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This down-to-earth podcast by Andrea Ferretti (former executive editor of Yoga Journal) will keep informed and inspired to practice yoga. Topics run the gamut from nitty gritty technique (her yoga teacher husband Jason Crandell often joins to help with this) to down-to-earth conversations about how to apply yoga's lessons and tools to help craft a happy, balanced life.
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Yogaland Podcast Andrea Ferretti

    • Health & Fitness
    • 4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

This down-to-earth podcast by Andrea Ferretti (former executive editor of Yoga Journal) will keep informed and inspired to practice yoga. Topics run the gamut from nitty gritty technique (her yoga teacher husband Jason Crandell often joins to help with this) to down-to-earth conversations about how to apply yoga's lessons and tools to help craft a happy, balanced life.
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    Your injuries Qs answered! Sore hammies, sacroiliac woes & more

    Your injuries Qs answered! Sore hammies, sacroiliac woes & more

    Jason joins me this week to answer questions that have been asked during the group live calls of his online course about preventing yoga injuries. He talks through:
    Knee pain in Upward Bow (Wheel Pose) and Bow Pose (Dhanurasana)What causes sore hamstring attachments and whether or not to bend the knees to make this pain go awaySacroiliac pain that occurs in twistsSeveral different options for coping with sore wrists in Plank and Chaturanga!
    Jason will be teaching at LoveStory Yoga in San Francisco on March 29th, 2024 -- go to lovestoryyoga.com/workshops to register!
    Come see Jason and I at Gillette Stadium on April 28th, 2024 for the Yoga Reaches Out event benefitting Boston Children's Hospital. Register here: www.yogareachesout.org
    There's still time to join Jason's training, Better Way to Flow: Preventing & Managing Common Yoga Injuries. Join us here: learn.jasonyoga.com/injuries

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    • 42 min
    Meet the yoga teacher who has raised more than $4 million for children's charities

    Meet the yoga teacher who has raised more than $4 million for children's charities

    More than a decade ago, Sarah Gardner was a yoga teacher with a dream: She wanted to bring a thousand yogis together at Gillette Stadium in Boston to raise money for Boston Children's Hospital.
    Years before, Sarah's son had spent seven life-saving weeks in the NICU at Boston Children's. After experiencing the love, care, and devotion that the doctors and nurses gave to her family, Sarah knew she wanted to give back. 
    She has spent more than a decade doing just that -- rallying the yoga community each spring to gather at Gillette Stadium to do yoga for a cause. To date, her organization, Yoga Reaches Out, has raised more than 4 million dollars for Boston Children's Hospital. The money raised helps fund the program Every Child Fund, which offers dog therapy and art therapy, helps families with food vouchers, hotel stays, vouchers, and more. 
    Hear Sarah's inspiring story, including lessons she's learned along the way.
    PS: Jason and I are headlining this year's Yoga Reaches Out even on April 28th and we would love to see you there! You can find information about how to join here: www.yogareachesout.org If you can't be there in person but would like to donate, go to www.yogareachesout.org and type Team Yogaland in the search box.

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    • 34 min
    8 Best Practices for Minimizing Yoga Injuries

    8 Best Practices for Minimizing Yoga Injuries

    In the modern era of practicing yoga, we've come to terms with the reality that alignment alone is not the sole consideration when it comes to preventing yoga injuries. Today's episode draws from Jason's recent webinar, The Yoga Injury Matrix, and focuses on eight best practices for minimizing yoga injuries. The talk dives into the following ideas:

    Mindful, skillful alignmentPace, duration, and intensity are keyIntensification adjustments and their role in modern yogaWell-rounded sequencing mattersHelping your students prioritize self-regulationThe role of stabilization techniquesEmphasizing functional strength and active ROMThe body is a stress-distributing device
    To listen to more podcasts we've done about specific yoga injuries, we've created a collection here: jasonyoga.com/yogaland-podcast/yoga-injuries/
    Or, learn more in Jason's newly updated online course Better Way to Flow: Preventing & Managing Common Yoga Injuries. Group calls start on March 18th! Or you can choose the self-paced option: www.jasonyoga.com/injuries

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    • 35 min
    Making Your Yoga Teaching More Accessible with Jivana Heyman

