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Yoga With Jake PodcastJake Panasevich: From Wrestler to Men's Yoga Teacher. Men's Health, Men's Mental Health and Yoga.Today, I share a podcast that I had the honor to be a guest on: The Brain Shaman Podcast, where I talk about why I started practicing yoga, how I went from college wrestler to men’s yoga teacher. I also discuss men’s health, men’s mental health, and why I believe yoga is uniquely equipped to help men work through their challenges and do so without it being awkward or forced. Please go support Michael Waite and the brain shaman podcast, he did a really nice job with this, I’m very pleased with our conversation.The Br...
2025-06-231h 05
Brain ShamanJake Panasevich: Yoga for Men's Health | Episode 123In this episode, my guest is men's yoga and health expert Jake Panasevich. We discuss yoga for men — how to get started, how it differs from other forms of exercise and yoga for women, its benefits for physical and mental health, and more. Jake shares tips on finding the right class, what to look for in a teacher, effective teaching methods, overcoming common obstacles, and building a consistent practice. We also talk about breathwork, pain, social connection, the politics of yoga studios, and the unique health challenges men face today — and how yoga can help.
2025-05-211h 03
Yoga With Jake PodcastJake Panasevich: Grit & Grace. Trading in the Wrestling Mat for a Yoga Mat. Teaching Men's Yoga & Tips for Teaching.Click here to follow the Higher Vibrations in Higher Education Podcast!Grit and Grace: Be willing to throw it all at the wall with Yoga with Jake.Jake Panasevich carved out a path to be a disseminator of the benefits of yoga with an emphasis on reaching men and athletes. In looking at his offerings and success, I got the “he’s so lucky” mindset. I saw that he had this cool career of writing, disseminating, and teaching yoga—and felt envy. On this episode we dive into the day-to-day variety of activities he faces to match...
2025-03-031h 08
Yoga With Jake PodcastRuth Whippman: Why Men Are Suffering and What We Can Do About it. Her book: "BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity."Ruth Whippman is a British author, journalist, and cultural critic living in the United States. A former BBC documentary director and producer, her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Time magazine, New York magazine, The Guardian, HuffPost, and elsewhere. Fortune described her as one of the “25 sharpest minds” of the decade. She is the author of the book America the Anxious, which was a New York Post Best Book of the Year, a New York Times Editors’ Choice and Paperback Row pick. She lives in California with her husband and three sons.Link to Ruth's Websit...
2024-11-1855 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Alicia Vose & Dr. Erica Dale: Making Science Accessible, Creative & Fun. Disrupting the Status Quo. Misconceptions About Academia. Media and Science.Dr. Erica Dale (website): My research interests involve understanding mechanisms of spinal learning within the context of breathing function. Within the respiratory neural control network there are several known spinal mechanisms underlying plasticity and they all lead to a long-lasting increase in phrenic motor output; a direct correlation to contraction of the diaphragm and, thus, breathing. I have shown that hypoxia-inducible factors can act as neurotrophic stimulators of the phrenic motor network to elicit facilitation in much the same way. A large portion of my current research focus is aimed towards activating phrenic motor networks via electrical spinal cord...
2024-11-111h 59
Yoga With Jake PodcastJoe De Sena: How to Develop Resilience and Handle Each Challenge with Mental Flexibility.Joe De Sena Founder and CEO, SpartanJoe De Sena – Founder and CEO of Spartan, the world’s leading endurance sports and wellness brand –has demonstrated his entrepreneurial drive since his pre-teens. After building a multimillion-dollar pool and construction business in college, and creating a Wall Street trading firm, De Sena set his sights ontransforming 100 million people through the Spartan lifestyle.De Sena has grown Spartan into a global sport and wellness brand encompassing all things “tough fitness.” With its 10 million+ strong community, Spartan creates transformational experiences, products, and content to help people, com...
