Podcasts about mindful strength

Kathryn (she/her) has been teaching yoga and movement since the age of 17. Growing up in her mother's (Diane Bruni) yoga studio she has been learning about mindful movement her entire life. In 2012 Kathryn started exploring other modalities including powerlifting, gymnastics, and various forms of strength based exercise. She has competed in powerlifting, and has been coaching her own style of strength building to people of all ages. She has completed a professional pain science mentorship with physiotherapist Neil Pearson, has interviewed some of the worlds top researchers and teachers for her podcast, and has taught workshops in over 10 countries.Find out more about Kathryn's work at mindfulstrength.ca, follow her on Instagram @mindfulstrength.ca, or email support@mindfulstrength.ca

Hi friends! This episode is a ramble from the heart during a time that i'm making major shifts to recalibrate and show up as the version of me that's been in hiding.   I spill: Why I'm ditching verbal disclaimers The old traumas that learning new things bring up The power of the yoga poses to help us OFF the mat  How I'm dealing with pregnancy announcements after a loss and my hot tips for drinking (or not drinking) mindfully.    Instagram: The Truthiest Life on Instagram @thetruthiestlife Host @lisahayim   To support TTL, subscribe, follow, or share episodes with family and friends!    If you're loving TTL, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts HERE!   Edited by Houston Tilley Intro Jingle by Alyssa Chase aka @findyoursailsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today Kathryn talks you through the question of how much resistance to use for strength building. Strength training does not just mean doing things that feel hard, it's much more systematic and defined. Simultaneously, not all weighted exercises are strengthening. If you are considering using more (or less) resistance and you want some pointers listen in. Want to come take our Mindful Strength classes and/or programs?  Click here to learn more about Mindful Strength. Click here for our next 8-week Handstand & Single Leg Squat Program!! If you are loving this show please follow/subscribe for weekly free episodes. To request a topic email support@mindfulstrength.ca

Kathryn and Kyle talk about the mechanical model and give a few examples of mechanical ideas that negatively affect the ways we move and feel. Mechanical thinking teaches us that load is something that breaks us down, that safety is nurtured through avoidance, and that alignment is to be perfect.  We believe that safety is built through gradual and meaningful exposure and that resistance has the capacity to build us up (not just wear us down). Kathryn also explains why she rarely assesses alignment, and rather is more interested in capacity, especially with beginners. This podcast will give you major food for thought! Like our style and want to build your own Mindful Strength with us? To learn more about our next program called Bone Builders click here! *** If you love this podcast please consider leaving us a review wherever you are listening, and sharing this episode with your friends.  This podcast will remain free for all, and we appreciate all your support!

Kathryn Bruni-Young is an expert instructor who has been in the Yoga and Movement Industry for a while now. She specializes in helping you build a wholistic and well-rounded Home Movement Practice mixed with Yoga, Mobility, Strength Training, and more.There are many gems to help you navigate your own movement journey in this episode.If you like the episode, consider supporting the Podcast on Patreon with $5 or $10/month donations. Click Here: https://www.patreon.com/makemovespodcast*****MMP SPONSOR: Correct Toes*****Promo Code: "MakeMoves" at Checkout for FREE shipping anywhere in the USA.https://www.correcttoes.com/-----------------------------------------------------Mindful Strength Online Resources:IG - @mindfulstrength.caWebsite + Online Courses + Memberships - https://mindfulstrength.ca/links/----------------------------------------------------- #MakeMoves Online Resources:IG - @clayton.moves1-on-1 Make Moves Business Coaching - (Click Here)Instagram Blueprint IGBP Course - (Click Here)Mobility Membership - (Click Here)Online Kinstretch Mobility Studio - (Click Here)Support the show

This week we welcome Indu Vashist to the podcast for a conversation on the history of yoga asana, and how it has been informed by physical culture, power dynamics, caste, and artistic exploration. Indu shares new insights into cultural appropriation, the difference between yoga's physical history and philosophical history, demystifying the asana practice, and using it for good in this day in age. Indu Vashist is a yoga teacher, historian, and executive director of the South Asian Visual Arts Centre in Toronto. She has studied the history of yoga and it's intersections with physical culture extensively and brings new insights to the topics of asana, appropriation, and how yoga is being practiced today worldwide.  To learn more about Indu click here *** To practice with Mindful Strength online and put everything we are learning about on the podcast into practice click here. Browse our class library, watch a trailer, or try one of our free classes. Curious about the Teacher's Immersion 2.0? Click here and add your email to our list, we will send you more details in the coming weeks. *** This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Offering Tree. Offering Tree is an all-in-one platform to get your website, classes, workshops, memberships etc... online efficiently. To learn more about why we have partnered with Offering Tree click here or visit offeringtree.com/mindfulstrength

Kathryn Bruni-Young, creator of Mindful Strength, talks with J about her mother's legacy and the adaptability of human bodies. They discuss turning grief into a handstand club, when Kathryn's mom, Diane Bruni, came to J's class and the significance of her appearance on the show, the alarm her mom sounded and the infamous Facebook page she started, feeling uncomfortable about social media outpourings after her mom's death, and understanding the biopsychosocial purpose behind strength training for resilience and well-being.   To subscribe and support the show… GET PREMIUM.   Check out J's other podcast… J. BROWN YOGA THOUGHTS.  

