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 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...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!   In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about avoiding bruised toes from hiking downhill, monthly cycle as relates to energy levels and delayed onset muscle soreness, muscle soreness from yoga and massage, and is LYT yoga enough movement?   Your questions: * How to avoid bruised toes while hiking down...

Join Lara for a conversation with Natalie Silverstein. Natalie is a real changemaker in the world as an author, speaker, consultant, and passionate advocate for family and youth community service. She formed the New York branch of the Minneapolis-based non-profit Doing Good Together with the mission of helping parents raise kids who help and contribute. Natalie has written two books Simple Acts: T...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!   In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about why men think they aren’t flexible enough to do yoga, advice for dealing with thoracic outlet syndrome, and working through depression.    Your questions: * Why is it that so many people believe that they aren't flexible enough to do yoga, especially...

“Being bendy” often starts as a party trick where you impress your friends with how flexible you are and they applaud your ability to put your foot behind your head. But hypermobility and the conditions associated are not only poorly understood within the standard healthcare system, they are also potentially very dangerous to those who live with them. In this episode, Dr. Linda Bluestein of Hyperm...

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, carrying angles, and the obturator internus muscle.   Your questions: * I've been having intense knee pain that keeps me up for part of the night. I feel it a bit during the day, but it really kicks in when I lie down to sleep. I suspect osteoar...

Join Lara for a conversation with Susan Marrufo, co-founder of Samarasa Center in Los Angeles, yoga and meditation teacher, retreat leader, and energy healer. Hear about Susan’s journey from her job in advertising in her 20s to her current role as a yoga entrepreneur. How she broke through societal expectations to explore who she truly is and what she has to offer the world.  In this episode,...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!   In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about shoulder impingement from COVID shots, how the LYT team met, finding a neutral pelvis when it’s laterally tilted.    Your questions: * I had four COVID shots and a flu shot in the same arm over the span of a year plus. Removal of lymph nodes requires...

This month, Lara talks through some helpful habits you should consider adopting, if you don’t already do them, upon waking up to set yourself up for success. Because how you wake up really does set the path for the day. It’s a way to jumpstart your morning. Waking up well can improve your productivity, mood, and health. In this episode, you will learn about… * the negative effects of hitting the s...

Today we welcome back returning guest, from Episode 447, Dr. David Ward. Lara and Dr. Ward discuss the latest research on how to prevent and reverse cognitive decline through holistic lifestyle-based strategies. Dr. Ward shares a ton of information about how to mitigate the risks of a shrinking brain as you age, some of which is hot off the research paper presses.  Dr. Ward is a licensed doct...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them!   In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about shoulder discoordination when lifting the arms, whether pain indicates that you should stop doing something, and work/exercise balance in life.    Your questions: * For about 1.5 weeks, I can't lift my arms up sideways. It gets stuck pretty soon, even...

Leading a healthy and fit lifestyle, isn’t just a way of thinking and living. It can be a way of business and for serial entrepreneur, Andy Jackson, making it easier for kids and adults to lead a healthy and active lifestyle became his business obsession. From releasing VHS videos in the 90s, to today working with Elton John’s Rocket Sports, and heading his own curated wellness marketplace, A...