Mindful Strength: Recent Episodes
Kathryn Bruni-Young
Kathryn Bruni-Young grew up in the yoga community and has been teaching for over a decade. Inspired by her own life’s journey and a passion for helping all people feel more capable and confident in their bodies, Kathryn created Mindful Strength, a method that synthesizes mindfulness, strength training, yoga, movement, mobility, and body acceptance, to inform a well-rounded, embodied practice. This podcast is dedicated to sharing knowledge and fostering curiosity. Kathryn's conversations with unique and inspiring guests explore the ever-evolving narratives that are yoga, movement, and health. Join us!
This episode from Kathryn and Chris is a recap of what they have been doing in their training lately, changes they have made, silly little mistakes and evolving goals. Hint - it's not always about progressing in every season!
Chris is moving through our Strength & Conditioning program, Kathryn is taking her running programming into her own hands and training for hiking season. Both are always working on finding the right balance of challenge and enjoyment and asking themselves "how strong do I want and need to be?"
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In this episode Kathryn talks about her 10km race at the St Lawerence Marathon, what it was like to do this race for a second time and what she learned about herself in the process.
She talks about the weeks leading up to the race being a struggle and although training and performance were fine, the experience of the race was not what she expected.
Kathryn and Chris also share a conversation about training enjoyment, the pressure people put on themselves to be seen as a particular type of athlete, stress and recovery.
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Today Kathryn and Kyle are talking about their approach to meal prep. Meal prep has been a big part of their lives over the last two years especially as two very active people. When people imagine meal prep they might think of perfectly crafted meals or eating the same thing every day, and that's not what we are suggesting you do.
Kathryn talks about things she preps daily, weekly and even bi-weekly or monthly to make sure they have delicious options available on hand. Because days and weeks go much more smoothly when we aren't stressing about cooking everything after work.
Meal prep for Kathryn and Kyle is about setting themselves up for success and figuring out what they really enjoy eating, and making those things. It's not about following a rigid plan.
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In this episode Kathryn and Kyle are talking about their Strength & Conditioning program. If you have been curious about this system and wondering why Kathryn has created a multi-block program this is for you.
Topics they cover…
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Why Kathryn created this program in the first place
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The importance of doing BOTH progressive lifting and cardio
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Why cardio isn't so bad when it's in the right dosage
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Lifting isn't about adding more weight every single week
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How using an app has changed the way we can train and offer this program
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Why Kathryn decided to create this long term program, instead of another 6 week program
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Beginning a program with a deadlift test
Strength & Conditioning Block 1 is available now, to learn more about it and get started click here.
Today we are hear from Kyle (Kathryn's husband) about balancing his carpentry work with training to support and revitalize his body. Kyle has a long history in strength and conditioning, which gave him a great base for construction.
Initially he felt like training on top of his job would be a bit much, but after his first year in the new field his body start telling him otherwise.
With everyone pointing to age as the main factor, Kyle knew there was something missing and that's our topic for this week. Today he shares about the lifestyle habits he made to create time for a quick morning workout, his programming, and why he is feeling better than ever.
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In this episode Kathryn and Adam talk about what corrective exercise is, why we see some movements as faults and others as safe, and how to assess whether something actually needs to be corrected. Take this as an example... a client walks into the gym and they stand with their feet turned out. We might have been trained to look at that as an imbalance, a movement fault, something that should be corrected. But is that person's natural position actually a problem, or does their body just not conform to the alignment we were taught in our textbooks? This podcast is for the movement teachers, anatomy nerds, trainers and coaches who want to challenge the way they think about exercise. Adam is a pilates teacher, teacher trainer, physical therapist and business owner who is passionate about bringing better evidence into the studio and gym. To learn more about Adam's work click here. To listen to Adam's podcast click here. To listen to Episode 222 with Adam on motor learning and teaching, click here. _____________ If you want to start strength training our Mindful Strength Membership is an incredible place to begin! We have tutorials, classes you can work out along with, and a monthly program that takes the guess work out of strength training. Click here to learn more and try the Mindful Strength Membership! We currently have a 3-month special, $99 for 3-months of training!
Kathryn recently participated in the Fat Ass Trail Race in Bay of Quinte, Ontario as a 16.5 (which was really 17km) runner.
Listen to hear why she chose this race, how she trained for it and how she found it on the day of. This is a great story of trying something new and realizing how much of your life can shift before your eyes. You start running 30 sec intervals and two years later you are running up big hills with an incredibly athletic group of people!
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We do so many podcasts on pain because pain is a part of human life, which means it's bound to come up in training at some point or another (or all the time). Most of what we have been taught about pain is that pain = damage, pain is not normal, pain shouldn't be happening.
Avoiding anything painful can really hold people back, limit movement and keep us stuck in sedentary patterns which arguably makes everything worse.
In this episode Kathryn and PT Joe Lavacca talk about helping people keep moving and training, while managing pain. They talk about pain medication, where cardio fits into the picture, and of course strength training in the gym as rehab.
To learn more about Joe and his Strength in Motion rehab practice click here.
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Today we welcome Jules Mitchell back to the podcast for a 5th or 6th time, we have lost count! Jules and Kathryn have been colleagues and friends for a number of years, and today they are talking about stability and proprioception training.
The big question they keep coming back to is why do some exercises get labelled in research as stabilizing, or for proprioception, while others don't? What is a deadbug giving you for stability that a deadlift isn't?
This podcast gets into the weeds of language, philosophy, and will have you questioning the common narrative on stabilization.
We hope you enjoy listening!
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We welcome back Dr. Stephanie Carter Kelley for a third time! In this episode Kathryn asks all about pain, and why it can be so complex and about more than just mechanics. Stephanie sheds light on how the brain creates pain as a protection response and how the immune system get's involved as well.
They talk about stepping back to look at the whole ecosystem of the body, not just the joints or muscles affected. Kathryn asks about menopause and why pain can become so intense at this time in life. Stephanie shares about her own personal journey through menopause and how stress management is often sidelined.
Click the links below to listen to Stephanie's previous interviews on our website...
Ep 243 on back pain specifically
Ep 214 on osteoporosis, lifting and impact training
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Today we are talking about our 10km race last weekend. Kathryn and Kyle talk a little bit about the lead up, balancing training and recovery, and a break down of the run itself.
They talk about pacing, why they kept their start pace even when everyone was blowing past them, pre-race carb loading, the taper week and how to challenge what's possible in a really sustainable way.
We hope you enjoy listening!
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Welcome to our third solo episode of 2025. Today Kathryn is talking about rest intervals, and why we need them between heavy compound exercises.
She also talks about super sets and which exercises you can link together with less rest. We hope these episodes help you understand strength training in more detail and help you become more successful with your training.
Episode addition: in this episode Kathryn talks about CNS activation being a main reason why we need rest intervals, but there's more. The energy systems that fuel lifting also need time to recover, and recovery is aided by the cardiovascular system. More on this in an upcoming episode!
If you have not yet listened to the previous two episodes, definitely catch up on them soon.
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Welcome to our second solo episode of 2025! If you have not already listened to episode 255 we suggest you start there.
In todays segment Kathryn is talking about the value of writing down your lifts and keeping track of your numbers over the long term.
When you write down your lifts you collect valuable data about yourself, your patterns, and you gain a lot of context. If training isn't going well or feeling great, you have a log to look back through which will help you make strategic changes.
Tracking your lifts over time also shows gaps in the training, shows where you might need more consistency, more or less volume etc...
Listen to this episode to learn more about writing down your lifts and why it's so useful.
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Welcome to Kathryn's first solo episode of 2025! In this segment Kathryn talks about the big mistake a lot of people make when it comes to strength training, which is rotating the exercises too frequently.
Building strength means repeating the same exercises over long periods of time. There is a lot patience involved with strength training. Kathryn talks about certain exercises she plans to train forever, and how to make those decisions based on your goals.
She also talks about how most people underestimate how much they are capable of lifting, what to do when you can lift your goal weight, and why you won't be able to add more weight to your lifts forever.
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In this episode Kathryn and Laurel talk about how they both got into running and what they have learned about cardiovascular exercise. We want to emphasize that you do not need to begin running, there are many ways to build up your cardio including the bike, rower, elliptical machine. In this episode you will learn why strength training and cardio are the perfect match and why it's essential to have both in your weekly routine.
They talk about how adding cardio has changed their lifting routine, their relationship to carbohydrates, and the practical elements of doing varied training consistently.
Both Kathryn and Laurel do running and lifting, but they each excel in different areas which makes this conversation even more interesting.
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Today we welcome dietician and body image coach Deb Benfield for a conversation about finding strength and joy in midlife. Deb talks about the main times in many women's lives that their bodies change quickly, puberty, pregnancy, and menopause. She speaks about how these are moments when we are at higher risk for developing disordered eating behaviours as a means to control our naturally changing bodies. Kathryn and Deb also touch on internalized agism, the longevity movement, the importance of strength and nutrition for muscle and bone strength, and our culture's strong emphasis on macro and calorie tracking.
Deb mentions the following resources in this podcast...
Briefly Imperfectly Human By: Alua Arthur
Ashton Applewhite Ted Talk: Let's End Ageism
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Today we welcome Chantal Lalonde for a conversation about exercise in general. So many people fall into the trap of hyper specialized exercise, correcting movement patterns or setting lofty unattainable goals. In this episode we unpack the physical activity guidelines and how to focus on more consistency and less on doing things perfectly all the time.