Stephanie Carter Kelley is a physical therapist, yoga teacher, bone health enthusiast and she has a PhD in education. In this episode you will learn all about osteoporosis, who is at risk, and the research around progressive impact and strength building. Explore the challenges of low impact exercise, what we know about spine movement and flexion, and consider if light weights/bands are truly enough. Stephanie's background is mostly helping 50+ cis women manage and prevent osteoporosis, and that is the perspective she brings to this interview. We are excited about our next collaboration with Stephanie Carter Kelley! To sign up for Stephanie's webinar with Mindful Strength on April 6th from 6-8pm ET (recording available) click here. Click here to view Stephanie's website and here for her online programs. *** To learn more about the Mindful Strength Membership and put these ideas into practice click here. We offer live and recorded classes each week for our global online community. *** This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Offering Tree. Offering Tree is an all-in-one platform for yoga teachers and wellness providers to get their website, classes, workshops, memberships etc... online. To learn more about how OT can work for you and get our community discount click here or visit offeringtree.com/mindfulstrength  

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Join us as we welcome Andrei Yakovenko and Philip Shepherd, authors of Deep Fitness. Deep Fitness brings a much-needed evolution to our understanding of what fitness can mean. Deep Fitness identifies and lays out a very compelling argument for the benefits of brief, intense, and infrequent bouts of high-intensity movement, or what they call Mindful Strength Training To Failure. Learn why the inclusion of strength training is evidenced to improve your health markers, increase your quality of life, and reduce your risk of mortality. This book will guide you through some of the science of strength training using a time-efficient approach that even the busiest person cannot excuse themselves from. Mindful Strength Training to Failure (MSTF)—the core of this text—encourages a mental and physical submission to your understanding, appreciation, and improvement of your body and its function.

“If we are only able to channel our minds when things are slow, calm, and relaxed then I'm not sure those practices are actually preparing us for what is going to happen in our lives.” Kathryn Bruni-Young is an expert on functional movement and building mindful strength.  She is the founder of Mindful Strength, the host of the Mindful Strength Podcast, and an international yoga & movement teacher. Kathryn's work helps everyday people build strength and confidence from home with online classes and trainings. She also provides education for yoga teachers and clinicians who want to bring more strength to their classes and clients.  She tells us about her journey to where she is today and how she is helping people build strength in a way so they can go out in the world and feel like a more capable and resilient human.   The topics we touched on: How mindful strength training builds confidence. Why it is important to have a well rounded yoga practice. What does it mean to do something mindfully and how that term is often misunderstood. What is the important difference between having “a practice” vs. just working out. How the yoga community  is adapting to be more inclusive,  diverse and balanced in terms of what is being considered a valuable part of a well rounded class.    Quotes “We serve people from age 25 to 75, it is a very diverse age group.” “A movement practice that is going to help them feel stronger but it it's not a fitness-y, aggressive, fast-paced feel.” “We have been misunderstanding what mindful even means...just like life, it is not always slow, gentle, calm and relaxed.” “[Most people] don't really understand how adaptive their bodies really are, and how strong and resilient they can actually become with some really good progressive training.” “A lot of the people I work with very hesitant to go to the gym, or go to fitness class or take up strength training because all they see is this this fitness version that only cares about how lean your are, or how heavy the weights are you can lift or what you look like and they don't see that it can work for them.” Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode you might also like: How we can strengthen our communities leveraging technology with Verity Dimock How Each Of Us Can Leverage The Power Of Gratitude   When you are listening please take a screenshot and share it on social media and tag me @meganswanwellness !  We would really appreciate it. More from Kathryn Bruni-Young: Kathryn Bruni-Young is the founder of Mindful Strength, the host of the Mindful Strength Podcast, and an international yoga & movement teacher. Kathryn's work helps everyday people build strength and confidence from home with online classes and trainings. She also provides education for yoga teachers and clinicians who want to bring more strength to their classes and clients. Connect with Kathryn Bruni-Young IG @mindfulstrength.ca Facebook   Connect with Megan Swan Social: Instagram Twitter LinkedIn Work with Megan Swan JOIN US in ALIGN + SHINE!  We start  in September: https://www.meganswanwellness.com/alignshine Prioritizing your OPTIMAL WELLNESS + MINDSET this year will allow you to:
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The Mindful Strength Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Offering Tree. To take your classes, courses, website, and appointments online all in one place visit offeringtree.com/mindfulstrength  *** About Christopher Bourke: Christopher is a movement instructor, mental health professional, and Mindful Strength admin coordinator.  He has worked in the field of mental health and addictions for over a decade and roots his teaching in that experience – placing a strong emphasis on practices that respect, support, and encourage an individual’s innate resilience. Christopher teaches with the hope of helping people rebuild a connection to their bodies, expand their range of (e)motion, and enhance their capacity to handle tough life events. He’s passionate about building spaces that promote a sense of courage, safety and, self-compassion. To take a class with Christopher click here. To learn more about Christopher click here. *** If you are loving these conversations and you want to put everything we are learning here into practice get started with the Mindful Strength Membership. To being your 14-day FREE trial click here.

Alex Haley is a meditation teacher and former legal and business manager for small and large companies. He also was a co-manager of a donation-based yoga studio and is one of the co-founders of the public benefit corporation OfferingTree, which provides an all-in-one platform for wellness professionals to build a website, manage schedules and registrations, accept payments and coordinate email communication. To learn more about our sponsor Offering Tree click here. - To start your 14-day free trial and practice with Kathryn, Kyle and the Mindful Strength online community click here.  

Welcome to our end of the year episode!  - To read through the transcript and see who said what visit https://mindfulstrength.ca/mindful-strength-podcast/ - To get more info about Kathryn's 300-hour training and apply for Early Bird Pricing before Jan 1st click here. - To practice along with Kathryn and Kyle in the Mindful Strength, Membership click here.

