yoga anatomy

Kristin Leal is a 500 E-RYT yoga teacher and a sadhaka in the ISHTA lineage, as well as a licensed massage therapist, Reiki practitioner, and renowned author. Her popular MetaAnatomy workshops, classes, and online trainings blend serious scientific knowledge with a sense of humor and a deep connection to the divine within us all.  A licensed massage therapist since 1995 (Swedish Institute), Kristin also holds certifications in Reiki, Thai massage, and neuromuscular and myofascial release, and she helped design and teach the ISHTA Yoga Marma Point Therapy training. 

In this episode Kristin and I talk about anatomy + yoga, the power of the breath, modifications, important things for teachers to think about when cueing students and so much more!

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If you’ve been kicking around the yoga world for a number of years, I feel like my guest, Jules Mitchell will already be on your radar. Jules is a Las vegas based yoga teacher and massage therapist who also holds a masters of science in biomechanics. 

She blends the tradition of yoga with her extensive study in biomechanics to help teachers develop their craft and empower them with education. She regularly contributes to yoga teacher training programs and leads workshops worldwide, balancing the somatic aspects of yoga with the most current exercise science. Bringing the most useful and applicable pieces of that science into the yoga community is her passion, even when it invokes a discerning analysis of popular opinions. Her book, Yoga Biomechanics: Stretching Redefined, is now available through Handspring Publishing.

In my 200 HR teacher training programs I cited Jule’s work extensively, and really appreciate the contribution her work has made to the yoga community. 

PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS

• What is biomechanics, really?
• Anatomy vs. biomechanics
• What is stretching?
• Why deadlifting might make your hamstring flexibility more quickly than forward folds
• Why progressing & regressing asana can help make physical adaptations more effective
• We also ponder on if being a  “better” yoga teacher is useful concept, and what it might be like if we stopped encouraging division within the yoga world

FIND JULES MITCHELL

• Website
• Instagram
• Book

FIND CORA

• Cora’s Website

For links & resources mentioned in this episode go to www.corageroux.com/episode63

The intelligent edge yoga podcast was produced by Kathryn Anne Flynn; author of Teach Kind, Clear Yoga: A Guide for Practitioners and Teachers. To learn more about Kathryn, practice online, or find retreats and training opportunities, visit kathrynanneflynn.com

Show Notes:

Leslie Kaminoff is one of the most recognized and respected names in American yoga, but he owes it all to Canada... We talk about his beginnings as a teacher, the Yoga Alliance standards creation and review, as well as some breathwork techniques and when holding the breath makes sense.

We also discuss...

• Leslie's forty years as a teacher, and he got started with teaching in Canada! Learning from Swami Vishnudevananda and his senior students in Val Morin, Quebec, so as a Canadian, I insist on credit for his education. (We also talk about TKV Desikachar, who was his Teacher.)
• We discuss the difference between instructor and teacher, and how Leslie sat at the table during the creation of the Yoga Alliance standards (back when it was Unity in Yoga). We discuss the Standards Review Yoga Alliance is undertaking, and what we both think will come of them.
• Since Leslie knows so much about breath work and breath anatomy, we discuss breath retention and how it’s a natural inclination that can be really helpful.