Learn about the balance of cardiovascular exercise and strength training that are recommended for all adults. Chantal and Kathryn also talk about fitness trackers, mindset around training, and what it's like to be very average, but highly passionate athletes.
Chantal is a passionate and innovative public health professional with over 15 years of experience in health promotion, physical activity and chronic disease and injury prevention. She holds a B.Sc. Human Kinetics, B.Ed., and a Master of Health Studies. She currently work as a program manager at a local public health agency overseeing the chronic disease prevention and wellbeing, injury prevention, and health equity programs.
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In this episode we welcome exercise physiologist Raphael Bender for a conversation about a few popular topics where we often see mixed messages and sometimes even misinformation. If you are a person who loves to learn about how muscles fire, how strength is built, and what current research is saying about certain topics, this is for you!
Kathryn and Raphael talk about how muscles fire and whether or not we need activations in our warm-ups. They also discus the idea of feeling a muscle working and how many people who can't feel muscles working get told they are doing things wrong. They talk about the difference between building muscle and building strength, and why building the strength to lift heavy things is a coordinative skill. They finish the conversation with the topic of pelvic instability, if a pelvis can really be unstable, how this research is conducted and the problems with manual assessment of an area like the S.I. joint.
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Today we welcome award winning journalist and life long athlete Christine Yu to talk about the menstrual cycle tracking craze that we have seen in recent years. Christine will walk you through the different phases of the menstrual cycle, some of the physiological changes that happen week to week and why these fluctuations can effect our exercise. She also dives into some myths about cycle tracking and why it's not as simple as giving general guidelines like, high intensity around ovulation and stretching during luteal. At the heart of this episode is the importance of cycle tracking as a way to get to your own own body, your unique rhythms, symptoms, strengths and challenges so you can better support yourself through your ever changing menstrual cycle.
To learn more about Christine Yu and her book Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes click here.
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Today we welcome dietician, coach and strength athlete, Em Palmerton for a conversation about nutrition and why carbs are so important for strength. We hear so much about protein intake, but what about carbs?
Em talks about fitness trends, how carbs have been demonized in many circles, and why healthy exercise is about more than just being lean. Kathryn and Em talk about why carbs are specifically important for strength training, how to navigate blood sugar information, and why macro tracking can be useful in certain advanced situations, but isn't always helpful.
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This week we welcome physiotherapist, educator and researcher, Greg Lehman. Kathryn and Greg tackle a few topics that require a lot of nuance, like, is technique important for preventing injury and spinal flexion across different demographics including people with osteoporosis. Greg shares insights on what we know from the research, and topics where we don't have enough evidence (yet) to make black and white claims. They talk about the importance of strength training, loading gradually over time and actual risk factors in class settings.
Greg also answers a couple of listener questions about pain science, anticipating pain, and whether or not pain decreases as damage heals.
Kathryn and Chris will do a recap of this episode in the coming weeks to talk about what they learned from this conversation.
To learn more about Greg Lehman, his courses and work click here.
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Previous episodes with Greg...
Click here to listen to Ep 158 Explaining Pain Research, Biomechanics & Strength
Click here to listen to one of our first episodes with Greg (2019!) Pain Science and Biomechanics
In this episode Kathryn and Gina talk about perimenopause and why strength training and high intensity interval training (HIIT) are really helpful in this phase of life. Gina also shares quite a bit about pre-exercise fuelling and why starting exercise with extra energy is incredibly powerful. Perimenopause is a confusing time, there's no test to say you are in perimenopause, and it can start earlier than we think. In this podcast you will learn more about why consuming both protein and carbs pre-training is useful, how muscle and metabolism are linked, what true HIIT is, and the importance of progressing gradually to higher intensity.
Gina is a strength & conditioning coach who started lifting at 16 and hasn’t stopped. Experiencing how different training in her teens, 20s, 30s, and now mid-40s encouraged Gina to return to school for exercise science, focusing on women’s metabolism. Her mission is to help reshape what is possible as women age, empowering them as they navigate perimenopause.
To learn more about Gina, her training and e-book click here.
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Our interview with Dr. Stacy Sims was a banger! We got numerous emails and messages from our audience expressing how powerful the conversation was. Kathryn and Chris sat down to recap a handful of the main points that really stood out and give more practical context for those of you wanting to integrate this knowledge further. If you have not yet listened to Ep. 245 go do that now, then come back for this one!
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Today we welcome one of our favourite researchers, teachers and speakers, Dr. Stacy Sims! In this episode Kathryn and Dr. Sims talk about what makes female physiology so unique and why strength and conditioning are essential for longevity. They tackle popular topics like intermittent fasting, 10,000 steps a day, exercising on an empty stomach and the keto diet. Dr. Sims speaks about the importance of heavy loading and multi-directional impact for muscle and bone health, and why yoga and low impact are not enough. They iron out how much protein women in this stage of life need, how to absorb more water without peeing so often, and much more. It was a huge honour to interview Dr. Sims, Kathryn and the whole team are huge fans of her work.
STACY T. SIMS, MSC, PHD, is a forward-thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who aims to revolutionize exercise nutrition and performance for women. Dr. Sims has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers, several books and is a regularly featured speaker at professional and academic conferences, including those by USOC and USA Cycling.
Stacy currently holds a Senior Research Associate position with SPRINZ- AUT University, supervises PhD students, writes academic papers, and is on the advisory board of some cutting edge companies including Tonal Strength Institute, WILD.AI, and EXOS. She also has her own business (www.drstacysims.com) where she creates and delivers online learning material focused on women training with their physiology across the lifespan.
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In this episode Dr. Caitlin Casella and Kathryn talk about what osteoarthritis is, and how you can use progressive exercise to help manage pain, inflammation, and feel more robust in daily life. Most of what we have been taught about osteoarthritis relates to "wear and tear" but as you will learn in this interview, there's so much more to the story.
Main points you will learn about...
- Pain science as it relates to structural changes in joints
- Knee joints specifically
- Beginning exercise even when pain is present
- How gentle aerobic exercise can be a great place to begin, before heading into strength training
- More on systemic inflammation and it's role in osteoarthritis
- The low impact craze and why it's essential to gradually progress impact training
You can follow Caitlin on Instagram here.
Learn more about her work by clicking here.
Caitlin Casella is a physical therapist in New York City. After a 14 year career teaching yoga and mentoring yoga teachers, Caitlin transitioned into other systems of holistic movement, somatics, strength and conditioning. Through this evolution, she experienced firsthand how beneficial strength training and cardio conditioning can be—not only on a physical level—but mentally, for emotional stability, pain management, and a confidence boost that extends beyond physical endeavors.
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Dr. Stephanie Carter Kelley is back on the podcast this time for a conversation about lower back pain, pain science, the multi-factorial nature of pain and how culture deeply effects our pain experiences. Stephanie takes a truly holistic approach to treating pain, as a movement teacher and clinician. This episode will have you reflecting on pain in more nuanced ways and understanding how fear and avoidance influence pain.
To listen to Stephanie's first episode on osteoporosis, Ep. 214 click here.
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In this episode Kathryn and Trina talk about shifting from lighter weights and bands to coaching clients using heavy weights and barbells. Both came from yoga/pilates and have been incorporating strength training into their classes and programs for years. They talk about why building strength and progressing to heavier weights is highly beneficial, even if it seems a bit scary at first. Trina also shares about how her training and nutrition have changed through her 50's and into peri menopause.
Trina Altman is a movement educator who helps teachers tap into their own brilliance and understand how to break the rules, so they can create new and inventive exercises and classes to meet their students’ needs. Trina is the author of Yoga Deconstructed, a trainer, and the creator of online courses that can be found on her website.
To learn more about Trina, her book, courses and work click here.
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Today we welcome one of Kathryn's mentors, Dr. Scotty Butcher back to the podcast for a conversation about energy systems. Every time you move, your body is using and re-synthesizing energy. Learn where that energy comes from and why high intensity exercise has metabolic and muscle building benefits. Scotty will help you understand aerobic and anaerobic energy systems, balancing strength and conditioning, and what is actually fuelling your training. You will also learn why mid-workout rest breaks are vital to replenish energy in order to feel successful and efficient in exercise.
To learn more about Dr. Scotty Butcher click here.
To listen to Scotty's first interview (ep. 172) click here
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Ginny MacColl is a competitive swimmer, American Ninja Warrior, and all around incredible athlete. She is famous for learning her first pull-up at age 63 and continues to become the strongest version of herself now, in her 70's. Ginny talks about getting into strength training after retiring and the incredible effects she experienced including reversing osteopenia, developing muscle mass and feeling even more resilient than in her younger years.
This podcast will help you remember that it's truly never too late to start. Strength can be built at any age!
To learn more about Ginny click here to see her Instagram
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This week on the podcast we welcome movement teacher and pro-aging educator David Wilson for a conversation on possibilities at every age. David shares insights on the difference between anti-aging and pro-aging, as well as internalized ageism and how these all show up in the movement/exercise space. David also talks about how participants can set goals based on making movement interesting, creative, intriguing and progressive.
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In this episode Chris interviews Kathryn on how she got into strength training, what the transition out of Ashtanga yoga was like and where things are at today. She talks about the insular nature of her original yoga studio and why she felt it necessary to break the mold in her own classes. Throwback to the days before resistance bands were everywhere! From Ashtanga to competitive lifting Kathryn has experienced over a decade of movement education and helping people at all stages of life. Learn more about Kathryn's journey and why she is so interested in helping people build strength.
