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Using Pain Care Aware Language and Cueing in Yoga with Lisa Pearson
The Yoga Pro Podcast
05/12/23 • 33 min
The words we use when teaching yoga practices matter more than you might realize when you are working with people who struggle with persistent pain.
Do you know what nocebic language is? If not, this is a must-hear episode!
Lisa Pearson joins us to answer that question and share insight on how seemingly harmless cues could be hurting your students and clients.
Lisa Pearson, 'Swami Swarupananda' is an 'ordained yogic priest' in the Kriya Yoga tradition. With nearly three decades of yoga teaching and yoga therapy experience, Lisa is a Certified Yoga Therapist and an Approved Professional Development Provider, through the International Association of Yoga Therapists, She is an E-RYT500 and Yoga Alliance Certified Education Provider. Swami Lisa is faculty and a program mentor for Inner Peace Yoga Therapy School, and is the Director and Lead Trainer for Pain Care Aware; a yoga teaching certification program which educates professionals about the intersection of pain science and yoga. Having lived with Fibromyalgia for over 30 years, Lisa teaches from her deep well of yoga wisdom, and also from her lived experience of pain.
Topics:
-Lisa’s yoga beginnings
-Why we should embrace all of the ways that people can find yoga
-What pain care aware language consists of
-Why saying “if it hurts, don’t do it” can be harmful
-What Nocebic language is
-Messaging that helps people self regulate and create awareness
-Instilling self-efficacy and agency
-How pain can be a message and how to decipher it
-Language we should be using in our classes
-Inviting agency rather than giving permission
-Lisa’s favorite ways to invite discernment
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Neil Pearson episode Managing Pain Through Yoga with Neil Pearson
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Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.
Gratitude and Rebranding with Pamela Crane
The Yoga Pro Podcast
08/11/22 • 15 min
Rebranding yourself and your business can be a scary process. In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Pamela goes solo to with a pep talk about her journey of rebranding, how getting in touch with your core values is important when branding yourself, and so much more.
Check out this episode if you are struggling with how to get to the heart of yourself and your biz and show up as your truest self.
Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com
Pamela Crane, MS Yoga Therapy, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP, is a certified yoga therapist who helps heart-centered entrepreneurs overcome fears and imposter syndrome to create online content; and provides evidence-based continuing education and mentoring for yoga professionals. She has presented stress management seminars at the US Department of Health and Human Services, the US Department of Education, and the USPS headquarters to name a few; and has presented nationally and internationally at symposiums and conferences for yoga and integrative medicine. She has been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, Meniere’s Disease, and ADHD, and manages her challenges with yoga, stress management techniques, and lifestyle adjustments. She is the host of The Yoga Pro podcast where she interviews experts in the field of yoga and integrative health.
Topics:
-Why Pamela changed her brand from Interoceptive Performance to Gratefully Pamela
-How she worked through the process with interoception and intuition
-What her gratitude practice looks like
-Why knowing her core values was important in figuring out what resonated
-How knowing who you are and who you serve can make your rebrand easier
-Understanding that getting comfortable with the fact that everyone won’t resonate with you is important
-Why you need your own yoga therapist to work with
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Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.
EFT, Tapping, and Yoga for Limiting Beliefs with Lauren Fonvielle
The Yoga Pro Podcast
08/03/22 • 28 min
Have you ever heard of Tapping, or EFT? It’s a method of healing that uses tapping different parts of the body while identifying the emotions coming up to help you work through them. In this episode, Lauren Fonvielle joins us to talk about the basics of tapping, how it can provide relief from limiting beliefs and other mental and emotional suffering, and how you can incorporate it into your yoga classes. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com Lauren is an Integrative Energy Practitioner, specializing in EFT/ Tapping for stress, anxiety, and trauma. She guides her clients on a journey of self healing to breakthrough obstacles - physical, mental, or emotional - that are keeping them stuck and holding them back in life or business. She believes we all have the answers within, and sometimes we just need a little help accessing them. Topics: -How Lauren found yoga and tapping -Integrating the two modalities -Lauren explains talks about scientific research behind tapping for reducing cortisol in the body -How she promotes the mixed class to reduce resistance -Who might not find tapping beneficial and adjusting for those that it doesn’t resonate for -Lauren shares examples of how she incorporates tapping into postures -Where on the body you can tap and for how long for the best benefits -How limiting beliefs showed up in Lauren’s life and how tapping has helped her -What to do when someone is triggered in a group setting -What type of music is best if you are planning to use music in your practice -Lauren talks about the accessibility of tapping as a healing modality -Phrases that Lauren uses with people who are struggling with limiting beliefs -How to find qualified EFT practitioners and trainings Please fill out our survey and receive a FREE I’m a Yoga Pro sticker! https://lynxshort.com/podcastsurvey Would you or someone you know make a great guest? Apply with this podcast guest form and waiver https://forms.gle/wGDiv3i1ZSDAzu8o6 Connect with Lauren: IG: https://www.instagram.com/laurenic0le/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/LaurenFonvielle YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LaurenFonvielle Website: MindShiftWithLauren.com Masterclass: MindShiftWithLauren.com/Masterclass 5 Day Mindset Reset: https://www.mindshiftwithlauren.com/mindsetreset Connect with Pamela: www.theyogapropodcast.com www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela Email: [email protected] Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission. www.renawren.com
Teaching Mindfulness to Children and Families with Brittany Hudson
The Yoga Pro Podcast
04/27/22 • 33 min
Families have seen their fair share of stress during the pandemic, and can be a lucrative market for yoga professionals.
