdose’s new Yoga Medicine course [6:40] Definition and geographical origins of yoga [9:38] Politics and privilege in yoga [12:21] Is yoga actually intended to make us feel good? [17:10] Is yoga really for everyone? [21:59] Chakras, and other concepts we misconstrue as part of yoga tradition [24:52] Acknowledging varied individual embodied experiences of yoga [29:11] Yoga’s origin and religious association; implications for appropriation [36:47] Valuing ongoing education for its own sake [41:19] Yoga’s relationship to colonization [47:15] Details on Firdose's new Yoga Medicine course [49:24] The most powerful three words yoga teachers can say [52:29] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Yoga & Politics Online Course Episode 21: South Asian Teacher Panel Connect with Firdose Moonda: Instagram | Souldier YogaYou can learn more about this episode, and see the full show notes at YogaMedicine.com/podcast-100.
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Today hosts Katja and Tiffany dive into the importance of dynamic mobility training and its broader applications. Stretching is always a loaded topic. There are lots of different opinions and broad research available, with new research being released regularly. In this episode, we talk about the newer research on dynamic stretching and how it relates to athletic performance and injury prevention.
Listen in to learn the purpose of stretching, how to incorporate dynamic stretching before exercising, and the different psychological aspects of different stretching modalities.
Show Notes: Static stretching before sports [2:31] Purpose and type of stretching [5:15] What is dynamic stretching [9:00] Dynamic stretching and athletic performance [15:08] Injury incidence and dynamic stretching [16:09] How much range of motion (ROM) do we really need? [22:55] Mechanisms of ROM increase [27:15] Mechanisms – balance and proprioception [33:39] Psychological aspects [39:34] How to use different stretching applications [44:04] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Yoga for Athletes Teacher Training Online Dynamic Stretching Overview Connect with Katja Bartsch:Facebook | Instagram | Kalamana Yoga | Yoga Medicine® Online Guest Teacher
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There is no shortage of strong opinions on what areas of study are appropriate for yoga teachers and students. The study of anatomy is one that, at times, inspires controversy - so today hosts Tiffany and Rachel dive into the pros and cons of using anatomy in yoga.
We discuss the challenges of using anatomical language and the risk that a simplified model might be confused with reality. We also debate whether emphasizing the physical could detract from more subtle aspects of yoga practice, as well as how it might provide a shared experience to more deeply connect us to life, each other, and ourselves.
Listen in to explore some of the drawbacks and advantages of studying and teaching anatomy in the yoga world.
Show Notes: Does anatomy study limit the concept of yoga to the purely physical? [2:31] Anatomy is a simplified model of a complex and individual reality [7:55] Anatomical language is not familiar to most students [13:26] Recapping the main drawbacks of studying & teaching anatomy [19:56] We all experience life through our physical body; why not learn about it? [21:07] Anatomy study is one lens through which we can know ourselves better [25:52] Anatomical language can be learned and is shared with medical/ movement professionals [28:36] Anatomy study supports intelligent and effective teaching [32:03] Anatomy study can inspire curiosity, reverence, gratitude, and wonder [39:42] Final thoughts, a reminder of the big picture, and Yoga Medicine resources [43:18] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Core Curriculum Bundle Shoulder: Anatomy, Dysfunction, & Application Yoga Teacher Training Hip: Anatomy, Dysfunction, & Application Yoga Teacher Training Spine: Anatomy, Dysfunction, & Application Yoga Teacher Training Sequencing with Purpose Yoga Teacher TrainingYou can learn more about this episode, and see the full show notes at YogaMedicine.com/podcast-98.
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Today hosts Tiffany and Katja talk about a topic that always draws a lot of interest: the female menstrual cycle. The pair discuss new research around athletic performance throughout the cycle, offering new angles that go beyond the fluctuations of female sex hormones. They focus on new findings that consider the importance of psychological aspects in this context.
Listen in to learn some new perspectives on athletic performance and the female cycle and ways to use yoga to support your menstrual cycle.
