Redefining Movement

Let’s evolve the concept of the mind-body connection. Examine your own views of mind and body and inquire whether you view them in a dualistic or holistic fashion. Viewing your mind and body as part of an inextricably interconnected system can help you take better care of yourself. Learn more about how mind and body have been seen throughout history and hear powerful stories about their impact on...

In this episode, Lara dives into a fascinating conversation with Heather Ivany about her skills as an Akashic record teacher and what doing an Akashic reading entails. This expertise allows Heather to support people in understanding their soul’s purpose in this lifetime. She also advises people on how to best work with their gifts to allow them to fulfill this purpose.   To learn more, and fo...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about the difference between inflexibility due to the nervous system or actual range of motion and proximal hamstring tendinopathy. Your questions: Can you talk about flexibility of tissues based on the nervous system versus actual range of motion? For 18 months I’ve been f...

Kimberly Snyder is a household name in so many fields, from nutrition, meditation, yoga, to living a holistic lifestyle. She’s the author of nine books, and we discuss her latest book, You Are More Than You Think You Are. It’s inspiring, personal, and aspirational, while still managing to give practical tips and advice you can apply immediately. She breaks down the path to feeling more joy and bei...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about why people hate dolphin pose, working on hyperextended joints, and groin pain while running. Your questions: Why do so many people hate dolphin pose? How can I work on my hyperextended elbows and knee? I somehow developed groin pain when running. I think it’s more of...

Alyssa Kuzins is truly a healer. She experienced severe emotional trauma when her husband got into a cycling accident and was put in a coma for 64 days. She found healing through intuitive dance and has learned how to find the connection between body and mind, which she now teaches both on retreats and online. We talk about her journey from being struck with grief at that moment and how the reperc...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about walking on the balls of feet, popping knees, and dealing with severe sciatic pain. Your questions: My friends’ son walks on the balls of his feet more often than not. Other people in his family do the same. Is this hereditary? What is going on, why, and what can be do...

You may recognize Torrey DeVitto as a model or from her acting roles in Chicago Med, Pretty Little Liars, and The Vampire Diaries, but she has played even bigger roles in people’s lives through her activism and palliative care. We discuss her career, her volunteer and humanitarian work, and her spiritual journey to incorporate astrology, meditation, and self-reflection into a holistic model for he...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about glute medius tendonitis and increasing core strength with an umbilical hernia. Your questions: Have you ever talked about glute medius tendonitis on the podcast? I have a pain in the right side of my right hip and it goes all along the IT band and it is painful. How d...

Dr. Emily Splichal is known as “the foot doctor,” but she’s so much more than a podiatrist. She’s a human movement specialist and global leader in barefoot science and rehabilitation, looking at movement dysfunction and neuromuscular control during gait. We cover the genius design of the foot and how it affects everything from your nervous system to your fascia and how you can improve it, as well...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about healing after a motorcycle accident, our thoughts on craniosacral therapy, and overcoming post-stroke fatigue. Your questions: My friend had a motorcycle accident and “only” broke his arm, but since then the ulna is not growing back together. His doctor plans to place...

Growth is a wonderful thing. Just the word brings to mind the image of expansion. But one of the prerequisites of growth is change, and for many of us change is terrifying. You can’t have one without the other. We’re going to offer you some ways you can encourage personal growth in your own life, overcome the fear of change, and dive headfirst into your own expansion. To learn more, and for the co...

Paola Ricardo, Psy. D. is a LYT Yoga® teacher offering classes in both Spanish and English. She’s now incorporating her credentials as a Doctor of Psychology into her classes, combining mindfulness, yoga, and nutrition to bring support to her clients from all sides.  In this conversation, we talk about her path to yoga, her journey to getting her doctorate, the importance of the mind-body con...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about teres major area pain, feeling an imbalance in your shoulder blades, “mom shoulder,” and our opinion on cupping. Your questions: I have pain somewhere between teres major and the armpit. Help! I noticed a significant difference in my ability to engage the muscles arou...

Adele Spraggon is an award-winning author, thought leader, international trainer, and a fearless speaker. Her book “Shift: 4 Steps to Personal Empowerment” is making waves for its powerful message of inspiration and hope and transforming how people are setting and achieving their goals.  After years in the personal development industry, Adele realized that she was struggling herself to meet h...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about finding the source of hip trouble, the difference between mobility and flexibility, and how to find a good PT. Your questions: I have a student who has trouble crossing his legs and other hip-related yoga poses. Do you have any advice on figuring out where the problem...

So much has changed since Hannah Barrett’s last appearance on the show. She moved from her hometown of London, underwent shoulder surgery, and published her very first book, Yoga Happy . In it, she’s assimilated the different aspects of yoga and her own practice to develop a wonderful toolkit for anyone to move and feel better – while deepening their understanding of meditation, yogic philosophy,...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about palm tingling, back pain for mothers, feeling clunky, and connecting with your glutes. Your questions: I’m experiencing tingling in the palm of my hand on occasion. What could that be and what should I do? I have a client who has back pain. She’s also a mother of thre...

Campbell Will is a physiotherapist and the founder of BreathBody Therapy. He’s had a lifelong fascination with how the human body works. As he began to understand the functions of it, he came to realize that a large part of what makes the body work well is our breathing. We talk about looking at the body as a whole system, how breath connects to seemingly unrelated injuries, breathing appropriatel...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about lack of shoulder flexion, releasing the piriformis, moves for bound hip flexors, and our thoughts on massage guns. Your questions: I have a client that struggles to get the arms straight when lifting them overhead. The elbows tend to bend outwards. I’m not sure how or...

May is a month for celebrating and recognizing mothers. Along with mothers, there are many others that share the role of caregiving, taking care of people in their lives, whether they’re parents, a spouse, or otherwise. In this Monthly Motivation episode, we explore the deeply emotional and important topics of mothering and caregiving and how to ensure you don’t lose yourself in the act of caring...

In this episode of Friday with Friends, we chat with Kanika Chadda-Gupta, a born storyteller and master of reinvention. Starting off as a television anchor in India, she pivoted her life by moving to the United States and becoming a digital marketing strategist – then reinvented herself once again as a podcast host and parent. We talk about parenting, organization, entrepreneurship, and trying to...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! In this Wednesday Q&A, we answer your questions about SI joint pain, multifidus muscle tightness, and hypermobility issues. Your questions: I’ve had left SI joint pain since last June. LYT seems to aggravate it so I stopped for a while. I’m trying to get back at it but still can’t do the high-intensity classes. What can...

So much of how our lives play out is impacted by the thoughts in our heads. Bob Doyle transitioned from a successful career as a radio DJ to becoming a master of manifestation. Building off of The Secret and the law of attraction, he uses the science of brain mapping to help people manifest what they want most in life. In this episode, he shares what people get wrong about manifestation and the st...

Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! Your questions: There’s a clump in my inner wrist on the thumb side. It doesn’t hurt, but how do I get rid of it? Tips for bloating? What do you eat in a day? Does Bigfoot’s nonoptimal posture disprove his existence? Can pain in the wrist and thumb originate in the neck, shoulders, and back? To learn more, and for the comple...