The Yoga Therapy podcast, find out how Yoga therapy MOVES YOU INTO LIVING WELL. Authentic conversations with Yoga experts sharing tips, advice and stories of how Yoga therapy changes lives through self-agency. Join us and hear stories of healing, health, wellbeing and wholeness.
Immersive audio only classes, friendly chats over Chai and more to enjoy from the YogaTherapies team.
You are a yoga teacher or a health professional who wants to integrate yoga therapeutically. You want a more holistic, biopsychosocial approach to helping your clients heal. You want to empower them to listen and to learn about their bodies. In From Pain to Possibility, Susi Hately, B.Sc. Kinesiology blends modern understanding of anatomy and biomechanics with the ancient wisdom of yoga. This weekly show will share Susi's best ideas from over 25 years of helping her clients reduce and eradic ...
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The Yoga Pro Podcast


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The Yoga Pro Podcast
Pamela Crane-Certified Yoga Therapist, MS Yoga Therapy, C-IAYT
If you are a yoga professional looking for yoga information and help with skills to run your business. This is your podcast! The Yoga Pro Podcast is a hub of information from authorities in the yoga and movement worlds as well as entrepreneurial experts to share all things “yoga biz”. We hear from leading yoga therapists, yoga teachers, movement practitioners, successful entrepreneurs and more. Pamela Crane (MS-Yoga Therapy, C-IAYT, E-RYT, RYT-500, YACEP) is a Certified Yoga Therapist, Actor ...
Lissette Holland (aka Dr Lisa, PT) has been helping women enjoy the human experience of their curvier hustle and divine design for over a decade. This show features women growing a creative career fueled by professional significance and family-friendly lifestyle. Dr. Lisa offers her wisdom on the body, mind, soul and purposeful experience of being a woman and helps listeners get in touch with other great minds through the lost art of female conversation and community.
Pranamaya is dedicated to bringing the timeless wisdom of yoga to students and teachers of yoga to enrich their practice and their lives. Interviewing master teachers on a variety of subjects that highlight how yoga can be practiced both on and off of the mat.
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Ancient Tools for Modern Living: Wisdom from Mamas, Mystics, and Medicine Makers


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Ancient Tools for Modern Living: Wisdom from Mamas, Mystics, and Medicine Makers
Tzipporah Gerson-Miller
Welcome to Ancient Tools for Modern Living. Tzipporah Gerson-Miller, certified yoga therapist and licensed psychotherapist explores the integration of ancient wisdom teachings and practices rooted in yoga, meditation, spirituality, and other contemplative based traditions in order to restore a sense of wholeness, vitality, and deeper connection to our humanity while meeting the mental health and physical health challenges we all face in modern daily living. Interviews with experts in fields ...
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The Connection Between Your Head, Breath and Your State of Being | Ep #105
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Join me this week as I walk you through an exercise to help you pay more attention to the connection between your head, your breath, and your state of being. I’m showing you how to establish the relationship with other parts of your body and how to use the information that arises from this exercise to your advantage. Get full show notes and more in…
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54. Yoga therapy for Functional Aging with Alina Calinescu
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Alina Calinescu, like a good pitta person, shares her journey of many loved trainings, mentors and teachers, with Shira. We discuss the pricelessness of learning for many years under the mentorship of knowledgable teachers and the importance of trust for healing. We talk about pain care, functional aging, the importance of languauge, understanding …
We all know the importance of mindfulness in our lives, but are you aware of the power of meditative writing? Carole Fontaine felt her life change when she used meditative writing to help her heal from physical illness. In this episode, she shares her journey to health through using the power of meditative writing, and how incorporating it can help…
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The Art of Observation: The Surprising Key for Reducing and Eradicating Pain | Ep #104
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In this episode, I’m sharing more about the power of observation and what can happen when you are able to tune in to parts of your body and mind, what they’re doing and not doing, and observe what is going on. I’m sharing four key ideas to help improve the art of observation and showing you the benefits of growing your capacity to observe. Get full…
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53. Yoga Therapy as a Tool for Addictions with Jil Manos
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Jill Manos, Yoga and art therapist, case manager and therapuetic mentor, courageously shares her alchemical story with Shira. She talks about addictions, high functioning, shame, battling with control and not feeling good enough, and how Yoga therapy is a way out of being stuck and self-esteem. We discuss the importance of social connections, feeli…
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The Yoga Pro Podcast


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How to Find Your Spiritual Purpose with Jennie Lee
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Do you know your purpose in life? That quintessential question can sometimes be daunting, even for yoga professionals. In this episode, Jennie Lee shares her insight into discovering your personal purpose, reasons we struggle with finding our purpose, and so much more! Jennie is a Nautilus Book Award winning author of 3 books and she is a spiritual…
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Your Age Doesn't Matter - Arthritis When Moving Hurts | Ep #103
