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  • 253 | How to Be an Active Ally

    253 | How to Be an Active Ally

    We are witnessing a long-overdue movement for racial equity and justice after hundreds of years of engrained systematic racial injustice, and Black people need allies in this fight.

    Many of us thought we were allies before, but what some of us are realizing is that we have played a role in perpetuating the mass inequity programmed into our system, contributing to racial injustice. So now it’s time for white people to step up, listen, and learn how we can support Black Lives Matters as active allies.


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  • 252 | Veganism for Everybody | with Dominick Thompson

    252 | Veganism for Everybody | with Dominick Thompson

    Dominick Thompson is a vegan activist, weight lifter, and man of the corporate world. He offers a unique but deeply important voice to the vegan activism community, which he first came into after going to prison and realizing what life in captivity is like.

    While Dominick isn’t proud of the person he was, in some ways, he sees that it was the decisions he made that put him on the path to who he is today. He felt that he had truly hit rock bottom — and that meant the only place to go was up.

    When Dominick started speaking out about veganism, he realized that nobody else in that community was speaking to him. With his unique voice on the subject, he became wildly popular in the plant-based community; he became one of the breakout figures in a group of people who were making veganism and plant-based living cool.

    Today, at Eat What Elephants Eat, Dominick shows that being vegan gives people access to all the nutrients they need to be strong, and he is committed to making plant-based diets easy, accessible, and affordable.

     

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  • 251 | Wednesday Q&A | June 17, 2020

    251 | Wednesday Q&A | June 17, 2020

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

     

    Your questions:

     

    • What do you think of yoga therapy tools like acupuncture mats, vibrating guns, infinity straps, and wheels?
    • What would you modify the ashtanga yoga practice?
    • Is yoga enough for strength building?
    • Could you talk about why fasting is bad for us?
    • In downward dog, do you ever cue to press through your thumb and index finger?
    • Do you teach slightly bent elbows in downward dog if they’re hyperextended?

     

    Do you have a question?

    • DM me on Instagram: @lara.heimann
    • Email me at lara@movementbylara.com
  • 250 | The Benefit of Specificity

    250 | The Benefit of Specificity

    Is it important to specialize? In my opinion, yes, it is.

    In the yoga world, there is a real calling to specialize — becoming as much of an expert in whatever style of yoga is or whatever your specialty or interest is. There are a lot of generalists who are teaching the various types of yoga, but I think there is a benefit in getting really clear on the path of yoga you are going down.

    I’m going to make the case for specialization and why it’s important if you want to become a yoga teacher.


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  • 249 | A Primer in Physics | with John Frank

    Truly understanding movement demands that we first understand the physics behind it. So, today, we welcome one of my dearest friends, my brother John Frank, back to the show. He is a physical therapist and specialist in movement.


    The very basics of how we move in any mechanical way are rooted in Newton’s three laws of motion and gravitational law. These principles form the bedrock of any investigation into movement. John shares with us what the three laws are, why they are important, and how they relate to functional movement.


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  • 248 | Wednesday Q&A | June 3, 2020

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


    Your questions:


    • Could you recommend a specific pose or movement that may assist in a person with asthma?
    • Do you have any tips for helping to loosen the hip flexors?
    • Why extend your arms in front of you and not sideways when reaching up before a forward fold?
    • Should I worry about loud, audible crackling in the knee?
    • Where do you find yourself most challenged in life?
    • Do you have any book recommendations?


    Do you have a question?

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

  • 247 | Developing Patience

    The United States has been sheltering at home for the past eight to ten weeks, depending on where you are. In that time, you’ve probably discovered new realms of your own patience.


    Today, we’re going to talk about how to develop patience and why it matters. Whatever you may be going through in your life right now — whether that’s the loss of a job, struggling with your health, a change of lifestyle, or anything else — patience will be a key virtue in helping you navigate this place in your life.


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  • 246 | Having an Open-Minded Approach to Yoga | with Kristin McGee

    246 | Having an Open-Minded Approach to Yoga | with Kristin McGee

    Kristin McGee is a world-renowned yoga instructor on Peloton. She’s been a yoga instructor for decades, riding the wave of the modern yoga movement. She’s also a mom of three and offers pre- and post-natal yoga.

    She was excited to demystify yoga and share it with more people without straying from the core principles. She shares the story of how she began teaching yoga at Peloton and her experience practicing yoga during both of her pregnancies.


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