Coming home from another yoga teacher training, full of new information and techniques to utilize, can be exciting…and also overwhelming.

In today’s episode, hosts Tiffany and Rachel talk about how to integrate all the tools you learn in training in a way that is meaningful for your students. In this episode, we stress the importance of a slow and steady approach guided by clarity of purpose for each class.

Listen in to learn how to incorporate new material and when to use which teaching tools in both group classes and when working with students one-on-one.

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Show Notes:

• The challenge of integrating new information into classes in a meaningful way [1:33]
• Focus on one area of content at a time, in practice and teaching [4:31]
• The importance of setting and meeting student expectations [9:30]
• “Drip-feed” new content or techniques into your teaching [12:10]
• Creating classes for the students who come back [16:41]
• Using a class series to introduce new content gradually [18:36]
• Combining techniques in group classes versus one-to-one [22:05]
• A real-world example [28:58]
• Summing up: simplicity, clarity, repetition, patience, and individuality [31:26]

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You can learn more about this episode, and see the full show notes at YogaMedicine.com/podcast-108.

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Burnout is becoming a more common experience than ever, in the yoga world and beyond, so today hosts Tiffany and Rachel dive into the varied experiences of and solutions to this problem.

We discuss three common precursors to burnout and how challenging it can be to generate the energy required to recognize and resolve it. We also share the role yoga practice can play in helping us build long-term physical and mental resilience as an antidote to burnout.

Listen to this episode to learn what burnout is, what causes contribute, and the intangible game-changers you could be overlooking when trying to overcome burnout.

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• The three key symptoms of burnout [3:50]
• Perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and a potential up-side of burnout [5:10]
• Difficulty generating the energy to find a way out [7:30]
• Is restorative yoga the solution to burnout? [9:17]
• Burnout as a long-term imbalance between inputs and outputs [13:08]
• Individuality in burnout, emotional labour, and the role yoga can play [17:11]
• Training long-term resilience to burnout [23:59]
• A three-part approach: nervous system, connective tissue & mental resilience [27:00]
• Where to start [32.28]
• The Yoga Medicine Resilience Retreat and other resources [35:38]

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• • Watch this episode on YouTube
  • Yoga Medicine® Resilience Retreat with Tiffany Cruikshank – Boulder, CO
  • Yoga Medicine® Resilience Retreat with Tiffany Cruikshank – Norfolk, VA
  • Yoga Medicine® Podcast Episode 05: Sustainability & Yoga
  • YMO Resources:
    • Tiffany’s Burnout Resilience Playlist
    • Valerie Knopik’s Burnout Series

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Today host Katja talks with Dr. Stephanie Otto about exercise oncology, exercise, and fascia. We discuss the biological foundations of cancer and the research link between fascia and cancer. We also talk about therapeutic interventions related to cancer exercise and fascia and explain what distinguishes healthy tissue from cancerous tissue.

Listen in to learn how important effective exercise can be for our oncology and how exercise oncology interventions relate to fascial tissues.

• What makes cancer develop [3:47]
• Can we affect cells that become cancerous [6:45]
• Exercises to target biometrics of tissues [8:18]
• Optional treatment paths for exercise for oncology [11:37]
• Breathing and nervous system approaches [19:26]
• What is next for the field of exercise oncology research [25:32]

• Watch this episode on YouTube
• Connect with Dr. Stephanie Otto:

LinkedIn | Twitter | ResearchGate

You can learn more about this episode, and see the full show notes at YogaMedicine.com/podcast-106.

And you can find out more about insider tips, online classes or information on our teacher trainings at YogaMedicine.com.

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