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This week on the pod Laurel and I discuss teaching

This week on the pod Laurel and I discuss teaching privates, why we didn’t used to like teaching privates, and why we like it now.

This episode is full of awkward, funny, and frustrating stories from our past as private yoga teachers.

We end with helpful tips that will help you enjoy teaching privates more including ideas for...

💡where to meet with one-on-one clients/patients

💡charging differently based on how much commuting is involved

💡the big reason we didn’t like teaching privates: no clear understanding of the goal

💡students who talk too much and aren’t focused on the movement

💡students who have expectations but you don’t like teaching that way

💡the game changer for me: training strength clients with clear, trackable goals

💡the benefits of talking less and observing more

💡admin is a bummer. How we avoid back-and-forth emailing and tracking clients down

👂listen to the end for our top 6 pet peeves about teaching privates + tips we share to avoid these and love teaching privates!

🔗LINK IN BIO

Or search Movement Logic wherever you get your podcasts!

@laurelbeversdorf
@movementlogictutorials

🐶Take your Bird Dog to Obedience School part 2!

🐶Take your Bird Dog to Obedience School! If yo

⤵️Comment if you used to dismiss a modality th

⤵️Comment if you used to dismiss a modality that you now love and use ⤵️

**to be clearI am 100% pro-Pilates as well**

[Carousel text:] People had some STRONG reactions to my post earlier this week about physical therapists outright dismissing yoga as a rehabilitative movement practice. Mostly in the “that’s not good” direction, with which I agree.

And I’m not the only one - @annaboo__, a recent DPT graduate reached out to let me know she’s getting her yoga certification (heart eyes emojis for days)

Let’s be crystal clear here:

➡️are all yoga teachers equipped to teach yoga asana as a corrective/rehab/pain relieving modality? No, of course not.

➡️are all physical therapists equipped to teach yoga asana as part of their treatment plan during physical therapy? No, of course not.

➡️do either of these mean we dismiss yoga outright as a way to help people feel better? SAY IT WITH ME: No, of course not!

It boils down to this: ➡️blanket statements and dismissive attitudes are the death of critical thinking, individual care, and nuanced behavior.

I’ve never seen it help anyone.

⤵️Leave me a comment if you agree or disagree, and let me know if there’s something you have previously dismissed (at one point I thought Pilates was kinda dumb!), but have since educated yourself and have developed a more nuanced perspective.

This week on the @movementlogictutorials pod Laure

This week on the @movementlogictutorials pod Laurel is talkin’ bands and she gets straight to the nerdy details, per the usual.

Like how

👉Modern postural yoga utilizes bodyweight as a form of resistance, but within the context of modern postural yoga, bodyweight is likely not a sufficient load for building strength.

👉And adding resistance bands to the practice might still not make those loads sufficient either because the asana practice is not resistance training (namely cuz it doesn’t apply the principles of overload or progression.)

🤯😱

We also discuss

💡How resistance bands lower the barrier for entry for people to start adding external load to their movement practice.

💡What research has to say about bands’ effectiveness for building strength and muscle mass, as well as some caveats to consider.

💡What the main limitations resistance bands present are when looking to build strength.

💡Why some people use free weights and bands together in the same exercise—what’s the point of that?

💡What constitutes a heavy weight versus a moderate weight versus a light weight and where resistance bands and bodyweight fall on this spectrum.

💡The difference between *resistance* training and *strength* training and how the goals of both can be different.

💡How strength endurance and strength are different variables we can train, and why both are important.

💡Why physical therapists might use resistance bands when rehabbing their patients.

💡How resistance bands are like other yoga props but with many unique (enormous) advantages.

💡How resistance bands can help hypermobile yoga practitioners, people in pain, or people who are just bored with their asana practice and looking to change things up.

💡Why resistance bands might not be necessary and why people might not like adding them to their yoga practice.

LISTEN VIA THE LINK IN MY BIO or search Movement Logic: Strong Opinions, Loosely Held wherever you get your podcats. 👀

A new client reached out to me recently looking to

A new client reached out to me recently looking to return to her yoga practice after going through surgery. She had worked with another PT, but when she asked that PT about helping her get back to yoga, the PT told her, “Physical therapists don’t believe in yoga.” 👀👀👀👀👀

I have a few things to say about that (shocker).

1. Verb choice. Believe? You can believe in fairies, or not believe in fairies (sorry Bjork). PTs don’t work from a believe place, we work from a knowledge place, as in “I know that yoga asana, pranayama (breathing practices) and meditation are extremely helpful to my clients and patients.”

2. Blanket statement. Person, you don’t speak for all of us. Perhaps you don’t use yoga practices in your treatment, but I sure do. Successfully. All the time.

3. General ick factor. What a stupid and gross thing to say. Don’t be stupid and gross. It’s beneath you.

The opposite of stupid and gross: my new Physio Yoga weekly class!

