Best Snuff Said Podcasts (2024)

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Best Practices For Yoga Teacher Training. A Conversation with Leslie Pearlman 1:02:42

19h ago1:02:42

1:02:42

How we train the next generation of yoga teachers is one of the most important conversations I think we can have as an industry. This series on the podcast has covered a lot of ground talking to experts from all over the world about their thoughts on YTTs. And this, our final interview, is with a person whose expertise is in the actual training of …

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Are Our Standards Up To Snuff? A Chat with Stephanie Adams 51:31

8d ago51:31

51:31

One perspective I wanted to make sure we had during this conversation series around YTTs was the longtime trainer and studio owner. And I could not have gotten a better match than Stephanie Adams. Stephanie started SAYF, or The Sustainable Asana Yoga Foundation—and has been training folks for over a decade. Stephanie has lots of wisdom to share fro…

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How Did Our YTT System Happen? A Conversation with Amara Miller 1:06:48

20d ago1:06:48

1:06:48

Have you ever wondered how on Earth we got here? How did we get 200 hours? Who started all this? Amara Miller has the answers. Take a listen. KEY TAKEAWAYS *Knowing where we can go to in the future depends greatly upon understanding our where we came from. The Yoga Alliance started in 1999 as a solution to a problem, and was not initially set forth…

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How We Train Matters. A Deep Dive with Anjali Rao 1:02:28

27d ago1:02:28

1:02:28

There is so much to dive into in regards to teacher trainings. How long do we train for? Is our system working for us? Are teacher training and deeper learning the same thing? Should I run a “social justice” focused teacher training? Anjali and I get into it all. Take a listen. KEY TAKEAWAYS *Training is a huge responsibility within the industry. A…

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Our Greatest Magic Trick 10:34

2M ago10:34

10:34

Why does it seem like nobody tells us what we got right? Our culture, inside and outside the yoga space, seems to thrive on constant critique and “constructive criticism”. But what are absolutely nailing? I have an idea. RESOURCES Working In Yoga Website Working In Yoga Newsletter Find Taylor Casey SPONSOR Midwest Yoga Conference…

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Building A Box So We Can Get Creative. A Training Conversation w/ Hannah Teutscher 1:05:14

2M ago1:05:14

1:05:14

Let’s talk fundamentals this week. How can we improve our training, both individually and as an industry? I find it super helpful to ask pros in other fields how they train, and what they are seeing in their movement profession—so that is what I did. I asked Pilates instructor, studio owner, yoga teacher, former professional dancer, and altogether …

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Preferences and Anatomy. A Discussion with Erin Ehlers. 1:05:32

3M ago1:05:32

1:05:32

What do we need to actually know about anatomy? Is sequencing really important? Are there hard and fast rules about alignment, or is it all just a style preference? Take a listen to my conversation with Erin Ehlers to find out. RESOURCES Working In Yoga Website Working In Yoga Newsletter Erin’s Website SPONSOR Midwest Yoga Conference…

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Yoga Teacher Trainings. A Conversation w/ Theo & Harriet of The Yoga Teacher's Survival Guide 1:45:26

3M ago1:45:26

1:45:26

Yoga Teacher Trainings. What do we love? What can we do without? What are we missing? I asked two absolute gems of yoga professionals, Theo Wildcroft and Harriet McAtee to answer that question. They’ve collaborated for their new book The Yoga Teacher’s Survival Guide, and this conversation is a deep dive into what we love and need more of as we tra…

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Protecting Your Relationships. A Legal Chat with Cory Sterling 55:16

4M ago55:16

55:16

So many of the tasks we consider to be difficult in business are just building, maintaining, and creating boundaries around our relationships. Our marketing is a relationship with the people who follow us. Our managing is relationship building with our teams & colleagues. And the law helps us create boundaries around our relationships. This week on…

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Hosting Sacred Experiences. A Conversation with Ransom Hare & The Himalayan Institute 57:26

5M ago57:26

57:26

There is something special when we take folks out of their own lives and to a new place. This week on the podcast I got the chance to talk with The Himalayan Institute’s Ransom Hare, who runs their retreat program, and we had the best time chatting. Ransom talks to us about what they do to get alleviate all those travel worries and jitters that fol…

