How to Combine Yoga, Cardio, and Resistance Training into One Balanced Week
How do you fit yoga, resistance training, and cardio into a real week — without burning out or dropping one of them entirely? That’s our top...
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Yogaland Podcast
Andrea Ferretti spent more than a decade as an editor at Yoga Journal interviewing inspiring yoga teachers, creative thinkers, and wellness experts. Now, on Yogaland, Andrea talks to insight...
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Is Yoga Enough? What It Trains Brilliantly and Where it Leaves Gaps
Is yoga enough? It's one of the most debated questions in the wellness world — and honestly, it's the wrong question. Yoga has specific stre...
3 Resistance Band Exercises That Transform Your Backbends & Build Shoulder Strength
Most yoga backbend preparation focuses on opening the front body. That's valuable — but it's only half the equation . The posterior shoulder...
The Six-Phase Structure to Build a Strong Yoga Class
If you've been wondering how to incorporate resistance training into your yoga classes without losing what makes yoga yoga — this episode is...
Yoga(ish): Life Updates, Big Changes, and What This Summer Taught Us
The summer went quickly; we thought we'd reconvene and catch you up on our latest in life and yoga. As a reminder! Yoga-ish conversations ar...
Yoga Philosophy Explained — The 6 Core Teachings That Unite Every Tradition
What is yoga — really ? Most practitioners and teachers can answer that question with a pose, a breath, or a feeling. Far fewer can answer i...
Your Twists Are Missing This
Most yoga twists are done to the spine — not with it. In nearly every conventional yoga twist, the arms and legs do the work: The hand press...
Does Yoga Build Strength? The Science Behind What Yoga Actually Does
This week Jason and I have a conversation the yoga world has been dancing around for years: Does yoga build strength? Jason offers an honest...
3 Breathwork and Pranayama Techniques for Yoga Teachers Who Keep Putting It Off
If you've been meaning to teach pranayama in your classes but keep finding reasons to wait — this week's podcast is for you. Most yoga teach...
Boat Pose Is Not an Ab Exercise
Most yoga teachers cue Full Boat Pose as an abdominal exercise. It isn't — and once you understand why, you'll also discover Low Boat Pose:...
The Real Reason Your Hamstrings Are Still Tight — A Mobility Breakdown for Teachers & Students
Most people assume tight hamstrings are a stretching problem. They're not. Hamstring tightness is almost always multifactorial, which means...
Yoga Teachings That Have Endured — 10 Years and 8 Million Downloads Later
Wow wow wow -- it's been 10 years since the launch of Yogaland! It feels like it's been a heartbeat and also a lifetime. There's been so muc...
Instability and Love: A Conversation About Family, Addiction, and Recovery
This week's podcast is such a special one because it focuses on our family. Jason sits down with his brother, Todd, to talk about growing up...
What Science Actually Says About Getting More Flexible — No Cherry Picking
As yogis, we’re certainly aware of the many benefits of stretching — but are you aware of what the research actually says about how to stret...
Yoga(ish): Moon Joy, the Overview Effect, and Why Astronauts Sound Like Meditators
What happens when two yoga teachers fall down a NASA rabbit hole and can't stop thinking about non-duality, The Overview Effect, and Grandmo...
Why Community Matters for Yoga Teachers
If you've ever felt lonely as a yoga teacher — you're not alone. And that's exactly what this week's podcast is about. Teaching yoga is one...
The Four Factors That Actually Control Your Flexiblity
You've been told to stretch more. You've tried the releases, the routines, the one weird trick. And you're still not as flexible as you want...
Why Flexibility & Mobility Matter
The yoga world has done important work questioning its obsession with extreme range of motion — and rightly so. But the pendulum has swung t...
Why Yoga Philosophy Matters
Yoga philosophy gives context to the physical practices many of us experience first — postures, breathwork, and meditation. It connects mode...
5 Sequencing Myths That Keep Yoga Teachers Stuck
Most yoga teachers are taught that sequencing should be creative, complex, and always different. But these common beliefs often making teach...