Redefining Movement

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!   In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about weight bearing in the hands, practicing LYT Yoga for decreased anxiety, and advice for persistent anterior knee pain.    Your questions: Can we talk about the hand? I've heard of toe yoga and I use it in my PT practice and self-practice. Is there hand...

Join Lara for a conversation with the amazing Eileen Grimes, author, mother of two, and women’s leadership community leader who has a master's degree in education. They discuss Eileen’s journey to writing her book The Us Journal: A Journey of Love and Discovery, which fosters open, heartfelt communication between parents and children, for children 5-8 years old. In this episode, you’ll learn: abou...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!   In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about handstand drills to get away from the wall, myofascial release, our favorite things about being physical therapists, and how LYT Yoga has grown over the years.    Your questions: My question today is about handstand drills. I have a client similar age...

Join Lara for a motivational conversation about how to take care of your home, i.e. your body. How do we welcome ourselves home? How do we get to know ourselves better? How do we clean out the clutter and get more comfortable? In brilliant Lara fashion, remember some key things to think about when it comes to taking good care of your body via a helpful acronym.  H - harmonize O - organize M -...

Join Lara for a conversation with Dr. Svenja Borchers, a brilliant neuropsychologist and LYT YogaⓇ instructor. Dr. Borchers, who lives in Germany, grew up wanting to learn more about why people are the way they are. This led her to a fascination with neuroscience, cognitive psychology, philosophy, and even artificial intelligence. She has a Ph. D. in neuropsychology and focuses on how movement wor...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!   In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about building and maintaining healthy hips for sex, Achilles tendinopathy pain, and weak calves in cyclists.   Your questions: * Spicy podcast question: I'm 30 years old and have hip pain from sex. When you Google “sex hip pain” results show articles only for s...

"The research is clear. Our relationships are the biggest determinant of our happiness, yet we're never taught how to do them." Dr. Alexandra Solomon is a teacher, therapist, and author of two books. She has become one of today's most trusted voices in the world of relationships, and her work on relational self awareness has reached millions of people around the world. In this episode, Dr. Solomon...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!   In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about low back tightness, ergonomic homes, and handstands away from the wall.    Your questions: * I’ve had low back tightness since I had a spasm/disc herniation five years ago. How do I alleviate it? * Can you talk about having an ergonomic home? * Can yo...

Join Lara for a wonderful conversation with Janet Farnsworth, body confidence coach and full-time shame buster! Janet spent 30 years as a professional therapist and has a masters in social work specializing in women and sexual violence. She is also a somatic therapist, yoga teacher, and the creator of Ready for Intimacy — a movement-based, spiritual coaching and counseling program to help women fe...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!   In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about neck pain, pillows, motivation, and cerebral stenosis.   Your questions: * I woke up wrong and have a sharp neck pain around the left mid-deck area whenever I breathe. Any suggestions for relief? * What pillow do you recommend for neck pain that radiates u...

Chronic Pain is extremely difficult to live with. Often, people resort to seeing multiple doctors and specialists, but if your entire system isn’t looked at, chronic pain will persist. In this episode, Lara speaks with Rick Olderman, a fellow PT, author of the “Fixing You” series, and movement genius. Through his journey of resolving his own back pain, Rick realized there was more to the story tha...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!   In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about perimenopause exercise routines, chronically stiff necks, morning foot pain, and self-care tips.    Your questions: * My student in her late forties was told by a holistic doctor that she should reduce exercise intensity for perimenopause. He said no...

Join Lara this month for a conversation about the importance of rest!  How do you know when is the right time for you to rest or the right time for you to move?  How do you recognize the need for rest versus just feeling the lack of motivation when it comes to movement? Explore all the benefits of rest and the negative outcomes of not getting enough of it.  Tap into and assess your...

Join Lara for a wide-ranging conversation with Jay Dicharry, MTP, SCS. Jay is a physical therapist, Board-certified Sports Clinical Specialist, teacher, biomechanics researcher, and author of Running Rewired and Anatomy for Runners . He is the founder of MOBO (of Mobo balance board fame), has published over 35 professional journal articles and book chapters, consults for the running and cycling in...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!   In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about teaching advice, handstands, and the multifidus muscle.    Your questions: * I'm on maternity leave from teaching right now. And some of my quiet time I spend evaluating my teaching, classes, etc. I've been journaling about my strengths and teaching,...

Entrepreneurship is a big world, and Tiffany Sauder , CEO of Element Three approaches it with grace, authenticity, and hard work. In this episode, Lara talks with Tiffany about her journey as a businesswoman and mother of four and what it’s taken for her to reach the personal goals she set for herself. It’s a deep conversation about the balance of career and family, the engineering of a sustainabl...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!   In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about neck crunching sounds, spinal manipulation, and pyramid pose.    Your questions: * A couple of weeks ago I was practicing a class on LYT Daily. After doing a neck release with the block right afterwards getting out of the pose, I can hear around C1 an...

Join Lara for a conversation with Carly Mentlik, a licensed holistic psychotherapist, yoga teacher, founder of the Inner Rainbow Project, and single mom. Hear about Carly’s journey to starting a business specializing in introducing the chakra system to children to help them connect to their intuition and find their inner spirit.  In this episode, you’ll learn: * what are the chakras * how can...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!   In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about heel pain, bone spurs, and more foot pain.    Your questions: * I have this new thing happening since being pregnant. Not sure if one has to do with the other. When I flex my right foot, I feel a painful, almost pinprick sensation in my right heel. Th...

With the stresses, overstimulation, and seemingly endless movement and rush of modern-day life, learning to calm and harness your mind is more important than ever. In this episode, Lara talks about this with Madhur-Nain Webster , author of The Stressless Brain , Kundalini meditation instructor, and licensed marriage and family therapist. Growing up in an ashram, Webster’s early life was shaped by...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!   In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about yoga butt, arthritis of the big toe, and bunionectomies.    Your questions: * I have a history of yoga butt syndrome, spinal stenosis on the right side, and spondylolisthesis of which the LYT method has pretty much cured me of now for over a year. Aft...

How do we embrace the darkness? Listen to Lara’s thoughts about the best way to approach and gracefully move through the darker months of the year. Learn ways to better support yourself so that you can still operate at your full potential.  E - enter with awareness M - mindfulness B - bolster your system R - reduce the impact A - allow the feelings without amplifying them C - commit to moveme...

Dr. Seema Desai, DDS, CPC is a wife and mom of two young children, a dentist, certified professional coach, speaker, and author of the newly-released children’s book Connected: Discovering Your Inner Guides .  Join Lara for a conversation with Dr. Desai about her journey to getting in touch with herself and becoming more clear about what fuels her versus what was really draining her. Having g...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!   In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about weight training, pain in back bending, yin yoga poses, and the importance of controlling your pelvis.    Your questions: * You talked about weight training a couple of weeks ago on the podcast. You mentioned it was beneficial to incorporate it, especi...

With 86 Billion (that’s with a B) brain cells communicating with each other at any given moment, the human brain is a genius computer and scientists are uncovering new, fascinating things about it every day. Neuroscientist Dr. Benjamin Rein has made it his life’s work to not only try to understand various aspects of the brain but also share the science he learns with the greater public through his...