Diane has been at the forefront of the yoga scene in Canada, she was the first Ashtanga teacher in Canada, founder of the Downward Dog Yoga Studio, and creator of 65 episodes of Breathing Space Yoga After decades of ‘traditional’ yoga, Diane became disillusioned, her own injuries and the injuries she was witnessing in her community were disheartening. In 2012 after a stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis Diane sold her shares at Downward Dog, freeing herself from teaching traditional yoga classes gave her time to heal, study, experiment, and re-evaluate the true meaning of yoga for her personally. - To contact Diane email: diane@dianebruni.com Click to take Diane's class in the Mindful Strength Membership To learn more about Diane click here. To learn more about Chris Bourke click here. To learn more about Mindful Strength and the 300-hour training click here.

jamilah malika abu-bakare makes anti-oppression accessible to mindfulness practitioners by connecting the two as practices. her skill relating anti-oppression as a practice akin to our mindful movement practice is rooted in her work as co-visionary of the (now defunct) Positive Space Initiatives at Kula Annex dating back to 2010. she is currently the anti-oppression facilitator for New Leaf Foundation, Mindful Strength, and Mindfulness Without Borders and has taught upon request from Toronto to Terrace and as far as Rhode Island. she is a proud member of the Brown Girls Yoga collective based in Toronto and in addition to teaching trauma-informed, mindfulness-based yoga, she is a writer and an artist (SAIC MFA ‘19.) To learn more about jamilah click here. To learn more about Mindful Strength and the 300-hour training click here.

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Ph.D. is a historian of contemporary American politics and culture and is currently writing a book on American fitness culture, FIT NATION: How America Embraced Exercise As The Government Abandoned It (under contract with University of Chicago Press). She is the author of Classroom Wars: Language, Sex, and the Making of Modern Political Culture (Oxford 2015), co-host of Past Present Podcast, a frequent media guest expert, speaker at universities and conferences, and contributor to international and domestic news outlets from the BBC to the New York Times to the Atlantic. Natalia is Associate Professor of History at The New School, a co-founder of wellness education program Healthclass 2.0 and a Premiere Leader of intenSati. She is a co-producer and the host of WELCOME TO YOUR FANTASY, a forthcoming podcast from Pineapple Street Studios. She holds a B.A. from Columbia and a master’s and Ph.D. from Stanford and is based in New York City. Click here to learn more about Natalia Click here to learn more about Mindful Strength

Dr. Rima Thapar MD is a graduate of Windsor University School of Medicine and School of Etheric Healing who delicately weaves the threads of science, spirituality, and yoga. During her medical studies, she became fascinated with the art of medicine and began to explore the sciences with the lens of a spiritual mind. Practicing yoga and meditation from a young age, she decided to merge her spiritual teachings with her medical knowledge to bring forth a new perspective to healing the body as an integrative health practitioner. Taking her medical experience into her yoga and movement training programs with Colin Matthews of Kula Yoga Studios, Cecily Milne of Yoga Detour, Kathryn Bruni-Young of Mindful Strength, and Shante Colfield of Movement Maestro, Rima brings information, creativity, and curiosity to her yoga practice on and off the mat. Merging teachings from allopathic medicine, energy medicine, medical intuition, and yoga, Dr. Thapar empowers her clients and yoga students to be the CEO of their own health. Her favorite yoga pose is Ustrasana (Camel Pose) as it keeps her heart open to all possibilities in life. - To learn more about the 30-day Practice visit:   https://mindfulstrength.ca/30-days/

Matthew Remski is the author of eight books, the most recent being Practice and All is Coming, Cult Dynamics, and Healing in Yoga and Beyond. He has been practicing meditation and yoga since 1996, learning from teachers from the Tibetan Buddhist, Kripalu, Ashtanga, and Iyengar streams. Along the way, he has trained as a yoga therapist and an Ayurvedic consultant and maintained a private practice in Toronto from 2007 to 2015. Matthew currently facilitates programming for yoga trainings internationally, focusing on yoga philosophy, culture, and the social psychology of healthy communities. In all subject areas, he encourages students to explore how yoga practice can resist the psychic and material dominance of neoliberalism and the quickening pace of environmental destruction.  - Conspirituality Podcast: https://conspirituality.net/ To get more information about Mindful Strength and the upcoming 30-day practice progression click here

Dr. Scotty Butcher is an Associate Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science at the University of Saskatchewan and co-founder of Strength Rebels. He holds a BSc PT and MSc Kin from the University of Saskatchewan and a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology and Experimental Medicine from the University of Alberta. He is certified as a Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist (ACSM-RCEP), is a CrossFit Level 1 trainer (CF-L1), and is formerly certified as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA-CSCS); the latter of which he has formally relinquished. Most recently, Scotty has been certified as a Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher, incorporates mindfulness into his research, and has a daily personal practice. Scotty teaches exercise physiology, prescription, and rehabilitation to physical therapy students and has published several peer-reviewed articles and two book chapters related to exercise testing and prescription. Currently training as a powerlifter, he has a passion for strength training and translates this to promoting quality exercise training and rehabilitation practices for clinicians and students. His focus in research, teaching, and clinical work is on the hybrid rehabilitation/strength training approach and shares his views through blogging and vlogging. To take Scotty's research survey click here. To learn more about Mindful Strength click here To learn more about the Mindful Strength Membership click here

Melanie Camellia (née Williams), E-RYT 200 & YACEP, is a fat, queer, non-binary yoga teacher and accessibility advocate in Washington, DC, called to create profoundly inclusive spaces for self-inquiry and the inward journey by integrating spiritual teachings and accessible, trauma-informed movement practices with the spirit of social justice. Melanie believes that the goal of yoga, as of life, is collective liberation, and in turn challenges contemporary yoga practitioners to dismantle the oppressive systems and beliefs, within themselves and society at large, that hold us all back. They’ve been called a “tour-de-force of encouraging radical self-love” and listed among the “top thinkers and activists in the field of body positivity.” In addition to teaching group and private yoga classes, Melanie offers workshops that explore queer identity, body image, desire, pleasure, and agency. They champion diversity and equity in the yoga industry as a member of the Yoga & Body Image Coalition leadership team. They continue to serve as an expert adviser on diversity, accessibility, and ethics for the Yoga Alliance Standards Review Project and currently work with Accessible Yoga to help bring their teacher trainings and conferences to an ever-growing list of cities internationally. To learn more about Mindful Strength click here.