For everybody who likes to move in innovative, playful, thoughtful ways (and believes in yoga) – starting next Thursday October 6th at 11am PST with 2 week replay.

Links in bio to sign up for class, get on my mailing list for a bunch of free stuff, and more!

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➡️SWIPE➡️ Fun Sunday project: @flexiapilat

➡️SWIPE➡️ Fun Sunday project: @flexiapilates reformer, assemble! So excited to have this for my home practice and my private clients.
💃💪🤩

#pilatesreformer #flexia #pilatesclassesonline #yogaclassesonline #onlineyogaclasses #mobilityclasses #bodynerd #yogatherapy #movementtherapy #liveonlineyoga #practiceyoga #movementlogic #pilatesinstructor #yogateacherconed #yogateacher #painrelief #movementteacher #physicaltherapist #strengthcoach #mobilitycoach #worksmarternotharder #movementlogicpodcast #sarahcourt

👋 Hi new friends! I’m Dr. Sarah Court, a phys

👋 Hi new friends! I’m Dr. Sarah Court, a physical therapist, sometimes a yoga teacher, always a movement nerd. I believe creativity and excellent care do not have to exist separately.

There’s tons of classes, webinars, and free goodies on offer over on my site.

Wanna know where to start? Hit the link in bio to try one of these:

The Library
For movement teachers who want to feel confident with their complicated clients - a series of topic based webinars on everything from hypermobility to hip replacements

Physio Yoga class
For everybody who likes to move in innovative, playful, thoughtful ways – starts October 6th!

Private Sessions
In person or over zoom, for personalized attention for your body’s aches and pains, or to avoid them in the future!

🔗🔗🔗 Links in bio for these and a bunch of free stuff as well!

This week on the pod, @laurelbeversdorf speaks to

This week on the pod, @laurelbeversdorf speaks to fellow multidisciplinary movement teacher, Rosalyn Mayse aka @RoztheDiva.

Roz shared her story about how she went from always being picked last in gym class to building a successful career as both a personal triner and a pole dance instructor in New York City.

We discussed the often exclusionary industries both pole dancing and strength training occupy.

Here’s more of what we discussed:

The different yet complementary fitness cultures of pole-dancing and strength-training.

The positive impression it made on Roz when she got to see female athletes that looked like her.

The benefits of an artistic focus in a movement practice.

How pole dancing helped Roz overcome guilt and shame about her body and exercise agency, self-exploration, and self-expression.

The fact that people in bigger bodies have to be stronger to overcome more body weight than slender people.

How Roz defines the term athlete. Spoiler: more broadly than the mainstream.

How Roz connects with clients who are skeptical about exercise after negative mainstream exercise experiences.

What the general public thinks pole-dancing and strength training are vs reality.

CLICK THE LINK IN BIO TO LISTEN! 👀

#yogaclassesonline #onlineyogaclasses #mobilityclasses #bodynerd #yogatherapy #movementtherapy #liveonlineyoga #practiceyoga #movementlogic #pilatesinstructor #yogateacherconed #yogateacher #painrelief #movementteacher #physicaltherapist #strengthcoach #mobilitycoach #worksmarternotharder #movementlogicpodcast #laurelbeversdorf #sarahcourt #rozthediva

I’m 100% Patient A 😂😂😂 #yogaclassesonl

I’m 100% Patient A 😂😂😂

#yogaclassesonline #onlineyogaclasses #mobilityclasses #bodynerd #yogatherapy #movementtherapy #liveonlineyoga #practiceyoga #movementlogic #pilatesinstructor #yogateacherconed #yogateacher #painrelief #movementteacher #physicaltherapist #strengthcoach #mobilitycoach #worksmarternotharder #movementlogicpodcast #sarahcourt #physiohumor #physiogramhumor

🏍⤵️🫣 That thing where you don’t even g

🏍⤵️🫣
That thing where you don’t even get the bike fully out of the driveway before dropping it.

[for the non-motorcyclists: dropping is not the same as a crash - it’s when at low speed or even when stopped (I’ve done both) you lose control of the weight of the bike, it starts to tip over, and all you can do is step off it and watch it go down. Yes, it’s embarrassing. To be fair, it weighs over 400lbs.)

#suzukisv650s #motolife #itsheavyaf

👂Do you like listening to things with your ears

👂Do you like listening to things with your ears?

🎧 We’ve got 15 episodes of the Movement Logic Podcast for you!

Laurel Beversdorf and I get into the nitty gritty of all things movement, yoga, strength, and teaching for you.

✋Got a topic you want us to cover? Comment below!

(Tiny brag: we’re up to 5000 downloads!)