In this episode, Brittany Hudson shares the secret to how she built her mindfulness business with children and families and how she uses these tools to destress the whole family.
Brittany has been in the practice of Mindfulness Meditation for almost 30 years. In 2014 she started Meditating Mama and now guides and teaches public and private Semi Guided Mindfulness Meditation classes for Beginners all over San Diego.
Topics:
-Brittany’s journey into meditation
-How she uses mindfulness to help children and families
-Why it’s important for the whole household to be involved
-Brittany’s inspiration for niching to families
-The major stressors on families that mindfulness can help with
-Brittany discusses her own journey with a child during the pandemic
-How she finds her clients and gets the family to buy in
-The importance of validating children and teen’s feelings and stresses
-Brittany talks about she offers value in groups to gain clients
-Her favorite child friendly mindfulness practice
-Making mindfulness a habit
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https://www.facebook.com/Sdmeditationclasses
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www.instagram.com/interoceptiveperformance
https://interoceptiveperformance.vipmembervault.com
Email: [email protected]
Clubhouse and Greenroom: @pamelacrane
Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.
Perfectionism in Yoga Business with Jessica Cross
The Yoga Pro Podcast
07/27/22 • 36 min
How many times have you put off doing all of the things you want to for your business until you can do them perfectly?
Are you taking training after training in the hopes you will finally be qualified/ready/enough?
Jessica Cross joins us on this episode to chat all things Perfectionism in Yoga Business, and brings a little real talk and some inspiration for those of us on the perfectionism struggle bus.
Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com
Jessica is an E-RYT 500, Certified Meeting Professional, a corporate marketing dropout turned yoga business coach, and the host of Marketing Off the Mat podcast. She spent 15 years working for Fortune 500 companies all over the US and developing her expertise in marketing & events. She began teaching yoga in 2016 and she coaches other soulpreneurs to step into their true potential as teachers and healers.
Topics:
-How Jessica found yoga
-Why reasons that person who doesn’t come back to your yoga class might not be about you
-Jessica’s mixing of her corporate and yoga experience to build her own business
-How we make yoga our scapegoat for our money mindset issues
-Why we have to stop “shoulding” on ourselves
-How perfectionism shows up for Jessica and what she does about it
-The need for external validation and how it affects us
-Jessica addresses misconceptions about social media follower numbers
-Where our perfectionistic tendencies originate
-The role shame plays in holding us back (with a perfectly timed cameo from Jessica’s cat, lol)
-Why you don’t need any more trainings
-Actions we can take to further our business and get momentum
-How Jessica helps clients who are struggling with perfectionism
-Using your own past experiences to find a perfect audience where you fit in
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https://www.instagram.com/jessicacross.co/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-off-the-mat/id1561236072
Connect with Pamela:
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Email: [email protected]
Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.
Shame, Root Chakra, and Pelvic Health with Cheri Dostal Ryba
The Yoga Pro Podcast
07/20/22 • 79 min
Have you ever been told to “hold your belly in” or “tighten your core muscles”?
Over recruiting in the pelvic floor can cause trouble throughout the body, and can be caused by so many different physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual factors.
In this episode, Cheri Dostal Ryba unpacks shame, money, sexual desire and more as it relates to the pelvis; and she busts some myths around kegels and core strength that are still being passed around as truth today.
Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com
Cheri serves as co-director and lead faculty of the accredited program AlcheMe Yoga Therapy Training and helps people globally online who want to improve their pelvic health, back care, and develop self-awareness and resilience. She wrote the book Pelvic Yoga Therapy for the Whole Woman: A Professional Guide and is a songwriter who recently released Matrescence: Mothering Wholeness through Song.
