Latest Mindfulstrength Podcast Episodes
221 Jules Mitchell: The Biomechanics of Strength Building
Mindful Strength - June 04, 2022 11:25 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsIn this episode, Kathryn and Jules talk about what strength training is (and what it isn't), strength training vs. general fitness, basic biomechanics, the practicality of learning anatomy and making sense of the research. If you are endlessly curious about exercise science and it's application ...
220 Nada Hassan: Strength Training as Rehab
Mindful Strength - May 25, 2022 14:40 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsIn this episode, Kathryn and Nada talk about why strength training is so useful in rehab. Often people assume that strength training means competing or huge feats. In reality, capacity-building strategies (strength training) can help people progress from pain and injuries and help them get back ...
219 Darcie Clark: Adaptive Movement and Chair Yoga
Mindful Strength - May 13, 2022 12:03 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsDarcie and Kathryn talk about adaptive movement, non-dogmatic approaches for all abilities, and chair yoga. Chair yoga is more than using a chair for conventional poses. Creating an accessible class requires teachers to re-imagine the practice and truly learn to meet participants where they are....
218 Dr Lisa Folden: Body Positive Physical Therapy & Health Coaching
Mindful Strength - April 29, 2022 17:51 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsToday's episode is all about a weight-neutral approach to physical therapy and healthcare. Lisa and Kathryn discuss all the insidious ways diet culture has made its way into healthcare and how we can provide better care to people across the size spectrum. They also touch on how humans are always...
217 Indu Vashist: Power, postures & practice - yoga asana history and modern understandings
Mindful Strength - April 17, 2022 15:09 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsThis 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 histor...
216 Nikki Naab-Levy: Why strength training helps with rehab, yoga, pilates, hypermobility (and basically everything!)
Mindful Strength - April 09, 2022 16:20 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsKathryn and Nikki talk about the ins and outs of strength, and what makes strength training different (but highly complementary) from yoga, pilates, and group fitness. They discuss why building strength is so important for overall capacity, aging, muscle mass, chronic illness, and even hypermobi...
215 Dr. Sarah Kim: Caring for the Frontline - Pandemic Recovery and Reflections
Mindful Strength - April 02, 2022 13:13 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsToday we welcome Dr. Sarah Kim for a reflective conversation about her experience working as a frontline doctor over the last 2 years. Sarah shares what it's been like for her and how she is bringing creativity, mental health awareness, and compassion to her medical practice to meet the challeng...
214: Stephanie Carter Kelley: Progressive impact and strength building for osteoporosis
Mindful Strength - March 18, 2022 21:43 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsStephanie Carter Kelley is a physical therapist, yoga teacher, bone health enthusiast and she has a Ph.D. 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 e...
213 Christine Felstead: A Lifetime of movement practice
Mindful Strength - March 12, 2022 21:52 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsToday we welcome Kathryn's long-time colleague, and friend of the yoga family, Christine Felstead. Christine has been practicing various forms of movement including marathon running, Ashtanga yoga, mobility, and now strength for longer than most people we know. Her love of movement has changed o...
212 Alex Haley: A Relational Approach to Marketing For Yoga & Wellness Providers
Mindful Strength - March 05, 2022 14:53 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsWe are back! Today's podcast with Alex Haley is about a relational approach to marketing. Does the idea marketing feel sticky, slimy, or fake to you? This interview will re-inspire the way you approach marketing and is especially relevant to the small-scale yoga teacher/wellness provider. Wan...
Finding your way back to training, small steps go further
Mindful Strength - January 18, 2022 18:01 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsThis episode of the podcast is brought to you by Bodyweight Stars, our upcoming 8-week bodyweight strength program to help you get moving and feeling like a star. Click here to learn more and sign up. Today Kathryn and Kyle are talking about consistency, and how to get back into training after...
Holiday Special #4: More movement isn't always better
Mindful Strength - December 24, 2021 12:50 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsWe are bombarded with messages about the dangers of too much sitting, not moving enough, chairs and couches in our living rooms etc... But is more movement always better? On the journey to building strength, loaded movement it vital, but less is sometimes more. The other side of this coin is res...
Holiday Special #3: Strength is a Feeling, Not a Look
Mindful Strength - December 23, 2021 22:31 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsToday Chris and Kathryn are talking about why it's not useful to base your strength building progress on looks (unless you are a body builder). Strength can be felt from the inside, and there are other metrics to measure your progress. Most of us have been taught to measure our success based on ...
Holiday Special #2: Mobility, How Much and When
Mindful Strength - December 22, 2021 18:55 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsPeople often ask why we focus so much on strength but not as much on mobility. From our perspective, everything we teach is mobility. We have been taught that mobility training should look a certain way but in reality, we don't have a shared and agreed upon definition of mobility. Certain system...
Holiday Special #1: Pain and Why it Matters
Mindful Strength - December 22, 2021 18:54 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsKathryn and Chris talk about how their teaching and ideas about movement have changed since diving deep into pain science. They explore the range of feelings that might come up during strength building and why it's useful to acknowledge the spectrum of sensations. If pain isn't an accurate indic...
