One of the main benefits of yoga is understanding identity, but what is identity other than a collection of memories? In this episode Derek explores how memory works and why yoga is a powerful tool to keep our memory system healthy.

Trina Altman is the founder of Pilates Deconstructed and leads teacher trainings in Yoga Tune Up, the Roll Method, and Rx Series. In this episode we discuss foot health and the danger of high heels, the necessity of posterior kinetic chain development, safety in pilates and yoga (including the fallacy of ‘hip opening’), trend-driven fitness, and why loaded and varied movement is key in sustainable... Read More

jdx has been documenting the transformation of Manhattan’s east village through his unique photography for years. As someone that spends a lot of time thinking about politics and social issues, we open by discussing the appointment of Steve Bannon and Judaism in America, then segue into his upcoming photography book, what it’s like living in a fast-changing New York City, America as a culture of... Read More

Katy Bowman describes herself as a biomechanist by training and a problem-solver at heart. She has spent years advocating that exercise is not movement, or at least not the type of movement we really need in our lives. In her new book, Movement Matters: Essays on Movement Science, Movement Ecology, and the Nature of Movement, Bowman discusses how that our habit of outsourcing movement to people that... Read More

Matthew Thomas Lombardo has been a yoga and meditation teacher and trainer in NYC since 2003. As a longtime political and social thinker, he had his reasons for voting for Donald Trump in the 2016 election—a decision that quickly bounced around social media due to his article, ‘Why I Voted for Trump,’ on Elephant Journal. Seeing the vitriol directed at him, and having known him... Read More

Marc Coronel is a senior master instructor for TRX and Trigger Point Therapy. Trained in numerous modalities, he is the epitome of fitness, inspiring countless clients and social media followers with his focus on research, variety, and playful yet structurally sound movement. During our talk we touch upon the dangers of hot yoga, the value of failure, the importance of active recovery and regeneration, the... Read More

Matthew Remski is a Toronto-based yoga therapist and Ayurvedic consultant. He is the author of eight books, including Threads of Yoga: a remix of Patanjali’s Sutras with commentary and reverie and the forthcoming What Are We Actually Doing In Asana? Matthew offers razor-sharp insight and commentary into yoga culture at mathtewremski.com, as well as a number of online publications. He also spent time in two cults: the Gelukpa... Read More

Nicholas Carr is the author of the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize finalist, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, as well as The Glass Cage: How Our Computers Are Changing Us. His new book, Utopia is Creepy, is a sliver of his vast collection of blog posts archived at RoughType.com, as well as some twitterings and magazine articles. Carr is a huge influence on... Read More

Tommy Rosen is the founder of the Recovery Online 2.0 Conference, as well as the book and podcast of the same name. Twenty-seven years sober, Rosen has dedicated much of his life helping people suffering from a wide range of addictions—alcohol, opioids, food, sex, pornography—overcome habitual patterns and live rich, meaningful lives. During our chat we discuss the nature of pattern formation, the cue/routine/reward system,... Read More

Andrew McPherson is a singer/songwriter based in Guelph, a tiny city with a big musical reputation located an hour outside of Toronto. Most prominently known as the founder of Eccodek, Andrew has long been influenced by a variety of ambient artists, including Brian Eno, Michael Brook, Satie, and Debussy. His new album is under yet another name, Peppermoth. I caught up with Andrew in his... Read More