Latest Humanmovementscience Podcast Episodes
Episode 65: Slow Breathing
Yoga Research & Beyond - June 12, 2024 20:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsSlow Breathing: Samavriti and Visamavriti Pranayama for Reducing Stress In our first podcast episode under the new format, we review the paper Slow breathing for reducing stress: The effect of extending exhale. Our main focus was the methods section. Here are some basics we covered: Randomiza...
Episode 64: Welcome to the New YRB Format
Yoga Research & Beyond - June 12, 2024 19:55 - 11 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsWelcome to the Yoga Research & Beyond Podcast! 🎧 Struggling with all the conflicting fitness advice? Ariana Raven and Jules Mitchell have got you covered! 🧘♀️📖 Join them as they break down the latest research on yoga and exercise, debunk myths, and teach you how to apply scientific findings t...
Y&B #63 - What's the best hamstring stretch? Comparison of four techniques
Yoga Research & Beyond - December 12, 2017 11:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsHow often do your students ask for help with tight hamstrings? In this episode Jenn Pilotti and I discuss a study that compared 4 stretching techniques for greater hamstring flexibility. This study from the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research compared two active stretches and two passi...
Y&B #62 - Buteyko Breathing and Asthma
Yoga Research & Beyond - November 28, 2017 11:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsHow can Buteyko breathing help with asthma? Research shows 6-30% of asthma sufferers use breathing methods to alleviate their asthma symptoms in the UK. Catherine and I discuss a paper from the Complementary Therapies in Medicine journal about Buteyko breathing and asthma. Buteyko breathing t...
Y&B #61 - Ground Reaction Forces in 28 Yoga Poses
Yoga Research & Beyond - October 19, 2017 10:30 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsWhat are Ground Reaction Forces (GRFs) and why are they important? In biomechanics GRF is the force exerted from the ground onto the body when they make contact. It's basically Newton's 3rd law: for every action there is a reaction. Measuring these forces helps us understand how yoga poses impac...
Y&B #60 - Can VR Technology Alter Pain Perception?
Yoga Research & Beyond - August 31, 2017 10:30 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsCan virtual reality technology affect pain perception? Well, yeah. Catherine Cowey and I discuss a fun study about this co-authored by Lorimer Moseley in 2015 in the Psychological Science Journal. The researchers used VR technology to give subjects (with a history of neck pain) the illusion that...
Y&B #59 - Hamstring Injuries and Yoga
Yoga Research & Beyond - July 28, 2017 10:30 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsProximal hamstring tendinopathy (PHT) is a pathology of the tendon with a combination of tissue damage, inflammation, and possibly pain at the proximal tendon where the hamstring attaches to the ischial tuberosity. PHT is very common among yoga practitioners as well as in other populations. Jul...
Y&B #58 - The Value of Blowing Up a Balloon
Yoga Research & Beyond - June 28, 2017 10:30 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsBreathing is a hot topic for yoga teachers and fitness professionals. Jenn Pilotti and I talk about a study on the 90/90 breath technique with ball and balloon. Postural Restoration Institute (PRI) practitioners use this exercise to help people of all ages with musculoskeletal pain, including lo...
Y&B #57 - How does Kinesiotape® affect balance and athletic performance?
Yoga Research & Beyond - May 25, 2017 10:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsHow does Kinesiotape® affect balance and athletic performance? Cat and I discuss a study from the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy done in 2016. The authors hypothesized that there would be improvements in athletic performance but it didn’t work out that way. There are many claim...
Y&B #56 - Does yoga reverse bone loss?
Yoga Research & Beyond - April 20, 2017 10:30 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsCan 12 minutes of yoga a day reverse osteoporotic bone loss? The title of this study "Twelve-Minute Daily Yoga Regimen Reverses Osteoporotic Bone Loss" might lead you to believe so, but the results and data are incomplete and inconclusive. Jules Mitchell and I talk about this complicated, under...
Y&B #55 - Chronic Pain and Hypermobility
Yoga Research & Beyond - March 23, 2017 10:30 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsCatherine Cowey and I discuss an article on chronic pain and hypermobility syndrome (HMS) from the Journal of Pain Research. This article gives a thorough overview of the many kinds of hypermobility conditions and symptoms and makes it very clear that it’s a complicated subject. There’s a wide s...
Y&B #54 - Are headstands safe?
Yoga Research & Beyond - March 02, 2017 11:30 - 59 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsAre headstands safe? Jules Mitchell and I discuss a study about headstands from 2014. This is the first study of its kind that assessed loads on the neck and head in headstand. We had different reactions to this study. When I read it, it reinforced my decision to exclude headstands from my prac...
Y&B #53 - Distal Mobility for Proximal Stability
Yoga Research & Beyond - February 09, 2017 11:30 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsHow does ankle instability affect the knee? In the previous episode Jenn Pilotti and I discussed proximal stability for distal mobility - how core stability affects the knees and ankles. But what about the other way around? How do distal joints affect more proximal ones? Many movement professi...
Y&B #52 - Proximal Stability for Distal Mobility
Yoga Research & Beyond - January 19, 2017 11:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsProximal stability for distal mobility is a principle that’s often used in corrective exercise, manual treatment and personal training. Generally, it means that working on core stability can affect distal joints, providing more mobility. This is logical. A stable core may allow for less chaos in...
Y&B #51 Does Yoga improve athletic performance?
Yoga Research & Beyond - December 29, 2016 11:30 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsDoes Yoga improve athletic performance? It might, but we don't know exactly how. Jules Mitchell was researching how yoga affects athletics performance for her upcoming book and discovered a gap in the literature. There's plenty of research about the SAID principle and adaptation, but not enou...
Y&B #50 How does Bikram Yoga affect core temperature and heart rate?