#yogaclassesonline #onlineyogaclasses #mobilityclasses #bodynerd #yogatherapy #movementtherapy #liveonlineyoga #practiceyoga #movementlogic #pilatesinstructor #yogateacherconed #yogateacher #painrelief #movementteacher #physicaltherapist #strengthcoach #mobilitycoach #worksmarternotharder #movementlogicpodcast #laurelbeversdorf #sarahcourt

We got you! It’s Episode 15 of the Movement Logi

We got you! It’s Episode 15 of the Movement Logic podcast, and this week, Sarah discusses the lima beans of learning: research.
🤓
But guess what? Reading research doesn’t have to feel like your brain in a washing machine on spin cycle, and the more you understand it, the more interesting it becomes.
😍
Cos here’s the thing: if you’re gonna quote research, you gotta make sure it’s the goods.
🤩
How to know? Give this ep a listen, and it will help you tell the difference between a good study and a bad one (remember that one about getting up from the floor without using your hands? And everyone went nuts for it? Sorry to break it to you, but it’s a pretty poor-quality study).
🤯
Here’s what you’re going to know once you listen:

➡️Three easy rules to follow for quoting research

➡️Why we get so excited about some studies - and why we need to pump the brakes

➡️How to know the quality - and thus the value - of the research you are reading

➡️Why it’s important that movement teachers quote research responsibly

➡️What can and does go wrong when studies are not good quality

🎧🎧🎧 We’re on Apple Podcasts! And Spotify! And the other ones! And there’s video on our website if you’d rather watch me talk to myself in a closet!

Hotel room stretch > hotel room workout I’m in

Hotel room stretch > hotel room workout

I’m in beautiful Lisbon right now, all gorgeous tiles and cobblestone streets, and if you’re not going uphill, you’re going downhill. Have I gotten lost? Several times. Is it super fun to pick your way around winding streets, only to come across a mural, a hole in the wall restaurant, or a sudden opening with a view of the entire city below you? It’s the greatest.

So in lieu of a hotel room workout – because who needs a workout when the city is a Stairmaster – I present the hotel room stretch fest. After a day of thousands of steps, it felt really good on my tired legs and shoulders.

Best news: you don’t have to wait for a hotel room (just swap out the mini bar for your bathroom counter).

Here’s the line up:

1) Adductor stretch (with bonus legs-up-the-wall factor)
2) Kneeling quad stretch (like the couch stretch, but on your bed)
3) Hamstrings on a mini bar (it’s always overpriced don’t touch it)
4) Standing twist
5) Shoulder stretch (good thing about a small room is you can reach the mini bar from your bed)
6) Wrist stretch (cos why not)

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Episode 14 of the Movement Logic podcast is all ab

Episode 14 of the Movement Logic podcast is all about burnout. This is something that happens to many yoga and movement teachers. @sarahcourtdpt and @laurelbeversdorf discuss some of the reasons why.

Specifically:

🫥what burnout is

🫥 how we avoid it

🫥what we do when it happens

🫥why we see so much of it in the yoga and movement world

We ask:

🫡 Does everyone experience burnout in the same way?

🫡What does it mean to be emotionally labile?

🫡Why do so many yoga and movement teachers go through burnout?

🫡Can a teacher in a big expensive city make a living on group classes?

🫡How do we create boundaries that keep us from trying to ‘solve’ our students’ problems?

🫡What’s the best kind of relationship to have with your students?

We share:

💡 Some practical tips to prioritize yourself and preserve your own time

💡What Work Smarter, Not Harder actually looks like

CLICK THE LINK IN BIO TO LISTEN or download Movement Logic: Strong Opinions Loosely Held wherever you get your podcasts! 👀 👂

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Did we save the best for last? Quite possibly. H

Did we save the best for last? Quite possibly.

Here's our last exercise brought to you by Jesal (and her airplane pillow!). Sometimes in Camel pose you just want to give your neck a break so you can focus on other things - and this one does exactly that! We're huge fans of this simple yet brilliant move.

Looking for more ideas for yourself and your students? We’ve got you. Right now, ALL of the Movement Logic Tutorials are on sale!

Every tutorial contains hours of anatomy, kinesiology, myth-busting, and most importantly, dozens of exercises that will help you train strength, flexibility, and functional movement, for whatever you want to do in life.

But – BUT! – this sale ends TONIGHT, so don’t delay. Time to carpe the diem! Click the link in bio and grab what you need.

@yogawalla
@laurelbeversdorf
@sarahcourtdpt
@trinaaltman
#yogaclassesonline #onlineyogaclasses #mobilityclasses #bodynerd #yogatherapy #movementtherapy #liveonlineyoga #practiceyoga #movementlogic #pilatesinstructor #yogateacherconed #yogateacher #painrelief #movementteacher #physicaltherapist #strengthcoach #mobilitycoach #worksmarternotharder #movementlogicpodcast #laurelbeversdorf #sarahcourt

It can be uncomfortable to look back at how we use

It can be uncomfortable to look back at how we used to teach, especially once we’ve gathered a little more knowledge as teachers, and realize we might have inadvertently been a little too evangelistic in our approach to alignment.

