Dec 29, 2016
Does Yoga improve athletic performance?
It might, but we don't know exactly how. Jules Mitchell was
researching how yoga affects athletics performance for her upcoming
book and discovered a gap in the literature. There's plenty of
research about the SAID principle and adaptation, but not enough
about yoga's impact on...
Dec 8, 2016
Yoga and Movement Research Series
How does Bikram yoga affect heart rate and core temperature?
To be completely honest neither Cat nor I are fans of Bikram yoga
or hot yoga in general. Nonetheless, we did our best to discuss
Bikram yoga and this study as objectively as possible. In this
episode we reviewed an ACE...
Nov 17, 2016
Jenn Pilotti and I discuss a thorough review of 29 studies that answers this question: Are core stability exercises the best for back pain? The meta review was conducted in 2014 and is entitled, "An update of stabilization exercises for low back pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis." The studies compare core...
Oct 13, 2016
In this bonus episode Jules Mitchell (biomechanist and yoga educator) asks me questions about my new workshops for teachers called the Yoga Re:Alignment Workshop Series. We also talk about the role of movement science in yoga asana and whether or not yoga is about more than the poses...of course it is.
Oct 13, 2016
Whether or not to use mirrors in yoga classes is a popular topic
of discussion among teachers.
This is the first episode in my new yoga and movement research
series. I talk to Jules Mitchell about the efficacy of using
mirrors when learning yoga asana. We discuss a study entitled,
"Effect on performance of learning a...