Yogaland Podcast

By Andrea Ferretti

Health Self-Help

What's Yogaland Podcast about?

Yogaland. It’s a place where you’ll hear uplifting yoga stories, conversations about life issues and how yoga can help, sound health and wellness advice, and occasional super nerdy yoga talk. Join veteran yoga journalist Andrea Ferretti every other week as she interviews a range of guests from well-known yoga teachers to everyday folks with a great story to tell.

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01.21.2020

Last week, Jason shared what to do when you feel like you've taught the worst yoga class of your life. This week, he’s sharing a few tips for getting in the right headspace before you teach so that you’re more ...

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01.21.2020 Before You Teach Your Next Yoga Class, Do This.. Last week, Jason shared what to do when you feel like you've taught the worst yoga class of your life. This week, he’s sharing a few tips for getting in the right headspace before you teach so that you’re more ...
01.14.2020 How to Survive Teaching the Worst Yoga Class Ever All yoga teachers have their off days. Even those who are as experienced as Jason. This week, Jason’s back on the podcast to share his insights on how to recover from those times when a yoga class you’re teaching just ...
01.07.2020 The Amazing Benefits of Self Compassion Happy New Year! It’s so good to be back for another season of Yogaland. My wish for you in this new year (and new decade!) it’s to develop compassion for yourself. And in this episode Jason and I talk about ...
11.26.2019 What we learned in 2019 Can you believe this is the last Yogaland episode of 2019? This week, Jason and I reflect on the many ways we’ve changed and grown during the past year, we talk about our favorite episodes, the year’s biggest challenges, and ...
11.19.2019 Is Yoga Enough? This week, Jason and I are tackling another common question that modern yoga students ask: Is yoga enough to keep you healthy? Or do you need to do other forms of exercise to stay fit? The answer, of course, depends ...
11.12.2019 Seane Corn's Revolution of the Soul International yoga teacher and activist Seane Corn joins us this week. Seane recently added another title she says she never thought she’d hold to her list of accomplishments: Published author. Her new book, Revolution of the Soul, is a powerful ...
11.05.2019 Jason's Tips for Handling Challenging Students Whether you're yoga teacher or a student, you've witnessed:⁠ ⁠ The Moaner -- The student who seems to be enjoying class a leetle too much.⁠ The Rebel -- The student who's just gotta do their own thannnng (and ...
10.29.2019 New Yoga Alliance Standards Explained For decades Yoga Alliance has been the main credentialing body for yoga teachers and schools. But the organization has been widely criticized for being nothing more than a list service that teachers feel required to pay for. Over the past ...
10.22.2019 Feel the Heat: The Pros and Cons of Yoga in a Heated Room One of the more polarizing topics in modern yoga is the merits (and potential dangers) of attending yoga in a heated room. (To be clear, we're not talking about Bikram or Bikram-derived sequences in this ep; but vinyasa in a ...
10.15.2019 Fall Self Care: The Power of Essential Oils with Elena Brower The scent of lavender wafting from every local yoga studio’s doors may be a relatively recent phenomenon, but essential oils have been used to bolster health and well being for thousands of years, says this week’s guest Elena Brower, who ...
10.08.2019 Yoga as a Haven Through Breast Cancer with Susanna Harwood Rubin It's October. Which means it's Breast Awareness Month. It's not an easy month for breast cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, or for those who have lost loved ones to the disease. So, for this episode I spoke to Susanna Harwood Rubin, ...
10.01.2019 How to Nail Your Yoga Teaching Audition You want to leave your yoga audition with a big fist pumped saying, "Nailed it," right? This week's episode can help -- Jason gets real about how to ride the waves of the modern yoga job audition, where you get ...
09.24.2019 Yoga, Science, and Healthcare with Lara Benusis This week, I’m talking to Lara Benusis, a longtime yoga teacher and yoga therapist who has taught yoga in a healthcare setting for years. (She was the first full-time yoga teacher at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.) She’s also on ...
09.17.2019 Jason's Guide to Teaching Private Yoga Sessions Being a yoga teacher takes skill, knowledge, dedication, and often, perseverance. But you can have all of those things in spades and never quite earn enough money teaching group classes to be financially secure. Not to mention, racing from one ...
09.10.2019 The Getting to Know You Episode I am so excited to share this new season of Yogaland with you! This week, we kick off the season with a live episode that Jason and I recorded at triyoga in London during Jason’s recent teacher training. If you’re ...
07.30.2019 The Science of Stretching (and Strength) with Jules Mitchell For our season two finale episode, we’re talking to Las Vegas-based yoga teacher and author Jules Mitchell. We dive deep into the biomechanics of yoga in this episode and talk about Jules’ new book, which is a comprehensive look at ...
