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Physical Therapist, movement mentor, yoga teacher trainer.

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@ me, I’m in a rare arguing mood. Or comment if @ me, I’m in a rare arguing mood. Or comment if you agree. 

Stop messing up my patients.

#pranayamabreathing #nadishodhana #bastrika #kapalabhati #diaphragmaticbreathing #bellybreathing #yogateachers #alwaysastudent #neckpainrelief #backpainrelief #yogateachertraining
💪Shoulder Play Thursday! (It’s a thing get in 💪Shoulder Play Thursday! (It’s a thing get into it)
 
1. flex/extend
2. circles
3. rotation
4. diagonal Xes
5. S shape
6. tired shape
Started ➡️ Going ➡️Going April 2022 to Ma Started ➡️ Going ➡️Going

April 2022 to March 2023

What a difference a year makes! 

“An amateur practices til they get it right; a professional practices til they can’t get it wrong”

I will continue to bore you with motorcycle content and thank you for indulging me 

🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️🏍️
In episode 31 of the Movement Logic Podcast @laure In episode 31 of the Movement Logic Podcast @laurelbeversdorf and I discuss three types of cues movement professionals use.

VERBAL, VISUAL, AND TACTILE CUES

We look at the plusses and minuses of all three types.

We also discuss:

🗣️What a verbal, versus a visual, versus tactile cue is.

🗣️A debate in the yoga community about whether or not teaching using verbal cues (only or predominantly) is preferable to demoing while teaching.

🗣️How our teaching has changed with respect to cueing.

🗣️Different ways to stage and contextualize a demo.

🗣️Why highlighting the difference between what a movement *looks like* versus what it *feels like* can be helpful.

🗣️Whether to use first person or second person pronouns (or even to talk at all!) while demoing.

🗣️3 main ways you can give tactile cues + tips for teachers when giving tactile cues.

🗣️Why obtaining consent is crucial before touching students.

🗣️The perils of “creepy hands”.

🗣️How trying to teach too many things means not teaching much at all.

🗣️The importance of using multiple types of cues—verbal, visual, and tactile—and aligning them toward a clear movement goal.

LINK IN BIO TO LISTEN! 👂 

Don’t forget to S U B S C R I B E 🎙️

#verbalcues #visualcues #tactilecues #cuetips #yogateachertraining #strengthcoaching #shityogateacherssay
🛑Things barbells aren’t: 💋Only for bros 🛑Things barbells aren’t:
 
💋Only for bros
let’s move past the 5lb dumbbells, friends. If @laurelbeversdorf’s 4-year-old daughter can lift a 10lb kettlebell, so can you. And more. Let’s have a Hot Bitch Who Fights Bears in the Forest Summer.
 
🤓Harder than kettlebells or dumbbells
A barbell is like a big dumbbell, but even easier to manage, because you are holding one thing, not two (if that’s hard to visualize why, imagine holding a barbell in each hand, versus one barbell in front of you. Easier, right?)
 
💪Only for lifting heavy
I’m lifting 55lbs in this video, which I could also do with 2 kettlebells, but the lighter lifts in my program help me focus on the form I need when shit gets heavy.
 
😆More likely to injure you
As a generally clumsy, hypermobile person, the barbell is my friend. I get closed chain feedback through my hands, I’m lifting one thing only, and I create the stiffness through my tissues that actually is protective to my neck, my back, etc…
 
😃Complicated to learn
You know what’s way more complicated? A kettlebell swing.
 
➡️Want to get started with barbells but not sure where to begin? Laurel and I will be putting out a FREE barbell equipment guide in a few weeks that will help you sort through the myriad choices so you can get set up in your own home (or know what you’re doing in the gym). 
 
🔗Get yourself on my mailing list to make sure you don’t miss it!
This makes me so happy and humbled and grateful to This makes me so happy and humbled and grateful to all of you who shared my Cancer Resiliency Program. 

If you’re new to me and don’t know about it, you can check out the program at the link in my bio. 

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
🤔When was the last time you strengthened your a 🤔When was the last time you strengthened your adductors?
 
➡️Better question:

✅When was the last time you taught your adductors to turn on at the same time as your contralateral obliques and serratus anterior?
 