Topics:
-Cheri’s introduction to yoga
-The surprising way she made her way into teaching yoga
-The svadhyaya that led her to specialize in pelvic health
-Overworking in our lifestyle and the relationship to overworking in our pelvic floor
-How you can tell if you have an overworking pelvic floor and what to do (and NOT do!) about it
-The difference between over-recruiting and strength
-Why you shouldn’t hold your belly in
-How rest and relaxation are crucial in cultivating a supple pelvic floor
-Pamela and Cheri share some favorite practices to release pelvic tension
-The correlation between jaw tension, TMJ, and teeth grinding and tightness in the pelvic floor
-The power of awareness
-Why we feel shame around the pelvis and how we can change that
-How to self identify that you need specialized treatment; and how to get the right referral to a qualified practitioner you feel comfortable with
-The ins and outs of vulva mapping for getting to know your body
-Menstrual cups 101
-Cheri talks about unpacking unknown traumas that might be affecting her root chakra
-The unconscious script that rules our patterns around money
-Noticing our default patterns and finding change in the areas that aren’t serving us
-Why you probably don’t need to be doing kegels
-Misconceptions around sexual arousal and women’s desire
-The difference between spontaneous desire and responsive desire
-Embracing being at the center of our lived experience
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Connect with Cheri:
SAVE THE DATE! August 16 6-8 central time for a Masterclass with Cheri, “Bladder Love”Nap ministry Cheri Talked about:
https://www.instagram.com/thenapministry/
Connect with Pamela:
www.instagram.com/interoceptiveperformance
Email: [email protected]
Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.
How to Build a Successful Yoga Business with Amy Wheeler
The Yoga Pro Podcast
09/22/21 • 53 min
Building a successful yoga business requires more than knowledge of yoga practices. You also need business skills and a growth mindset. In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Amy Wheeler joins us to share wisdom from her journey as a yoga entrepreneur.
Amy is the founder and director of Optimal State Programs and is a professor of Kinesiology at California State University, San Bernardino. She is a C-IAYT and has a BA and MA in Health promotion and a Phd in education and psychology. She is a past president of IAYT and has helped the National Ayurvedic Medical Association set standards for Ayurvedic yoga therapy.
Topics:
-What Amy wishes she knew when she started out
-Why business is a yogic practice
-Tips from Amy for how you can find your niche
-The importance of branding and Amy’s process for founding Optimal State
-Choosing a domain name that will last through changes in your business
-Amy talks about how business is an evolution
-Why being a great yoga teacher or therapist is not enough to have a successful business
-How Amy sought out resources for small business to learn skills
-Figuring out where your talents lie and when to outsource
-Amy shares her process for finding talented collaborators
-Why you have to get out of your comfort zone and embrace technology (and Amy gets vulnerable about her experiences)
-Pamela and Amy talk Tik Tok and Instagram Reels and the struggle to reach your target audience
-Tips for figuring out what social media (or any advertising avenue) your target audience uses
-Why growth mindset is necessary to have a successful yoga business
-We discuss personal yoga practices and the importance of that for our businesses
Connect with Amy:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yoga-therapy-hour-with-amy-wheeler/id1564687158
References:
Affiliate link to The E-Myth book
Affiliate link to Clifton StrengthsFinder book
https://www.canva.com/join/siding-onyx-boiled Affiliate Link
http://www.fiverr.com/s2/75ed175cd6 Affiliate Link
Connect with Pamela:
www.instagram.com/interoceptiveperformance
https://interoceptiveperformance.vipmembervault.com
Email: [email protected]
Clubhouse and Greenroom: @pamelacrane
Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.
Yoga for Equestrians with Kristen Kolenda
The Yoga Pro Podcast
04/20/22 • 30 min
Spending time with animals can be relaxing and yogic in nature, but when you are participating in the sport of horse riding, there are myriad physical and emotional issues that can arise.
In this episode, Kristen Kolenda joins us to share how she uses yoga to help equestrians find balance, grounding, and focus; and she shares how she markets to her niche by tailoring the practices.
Kristen, is a yoga therapist who has a background in equestrian studies, and she marries those two passions to help horse riders. She works with them to improve their biomechanics, riding performance, rider horse connection; and manage chronic pain and more.
Topics:
-Kristen’s introduction to yoga
-How emotional mirroring occurs between us and our animals
-Why digging into her past and present experiences helped her find that niche
-The parallels between yoga and horseback riding and care
-Special issues that equestrians face
-Yoga tools Kristen uses to help people work through fear
-Kristen shares her favorite breath work practice
-How she finds and markets to her niche
-Transferring the yoga from the mat to the horse
-The contradiction between being on the horse and being grounded
-Her tools for fostering focus and concentration
-Muscle imbalances and lack of symmetry
-The benefit of group classes for people who practice the same sport
-Kristen shares her rider training scale that mirrors the chakras and koshas
-How she helps riders address their stress and reconnect to the joy of riding
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Connect with Kristen:
ttps://www.kristenkolendayoga.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOC7XpEQQdYMfnvWu7eXFpA
https://www.instagram.com/kristenkolendayoga/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/KristenKoYoga
Connect with Pamela:
www.instagram.com/interoceptiveperformance
https://interoceptiveperformance.vipmembervault.com
Email: [email protected]
Clubhouse and Greenroom: @pamelacrane
Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.