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This week on the podcast hear from the dynamic duo behind Mindful Strength in this engaging and personal podcast. Kathryn and Chris tackle 10 intriguing questions that will give you insight into their interests and passions. Find out what they're currently training for, their go-to podcasts, delicious recipes they love to cook, and why they are passionate about supporting small businesses. Don't miss out on this fun and informative opportunity to get to know the team behind Mindful Strength.
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Today we welcome Kaleen, mechanical engineer, teacher, founder and CEO of Flexia. Kaleen shares her story of transforming her knee pain with exercise which led her to her passion for Pilates, becoming a teacher, and designing an entirely new reformer. Kathryn and Kaleen discus why mainstream fitness can sometimes chew people up and spit them out, and why progressive strengthening is the key to enjoying daily life.
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Listener question: I know consistency is important for strength, but I also like to work on new goals and do your different programs. How much novelty can I add to my routine, but still be building strength?
In this episode Kathryn and Chris talk about the balance of sticking it out, clarifying your goals, and keeping things novel and fresh.
They consider linear programming vs. periodization and why it can be ok to work on one goal for a few months before shifting to another.
A few tips are to figure out what the foundation of your practice is, keep that consistent, but have fun with other classes/programs on other days.
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We love Shanté Cofield and everything the Movement Maestro has to offer! In this interview Kathryn and Shanté talked about the benefits and challenges of showing up online, using apps like Instagram for business, and self regulation in the time of tech.
If you have been wondering how you can show up online with more confidence, authenticity, less fear or anger this is a great episode.
Social media is a great tool, but left unchecked can feel more like chaos than connection.
Shanté is also a gifted speaker and someone we really admire. Even if you aren't running an online business this episode is a great listen.
Shanté has been on the podcast before (Episode 143).
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If you have been taught that strength and mobility are opposites, this is a great podcast to listen to.
Strength done properly doesn't limit you mobility. The two can go hand in hand, especially when you consider end range strengthening. Say goodbye to avoiding the end ranges or feeling weak and shaky in deep positions. Capacity can be built in any position, although a bit more challenging in the end ranges, it's a worthwhile endeavour if your goal is a healthy balance.
Hypermobile? Feeling really stiff? This is something in this episode for you.
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Most of us think of recovery as something that happens after exercise is over. You have a good meal, get some sleep and voila!
When it comes to weight training and building strength (think deadlifts, squats, pull ups, push-ups) resting in the middle of your sessions is absolutely necessary.
Your anaerobic energy systems actually require minutes of rest to fully recuperate, which is really different from aerobic energy systems. In this podcast Kathryn and Chris will teach you about rest within the strength practice, and what happens if you don't prioritize this essential element.
To learn more about Mindful Strength classes and strength programs click here. Our next retreat is happening July 20th in Eastern Ontario. Come work with us in person!
In this episode Kathryn and Chris talk about the benefits of following a strength program, if strength is your goal.
Building strength is like baking a cake, unless you are a very experienced baker, it's useful to follow a recipe. Programs are like recipes for strength, and yes, they can be customized. We know so much about human adaptation and programs really help guide us through safe and effective training.
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Today Kathryn and Chris talk about why load is love, especially for those areas of the body where issues tend to arise (low back, knees etc...)
After posting a deadlift video Kathryn received the question "doesn't that put a lot of load on your back?" to which she responded... YES, that's why I'm doing it.
When it comes to safety we are only taught what to avoid, as opposed to what we can do in order to prepare.
In this podcast we also talk about pain, and how to build discernment during intense movement.
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We are back after a long break! Our house went under renovation, Kyle is back in school, and after reorganizing most aspects of life, we are back in the zone.
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Today Kathryn talks you through the question of how much resistance to use for strength building. Strength training does not just mean doing things that feel hard, it's much more systematic and defined. Simultaneously, not all weighted exercises are strengthening. If you are considering using more (or less) resistance and you want some pointers listen in.
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Accessory exercises are supportive to your big goals. Want to be able to do a chin-up? Yes, practicing chin-ups are cool, but what's even more useful is assessing which supportive exercises you need more of and building them up. Accessory exercises build up your weaker muscles, ranges, or movements.
Kathryn talks about how she started with 3 months of accessory training before graduating to full-body lifts like squats and deadlifts. This type of training transformed her injuries and pain and built her confidence for heavier lifting later to come.
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Bone and muscle health can be nurtured at any age. Yes, aging, hormone changes, and natural physical shifts effect our muscles, bones, and connective tissues, but there are things we CAN do.
In this podcast Kathryn and Kyle talk about why it's important to do high(er) impact and strength training, and why progression is the key to safety. They discus the highly alive and adaptive nature of bones and what bones respond to.
Movement for healthy aging is not all about low impact and being careful, it's about challenging yourself and maintaining strength for as long as possible.
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In this episode Kathryn and Kyle talk about a movement stimulus being hard vs. heavy, and what the key differences are. Often we believe that anything that feels challenging is making us stronger, but that is not the case. All movements are good, but they are not equal, especially if your goals are strength building, bone, muscle mass, athletics, aging benefits etc... If you feel like you are spinning your wheels, not getting stronger, or getting exhausted by exercise this is a great podcast for you!
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Kathryn and Kyle talk about the mechanical model and give a few examples of mechanical ideas that negatively affect the ways we move and feel. Mechanical thinking teaches us that load is something that breaks us down, that safety is nurtured through avoidance, and that alignment is to be perfect.
We believe that safety is built through gradual and meaningful exposure and that resistance has the capacity to build us up (not just wear us down). Kathryn also explains why she rarely assesses alignment, and rather is more interested in capacity, especially with beginners. This podcast will give you major food for thought!
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Kathryn and Kyle share how they have both gotten back into structured strength training after time off for various reasons. They share tips on how to get back in the swing without overdoing it, and how to structure your own strength practice. Other topics include super sets, the foundation movements of strength, and how many minutes it takes to get a good session in.
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Bone Builders, taught by Kathryn and Kyle will teach the foundation movements of strength training, plus how to progress to heavier weights over time. Bone health depends on consistent and progressive training, that's what this program is all about.
Adam and Kathryn talk about Pilates, yoga, and how we can integrate current evidence into the practices we love without throwing the baby out with the bath water. Adam is on his way to becoming a physical therapist and along the path has incorporated heavy weights into his long-time Pilates career. They also talk about motor learning and how we can cue our clients to be as successful as possible during exercise.
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Adam lives in Long Beach, California and has been teaching Pilates since 2009. He is an internationally recognized Pilates teacher trainer for Breathe Education, holds a Bachelors of Science in Exercise Science and is currently studying Physical Therapy at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. Adam is the founder of various live online workshops such as “Motor Learning Strategies” & “Pain Science & Pilates
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In this episode, Kathryn and Jules talk about what strength training is (and what it isn't), strength training vs. general fitness, basic biomechanics, the practicality of learning anatomy and making sense of the research. If you are endlessly curious about exercise science and it's application to moving and teaching, Jules' insights into biomechanics and tissue adaptation will both excite and challenge the way you understand the body.
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We are incredibly excited that Jules is coming to guest teach at the Mindful Strength Teacher's Immersion 2.0 starting in October 2022. To learn more about this top-notch 3-month continuing education course click here. Early bird pricing ends July 1st!
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Jules Mitchell MS, CMT, ERYT500 is a Las Vegas based yoga teacher, educator, and massage therapist. Her unique approach incorporates her extensive study in biomechanics with the modern application of yoga asana to help teachers develop their craft and empower them with education. Jules is the author of Yoga Biomechanics: Stretching Redefined. She is also adjunct faculty at Arizona State University where she serves as the yoga consultant for various research studies.
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In this episode, Kathryn and Nada talk about why strength training is so useful in rehab. Often people assume that strength training means competing or huge feats. In reality, capacity-building strategies (strength training) can help people progress from pain and injuries and help them get back to the activities they love.
If you loved this episode and you have more questions to ask, sign up for Nada's webinar on June 15th hosted by Kathryn. To learn more click here.
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Nada Hassan is a physical therapy resident working at a movement and education-based physiotherapy clinic “The Movement”. She is also a Crossfit enthusiast, Olympic weightlifting lover, and world record holder in powerlifting. Nada's main focus is to keep lifters lifting by providing them with movement options, addressing primary issues instead of just tackling pain, keeping training/rehab fun, and changing the perception of what rehab really is and can be.
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Darcie and Kathryn talk about adaptive movement, non-dogmatic approaches for all abilities, and chair yoga. Chair yoga is more than using a chair for conventional poses. Creating an accessible class requires teachers to re-imagine the practice and truly learn to meet participants where they are. Darcie offers wisdom from over 15 years working with all levels of practitioners and training teachers.
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Darcie Clark has been a leader in Adaptive Yoga since 2006. Specializing in making the yoga practice accessible to people of all ages, body types, and abilities, she’s taught yoga in community centres, retirement homes, and workplaces. For over 15 years, Darcie has worked with and learned from a range of private clients, some of whom have chronic health issues, movement restrictions, and use a wheelchair. In November 2020 Darcie began offering her course Adaptive Yoga: How to Teach Chair Yoga online to yoga and movement teachers.
