The Funny Thing About Yoga

November 27, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga Year End Reflections & Goals  Episode No. 42 Giana and Bradshaw share their personal reflections for 2023 about their year-end highlights and new-year goals. They get personal and share standout memories, big life lessons, and what they look forward to leaving behind. They also play a round of cancel, explore commit, and share some of their big...

November 19, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga Gratitude  Episode No. 41 Giana and Bradshaw talk all about Gratitude. They get vulnerable and personal as they talk about what they’re grateful for, what a gratitude practice looks like for them, and what challenges they’re dealing with. A gratitude practice can help and they go over how these small mindset shifts can lead to bigger changes, witho...

The Funny Thing About Yoga Q&A: Learning Curves, Rest Days, Soreness and Finding Your Edge BONUS EPISODE #8 November 15, 2023 Once a Month, You can anticipate a special bonus episode where we answer YOUR questions! In this extraordinary bonus episode, we answer a few questions submitted to us by listeners. Today we banter and talk about Giana's insecurities and whether or not we’re singers, ac...

November 13, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga Astrology, Yoga, and Our Stars with Mahlet Yared Episode No. 40 This week Giana and Bradshaw have on Astrologer Mahlet Yared. They have so much fun talking about their charts, but only after diving into the link between yoga and astrology. Aside from the long history of both yoga and astrology linked in the Vedic period, there are also strong planetary...

November 05, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga Giving It Your All with Yoga Entrepreneur Pedro Luna Episode No. 39 This week Giana and Bradshaw have on Pedro Luna, the creator of YogiMemes, Yoga with Pedro, and Next Level Yoga Community. Giana and Pedro met a decade ago during YTT in Costa Rica and briefly taught at the same South Florida studio afterward. Witnessing Pedro's career blossom into all...

October 30, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga Backbend Basics & Banter  Episode No. 38 Giana and Bradshaw talk all about backbends today beginning with Upward Facing Dog pose. Though this pose is one of the most repeated backbends in a vinyasa yoga class, they explain how It is not often broken down in enough detail so It can be polarizing. Not only do they explain the alignment and differe...

The Funny Thing About Yoga Q&A: Studio Sequence Requirements, Teaching with a Mat, & Comped Classes for Perspective Teachers BONUS EPISODE #7 October 25, 2023 Once a Month, You can anticipate a special bonus episode where we answer YOUR questions! In this extraordinary bonus episode, we answer a few questions submitted to us by listeners. Today we banter and talk about Giana's current teac...

October 23, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga The Student-Teacher Paradigm Shift LIVE from Zen Yoga Garage Episode No. 37 This week Giana and Bradshaw bring back Melissa Talleda, Managing director of Zen Yoga Garage to host an in-studio event and podcast recording. On Friday, October 20th the three of them co-taught a 60-minute yoga class demoing different teaching styles then the group stayed for t...

October 16, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga We Talk Nonsense, then Get Serious about Sequencing  Episode No. 36 The title says It all: this episode begins with casual banter that spirals into a lot of nonsensical talk between Giana and Bradshaw. It's a conversation that paints a clear picture of their dynamic, which often involves Giana trying to lay out the foundation and Bradshaw bouncing t...

October 9, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga Teaching Opportunities, Auditions, and All Things Money Episode No. 35 This week Giana and Bradshaw talk about the different places yoga teachers can teach, auditioning, and all things money. They share their years of experience in teaching at several venues, creating opportunities for themselves, and cultivating the necessary business skills to be your o...

October 2, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga Live From Joshua Tree: The Ebbs and Flows of Practice  Episode No. 34 Giana and Bradshaw record live from their retreat in Joshua Tree, California this week. They talk about taking time off to be students in Los Angeles beforehand and how It was important to fill up their cups before leading the retreat. Not only did they feel inspired and reconnecte...

September 25, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga Reflecting and Growing with Alison Riazi  Episode No. 33 This week Giana and Bradshaw talk with Alison Riazi a fellow Chicago Yoga Teacher with a ton of experience. From her early days in Corepower training to a big move to New York to pursue dancing, then a move home to Chicago and so much more, Alison has done It all. They talk about rebuilding...

