Redefining Movement

Lee Asher isn’t your average animal-lover. In 2018, he quit his job to follow his dreams and decided to travel across 49 states to promote dog adoption and spotlight various shelters and rescues. After his Pitbull Stella passed away, Lee was determined to fulfill his lifelong dream of creating a sanctuary, where animals could feel treasured, protected and free. In late 2020, Lee discovered a large...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about knee pain, the risks of spinal rotation, holding tension in the body from previous injuries, and how to move around holding neutral pelvis and spine. Your questions: * My question is about my partner who recently developed pain in the front inside of his knee. He has...

Physical therapist Rick Olderman is back on the podcast to talk with Lara about his new book Solving the Pain Puzzle and share with listeners his systems approach to pain management. Listen in for tips about how to solve your pain by looking at your body in a holistic way.  Rick is a sports and orthopedic physical therapist with more than 25 years experience that specializes in helping people...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about if it’s possible to improve your posture, how your feet impact your posture and vice versa, feeling tension while holding “Triple S”, regaining good posture after being compacted, and how Lara and Kristin’s posture has improved through practicing LYT.  Your quest...

Join Lara this month for a conversation about how your body communicates with you and why it’s important to listen to it. Our bodies have an innate capacity to provide us with information about our needs, such as hunger or early signs of injury. However, in today's fast-paced society, we often ignore these signals and rely on quick fixes like medications. Learning to listen to our bodies can help...

Join Lara for an important conversation with Whitney Allen about the process of grieving. Whitney lost her husband, Ryan, after he had a severe reaction to a bee sting and sustained a severe brain injury, subsequently resulting in his death. Through this experience, she decided to turn her pain into purpose and followed her new calling to serve others who are also experiencing grief and trauma. Wh...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about hip pain in a 90/90 lunge, how to work on your deep squats, and whether overtraining is really a big problem for women.  Your questions: * I have recently started to feel an ache just in front of my right hip where the femur head meets the acetabulum. I figure it...

Dr. Shanté Cofield , aka The Movement Maestro, is a former Division 1 athlete with a passion for movement. She graduated from Georgetown University and then continued their educational pursuits at New York University, graduating with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy and became a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. Shanté is a board-certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist who practices...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about carrying angles, calcified ligaments, advice on handling a difficult student, and how LYT helps you breathe better.  Your questions: * Lara, you posted on Mark's carrying angle. What is that and when to be concerned? * How often do ligaments calcify? * How to kin...

Join Lara for a conversation with Transformational Speaker and Best-selling Author and returning guest Kute Blackson. He is a beloved inspirational speaker and transformational teacher. He speaks at countless events around the world. Kute is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council, a select group of one hundred of the world's foremost authorities in the personal development industry. W...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about moving better as we age, LYT yoga for cervical disc herniation, and the best time of day to workout.  Your questions: * Do you think we can move better as we age? * From the Wednesday Q&A podcast regarding disk herniation, if a client has a slipped disk at th...

Join Lara for a fascinating conversation with The Aromatic Gardner, Amy Anthony. Amy is a certified clinical Aromatherapist and Aromatic Gardner, aromatherapy educator, herbalist, certified master composter, artisanal distiller, and host of the Essential Aromatica podcast. She is listed as one of America's most influential aromatherapists. In this episode, you will learn about: * what is aromather...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about Lara and Kristin’s challenging injuries or illnesses, extreme hands-on adjustments, and the one thing you can’t live without.  Your questions: What's the most challenging injury or illness you've had and how did you get through it? I have seen many yoga studios a...

Here at LYT YogaⓇ Method, we believe that posture matters! In this episode, founder Lara Heimann weighs in on “the great posture debate.” She’ll share with you all the reasons why, even if posture isn’t always directly linked to pain in medical research studies, you should care about and pay attention to your posture. Learn how posture is defined and how best to optimize your posture. Your posture...

Join Lara for a conversation with Dr. Gregory Lutz about how regenerative orthopedic medicine can be used to effectively treat degenerative disc disease. Dr. Lutz is the founder of the Regenerative SportsCare Institute, Physiatrist-in-Chief Emeritus at Hospital for Special Surgery, and a professor of clinical rehabilitation medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University.  In this epi...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about what to do for adrenal fatigue, what is going on when you feel a clunk in your hip, and how to release tight obliques.  Your questions: I have a long-term acquaintance who told me she has adrenal fatigue. She confided that long-term stress and life has brought th...

Join Lara for a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation with fellow physical therapist Dr. Natty Bandasak PT, DPT, CSCS, PN-1. A back injury over 20 years ago led Natty down the road to becoming a doctor of physical therapy. After working in a traditional PT clinic, treating 3-4 patients an hour, he realized that the healthcare system is broken and doesn’t prioritize patients enough. In 2018 he...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about tips for teaching confidence, retraining weak glutes after hip replacements, and LYT Yoga to rebalance your nervous system.  Your questions: Tips for confidence? I'm the only LYT teacher in the studio. For example, a student leaving during class.  I have a q...

Join Lara for a conversation with BAKBŌN founder and CEO Dan Craytor. BAKBŌN is an adjustable, hands-free tool to help you keep your spine in a neutral position, promoting better posture and back health. This tool aligns well with Lara’s concept of the Triple S to help you find a neutral spine in LYT YogaⓇ. Dan wanted to create something that would give him feedback on his spinal alignment during...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about glute activation in movements, whether Bikram yoga is advisable when you have long thoracic nerve palsy, and the meaning of a whole-food diet.  Your questions: From Conor Harris on Instagram: When I hear that squeezing your glutes will help them grow or activate...

Dr. Jill Zimmerman is a Physical Therapist, mother, wife, business owner, Instagram educator, and critical thinker. Jill has special interests in hyper-mobility syndromes and how trauma and stress show up in the body and influence both pain and movement. In this episode, she talks with Lara about her background, how pain response ties directly with stress and trauma, why you should keep moving eve...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about the pelvic floor.  Your questions: How does prolonged sitting and poor posture impact the pelvic floor muscles and pelvic health? Can you explain the difference between a tight, high-tone pelvic floor and a strong pelvic floor? What are the options to decrease ti...

Join Lara for a deep dive into the science of why we should be moving more. She is here to help anyone who is either struggling to get moving, struggling to stay moving, or just wants to move more and to really understand the science behind it and let that help you encode the importance of moving. So listen in to get inspired and then get moving! In this episode Lara will discuss: why we are not m...

Join Lara for a conversation with Marcus Westberg, a Swedish photographer and storyteller, focusing on conservation and travel. ​​Marcus is a multiple-award-winning conservation photojournalist and travel writer and photographer, whose work is regularly featured in publications such as the NY Times , Washington Post Magazine , the Guardian , BBC Wildlife Magazine , and Africa Geographic . He divid...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about recommendations for someone diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and working hard to stay healthy post-diagnosis, how the LYT practice should be modified for kidney donors/recipients, and more information about the optimal angles of the ankle for certain hip opening pos...