But here’s the thing – if we aren’t even a little cringey about how we used to teach, I’d wager we haven’t learned or grown enough. Ask any of the Movement Logic crew, we all have plenty of stories to tell about our own teaching histories.

So if you want to keep growing, we’ve got plenty of resources for you.

Not only that - ALL of the Movement Logic Tutorials are on sale!

Every tutorial contains hours of anatomy, kinesiology, myth-busting, and most importantly, dozens of exercises that will help you train strength, flexibility, and functional movement, for whatever you want to do in life.

But – BUT! – this sale ends TONIGHT, so don’t delay. Time to carpe the diem! Click the link in bio and grab what you need.

@laurelbeversdorf
@trinaaltman
@yogawalla
@movementlogictutorials

#yogaclassesonline #onlineyogaclasses #mobilityclasses #bodynerd #yogatherapy #movementtherapy #liveonlineyoga #practiceyoga #movementlogic #pilatesinstructor #yogateacherconed #yogateacher #painrelief #movementteacher #physicaltherapist #strengthcoach #mobilitycoach #worksmarternotharder #movementlogicpodcast #laurelbeversdorf #sarahcourt #trinaaltman #jesalparikh

Here's today's exercise from the Pelvic Floor Tuto

Here's today's exercise from the Pelvic Floor Tutorial as demonstrated by Trina Altman. In this exercise, the challenge is maintaining that lumbopelvic stability while your legs are abducting in space - and then challenging that stability with a variety of balls!

Looking for more ideas for yourself and your students? We’ve got you. Right now, ALL of the Movement Logic Tutorials are on sale!

Every tutorial contains hours of anatomy, kinesiology, myth-busting, and most importantly, dozens of exercises that will help you train strength, flexibility, and functional movement, for whatever you want to do in life.

AND: the more you purchase, the more you save! Click the link in bio to access the sale page and get yourself a little back to school something.

@trinaaltman
@laurelbeversdorf
@yogawalla
@movementlogictutorials

#yogaclassesonline #onlineyogaclasses #mobilityclasses #bodynerd #yogatherapy #movementtherapy #liveonlineyoga #practiceyoga #movementlogic #pilatesinstructor #yogateacherconed #yogateacher #painrelief #movementteacher #physicaltherapist #strengthcoach #mobilitycoach #worksmarternotharder #movementlogicpodcast #laurelbeversdorf #sarahcourt #trinaaltman #jesalparikh

This one hits home for me in a big way. PT school

This one hits home for me in a big way. PT school taught me a lot of things, but one area that wasn’t emphasized was creative movement solutions. I felt lucky to have years of yoga and movement teaching to fall back on – and to be able to give my patients and clients more than bridges and clams and that “opening a small door” rotator cuff exercise (you know the one).

At Movement Logic we don’t believe in false binaries. We do believe in providing you with dozens of exercises that you can use as a springboard for both your creativity AND to help your students and clients feel better.

Every Movement Logic Tutorial contains hours of anatomy, kinesiology, myth-busting, and most importantly, dozens of exercises that will help you train strength, flexibility, and functional movement, for whatever you or your clients want to do in life.

Once you buy the tutorials, they are yours to watch forever.

Link in bio for more info and to purchase – but don’t delay, because this sale ends Monday!

@laurelbeversdorf
@sarahcourtdpt
@trinaaltman
@yogawalla

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Here's a great shoulder strengthener from the Move

Here's a great shoulder strengthener from the Movement Logic Shoulders Tutorial that we love for a few reasons: it's relatively simple (all you need are 2 resistance bands) and once you're in position you can work on whatever direction of movement you need the most help with!

Looking for more ideas for yourself and your students? We’ve got you. Right now, ALL of the Movement Logic Tutorials are on sale!

Every tutorial contains hours of anatomy, kinesiology, myth-busting, and most importantly, dozens of exercises that will help you train strength, flexibility, and functional movement, for whatever you want to do in life.

The more you purchase, the more you save - but the sale ENDS tomorrow night, so don’t delay!

@movementlogictutorials
@laurelbeversdorf
@yogawalla
@trinaaltman

#yogaclassesonline #onlineyogaclasses #mobilityclasses #bodynerd #yogatherapy #movementtherapy #liveonlineyoga #practiceyoga #movementlogic #pilatesinstructor #yogateacherconed #yogateacher #painrelief #movementteacher #physicaltherapist #strengthcoach #mobilitycoach #worksmarternotharder #movementlogicpodcast #laurelbeversdorf #sarahcourt #trinaaltman #jesalparikh

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