If your movement diet is mostly yoga, then the answer is: possibly never.
 
Try this series of increasingly challenging versions and let me know what you think in the comments!
 
1) Bottom leg down, isometric hold
 
2) Full position isometric hold
 
3) Dynamic leg movements
 
4) Hip flexion/extension
 
5) Pelvic rotation (NOTE: don’t do it from your shoulder!)
In this episode, @laurelbeversdorf and I discuss t In this episode, @laurelbeversdorf and I discuss the cues movement teachers like yoga teachers and strength coaches use, and then what research has to say about them.

Namely, we look at the difference between internal and external cues, and what both types of cues are good for. We also discuss:

	•	What motor learning is and how it’s different from motor performance.

	•	What motor learning versus motor performance look like in the context of teaching and learning movement.

	•	What attentional focus is and how attentional focus affects motor learning.

	•	The difference between internal and external cues and what specifically defines them.

	•	Which type of cue is better for enhancing sport performance.

	•	What the mind muscle connection is and how it can enhance muscle growth.

	•	How internal cues can enhance the mind muscle connection.

	•	How the goals of yoga are different from the goals of athletics, or even the goal of improving skill within the asanas, and why that matters for the cues we use.

	•	Why internal cues have value both within the context of yoga and rehabilitation.

	•	Whether metaphor and analogy are internal or external cues.

	•	Tactile cues & constraints and what category they live in—internal or external cues.

	•	Lots of example cues in the context of yoga, strength, and kettlebells that illustrate the nuances between these different types of cues.

LINK IN BIO TO LISTEN OR SEARCH MOVEMENT LOGIC WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.

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#yogateachercues #shityogateacherssay #externalcues #mindmuscleconnection #motorlearning #motorperformance #physicaltherapy #attentionalfocus #contraints #tactilecues #cuetip #cuetips
🦵strength > 💪strength. ✋Any questions? 🦵strength > 💪strength. 

✋Any questions?

@laurelbeversdorf and I are putting out a Barbell Equipment Guide soon - watch this space!

(But if you have a burning question that won’t wait, drop it in the comments)
💪🗣️💪The Movement Logic Podcast is BACK! 💪🗣️💪The Movement Logic Podcast is BACK!
 
First up, Sarah and Laurel tackle the scourge of the pink dumbbells:
 
➡️Why women have been hoodwinked into believing that strength training is not for them (the patriarchy strikes again)
 
➡️How it’s actually the most protective and valuable training for women to do, in particular for bone density
 
➡️When prior experiences of somatic dominance in specific training environments (the gym, CrossFit) can hinder someone’s access to strength training
 
➡️How it can injury-proof your body
 
✅✅✅and more!

🔗Click the link to listen on Apple Podcasts, or find us wherever you listen!
💪Osteoporosis-safe impact training: heel drops! 💪Osteoporosis-safe impact training: heel drops!
 
I got an excellent question from my post about improving bone density: 
 
🗣️How do you start impact training for people who already have osteoporosis, without running the risk of a fracture?
 
✅The answer: heel drops! 

➡️➡️Note that I’m letting my whole body relax as I land. You could also start with these in sitting, though the amount of impact will be decreased.
 
Questions? Comments? Let’s discuss!
 
🔗And get on my mailing list for more free content!
Hesitant about a barbell at home? It takes up less Hesitant about a barbell at home? It takes up less space than you think!
 
My office is 8’x12’ – it’s not a big room, but this fits fine. 

💪You can also get a 6’ barbell – mine is 7’ because I wanted the heaviest one.
 
💪Portable rack from amazon (about $70) + the ability to follow IKEA type directions (or taskrabbit if you really don’t want to bother) and VOILA!
 
⬇️Comment if you have questions!
🦅Got a dragon that needs slaying? 😒Do you 🦅Got a dragon that needs slaying? 
 
😒Do you feel nervous about working with clients with special conditions?
 
💪Do you want to get stronger but you’re not sure where to start?
 
☹️Are you sick and tired of that nagging pain that you can’t seem to get rid of?
 
✅I can help you with all of these – and more!
 