2024-11-0452 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Kathryn Schmitz: How Exercise Helps Prevent and Treat CancerKathryn H Schmitz, Ph.D., M.P.H., FACSM, FSBM, FTOS, FNAK, FSEM, is aProfessor in the division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She serves as the Associate Director of Population Science, Co-leader of the Biobehavioral Cancer Control program, Co-leader of the UPMC Hillman Survivorship program and Director of the Moving Through Cancer Exercise Oncology Program for the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. Dr. Schmitz’s research focuses on people living with and beyond cancer andinvestigates the role of exercise in improving physiologic and psychosocial outcomes, including symp...
2024-10-2855 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Samantha Harden: The Science of Flourishing. How Yoga Helps Develop Social Connection. How to Intentionally Battle Isolation & Loneliness.Dr. Harden founded and directs the Physical Activity Research and Community Implementation (PARCI) Laboratory within the department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise at Virginia Tech. As a registered yoga instructor and academic, she uses science and the personal experience of clients, patients, and participants to promote physical activity. Her passion and emphasis on physical activity behaviors is underscored by its ability to improve psychological and physiological outcomes. Over the last decade she has published 118 peer reviewed journal articles and has an international reputation as a leader of the application of the RE-AIM framework to ensure evidence-based interventions are...
2024-10-211h 11
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Scott Glassman: Accessible Mental Health Tools. Mental Training for Athletes. How Men's Mental Health is Unique.Scott Glassman, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist and author of A Happier You: A Seven-Week Program to Transform Negative Thinking into Positivity and Resilience. Dr. Glassman founded and currently directs the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. His seven-week wellness program, A Happier You, has been featured on SiriusXM and NPR. Dr. Glassman is also a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and has been a speaker and trainer at many national and regional organizations, including the American Psychological Association. He is also a periodic contributor to the health...
2024-10-141h 08
Yoga With Jake PodcastChristina Sell: Her path to becoming a world-renowned teacher. The implosion of Anusara yoga. The importance of teaching within a system. Separating the man from the method in yoga. Should you teach alignment in yoga? Yoga and body image.Christina Sell has been practicing asana since 1991 and teaching since 1998. Known for her passion, clarity and creativity, Christina’s teaching style is a dynamic and challenging blend of inspiration, humor and hard work. Masterful at synthesis, her ability to harvest and transmit the unique contributions of various yoga methods is unparalleled. Christina believes that yoga practice can help anyone access their inner wisdom, authentic spirituality and clarify their highest personal expression.Christina draws inspiration from many master teachers in Iyengar Yoga, Anusara Yoga and Bikram Yoga. She is a certified Anusara Yoga teacher, has authored three books, ho...
2024-10-071h 31
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. David Sacks: Science-Backed, Paradoxical Principles to Develop a Champion's Mindset in Sports and Life.Dr. David Sacks is a psychotherapist, performance consultant, writer, and coach. An alumnus of Stanford and Florida State Universities, David has been a licensed psychologist since 2007, practicing in Tennessee and Florida. He completed his internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Vanderbilt University.As both a therapist and consultant, David helps others to make specific adjustments in their ways of operating and, importantly, to understand the “bigger picture” to achieve lasting results. He uses a humanistic, strengths-based, and scientifically-informed approach, delivered with empathy, to help his clients learn, grow, and change. David's Website.His Book: Extrem...
2024-09-301h 00
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Joshua Goldenberg: What is Natural Medicine? Comparing Natural vs. Conventional Medicine.Dr. Goldenberg is the Associate Director of the Helfgott Research Institute. He is passionate about how we evaluate and utilize evidence. He is an NIH-funded researcher with numerous publications in high-impact scientific journals such as JAMA and the BMJ. He is faculty for the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine as well as Helfgott, where he teaches critical evaluation of the medical literature and advanced evidence synthesis. His love for teaching integrative evidence-based medicine led him to found the DrJournalClub website and Podcast. He received his Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University and his Bachelor's in Molecular Biology...