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Today's episode is all about a weight-neutral approach to physical therapy and healthcare. Lisa and Kathryn discuss all the insidious ways diet culture has made its way into healthcare and how we can provide better care to people across the size spectrum. They also touch on how humans are always adaptive, at any size, and blaming weight for pain and injury is never the answer.
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Dr. Lisa N. Folden is a licensed physical therapist, mom-focused health coach and the owner of Healthy Phit Physical Therapy & Wellness Consultants in Charlotte, NC. To learn more about Lisa click here.
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This week we welcome Indu Vashist to the podcast for a conversation on the history of yoga asana, and how it has been informed by physical culture, power dynamics, caste, and artistic exploration. Indu shares new insights into cultural appropriation, the difference between yoga's physical history and philosophical history, demystifying the asana practice, and using it for good in this day in age.
Indu Vashist is a yoga teacher, historian, and executive director of the South Asian Visual Arts Centre in Toronto. She has studied the history of yoga and it's intersections with physical culture extensively and brings new insights to the topics of asana, appropriation, and how yoga is being practiced today worldwide.
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Kathryn and Nikki talk about the ins and outs of strength, and what makes strength training different (but highly complementary) from yoga, pilates, and group fitness. They discuss why building strength is so important for overall capacity, aging, muscle mass, chronic illness, and even hypermobility. They cover loading, the benefits of heavier weights, the different programs they have tried, and what it feels like when things aren't working well. Nikki and Kathryn have a shared love of strength training and helping everyday people understand the basic concepts of human adaptation.
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Today we welcome Dr. Sarah Kim for a reflective conversation about her experience working as a frontline doctor over the last 2 years. Sarah shares what it's been like for her and how she is bringing creativity, mental health awareness, and compassion to her medical practice to meet the challenges of every day.
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Sarah Kim is a Toronto/Tkaronto based physician specializing in Sport & Exercise Medicine and Mindful Psychotherapy and an independent dance artist. She is a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Toronto and Dancer-in-Residence with the Health, Arts & Humanities Program. Her work integrates dance, circus, martial arts, and medicine in a continuous exploration of humanness, embodied dialogues, and the essence of well-being.
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Stephanie Carter Kelley is a physical therapist, yoga teacher, bone health enthusiast and she has a Ph.D. in education. In this episode, you will learn all about osteoporosis, who is at risk, and the research around progressive impact and strength building. Explore the challenges of low impact exercise, what we know about spine movement and flexion, and consider if light weights/bands are truly enough. Stephanie's background is mostly helping 50+ cis women manage and prevent osteoporosis, and that is the perspective she brings to this interview.
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Today we welcome Kathryn's long-time colleague, and friend of the yoga family, Christine Felstead. Christine has been practicing various forms of movement including marathon running, Ashtanga yoga, mobility, and now strength for longer than most people we know. Her love of movement has changed over the years as she has experienced injuries, burnout moments, huge pivots, and the ups and downs of life. Christine has learned many lessons and she continues to practice and teach the types of movement that light her up.
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We are back! Today's podcast with Alex Haley is about a relational approach to marketing. Does the idea marketing feel sticky, slimy, or fake to you? This interview will re-inspire the way you approach marketing and is especially relevant to the small-scale yoga teacher/wellness provider.
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Alex Haley is a researcher, meditation teacher, and is one of the co-founders of the public benefit corporation OfferingTree. Offering Tree provides an all-in-one platform for wellness professionals to build a website, manage schedules and registrations, accept payments, and coordinate email communication.
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Today Kathryn and Kyle are talking about consistency, and how to get back into training after being off for some time, or starting for the first time. Consistency doesn't have to mean doing something every day. In fact, when we do too much at the start we often burn out and experience a downward spiral in confidence and enjoyment. Small steps go further.
We are bombarded with messages about the dangers of too much sitting, not moving enough, chairs and couches in our living rooms etc... But is more movement always better? On the journey to building strength, loaded movement it vital, but less is sometimes more. The other side of this coin is rest and recovery. Many active people have internalized messages that more movement is always better but as Chris and Kathryn have experienced this can be a step stone to problematic exercise behaviours, being under recovered, and increased stress when it comes to lifestyle.
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Today Chris and Kathryn are talking about why it's not useful to base your strength building progress on looks (unless you are a body builder). Strength can be felt from the inside, and there are other metrics to measure your progress. Most of us have been taught to measure our success based on how we look on the outside, and we believe this approach sets us up to eventually fail. You don't have to be changing how you look to be doing it right.
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People often ask why we focus so much on strength but not as much on mobility. From our perspective, everything we teach is mobility. We have been taught that mobility training should look a certain way but in reality, we don't have a shared and agreed upon definition of mobility. Certain systems have become popular, but in some cases is more mobility just more mobility?
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Kathryn and Chris talk about how their teaching and ideas about movement have changed since diving deep into pain science. They explore the range of feelings that might come up during strength building and why it's useful to acknowledge the spectrum of sensations. If pain isn't an accurate indication of the health of our tissues, then what is contributing to pain and what might it be telling us?
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After our six month hiatus we are coming back with a series of mini-podcasts to get you ready for the new season beginning in 2022. Over the holidays we are also giving away prizes (listed in the recording) and free classes. To sign up for free click here then enter your name and email. The first class will be delivered right your inbox.
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Kathryn welcomes one of her first students and movement teacher peer Chris Nguyen on the podcast. Together they chat about their parallel stories of discovering strength and mobility training, and how that has evolved their work in many remarkable ways. Chris also shares touching details about how movement training has helped him build his confidence and move through a sense of shyness around his body and what he can do. This interview is the first of many personal narratives that we will be sharing.
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Chris is a yoga, Pilates and movement teacher and teacher trainer. To learn more about Chris' work click here.
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Erin Godfrey is a movement educator and founder of BEING IN BODY. She began her career as a ballet dancer, studying with the National Ballet School of Canada, followed by studies in Anatomy and Kinesiology. Additional studies include Meditation, Pilates, Personal Training, Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique, Developmental Movement, Wellness Coaching, Anatomy Trains, Contact Improvisation and Axis Syllabus. Erin has owned several studios in Toronto, Canada, and has been teaching movement and healthful living practices for over 20 years. An international teacher, she has been faculty on a number of teacher training programs and teaches workshops throughout Canada and the US. Erin continues her research and investigation as a movement practitioner, educator and new mother.
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As a professional educator, David Wilson brings a life-long interest in how people learn both to his teaching and his practice of movement. He believes that movement is a birthright and that by combining curiosity, playfulness and compassionate self-awareness, anyone can practice movement in ways that will interest them, support them and evolve with them as their lives and bodies change. He is deeply interested in how people might use creativity, critical thinking and the spirit of inquiry as tools of movement, especially as they age.
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Kathryn, Kyle and Chris talk about their newest project, the All-Access Membership and answer questions on a wide range of topics. This is a fun 3-way conversation in celebration of our 4th birthday.
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Lizette Pompa is a Yoga Teacher and Fitness Coach. She's been teaching since 2010. In 2019 she launched her app to share her love for both strength training and yoga. Her goal is to empower women to build stronger bodies through weights, yoga, and movement. With her strength programs, she wants to create a space where women feel comfortable to start lifting weights, do yoga and be themselves. To learn more about Lizette click here.
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About Christopher Bourke: Christopher is a movement instructor, mental health professional, and Mindful Strength admin coordinator. He has worked in the field of mental health and addictions for over a decade and roots his teaching in that experience – placing a strong emphasis on practices that respect, support, and encourage an individual’s innate resilience.
Christopher teaches with the hope of helping people rebuild a connection to their bodies, expand their range of (e)motion, and enhance their capacity to handle tough life events. He’s passionate about building spaces that promote a sense of courage, safety and, self-compassion.
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This is the question we get more than ever, how much weight should I be starting with?There is no one right answer for everyone, but Kathryn and Kyle definitely have advice on how you can approach your strength training. Most people either start too heavy and get discouraged, or start really light and never progress. This is your chance to hear how both Kathryn and Kyle approach this common question.
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Catherine Cowey has a range both professional and personal experience working with folks who are on the hypermobility spectrum. Her thirst for knowledge and fascination with the wonder of the human body led her to post-graduate work in Kinesiology at San Francisco State University while still working as a personal trainer and assisting in physical therapy clinics. Her practice has continued to evolve over the last 20 years by studying the latest research while also attending multiple continuing education courses in a breadth of modalities such as FMS I and II, PRI (Myokinematics, Respiration), massage therapy, FRC, FR, and several pain education seminars.
To learn more about Catherine click here.
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Kathryn and Kyle talk about what makes the single-leg squat so challenging, and what you can work on starting now. From ankle range of motion to basic alignment and loading patterns this mini podcast will help you assess what your body needs.
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Laura Khoudari is a trauma practitioner, certified personal trainer, and corrective exercise specialist. Widely recognized within the trauma and fitness communities, her work has been featured in Buzzfeed, UpWorthy, Outside Online, Medium, Tonic, and Girls Gone Strong. To learn more about Laura or order the book click here.
Kathryn and Laura talk about using strength training to support people who are healing from trauma. Laura shares her personal story, and why she didn't always love going to the gym. They talk about back pain, deadlifts, and progressively building your capacity to be able to lift the heavy things life throws your way.