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Event Planning Secrets. A Conversation with Amy Zellmer 54:08

5M ago54:08

54:08

Have you ever been curious about presenting at a conference? Wanted to know what event planners are looking for, want you to know, and what to steer clear of? Amy Zellmer, conference coordinator and owner of Midwest Yoga + Life Magazine answers all this and more. KEY TAKEAWAYS: *The best part of event planning is that you get to hang out with other…

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Can We Get A Vacation? A Chat With Heather Horrell 59:08

5M ago59:08

59:08

Admit it, you’ve probably at least thought once or twice about taking your yoga students on a retreat. Where would you go? Costa Rica? Puerto Rico? California? Italy? Maybe somewhere closer for you like a state park or nature sanctuary. This week we chat with travel expert Heather Horrell about what it takes to organize wellness travel, what trends…

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That's A Perfect Wrap. What We Learned, And What's Next. 37:00

6M ago37:00

37:00

8 Guests. Tons of words of wisdom. A mini-lesson on white supremacy. That’s what I call a series. This episode takes clips from each episode and guides you through the small changes, experiences, and big-picture ideas that made this series so special. A huge thanks to all of my guests: Dr. Shyam Ranganathan, Ann Swanson, Colin Hall, Daniel Simpson,…

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Can You Be The Perfect Activist? A Learning Conversation w/ Colice Sanders 1:15:26

6M ago1:15:26

1:15:26

I had a question that was bothering me. From episode one of this series (w/ Dr. Shyam Ranganathan) I have been asking and chatting about how we are holding our own activist and change-maker selves to perfectionist standards. So decided to end this series with an expert here to answer that question. Enter Colice Sanders to the chat. The covers so mu…

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Your Marketing Doesn’t Need To Be Perfect. A Conversation with Tristan Katz 1:02:55

7M ago1:02:55

1:02:55

Marketing in the yoga space makes me actively cringe sometimes. When I venture outside my very tightly curated algorithm, I find a whole world of matching athleisurewear sets, “quick tips for the best down-dog”, handstand tutorials, and a whole lot of things that don’t make me think of the rich and nurturing practice of yoga that I have come to lov…

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Productivity vs. Perfection. How the hell do we get stuff done? A conversation with Pooja Virani 58:12

7M ago58:12

58:12

This is the conversation I didn’t know I needed. Productivity is such a huge part of who we are, and that feels like it goes double for those of us who work for ourselves, which is a lot of us in the yoga space. So Pooja Virani is back, and she and I talk all about what it means to be productive. KEY TAKEAWAYS: -Perfectionism and Productivity are b…

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Let's Gather Together. A Conversation w/ Sedona Yoga Festival Founder Heather Shereé Sanders 50:32

7M ago50:32

50:32

Let’s talk festivals, yoga friends. Festivals, conferences, and workshops are where we learn, connect, and nourish our profession together. We meet new friends, nerd out on our favorite topics, and share our stories with other yoga folks who understand our language, values, and passions. So this week Heather Shereé Sanders talks to us about the Sed…

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What Does It Mean For You To Already Be Good Enough? A Chat w/ Steff Gallante 1:00:24

8M ago1:00:24

1:00:24

Let’s admit it. Yoga and wellness spaces can sometimes be intimidating at best, and downright unwelcoming at worst. And a lot of our experiences within those spaces reinforce the idea that we need to strive for an ideal, and that ideal is something decided outside ourselves. So this week I chat with my friend Steff Gallante on our participation in …

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We Might Be Wrong. A Perfectionism Conversation with Daniel Simpson 51:58

8M ago51:58

51:58

I think a lot of people are like me, we enjoy being right more than we like being wrong. But I also think that leads a lot of us down this path of seeking the ever-elusive perfection, and that causes us some challenges that we might not have otherwise had. So Daniel Simpson and I get into why I am maybe wrong sometimes (or a lot of the time), how w…

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The Perfect Yoga Teacher 20:42

