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Ep 148: Placebo vs Nocebo: What’s the Difference?
Placebo and nocebo are terms from medicine and pain science, but they describe something happening in every yoga class you teach. Your expectations, …
17 hours ago
Ep 147: Crepitus: What Are The Hip & Knee Popping Sounds?
Have you ever heard popping, clicking, cracking, and grinding sounds in your or your students' knees and hips? If your students are experiencing this…
1 week ago
Ep 146: Transitions: Why They’re Just As Important As The Poses
Are you a yoga teacher who sequences by choosing poses and arranging them in an order that feels varied and interesting? This is how many of us were …
2 weeks ago
Ep 145: Warrior One vs Crescent Lunge: Which Should You Teach?
Warrior One and Crescent Lunge (also called High Lunge) look very similar. The difference comes down almost entirely to what the back foot is doing, …
3 weeks ago
Ep 144: Side Plank Hand Placement: Stacked or Slightly Forward?
Two very well-trained yoga teachers can cue Side Plank differently, one stacking the hand directly under the shoulder and the other placing it slight…
4 weeks ago
Ep 143: Interoception: Teaching Students How to Feel What's Happening Inside
Interoception is the sense of the internal state of the body: your heartbeat, breath, hunger, temperature, muscular effort, tension, and pain. It sit…
1 month ago
Ep 142: Alignment vs Anatomy: 3 Myths That Need Busting
When we were taught to cue a movement or a yoga asana, we were led to believe that every student could perform it with enough effort or practice. But…
1 month, 1 week ago
Ep 141: Movement Skill: Falls, Injuries, and How You Can Help
There is a reason the social media challenge around sitting down and standing up from the floor without using your hands has caught on: the ability t…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ep 140: Incorporating Different Movement Modalities: Is It Still Yoga?
If you're a yoga teacher who wonders whether incorporating strength training, joint control work, myofascial release, or movements borrowed from othe…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ep 139: Should You Keep The Hips Square in Twists?
Teaching students to keep their hips square is one of the most consistently taught cues in yoga twists, but the anatomy behind it is more nuanced tha…
2 months ago