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We yoga teachers are a bossy bunch: 'put your foot here", 'feet parallel', 'square your hips', we use phrases like 'simple poses' and 'advanced poses'.

Let me show you why this is all because we don't know enough. We don't know enough about deep human difference. By showing you how we are all so very different deep down in our bones, you can instantly see how all the cues you've learned as a teacher are at best on shaky ground.

At worst, they injure your students. This info should change the way you think forever as a yoga practitioner and teacher. It did when I found out! Come join me.

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in this second of a series of mini podcast lectures on the theory of yin yoga (see episode 48 for part 1), I talk about the biochemistry (and qi theory of) why we must exercise our joints.

this is highly relevant in a culture where everyone has bad backs, bad knees and bad hips... even professional sports people.

how do we still not know how to work with our bones? what can we do to fix ourselves?

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in this first of a series of mini podcast lectures on the theory of yin yoga, I present why we practice yin yoga.

yin has become so popular over the last few years i feel we have lost the original idea of the first to curate and make this the practice the center of their yoga life... let's get back to basics

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There are 3 levels of yoga practice.

Overwhelmingly, I talk about the physical aspect of yoga as this is where most people start.
This week, we talk about the psychological level.

Now, this is not an actually getting naked meditation.
It is a getting naked psychologically mediation.
A getting rid of the loads we carry emotionally meditation.

To listen to this episode, please prepare a quiet space and 30mins where you will not be disturbed.
Join me and get ready to let go....

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(Part THREE of THREE).
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Most yogis (and yoga teachers) think we cannot do yoga poses because of tension in our bodies.

You've heard this, your hamstrings are tight, lengthen here... or your shoulders are not open, you need to be more open...

But, what if there was a MUCH more obvious reason why some can't do a yoga pose, but another can? What if this reason is not known by most yoga teachers (even the most famous ones).

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(Part TWO of THREE).

 NOTE: This episode is best in video, check out my youtube channel.

Most yogis (and yoga teachers) think we cannot do yoga poses because of tension in our bodies.

You've heard this, your hamstrings are tight, lengthen here... or your shoulders are not open, you need to be more open...

But, what if there was a MUCH more obvious reason why some can't do a yoga pose, but another can?

What if this reason is not known by most yoga teachers (even the most famous ones).

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Part ONE of THREE.

Most yogis (and yoga teachers) think we cannot do yoga poses because of tension in our bodies. But what if there was a MUCH more obvious reason why some can't do a yoga pose, but another can? What if many of us are wasting our time trying to do poses?

Before you spend time in master classes or perfecting a yoga pose, come join me to learn the fundamental knowledge to know how to distinguish if you can or cannot do yoga poses.

This episode is best on my youtube channel so you get some visuals....

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i treat sciatica and hip pain quite a lot in my acupuncture clinic. often i give patients a stretching routine between treatments. come see what I offer for those with really debilitating, painful sciatica.

this episode is best on my youtube channel so you get some visuals....

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i recently offered a free workshop entitled the 3 promises of yoga, the 3 big things we all should be getting out of our yoga practice. I've bundled this workshop into a podcast episode where I ask what are the 3 big promises of yoga, and why do so few seem to realise them?

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I used to practice yoga with rules of alignment. In fact, this approach is the dominant way to practice postural yoga today; there is a safe and an unsafe way to to do yoga poses, there is a right and a wrong way. There are cues that yoga teachers give students on how to do poses well and there are assists that teachers can give to students to help them.   

But what if the assumptions of alignment yoga are all wrong? I found out they are: come join me.

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acupressure and myofascial release are getting more and more popular in yin yoga and yoga in general. as it becomes more popular, weird and just plain wrong claims are being made on social media about what massaging or placing massage balls on these places will do.   

in this short episode, i talk about claims like these are erroneous, even dangerous because they leads yoga teachers to make spurious claims about the power of acupressure.

massaging these places is actually really great, but not for the reasons claimed.