Yoga Research & Beyond - December 08, 2016 11:30 - 58 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsYoga and Movement Research Series How does Bikram yoga affect heart rate and core temperature? To be completely honest neither Cat nor I are fans of Bikram yoga or hot yoga in general. Nonetheless, we did our best to discuss Bikram yoga and this study as objectively as possible. In this ep...
Y&B #49 Are core stabiilty exercises the best for low back pain?
Yoga Research & Beyond - November 17, 2016 11:30 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsJenn Pilotti and I discuss a thorough review of 29 studies that answers this question: Are core stability exercises the best for back pain? The meta review was conducted in 2014 and is entitled, "An update of stabilization exercises for low back pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis." The...
Y&B #48 Yoga Re:Alignment Workshops for Teachers
Yoga Research & Beyond - October 13, 2016 10:45 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsIn this bonus episode Jules Mitchell (biomechanist and yoga educator) asks me questions about my new workshops for teachers called the Yoga Re:Alignment Workshop Series. We also talk about the role of movement science in yoga asana and whether or not yoga is about more than the poses...of cours...
Y&B #47 Should we use mirrors in yoga classes?
Yoga Research & Beyond - October 13, 2016 10:30 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsWhether or not to use mirrors in yoga classes is a popular topic of discussion among teachers. This is the first episode in my new yoga and movement research series. I talk to Jules Mitchell about the efficacy of using mirrors when learning yoga asana. We discuss a study entitled, "Effect on ...
Y&B #46 Dan John - Body, Mind and Soul
Yoga Research & Beyond - September 01, 2016 10:30 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsDan John has been lifting weights since 1965 and coaching for more than 30 years. He holds the American record in the Weight Pentathlon event, won the American Masters Discus Championships several times, and has competed in Olympic weightlifting and the Highland Games. Dan has a common sense...
Y&B #45 Charlie Reid on Mobility and Strength Training
Yoga Research & Beyond - July 22, 2016 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 49 ratingsCharlie Reid, CSCS, CMT, considers himself an "anti-guru", an educator, and an enthusiast for all things strength and conditioning related. His pragmatic approach centers around helping others find solutions that are practical, while sifting through all the hype so prevalent on the internet. ...
Y&B #44 Greg Lehman - Reconciling Biomechanics with Pain Science
Yoga Research & Beyond - June 30, 2016 10:30 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsGreg Lehman, Physiotherapist and Chiropractor talks about why pain science and biomechanics need to be reconciled. People think that pain science challenges everything in biomechanics, but it doesn’t. It challenges it a little. We can and should still use biomechanics. It’s still important but y...
Y&B #43 Shelly Prosko - Bridging the Gap Between Yoga and Healthcare
Yoga Research & Beyond - June 16, 2016 10:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 49 ratingsShelly Prosko, PT, PYT, CPI, specializes in pain science, yoga therapy and pelvic floor health. She's dedicated to bridging the gap between yoga and modern healthcare philosophies and believes this integration is highly effective in creating and sustaining optimal health. Shelly has been inte...
Y&B #42 Exposing Yoga Myths part 4
Yoga Research & Beyond - March 04, 2016 11:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsLast year Mel, Kim and I decided to write a book in order to dispel some of the popular claims we hear in mainstream yoga classes. Exposing Yoga Myths V1 is the result of those efforts. In this episode we talk about some responses (good and bad) to the book. We go off on some fun tangents too ab...
Y&B #41 PhysiYoga with Helen O'Neill and Diana Zotos
Yoga Research & Beyond - February 26, 2016 11:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsDiana and Helen are both experienced yoga teachers and physical therapists. They've created a course that reflects the thirst for applicable and teachable knowledge regarding functional anatomy both for the yoga teacher and the physical therapist. Each course aims to fill the gap between basic t...
Y&B #40 Lauren Ohayon, Holy Shift Yoga
Yoga Research & Beyond - February 19, 2016 11:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsLauren Ohayon is a body mechanics geek who relishes in constant learning, laughing and community. Through her biomechanics and movement studies, Lauren has developed a style of teaching that helps students gain awareness of their structure as well as understand how to re-balance their bodies. Sh...
Y&B #39 Jules Mitchell part 2
Yoga Research & Beyond - February 12, 2016 11:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsRedefining stretching with Biomechanist and Yoga Educator Jules Mitchell, MS. We talk about her upcoming book, different types of stretching like PNF, the shoulder joint in downward dog and why she doesn’t say the word "tight" anymore when referring to muscles.
Y&B #38 Dana Santas Part 2
Yoga Research & Beyond - February 05, 2016 11:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsMobility maker and creator of Radius Yoga, Dana Santas talks more about how she works with athletes, why breathing is THE fundamental movement pattern and her beef with good posture.
Ep #37 - Exposing Yoga Myths Part 3 with Kim Lien Kendall and Melissa Gutierrez
Yoga Research & Beyond - October 14, 2015 19:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsMel, Kim and I talk about the myth that doing yoga gives you long and lean muscles and a Vogue article about foam rolling that Tony Gentilcore busted up. We touch on body image, eating disorders, women in sports and dance, Ronda Rousey, Serena Williams, Misty Copeland and Mel summons Rage Again...
Ep #36 - Exposing Yoga Myths Part 2 with Kim-Lien Kendall and Melissa Gutierrez
Yoga Research & Beyond - October 09, 2015 00:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 49 ratingsMel, Kim (SMARTer Bodies founders) and I talk more about our book, Exposing Yoga Myths. We riff more about cultural misappropriation, yoga teachers trying to make a living, Lululemon, Kirtan, yoga can't hurt you, the Yoga Alliance and teacher regulation, the Dunning-Kruger effect, and pain as a ...
Related Humanmovementscience Topics