2024-09-231h 00
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Sarah Court & Laurel Beversdorf: What Bone Density is & Why it Matters. How to Exercise For Bone Density. Misconceptions About Bone Density in Yoga, Running & Impact Exercise.Laurel Beversdorf is an international yoga educator, certified strength and conditioning specialist, and E-RYT 500 with a BFA in Acting from Ithaca College. She empowers individuals to discover they are stronger than they thought, inspiring them to ask, "If I can do this, what else is possible?" Laurel created the Yoga with Resistance Bands teacher training and co-developed Movement Logic tutorials and the Bone Density Course: Lift for Longevity to support this shift in confidence and mindset.Through her virtual studio, Laurel teaches small group weekly strength training sessions and offers an extensive class library that includes yoga...
2024-09-1659 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Julia Basso: How Yoga Can Help With Election Anxiety.Dr. Julia C. Basso is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise at Virginia Tech and the Director of The Embodied Brain Laboratory. She also holds affiliate faculty positions in the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience and is a Fellow at both the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology and the Center for Health Behaviors Research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion. With a PhD in Behavioral and Neural Science, a BA in Dance, and certification as a yoga teacher, Dr. Basso's work bridges the fields of art and science...
2024-09-0946 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastJosh Izewski: Professional Runner, Olympic Trials Competitor in the Marathon and Philly 10k WinnerJosh Izewski is a professional runner who won this year's Philly 10k with a time of 29:48, that’s a 4:48 mile pace! He joins me to discuss his win at the Philly 10k, his performance at Olympic trials and what it's like to be a professional runner. He provides great advice for runners of every level on self-awareness, injury prevention, pace, diet and mentality. Support the show
2024-09-021h 14
Yoga With Jake PodcastHilary Achauer: How her reporting for The New York Times informs her fitness. How to Engage Your Core for Safe, Effective Movement, If You Want to Get Stronger, Routine is the Enemy and Can Weed ImproveHilary Achauer is a San Diego-based freelance writer covering health, fitness, and wellness. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Slate, and she spends her free time surfing, lifting weights, and working on her first novel. Click here to visit her website!Support the show
2024-08-261h 14
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Erica Sharpe: Yoga Nidra Researcher, The Content of a Traditional Yoga Nidra Script and Why it is Important to Follow, The Science-Backed benefits of Yoga NidraDr. Erica Sharpe is a clinical human researcher at the National University of Natural Medicine, and a professor of chemistry at SUNY Canton. Erica specializes in yoga nidra (yogic sleep) and natural medicine. She joins me for a follow-up conversation about the content of a traditional yoga nidra practice and why it is important to follow it. Yoga nidra has exploded in popularity, and there are many variations of it on apps and the internet - Erica provides clarity about a traditional yoga nidra practice to find the science-backed benefits.Yoga Nidra Book: https://www.biharyoga.net/y...
2024-08-191h 14
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Kate Pate: Respiratory Neurophysiology, Stress & TBI, Science-Backed Benefits of Breathwork and The Intersection Between Faith & ScienceDr. Kate Pate is a PhD neurophysiologist, coach, entrepreneur, and researcher. Her doctoral research focused on respiratory neurophysiology and understanding the brain-breath-body connection. She explored her fascination around this subject further and through a different lens by later becoming a yoga, meditation, and breathwork instructor. This included obtaining her RYT200, somatic meditation training, and trauma-informed yoga training for the military community. During her postdoctoral fellowship and early faculty days, Kate's research focused on redox biology as it relates to inflammatory disease processes and injuries, including traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury. TBI has always been a...