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i continue to be shocked by how bossy yoga teachers are. 

i continue to be appalled by how inconfident many yoga students are with exploring yoga poses (placing THEIR OWN hands and feet WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE to put them) and disobeying cues by yoga teachers.   

in this episode i list a few very obvious examples of movement outside of yoga that break the alignment cues we hold so dear and that many yoga teachers enforce.

if others break our rules. why can't we?  

teachers need to stop telling people they are doing poses right & wrong.  

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yoga teachers... don't say press ABC point to fix XYZ problem.

i recently saw an acupuncturist post by a yoga teachers that made me squirm, "massage this point and it will help this problem."

As soon as anyone talks about chinese medicine this way, they are WRONG!

here I talk about what chinese medicine is and then talk about some things that yoga teachers really shouldn't say (and things they can say) if they're gonna talk things chinese med.

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live from my attic in milan!

meditation is about being your best friend... no matter what.

this simple idea is empowering. no spirituality, no super powers, not even necessarily liking it all the time... but is nurturing an ability to be there for yourself... no matter what. 

This episode I talk with Paul Grilley on his finding of and understanding of the Taoist Teaching of the Nei Jing Tu - a visual guide to the yogic experience.

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yoga is often seen to be a lot of effort. sometimes, we even boast to others (and ourselves) how much effort we have put in. we wave around certificates and accomplishments. but really, yoga is the opposite. it doesn't have to be hard. it should be really obvious. come join me to consider the lazy way...

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we often define health as physical. but these days mental and emotional health have (finally) seeped into people's minds.

finally.

drugs, surgery and antibiotics are not the first port of call.... and your doctor cannot help.

come join me as I propose a model of health based on a very old (simple) idea.

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coming again from my teacher training bedroom in milan! talking more about meditation, the core of the yoga practice. yoga is not about getting fit. really yoga (and medtiation) about staying...

even when your mind doesn't want to stay with what you are experiencing and going through in life. this is the opposite of what we tend to do.

we tend to either avoid what we are thinking and feeling... or we compartmentalise and ignore. this is bad for your mental health.

medtiation is about staying and watching what goes on inside you... and then you begin to see what thoughts really are.... 

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language!⁠ ⁠ consider these common yoga teacher terms:

"modification" - something one does if a student can't do the full pose

"variation" - a variation on the standard⁠ - normally for more advanced students. ⁠

this language is a problem. ⁠ ⁠

because it makes it seem that there is a 'standard' pose we all should work to... and we could all get there if we work enough.

those who can do the standard teach everyone else (cos they can) and invite those who can to push it even further with 'variations' (for advanced people). ⁠ ⁠

this leaves the vast majority who cannot do the 'standard' and have to 'modify' (and get given all those cues to 'improve').⁠ ⁠ and how does that feel?

exactly.

i want to you to consider that this is not being politically correct, spiritually liberal or inclusive. this language is bad because it is bad anatomy... come join me :-D

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injury is unavoidable in life. we move too little or move too. and very often we have no idea why we injured ourselves. i offer my insight from years of practice and working with those in extremes - too little or too much... my answers may surprise you :-)

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I am delighted to welcome best selling author, Western Medical Doctor & Acupuncture Educator, Dr. Dan Keown to the podcast.

Dan's take on what Qi and Chinese Medicine is have lit up the Chinese Medicine world. With his Western medical background and ability to translate the complex Chinese Medicine into modern ideas we can understand, Dan is an absolute gem. 

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how much & how hard should we practice postural yoga? i am often asked this question and people are often surprised at the answer.

come join me:⁠

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i have a massive library of yoga books. here i cherry pick 2 must haves. you know me (or you don't). which books will i choose?

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coming to you live from milan! is yoga meditation?

i certainly think it could be.

it could be a practice to allow you to take whatever comes at you in life.

if your yoga is not helping or if you have been in yoga a long time and it doesn't seem to be as powerful as it once was... i propose a different way of thinking about your practice....

