Episode Details

Somatic yoga is becoming a popular term in the modern yoga world. In this episode, we chat with Trina Altman about her new book, Yoga Deconstructed: Movement Science Principles. An in-depth look into modern movement science & yoga. 

We cover somatic yoga training, why injuries occur, progressions & regressions in yoga asana, hypermobility, cueing & more. If you're a new asana teacher or even an experienced one you'll find great value in this episode. 

Somatic Yoga Training Episode highlights:

• Why people get injured while doing yoga
• How to prepare the body to load 
• What to do if you have hypermobile students
• How somatic movement plays into yoga poses
• How regressions and progressions work
• How does proprioception work into yoga and movement
• The relationship between pain and movement
• How somatic queuing differs from alignment-based queuing

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