Share the Love Episode- Therapeutic Yin Yoga on the Yoga Pro Podcast

While I am on a small holiday break from the podcast, I thought it would be fun to re-share some of the episodes of other people's podcasts where I have been interviewed about Yin Yoga. 

This mini-series of episodes is what I'm calling - Share The Love!

This Share the Love Episode Is with Pamela Crane from the Yoga Pro Podcast

About Pamela Crane:

Pamela Crane (MS-Yoga Therapy, C-IAYT, E-RYT, RYT-500, YACEP) is a Certified Yoga Therapist, Actor and Dancer, and former Broadcast Journalist; who loves having meaningful conversations around yoga practices, impacts on society, and entrepreneurship skills.  In her business, Interoceptive Performance, her passion includes helping yoga professionals learn evidence-based and scientifically supported research to augment their yoga training

Topics Covered:

-Nyk’s yoga journey

-Her surprising introduction to Yin yoga

-Nyk’s definition of Yin yoga

-The unique sensations offered by a yin yoga practice

-The difference between yin and restorative yoga

-To prop or not prop in yin yoga

-How she realized her application of yin was therapeutic

-Why she keeps her students working at 50-60% of their capacity

-What Nyk does to keep her therapeutic yin classes trauma-informed and accessible

-Keeping the therapy in yin

-Support for hypermobility and tissue/joint damage

-Misconceptions about yin yoga

-The importance of interoceptive awareness and personal agency in yoga

-Differentiating instruction for multi-level classes

-Contraindications of yin yoga

-Why being ourselves as a teacher is so important

-Making sure you teach yin effectively through training