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this week i'm getting romantic. i don't mean that kind of romantic. i mean the romance of getting out of your head.... the art of getting out of your head is not limited to postural yoga and meditation.

this is a popular (but kinda out of fashion) approach: yoga as poetry. come join me for a meander through some old buddhist monk ramblings; misty mountains, gentle rivers... and tea.

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Former Principal Dancer of the Scottish Ballet and freelance choreographer, Eve Mutso joins me. Now a board member of Indepen-dance, an inclusive dance company for disabled and non-disabled people and Yin yoga teacher, Eve takes on her journey of success, injury and life after professional dance. come join us.

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in yoga, meditation, spiritual practice, self-improvement and all these pursuits, we seem fixated on transformation, improvement and refinement. i propose we don't see our yoga this way. it should be a place free from all that pressure.

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as i think about the last 30 years of movement and meditation in my life, I reflect on how it has changed... many are afraid of letting go of practices or disciplines that have worked in the past. sometimes, change is inevitable.

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i had a great first yoga teacher training. my teacher was guru-like, my classmates were lovely... but very soon after it was clear that some people felt empowered and.... others didn't... that was/still is a shame. the simple reason - a lack of true anatomy knowledge. that we are not all the same. this lack creates haves and have nots. gurus and the rest. the rockstars and the forever students. and... and it is totally avoidable.

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i am joined by popular yin yoga author and teacher, gabrielle harris. we talk about gabrielle's wonderful book, her guide to becoming the yin yoga teacher you can be.

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Exercise! We love it. We do lots of it. It is often very intense. I want to reframe our idea of movement and start thinking about soft exercise and what it is good for.

Come join me.

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This is the last in our mini 3-part series on "why we meditate".

Because very few (even the experienced) seem to have an idea.

This week, we focus on "being with the moment"... and riding it, whatever happens, no big deal.

So many gurus and spiritual teachers seem so relaxed and chill.. how do they get there?

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What is a quality we are nurturing in meditation?

Well, really it is an ability to completely experience ANYTHING which comes into our mind, our consciousness.

How do we do that?

It is not complex... come join me.

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i am joined by author and yogi, tori lunden. in tori's wonderful new book, "how not to teach yoga" she invites to totally reconsider the role of the yoga teacher in our communities. www.torilunden.com @badatyoga

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So many are confused by meditation and are not sure why they are doing it or what is supposed to happen... Let me explain. 

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In this new format of our podcast, now recording live, I lecture on the Daoist idea of Freedom in Eastern Philosophy & from the Dao De Jing - Chapter 21. In the second half of our time, I take a question on how yoga body muscles are different from gym bod and why gym people have to take it slow in yoga (and yoga people should do the same in a gym). To 30 mins - Freedom! Dao De Jing Chapter 21 From 30 mins - Q&A, Why do gym bodies find yoga hard?

In this new format of our podcast, now recording live, I lecture on the Daoist idea of non-intellectualization from the Dao De Jing - Chapter 20. In the second half of our time, I take a question on 3 strategies yoga teachers can take with beginners who find the challenge of yoga in their minds and their bodies. To 30 mins - Against Intellect, Dao De Jing Chapter 20 From 34 mins - Q&A, How do we deal with challenged beginners?

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In this simple format cast, I talk on the Daoist idea of Simplicity from the Dao De Jing. In the second half of our time, I take a question from a listner on whether Range of Motion and health are the same thing.

To 30 mins - Simplicity, Dao De Jing Chapter 19
From 34 mins - Q&A, Range of Motion and Health: Are they the same?

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Andrea Boni is a dedicated meditation practitioner of over forty years and a meditation teacher for over twenty. Based in Rome, Italy, Andrea teaches globally to students of all levels. Here Andrea talks to us about his 45 year meditation practice which has been his anchor in a colorful life and what it has bought him in times of trouble, in times of joy. For the last 15 minutes, Andrea guides us through an "Intimacy Meditation", a meditation with our intimate, physical self... Come join us.

