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Category: Podcasts

  • 261 | Maintain a Healthy Sex Life & Relationship | with Dr. Alexandra Solomon

    Alexandra Solomon is a licensed psychologist, the author of two books — “Loving Bravely” and “Taking Sexy Back” — and the mother of two teenagers.

    Sexuality is something so inherent to our experience as humans, and yet we tip-toe around the subject so much in our society. Dr. Solomon works to destigmatize the topic of sex for as many people as possible and show that it is a healthy, natural part of our lives that — if we embrace it — leads to higher levels of connection between couples.


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  • 260 | Wednesday Q&A | July 8, 2020

    Today is Wednesday Q&A, where you ask the questions and I answer them!


    Your questions:

    • Suggestions for saddle area pain during pregnancy?
    • Recommended movements or poses for relieving symptoms of scoliosis?
    • Do frog pose and middle split destabilize the SI joint?
    • Post-natal movement recommendations, especially before the 6 week mark?


    Do you have a question?

    • DM me on Instagram: @lara.heimann
    • Email me at lara@movementbylara.com

  • 259 | Finding the Out Breath

    We are in a time that is unique, challenging, and anxiety-producing — but there are also lots of wonderful things happening. It’s a journey that’s representative of life and movement. We can get through a lot of it if we can process our feelings and release them by searching for the out breath.

    When we have feelings, we need to learn how to speak our truth, and so much of this can happen with our breath. Being able to manage our breath through awareness, through strengthening, and through meditation helps the process of feeling our feelings.


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  • 258 | Changing the Approach to Prenatal & Postnatal Yoga | with Deb Flashenberg

    Debra Flashenberg, or Deb, is a yoga teacher and founder of the Prenatal Yoga Center in New York City. She’s a labor support doula, a childbirth educator, and a mother of two kids.

    Debra was trained in prenatal yoga before she had really had any experience with birth. After watching some live births, she realized that what she was teaching did not give the full picture of what women were heading into, and she now teaches prenatal yoga across the country.

    We talk about the difference going through pregnancy made on her practice, how she uses yoga to support women before and after birth, and the important changes to make to your traditional yoga practice when you are pregnant.


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  • 257 | Wednesday Q&A | July 1, 2020

    Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and I answer them!


    Your questions:

    • Do you have any tips for avoiding “yoga butt”?
    • What is the difference between sciatica and yoga butt pain?
    • Any thoughts on hypopressive fitness as it relates to core strengthening?


    Do you have a question?

    • DM me on Instagram: @lara.heimann
    • Email me at lara@movementbylara.com

  • 256 | Be a Participant

    How can you be a more active participant in your life? And what does it mean to be a participant?

    I’ve thought about this a lot lately, with the pandemic and the racial injustices brought up by Black Lives Matter. How do we show up and bring our best selves into life? Being a participant implies action. We need to not just sit on the sidelines but get involved.


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  • 255 | How to Get Involved in Fighting Inequality | with Bill Rodgers

    255 | How to Get Involved in Fighting Inequality | with Bill Rodgers

    Bill Rodgers is a professor of public policy at Rutgers University, formerly the chief economist for the US labor department in the Clinton administration, a coach for a young men’s soccer team, and a father of three.

    Bill has been taking my classes for four years now. He had been a lifelong runner and played division one soccer, but the wear and tear started to take a toll. What LYT™ Yoga focuses on is transitions in movement: getting out of your car, in and out of the shower, or even transitioning out of a marriage in life.

    And we’re all in the midst of a huge cultural transition right now. In order to fight the fight for racial justice, we have to realize that not having equality affects all of us and makes us all worse off. We get siloed off and only see people who look like us, who make similar amounts of money to us, and we don’t have empathy for people who don’t fit within that model. There are so many ways that you can join this movement, but the most important thing is to not let it lose steam. This is a marathon, not a sprint. Don’t forget this moment when the news moves on. It is a commitment for the rest of your life, and one you will pass on to your children to continue.


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  • 254 | Wednesday Q&A | June 24, 2020

    254 | Wednesday Q&A | June 24, 2020

    Today is Wednesday Q&A, where you ask the questions and I answer them!


    Your questions:

    • Can you talk about palm/wrist/finger position in plank or push-ups?
    • My inner knees hurt sometimes doing side lunges. What could I be doing wrong?
    • What are some preventative or therapeutic yoga sequences for pinched nerves in the back that flare up?
    • Why is bird-dog so hard?
    • Do I strengthen my glutes equally or focus more on the weaker side?


    Do you have a question?

    • DM me on Instagram: @lara.heimann
    • Email me at lara@movementbylara.com