Yoga for Lupus and Autoimmune with Annemarie Sampson
The Yoga Pro Podcast
07/13/22 • 50 min
Lupus and other autoimmune conditions are prevalent in our society, and yet they are called invisible diseases because you might not know someone is suffering from one unless they tell you.
As a yoga professional, it is important for us to have an understanding of what someone with one of these diagnoses might be going through so we can best serve them.
In this episode, Annmarie Sampson joins us to share her experience with Lupus and some things we need to be aware of as yoga facilitators.
Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com
Anne Marie has served the Chicagoland health community for the past 38 years. She is a certified personal trainer and yoga instructor and has nutrition and wellness coaching training. She currently coaches high school girls cross country and works with individual clients to achieve physical, mental, emotional, and social health.
Topics:
-How Annemarie found yoga
-Getting her diagnosis of lupus
-Why you can’t always tell when someone has an autoimmune disease and how to deal with that as a yoga professional
-Scope of practice as a yoga pro
-Keeping an open mind when working with a particular populations
-Why some people are hesitant to share information on intake
-Annemarie takes us through a value assessment
-How lupus affects different populations
-Why people suffering from autoimmune diseases need to move and how yoga pros should approach that
-Making yoga all about the exploration
-Removing affirmative language in yoga classes
-What to avoid for people suffering from autoimmune conditions
-Dealing with judgement of yourself and from others working in this space with autoimmune disease
-Why Annemarie generally isn’t vocal about her disease
-Managing environmental toxins in the yoga classroom and beyond
-Why accessibility to (or lack of) healthy products and food is yoga
-The importance of understanding that everyone has some experience with inflammation
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www.instagram.com/sustainablelife.live
https://sustainablelifelive.com/
Kaya’s episode on advanced yoga we referenced:
https://www.theyogapropodcast.com/what-is-advanced-yoga-with-kaya-mindlin/
Connect with Pamela:
www.instagram.com/interoceptiveperformance
Email: [email protected]
Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.
Trauma Sensitive Yoga for South Africa and Beyond with Candice Clark
The Yoga Pro Podcast
08/18/22 • 37 min
Providing trauma informed and trauma sensitive yoga is important everywhere but some areas of the world are particularly affected by complex PTSD, and are important places for these offerings.
In this episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast, Candice Clark talks about sensitive yoga for South Africa and research based protocols. She shares why we never really get over our traumas, ways to manage them through yoga, and why yoga can be more effective than traditional treatments for PTSD.
Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or find it at www.theyogapropodcast.com
Candice Clark is a licensed counsellor and yoga therapist that specializes in trauma and mental health. She has worked with numerous individuals and on group therapy programs in South Africa and internationally, supporting the recovery from psychological trauma. She is currently completing her Masters thesis on trauma-sensitive yoga in the South African context. She trains psychologists, counsellors, healthcare practitioners and yoga teachers on this methodology.
Topics:
-Candice shares her yoga journey
-Why we never really get over our traumas and how to manage that
-Why staying in the present moment is crucial
-Using the five senses exercise as a way to manage trauma
-The difference between resolved and unresolved trauma
-Candice’s explanation of the difference between trauma informed and trauma sensitive
-What research is showing about trauma sensitive yoga and why it helps
-Why trauma survivors have trouble completing traditional treatment and why some have more success with yoga
-Unique challenges that trauma survivors in South Africa face
-The difference between complex PTSD and PTSD
-How trauma sensitive yoga is filling the gap in mental health care in South Africa
-Barriers for reaching more biopic teachers
-Respecting the communities by knowing where you do and don’t fit in
-Why trauma sensitive yoga isn’t a one-size-fits-all for every country or community
-Treating traumatized individuals in situations where the trauma is ongoing
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Connect with Candice:
www.instagram.com/returntopresence
www.instagram.com/candsclarkvz
Connect with Pamela:
www.instagram.com/gratefullypamela
Email: [email protected]
Music: The State of Things (The Bouncy Song) by Rena Wren is used with permission.
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The Yoga Pro Podcast currently has 100 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Business, Education, Self-Improvement, Podcasts, Alternative Health, Entrepreneur, Health & Fitness, Yoga, Training, Passion, Society, Skills, Movement and Performance.
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The average episode length on The Yoga Pro Podcast is 42 minutes.
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The first episode of The Yoga Pro Podcast was released on Feb 10, 2021.
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