Best Yogamentor Podcasts (2024)

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137: Yoga For Hypermobility with Libby Hinsley 54:12

8d ago54:12

54:12

The learning journey I’ve been on regarding hypermobility is incredibly personal. I was plagued with nearly constant minor and serious injuries most of my life. As a dancer that seemed normal, but it was very difficult and I was often injured more than anyone else I knew. I worked so hard to “build more stability” and “get out of my patterns of gri…

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136: Holding Our Seat with Ethan Nichtern 55:21

22d ago55:21

55:21

Holding grounded space as a teacher is one of the most important and most hard to teach skills for new yoga teachers. How can you be confident doing something you are new at? Do you need to actually be confident? What do we do when challenging situations knock us off our center? To answer these questions and more, I’m so honored to have my teacher …

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135: Moving Forward After Our Teachers Let Us Down with Karin Carlson 49:21

2M ago49:21

49:21

I had a profound conversation with yoga teacher and writer Karin Lynn Carlson (she/her) and I can’t wait for you to listen. Karin is a thoughtful teacher and a beautiful writer and has so much to share on the intersection of ethics and yoga teaching. This episode is packed with both valuable insights and practical advice. We talked about implementi…

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134: Reckoning With Abuse Of Power In Our Lineage With Trauma Expert Jenn Turner 56:57

2M ago56:57

56:57

How to teach yoga in a trauma sensitive way is a conversation that floods mainstream yoga spaces these days. And with good reason; almost everyperson in the world has had some experience of trauma, so our yoga classes are filled with people who have had exposure to trauma. It is very easy for yoga and asana to be taught in ways that are not trauma …

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133: How To Make The Teaching Of Yoga Accessible with Katie Blecker 45:51

3M ago45:51

45:51

This episode is one of the most important interviews I’ve ever recorded. Our guest, Katie Blecker (she/her) is here to talk about two of my favorite things, accessible yoga and teaching yoga. And even better, we are going to talk about the intersection of those two things in a conversation that is LONG overdue on this podcast: Making the vocation o…

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132: The Journey From Student To Thriving Teacher with Emily Anderson 52:15

4M ago52:15

52:15

The yoga world has changed so much in the last 5 years, and more and more yoga teachers are finding they need to build and create their own opportunities to teach. Even before the pandemic it was nearly impossible to build a full time career teaching group classes at studios. The pay is too low, the opportunities too rare and the workload is way to…

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131: What Practice Looks Like During Heartbreak with Sara Avant Stover 45:49

5M ago45:49

45:49

Today on the podcast I am introducing you to someone very special to me: one of my most important teachers, Sara Avant Stover. I started studying with Sara privately in the fall of 2012 and what I learned from her radically altered my life path. I went on several deep, immersive retreats with her, the last one in 2016. Since the last time we saw ea…

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130: Coming Home To Ourselves with Miles Borrero 49:50

6M ago49:50

49:50

I believe the invitation of life is to become ourselves, live fully and freely, and then, if you are a student of yoga, to extend that full, free, safe living out to all beings everywhere. But how often do we get to see someone really do that? Today I have a treat for you: a person who is doing just that. Becoming. My friend Miles Borrero (he/him) …

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129: Do THIS To Make Your Teaching Even Better with Jivana Heyman 1:08:12

6M ago1:08:12

1:08:12

In case you don’t know, Jivana is the founder and director of Accessible Yoga, an organization dedicated to increasing access to the yoga teachings and supporting yoga teachers. He’s the author of the books: Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body; Yoga Revolution: Building a Practice of Courage & Compassion; and a new book, The Teacher…

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128: Neurology Is The Missing Link In Movement Education with Missy Bunch 57:55

8M ago57:55

57:55

The brain and the nervous system play a HUGE role in how we integrate sensory information, experience pain and create movement patterns but this topic is not often covered in foundational yoga teacher trainings. That is why I’m so excited to introduce you to Missy Bunch (she/her), a multi-certified movement therapist who has been educating and coac…

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127: Q+A Private Lesson: Body Stuff, Business Stuff And Dharma Teaching #4 37:55