Dr. Rashmi Bismark focusses on a mindfulness based integrative approach to health. Rashmi is a medical doctor, she has an additional degree in Public Health, she is a yoga and meditation teacher with Yoga Medicine, and the author of the children's book Finding Om. To learn more about Rashmi click here. To learn more about Mindful Strength, the membership and online course click here.

Erin Godfrey is a movement and body wellness educator.  She began her career as a ballet dancer, studying with the National Ballet School of Canada, followed by studies in Anatomy and Kinesiology at George Brown College. Additional studies include Meditation, Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique, Developmental Movement, Pilates, Personal Training, Wellness coaching, Anatomy Trains, Contact Improvisation and Axis Syllabus. Erin has owned several studios in Toronto and has been teaching movement and healthful living practices for over 20 years. An international teacher, she has been faculty on a number of teacher training programs. She coaches a wide range of clients from those working with chronic injuries to athletic performance. Erin continues her research and investigation as a movement practitioner, dancer, educator and new mother. www.eringodfrey.com To learn more about Mindful Strength and sign up for the 6-week challenge that begins April 13 click here.

Chris Ruffolo is a PE teacher who also sees one-on-one clients for pain, play, and problem solving. To learn more about Chris click here. To learn more about Mindful Strength or get started with our movement membership click here.

Dr. Rima Thapar MD is a graduate of Windsor University School of Medicine and School of Etheric Healing who delicately weaves the threads of science, spirituality and yoga. During her medical studies, she became fascinated with the art of medicine and began to explore the sciences with the lens of a spiritual mind. Practicing yoga and meditation from a young age, she decided to merge her spiritual teachings with her medical knowledge to bring forth a new perspective to healing the body as an integrative health practitioner. Taking her medical experience into her yoga and movement training programs with Cecily Milne of Yoga Detour, Kathryn Bruni-Young of Mindful Strength and Dr. C. Shanté Cofield of Movement Maestro, Rima brings information, creativity and curiosity to her yoga practice on and off the mat. Currently, she has co-founded Panacea Pain Care, a new 4 fold approach to chronic pain care alongside Dr. Rhythm Gumber that incorporates mindfulness, movement, medication management and neuromodulators. Merging teachings from allopathic medicine, energy medicine, medical intuition and yoga, Dr. Thapar empowers her patients, clients and yoga students to be the CEO of their own health. Her favorite yoga pose is Ustrasana (Camel Pose) as it keeps her heart open to all possibilities in life. Contact Information: Phone: 647-248-5546 Website: www.thehealingcup.ca Innergy Yoga: http://www.myinnergyyoga.com/?name=rima_thapar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_healing_cup/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thehealingcup377/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-healing-cup Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_Healing_Cup

Clare Kelley is a movement and nature therapy guide. She did her graduate studies in global public health and health research and program design, monitoring and evaluation (MA/MPH) at The School of Public Health and The Elliott School at George Washington University. Her interdisciplinary work combines her years of work in the health sciences with the health benefits of nature connection, the mind-body healing arts, indigenous traditions of her Celtic ancestors, and embodied movement modalities. After living within a mile of the White House her entire adult life, she and her two house panthers recently relocated to the Sonoran Desert. Find Clare on Patreon at Wild Wisdom, where she has a longform essay on the basic principles of epidemiology behind containing COVID-19 as well as online movement videos, meditations, and nature therapy -- perfect for those practicing containment!  To learn more about Mindful Strength click here.

Diane Bruni is Kathryn's mother, she founded one of Canada's first yoga studios, and has been exploring movement since her 20's. Diane has been on the podcast before, and is now going through treatment for cancer. To learn more about Mindful Strength click here To learn more about Diane click here

Shannon Marion is a graduate of the University of Ottawa in 2001 and am a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Physiotherapists (FCAMPT) since 2008. She is certified in a number of different dry needling techniques including a Certificate of the Acupuncture Foundation Institute (CAFCI) in 2004 and a certificate in the Chan Gunn Intramuscular Stimulation (CGIMS) technique (2005). She is a keen learner and have surrounded myself with collaborative colleagues in order to share knowledge and to continue growing from each other. She is currently studying with the Pain Science Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and am developing more tools to offer clients with chronic pain. To learn more about Mindful Strength click here.

Dr. Bahlani’s specialized training allows her to treat patients with urologic and gynecologic pelvic pain syndromes, such as vulvodynia, pelvic floor dysfunction, interstitial cystitis, vulvar dermatoses and female sexual dysfunction. As a clinician, as well as through her continual pursuit of knowledge and research, Dr. Bahlani always strives to achieve her ultimate goal of enabling women to spend less time in pain and gain the tools they need to live their lives to the fullest. Click here to learn more about Mindful Strength 

Kyle Pichie has been a strength and conditioning coach for over a decade and is the head coach of the Cornwall Weightlifting Club. Kyle works mostly with youth athletes, this athletes have been to junior nationals for weightlifting, and he has a strong interest in making athletics fun for young people. Kyle is also the podcast/video editor for Mindful Strength, he travels with Kathryn worldwide and is responsible for the production of this podcast. To get on the email list for the MINDFUL STRENGTH MEMBERSHIP that launches in January, click here.