Show Notes: Assumptions of menstrual cycle-based training [3:51] New research on performance during menstrual cycle (MC) [6:52] Who participated in the study [10:44] What was tested for in the experiment [14:18] Results of the latest research [16:19] Further considerations on inclusion criteria [18:57] The complexity of studying the female cycle [21:24] Performance vs. training [23:38] How yoga can help to work with the MC [25:42] Importance of the nervous system in training [27:12] Limitations of current research [30:43] Individual experience “versus” research [33:03] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Athletic Performance Menstrual Cycle Overview Yoga for Athletes Teacher Training Female Health Yoga Teacher Training Connect with Katja Bartsch:Facebook | Instagram | Kalamana Yoga | Yoga Medicine® Online Guest Teacher
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Most of us have experienced the all-too-familiar gap between wanting to change something in our lives and actually doing it. In today’s episode, returning guest Alison Heilig breaks down the most common barriers to behaviour change with host Rachel.
Alison shares how behaviour change is not about self-control or lack of, and is instead a set of learnable skills. We discuss the importance of setting realistic expectations and explain why habit initiation is more important than habit completion.
Listen in to learn how to turn a fixed mindset into a growth mindset, and how to create systems to support your goals for lasting change.
Show Notes: Motivating people with a different approach to change or challenge [2:57] Barrier #1 to follow-through: is it really lack of self-control? [7:19] Recognizing a fixed mindset [11:20] Discerning between fixed mindset and acceptance [14:55] Growth mindset eases perceived time pressure [18:00] Where can yoga teachers intervene with a fixed mindset [20:28] Emphasizing effort over outcome to empower students [25:21] Barrier #2 to follow through: Behaviour change skills [28:32] How your “future self” helps you learn to tolerate discomfort [31:49] Just get started: how habit initiation is more important than completion [38:06] Managing overwhelm with intentional prioritization [41:49] Barrier #3 to follow through: No system [46:44] Barrier #4 to follow through: Unsupportive environment [52:35] Barrier #4 to follow through: Unrealistic expectations [1:02:30] Final takeaways [1:10:04] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Yoga Medicine Podcast Episode 32: Harness Your Potential, Yoga for Athletes Yoga for Athletes Teacher Training Connect with Alison Heilig:Facebook | Instagram | Alison Heilig | Yoga Medicine Online Guest Teacher
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Feel pressured to make your classes new and exciting? More complex? More demanding? Today hosts Tiffany and Rachel offer tips for yoga teachers who are ready to work smarter, not harder, when crafting class sequences.
In this episode, we talk about the importance of starting with a clear focal point and a base class template, and the benefits of reusing past sequences. We also discuss the two parts of the creative process and what to do when you are sapped of inspiration.
Listen in to learn how to save time and energy with a simple and systematic sequencing process that brings your ideas to life.
Show Notes: Pressure to craft the “perfect” sequence for every class [1:10] Tip 1: Start with a clear focal point or intention [4:30] Thoughts on Peak Pose sequencing [15:40] Tip 2: Plan your classes, but hold your plan loosely [17:43] Thoughts on building a curriculum over time [21:10] Tip 3: Use a base class template [24:23] Leaving space in your sequence [27:05] Tip 4: Use a systematic sequencing process [32:17] Tip 5: Keep and reuse your sequences [38:23] Fear our focal point won’t be relevant to every student [42:36] How we record sequences and ideas [48:44] Working with the two phases of the creative process [53:40] Sources of inspiration when you’re out of ideas [55:32] Learning to sequence versus using a set sequence [1:01:41] Key takeaways, being of service [1:05:44] Upcoming Yoga Medicine Sequencing Teacher Training [1:08:55] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Sequencing with Purpose Yoga Teacher Training Yoga Medicine Podcast Episodes: 05: Yoga & Sustainability 74: Yoga for All 92: Right Brain Skills for Yoga TeachersYou can learn more about this episode, and see the full show notes at YogaMedicine.com/podcast-95.
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In communication, stories and symbols have the capacity to reach us in ways that facts and figures do not. So today host Rachel dips her toes into Hindu mythology with returning guest Steph Wall.
In this episode, we talk about the importance of mythology and its links to many of the poses we know and practice. Steph also offers advice on how to introduce symbolic stories into classes where students have varied beliefs and experiences.
Listen in to learn what mythology can teach us and how to incorporate it into your yoga classes.