2024-08-121h 26
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Beth Linker: Slouch, Posture Panic in America, Posture Science and Misconceptions About PostureBeth Linker, a former physical therapist, is an author and professor of the history of science, disability, and medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Her most recent book, Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America, reveals the little-known and surprising origins of our fears and ideas about poor posture. Her writing has appeared in The Boston Globe, Time, Psyche, The New England Journal of Medicine, and U.S.A. Today. Get the book here: click here!Beth's website: bethlinker.com Support the show
2024-08-0559 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Torkil Færø: What is Heart Rate Variability and Why it Matters? How HRV is the Most Important Marker for Our Health State. Why Wearables Are Effective to Monitor HRV and Therefore Our Wellbeing.Dr Torkil Færø is a GP and emergency physician, documentary filmmaker,author and photographer. Over a 26-year career as a freelance doctor, he hasworked all over Norway, had hundred thousand consultations and thus gaineda unique picture of the diseases that plague us. He learned that the causeis most often found in the stresses our lifestyles place on our bodies. Whenhis father died at 73, he realized that he had to change his own lifestyle. Being40 pounds overweight, under-trained, over-stressed, under-slept and drinking alcohol daily, he learned that this life- st...
2024-07-2956 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Krystle Zuniga: Why More Young Adults Are Being Diagnosed With Cancer. Nutrition for Cancer. Popular Misconceptions About Nutrition: Athletic Greens, The Carnivore Diet and More.Krystle Zuniga PhD, RD, CSO, LDAssistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Texas at Austin.Owner, Cancer Nutrition HQ.Krystle is an experienced clinician, educator, scientist, and science communicator. Her research in the area of nutrition, physical activity, and cancer has been published in Cancer Prevention Research, Journal of Nutrition, Nutrition and Cancer, and Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. In addition to her current position as Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at University of Texas at Austin, she is a board certified oncology dietitian...
2024-07-221h 02
Yoga With Jake PodcastKelly Chase: Life After Love Is Blind. The Truth Behind Reality TV. How to Develop Healthy Relationships. Authenticity, Self-Integrity and Mental Health.Kelly Chase is an entrepreneur, social influencer, speaker and reality TV star best known for her role as a castmate on the breakaway hit Netflix show, Love Is Blind. Audiences across the globe fell in love with Kelly for her genuine personality, unwavering confidence and her commitment to staying true to who she is.Kelly is the founder of the coaching program “Goddess Magic” which combines business strategy and mindset and relationship coaching to help women act like the person they desire to be, improve their confidence, and master their self-worth, creating a life they crave.Th...
2024-07-151h 24
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Jay Harness: The importance of exercise throughout the entire cancer journey. The alarming rise of cancer cases in young men and what to do about it.Jay K. Harness, MD, FACS is the Chief Medical Officer at Maple Tree Cancer Alliance. He is an emeritus breast surgeon at both St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, CA and Northern Inyo Hospital in Bishop, CA. He is a recent Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California, Irvine. He spent 28 years of his career in full-time academic positions.Dr. Harness received both his MD degree and training in general surgery at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor. He then remained on the faculty at Michigan and developed one of the first United...
2024-07-0849 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastAmy Edmondson: Intelligent Failure and Risk-Taking. The Cost of Being Indecisive. How Our Culture Misleads Us About Failure. The Psychology Behind Failure.Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, a chair established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises that contribute to the betterment of society.Edmondson has been recognized by the biannual Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers since 2011, and most recently was ranked #1 in 2021 and 2023; she also received that organization’s Breakthrough Idea Award in 2019, and Talent Award in 2017. She studies teaming, psychological safety, and organizational learning, and her articles have been published in numerous academic and management outlets, including Ad...
2024-07-011h 05
Yoga With Jake PodcastLaura Gordon: How to Regulate Your Nervous System. Underwater Workouts to Help With Stress Response. Re-Train Your Brain to Handle Panic and Trauma.Laura has her Master’s in Couples and Family Therapy and has recently started her work in a PhD program studying Applied Behavioral Neuroscience. Laura is interested in studying the impact of water therapy on the vagal tone as a way of reconceptualizing PTSD treatment and our understanding of suicidal ideation. Laura is also a hybrid coach, specializing in in water confidence and strength training. In Laura’s free time, she spends her time painting, taking the dogs to dog beach, skiing, surfing and diving. Laura's Instagram: @lauragordon__If you would like to stay in touch...