Anietie Ukpe-Wallace, also known as Tia, has had a life-long fascination with the human body and its inner workings. Beginning with a formal introduction to movement in college, she has continued that journey ever since. As a yoga teacher of 8 years in the East Bay, her practice morphed from one of structure and ego to one of humility and independent thinking. After her own struggles surrounding her pelvic floor, she has grown a love for learning and understanding this part of the body that is rarely talked about and sometimes even misunderstood. She recently graduated with a Doctorate degree in physical therapy in August 2019, is in the completion stages of becoming a Women’s Health Coach through the Integrative Women’s Health Institute and is also the host of the podcast, The Masterful Art of Self-Care. To learn more about Mindful Strength click here

For those who have been keeping an eye on the Yoga South Africa Instagram or Facebook page, you would have seen that I, Tarryn James, am currently completing my 300hour Advanced Teacher Training at The Wellness Connection in Hout Bay, Cape Town.I am excited to have Catherine Wilkinson, studio owner and lead teacher at The Wellness Connection, on the podcast. In this episode we answer your questions about Teacher Training which came through our social media platforms. Some of our favourite podcasts / teachers to follow:Instagram: @jenni_rawlings, @greglehman, @julesyoga, @jason_crandellPodcasts: YogaLand with Andrea Feretti, Mindful Strength with Kathryn Bruni YoungFind out more about Wellness ConnectionFind out more about Catherine Email Catherine Music produced by Dan Schultz https://soundcloud.com/itsdanschultz / dan@fragmentsdc.com. Vocals: Tarryn James ABOUT WELLNESS CONNECTION:Wellness Connection Yoga is a retreat Yoga School offering many different levels of Vinyasa Teacher Trainings and Yoga Classes in a beautiful glass & wood studio set in an indigenous forest. They offer a very high standard of training. Their studio is the only studio in South Africa to be able to offer Yoga Alliance (US) 500 level teacher training certification. The emphasis is to teach intelligent yoga, training superb yoga teachers who are then able to understand yoga anatomy, yoga poses, and individual needs enabling the teachers to create intelligent sequences, helping each and every person grow in their yoga practice. The emphasis is on creating a safe, relaxed and open atmosphere, in their yoga classes and yoga trainings, encouraging students to ask questions, to explore, to play and to grow their yoga practice and teaching.

I absolutely love Kathryn Bruni-Young's smart approach to movement and well-rounded strength and I'm so excited to have her back on The Mentor Sessions to share her wisdom with us!  Kathryn Bruni-Young is an international teacher, a strength training enthusiast, teacher trainer and the host of the Mindful Strength Podcast. She produces an online studio from her country home in eastern Ontario, and she educates folks on how they can build their strength and add more strengthening to their yoga, pilates and functional movement classes.  You can listen to my first interview with Kathyrn and hear more of an overview of her philosophy on Mindful Strength in Episode #5!  In this episode you'll hear: why strength training might be more accessible to many people than body weight exercises like postural yoga how strength training can be used as a way to build up to body weight movement how can weight training help yoga teachers avoid injury easy ways to increase load as strength progresses or decrease load if a regression is needed what yoga teachers can do at home to incorporate strength training into their routine if they don't have access to a gym Learn More From Kathryn: At her website At her Mindful Strength Virtual Studio On her Mindful Strength Podcast On Instagram  

Diana Zotos Florio is a licensed physical therapist and certified yoga teacher living in Brooklyn, NY, working in all of NYC. She has vast experience treating patients with many types of injuries including hip, knee, shoulder, low back, neck and ankle, among many others. Her style is to look broadly at the whole body for impairments and causes of injury and rehabilitate by retraining muscles and rebuilding movement patterns through a combination of physical repetition, postural alignment and mental cueing.  Click here to join the Mindful Strength email list.

Dr. Rima Thapar MD is a graduate of Windsor University School of Medicine and School of Etheric Healing who delicately weaves the threads of science, spirituality and yoga. During her medical studies, she became fascinated with the art of medicine and began to explore the sciences with the lens of a spiritual mind.Practicing yoga and meditation from a young age, she decided to merge her spiritual teachings with her medical knowledge to bring forth a new perspective to healing the body as an integrative health practitioner. Click here to learn more about Mindful Strength.

Matthew Remski is the author of eight books, the most recent being Practice and All is Coming, Cult Dynamics, and Healing in Yoga and Beyond. He has been practicing meditation and yoga since 1996, learning from teachers from the Tibetan Buddhist, Kripalu, Ashtanga, and Iyengar streams. Along the way he has trained as a yoga therapist and an Ayurvedic consultant, and maintained a private practice in Toronto from 2007 to 2015. Matthew currently facilitates programming for yoga trainings internationally, focusing on yoga philosophy, culture, and the social psychology of healthy communities. In all subject areas, he encourages students to explore how yoga practice can resist the psychic and material dominance of neoliberalism, and the quickening pace of environmental destruction.  Click here to join the Mindful Strength email list! 

Robin Lacambra (aka Lamarr) is the founder of GOODBODYFEEL Movement Studio and the GOODBODYFEEL Movement Method. She is a Pilates and yoga educator, community activist and an eager student of diverse movement practices. In 2017, she began cultivating a movement+wellness community in Hamilton, rooted in radical inclusion and accessibility. Her teacher training and studio are committed to operating from an anti-oppression, trauma-informed, eating disorder-informed framework. She believes in finding a balance between being a for-profit small business that is community-first, by experimenting with sliding scale pricing, service exchange and bursaries for marginalized communities. As a woman of colour, Robin is committed to changing the look and feel of North America’s movement industry. To learn more about Mindful Strength click here. To learn more about GOODBODYFEEL click here.

Cyndi Lee is the first female Western yoga teacher to fully integrate yoga asana and Tibetan Buddhism in her practice and teaching. In 1998, she founded the OM yoga Center in NYC, which became a mecca for yogis worldwide. One of the most influential teachers in the U.S., Cyndi’s teaching work is now focussed on yoga and meditation, and the resiliency that arises when we practice these methods in a sustainable manner. Cyndi is a formally trained Lay Buddhist Chaplain under the guidance of Roshi Joan Halifax of Upaya Zen Center. Her root guru is the Tibetan master, Gelek Rimpoche. She has been teaching yoga for 40 years and meditation for nearly 30 years. Cyndi is also the author of five books and a leading voice in the yoga community.  To join the Mindful Strength newsletter click here, the Virtual Studio announcement comes out on Monday!  