8M ago20:42

20:42

What does the internet think is the perfect yoga teacher? Well, I found out. It’s a long list, friends. So get a pen, pour yourself some tea, and have a listen. RESOURCES Working In Yoga Website Working In Yoga Newsletter SPONSOR Sunlight Streams BlogBy Rebecca Sebastian

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Colin Hall Answers The Question “Why So Serious?” 1:03:28

8M ago1:03:28

1:03:28

It isn’t often you have a guest on a podcast who doesn’t mind a Joker reference in the title. In fact, I didn’t even ask Colin if it was okay that I called the podcast this, because I know he doesn’t take himself so seriously that he would cringe at the reference to a morally dark character from a comic universe. And that’s the theme of today’s pod…

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You Are Worthy, We Promise. A Perfectionism & Meditation Talk w/ Ann Swanson 50:30

8M ago50:30

50:30

As yoga professionals we have all had moments where we have felt like we should be more perfect. Do we know enough? Do we honor yoga enough? Should we even be doing this job? What we do when perfectionism hits and how do we shift through those feelings into something that nourishes and cares for us the way we deserve? Ann Swanson, author of The Sci…

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Can We Think Our Way Out Of Perfection? A Conversation with Dr. Shyam Ranganathan 58:01

9M ago58:01

58:01

Yoga classes are great at telling us how to move our bodies, but not so much on how to think. So this week’s podcast has a guest who will do just that. Enter Dr. Shyam Ranganathan to the chat to talk to us about how we think about perfection in the yoga space, why we have trouble as leaders being less than perfect, and what yoga philosophy actually…

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The Perfect Podcast 11:53

9M ago11:53

11:53

Can we spend some time together talking about perfectionism? I think so many of us in the yoga space, and in life in general, struggle with this idea of what it is to be “perfect”, and unwittingly our industry has supported perfection thinking instead of deconstructing it. So this podcast is an intro to a series of episodes about perfectionism in t…

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Being of Service, Grief, and Our Spiritual Callings. A Conversation with Michelle Cassandra Johnson 51:07

9M ago51:07

51:07

Welcome to 2024, Yoga Pros. Our first podcast of the year is with the delightful Michelle Cassandra Johnson, and I was lucky enough to get to ask her so many questions. We had a nuanced conversation regarding being of service to the world, how we hold space for grief, and the tension between the spiritual call to be quiet and the noise we experienc…

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BONUS: Our Year in Yoga 2023 21:44

9M ago21:44

21:44

Welcome to our year-end wrap-up episode on Working In Yoga! We are counting down the things that happened this year, why they matter, and what we are looking forward to in 2024. RESOURCES Working In Yoga Website Working In Yoga Newsletter Yoga In The World Study from Yoga Alliance SPONSOR Sunlight Streams Blog…

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Bonus Episode: Pooja Virani and Our Obsession with Being "Good" Yoga Folks 44:55

10M ago44:55

44:55

Another bonus episode with my friend Pooja is up this week. Pooja and I talk about yoga’s moral superiority complex, which essentially that means we often think are more moral, perfect, or virtuous than other people. This will come up several times in our perfectionism season, so stay tuned and subscribe! RESOURCES Working In Yoga Website Working I…

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Why Is All Our Money In Our Pants? A 'From The Archive' Conversation w/ Pooja Virani 39:24

10M ago39:24

39:24

This week is a conversation from the vault that didn’t make it to the podcast feed last year because sometimes life gets to be a lot. But the conversation is so good, and so relevant that I am re-airing it here at the end of 2023, so you can hear my friend Pooja Virani, and I chat about all things money in our pants. It is a fun conversation with s…

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Organizing to Support Our Community. A Conversation with Val Sklar Robinson 1:06:48

10M ago1:06:48

1:06:48

This week on the podcast I have the founder of the Original Hot Yoga Association, Val Sklar Robinson on the podcast. As a lot of you know, I love organizers, and I love people who hold ethics and standards for a community—so Val checks a lot of boxes for me. She shares how she started her own trade organization, OHYA (oh-yeah), and we talk about pr…

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Your Yoga Business. An Interview with Ava Taylor 1:03:43