Show Notes: Steph’s first introduction to mythology [4:01] Steph shares one of her favorite Hindu myths [7:05] Stories offer us insight into ourselves [14:58] The challenge of sharing stories about gods and goddesses [18:45] How to start sharing mythology in your teaching [22:02] Tips for sharing Hindu mythology with students of varied faiths [26:41] Mythology and mystery versus an evidence-based approach [31:02] Final takeaways and Steph’s upcoming classes on Yoga Medicine Online [36:08] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Yoga Medicine Podcast Episode 59: Explore the Dark Side Connect with Steph Wall:Instagram | The Kali Collective | Facebook | Yoga Medicine Online Guest Teacher
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Today hosts Tiffany and Katja talk tips for keeping calm under pressure. This episode is all about choking up or freezing under pressure, which can apply to so many different situations whether you’re a yoga teacher, a presenter, or an athlete. We talk about the mechanisms behind choking under high-pressure situations and offer tools that you can use to prepare yourself for situations where you might encounter hyperarousal, distraction and excessive self-focus, which can get in the way of your performance.
Listen in to learn what is happening in your body when you face pressure and what you can do to mitigate the negative effects of performance jitters.
Show Notes: Mechanisms behind choking under pressure [5:59] Tools to counter hyperarousal [11:21] “Pressure as privilege” mindset [18:50] Tools to prepare for distractions [21:47] Pre-performance routines for athletes [27:48] Reframing internal worries [31:41] Interventions for paralysis by analysis [33:55] Minimizing explicit knowledge of specific movements [37:47] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Calm Under Pressure Overview Connect with Katja Bartsch:Facebook | Instagram | Kalamana Yoga | Yoga Medicine® Online Guest Teacher
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Yoga teachers love a good training. When in doubt, many of us tend to look for more technical skills – more evidence, more information, more protocols and strategies. But what if the true magic of the teacher-student relationship lies elsewhere: not in perfection, but in presence.
Today’s episode hones in on right brain or relational teaching skills, which are less about WHAT we teach and more about HOW we teach it. Our guest, Sandy Raper, is a long-time yoga teacher, teacher trainer, author and mentor. In this episode, she shares her right-brain teaching tips for both new and experienced yoga teachers with host Rachel.
Listen to this episode to learn the difference between left brain and right brain skills, why you should let go of your plan to leave space for next time, how to build trust with your students, and the vital importance of remembering your “why.”
Show Notes: Our tendency to lean into left brain teaching skills [3:05] Left versus right brain skills [4:51] Tips for new teachers: leave room for “next time” [8:35] Build trust with students: presence and progress, not perfection [14:37] One-on-one versus group teaching skills [23:13] What keeps students coming back? [33:28] Supporting longevity as a teacher [37:22] How to develop right brain skills [45:40] Final reflections [53:46] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Connect with Sandy Raper:Sandy Raper | Beyond Yoga Teacher Training Podcast | Facebook | Instagram
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Today we are busting balance myths with two people who are passionate about balance and standing stability. Host Rachel talks to Sava Papos, is a long-time yoga teacher and Yoga Medicine Therapeutic Specialist, now immersed in a degree in Exercise and Sport Physiology.
In this episode, we discuss balance as a trainable skill and a key aspect of physical performance, providing advice to teachers and students aiming to make balance practice as applicable to the real world as possible.
Listen in as we talk about finding the right type and level of challenge for everyone, and the importance of being willing to experience instability in order to train better stability.
Show Notes: Why we are passionate about balance training [2:47] Myth #1: Balance training is only for the elderly [3:47] Myth #2: You either have it or you don’t [10:56] How we currently teach balance skills in yoga [14:51] Holding an external focus when balancing helps [16:09] Myth #3: Doing yoga balance poses is enough [17:42] Myth #4: “Good” balance means never wobbling or falling [21:47] Myth #5: Balance is all about the core; ankle, hip & step strategies [27:53] Playing with key contributors to balance: visual, vestibular & proprioceptive system [35:26] Footwear and heel height impacts on stability [44:37] The big question: is yoga sufficient balance training? [49:41] Our base of support; foot and arm position, prop use [56:41] Summing up, more resources [1:01:16] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Yoga Medicine Podcast Episode 33: Age Well with Yoga YMO Monthly Dose Bullet-Proof Balance Research links from Sava Papos: DiStefano et al., “Evidence Supporting Balance Training in Healthy Individuals: A Systemic Review”, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, December 2009. https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2009&issue=12000&article=00041&type=Fulltext&casa_token=4wnZzwAf4TsAAAAA:YuRzitf4-5Kg_acQW1AA-041KcQyoT9-sYVXhGQOXrOtf3YVXKXrTRZuQ6GZZ91EhfkGI-ajY1vdhflMoi1axoLPmQ Chiviacowsky et al., “An external focus of attention enhances balance learning in older adults”, Gait & Posture, October 2010. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0966636210002286?casa_token=8vX0hAHEKpoAAAAA:FBBc_QJrbbaShKg9eK2Lo76rRHq_9CVNB6MNSmcDXeC1WfP4EJ6WXiebev24S0VLI2iSNggeokQ Heijnen et al., “Falls in young adults: Perceived causes and environmental factors assessed with a daily online survey”, Human Movement Science, April 2016. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167945715300762?casa_token=K3TTb7d_8fkAAAAA:gFTdJXnxbkRbZguB5LeJZfk_KKULgexd0xVwTk2kE_7FijqwyGRZSFFa8sEuaHIsxkRg4PLh4A Ramachandran et al., “Effects of Plyometric Jump Training on Balance Performance in Healthy Participants: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis”, Frontiers in Physiology, October 2021. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8564501/ Yoga Journal Article: 4 Surprising Ways to Use a Yoga Bolster Connect with Sava Papos:LinkedIn | Instagram | Email
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Today’s media landscape - which equates leadership with certainty of opinion, popularity, or charisma - can be challenging for yoga teachers to navigate. So today, hosts Tiffany and Rachel explore what leadership can look like in the yoga world.