In this episode Kathryn shares more about why she got into strength training and gymnastics and how handstand training has helped her through recent stressful events.
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Amber Karnes is the founder of Body Positive Yoga. She’s a ruckus maker, yoga teacher, social justice advocate, and a lifelong student of her body. Amber trains yoga teachers and studio owners how to create accessible and equitable spaces for wellness and liberation. She also coaches with human beings who want to build unshakable confidence and learn to live without shame or apology in the bodies they have today. She’s the co-creator of Yoga for All Training, an Accessible Yoga trainer, and a sought-after expert on the topics of accessibility, authentic marketing, culture-shifting, and community-building.
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Kathryn and Kyle talk about how to approach strength programming. Kyle has been writing formal weightlifting programs for athletes for the last decade, he shares his experience and relates it back to bodyweight training. Creating a program is about more than just linking hard exercises together. A good program blends push with pull, strength with skill without exhausting the practitioner. These ideas can be used not only for gym training but for home strength practices and yoga class sequencing as well. Kathryn and Kyle share their process with programming the Handstand Club and what they have learned along the way.
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Neil Pearson is a physiotherapist and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. He is an experienced yoga teacher, a yoga therapist, and creator of the Pain Care Yoga training programs for health professionals and yoga therapists. Neil is founding chair of the Physiotherapy Pain Science Division in Canada, recipient of the Canadian Pain Society’s Excellence in Interprofessional Pain Education award, faculty in yoga therapist training programs, and an author.
Neil develops innovative resources, collaborates in research, and serves as a mentor for health professionals and yoga practitioners seeking to enhance their therapeutic expertise. He is co-editor of ‘Yoga and Science in Pain Care: Treating the Person in Pain,’ available Aug 2019.
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In this episode, Kathryn and Kyle talk about how to set yourself up for consistent home practice.
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To learn more about Madeleine's work click here.
Madeleine has a degree in biomedical engineering and is a doctor of chiropractic. Madeleine has been studying Axis Syllabus since 2009, and has trained at the Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre, the School of Toronto Dance Theatre, the Toronto Dance Community Love-In and with the Limón Dance Company in New York City.
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In this episode, Kathryn and Kyle talk about handstands and what they have learned over the years working with gymnastics coaches.
Kathryn has loved handstands since she was a kid, but it wasn't until her early twenties training with gymnasts that she really learned what was required to master this nearly impossible movement.
Kathryn puts this to good use in Handstand Club which begins again on April 21st, click here to sign up or learn more.
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Jennifer Snowdon has been practicing yoga since 2003 and teaching for the last seven years. She has also studied ELDOA, Movement For Trauma with Jane Clapp, and is a Buteyko Breathing Educator. Jennifer now lives in New Brunswick Canada and teaches Buteyko and Science of Breath webinars online.
Jennifer is also the breathing teacher for Kathryn and Carly's 300 hour online teacher training beginning in April.
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In this episode, Kathryn and Kyle talk about lunges, and why lunges are a key part of any strength training program. Kyle shares stories from his athletic training days, and the pair talk about why lunges can be so much harder than other movements like squats.
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Alex Haley is a meditation teacher and former legal and business manager for small and large companies. He also was a co-manager of a donation-based yoga studio and is one of the co-founders of the public benefit corporation OfferingTree, which provides an all-in-one platform for wellness professionals to build a website, manage schedules and registrations, accept payments and coordinate email communication.
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In this episode, Kathryn and Kyle talk updates to the podcast and Membership. Catch these weekly Bonus episodes on Wednesday only on the podcast apps.
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Trina Altman, B.A., NCPT, received her training through STOTT PILATES® and is an E-RYT 500, YACEP®. She’s the creator of Yoga Deconstructed® and Pilates Deconstructed®, which take an interdisciplinary approach to foster an embodied understanding of yoga and Pilates and their relationship to modern movement science.
Trina has presented at Kripalu, the Yoga Alliance Leadership Conference and Momentum Fest, among others. Her work has been published in Yoga Journal, Yoga International, and Pilates Style magazine and her classes have been featured on Yoga International and Yoga Anytime. She also consulted for Equinox to help develop their signature program Best Stretch Ever, which utilizes the mobility stick to improve functional range of motion, body awareness, and total body strength and has presented an online training for Yoga International entitled Yoga Deconstructed®: Creative Sequencing with Somatics.
Her book, Yoga Deconstructed®: Movement Science Principles For Teaching is available everywhere books are sold.
For more information on Trina and her online classes and courses, visit trinaaltman.com.
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In this episode, Kathryn and Kyle talk about push-ups and what you need to know to build stronger pushing. Catch these weekly Bonus episodes on Wednesday only on the podcast apps.
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Joelle Hann is an award-winning writer with a history of developing high-level book projects for major American publishers. Subject areas include wellness and transformation, women’s health, leadership and spirituality, as well as conscious business, personal finance and memoir. She has worked with top CEOs and humanitarian activists, coaches and thought-leaders, spiritual teachers, scholars, entrepreneurs, and many others. She founded Brooklyn Book Doctor to help more people write transformational books that change the world.
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In this episode, Kathryn and Kyle talk about pull-ups and what you need to know to build stronger pulling. Catch these weekly Bonus episodes on Wednesday only on the podcast apps.
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In this episode Kathryn and Kyle talk about why they LOVE deadlifts.
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Laura Sygrove is the co-founder and executive director of New Leaf Foundation, a Toronto-based organization that supports the mental, emotional, and physical health of youth in underserved communities through mindfulness-based programs. She has more than 13 years of experience developing & leading program/training curriculum, learning about the impacts of trauma on individuals and communities, and cultivating programming partnerships with schools, community organizations, and youth justice settings. For 10+ years, Laura facilitated frontline programming with youth who were incarcerated, and over the past two years has been building her therapeutic skills through counseling work with children, youth and families. Laura holds a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Toronto. She credits mindfulness, yoga and other forms of movement, like dance, as playing a major role in her own process of working through the impacts of chronic and traumatic stress.
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In this episode, Kathryn and Kyle talk about the importance of the freebie. Ten minutes of marketing tips begin now!
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This week our 10-minute Bonus episode is on the main features we look for when we are shopping for cameras.
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Julie Wiebe, PT, DPT has over 24 years of experience in both Sports Medicine and Pelvic Health. Her passion is to return women to fitness and sport after injury and pregnancy and equip pros to do the same. This passion led her to pioneer an integrative approach to promote women’s health in and through fitness. A published author, Julie is a sought-after speaker to share her evidence-based, integrative approach internationally at clinics, academic institutions, conferences, and professional organizations and remotely through lectures and online coursework. Julie maintains a clinical practice in Los Angeles. She promotes innovative solutions and educated hope for women through her blog, videos, social media, live and online courses. When not trying to change the world one pelvic floor at a time, Julie is happy to focus on her first passions: being mom to the Z’s (Zoe and Zack), and wife to David.
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This week our 10-minute Bonus episode is on sequencing and programming. To request a topic for the Wednesday Bonus email support@mindfulstrength.ca
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Welcome to our end of the year episode!
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Welcome to our end of the year episode!
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James Crader's work is about helping people access their personal power as they connect more deeply with their Self and Others. He's a Resiliency Expert focusing on movement and mindset coaching. He's a creative and artist who expresses his connection to / and perceptions of human-ness through writing and media content. You can find out more about James through his website.
www.JamesCrader.com
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This 10-minute podcast is the first in a new series that Kathryn and Kyle are doing on the basic principles of strength training. Today's topic is reps and sets, and how learning more about reps and sets can influence strength training in the gym as well as on your mat. Join us on Wednesday's for these quick episodes, if you have a topic request email support@mindfulstrength.ca.
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Rochelle creates spaces for embodied movement; through education of primary principles of movement, she offers a unique blend of Yoga and movement that empower students to explore movement as a practice of self-discovering and joy.
Through playful inquiry, practitioners are given the space to explore what is possible in their body and build the capacity to move more efficiently.
Certificates Include Yoga Fundamentals from Octopus Garden (2013), Modo Yoga (2015), Yin (2015), Trauma Informed Yoga from New Leaf Yoga (2015), and Embodied Arts Training from Spirit Loft (2019).
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Neil Pearson is a physiotherapist and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia. He is an experienced yoga teacher, a yoga therapist, and creator of the Pain Care Yoga training programs for health professionals and yoga therapists. Neil is founding chair of the Physiotherapy Pain Science Division in Canada, recipient of the Canadian Pain Society’s Excellence in Interprofessional Pain Education award, faculty in yoga therapist training programs, and an author.
Neil develops innovative resources, collaborates in research, and serves as a mentor for health professionals and yoga practitioners seeking to enhance their therapeutic expertise. He is co-editor of ‘Yoga and Science in Pain Care: Treating the Person in Pain,’ available Aug 2019.
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Diane has been at the forefront of the yoga scene in Canada, she was the first Ashtanga teacher in Canada, founder of the Downward Dog Yoga Studio, and creator of 65 episodes of Breathing Space Yoga
After decades of ‘traditional’ yoga, Diane became disillusioned, her own injuries and the injuries she was witnessing in her community were disheartening. In 2012 after a stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis Diane sold her shares at Downward Dog, freeing herself from teaching traditional yoga classes gave her time to heal, study, experiment, and re-evaluate the true meaning of yoga for her personally.
