Redefining Movement

Today is Wednesday Q&A, where you ask the questions and I answer them! Your questions: Suggestions for saddle area pain during pregnancy? Recommended movements or poses for relieving symptoms of scoliosis? Do frog pose and middle split destabilize the SI joint? Post-natal movement recommendations, especially before the six-week mark? To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyo...

We are in a time that is unique, challenging, and anxiety-producing — but there are also lots of wonderful things happening. It’s a journey that’s representative of life and movement. We can get through a lot of it if we can process our feelings and release them by searching for the out breath. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyoga.com Resources: Instagram: @lara.heimann R...

Debra Flashenberg, or Deb, is a yoga teacher and founder of the Prenatal Yoga Center in New York City. She’s a labor support doula, a childbirth educator, and a mother of two kids. We talk about the difference going through pregnancy made on her practice, how she uses prenatal and postnatal yoga to support women before and after birth, and the important changes to make to your traditional yoga pra...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and I answer them! Your questions: Do you have any tips for avoiding “yoga butt”? What is the difference between sciatica and yoga butt pain? Any thoughts on hypopressive fitness as it relates to core strengthening? To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyoga.com Do you have a question? DM me on Instagram: @lara.heimann Email...

How can you be a more active participant in your life? And what does it mean to be a participant? I’ve thought about this a lot lately, with the pandemic and the racial injustices brought up by Black Lives Matter. How do we show up and bring our best selves into life? Being a participant implies action. We need to not just sit on the sidelines but get involved. To learn more, and for the complete...

Bill Rodgers is a professor of public policy at Rutgers University, formerly the chief economist for the US labor department in the Clinton administration, a coach for a young men’s soccer team, and a father of three. We’re in the midst of a huge transition culturally, and Bill has a perspective that people desperately need to hear right now. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit:...

Today is Wednesday Q&A, where you ask the questions and I answer them! Your questions: Can you talk about palm/wrist/finger position in plank or push-ups? My inner knees hurt sometimes doing side lunges. What could I be doing wrong? What are some preventative or therapeutic yoga sequences for pinched nerves in the back that flare up? Why is bird-dog so hard? Do I strengthen my glutes equally o...

We are witnessing is a long-overdue movement for racial equity and justice after hundreds of years of engrained systematic racial injustice, and Black people need allies in this fight. So, how can white individuals step up and serve as active allies? To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyoga.com Resources: Instagram: @lara.heimann Redefining Yoga is a production of Crate Media...

Dominick Thompson is a vegan activist, weight lifter, and man of the corporate world. He offers a unique but deeply important voice to the vegan activism community, which he first came into after going to prison and realizing what life in captivity is like. At Eat What Elephants Eat, Dominick shows that being vegan gives people access to all the nutrients they need to be strong. He is committed to...

Today is Wednesday Q&A, where you ask the questions and I answer them! Your questions: What do you think of yoga therapy tools like acupuncture mats, vibrating guns, infinity straps, and wheels? What would you modify the ashtanga yoga practice? Is yoga enough for strength building? Could you talk about why fasting is bad for us? In downward dog, do you ever cue to press through your thumb and...

Is it important to specialize? In my opinion, yes, it is. I’m going to make the case for specialization and why it’s important if you want to become a yoga teacher. 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 acast.com/privacy for more information.

Truly understanding movement demands that we first understand the physics behind it. To that end, my brother John Frank joins us to talk about Newton’s three laws of physics, why they are important, and how they relate to functional movement. 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...

Today is Wednesday Q&A, where you ask the questions and I answer them! Your questions: Could you recommend a specific pose or movement that may assist in a person with asthma? Do you have any tips for helping to loosen the hip flexors? Why extend your arms in front of you and not sideways when reaching up before a forward fold? Should I worry about loud, audible crackling in the knee? Where do...

Whatever you may be going through in your life right now — whether that’s the loss of a job, struggling with your health, a change of lifestyle, or anything else — patience will be a key virtue in helping you navigate this place in your life. Today, we’re going to talk about how to develop patience and why it matters. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyo...

Kristin McGee is a world-renowned yoga instructor on Peloton. She’s been a yoga instructor for decades, riding the wave of the modern yoga movement. She’s also a mom of three and offers pre- and post-natal yoga. She was excited to demystify yoga and share it with more people without straying from the core principles. She shares the story of how she began teaching yoga at Peloton and her experience...

(NOTE: This is a replay of Episode 206, which first aired on February 26, 2020.) Today is Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and I answer them! Your questions: With the cue, “don’t flare your ribs,” what about when people have a huge ribcage? What does malasana with heels on the ground mean? When lifting one arm up from sideways, the opposite of a trapezius is painful. Why is that? What’s...

We’re all staying at home more often right now, which probably means working at a computer more, sitting more, or just staying in one place more often. When you don’t change your position, you’re likely to get this slouchy shoulder syndrome. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: movementbylara.com Resources: Instagram: @lara.heimann Facebook: facebook.com/movementbylara Redefining...

Today I have the second set of my Yoga Teacher Training graduates. They’ve just graduated from my LYT 200-hour online teacher training, and they are going out into the world to try and make it a better place. We check in with everyone to hear why they joined, what they got out of the experience, and how it’s changed them. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: movementbylara.com Re...

Today is Wednesday Q&A, where you ask the questions and I answer them! Your questions: How do you reduce shoulder pinching in pincha? What’s the best way to start practicing pincha away from the wall? What is the difference between upward dog and cobra and when should you use each? Why do my knees hurt in cow face pose? Why do you lower the toes in the first low lunge but not in the rest? Stre...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have had to pivot — socially, emotionally, and professionally. But taking a direction we didn’t expect to take, whether it was forced upon us or an intentional decision to adapt to change, creates an opportunity for growth. I reached out on Instagram to hear how all of you are pivoting or adapting to the situation we are in, and I have several stories to s...

Today I have a whole host of guests with me — my Yoga Teacher Training graduates. They’ve just graduated from my LYT 200-hour online teacher training, and they are going out into the world to try and make it a better place. We check in with everyone to hear why they joined, what they got out of the experience, and how it’s changed them. To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: moveme...

Today is Wednesday Q&A, where you ask the questions and I answer them! Your questions: Is there a reason someone’s lower back hurts in locust pose? What is the difference between your self-practice and class teaching? What is the cause of a stiff neck during handstand practice? Could you recommend a good plant-based recipe book? What causes sitting in garudasana hard to do properly? To learn m...

This time is so unprecedented in our lifetime, and for many of us, that leads to a sense of fragility in our lives. We are all confronted with a spectrum of fragility: from fragile, to robust, to antifragile. Today, I encourage you to ask: where am I now, where do I want to be, and how do I get there? To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: movementbylara.com Resources: Instagram: @...

Today on the show we have a friend of mine, Ryan Fitzpatrick — or as I know him, Fitzie. He’s a UPS driver, a yoga instructor, a philosopher, an amazing human being, and an incredible teacher. We talk all about how Fitzie is coping with the stress himself, working to help blue-collar workers take care of their bodies, and building a practice of meditation. To learn more, and for the complete show...

It’s Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and I answer them! Want your questions read? DM me on Instagram @lara.heimann . To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: movementbylara.com Do you have a question? DM me on Instagram: @lara.heimann Email me at lara@movementbylara.com Redefining Yoga is a production of Crate Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...