10M ago1:03:43

1:03:43

Have you mapped out Your Yoga Business? This week we talk to Ava Taylor, founder of Yama Talent, creator of so many things within this industry, and author of the new book Your Yoga Business—which tells you how she did it and you can to. My favorite part is that she is the true Queen of real talk about the yoga industry. She talks about how long it…

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Yoga Teacher Training. An Appetizer. 27:51

11M ago27:51

27:51

This week I am covering the first of what I feel like will be many episodes about yoga teacher training programs. I have long thought this was the absolute very last subject I wanted to talk about, and after this podcast I am sure it is. But here we are. Talking all things yoga studios and YTTs. I think you will be surprised. RESOURCES Working In Y…

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Our Favorite Alternatives. An Interview With Nyk Danu 54:23

11M ago54:23

54:23

This week on the podcast we chat with yoga misfit, Nyk Danu. I love our conversation about alternative spaces, marketing, and mindsets when we talk about all things in the yoga landscape. Because here is the thing: we don’t need to teach at the same studios, with the same social media accounts, and have the same “manifesting” mindset. We can host s…

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Our Accessible Future. An Interview with Jivana Heyman 49:35

11M ago49:35

49:35

You’ve heard of Accessible Yoga, right? The movement started with the term, which was coined around 2007 by today’s guest. Jivana and I talk all about our current ambitions for the yoga teaching and industry landscape, and discuss how we can make yoga accessible to all folks. We also discuss where we go from here—how is our future more accessible, …

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Get Ready To Swipe Right. Yoga Green Flags 16:06

11M ago16:06

16:06

So what if that came across your feed? >> Independent Yoga Professional looking for the right match. Warm, welcoming, and inclusive are a must. Neat and tidy are needed in order to make everyone feel safe and comfortable. Offering all aspects of yoga, not just movement. You choose your own path, I am just here to help guide you. Creative and scienc…

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Can We Be Trauma-Informed? A Conversation With Joanne Spence. 45:54

11M ago45:54

45:54

Have you ever called yourself “trauma-informed”? Have you ever wondered what it means to be a trauma-informed yoga teacher? This episode is an evolving conversations episode, where we take conversations we been having within our industry and push them forward to new places. “trauma-informed” is definitely one of those conversations, so I’ve called …

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Real Talk About Online Learning w/ Zaria Rochester 53:10

12M ago53:10

53:10

Let’s really push forward this conversation about online learning, shall we? So many times we either vilify training to be a yoga teacher online or we act like all online learning is the exact same. Both of those things aren’t true, as we discussed with my guest today, Zaria Rochester. Zaria has trained to be a yoga pro in many spaces, both in-pers…

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Are We Dateable? Yoga Industry Red Flags. 31:48

12M ago31:48

31:48

What if you came across this Hinge profile? “Single and ready to Mingle Caucasian. Female. Ages 25-39. Looking to “find her zen”. Immediate pass on anyone not like me, no chance of a smash. Must be skinny, wear the latest Lulu, and have a guru. Spirituality is a must, but not too much or that’s gross. Not looking for any of that “woo-woo” Sanskrit …

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How To Be A Yoga Researcher w/ Steffany Moonaz 48:24

1y ago48:24

48:24

This week we are talking about the profession of yoga research w/ Dr. Steffany Moonaz, the founder of Yoga For Arthritis. Steffany tells us about the unique path she took to yoga therapy and eventually yoga research, and how you can work in the field of research as well. It is important to hear from yoga professionals who are on the cutting edge of…

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The Next Generation of Yoga Studio Owners w/ Nicole D’Andrea 40:52

1y ago40:52

40:52

Smart women talking about the thing that lights them up. In Nicole’s case that is business and money. Money is the conversation we all avoid like the plague in this industry. The conversation usually goes: If you are pro-yoga, you are anti-money. If you are pro-money, that isn’t yoga. So I am actively seeking to reframe this conversation. We deserv…

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Evolving Conversations: Our New Understanding of Consent and Touch w/ Cheri Dostal Ryba 1:02:51

1y ago1:02:51

1:02:51

This week’s episode is part of our fall series on Working In Yoga called Evolving Conversations. We are taking some of the things that we find most difficult to talk about, and purposely push past the typical talking points into a new realm of conversation. The subject this week is touch and consent, and there is nobody better to discuss this with …