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jamilah malika abu-bakare makes anti-oppression accessible to mindfulness practitioners by connecting the two as practices. her skill relating anti-oppression as a practice akin to our mindful movement practice is rooted in her work as co-visionary of the (now defunct) Positive Space Initiatives at Kula Annex dating back to 2010. she is currently the anti-oppression facilitator for New Leaf Foundation, Mindful Strength, and Mindfulness Without Borders and has taught upon request from Toronto to Terrace and as far as Rhode Island. she is a proud member of the Brown Girls Yoga collective based in Toronto and in addition to teaching trauma-informed, mindfulness-based yoga, she is a writer and an artist (SAIC MFA ‘19.)
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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Ph.D. is a historian of contemporary American politics and culture and is currently writing a book on American fitness culture, FIT NATION: How America Embraced Exercise As The Government Abandoned It (under contract with University of Chicago Press). She is the author of Classroom Wars: Language, Sex, and the Making of Modern Political Culture (Oxford 2015), co-host of Past Present Podcast, a frequent media guest expert, speaker at universities and conferences, and contributor to international and domestic news outlets from the BBC to the New York Times to the Atlantic. Natalia is Associate Professor of History at The New School, a co-founder of wellness education program Healthclass 2.0 and a Premiere Leader of intenSati. She is a co-producer and the host of WELCOME TO YOUR FANTASY, a forthcoming podcast from Pineapple Street Studios. She holds a B.A. from Columbia and a master’s and Ph.D. from Stanford and is based in New York City.
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Kevin O’Connor is a multidisciplinary artist working as a choreographer, dancer, improviser, circus artist, and installation artist from Ontario, Canada and now based in the Bay area. He is involved in a decade-long artistic collective exploring participatory de-colonizing performances within polluted watersheds in Ontario. Over the last few years, he has worked with NAKA dance in Oakland, Shakiri, and Skywatchers in the Bay Area, Oncogrrrls feminist art collective in Spain, and collaborated with Inuit hunter and designer Paulette Metuq on a project in Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic. He has been learning with the Axis Syllabus community for over a decade and is a biodynamic CranioSacral practitioner. He completed an MFA in choreography and is currently finishing a Ph.D. in performance studies at UC Davis. He is working at the intersection of arts, sciences, practice-as-research, and improvisation theory and practice. His research examines anatomies, body performance capacities, interventions, and imaginations in relation to science studies, including the material-bio-cultural tissue called fascia.
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Carly Stong is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT®500) as well as the Educational Director of and Lead Instructor at Yoga Teacher Training Kingston. Having completed her post-secondary degrees in Kinesiology and Health Studies as well as Education, Carly offers a contemporary movement education informed by science as well as experience that is built on the pillars of accessibility and empowerment and rooted in social activism. As a passionate advocate for body positivity, Carly teaches about anti-oppression for yoga studios and movement instructors. Her approach to inclusion is modern and informed by a fully embodied and integrated experience. While teaching classes online or facilitating teacher trainings, her trauma-sensitive approach reframes accessibility as the default and not the exception. When she is not at home in Kingston, Ontario with her husband and young daughters, Carly fosters community and connection all over the world through her blog, workshops, classes, retreats, and yoga teacher trainings.
Dr. Rima Thapar MD is a graduate of Windsor University School of Medicine and School of Etheric Healing who delicately weaves the threads of science, spirituality, and yoga. During her medical studies, she became fascinated with the art of medicine and began to explore the sciences with the lens of a spiritual mind. Practicing yoga and meditation from a young age, she decided to merge her spiritual teachings with her medical knowledge to bring forth a new perspective to healing the body as an integrative health practitioner. Taking her medical experience into her yoga and movement training programs with Colin Matthews of Kula Yoga Studios, Cecily Milne of Yoga Detour, Kathryn Bruni-Young of Mindful Strength, and Shante Colfield of Movement Maestro, Rima brings information, creativity, and curiosity to her yoga practice on and off the mat. Merging teachings from allopathic medicine, energy medicine, medical intuition, and yoga, Dr. Thapar empowers her clients and yoga students to be the CEO of their own health. Her favorite yoga pose is Ustrasana (Camel Pose) as it keeps her heart open to all possibilities in life.
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Laura Baehr is a rehabilitation scientist, movement artist, and teacher who melds her interdisciplinary trainings in order to inspire strength, confidence, and quality of life through body awareness.
She earned her clinical doctorate in physical therapy from Temple University and her undergraduate training includes a dual degree in dance and neuroscience from Muhlenberg College. Laura is currently pursuing her Ph.D. examining the biopsychosocial contributions to the development of chronic pain following neurological injury.
She hopes to contribute to the field of rehabilitation sciences through her clinical and research background in order to shift healthcare and community perspectives on the importance of healthful movement in the management of pain and wellness. In addition to her scientific interests, Laura is a professional dance artist, movement teacher, and Pilates instructor in Philadelphia.
An Indian yoga practitioner in the Shankaracharya tradition, Susanna Barkataki is the founder of Ignite Yoga and Wellness Institute and runs Ignite Be Well 200/500 Yoga Training programs. She is an E-RYT 500, Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT). She is the author of the forthcoming book Honor Yoga’s Roots: Courageous Ways to Deepen Your Yoga Practice. With an Honors degree in Philosophy from UC Berkeley and a Masters in Education from Cambridge College, Barkataki is a diversity, accessibility, inclusivity, and equity (DAIE) yoga unity educator who created the ground-breaking Honor {Don’t Appropriate} Yoga Summit with more than 10,000 participants. Learn lead to practice and teach to honor yoga’s roots: www.namastemasterclass.com
Website: www.susannabarkataki.com
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Matthew Remski is the author of eight books, the most recent being Practice and All is Coming, Cult Dynamics, and Healing in Yoga and Beyond. He has been practicing meditation and yoga since 1996, learning from teachers from the Tibetan Buddhist, Kripalu, Ashtanga, and Iyengar streams. Along the way, he has trained as a yoga therapist and an Ayurvedic consultant and maintained a private practice in Toronto from 2007 to 2015. Matthew currently facilitates programming for yoga trainings internationally, focusing on yoga philosophy, culture, and the social psychology of healthy communities. In all subject areas, he encourages students to explore how yoga practice can resist the psychic and material dominance of neoliberalism and the quickening pace of environmental destruction.
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Dr. Scotty Butcher is an Associate Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science at the University of Saskatchewan and co-founder of Strength Rebels. He holds a BSc PT and MSc Kin from the University of Saskatchewan and a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology and Experimental Medicine from the University of Alberta. He is certified as a Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist (ACSM-RCEP), is a CrossFit Level 1 trainer (CF-L1), and is formerly certified as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA-CSCS); the latter of which he has formally relinquished. Most recently, Scotty has been certified as a Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher, incorporates mindfulness into his research, and has a daily personal practice.
Scotty teaches exercise physiology, prescription, and rehabilitation to physical therapy students and has published several peer-reviewed articles and two book chapters related to exercise testing and prescription. Currently training as a powerlifter, he has a passion for strength training and translates this to promoting quality exercise training and rehabilitation practices for clinicians and students. His focus in research, teaching, and clinical work is on the hybrid rehabilitation/strength training approach and shares his views through blogging and vlogging.
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Sheela Zelmer is a pelvic physiotherapist and instructor for the post-grad pelvic physiotherapy program. She is also a women's health coach and founder of the Below Your Belt Method for women who want to have better bladder control and great sex life.
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Melanie Camellia (née Williams), E-RYT 200 & YACEP, is a fat, queer, non-binary yoga teacher and accessibility advocate in Washington, DC, called to create profoundly inclusive spaces for self-inquiry and the inward journey by integrating spiritual teachings and accessible, trauma-informed movement practices with the spirit of social justice. Melanie believes that the goal of yoga, as of life, is collective liberation, and in turn challenges contemporary yoga practitioners to dismantle the oppressive systems and beliefs, within themselves and society at large, that hold us all back. They’ve been called a “tour-de-force of encouraging radical self-love” and listed among the “top thinkers and activists in the field of body positivity.”
In addition to teaching group and private yoga classes, Melanie offers workshops that explore queer identity, body image, desire, pleasure, and agency. They champion diversity and equity in the yoga industry as a member of the Yoga & Body Image Coalition leadership team. They continue to serve as an expert adviser on diversity, accessibility, and ethics for the Yoga Alliance Standards Review Project and currently work with Accessible Yoga to help bring their teacher trainings and conferences to an ever-growing list of cities internationally.
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V. Ophelia Rigault whole-heartedly believes that grief is our greatest teacher and there comes a time, that the griever has to choose to get through their grief or become mired in it. Ophelia knows that grief is not meant to be fixed - it is meant to be witnessed and healed. After the death of her mother, Ophelia tried to "fix" her grief, and was waiting to "get over her it". Her grief became an unwanted dinner guest that wouldn't go away. She learned how to turn her wounds into wisdom and reconnect to joy.
Ophelia is the radio host of Thank The Grief it's Friday and TV host of Conversations with Ophelia. She has is an inspirational speaker, yoga teacher, and has logged over 2000 hours as a speaker. She is a lover of peppermint tea, restorative yoga, and is a self-proclaimed scarf-aholic. To learn more about Ophelia click here.
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Travis Pollen is a Philadelphia-based personal trainer and PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences. He also holds a master’s degree in Biomechanics and Movement Science. His research interests focus on movement screening, training load, and injury risk appraisal for athletes.
