Join host Jivana Heyman as he talks with yoga therapist and author, Carol Krucoff. Carol shares her journey from her early career as a journalist for the Washington Post to her current role as yoga therapist at the Duke Integrative Medicine Center. Carol shares how she stumbled into teaching older adults through a volunteer gig and what a near-death experience at a marathon finish-line revealed about the true purpose of yoga practice. Together they reflect on the importance of teaching older adults with both care and respect, the difference between what you do and how you do it, and why yoga is so much more than asana.

In the second part of the episode, Jivana chats with co-host Deanna Michalopoulos about what it means to find your voice as a yoga teacher and how the language we use shapes a student’s experience. They also respond to a listener question from Reika Shucart about dualistic and non-dualistic yoga philosophy, breaking down the difference between Patanjali's classical approach and the Vedanta tradition of non-duality, and why both paths ultimately point toward the same truth.

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Check out:

Accessible Yoga’s upcoming online course, Accessible Yoga for Older Adults: Building a Safe & Effective Practice

Carol’s Relax Into Yoga Seniors Training co-created with Kimberly Carson

Carol’s books: Yoga Sparks, Relax into Yoga for Seniors, Relax into Yoga for Chronic Pain, Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain

Jivana’s episode with Reika on her podcast Full Time Yoga Teacher (Ep. 105)

Accessible Yoga's on-demand course, The Essence of Yoga: Making Yoga Philosophy Accessible with Jivana Heyman & Anjali Rao

 **Learn more about the Accessible Yoga Mentorship Program and join today! We look forward to seeing you there.**

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Connect with Carol:

Carol Krucoff, C-IAYT, E-RYT, is a yoga therapist at Duke Integrative Medicine in Durham, NC, and co-director of the Yoga for Seniors professional trainings, which are designed to help yoga instructors safely adapt the practice to older bodies, minds and hearts. Carol has practiced yoga for more than 50 years and studied with master teachers from around the world.  She has consulted on several yoga research studies and co-authored numerous articles in medical journals.  An award-winning journalist, Carol was founding editor of The Washington Post’s Health Section and has authored several books including “Relax into Yoga for Seniors.”

www.yoga4seniors.com | www.healingmoves.com

Connect with Jivana:

Check out Jivana’s books, Accessible Yoga, Yoga Revolution, and The Teacher’s Guide to Accessible Yoga, and get more information about Accessible Yoga at accessibleyoga.org

www.jivanaheyman.com | @jivanaheyman | facebook.com/jivanaheyman

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