The Asana Academy Podcast

Subscribe and Download the Show Here! In this week’s show I talk about one of my favorite “bridge” exercises, the pike. For those of you working handstand and press handstands, it’s extremely important to learn the pike, it not only teaches you the proper arm mechanics for a press handstand, but it also helps you […]The post TAA039: 3 Reasons Why You Aren’t Sticking Your Pike appeared first on The Asana Academy.

[Cheers to @chilloutbaba for making this awesome video!] Hey there, I’m currently in the middle of teaching workshops and a training here in UK (Edinburgh) and have had some great discussions with some of the students working on their press handstands and jump throughs. Ok, so check this out: Press handstand becomes a lot more straight-forward when you […]The post The 3 Phases Of Press Handstand – Which One Do You Get Stuck On? appeared first on The Asana Academy.

Subscribe and Download the Show Here! Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for listening! If you have anything to share, leave it in the comment section below. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using one of the buttons on the side! Also, please leave me an honest review for The Asana Academy Podcast […]The post TAA 037: How To Get Your Handstand Away From The Wall appeared first on The Asana Academy.

Subscribe and Download the Show Here! Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for listening! If you have anything to share, leave it in the comment section below. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using one of the buttons on the side! Also, please leave me an honest review for The Asana Academy Podcast […]The post TAA 036: What Driving On The Left Hand Side Of The Road Can Teach You About Your Handstand appeared first on The Asana Academy.

Subscribe and Download the Show Here! Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for listening! If you have anything to share, leave it in the comment section below. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using one of the buttons on the side! Also, please leave me an honest review for The Asana Academy Podcast […]The post TAA 035: The One MAJOR Core Strength Building Mistake appeared first on The Asana Academy.

Subscribe and Download the Show Here! Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for listening! If you have anything to share, leave it in the comment section below. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using one of the buttons on the side! Also, please leave me an honest review for The Asana Academy Podcast […]The post TAA 034: Does Practicing “Wrong” Hurt Your Handstand Progression? appeared first on The Asana Academy.

Subscribe and Download the Show Here! Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for listening! If you have anything to share, leave it in the comment section below. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using one of the buttons on the side! Also, please leave me an honest review for The Asana Academy Podcast […]The post TAA 033: What You Focus On GROWS (And your hamstrings) appeared first on The Asana Academy.

Today’s show is a follow up episode to my latest blog post, The Psychology of Excellence: How to Build a Bulletproof Press Handstand Practice. I’m answering questions that I received via email, Facebook, and all other social medias. Consider this more in-depth material for how to do a press handstand. Subscribe and Download the Show […]The post TAA 032: How to Build a Bulletproof Press Handstand Practice Q&A appeared first on The Asana Academy.

Subscribe and Download the Show HERE! In This Session You’ll Learn: 4 mistakes new yoga teachers make Why it’s important to prepare scripts for your class The 5 key scripts all new yoga teachers should build Why it’s important to be ready with modifications How community can help build and sustain your yoga class The […]The post TAA 031: 4 Mistakes New Yoga Teachers Make (And How To Fix Them) appeared first on The Asana Academy.

In This Session You’ll Learn: The 180 Degree Press Handstand Theory Why it’s important to not neglect your pike Dissection of the press handstand movement – the 2 phases plus the pre-press And so much more! Links and Resources: Essential Press Handstand Core Exercise #1 Essential Press Handstand Core Exercise #2 The Press Handstand Strategy […]The post TAA 030: The 180 Degree Press Handstand Theory appeared first on The Asana Academy.

  In this session you’ll learn: The complete story of Devin Kelley and how he ended up teaching all over China What Devin’s practice is like and why he likes to hold poses for 10+ minutes at a time How the yoga culture in China is different from the U.S. What it’s like to teach […]The post TAA 029: Chinese Firewalls, The Benefit of Long Holds & How to Teach Yoga to People Who Don’t Understand You – Devin Kelley appeared first on The Asana Academy.

