As you might expect, science doesn't say much about hot yoga as a detoxification method since the liver and kidneys do most of the heavy lifting in that category. In today's episode, we discuss myths surrounding detoxification in hot yoga and the reasons why we might want to let go of the word "detox" completely.

IN THIS EPISODE:

What are we detoxifying? (8:50)

A toxin we usually don't think about: electromagnetic radiation (11:00)

How toxins (or toxicants) are not only things we take into the body, but sometimes by products of our metabolism (12:15)

What is the traditional yogic and ayurvedic theory on detoxification (15:46)

What are the three phases of detoxification (18:45)

What the liver's main role in detoxification is (18:55)

What research on the toxic load in sweat tells us about how much detoxifying we may be actually be doing (20:20)

How infrared saunas may be a worthy alternative to hot yoga (27:00)

 With respect to optimal fascial health, why slow yoga in a hot room might not be the best choice (30:50)

 Why you would want to do a yin style practice in a hot room (32:50)

RESOURCES & LINKS:

Three phases of liver detoxification

How much percentage of toxins are in sweat?

Toxic components in sweat

Swell bottles

Brushes for swell bottles

Tom Myer's opinion on Hot Yoga with respect to fascial health

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Big city living is most often accompanied by desk job living. Yoga teacher and entrepreneur Danielle Eve wants to deliver mindful movement and stress release to desk jockeys who might otherwise never step foot in a yoga studio. Danielle and Megan's start-up company, Ebb and Flow Movement, is one of the few in Toronto, ON, that's making a mark in corporations around the city with their business savvy and tenacity.

IN THIS EPISODE:

Why Danielle started doing yoga (it was a guy) (2:02)

How her journey into the marketing world led her to want to teach yoga in the workplace (5:05)

What Danielle decided her legacy would be and the Steven Tyler Move (8:03)

What is "Crystal Twinkle Woo-Woo" from yoga and why she wants to remove it from how she teaches yoga (11:25)

How Danielle speaks to corporate clients: branding imagery and language (18:20)

The 3 pillars of Danielle's business philosophy (21:15)

Why you need to market to the business (wellness budget) and not the individual employee (24:30)

What to wear when you walk into a corporation (27:45)

Why and how to choose your teaching language in a corporation vs. yoga studio (32:45)

How do you teach mindfulness to a business group (33:50)

How do you work around restrictive clothing like business suits (36:00)

What's the best time of day to offer classes (43:35)

RESOURCES & LINKS:

John Kabat-Zinn's mindfulness programme

Danielle's logo designer: @elliotcarol 

Make Lemonade

Lululemon for corporate friendly yoga clothing

Ebb & Flow Movement

Danielle's blog on Building Mental Resilience

Danielle on Instagram

Ebb & Flow Movement on Instagram

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For the last few years, the transversus abdominis has been a buzz word among health and fitness professionals. In this podcast, we reveal why it's so talked about, how we can use it in yoga classes and its relationship to other areas of our health.

IN THIS EPISODE:

How to find the TVA on your body (1:30)

What the TVA does; its shape gives us a clue (2:30)

How the TVA is not a spinal mover (3:25)

How the TVA is a movement-independent muscle; does the TVA activate during an abdominal crunch? (4:12)

What muscles does the TVA connect to (7:25)

Why you should exhale to feel TVA; but not breath dependent either (8:40)

Step-by-step instructions on how to engage and isolate the TVA in the context of a yoga class (9:00)

What is the functional relevance of the TVA; we cover some poses where it's relevant (13:45)

How Sandy creates TVA engagement even just walking around (15:17)

How Nat teaches transitions with TVA awareness (17:28)

What Sandy likes to do to build TVA awareness (20:30)

How do we go about naming functional movement / functional poses that don't have formal names (25:35)

What Stuart McGill's work has taught us about TVA (36:26)

How Nat's experience an immense difference in hiking Mount Olympus with her newfound TVA stability (37:00)

How to use pranayama for TVA activation (41:45)

30 day Agnisara pranayama challenge (43:59)

Is there a link between constipation or abdominal inflammation, lower back pain and depression (45:01)

Why the TVA is "The Great Stabilizer" (51:46)

RESOURCES & LINKS

Stuart McGill - Abdominal bracing

Nauli pranayama

Agnisara pranayama

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Welcome to the Yoga Addiction, brain child of Natalie Senger and Sandy Huen. Today, we talk about our yoga journeys and our motivation for creating this podcast.

IN THIS EPISODE:

Why Sandy believes our roles as yoga teachers are vitally important to the world of wellness (2:45)

Why Natalie doesn’t trust everything she hears and how she hopes this podcast can create more open conversations within the yoga community (3:50)

How to approach classical teachings of yoga vs. a more modern approach (5:57)

Why Sandy was reluctant to start doing yoga and how an epiphany of her surfboard connected her to the practice (13:40)

Why Nat sought out yoga after years of being a gym rat and how she found herself teaching yoga in a mining camp (18:43)

What we hope to offer people with this podcast (34:17)

RESOURCES & LINKS:

The Landmark Forum

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