The Funny Thing About Yoga Q&A: Socializing Before Class & Deviating from the Flow  BONUS EPISODE #6 September 21, 2023 Once a Month, You can anticipate a special bonus episode where we answer YOUR questions! In this very special bonus episode, we answer a few questions submitted to us by listeners. Today we banter and talk about Giana's current teaching conundrum and then get to list...

September 18, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga Body Image and Yoga Episode No. 32 This week Giana and Bradshaw talk about all things Body Image, from the stereotypical yoga body to the commercialization of yoga, to feeling unwelcome, unsolicited comments and negative self-talk. They talk about their experience as both students and teachers and share the several ways in which the yoga practice can h...

September 5, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga This Wasn’t in the Job Description Episode No. 31 In today's episode, “This wasn’t in the Job Description,” Giana and Bradshaw talk about many of the atypical situations they have encountered in their collective 19 years of teaching experience. From medical emergencies and dealing with intruders, to conflict management and everything in between, the hos...

September 5, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga Everything You Need to Know About Inversions Episode No. 30 This week Giana and Bradshaw talk about Inversions- particularly headstands, forearm stands, and Handstands. Before getting into It they enjoy lighthearted banter and as their 2024 Retreat and YTT approaches, reminisce about Nicaragua. As for the Inversion talk, they detail their experience and...

August 28, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga From Exploitation to Established Yoga Instructor with Quamay Sams Episode No. 29 Giana and Bradshaw catch up with a friend, Quamay Sams. Quamay is a 500-hour yoga instructor based in New York City who strives to balance movement with the mindfulness of spiritual meditation. He shares his passion locally in Brooklyn and globally on Glo. In this conversatio...

The Funny Thing About Yoga Q&A: Sweat Etiquette, See-through Clothes, & Yoga Retreat Growth BONUS EPISODE #5 August 24, 2023 Once a Month, You can anticipate a special bonus episode where we answer YOUR questions! In this very special bonus episode, we answer three questions submitted to us by listeners. We talk about sweat etiquette, see-through yoga clothing, and how to use what you lear...

August 21, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga Alignment: Does It Matter? Episode No. 28 This week Giana leads with an intro that addresses new listeners, she shares information about upcoming yoga retreats, and she gets personal about whats been going on for her. Then Bradshaw joins the conversation and they begin to talk about Alignment and pose the question: Is there a right or wrong way to do thin...

August 14, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga On Breaking Stigmas and Being Yourself with Stephanie Acosta Episode No. 27 This week Giana and Bradshaw have Stephanie Acosta on the podcast to talk about breaking stigmas in the wellness industry, creating a platform for other Latinx yoga teachers, being a mom, big shifts throughout the pandemic, being real and all things New York. Stephanie says It lik...

August 7, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga Social Media and Random Tangents Episode No. 26 This week Giana and Bradshaw talk completely off the cuff about all things social media, humor, and finding their niche. Of course they cannot avoid tangents that range from the people upstairs, astrology, their roles with CAYA, clean aesthetics, and so much more. They detail their strategy or lack of st...

July 31, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga YTT: Our Experience, Pros & Cons, and Future Plans Episode No. 25 In this weeks episode Giana and Bradshaw talk ALL things yoga teacher trainings. They talk about their first experience in a 200 Hour, the different formats of trainings, the lack of regulations and yoga alliance standards, and so much more. With a 200 Hour Yoga teacher program of their o...

July 24, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga Sobriety, Yoga, and Self-love with Erika Scribner  Episode No. 24 In this weeks episode Giana and Bradshaw talk with Erika Scribner, a yoga teacher and studio owner based in South Florida. Erika details her journey with overcoming addiction and finding the yoga practice along the way. Though not the only tool in her tool belt, she credits the practice...

The Funny Thing About Yoga Q&A: Shifts in the Yoga Industry & The Myth of Hot Yoga BONUS EPISODE #4 June 22, 2023 Once a Month, You can anticipate a special bonus episode where we answer YOUR questions! In this very special bonus episode, we answer two questions submitted to us by listeners. We talk about how the yoga world in the west has changed since the ‘90s and how we feel about It as...

July 16, 2023 The Funny Thing About Yoga Can You Teach Poses You Can’t Do? Episode No. 23 In this episode Giana and Bradshaw talk about whether or not yoga teachers should teach poses that they themselves cannot do. It is never black and white and so they detail different scenarios and talk about pivotal memories during their more formidable yoga student years. Bradshaw explains how teaching thing...