Balancing the Science & the Mystery in Yoga
Teaching anatomy for yoga practitioners is about much more than relaying the nuts and bolts (muscles and bones). In order to understand anatomy in the context of the vastness of […]
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Skipping Headstand to Go Straight to Handstand?
Handstand before Headstand…is that ok? YogaAnatomyAcademy has been spotted in the March 2018 edition of Women’s Health Magazine! This was a fun, first experience: picking up a magazine in the […]
More from “Why I Quit – Confessions of an Authentically Fake Yoga Teacher”
Yoga Teacher Burnout is real, and although today’s post may seem a little off-topic, it isn’t. After all, I run a mentorship program for Yoga Teachers. Questions often come up […]
Announcing New Online Course with Yoga Journal: Fascia Release for Yoga
Fascia Release for Yoga and Yogis I’ve been loving self-myofascial release (SMFR) for many years now. My “Way of the Happy Fascia” workshops regularly sell out, I assign SMFR […]
Three Anatomy Wisdom Nuggets (Podcast! + FREEBIE)
Three golden nuggets of anatomy wisdom on M.B.Om – Mastering the Business of Yoga Podcast Yoga Anatomy Academy had the great privilege of being featured on yet another podcast (the […]
Knowing Anatomy Totally Changes Your Yoga Teaching (Podcast Alert! + Freebies)
Talking Yoga Anatomy on Podcasts is Kind of Our Jam. Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States, a busy travel holiday, with loads of folks driving long distances to […]
A Wake-Up Call for Your Posterior Chain
A few weeks ago I taught the first iteration of my new workshop, Posterior Chain Awakening. “Posterior Chain” is a favorite term in the personal training world and in physical […]
Do We Serve the Poses or Do the Poses Serve Us? (Science Yoga Sundays episode)
Julie Tran of Science Yoga Sundays graciously invited me to speak on her program. I chose a topic that has been on my mind a LOT lately — Are we […]
Anatomy-Informed Yoga (Podcast Alert!)
I had the pleasure of talking with Shannon Crow of The Connected Yoga Teacher, and we had a great conversation about Anatomy-Informed Yoga. Anatomy-informed yoga (a term I made up) […]
Yoga Anatomy to the People: a Manifesto
In case you haven’t noticed, yoga is undergoing a revolution. This revolution is a natural ricochet from dominant paradigms of physical asana practice that have included: 1) overly prescriptive alignment […]