We discuss the importance of humility and vulnerability, the challenge of balancing evidence-based with more traditional inputs, and whether there are different expectations of yoga teachers than there are of other roles in our communities.
Listen in as we explore the kind of leadership that lifts everyone up.
Show Notes: Confusing certainty or popularity for true leadership [2:57] Humility as a central quality of good leadership [13:06] The kind of leadership we need can change over time [20:53] Balancing evidence-based with traditional inputs [22:49] Finding your compass as a leader [25:54] Service & Ego: expectations of yoga teachers versus other occupations [33:58] Pressure for yoga teachers to project perfection [39:46] Balancing leadership and vulnerability [51:32] Key takeaways [54:42] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Yoga Medicine Podcast Episode 88: Social Media Marketing Made EasyYou can learn more about this episode, and see the full show notes at YogaMedicine.com/podcast-90.
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Most of us have loaded beliefs related to the core and core strength. While most hold a grain of truth, plenty of these preconceptions are inaccurate, incomplete, or just plain unhelpful when it comes to our individual yoga and movement practices.
Today host Rachel and returning guest Jenni Tarma unpack the most common core myths and misconceptions. In this episode, we explore the anatomy and function of the core, talk about what core stability really looks like, and examine the complex relationship between the core and low back pain.
Listen in to learn how to define a healthy core, explore the wide range of poses and practices you could use to bring awareness to this area, and how you might teach a core-focused practice to groups or individuals.
Show Notes: Exploring basic beliefs about the core [5:01] Myth #1 Core = abs; difficulty defining the core [6:24] Myth #2 Only crunches and planks strengthen your core [13:13] Myth #3 Core stability means bracing [22:54] Defining stability [30:35] Myth #4 A strong core is tight and “ripped” [32:31] Myth #5 A strong core is the solution to low back pain [37:53] Tips for teaching individual and group yoga classes focused on the core [47:45] More on the core: Yoga Medicine resources [57:24] Final takeaways; moving toward unconscious competence [1:00:53] Links Mentioned: Watch this episode on YouTube Spine: Anatomy, Dysfunction & Application | Module – San Diego, CA Movement Intelligence Online Course Werner et al: “From protection to non-protection: A mixed methods study investigating movement, posture, and recovery from disabling low back pain” European Journal of Pain, 2022. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35959703/ Yoga Journal core article series from Rachel: 3 Common Misconceptions About Core Strength 35 Yoga Poses No One Ever Told You Are Core Work 44 Cues to Help You Strengthen Your Core in Any Yoga Pose Yoga Medicine Online Classes focused on the core: Balanced Function for Flexible Folks, Support for the Spine Second Nature Core Support Energizing Core Practice Hips & Core for Full-Body Support Spinal Mobility for Resilience & Strength Creative Core for Full-Body Connection Previous Yoga Medicine Podcast Episodes with Jenni Tarma: Episode 26: Support the Low Back Episode 32: Harness Your Potential, Yoga for Athletes Episode 60: Strength Training Myths Debunked Episode 76: Hypermobility in Yoga Connect with Jenni Tarma:Facebook | Jenni Tarma Instagram | Kaari Prehab Instagram | Kaari Prehab | LinkedIn | Yoga Medicine Online Teacher
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