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Benoy Matthew is a registered physiotherapist, currently working in London, United Kingdom. As a clinician since 1998, he treated injuries ranging from minor ankle sprains to complex multi-trauma sports injury, but now specialises in hip and groin injuries for serious sports men & women. In a recent interview with the BBC, Benoy commented that many yoga teachers came to him with injuries which he felt could be avoided. I am excited to welcome Benoy and explore how we can all be smarter, more compassionate with our bodies in our Yoga. We talk about Benoy's 3 pillars of a good physical workout - stretching, cardio, strength (and how we need to have them all), how we are all different and how to identify difference between muscular pain and joint pain. Come join us.

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---- FIND BENOY HERE: Twitter: @function2fitnes Clinic: https://lifeplusclinics.com/ Find below links of the studies Benoy refers to: https://jisakos.bmj.com/content/3/4/229.abstract https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360859217301225 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17457300.2015.1032981

I fly through 8,000 years of Taoist mythology and at least 3,000 years of Taoist philosophy like a drunken monkey this episode. Taoism has given birth to Chinese Medicine, art, music, yoga and meditation and much else. But it is relatively little understood and that is a shame.

We often draw on its wisdom in our Yin Yoga training program and many students find it mysterious, confusing and inspiring in equal measure. Prepare to lose your head, grow your Qi and be water my friend. Come join me.

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Yoga students often their yoga history from yoga schools & gurus with specific viewpoints or spiritual takes on the world. This is great but potentially sub-optimal. Because they learn from a certain point of view,

Yogis often miss out on a neutral, factual take on yoga, the ideas and the (crazy) characters in the 8,000+ years of the yoga story.

Join me to listen to a simple yoga history free from a point of view.

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Suzee Grilley is half one of the Yoga world's most beloved Teacher Training partnerships. Together with with her husband, Paul, their "Yin Yoga" has become one of the world's most popular postural Yoga styles.Yin Yoga is non-muscular and non-sweaty.

Suzee and Paul always say Yin is only half of their physical practice. Today, we talk the other half: Suzee and Paul have created & choreographed several "Yang" Yoga sequences over the years of their long yoga career. Come join us and listen to the story of the context and function of Yang for their Yin.

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Singaporean Restorative Yoga Teacher Trainer, Adeline Tien joins me this week to help us understand this fascinating style of Yoga. As a teacher trainer of a style often confused/mixed/thrown together with Yin, I wanted Adeline to help us all parse these two styles apart and see them on their own terms.

As it turns out, it is all about flicking the switch. Come join us.

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This episode I meet Aussie men's yoga pioneer Greg Cawley who has transformed from high achieving business man to getting stretchy and bendy. Greg is passionate about getting men involved in Yoga, something I also feel strongly about. Why don't men come and what do we have to do in yoga to get their beery bums on mats? Come join us.

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In this episode I talk with California based Kundalini teacher, Ahmed Elaasar. I have always found Kundalini yoga so different to all the other styles out there and when I met Ahmed, I cornered him and begged to let me (and you) in to their world. Based in Venice Beach, Ahmed is such a relaxed dude, he's the perfect guide to Kundalini.

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What is the Chinese Medicine view of health? In this episode, I speak to Dr. Aaron Bullington who has over 17 years of experience in the healing arts. Aaron is a naturopathic doctor, an acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist. With twin degrees in both Western and Eastern Medicine., he specialises in a holistic view of health. Don't just do your yoga, live it.

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Amy McDonald is a true inspiration to yogis who want to run their yoga business successfully and happily. With her powerful philosophy that yoga is about sharing and spreading the good, Amy inspires yoga teachers to get out there and burst through their doubts, fears and inhibitions to become the successful yoga teacher they want to be. Join me as I get to hear Amy's backstory and what gets her fired up today.

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Yoga teacher and dog lover Lucy has a super inspiring story. After challenges with eating disorder in her teens and early 20s which almost drove her to take her own life, Lucy discovered mental space and the power to heal on her yoga mat. Lucy talks us through her version of healing and recovery and how the shapes of yoga nursed her mind in the darkest troughs of life. Join me and Lucy for her rousing journey.

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