We're back for a new season!!!
Mindful Strength - December 22, 2021 18:53 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsAfter our six month hiatus we are coming back with a series of mini-podcasts to get you ready for the new season beginning in 2022. Over the holidays we are also giving away prizes (listed in the recording) and free classes. To sign up for free click here then enter your name and email. The firs...
204 Chris Nguyen: Cultivating Confidence Through Movement
Mindful Strength - August 02, 2021 14:22 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsIf you are a yoga teacher looking for an incredible online platform to host your membership, classes, workshops and appointments check out Offering Tree. Click here to learn how Offering Tree can help you get your offerings online quickly. - To learn more about the Mindful Strength Membersh...
203 Erin Godfrey: The core, what is it and what are we training for?
Mindful Strength - July 12, 2021 21:29 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsWe are celebrating the 4th birthday of the Mindful Strength Membership with a Buy One Gift One Annual Membership sale. Until July 14th when you sign up for our Annual Membership you can gift one to a friend for FREE. Click here to start now. --- This episode of the Mindful Strength Podcast i...
202 David Wilson: Strong at Any Age
Mindful Strength - July 05, 2021 18:50 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsWe are celebrating the 4th birthday of the Mindful Strength Membership with a Buy One Gift One Annual Membership sale. Until July 14th when you sign up for our Annual Membership you can gift one to a friend for FREE. Click here to start now. --- This episode of the Mindful Strength Podcast i...
201 Kathryn, Kyle & Chris: Celebrating Our 4th Birthday!!
Mindful Strength - June 26, 2021 17:51 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsKathryn, Kyle and Chris talk about their newest project, the All-Access Membership and answer questions on a wide range of topics. This is a fun 3-way conversation in celebration of our 4th birthday. -- To learn more about the All-Access Membership click here, this offer ends July 31st. --...
200 Lizette Pompa: Progressing Through Bodyweight Strength Training
Mindful Strength - June 09, 2021 18:13 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsThe Mindful Strength All Access Membership launches next week along with Pull-Up Club registration. To be in the know click here and add your name to our email list. ___ This episode of the Mindful Strength Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Offering Tree. We love Offering Tree be...
199: Rocky Heron: New Paradigms and Possibilities of Practice
Mindful Strength - May 18, 2021 17:41 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsIf you are interested in taking your teaching online check out offeringtree.com/mindfulstrength (click here). Offering Tree's platform includes everything you need from a website to an online store, appointments, membership, and courses. All for under $20 a month. - Interested in the content...
198: Christopher Bourke - Building Emotional Strength with Energizing Movement
Mindful Strength - May 10, 2021 13:56 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsThe 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 profess...
Bonus: How much weight should I be starting with?
Mindful Strength - May 05, 2021 15:15 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsThis is the question we get more than ever, how much weight should I be starting with? There is no one right answer for everyone, but Kathryn and Kyle definitely have advice on how you can approach your strength training. Most people either start too heavy and get discouraged, or start really li...
197 Catherine Cowey: Everything you need to know about hypermobility
Mindful Strength - April 24, 2021 12:43 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsThe 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 *** Catherine Cowey has a range both professional and personal experience working with fo...
Bonus: Why are single leg squats so hard?
Mindful Strength - April 21, 2021 18:38 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsKathryn and Kyle talk about what makes the single-leg squat so challenging, and what you can work on starting now. From ankle range of motion to basic alignment and loading patterns this mini podcast will help you assess what your body needs. To start your 14-day free trial of the Mindful Stre...
196 Laura Khoudari: Lifting Heavy Things, Healing Trauma One Rep At a Time
Mindful Strength - April 18, 2021 14:35 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsThis podcast is brought to you in partnership with Offering Tree. Offering Tree helps teachers and trainers get their classes, courses, and services online fast. To learn more about this awesome company click here offeringtree.com/mindfulstrength --- Laura Khoudari is a trauma practitioner, ...
Bonus: Strength Training During Hard Times
Mindful Strength - April 07, 2021 13:40 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsIn this episode Kathryn shares more about why she got into strength training and gymnastics and how handstand training has helped her through recent stressful events. Handstand Club Early Bird Pricing has been extended, and Kathryn is Day 1 for FREE on April 14th. To sign up for this FREE sess...
195 Amber Karnes: Marketing is Another Form of Teaching
Mindful Strength - April 03, 2021 13:48 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsThis episode of the Mindful Strength Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Offering Tree. Offering Tree provides a platform for teachers and trainers who want to get their classes and services online quickly and easily. Kathryn is currently using Offering Tree to host her 300-hour online...
Bonus: How to create your own strength program or sequence
Mindful Strength - March 31, 2021 20:04 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 183 ratingsKathryn and Kyle talk about how to approach strength programming. Kyle has been writing formal weightlifting programs for athletes for the last decade, he shares his experience and relates it back to bodyweight training. Creating a program is about more than just linking hard exercises together....
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