07.23.2019 Live Q&A: Thoughts on Creating Authentic Content and Curriculum If there’s one topic that eludes yoga teachers most, it’s not the correct angle of the front knee in Anjaneyasana. It’s how to teach yoga and make a livable wage. We recorded this week's episode live at Jason’s 300-hour training ...
07.16.2019 Closing the Wellness Gap with Nicole Cardoza Today’s guest is Nicole Cardoza, founder of Yoga Foster. I couldn't be more excited about Nicole's mission to bring more movement into classrooms across the country. Her approach is innovative, too -- Nicole's background in tech inspired her to create ...
07.09.2019 A story of love, loss, and the path of motherhood with Anne Cushman I've talked a lot on the podcast about how motherhood has changed my yoga practice. I know first-hand how easy it can be to fall into the trap of mom guilt and feeling like you just can't keep up with ...
07.04.2019 Using Yoga to Tap Into Your Intuition with Erica Rodefer Winters This week, we're talking to Erica Rodefer Winters, a yoga teacher in Charleston, SC who specializes in teaching prenatal yoga and postnatal yoga. When the magical, "natural" birth of her first daughter didn't go to plan, Erica reflected and changed ...
06.25.2019 Creating a Pranic Budget with Sarah Kucera This week I talk to Sarah Kucera, author of The Ayurvedic Self-Care Handbook: Holistic Healing Rituals for Every Day and Season, all about her book and what Ayurveda can teach us about taking care of ourselves. If you’ve followed this ...
06.18.2019 Bernie Clark on the Benefits of Yin Yoga The thoughtful and articulate Bernie Clark joins us on the show this week! Bernie is perhaps best known for his influential Yin yoga teachings as well as his books, The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga, and Your Body, Your Yoga. ...
06.11.2019 On Spirituality, Representation, and Being a New Teacher with Quamay Sams This week, I talk to Bay Area yoga teacher Quamay Sams. Quamay grew up in New York, where he was a dancer before he enrolled in a yoga teacher training program (without ever having set foot in a yoga studio). ...
06.04.2019 Cyndi Lee: Building Resilience Through Meditation and Sustainable Yoga Today, we're talking to Cyndi Lee, who was the first Western female yoga teacher to combine Tibetan Buddhism and yoga. Cyndi and I worked together many times when I was an editor at Yoga Journal and I have so much ...
05.28.2019 Live Show! Online Marketing Tips for Yoga Teachers Like it or not, if you want to be a full-time yoga teacher today, digital marketing is a part of the job. It doesn’t come easily to everyone, but through the years Jason and I have figured out what works ...
05.22.2019 New Research from Robyn Capobianco: The Measurable Impact of Using Therapy Balls Before Stretching Robyn Capobianco, PhD, is back on the podcast this week to talk about the findings of two related studies she and her team conducted about the science of flexibility. The big takeaway from both studies is the same: Doing self-massage ...
05.14.2019 How to Change Your Teaching Style Without Losing Your Students This week’s episode is a continuation of last week’s discussion on how to cope with changes to your yoga practice and teaching style. Jason shares his practical tips on how to change up your teaching style with grace -- something ...
05.07.2019 Change is the Only Certainty...in Yoga We’re so happy to be back for Season 2! There's that old adage, "Change is the only certainty in life." And it applies to your yoga practice and teaching, too. This week, Jason and I are talking about the internal ...
04.02.2019 Season 1 Finale! Jason's Take on Yin Yoga Since Jason so often emphasizes the importance of building strength -- especially along the posterior chain (back side) of the body, I get asked all the time, "What does Jason think about Yin yoga?" For the Season 1 Finale, we ...
03.26.2019 Yoga for Kids and Their Grown-Ups with Katherine Priore Ghannam This week, I talk to Katherine Priore Ghannam all about yoga for kids and her innovative program Headstand, which offered yoga to low-income K-12 schools around San Francisco. We cover some of the lessons Katherine learned from starting her passion ...
03.20.2019 Teaching Part-Time is Still Teaching - Listener Responses The recent episode where Jason and I discuss teaching yoga part-time vs. making it a full-time career really struck a chord. I was surprised by the number of emails, direct messages, and comments that listeners sent my way. As usual, ...
03.13.2019 Ouch! How to Handle Your Sore Sacrum For almost three years, Jason has resisted addressing your questions about the sacroiliac joint (SI) -- mostly because it's such a complex topic for a podcast. But today! I wore him down. He addresses a listener question about the mysterious ...
03.05.2019 Full-Time or Part-Time? Things to Consider as You Forge Your Teaching Path In this episode, Jason breaks down what he sees as some of the pros and cons of teaching full-time vs. teaching part-time. The bottom line is this: There's not one right choice, but no matter whichever direction you choose, there ...