    Making Your Yoga Teaching More Accessible with Jivana Heyman

    It was such a delight to have Jivana Heyman back on the show to talk about his latest book, The Teacher's Guide to Accessible Yoga. (You can listen to our first chat at yogalandpodcast.com/episode176).
    The episode explores: What it means to be more collaborative in your teaching, how being more collaborative could help break down traditional hierarchical power dynamics that have led to teacher-student abuses in the past, the importance of overcoming impostor syndrome (especially if you don't think you look the part of the "typical" yoga teacher), his love of asana because of how accessible it makes the spiritual practice of yoga, and the importance of de-stigmatizing chair and bed yoga.
    For shownotes, go to: yogalandpodcast.com/episode320
    Jason's 2024 training schedule is up! You can find it at jasonyoga.com/schedule
    You can support the podcast by joining my Substack community at yogaland.substack.com


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    • 54 min
    The 5 Compartments of the Hip -- and How to Strengthen Them in Yoga

    The 5 Compartments of the Hip -- and How to Strengthen Them in Yoga

    Welcome back to a new season of Yogaland! Jason is my inaugural guest this season and our conversation focuses on the hips:

    What are the five compartments of the hip?Why is it important to strengthen them?How do you strengthen them in yoga?
    Jason lays it all out for you step-by-step. Take a listen and take notes!
    Also: Jason will be leading his Preventing Injuries online course very soon! Join the waitlist and we will send you all the details as soon as they become available: learn.jasonyoga.com/injuries

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    • 59 min
    Ideas for Mindfully Navigating the Holidays

    Ideas for Mindfully Navigating the Holidays

    This time of year is often so fraught with busyness, overwhelm, expectations, even loneliness that we forget the goal: To feel present, joyful, connected. Here are my thoughts on how to gather up all of the skills that you cultivate on your mat (and cushion) and utilize them to navigate the challenges of this time of year.
    Check out the shownotes fo rmore helpful episodes: yogalandpodcast.com/episode318

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    • 27 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
1.2K Ratings

1.2K Ratings

Priya 6 ,

Love 🩵

This is such a consciously crafted podcast! Worth starting from the very beginning as there are so many nuggets of wisdom, facts, science, healing, you name it. It is an all encompassing yoga lifestyle platform that is very educational. Also the dynamic between Andrea and Jason is a gift to the listeners. Relationship goals.
-Johanna S.

Nancyy444 ,

Let Andrea podcast

This was one of my first yoga podcast I discovered. I started listening to podcasts to help inspire me to teach more. Yogaland was a gift. Andrea is so insightful, informative, and down to earth. I really took a lot of her insight to calm my teaching nerves and help me better my at home practice. I started to veer away from this podcast not bc I can’t listen to Jason interrupting her all the time. Don’t get me wrong, he’s extremely knowledgeable and has years of experience and insight, but he seems like a big know it all and it’s become less yogaland, more The Jason Show. He barely lets Andrea talk when he’s on. I cant even get to the part where she wants to get her point across bc he just won’t stop talking and interrupting. With that amount of knowledge, start your own podcast and let Andrea do hers. It comes across almost condescending and controlling. I want to love this and give it 5 stars. I felt that way on the beginning, but I’ve become less and less interested the more Jason tries to take over.

dandylionmeow ,

obsessed!

I listen to this podcast all the time. So much useful information that I always remind myself to go back for a listen and take notes. However, while Jason is a total mastermind, he sometimes tends to overrrexplain topics in a very slowed down way that can lose me halfway through the podcast. Sometimes I just want to get to the juice of what I’m listening to without too much fluff or microscopic details.

I also wish there were more interviews with other yoga teachers and or students. I love Andrea’s voice and love hearing about both of their past stories coming up into becoming teachers and the differences in modern yoga now.

I would like to learn more about the scientifically based benefits of traditional postures and positive explanations of postures anatomically (something short and sweet I can remember to relay in my classes), Sanskrit names, and Indian lore, culture and history of yoga, being a yogi parent in the modern world, how yoga has changed peoples lives, yoga while traveling, yoga dreams, how to connect w others when you’re the only one obsessed w yoga, inclusivity, and esoteric experiences including the bandas, naddis, chakras, etc.

My fav recent episode is the one with Neeti. So relatable. And also discovered the amazing MWH platform from it!

Mahalo nui from Hawaii!!! I love this show so soo much!

Namaste 🙏🏽

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