Kathryn had been following Chidiogo online for some time and knew that they would have a great discussion about intuition, empowerment, life and of course the role of movement. Chidiogo talks about how she followed her gut and moved away from the corporate world, how she founded She Roars, and why she started writing a book. She talks about supporting women of colour and how feeling your own power changes everything. She also talks about her experience learning languages and how she never felt that she would excel because of the way she was introduced to language. Through this conversation they talked about teaching methods and how being with an effective teacher makes all the difference. Finally they spoke about movement and how participating in movement practices prepares us for life in many ways. To learn more about Mindful Strength click here. 

In this conversation, Bernie and Kathryn get into some hot topics that are being discussed in the yoga community: stretching vs. stressing the body, how to teach yoga when considering human variability, hypermobility and thoughts on the spine.  The conversation begins with Bernie talking about yin yoga and the difference between stretching and stressing the body’s tissues.  He talks about how this practice can stress the deeper layers of the body, which is beneficial to the health of our tissues.   Kathryn and Bernie discuss how to effectively teach yoga knowing that there is so much human variability and that ‘looking good does not necessarily mean you are being healthy’ in your movements.  Bernie also talks about whether or not people that are hypermobile should do yin yoga. Finally, they chat about the spine and how certain yoga cues such as “neutral spine” or “lengthen your spine” may be unhelpful and confusing.  To learn more about Mindful Strength or to sign up for the Incredible SI Joint online course visit kathrynbruniyoung.com

As a follow up to Greg’s first interview, this discussion dives deeper into pain science and how to treat musculoskeletal disorders, pain and injuries within the biopsychosocial model. Greg and Kathryn discuss the many psychosocial factors that can affect pain and how we can use this information to understand pain as well as treat it.  They also discuss how to use and prescribe strength training, yoga, and novel movement to address pain but also the idea that if something hurts, it may be ok to just stop doing it.  Greg talks about joint centration and if lack of “good” alignment means we are compensating for something.  This episode is packed with so many take-aways for practitioners, movement educators, yoga teachers and people that deal with pain. To learn more about Mindful Strength and to start practicing visit kathrynbruniyoung.com and sign up for my FREE online course.

Willing to work with anyone and everyone with a desire to move better, Shante Cofield is The Movement Maestro. On the podcast today, Shante, Physical Therapist and Rock Tape Instructor, joins Kathryn to chat about movement and strength, Shante's approach to treatment, the nervous system and why it is king, pain and perception, Rock Tape, fascia, cross fit, yoga, mobility vs flexibility, and what it means to own your range.  Shante has a passion for teaching, education and connecting with people. We believe this is her gift as she communicates a depth of knowledge with ease, making complex subject matter accessible to all. To learn more about Mindful Strength and join Kathryn's free online course visit kathrynbruniyoung.com

Originally from the Ukraine, Andrei Yakovenko immigrated to Canada 20 years ago with less than $5 in his pocket. Determined to succeed, he built a successful career as a partner in a Geophysics business. Years later, Andrei came across Body By Science. After putting the principles into practice with a group of friends, Andrei saw profound physical changes, and began learning all about high intensity strength training. Andrei discovered how HIT had the power to transform lives, including his own. Andrei decided to leave his high paid career in Geophysics and setup New Element Training, a high intensity training studio in Toronto, Canada, that specialises in mindful strength training. Please note: Some episodes that have been recently published were recorded after my podcast with Andrei. If you're a regular listener you may notice some inconsistency in my thoughts and this is why. In this episode, we cover: How Andrei built his high intensity strength training business How to turn strength training into a mindfulness practice How to source the best MedX machines on the market … and much, much more Get exclusive access to strategies and content to grow your HIT Business HERE This episode is brought to you by ARXFit.com, ARX are the most innovative, efficient and effective all-in-one exercise machines I have ever seen. I was really impressed with my ARX workout. The intensity and adaptive resistance were unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. I love how the machine enables you to increase the negative load to fatigue target muscles more quickly and I love how the workouts are effortlessly quantified. The software tracks maximum force output, rate of work, total amount of work done and more in front of you on-screen, allowing you to compete with your pervious performance, to give you and your clients real-time motivation. As well as being utilised by many HIT trainers to deliver highly effective and efficient workouts to their clients, ARX comes highly recommended by world-class trainers and brands including Bulletproof, Tony Robbins, and Ben Greenfield Fitness. To find out more about ARX and get $500 OFF install, please go to ARXFit.com and mention Corporate Warrior in the how did you hear about us field – Learn more HERE For all of the show notes, links and resources - Click HERE

Charlie Reid is a fitness professional and unique movement educator based in San Francisco , California. His health-first approach looks at mobility as an indicator and a pre-requisite of physical health that precedes all other movement qualities. Charlie has a particular interest in examining and interpreting the scientific literature on--but certainly not limited to-- stretch physiology, strength & conditioning, and neuroscience research. Kathryn was introduced to Charlie's work by friend and two-time podcast guest Jules Mitchell, and we knew we needed to have him on as well. Charlie's is pragmatic, well rounded and subjective in  his work and he shares with us many nuggets of wisdom in this interview. We learn about Charlie's journey through movement, his transformative experience with strength and conditioning as a young person that lead to his keen interest in body science and fitness, his interest in music and the shared qualities found in these pursuits, and what his own personal practice looks like today. Charlie's foundation of both personal practice and coaching centers around curiosity, exploration and supporting people in expanding their own physical literacy, as well as performance goals. Charlie, like us here at Mindful Strength, believes that our bodies require a rich movement diet and that strength is "like a swiss army knife" in the tool kit of coaching. We hope you enjoy this conversation!