In this Session You’ll Learn: The complete story of Brianna Mercado How Brianna battled back and beat cancer twice How dance saved Brianna and how she turned a lifelong passion into a career How to be happy even when things seem impossible All about Brianna’s inspiring Tedx talk The BriPositive movement And so much more! […]The post TAA 028: How the Freedom of Dance Beat Cancer, Left People in Tears at Tedx & Inspired a Movement – Brianna Mercado appeared first on The Asana Academy.

  In this session you’ll learn: One of the failures of most new yoga teachers (and why they never succeed) “The fortune’s in the follow up” Why you need to ask for something more than once What “No” actually means Why “making” jobs is way more important than “finding” jobs How to properly follow up […]The post TAA 027: How to Profit from People that Say “No” appeared first on The Asana Academy.

This is part 2 interview Dylan Werner, of Dylan Werner Yoga. This dude is a phenomenal guy, he does every type of arm balance imaginable including handstands, one-handed handstands, and hollow backs. Dylan tell’s you his complete story including many things you probably don’t know about him. Plus, he give you some really practical tips […]The post TAA 026: One-Handed Handstands, The Brutal Reality of Iraq, & Championing a Brave New World Pt. 2 – Dylan Werner appeared first on The Asana Academy.

In this show, I interview Dylan Werner, of Dylan Werner Yoga. This dude is a phenomenal guy, he does every type of arm balance imaginable including handstands, one-handed handstands, and hollow backs. Dylan tell’s you his complete story including many things you probably don’t know about him. Plus, he give you some really practical tips […]The post TAA 025: One-Handed Handstands, The Brutal Reality of Iraq, & Championing a Brave New World Pt. 1 – Dylan Werner appeared first on The Asana Academy.

Back by popular demand, I speak with Alexandria Crow again, founder of Yoga Physics, and we discuss alignments, joints, bad cues, perfectionism and being uncomfortable. In This Session You’ll Learn: Alignment cues that aren’t always right Your shoulder joints and how your arms are meant to move Why so many students get injured in Down […]The post TAA 024: Alignment Truth & Lies, Perfectionism, & The Power of Thinking Twice and Asking “Why” -Alexandria Crow appeared first on The Asana Academy.

In this session, I interview Chad Satlow, CEO & Founder of Third Eye Threads. He shares his early mistakes and failures building the brand that’ll literally save you years of bashing your head against a wall. Plus, he delivers on just about every aspect of creating a clothing line. In This Session You’ll Learn: The […]The post TAA 023: How Meditation Helped Build a Million Dollar Clothing Line from Scratch – Chad Satlow appeared first on The Asana Academy.

This is part 2 of the show where I speak with Alexandria Crow. She’s a no B.S., straight to the point kinda person, which is really refreshing to hear in the yoga world. We speak about the reality of being a “yogalebrity” and being an international icon, why *most* teacher trainings are useless, anatomy that’s […]The post TAA 022: Bad Anatomy, Rebelling Against the Institution & The Power of Saying “No” Pt. 2 – Alexandria Crow appeared first on The Asana Academy.

In this show,  I speak with Alexandria Crow. She’s a no B.S., straight to the point kinda person, which is really refreshing to hear in the yoga world. We speak about the reality of being a “yogalebrity” and being an international icon, why *most* teacher trainings are useless, anatomy that’s taught wrong (and how to […]The post TAA 021: Bad Anatomy, Rebelling Against the Institution & The Power of Saying “No” Pt. 1 – Alexandria Crow appeared first on The Asana Academy.

This is Part 2 of my interview with Jonathan Rickert. Listen to Part 1 here. In this session you’ll learn: The complete story of Jonathan Rickert From collegiate soccer player to DJ to Yoga Teacher How 2 knee surgeries changed his life How Jonathan was forced into his first yoga class How to put together […]The post TAA 020: The Perfect Playlist, The Psychology of Handstand, & How to Practice Yoga with Bad Knees Pt. 2 – Jonathan Rickert appeared first on The Asana Academy.