The Mindful Strength Podcast has transformed from a DIY project made completely at my kitchen table, to a fully produced show where I talk to different professionals in the yoga, movement, rehab and body positivity worlds. As a young person my biggest fear was public speaking or performing, I would forget my gymnastics routines in the middle of the competitions and freeze.
In the fall of 2017 I decided to face my fears, put my expanding contact list to use, and started talking to people I knew about yoga and strength training. After a number of very awkward interviews, fiddling with dials and hoping not to say something weird or sneeze I started to really enjoy the making of the podcast, and as my confidence grew so did my voice. It dawned on me that I wasn’t only interested in talking about movements and exercises, and the podcast expanded into new topics once again. I realized that I wanted to talk to people about our ideas around exercise and movement, the ways in which body image and diet culture rule our lives, how trauma impacts the body, how tissue adaptation is so interesting, how foot health is essential, and how strength training and movement affect us on so many levels that we hardly understand.
This podcast keeps me inspired and teaches me something new literally each week. I hope that you will listen, learn and grow with not only me, but the thousands of monthly listeners from all over the world.
Chris Kummer is a naturopath, a movement enthusiast, a gifted anatomy teacher and a yoga teacher trainer. His teaching delivers engaging education in fascia based movement anatomy and he has been teaching on the faculty of YTT programs for over 18 years. Chris continues to travel the world teaching and also offers online education that …
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Brianna Battles is a woman’s strength and conditioning coach based out of California, who specializes in coaching pregnant and postpartum athletes, as well as educating coaches on how to help athletes navigate the physical and mental considerations of athleticism during these chapters in a woman’s life. Kathryn and Brianna dig into all things pregnancy and …
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Alec Zirkenbach is an athlete and trainer, who specializes in Adaptive Crossfit. He works with Crossfit as a Subject Matter Expert in the Adaptive Crossfit Training Course, facilitating education and training all over the world. With an athletic background and time served with the Navy, Alec’s work with accessibility in movement was born out of …
Susi Hately fundamentally believes that healing is possible. As a young student of yoga, Susi began to combine the ancient practices of yoga with her BSc.Kinesiology at a Vancouver pain clinic. When she continued to encounter individuals, including yoga instructors, who accepted that their pain was “normal”, she began to explore how yoga was being …
Patrick Beach is an international yoga teacher based in Los Angeles, CA. Patrick’s continued evolution through yoga has always been off the beaten path and he presently teaches a system called Awakening Yoga; methods that were born out of his own practice, philosophies and learnings adapted from traditional forms, influenced by his athletic and general …
Sean Lind is a strength and conditioning coach with a specialization in gymnastics. A former Competitive Gymnastics Coach and Professional Circus Artist, in 2010 Sean became Crossfit coach & Athlete, who also has designations and experience in weight lifting practices. Sean’s work and expertise are unique with high level achievements in various movement disciplines and …
Lovedeep Dhunna is a holistic personal trainer and therapist, who works with individuals beyond the physical, bringing his education, experiences and unique approach to the oft times linear world of strength and conditioning. Lovedeep has been passionate about fitness and weight lifting since a young age and has long been fascinated by the complexities of …
Amber Karnes is a yoga teacher, social justice advocate, and the founder of Body Positive Yoga. Amber is a pioneer in the yoga community making noise for marginalized populations and people of all shapes, sizes, genders, races and abilities. For Amber, yoga has been an integral part of a decade-long journey toward self-acceptance and body …
Molly Boeder Harris is a yoga teacher and trauma recovery consultant based out of Portland, Oregon. Molly and Kathryn are both proponents of trauma based approaches to teaching and working with others in movement and beyond. Molly joins us for the second time on the Mindful Strength Podcast to discuss trauma, recovery, resiliency and how …
Charlie Reid is a fitness professional and unique movement educator based in San Francisco , California. His health-first approach looks at mobility as an indicator and a pre-requisite of physical health that precedes all other movement qualities. Charlie has a particular interest in examining and interpreting the scientific literature on–but certainly not limited to– stretch …
Leslie Kaminoff is a yoga educator and internationally recognized specialist with over four decades’ experience in the fields of yoga, breath anatomy and bodywork. He is the co-author of best selling book, “Yoga Anatomy,” co-founder of The Breathing Project, as well as creator of yogaanatomy.net and popular online publication e-Sutras, which see participation from around …
Schuyler Grant is an entrepreneur, artist, yoga innovator, mother, and the co-creator of Wanderlust, a community and touring festival in support of you living your best life. In this candid interview with Schuyler, we learn more about her work and her journey, that took her from film and production to full time yogi and beyond. …
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