Ep 133: How Often Should Students Practice Yoga?
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This episode explores the nuanced answer to how often students should practice yoga, emphasizing a varied movement diet and insights from the yoga tradition.
Answering the question of how often to practice yoga seems simple enough, but the full answer is more nuanced than most students expect. This episode takes a broader look at what the body actually needs to stay healthy and resilient over time, why yoga works best as part of a varied movement diet rather than as a student's only form of exercise, and what the yoga tradition itself says about practice beyond the physical postures. I'll also share a personal story of injury that came directly fr...
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