Leslie Kaminoff is a yoga educator and internationally recognized specialist with over four decades’ experience in the fields of yoga, breath anatomy and bodywork. He is the co-author of best selling book, "Yoga Anatomy," co-founder of The Breathing Project, as well as creator of yogaanatomy.net and popular online publication e-Sutras, which see participation from around the globe. Episode Contains Sensitive Content (please listen to intro or read below) Leslie is a great conversationalist and he and Kathryn discourse across a variety of subjects mostly as they relate to yoga, anatomy and the body. Leslie shares information about the roots of "Yoga Anatomy," and the challenges of writing a book about such complex subject matter as it relates to movement, stillness, energy, breath, science and philosophy. He also lets us in on some of his personal history through life, yoga and bodywork. Leslie's depth of knowledge is completely self-taught by way of life and interest, landing on personal philosophies and fields of interest that carry with the assumption that we never stop learning. The pair also dive into pain science, tissue damage, somatics, Yoga Alliance and more. As with many open conversations that lean into topics like "yoga injuries" and the Westernization of yoga culture, it is often difficult to avoid that wandering into sensitive and shadowed territory. As pain science reaches over to somatics and real world applications, cult mentality and power dynamics are also touched upon. We planned for this interview to be centred around anatomy, yoga, and Leslie's storied experience with both, however, this also opened up some unexpected dialogue that Kathryn found herself unprepared for in the moment. This being at a loss for words was a first for Kathryn since these interviews and this podcast began and so, true to the authenticity we hope our interviews carry and to the ethos of Mindful Strength, we leave all of this for you to hear, inviting you to move with us in our learnings, challenging moments, and our evolution.

Welcome back to the Mindful Strength Summer Practice Series! This is our last practice episode in the series and its all about shoulder strength, pushing and pushups. At Mindful Strength we 're pretty big fans of pushups but we know that's not the case for most people. Today we're breaking down upper body strength in a way that is accessible to anyone - get moving with us and start to shift your perceptions on these movements and  areas of the body. We hope that you have enjoyed this peak into the Mindful Strength Virtual Studio. Kathryn has curated a well rounded offering that updates with new content every month, join us!   Stay glued to the podcast in the coming months as we have some exciting  guests lined up this fall! 

Workshop integrating martial arts, breathing control, weights, movement, psychology and yoga.

Welcome back to the Mindful Strength Summer Practice Series! Today we are engaging with a meditation practice the Mindful Strength way. Kathryn has a personal approach to mediation that she shares with you here, as a sitting practice hasn't always come easily for her. If you feel like mediation is not your thing, if you have trouble sitting still, if you are new to any mindfulness practices or are open to exploring new ways of accessing mediation, this practice today is for you. Have you checkout out the Mindful Strength Virtual Studio yet? We're live and beyond excited to open our practices and small country studio to the world.  The Virtual Studio is a   curated and well rounded offering that updates with new content every month. Monthly and annual subscriptions are available, we hope you join us! 

Welcome back to the Mindful Strength Summer Practice Series! Today's practice is a chair practice. At Mindful Strength, we are all about inclusive movement practices and this is perfect for anyone who can't easily get down to the floor. We encourage you to try this practice no matter your ability as it is great for anyone looking to explore strength, mobility and accessibility in different ways.    You'll need a chair and a block/brick as today's accompaniments. The Mindful Strength Virtual Studio is live yesterday and we're beyond excited to open our practices and small country studio to the world. We have a curated and well rounded offering that updates with new content every month. Monthly and annual subscriptions are available, we hope you join us! 

Welcome back to the Mindful Strength Summer Practice Series! Every other week over the course of July and August, we will be releasing short and sweet audio practices in celebration of the launch  of the Mindful Strength Virtual Studio , set to go live on August 1, 2018.  To receive a corresponding video practice to this session as well as exclusive bonus content, early offerings and specials for the studio, and to learn more about what is to come, sign up for our  newsletter! This practice episode is all about feet - the foundation of our structure - and is literally for everyone! Most of us need work on our feet in order to generally function better and to tap into the innate wisdom and musculature of the feet that is frequently compromised by our choice of footwear and amount of time spent in them. Take time for yourself to connect with your foundation or grab your mom, sibling, or friend, to practice alongside. All you need are your feet, somewhere to sit/stand and a smile.

Today  marks the start of our summer practice podcast series! Every other week over the course of July and August, we will be releasing short and sweet audio practices in celebration of the launch  of the Mindful Strength Virtual Studio, set to go live on August 1, 2018.  To receive a corresponding video practice to this session as well as exclusive bonus content, early offerings and specials for the studio, and to learn more about what is to come, sign up for our newsletter! This practice episode is all about lower body strength and healthy progression towards Triangle Pose. A Mindful Strength favorite. You'll need a block or like object and find your set up close to a wall.  Enjoy!!

This week on the podcast I am joined by Kathryn Bruni-Young who is the founder of Mindful Strength, the host of the Mindful Strength Podcast, an international teacher and a creative thinker in the field of yoga and movement. Kathryn grew up practicing yoga, and started teaching when she was in her late teens. After years of practicing more traditional Ashtanga, Kathryn realized that she was having chronic pain in her body, and started to learn more about movement. On this episode, Kathryn dives into her passion for movement and how her teaching style has changed significantly since learning more about movement and how it can be integrated with yoga. We also discuss taking your yoga business online and what it takes to a successful entrepreneur, how to build a successful online course and tips for teaching workshops around the world.  Enjoy! This episode of the podcast is brought to you by Yogabossbabe! Yogabossbabe is a monthly lifestyle subscription box for passionate and motivated yoga instructors who want to build and grow their yoga business. Every month you get a box of goodies delivered to your doorstep filled with things that will help you build and grow your yoga business.   Each month you also have access to an online workshop, group coaching and the private Facebook community. If you're looking to take your business to the next level, this box is for you!   To learn more, please visit www.yogabossbabe.com! This episode of the podcast is also brought to you by FavYogis! Here’s a business tool that’s really going to change the lives of yoga teachers. The FavYogis app puts control and freedom in your hands. You can update your class schedule, offer YOUR OWN classes ANYWHERE, ANYTIME; and GET PAID all from your phone! No more updating your schedule in multiple places and paying a ton of money each month for a software platform where students MIGHT stumble across your classes. Students simply open FavYogis and your schedule will be there.   On top of being able to send students notifications about class updates, set prices and ticket availability, and auto-send reminders to your students, you can also post workshops and events that will allow you to reach organic traffic through the search feature that you may never have been able to reach through simply putting the events on your website. There’s a brand spanking new feature on the Fav Yogis App!!! Teaching a lot of classes? Now you can auto-generate text for sharing your schedule on social media. Along with the time and date you can optionally include the title and location of each class or event!   Head on over to the app store and download FavYogis for free! Use code MBOM and let them know that I sent you!