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In this episode, I’m providing some considerations for you to ponder to help you get to a place where you can trust your inner wisdom and what it is telling you. Hear why arthritis and pain are not synonymous, why you don’t have to experience pain, and how to discern more clearly what your body is asking you for. Get full show notes and more inform…
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53. Yoga Therapy with Keri Marino for Mental Wellness and Emotional Wholeness
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Keri Marino, IAYT certified Yoga therapist, spiritual life coach and speaker, shares her journey with Shira, of eating disorders to a new relationship with herself and body through Yogic chanting, helping her to choose another path of eating and living. We talk about the importance of relationships, universe of emotions and how yoga facilitates bei…
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Feeling Is Necessary for Healing - One Key Component That Most People Miss | Ep #102
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In this episode, I’m sharing the reasons that feeling is necessary for healing and the power that comes with naming what’s going on in your body. Hear why feeling your feelings is such an important concept, and some tips to help you name, acknowledge, and feel your own feelings. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionals…
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The Yoga Pro Podcast


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Teaching Mindfulness to Children and Families with Brittany Hudson
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Families have seen their fair share of stress during the pandemic, and can be a lucrative market for yoga professionals. In this episode, Brittany Hudson shares the secret to how she built her mindfulness business with children and families and how she uses these tools to destress the whole family. Brittany has been in the practice of Mindfulness M…
What does it actually mean to listen to your body? In this episode, I’m sharing some steps you can take to listen to your body, and explaining what you’re listening for and what to do with that information. Discover why it’s so important to do something with the information you perceive and how to use it to get to where you want to go. Get full sho…
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52. The Power of Chanting with Tara Mitra
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Tara Mitra, yogini and yoga therapist in the Krishnamacharya tradition, a vedic mantra and rituals sadhaka and teacher sharees her passion for chanting with Shira. We speak about our unconscious programming to keep going without rest and how complexity kills the power of pause, and how chanting can undo these unconscious patterns. Improving listeni…
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Yoga for Equestrians with Kristen Kolenda
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Spending time with animals can be relaxing and yogic in nature, but when you are participating in the sport of horse riding, there are myriad physical and emotional issues that can arise. In this episode, Kristen Kolenda joins us to share how she uses yoga to help equestrians find balance, grounding, and focus; and she shares how she markets to her…
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FB Live – Why Your Age Doesn’t Matter | Ep #100
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In this episode, I’m sharing a Facebook Live where I explain why your age does not matter. You have to be careful at every age. But if you can learn how to move your body better, breathe better, and become still and curious, you too can reduce your pain, and I’m showing you how this week. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.f…
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Yoga Therapy and Concussion: Completing a Yoga Therapy Certification with a Brain Injury | Ep #99
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Tune in this week to hear about Bobbi’s experience of living with a concussion and her perspective of her recovery journey. She shares how her life has changed since then compared to now, and her advice for anybody who has had a concussion or multiple concussions. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/99…
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51. Fear, Unpredictability and Overriding Emotions
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A deep and questioning talk about fear, the underlying principles of domination; supressing the unknown; the feminine, emotions, and anything that can cause unpredictible outcomes. How can we move forward together in honesty and authentically? Work with Me Free Resources Book a podcast call Humankind - Rutger Bregman Child Labour of Cobalt in Conga…
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Trauma Informed Yoga with Jill Weiss Ippolito
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Experiencing trauma is an all too common issue that our yoga students have faced. Are you presenting a trauma informed class that is inclusive for everyone? Jill Weiss Ippolito joins us to talk all things trauma for yoga teachers and therapists in this candid interview where she shares her personal and professional experiences around trauma. She is…
The anatomical relationship between the ribcage and other parts of the body is a fascinating one. This week, I’m teaching you two different breathing exercises you can use when you want to focus on the ribcage specifically, or when you want to see whether what is going on in the ribcage is affecting somewhere else in your body. Get full show notes …
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50. Leslie Kaminoff and Yoga Education
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Leslie Kaminoff, Yoga educator, co-author of Yoga Anatomy, founder of the Breathing Project and soon to be launched platform for yoga therapists and 1 to 1 yoga, shares his yoga journey with Shira. We talk dissection, yoga going online, vagal tone, yoga therapy or yoga education, power and assymetric responsibility, healing, student-teacher relatio…
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How to Train Your Nervous System Through Yoga with Dan Sykes
