Summer Series! Twisting, Strengthening, & Folding Your Spine
On the last two episodes, Jason offered some tips for working with your hips and shoulders. On this installment, we're moving to the central axis -- the spine. Jason shows off his superior maths skill...
9 Jul 201734min
Summer Series! Understanding Your Super-Awesome (& Complex) Shoulders
Did you know that your shoulder complex has four joints on each side? This dynamic engineering allows us to do all of the things we do with our arms and hands. But it can leave the shoulder joints vul...
2 Jul 201741min
Summer Series! What's Missing from Your Hip-Focused Practices
We love, love, love to stretch our hips in yoga. Pigeon Pose -- oh yeah. Lizard -- yep. Thread the Needle -- mmmhmmm. But sometimes we focus on how good opening the outer hips feels to the exclusion o...
25 Jun 201736min
Summer Series! Creative Ways to Inspire Your Practice This Summer
Summer can actually make it harder to practice -- schedules change, kids are home, we spend more time doing outdoor sports -- so Jason and I thought we'd offer 10 ideas for staying inspired to do yoga...
18 Jun 201726min
Gina Caputo on Strengthening Your Awareness & Emotional Support Bananas
Gina Caputo has so much to offer to Yogaland: In addition to practicing and teaching yoga for nearly two decades, she's been on the ground floor of opening and managing three different yoga schools --...
12 Jun 20171h 2min
Susan Cain: Embrace Your Quiet Side
Susan Cain is the reason the word "introvert" came back into everyday conversation. Her book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" spent more than four years on The New Yo...
4 Jun 201728min
Jason Crandell: Any Amount of the Pose is Still the Pose
On this episode Jason answers listener Kat's question, "How do I make sure I'm not leaving anyone out as I teach my mixed level classes?" The solutions include acknowledging that the reality for moder...
28 Mai 201730min
A True Story of Overcoming Depression, Panic, & Shame
On this little bonus episode, I offer my own story of the panic attacks and depression that plagued me in my twenties and the subsequent shame I felt about being a yogi and making the choice to take a...
26 Mai 201725min