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Yoga Professional Summertime Self-Care Series 4: Reset, Recharge, Renew 13:19

1y ago13:19

13:19

This is our last episode for Summertime Self-Care for 2023. What are you doing to recharge yourself before we get busy? Have you thought through your concrete goals for the fall and winter? We’ve got some suggestions, as well as a reminder to figure out ways to rest and make your job a little easier—a little more manageable. We’d be honored if you …

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Yoga Professional Summertime Self-Care Series 3: The Dip. 14:22

1y ago14:22

14:22

This week we are talking all about “the dip” (thanks Seth Godin for the inspo). The dip is the inevitable downward slide we all experience when we are on an upward trajectory. And if you ask me, yoga in the West has not prepared us for this experience. Positive vibes, good thoughts, and a mislabeled idea of what non-attachment is has made us ill-pr…

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Yoga Professional Summertime Care Series 2: New Goals and Fresh Starts 24:54

1y ago24:54

24:54

This week on the podcast we talk about starting over again mid-year. What are your goals now that we are more than halfway through the year? How can we shift to adjust to the person we have become throughout 2023? I love doing a mid-year reassessment, and acknowledging where I am now, and if I have stuck to the things I said were important when the…

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Yoga Professional Summertime Care. What We Do With All This Quiet. 23:41

1y ago23:41

23:41

This week we are talking about summertime in the yoga industry. As we all likely know, yoga is a seasonal job—and summertime is when we slow down. What happens to us when we want to participate in all the busyness of summertime life in North America and also our cash flow is feeling strapped? Well, I have a few suggestions. We will talk about havin…

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Steff Gallante And The One Self-Care Podcast You Needed To Hear. 1:01:33

1+ y ago1:01:33

1:01:33

This week I have Steff Gallante on the podcast, and she and I get to talk about my favorite thing, self-care. Steff and I are both self-care professionals who hang out in the yoga space and we chat about Ayurveda, Self-Care, and the importance of being able to ask yourself what you really need. Because that is the thing. It is the thing about yoga,…

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The Power Of Subtle Yoga w/ Kristine Kaoverii Weber 52:40

1+ y ago52:40

52:40

Sometimes you get to meet people whom you admire, and they surprise you by being as cool as you hoped they were. That has always been the case with Kristine Kaoverii Weber. Kristine and I met last year at a yoga event and I am not kidding when I say she took the house down with some of her comments on a panel discussion. She is just as insightful h…

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The Birthing And Becoming Of A Yoga Professional. A Conversation with Deb Flashenberg 42:55

1+ y ago42:55

42:55

Have you ever wondered how people who are incredibly dialed into their niche go there? This week I have an interview with my new friend Deb Flashenburg. Deb is the founder and owner of Prenatal Yoga Center in New York City. She highlights all her work as a pre and postnatal yoga teacher, and I think you will hear something in her voice that I found…

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What Happens After Yoga Teacher Training? A Conversation With Root To Rise Yogis 57:47

1+ y ago57:47

57:47

You’ve done it. You’ve gotten the certificate, fallen even more in love with yoga than ever. Now how do you be THAT yoga teacher? You know, the one with the packed rooms, the dedicated followers, the amazing chill attitude? Well this week I talk with Root To Rise co-founders Lori Holden and Sheri Fisher. The cover the methodology for creating a sta…

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Building An Online Yoga Business with Billie Smith 43:29

1+ y ago43:29

43:29

This week on the podcast I have my friend Billie Smith joining me, and we talk all about all things in starting an online membership. Billie and I also chat about some of the toxic things we have experienced while working in the yoga space. It is important we share our stories with each other so we don’t normalize bad behavior and can empower each …

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Sadie Nardini & Shannon Crow Surprise the Hell Out of Me. The Future of Online Yoga Teaching. 55:19

1+ y ago55:19

55:19

This podcast episode was a total surprise for me, and this week I am excited to share the conversation with you all. Sadie’s comments on teaching yoga online, marketing, and more are exactly what we’ve been talking about for the future of our profession in the online arena. Take a listen. Here are our key takeaways: -There is plenty of room for you…

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