Mastering Physical Literacy with Dr. Chris Raynor, MD Welcome to Episode 30 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Sarah is joined by Dr. Chris Raynor, orthopedic surgeon, sports medicine specialist, and founder of Human 2.0, an integrated healthcare and fitness facility in Ottawa that holds a “Movement Is Medicine” philosophy. Sarah and Chris discuss how he managed to avoid surgeon stereotypes, why avoiding pain at all costs is not the answer, how to determine if surgery is the right a...
Mar 01, 2023•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Season 2 and Episode 29 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah 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 te...
Feb 22, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Season 2 and Episode 28 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah discuss how women have been hoodwinked into believing that strength training is not for them - when in fact it’s the most protective and valuable training for women to do, in particular for bone density for women post-menopause. The history of weightlifting and bodybuilding in the US, including the influence of Jack LaLanne and Arnold Schwarzenegger How the myths of “lifting weights make you bulky...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 27 of the Movement Logic Podcast! This is our last episode of the season! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah reflect on their top three takeaways from season 1 of the Movement Logic Podcast. You’ll have to listen to the episode to hear what they are! We also discuss: How podcasting for the first time went for both of us, what was challenging, specifically. How science asks us to hold ideas loosely and remain a student (rather than fact holder and disseminator of facts). Why the...
Dec 07, 2022•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 26 of the Movement Logic Podcast! In this episode, Sarah discusses her experience with cancer treatment, and the guidance (or lack thereof) around how and when to exercise. She covers: The current exercise recommendations for people going through cancer treatment The most recent research around strength training and cancer treatment, specifically chemotherapy What going through chemotherapy is like, and how it can be difficult to figure out what to do when in terms of exercise...
Nov 30, 2022•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 25 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this solo episode, Laurel shares her history with yoga butt, or, proximal hamstring tendinopathy (high hamstring pain.) This episode is packed with tendon and muscle physiology. It also busts the big myth that yoga butt (and any yoga-related injury) is because we’re all woefully “overstretched”. At the end, Laurel shares a 3-step approach to nipping yoga butt in the yoga bud using strength training knowledge and tools. Additionally Laurel e...
Nov 23, 2022•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 24 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel is joined by her friend and colleague, Jesal Parikh. Together, Laurel and Jesal discuss the topics of cultural appropriation, biodiversity, and accessibility. Jesal offers clear examples and anecdotes to help listeners relate to and understand these topics within the context of everyday practice and teaching. She offers simple, actionable tips to yoga teachers to help them bring a greater sensitivity and understanding o...
Nov 16, 2022•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 23 of the Movement Logic Podcast! In this episode, Sarah outlines five practical steps you can take as a movement teacher when you have a client or student who is injured. She discusses: Whether “just don’t do this pose” is a valid and useful answer for some teachers Why memorizing a billion modifications can work, but there’s an easier way What to do with a student when you don’t have any experience with their condition/injury How to think critically in the moment when you ar...
Nov 09, 2022•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 22 of the Movement Logic Podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah ask where the 10,000 step benchmark came from (you might be super surprised!), and if every person needs the same number of steps to receive the same amount of health benefits. We also discuss: What are the parameters that change your number of steps How do you “get your steps in” without becoming totally obsessed about it How where you live might determine how much you walk (versus take the car) How the pande...
Nov 02, 2022•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 21 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this solo episode, Laurel shares her history with sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain, and how no less than shifting her identity as a teacher, the way she thought of her SIJ, and the way she moved her body on a regular basis is what was required of her to get herself out of pain. The SIJ is an area of the body that is surrounded by misinformation and tainted by a rather pessimistic outlook on its stability and robustness. These fragilizing, ...
Oct 26, 2022•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 20 of the Movement Logic Podcast! In this episode, Sarah interviews Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist Stephanie Predergast, co-founder of the Pelvic Health and Rehabilitation Center, about everything and anything pelvic floor related. Stephanie also answers your questions from Instagram! Here’s what we cover: Understanding the mechanics and function of the pelvic floor and how it’s different than other muscles in the body Why strengthening your pelvic floor is not always the goa...
Oct 19, 2022•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 19 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode,Sarah discusses nose breathing, mouth breathing, taping your mouth shut (only at night), and best practices for breathing while exercising, sleeping, and every time in between. What’s the difference impact on our physiology between nose breathing and mouth breathing - and why it might be really important to try and nose breathe Are we breathing too shallowly either way How do you train yourself to nose breathe What is the...
Oct 12, 2022•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 18 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah discuss teaching privates, why we didn’t use 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. Where to meet with one-on-one clients/patients Charging differently based on how much commuting is involved The big reason we didn’t ...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Modern postural yoga utilizes bodyweight as a form of resistance, but within the context of modern postural yoga, is bodyweight sufficient load for building strength? If not, does adding resistance bands to the practice mean we can build strength? Welcome to Episode 17 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel discusses the best kept yoga prop secret—resistance bands and unpacks what she sees are both the pros and the cons of using resistance bands, both for strength training as wel...
Sep 28, 2022•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 16 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel is joined by multidisciplinary movement teacher, Rosalyn Mayse aka Roz the Diva. Laurel talks with Roz 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, and the often exclusionary industries both pole dancing and strength training occupy. Throughout, Roz shares stories of how she built a successful career (in her words) as...