02.26.2019 Former Pro Snowboarder Katie Brauer on her Transformation to Yoga Teacher & Entrepreneur Katie Brauer joins us this week for some straight talk. She shares about her background as a professional snowboarder turned yoga teacher, money mindset, and how she's using her insights to help other teachers bust through their money blocks and ...
02.19.2019 Q&A with Jason about Teaching Beginners In this last episode of our Begin Again series, Jason answers several listener questions about teaching yoga to beginning yoga students. We cover lots of ground, including: *When (or if) to encourage a student to leave a beginner level class ...
02.12.2019 Embrace Your Imperfect Best with Jason Freeman This week's episode is a special interview with public speaker and yogi Jason Freeman. Jason has a speech impediment due to cerebral palsy, which he was born with. He talks about how being different impacted him from an early age ...
02.06.2019 Teaching Beginners in an All Levels Yoga Class My husband, Jason Crandell, is back this week, and he's sharing practical tips for teaching beginning students when they come to a mixed-level class. Here are a few things you'll learn: * How to keep a new student safe without ...
01.30.2019 The Art of Teaching Asana to Beginners We all start out as beginners. But that doesn't mean that teaching beginning yoga students is intuitive. In this episode in our Begin Again series, Jason tackles the specifics of teaching asana to beginning students. Jason shares: * Why it's ...
01.22.2019 How Speed Gets Trapped in the Body with Tias Little Yoga and meditation teacher Tias Little returns to the podcast this week. (Tias joined me on episode 102 to talk about perfectionism). On today's episode, we talk about how our culture of speed affects us holistically and why it’s important--but ...
01.15.2019 Yoga Philosophy for Beginners In this second episode of our Begin Again series, we talk about what keeps us motivated to practice when yoga is feeling stagnant and Jason offers useful tips for teachers who are faced with the difficult (but rewarding!) task of ...
01.08.2019 Jason's Tips for Teaching Beginners (and Beginning Again) With a new year comes a flood of new students into yoga classes everywhere. Many of those students will be brand new to yoga, while others have re-committed to their yoga practice. In this first episode of our series on ...
12.18.2018 Sarah Powers on Growth Mindset and Lifelong Learning For the last interview of 2018, I am so excited to share an interview with Insight Yoga founder Sarah Powers. Sarah has been a huge influence on my yoga practice, my meditation practice, and my life. Here's what we talk ...
12.11.2018 Yoga for Life's Transitions with Ty Powers This week, I talk with Ty Powers. You might know Ty as the husband an influential yoga teacher for me (and many others!) -- Sarah Powers. He's also an incredibly insightful teacher in his own right, a meditation teacher, and ...
12.04.2018 The Art of the Yoga Sutras This week's guest, Melissa Townsend is the author of two beautiful books about the Yoga Sutras. Townsend, a long-time yoga student, artist, Sanskrit enthusiast, and psychic, wasn't always enthusiastic about the sutras. But in the same way that psychic visions ...
11.27.2018 Yoga as a Form of Radical Self-Care Historically, during times of political and cultural strife, people become more interested in self-care. That means that right now, self-care is an incredibly important and popular topic (to the tune of 9 million hashtags on Instagram!). Self-care means different things ...
11.20.2018 Timothy McCall's East/West Journey Through Cancer One out of three people will face a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. While a regular yoga practice might not prevent cancer, it can certainly help ease the fear, anxiety, and emotional anguish that can come with it. Today's guest, ...
11.13.2018 Self Care: Which herbs can help you adapt to stress? This week's episode focuses on adaptogenic herbs and nootropics, which are herbs and supplements that are thought to help us adapt to stress, improve cognitive function, and memory. They're everywhere these days -- in our smoothies, on the shelves of ...
11.07.2018 Live from Maui! The Benefits of Retreat + Refining Ujjayi + Making Progress in Backbends This is the sixth year Jason led his week-long retreat on Maui, but the FIRST year we did a live Yogaland podcast! We did not humble brag about the beautiful setting, the food, the roosters, or the camaraderie of the ...
10.30.2018 Special Anniversary Episode: On Yoga and Marriage Jason and I celebrated our 10th anniversary in early October -- that's a whole DECADE of wedded bliss, you guys!. In an unusual moment of sentimentality, we decided to share a bit more about our relationship in this episode. We ...
10.23.2018 Jason's Best Bakasana Tips Most people consider arm balances and inversions challenging poses, but we think they're worth the effort. This week, I talk to Jason about his approach to teaching these popular poses, and how he breaks them down to make them more ...

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