Redefining Movement

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! Your questions: Question about my right outer hip/glute medius. I’ve always had super tight outer hips. When I go for a hike, that’s the first place that starts to complain/ache. Is it a question of doing more strengthening of the abductors or more and the right kind of stretches? What would you recommend to do for diastasis...

This past year, we’ve had comfort and discomfort, and we’ve had to reconcile with the comfort that we might experience daily. Some comforts are necessary for us to thrive, but there is such a thing as getting too comfortable — it’s called being complacent. Sometimes, you have to reach, to push yourself past your comfort zone, because it’s only in the discomfort that we can truly begin to grow. To...

Lee Asher is traveling around the country in a school bus with eleven dogs helping people understand the importance of animal adoption, and he’s also currently building an animal sanctuary in Estacada, Oregon. When he was young, he knew he wanted to make as much money as he could to help save as many animals as he could. But, eventually, he realized that he didn’t actually need a lot of money to m...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! Your questions: Have you heard about the bowspring yoga method? Thoughts on running for exercise or recommendations for proper form? Thoughts about forearm balance? Is it true that the hip and the jaw are connected? Are there poses where length of arms, legs, torso come into play and have to adjust? How do you jump back into...

Lara is lucky to have an amazing partner in Mark Heimann. They’ve been married for 19 years and together for 22, and they wanted to share some of what they’ve learned about making a relationship work. They also answer some of your questions from Instagram about resentment, asking for what you want, and how they’ve influenced each other. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyog...

Eva Papp is a licensed psychotherapist who’s developed a program for female empowerment. She believes that it’s incredibly important for women to feel financially independent, but that there are many systemic challenges that hold women back. She talks about giving women the ability to pivot in their life, and finding the mechanism to discover our authentic self. To learn more, and for the complete...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! Your questions: After sitting with my knees bent for a while they hurt, and the pain goes away when straightening them. What’s going on and how can I correct it? My right hip goes deeper into hip flexion and tilts anteriorly more than the left when I’m at a 90/90 low lunge. Where do I begin? Where do you put the lower leg in...

With the increasing popularity of practices like mindfulness, yoga, and breathwork, people in the Western world are thinking about their breath more than ever — and more intentionally than ever. But not only is it necessary for life, the rhythm of our breath has countless effects on our bodies. We’re going to explore how your breath can be used to say “yes” more in your life. Take a moment to ask...

Simon Holloway is the sales and marketing director of Vegepod, a self-watering portable garden bed. Lara is a huge fan (she’s been using them a LOT this year), and they talk about how the business came about and what it’s like running a small business during the pandemic. Simon also talks about how appearing on Shark Tank brought a huge boost to the business, why the product appeals more to season...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! Your questions: Why do so many physios and other yoga teachers with more formal education disagree on modifications to traditional yoga poses to make them more optimal and safer for the general population? Do you believe that foot problems can be reversed? Women who always wear heels and find flats painful, did their fascia...

The essence of what we teach in the yoga world is the balance of Sthira and Sukha, or the hard and the soft. We can apply this concept to our body and our movement, but we can also apply it to our mind. Where in your life do you need to firm up? Where do you need to soften? Because when we find this balance, we are at ease. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyoga.com Resourc...

In this special holiday celebration, we have the whole LYT™ Yoga family here with us! We all have questions for each other, so we can all get to know each other a little better—and you get to know all of us! And make sure to listen until the end, because we have a special surprise for all of you. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyoga.com Resources: Get 25% off your first o...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! Your questions: Dealing with lots of back pain. What should I do to get rid of it? I’m stiff when I wake up. Should I do yoga right away or wait an hour to warm up or loosen up? Suggestion to keep the neutral pelvis during hikes. After hours my shoulders get sore. What’s the difference between neutral pelvis and tucking pelv...

You are probably not pandiculating enough. What is pandiculation? Imagine a cat or dog when they get up after a long nap: They stretch out, tails up, claws out. Pandiculation is that act of stretching upon waking up, and it’s an inborn response that all vertebrates have. But somewhere along the way in our lives, we stop that pandiculating. But there are ways that you can learn to restore posture a...

Meredith Clemmons is a certified LYT™ Yoga teacher who is getting her masters degree in public health at George Washington University. Specifically, Meredith is studying global environmental health and looking at how the environment influences human health — because climate change is one of the biggest environmental factors that will affect our health in the coming years and decades — and we...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! Your questions: Neural pathway training is so much more efficient than just weight training, can you explain why? What to modify when you have a previously-broken sacrum or coccyx? I’m struggling to activate the glute of my back leg in twisted crescent due to anterior tilt, how do I modify it? What are the best things to do...

We all know how important movement is; movement is life and it changes how we feel. But science is finally starting to give us a better understanding of why exercise and movement is so important and how it makes us feel better. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyoga.com Resources: Instagram: @lara.heimann Redefining Yoga is a production of Crate Media Hosted on Acast. See a...

Dr. Ben Reebs is an award-winning integrative medicine physician and leading expert in alternative medicine. He offers a life-altering perspective on the attainment of optimal health by articulating the seven laws of healing and how to live in harmony with the body. We discuss his debut book, “The Serpent & The Butterfly: The Seven Laws of Healing,” what naturopathic medicine is, and the story...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! Your questions: Trying the L shape for handstand drill and every time my back arched. What to do? How to not hunch or tighten while sleeping? I go to bed okay but wake up tight. I’m a fetal sleeper. Best parenting advice? I need all the help I can get. Do you have any advice for a bedtime routine? Any stretches you would rec...

Strength training is so important, but it doesn’t always mean what people think it means. It’s not strictly about going to the gym and lifting weights—strength training is purely about putting some power into your muscles. We all lose muscles as we age, but especially women. Implementing strength training into your movement and your exercise is not only going to help you feel better and look bette...

Sarah Lea is an animal psychologist, reiki practitioner, and vegan activist. She grew up on a farm in South Africa around animals, where she learned firsthand how delicate the ecosystem is and how valuable animal’s lives are. Around the age of 10, she stopped eating animals, but it wasn’t until later on in life when she became educated on where so many other animal products come from. We talk abou...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and Kristin Williams and I answer them! Your questions: A few weeks ago, you spoke of lower ribs as it relates to the scapula. Can you elaborate? The difference between tightness in the QL, lats, and obliques? What are the best 3-5 stretches to do first thing in the morning? What’s the turn your elbows forward cue in down dog? Aside from moveme...

Last week, America celebrated Thanksgiving, a holiday full of many different meanings and traditions. But one thing that remains consistent is its call for us to give thanks in a purposeful way. This has been a hard year for many people and for many reasons, but that does not mean there is not room to find gratitude and thankfulness. And when things look bleak, sometimes that can come in the form...

Jillian Turecki is a yoga teacher, life coach, and all-around stellar human being. After a series of setbacks in life, including a divorce and the death of her mom, she was introduced to the world of coaching and found her second calling. She got her certification, attended live events, and totally immersed herself in the world of coaching. She has learned so much about how to help others deal wit...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and Kristin Williams and I answer them! To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyoga.com Do you have a question? DM me on Instagram: @lara.heimann Email me at lara@lytyoga.com Redefining Yoga is a production of Crate Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.