Jason Crandell has been called a “teacher’s teacher.” He talks about yoga being a mind-body-breath methodology that helps you more skillfully inhabit your body. The three pillars most important to him, “power, precision, and mindfulness” are the things you can find in all of his classes and trainings, and that have helped him form The Jason Crandell Method over the years.
I relearned through hosting Jason that the phrase “plumb the depths” is an old nautical term that refers to sailors determining the distance to the bottom floor by tying lead to the end of the rope and letting it go. This is what practice feels like to Jason, and we talked a lot about the meaning of that phrase in the context of teaching and training.
We also talked about how yoga is less “centralized and conspicuous” now that Covid has taken nearly all activities online, with yoga being no exception. As we discuss here, this shifts the role of the yoga studio, the large group class, the small group class, 1:1s, and trainings and advanced group work of all kinds. It was so fun to talk about how many passionate people Jason comes into contact with all day in yoga.
Enjoy this episode, and as always, I look forward to any feedback or thoughts for future guests or episodes!
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Original music by Kim's band Governess.
Produced by Alyssa Yeroshefsky and Kim Weeks.
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