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Lizette was born in Mexico, and started her yoga journey while living in Madrid. After taking her first Yoga TT in USA 2010, she moved to Stockholm with her now-husband to finally open their yoga studio Hot Yoga Uppsala in Uppsala, Sweden, in 2011. Her teaching style incorporates strength and functional movement in different ways; she likes to integrate kettlebells and weights into the practice to build stronger bodies that are more resilient to stress and injuries. Empowering women through yoga and movement is an ongoing theme for Lizette. She aims to inspire others to get physically and mentally strong while using traditional yoga mixed with kettlebells, strength drills, and workouts. To start your 7-day FREE trial for the Mindful Strength Membership click here.
Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CDN is an anti-diet registered dietitian nutritionist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and author of the book Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating(Little, Brown Spark 2019). She offers online courses and private intuitive eating coaching to help people all over the world make peace with food and their bodies. Since 2013 Christy has hosted Food Psych, a weekly podcast exploring people’s relationships with food and paths to body liberation. It is now one of iTunes’ top 100 health podcasts, reaching tens of thousands of listeners worldwide each week.
Christy began her career in 2003 as a journalist covering food, nutrition, and health, and she’s written for major publications including The New York Times, SELF, BuzzFeed, Refinery29, Gourmet, Slate, The Food Network, and many others. Learn more about Christy and her work at christyharrison.com.
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Madeleine Shen Lopez shares home between the city jungle of Toronto and the vast mountains of Patagonia, Argentina. As a movement educator, certified Axis Syllabus teacher and Doctor of Chiropractic, she spends most of her time teaching movement, dancing, and helping people connect with and regain agency over their bodies.
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In this episode Kathryn and Kyle talk about why they started their online studio membership (the MINDFUL STRENGTH MEMBERSHIP), and how they managed to figure out how to do everything in-house. They talk about the original equipment set-up, why they bought certain cameras, what they eventually upgraded to, what they decided to spend more money on and why. They list all the programs and gadgets they use, and explain their research process. Neither Kathryn or Kyle have formal training in video production or online business, they are sharing what has worked for them and will encourage you to get interested in the tech side of teaching.
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Megan Spears is a coffee-loving body nerd who loves to blast NPR in the car. She lives and teaches yoga in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has been teaching yoga full-time for 6 years and specializes in teaching private yoga. She loves to geek out with her clients as they learn about their body, discover new movement patterns, and gather their favorite meditation practices. She is currently on path towards earning her Bachelors degree in health education and exercise science with a grand plan to become a Physical Therapist.
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Jenn holds a B.S. in exercise science with an emphasis in physiology and a M.S. in Human Movement from A.T. Still University. She began training people and teaching classes in 2001 while she was still working on her undergraduate degree. She has studied many different modalities and techniques and likes looking for the common threads between systems because she believes if you have deep understanding of the foundational concepts of movement and a deep understanding of how learning works, you can make movement more accessible for each person you work with, regardless of age or previous training history. She is a movement generalist and finds inspiration from a number of movement systems. She owns a movement studio in Carmel, CA and teaches workshops and classes, both virtually and in person.
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jamilah malika is a Mentorship Lead at New Leaf Foundation which does work to bring mindfulness and yoga-based tools into spaces that are least-served and often most stigmatized; increasing access to positive resources for youth who face violence, neglect, poverty and marginalization. As well as an artist and writer passionate about anti-oppression, jamilah has completed an MFA in Writing at the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago.
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Lorimer is Professor of Clinical Neurosciences and Foundation Chair in Physiotherapy at the University of South Australia. He has over 25 years clinical experience working with people in persistent pain, has authored hundreds of articles, multiple books and chapters and continues to present keynote lectures globally. His community outreach and whole of community education initiatives are internationally renowned. His work is cited in clinical guidelines internationally. He is an honoured member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association, an Honorary Fellow of the ANZCA Faculty of Pain Medicine and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
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Dr. Rashmi Bismark focusses on a mindfulness based integrative approach to health. Rashmi is a medical doctor, she has an additional degree in Public Health, she is a yoga and meditation teacher with Yoga Medicine, and the author of the children's book Finding Om. To learn more about Rashmi click here.
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Greg Lehman is a physiotherapist, chiropractor and strength and conditioning specialist treating musculoskeletal disorders within a biopsychosocial model. He teaches two 2-day continuing education courses to health and fitness professionals through out the world. Reconciling Biomechanics with Pain Science and Running Resiliency have been taught more than 60 times in more than 40 locations world wide.
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Dr. Stuart M. McGill is a professor emeritus, University of Waterloo, where he was a professor for 30 years. His laboratory and experimental research clinic investigated issues related to the causal mechanisms of back pain, how to rehabilitate back-pained people and enhance both injury resilience and performance. His advice is often sought by governments, corporations, legal experts, medical groups and elite athletes and teams from around the world.
His work produced over 240 peer-reviewed scientific journal papers, several textbooks, and many international awards. He mentored over 37 graduate students during this scientific journey. During this time he taught thousands of clinicians and practitioners in professional development and continuing education courses around the world. He continues as the Chief Scientific Officer for Backfitpro Inc. Difficult back cases are regularly referred to him for consultation. Any product associated with this website has been tested in Dr. McGill’s laboratory.
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Kathryn Bruni-Young is the host of the Mindful Strength Podcast, an international teacher, and a creative thinker in the world of progressive movement. She has been practicing yoga since age 16, and has studied strength training, pain science, and human movement in depth. Kathryn runs a membership where folks practice together from all over the world, a teacher's immersion, a weekend workshop and a handful of online courses. To learn more about her work click here.
Shelly Prosko, PT, C-IAYT, CPI,is a Canadian physiotherapist, yoga therapist, author, speaker and educator dedicated to empowering individuals to create and sustain meaningful lives by teaching and advocating for the integration of yoga into modern healthcare. She is a respected pioneer of PhysioYoga, a combination of physiotherapy and yoga.
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Robin Lacambra is the founder of GOODBODYFEEL Movement Studio and the GOODBODYFEEL Movement Method. She is an empowered embodiment educator - blending practices like Pilates, yoga and mindfulness and sharing them from anti-oppression, trauma aware and eating disorder informed frameworks. Robin is also a somatic coach, social justice advocate and eager student of diverse movement practices. Her aim as a movement educator is to help facilitate others to move mindfully and feel good in their bodies as well as recognize the intersection of physical practice and social politics.
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Erin Godfrey is a movement and body wellness educator. She began her career as a ballet dancer, studying with the National Ballet School of Canada, followed by studies in Anatomy and Kinesiology at George Brown College. Additional studies include Meditation, Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique, Developmental Movement, Pilates, Personal Training, Wellness coaching, Anatomy Trains, Contact Improvisation and Axis Syllabus. Erin has owned several studios in Toronto and has been teaching movement and healthful living practices for over 20 years. An international teacher, she has been faculty on a number of teacher training programs. She coaches a wide range of clients from those working with chronic injuries to athletic performance. Erin continues her research and investigation as a movement practitioner, dancer, educator and new mother. www.eringodfrey.com
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Chris Ruffolo is a PE teacher who also sees one-on-one clients for pain, play, and problem solving. To learn more about Chris click here.
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Jules Mitchell is an international teacher and the author of the book Yoga Biomechanics Stretching Redefined. Jules is a long time student, she has a masters degree in biomechanics, she is a researcher, a critical thinker and a teacher trainer. To learn more about her work click here.
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James Crader's work is about helping people access their personal power as they connect more deeply with their Self and Others. He's a Resiliency Expert focusing on movement and mindset coaching. James is the founder of MoveLab, a fun and innovative approach to whole body movement for whole person health. He's a creative and artist who expresses his connection to / and perceptions of human-ness through writing and media content. You can find out more about James through his website www.JamesCrader.com, or follow him on IG @James_Crader.
Clare Kelley is a movement and nature therapy guide. She did her graduate studies in global public health and health research and program design, monitoring and evaluation (MA/MPH) at The School of Public Health and The Elliott School at George Washington University. Her interdisciplinary work combines her years of work in the health sciences with the health benefits of nature connection, the mind-body healing arts, indigenous traditions of her Celtic ancestors, and embodied movement modalities. After living within a mile of the White House her entire adult life, she and her two house panthers recently relocated to the Sonoran Desert. Find Clare on Patreon at Wild Wisdom, where she has a longform essay on the basic principles of epidemiology behind containing COVID-19 as well as online movement videos, meditations, and nature therapy -- perfect for those practicing containment!
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Brooke Thomas is a long time podcaster, a Rolfer, and a Realization Process teacher. She has a new online community called Liberated Being, and works 1 on 1 with clients in New Haven Connecticut.
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Trina Altman was has received her training through STOTT Pilates® and is an E-RYT 500. She created Yoga Deconstructed® and Pilates Deconstructed® to show teachers how to take an interdisciplinary approach to foster an embodied understanding of yoga and Pilates in relation to modern movement science. Her work has been published in Yoga Journal, Yoga International, and Pilates Style magazine. Her book, Yoga Deconstructed®: Transitioning from Rehabilitation Back Into the Yoga Studio is slated to be published by Handspring Publishing in the summer of 2020.
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This is part two of the I'm Still Alive series with Diane Bruni.
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Diane Bruni is Kathryn's mother, she founded one of Canada's first yoga studios, and has been exploring movement since her 20's. Diane has been on the podcast before, and is now going through treatment for cancer.