8M ago37:55

37:55

Today I will answer a bunch of questions that you all have sent in about teaching private lessons! In this episode you’ll hear: suggestions for helping a student establish a neutral pelvis in daily life advice and guidance for hands-on work in private lessons tips for finding private clients outside of the studio tips for when you need to make some…

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126: Loving Kindness + Active Backbends (Practice with Francesca!) 1:24:28

9M ago1:24:28

1:24:28

Well, this is an unusual episode!! Since I released a podcast episode last year about my group class planning process I’ve been getting more and more questions about my unique teaching style. It’s been described as Buddha Dharma Meets Corrective Exercise With A Little Vinyasa In The Middle For Some Fun. It’s a specific style that has been cultivate…

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BONUS: Inclusive Yoga Illustrations with Harmony Willow Hansen 19:35

11M ago19:35

19:35

I’m sure you’ve noticed that many stock images and illustrations of yoga practitioners show a very narrow representation of bodies and abilities. Harmony Willow Hansen is a freelance illustrator, graphic designer and yoga practitioner who creates beautiful images that represent the true diversity in the student body of yoga practitioners worldwide.…

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125: How To Create And Lead Your Own Teacher Training with Cyndi Lee 50:58

11M ago50:58

50:58

Teaching teachers how to teach yoga is a massive responsibility. (How many times am I going to write the word “teach” in this intro???) Many people who listen to this podcast either already are, or are hoping to be a teacher of teachers. I get asked all the time for advice on creating and leading a teacher training. I have created a very successful…

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124: Yoga and Dominant Culture with Anjali Rao 52:36

11M ago52:36

52:36

In today's episode, we have a very special guest, Anjali Rao (she/her). Anjali is a yoga teacher, writer, and podcast host who offers profound insights into the often obscured stories and histories of yoga. An Indian American immigrant and cancer survivor, Anjali beautifully integrates yoga philosophy and history with storytelling, imagery, and poe…

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123: The Yoga Sutras with Vikram Jeet Singh 52:43

1y ago52:43

52:43

I have wanted to have a teacher on the podcast to talk to us about The Yoga Sutras for years, and I finally found the teacher we needed! Vikram Jeet Singh is here today to share an exploration of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras that is both accessible and deep. Vikram is a certified yoga teacher with over twelve years and 11,000 plus hours of teaching expe…

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122: A Week In My Life (Updated for 2023!) 57:48

1y ago57:48

57:48

Back in February of 2018 I shared an intimate view of a full week in my teaching and work life. I shared my daily habits and routines, the things I was working on in my group classes, and how I met each of my private clients. (Listen to that episode here!) Well, the world at large, and my little world too, has changed drastically since then, so I w…

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137: Yoga For Hypermobility with Libby Hinsley 54:12

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136: Holding Our Seat with Ethan Nichtern 55:21

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135: Moving Forward After Our Teachers Let Us Down with Karin Carlson 49:21

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134: Reckoning With Abuse Of Power In Our Lineage With Trauma Expert Jenn Turner 56:57

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133: How To Make The Teaching Of Yoga Accessible with Katie Blecker 45:51

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132: The Journey From Student To Thriving Teacher with Emily Anderson 52:15

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131: What Practice Looks Like During Heartbreak with Sara Avant Stover 45:49

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130: Coming Home To Ourselves with Miles Borrero 49:50

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129: Do THIS To Make Your Teaching Even Better with Jivana Heyman 1:08:12

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128: Neurology Is The Missing Link In Movement Education with Missy Bunch 57:55

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127: Q+A Private Lesson: Body Stuff, Business Stuff And Dharma Teaching #4 37:55

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126: Loving Kindness + Active Backbends (Practice with Francesca!) 1:24:28

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BONUS: Inclusive Yoga Illustrations with Harmony Willow Hansen 19:35

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125: How To Create And Lead Your Own Teacher Training with Cyndi Lee 50:58

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124: Yoga and Dominant Culture with Anjali Rao 52:36

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123: The Yoga Sutras with Vikram Jeet Singh 52:43

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122: A Week In My Life (Updated for 2023!) 57:48

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