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Many people suffer from excess tension in their body which can cause physical and emotional problems. In this episode, Dan Sykes joins us to share how somatic work is beneficial in training your nervous system. Dan is an entrepreneur, filmmaker, bodyworker, and founder of the Somatic Training Network. Dan has studied somatic arts with instructors a…
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How Yoga Therapy Can Be Supportive and Collaborative in the First 3 Months Post-Knee and Hip Surgery | Ep #97
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Listen in this week as I share why yoga therapy can be a huge collaborator with the rehabilitation process and how it can help eliminate obstacles on the way to better healing and recovery. I’m sharing some specific examples around moving, breathing, and compensation patterns and showing you how to use them to help the whole rehabilitative process.…
Tune in this week as I discuss the anatomy and mechanics of the wrist, the connection between the wrists and the shoulder girdle, as well as some ways to observe how you feel with your wrists. I’m sharing some key principles to consider when it comes to exploring what’s going on with your wrists and showing you how to tune into your mechanics and i…
Shira talks about how women are the reason there is Life, and not honouring that in our systems is the underlying factor to dis-ease, dysfunction and dis-organ-I-sation. We’re free to work for our money, drive cars, live alone, take any professional path and even become leaders. But the path for a woman is always a battle field that encroaches upon…
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Quick Update, Self-Care, and Spiritual Awakenings, Oh My! with Pamela Crane
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This is a quick update episode where I talk about taking a break last week, spiritual awakening, self-care, and a highlight of what is coming up on The Yoga Pro Podcast. Thanks for tuning in and see you next week with another interview episode. Reach out to me here with show ideas, comments, or concerns. https://www.theyogapropodcast.com/contact/ P…
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3 Ways to Improve Plank Without Pulling Your Naval to Your Spine or Tucking Your Tailbone | Ep #95
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Can you imagine not having to endure plank? What would you say if I told you that it could be easier? This week, I’m sharing 3 ways to improve your plank so you can stop having to endure it. Learn how to make your alignment feel easier and how to feel more agile, taller, and lighter in your body. Get full show notes and more information here: https…
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48. Yoga & Chiropractical Work with Rob Lamport
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Rob Lamport shares with Shira Cohen, how he turned to yoga for back issues and it enhanced his work, mental health and slowly change his career. We talk about how spinal alignment equals physical and physiological health, and movement is key to our health on every level, affecting every system, vessel and cell. We touch on the power of being presen…
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A Stillness Practice to Free Your Mind | Ep #94
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I have something very special for you this week, as I’m sharing a sample out of Healing and Revealing Human Potential. I’m here to help you into a space of peace, stillness, and ease. So settle in for this relaxation and body-breathing exercise, do what is most nourishing for you, and get ready to settle out your nervous system. Get full show notes…
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How to Change Your Mindset Around Selling with Joanna Sapir: Part two of a two-part series on Business Skills for Yoga Professionals
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Do you know the difference between sales and marketing? Do both of them make you feel a little slimy? In this second episode of our Business Skills for Yoga Professionals series, Joanna Sapir demystifies the sales process and helps you get past that “icky” feeling that can sometimes come with selling your services. As someone who has struggled with…
In this episode, I’m digging into the different types of muscle groups and the importance of the lower glute fibers. These fibers make up a very significant area of our body, so I’m sharing an exercise to help you develop an awareness of them and explore this further. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynergy.com/…
What I have found over almost 30 years of helping people reduce and eradicate pain is that rules don’t apply to a lot of people. There are two really important words that matter more: it depends. When my students let these two words seep into them and marinate through them, they achieve extraordinary results, and I’m showing you how to do the same …
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Heart Centered Marketing for Yoga Professionals with Emily Grass: Part 1 of a two-part series on Business Skills for Yoga Professionals
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Marketing our business as a yoga professional can feel exhausting and frankly, kind of gross. In this episode, Emily Grass joins us to share some heart centered tips for getting your business marketed authentically. Emily started teaching one to one yoga in 2018 after completing her yoga teacher training in Thailand. She was able to grow her busine…
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The Power of Curiosity and Listening to Your Body | Ep #91
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Tune in this week to hear a remarkable description of my client’s journey of listening to her body and seeing the possibilities instead of problems. Discover how she has become a friend of her body and hear why she is a great example of the power of curiosity and listening. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.functionalsynerg…
Joline Lenz is an entrepreneur, recruiter and co-author of Inspiration at Work, she helps others elevate, envision and empower courage, connection and creativity and shares her personal story with Shira. We talk about accepting ourselves fully, flaws and all, as we go through the process of self-realisation, following our energy and bliss, as well …