Yoga Medicine
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Yoga Medicine
This show was created to educate and empower yoga students and teachers to use yoga therapeutically to optimize experiences, communities and resilience. Our methods are based on a deep understanding of anatomy, physiology and the integration of modern science and research with traditional practices...
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146 Hustle Culture Meets Wellness Sphere
Today hosts Katja and Tiffany introduce some recent research on an always-interesting topic: the place where hustle culture meets the wellness sphere....
145 Back to the Mat with Tiffany Cruikshank: Shorts
It can be a challenge to maintain a regular yoga practice in the busyness and distraction of daily life. In this short excerpt from Episode 5, Sustain...
144 The Power of Language: Teachers' Series
How we phrase things is so important, especially in a personal, experiential practice like yoga. Today, hosts Rachel and Tiffany talk about the power...
143 Hip Health & Durability with Tiffany Cruikshank: Shorts
Welcome to our new series of “Shorts”—gems from previous podcast conversations that deserve a second look (or listen).
This excerpt is drawn fro...
142 Female Hormones, Immune System, and Exercise: Research Roundup
Today, hosts Tiffany and Katja discuss current research on female hormones, the immune system, and exercise. Both the female hormones as well as the i...
141 Pitfalls of Private Yoga (and How to Avoid Them): Community Conversations with Elena Cheung
Teaching private yoga can be enormously fulfilling, but it also has the potential to create a whole new set of challenges for teachers.
In this...
140 Game-Changing Hands-On Assists: Teachers' Series
Today hosts Tiffany and Rachel dive into the muddy waters of hands-on assists. We discuss their complicated history, the different types of hands-on a...
139 Experiencing Menopause - Research Roundup
There are still plenty of questions about the experience of the transitional phases of our lives. Today, hosts Tiffany and Katja discuss recent resear...
138 Yoga During Pregnancy: Community Conversations with Allie Geer
Today’s episode dives into the vital topic of yoga during pregnancy and beyond. Host Rachel connects with Allie Geer, a Yoga Medicine Therapeutic Spec...
137 Funk'tional Nutrition: Expert Insights with Erin Holt
An estimated 50 million Americans live with an autoimmune disorder, and women are twice as likely to be affected as men. Yet diagnosis and treatment c...
136 Yoga Nidra: Community Conversations with Caroline Wybar
Most of us have heard of, and even practiced, Yoga Nidra. But it holds a certain mystique that means we might not know as much about it as we think.
135 Yoga as Personalized Medicine?!: Research Roundup
As both yoga teachers and practitioners, it is important to understand how to take general instruction and use it to cater to your personal needs. In...
134 ADHD & Yoga: Community Conversations with Emily Mariola
What is it about yoga that makes such a significant difference in well-being for people with ADHD? Today, host Rachel invites guest Emily Mariola to h...
133 Yoga & Rheumatoid Arthritis: Expert Insights with Dr Nikki Tugnet FRACP
Today host Rachel dives deep into Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) with returning guest Dr. Nikki Tugnet FRACP. We discuss common symptoms, what distinguishe...
132 Interoception Research & Yoga: Expert Insights with Valerie Knopik PhD
Today host Rachel and returning guest and Yoga Medicine Teacher Valerie Knopik PhD explore a recent research paper on the topic of interoception (Voss...
131 Female Health Gems
Female health is something we are passionate about at Yoga Medicine — exactly why we have dedicated several episodes to the topic. Today we are distil...
130 When Should You NOT Teach? Teacher's Series
Conversations on how to secure opportunities to teach yoga are much more common than those on when we should NOT teach, so today hosts Tiffany and Rac...
129 New Teacher Panel: Community Conversations
Usually, this podcast features seasoned yoga instructors, so today we are doing something different: exploring the perspectives of those early in the...
128 Personal Practice Tips
Many of us kick off the new year ready to commit (or recommit) to a dedicated personal yoga practice. But as the days and weeks pass, this commitment...
127 Your 200hr TT Questions Answered: Community Conversations with Dana Diament
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126 Best of 2024
In this special best-of episode for 2024, we feature clips from some of our favorite episodes, highlight common threads that weave different guests an...
125 Teaching Yoga in Changing Times
Change is constant and inevitable, but the sheer speed of recent changes in the yoga world leaves many of us confused about what it actually looks lik...
124 Yoga Studio Owner Panel: Community Conversations
Despite several years of upheaval and uncertainty, grassroots yoga studios are still the beating heart of many communities world-wide, so today Rachel...
123 Sequencing Pitfalls (and How to Avoid Them)
Today’s topic is one of our favorites. Hosts Tiffany and Rachel dive deep into sequencing to unpack common pitfalls for yoga teachers and how they can...
122 Estrogen Effects on Muscle: Research Roundup
Today hosts Tiffany and Katja discuss recent research on estrogen’s effects on muscle. This is a hot topic at the moment, so in this episode, we share...
121 Yoga Sutras for Modern Life: Community Conversations with Diane Malaspina PhD
We all know that yoga is much more than a physical practice; it is underpinned by a framework of philosophy that is centuries old. But as a yoga teach...
120 Neck Pain Hidden Contributors
Today hosts Tiffany and Rachel talk about the all-too-common complaint of neck pain and its hidden contributors.
We discuss local sources of nec...
119 Body Image in Yoga: Community Conversations with Alison Heilig
We all deserve to feel good in our bodies, but when we have negative perceptions of how our body looks, feels, or functions that experience can seem i...
118 Pranayama Myths & Misconceptions: Research Roundup
Today hosts Tiffany and Katja dive into the common misconceptions around breath work and Pranayama. Is breathwork really the new Pranayama? Is deep br...
117 Doing the Hard Work: Community Conversations with Sarah Symons
Ahimsa or non-harming is a central value of yoga philosophy, but looking at the world around us it’s all too easy to find examples of systemic sufferi...
116 Yoga for Menopause & Beyond: Community Conversations with Niamh Daly
Perhaps you’ve heard that menopause is having a moment. But while menopause is more present in the media, there’s still a lack of balanced, nuanced, a...
115 Who is Yin Yoga NOT For?
Any potent practice carries the potential for adverse effects, and yoga - while comparatively gentle - is no exception.
Yin yoga seems to gener...
114 Yoga & Religion: Expert Insights with Firdose Moonda MA
“Is Yoga a religion?” is an often-asked question, and the deeper we delve into the historical and philosophical underpinnings of the practice, the les...
113 Tissue Stiffness - Friend or Foe?
Today hosts Tiffany and Katja discuss a topic near and dear to Katja: tissue stiffness. Claims about terms like stiffness and tension in the body can...
112 Autoimmune Conditions & Yoga: Expert Insights with Dr. Nikki Tugnet
As yoga teachers, most of us will either have an autoimmune condition, or teach students who do. Yoga is uniquely suited to work alongside conventiona...
111 Answering Student Questions: Teacher's Series
Today hosts Tiffany and Rachel dive into the topic of student questions and share their thoughts on how to answer them. Student questions can be intim...
110 Fascia Science Meets Acupuncture
Today hosts Tiffany and Katja are looking at where the fascia and acupuncture worlds collide.
There is a lot of info out there on possible mecha...
109 Teaching Yoga One-on-One: Community Conversations with Dana Diament
If you haven’t had or taught a one-on-one yoga session, it might feel like a secret club that you’re locked out of. Today host Rachel demystifies the...
108 Integrating New Tools in your Teaching: Teacher's Series
Coming home from another yoga teacher training, full of new information and techniques to utilize, can be exciting…and also overwhelming.
In tod...
107 Beat Burnout
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 experienc...