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Anula Maiberg was born in Israel and moved to NYC in 2001 in order to pursue a career in photography. While working on her degree at the School of Visual Arts she fell in love with Pilates through the classes and private sessions she took around the city. After receiving her Masters in Fine Art from the Royal College in London and a few years at a "desk" job she realized happiness wasn't in front of the computer screen. She decided to attended the Kane School for Core Integration (Kinected) to become a fully certified teacher graduated in 2009. After several years teaching she was accepted into the Kathy Grant Heritage Training Masers and graduated in 2014. Anula is passionate about upholding the traditions and principles of Pilates while being able to update and personalize them for the needs of her students. She also feels strongly about volunteering her time to the LGBTQ community and believes Pilates is a wonderful movement modality and a tool for healing in a supportive environment.
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Physical therapist turned entrepreneur, Dr. Shanté Cofield, aka The Movement Maestro, is the founder of The Movement Maestro LLC, a social-media based company that provides both online and in-person education for movement professionals around the world. Shanté’s passion for digital business has helped her amass a social media following of over 53,000 people, become an international speaker, and launch her own podcast, Maestro on the Mic, which has been downloaded over 300,000 times to date. With her continued success in the digital space, Shanté’s professional pursuits now center around providing business coaching to movement professionals, with a focus on brand strategy and development and the ever-growing digital marketplace. Shanté is a proud instructor for RockTape, drives a hypergreen Jeep Wrangler, and wishes to leave you with this message: Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.
Christopher is a movement instructor and mental health professional working in Hamilton and Toronto, Ontario. He has worked in the field of mental health and addictions for over a decade and roots his teaching in that experience - placing a strong emphasis on practices that respect, support and encourage an individual’s innate resilience. Christopher teaches with the hope of helping people rebuild a connection to their bodies, expand their range of (e)motion, and reduce the impact of stress on their nervous system. He’s passionate about building spaces that promote a sense of love, safety, self-compassion - and an untangling from shame. The latter is especially important and personal to him as a queer person co-creating 2SLGBTQ+ only classes. His movement practice has been both a professional calling and a personal coming out and coming home. Christopher currently teaches at GoodBodyFeel in Hamilton, Ontario and offers mental health specific movement support/coaching through his emerging project Anchored Tides Wellness.
Shannon Marion is a graduate of the University of Ottawa in 2001 and am a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Physiotherapists (FCAMPT) since 2008. She is certified in a number of different dry needling techniques including a Certificate of the Acupuncture Foundation Institute (CAFCI) in 2004 and a certificate in the Chan Gunn Intramuscular Stimulation (CGIMS) technique (2005). She is a keen learner and have surrounded myself with collaborative colleagues in order to share knowledge and to continue growing from each other. She is currently studying with the Pain Science Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and am developing more tools to offer clients with chronic pain.
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Dr. Bahlani’s specialized training allows her to treat patients with urologic and gynecologic pelvic pain syndromes, such as vulvodynia, pelvic floor dysfunction, interstitial cystitis, vulvar dermatoses and female sexual dysfunction. As a clinician, as well as through her continual pursuit of knowledge and research, Dr. Bahlani always strives to achieve her ultimate goal of enabling women to spend less time in pain and gain the tools they need to live their lives to the fullest.
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This episode is really something special, we have put together our favourite moments from our 2019 season. Whether you are new to the podcast or a long time listener this episode will inspire you to think about working with the body from a variety of perspectives. From social justice to biomechanics, we try our best to cover a bit of everything on this show.
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Steve Donald has been teaching Buteyko breathing since 2006, he works with people who have chronic illnesses, and he leads workshops for teachers and trainers who want to explore breathing physiology from the Buteyko perspective.
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Kyle Pichie has been a strength and conditioning coach for over a decade and is the head coach of the Cornwall Weightlifting Club. Kyle works mostly with youth athletes, this athletes have been to junior nationals for weightlifting, and he has a strong interest in making athletics fun for young people. Kyle is also the podcast/video editor for Mindful Strength, he travels with Kathryn worldwide and is responsible for the production of this podcast.
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Joey is a digital marketer by profession, and entrepreneur by practice, for most of the past 15 years. He operates a web agency out of his hometown in Cornwall, Ontario Canada with the goal of supporting the entrepreneurial endeavours of his clients while removing the roadblocks in using the web to grow their business. You can reach Joey by email at joey@webtechdesign.co.
Jari is a Finnish movement teacher with over 15 years of experience in the field. He is also a physiotherapist and holds an MSc in Sports and Exercise Medicine. Currently, he works full time as a Ph.D. researcher at the Faculty of Sports and Health Sciences of the University of Jyväskylä. Jari’s own movement practice a combination of different skill-oriented disciplines such as yoga, pole dancing, and hand-balancing
Vikash Sharma is a Board-Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS). Vikash has undergone rigorous training and testing to achieve his Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist (COMT) designation through Maitland Australian Physiotherapy Seminars. He is also a certified Running Coach through The Road Runners Club of America and The United States Track and Field Association. Vikash has a strong passion for continuing education and he is an evidence-driven practitioner committed to remaining at the forefront of the profession. He is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and The United States Track and Field Association. Vikash has been an avid runner and weight trainer for most of his life and competes in local road races. He also loves to play golf, hike, skateboard, meditate and pretend to be an iron chef in the kitchen.
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Anietie Ukpe-Wallace, also known as Tia, has had a life-long fascination with the human body and its inner workings. Beginning with a formal introduction to movement in college, she has continued that journey ever since. As a yoga teacher of 8 years in the East Bay, her practice morphed from one of structure and ego to one of humility and independent thinking. After her own struggles surrounding her pelvic floor, she has grown a love for learning and understanding this part of the body that is rarely talked about and sometimes even misunderstood. She recently graduated with a Doctorate degree in physical therapy in August 2019, is in the completion stages of becoming a Women’s Health Coach through the Integrative Women’s Health Institute and is also the host of the podcast, The Masterful Art of Self-Care.
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Kathryn Bruni-Young is an international teacher, the host of this popular podcast, and a creative thinker in the progressive yoga community. Kathryn leads worldwide workshops and teacher's immersions that dive into strength, mobility, functional movement, and how they can compliment and impact the way we practice yoga asana.
Seth Powell is a longtime practitioner of yoga and a scholar of Indian religions, Sanskrit, and yoga traditions. He is currently a PhD Candidate in South Asian Religions at Harvard University. His research focuses on the history, theory, and practice of medieval and early modern Sanskrit yoga texts and traditions, as well as their intersections with the culture and practice of modern transnational yoga. Seth also holds degrees in the study of religion from the University of Washington (MA) and Humboldt State University (BA). Seth founded Yogic Studies in 2018 and serves as the Director and Head Faculty.
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Marlysa Sullivan MPT, E-RYT 500 is an Assistant Professor at Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) where she teaches in the integrative science and yoga therapy departments. Marlysa has developed many courses as well as being the founding clinic director for the Masters of Science in Yoga Therapy program at MUIH. Courses she created and currently teach include: Anatomy and Kinesiology, Yoga Perspectives on Heath and Disease, Yoga and the Mind, Yoga for the Chronic Pain, Orthopedic and Neurologic client populations and Physical Activity and Health. She also currently teaches Physiology. At Emory University Marlysa teaches a semester-long elective on yoga and mindfulness for physical therapy in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program. Marlysa is an active participant in research and has been involved in research on yoga for anxiety and on yoga for low back pain at Walter Reed. She has co-authored the book Yoga and Science in Pain Care: Treating the Person in Pain.
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Sara is the owner of NOLA Pelvic Health in her hometown of New Orleans, La and founder of The Vagina Whisperer, an online resource for pelvic health education and wellness sessions to help individuals worldwide. She is a doctor of physical therapy, graduating with a Bachelors of Science in 2004 and Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2007 from Washington University in St. Louis. She is a board certified pelvic health physical therapist specializing in the treatment of pelvic floor muscle dysfunction in men and women. She received the 2019 Alumni Achievement Award from Washington University in St Louis’ Program in Physical Therapy and was named one of New Orleans’ Top 40 under 40 young professionals in 2019. She is a mom, wife, Saints fan and wanna be yogi.
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Francesca Cervero has been teaching yoga full time for over a decade. After finishing her initial training in 2006 with OM Yoga in NYC Francesca began her career and has been working with 25 private clients a week since. Francesca not only offers private lessons, but a flagship in-person and online course for yoga teachers who want to learn to teach private lessons more effectively. Francesca is the host of The Mentor Sessions podcast, and she is a great resource for teachers wanting to expand their business and facilitation skills.
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Shannon Crow has been teaching yoga since 2006, and continues to teach weekly group and private classes in Owen Sound, Ontario, with a specialty in Yoga for Pelvic Health. Shannon has developed a teacher training program for pelvic health and now runs a pelvic health online membership showcasing her own work and interviews with a variety of pelvic physical therapists and other practitioners. Shannon is also the host of The Connected Yoga Teacher podcast.
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Jivana is the founder and director of non-profit education and advocacy organization, Accessible Yoga. He is also co-owner of the Santa Barbara Yoga Center and an Integral Yoga Minister. With over twenty-five years of training and teaching in the Integral Yoga tradition, Jivana has specialized in teaching yoga to people with disabilities with an emphasis on social engagement.
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