🔗Click the link in my bio, pick your dragon, and let’s slay that MFer together!
Let’s set the record straight - the two proven w Let’s set the record straight - the two proven ways to improve bone density and reverse osteoporosis are:
 
✅Heavy lifting (the equivalent of 9/10 on the effort scale, or ~90% 1RM)

✅Plyometrics (jumping, impact etc)
 
That’s it. That’s the list.
 
➡️➡️Here’s another Monday am fact for you: in order to lift heavy, you’re going to run out of kettlebells or dumbbells that you can hold pretty quickly. 
 
A 70lb barbell lift is a lot easier to manage than 2 35lb kettlebells, and it’s kinder on your wrists and elbows.
 
Not ready to unlearn the “Asana can reverse osteoporosis” story?
 
🗣️Hit me up with your “But what about” comments below!!
Afraid of falling? Time to practice! @the_longevi Afraid of falling? Time to practice!

@the_longevity_blueprint is an awesome, no-nonsense resource for you!

#osteoporosis #osteopenia #fearoffalling #empowerolderadults #yogiswholift #seniorswholift
My Cancer Resiliency Program is here! This has be My Cancer Resiliency Program is here!

This has been a labor of love, and I’m thrilled to finally share it with you.
 
My goal is for as many people as possible to benefit from this program!
 
🔗Learn more at the link in bio

🗣️Share with anyone you think would be interested

📌Save for future use

📫DM me with any questions!
 
 
#breastcancersupport #cancerresearch #yogiswholift #strengthtrainingforcancer #yogaforcancer #pilatesforcancer 
[Video ID: photos of Sarah going through cancer treatment, followed by video clips from her Cancer Resiliency Program. Video is fully captioned.]
💪Side effects of barbells include: increased se 💪Side effects of barbells include: increased self-esteem, improved body image, ability to carry heavy things without help, sense of empowerment, and a big middle finger to all the messaging that told you to stay small, that small is feminine, that feminine is what men want, that what men want is all that matters.
 
➡️Start where you are. And keep going.
 
⬇️DM me or comment below if you need help getting started with lifting weights. It can seem intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be!
✅What to expect from PT I had a zoom session w ✅What to expect from PT
 
I had a zoom session with a movement teacher who needed help with plantar fasciitis, and she said, “I’m so glad I’m talking to you because you’re not going to dismiss me, or talk down to me, or tell me I’m wearing the wrong shoe.” 

💩And I thought: if that is her experience of what happens in PT, that really blows. 
 
➡️So I thought I should list some things you should and shouldn’t get with PT, and some ways to advocate for yourself.
 
One caveat: if you’re getting 20 mins with the PT and the rest of the time with an aide, that is most likely because they take your insurance, and the business cannot afford to give you more time with the PT, because insurance does not pay especially well.
 
But there are still some basics that you should expect, and here they are!
 
👋There’s also still time to get a free 15 minute check in with me – comment below and I will hook you up!
📡NEWS FLASH📡 Your neck/back/any part pain c 📡NEWS FLASH📡

Your neck/back/any part pain can be relieved, and it might be because you are deconditioned. More on this story at 11. 

#movementlogic #pilatesinstructors #yogateachers #movementteacher #physicaltherapist #physiotherapy #physiotherapists #strengthconditioning #mobilitycoach #mobilitywod #worksmarternotharder #movementlogicpodcast #newsflash #chronicpain #neckpainrelief #backpainrelief
🤔Should you wait to add weight? (you’re welco 🤔Should you wait to add weight? (you’re welcome)
 
When I squat to the ground with no weight, I either fall backwards, or I have to work exceptionally hard not to. 

My entire spine flexes (which is FINE), and I have to counterbalance myself with my arms – in short, it is a great deal of effort to stay in place.
 
Now one way of thinking is that I should work on the unweighted squat and get ‘better’ at it where I’m lacking mobility – I’m looking at you, ankle dorsiflexion – before I add weight. 
 
💪But here’s the thing: When I do the same squat holding 40lbs of kettlebells, my body naturally organizes itself, I am balanced, I can access my hip and thigh muscles with ease, and I can go down and up no problem.
 
➡️So should I still wait on the weight? Or do I let the weight’s counterbalance do the heavy lifting? 
 
🤔👋What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
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