Can strength training be more mindful than yoga?  Kathryn Bruni-Young joins the show to say yes! She and Mark discuss being second generation teachers, Canadian yoga history, her mindful strength workshops, confidence building, trauma, why alignment makes us weak, movement variety, seasons of practice, novel stimulation and she ends with some practice tips for all.  https://kathrynbruniyoung.com/

In this episode, we discuss: • Kathryn's journey from yoga to movement • Training with Ido Portal • The experience of being a certified holistic nutritionist • There's no such thing as ‘bad poses' • How to incorporate different movements into your classrooms • Preserving a yoga framework • Leaving opportunities to pursue new things • Opening an exercise facility • Using social media effectively • Body image & why yogis struggle • Kathryn's current schedule • Care how your body moves not how it looks • Kathryn's habits & hacks for success Support the show! patreon.com/rudiejay Win this Kardish Bundle! https://mailchi.mp/105686e2a815/q6lzegduj1 Connect with me: instagram.com/rudiejay Connect with Kathryn: https://kathrynbruniyoung.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kathrynbruniyoung/

This is part of a new series for YogaTeacherGradSchool.com in which I am interviewing established teachers about how they have found their way into living their dream of teaching yoga professionally in ways that are fulfilling, successful, and sustainable. Kathryn Bruni-Young started teaching as a teenager, and has gradually built a career in which her interest in all forms of movement, strength, and knowledge of the body led to the work she now shares called "Mindful Strength." Listen for inspiration on how to find your nice, share your authentic offerings, and be a life time student, who teaches from that place of ongoing education and exploration.

Kathryn Bruni-Young Mindful Strength: Evolving Yoga Practice by Julian Walker

Kathryn Bruni-Young is the founder of the Mindful Strength method of teaching and one of my favorite teaching inspirations. Kathryn has been teaching for 11 years, and while her roots are in traditional yoga practices and teaching, more recently she has become a proponent of incorporating strength training into her movement practice. She also wants to empower and equip teachers to begin to move into more strength training in a way that feels authentic and refreshing. I am so excited for you to learn about this unique way of teaching movement, and I know you will be ready to unlock your own inner strength once we are done!   More to learn in this episode:   Kathryn shares her teaching lineage and how it has evolved over the past 11 years.   What happens when you move away from teaching strict old-school asana and into more types of varied movement.   How strength training fuels our confidence.   Why well rounded mobility increases your stability. Kathryn's advice to teachers who want to begin introducing strength training into their practice.    Incorporating pushing and pulling motion in your yoga mat practice.   Important Links: For exercises, inspiration, and teacher resources, follow Kathryn on Instagram and Facebook. Check out Kathryn's online home at her website here. Kathryn's teacher Ida Portal can be found here.

Kathryn Bruni-Young is a mover, educator and creator. She grew up studying yoga with her mother (Diane Bruni) which organically shifted into teaching yoga classes and workshops together.   Kathryn Bruni-Young has been a yoga and movement teacher for the last 10 years.  She suffered from repetitive strain injuries and turned to physiotherapists, personal trainers and other experts from other movement disciplines to create her own teaching style.   Inspired by all she gained from her strength training education. Kathryn founded the Mindful Strength Center, (formerly known as the Cornwall Yoga Studio). Mindful Strength blends strength, mobility and mindfulness. Kathryn leads teacher training, online courses, and workshops throughout Canada and Europe.   Kathryn is being drawn to the world of Trauma Training and has been influenced by those doing research in this field. She is truly a woman with many facets who is excited to share all she has learned to enrich the lives of others.   7:45 Kathryn's Yoga Journey   10:00 Benefits of strength training   12:05 Balance of flexibility and strength training   15:15 Do we need to go to the gym? “Sensory sensitivity”   17:55 Examples of strength training at home   19:00 How to modify push-ups   20:15 Does Kathryn still call herself a yoga teacher?   22:05 Rotator cuff injury   25:30 Kathryn's library of IG posts   26:50 Strength training for repetitive strain-totally different movement   28:25 Muscles and fascia and their response to load   28:55 Variety of strength training options   29:45 How should a yoga teacher start incorporating strength training into their lives?   31:20 How to find a strengthening mentor, even as a kickstart to your training   31:50 Working on your own using YouTube videos, books starting with simple movements   32:45 Working with various professionals (physios, trainers, etc.) even a couple of times to get the ball rolling, get some basic information   33:25 Importance of having variety in strength training so it is well-rounded and balanced so you're not doing repetitive movement in this area   33:55 Practice movement on your own before incorporating it into your classes   35:00 How to work with Kathryn- new online courses available   37:40 Kathryn's mindful strength class layout   41:55 How to add strengthening to a more traditional yoga class   44:45 What she calls her classes and how her students reacted to the introduction of strength training into her yoga classes- key slowly building strength into the class   50:10 Your unique yoga offering cannot be replicated   51:05 Her first certified training with Ito Portal -not beginner friendly but lots of great insight   52:00 Trauma training (somatic experiencing) in the strength building field-   53:20 Kathryn's Yoga Teacher Training offerings and an Online Mindful Teacher Training is in the works! Links   Kathryn's Website   Kathryn on Instagram   Yoga Journal Article: The Future of Yoga: 15 Millennial Yoga Teachers to Watch   Trauma Healing Training founded by Peter Levine   Trauma Center at Justice Resort Institute founded by Bessel Van Der Kolt Life coach - Barb Elias   Personal trainer - Miranda Smit   Gratitude to our sponsor Schedulicity