Sep 21, 2022•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 15 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Sarah discusses the lima beans of learning: research. But guess what? Reading research doesn’t have to feel like a chore, and the more you understand what different aspects of research mean, the more interesting it becomes. Three easy rules to follow for quoting research as if it’s facts 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 ...
Sep 14, 2022•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 14 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah discuss burnout: what is burnout, how do we avoid it, what do we do when it happens, and why do we see so much of it in the yoga and movement world. 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 ke...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Laurel answers a listener’s question of whether or not it’s within a movement teacher’s scope of practice to help people with their posture. Her answer is yes and no depending. Here’s what else this episode gets into: How Laurel formerly identified as an alignment-based teacher and why she no longer does. The difference between “default-mode” alignment versus deliberate alignment. Alignment less in binary terms of good v. bad and more as a neutral tool for helping to resto...
Aug 31, 2022•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 12 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Sarah is joined by the one and only Jules Mitchell, to talk about myths and misbeliefs around strength, stretching, and how to really understand how research applies to our teaching. What are other models for movement beyond soft tissue - and can they coexist Does it matter if your teaching still “looks like yoga”? Should you call yourself a movement teacher instead of a yoga teacher? How accurate is it to make claims about st...
Aug 24, 2022•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 11 of the Movement Logic Podcast! In this episode, Sarah debunks the commonly held beliefs around aging, strength loss, and frailty, where these beliefs come from, and what we should be doing for people 65+ instead (spoiler: once again, strength training FTW). What is the narrative around falling and why do people become so afraid of it How the fear of falling creates a self-fulfilling prophecy around age-related decline in physical performance When does muscle mass loss start...
Aug 17, 2022•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 10 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Sarah and Laurel tackle the question of whether there is a right or wrong way to breathe, whether or not someone needs help with their breathing, how to help various populations explore their breathing, and whether it’s always bad if our clients and students have pain. The problem with belly breathing What the respiratory diaphragm is Effective tactile cueing to help people to use their diaphragm effectively The problem ...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 9 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel tells you what the best exercises are for strength (for busy people). Here’s what this episode digs into: Exercise prescription versus program design Training muscles versus training movements 8 different types of movements you can train strength within A simplified list of 4 movements to train strength within Why multi-joint exercises are more bang for your muscles than single joint exercises Why multi-joint musc...
Aug 03, 2022•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 8 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel is joined by her friend and colleague Trina Altman. Together, Laurel and Trina discuss Trina’s experience with perimenopause. Trina shares her personal story along with tons of resources for women going through this change of life. What is perimenopause? Doctors have a tendency to minimize women’s suffering Brain fog and hot flashes Challenges women face when navigating the medical system Finding a doctor that spends mor...
Jul 27, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 7 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this solo episode, Sarah tackles the tricky subject of pain, and whether it’s always bad if our clients and students have pain. She discusses the situations in which pain might be acceptable, and gives concrete tools and approaches for you to use with your clients who are having pain. What’s the difference between acute and chronic pain? When might it be ok - and when would it not be ok - for your students to have pain? How to avoid ge...
Jul 20, 2022•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 6 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah discuss the question that seems hard to answer: what is the right amount for people to exercise? We also look at ways to motivate people to want to exercise, and why a lot of yoga asana practitioners end up overdoing it. What are the government guidelines around exercise? Are they useful? How do you get people to stick with exercise long enough to reap the benefits? How do we know how hard to work with strength...
Jul 13, 2022•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 5 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this solo episode, Laurel addresses the question of whether or not yoga asana builds bone density, where the belief or claim that it does might have come from, and then concrete, evidenced-based ways to improve bone density, as well as how yoga asana fits into these efforts. Here are specific points discussed: Where did the idea that yoga builds bone density come from? Why is bone density important and why should we want to build it? How do ...
Jul 06, 2022•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 4 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Sarah is joined by her former professor from PT school, Dr. Ben Cornell, to discuss all things feet related from balance to running, and why you might want to start high-fiving the trees when you’re out for a run or a walk! Why shoes and bedcovers cause problems for not only feet but the rest of the body Why plantar fasciitis can be so challenging to treat and heal from How much can we change the bony structure of the foot – an...
Jun 29, 2022•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 3 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah discuss massage and self-massage, common (accurate or otherwise) claims about their benefits, and what the research has to say (it’s not what you might think). What is massage, and how is it different than manual therapy in PT? Can massage increase proprioception? Does everyone benefit from massage, or do some people not need it? If there really is a problem with our fascia, is massage the answer? What th...
Jun 22, 2022•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 2 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Sarah and Laurel discuss Scope of Practice and how it impacts our work as movement teachers and the choices we make when taking on clients. Here’s what we talk about: · How do we define Scope of Practice, and how does it define our work · What does a top down “macroScope” vs a personal “microScope” look like · How do we decide who to work with and who to refer out · Are there any pitfalls to having a sco...
Jun 15, 2022•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 1 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah set the stage for the episodes to come. We discuss the philosophical and actual differences between movement, exercise and sport; the problems with over- and under-moving; and of course, naming your robot vacuum (it’s the law). · What’s the difference between movement, exercise, and sport · How does yoga fit into these categories · What problems ...
Mar 15, 2022•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