2024-06-241h 31
Yoga With Jake PodcastLauri Nemetz: How her love for yoga and visual arts led to becoming proficient at human dissection. How she continuously reinvents herself to break down barriers and finds the connection across vastly different fields.Laurice (Lauri). D. Nemetz, MA, BD-DMT, EYT500, LCAT, CIAYT is an adjunct professor at Pace University having taught classes in yoga, myofascial anatomy and more at the Pleasantville NY campus since 2004 and is a 2020 Pace U. President’s Award recipient for Outstanding Contribution. In the summer of 2021, Lauri was awarded the position of Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, for Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL (2021-present). She is also a licensed Creative Arts Therapist, a member of the American Association for Anatomy, a board-certified member of the Academy of Dance/Movement Therapists, a registered yoga te...
2024-06-171h 10
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Elizabeth Joy: Establishing Physical Activity as a Vital Sign in Healthcare. Pioneering an Online Community for Health. Leveraging AI and Tech in Healthcare.Dr. Joy is the Chief Medical Officer for Lore Health. Prior to that, she served as Senior Medical Director for Wellness and Nutrition at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City, UT. She received her B.S. and M.D. degrees at the University of Minnesota, and M.P.H. from the University of Utah. She completed her Family Medicine Residency and Sports Medicine Fellowship at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. She is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Utah School of Medicine in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, and in the College of...
2024-06-101h 27
Yoga With Jake PodcastMike Alpert: How to Make Health Clubs Impactful, Profitable and Sustainable. Bridging the Gap Between Healthcare and Fitness.Mike Alpert was the President/CEO of The Claremont Club from 1997 – 2020. Locatedin Claremont, California, The Claremont Club is a full-service athletic, aquatic, tennis,wellness and social facility encompassing 19 acres. During his time at the Club hecreated a dedicated team with a sense of ownership and accountability; developed aclub culture of a passionate and value-based entity and created a focus on making adifference in people’s lives.Mike has served on the Northwest Athletic Club Association Board of Directors and is apast President of the California Clubs of D...
2024-06-0356 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Elias Aboujaoude: How Our Obsession With "Leadership" Has Made Us More Unhappy and Less Healthy. His Book: A Leader's Destiny: Why Psychology, Personality, and Character Make All the Difference.Dr. Elias Aboujaoude is a psychiatry professor, researcher, and author at Stanford University, where he heads the Anxiety Disorders Section and OCD Clinic. He has also held positions at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the University of California in Berkeley, the University of California in San Francisco, and the University of York in the United Kingdom. Besides OCD, Dr. Aboujaoude's research has focused on the interface between technology and psychology, both in its negative manifestations (e.g., video game addiction, online narcissism, cyberbullying, effects of online privacy violations) and positive applications (e.g., telemedicine, virtual reality therapy, AI-mediated digital...
2024-05-2744 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Gordon Mitchell: How Intermittent Hypoxia or Low Oxygen Affects Neuroplasticity. Hypoxia for Spinal Cord Injuries, ALS and Disorders That Compromise Movement. The Potential Benefits of Hypoxia for Athletic Performance.Dr. Mitchell joined the University of Florida in 2015 as a Preeminence Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Physical Therapy and McKnight Brain Institute. He founded and directs the UF Center for Breathing Research and Therapeutics (BREATHE) and the NIH-funded graduate and postdoctoral training program of the same name. A major focus of BREATHE is to understand and treat impaired breathing and airway defense (swallowing/cough) caused by neuromuscular injury or disease. Dr. Mitchell also serves as Deputy Director of the UF McKnight Brain Institute. For the past three decades, Dr. Mitchell pioneered studies of neuroplasticity in the neural system...
2024-05-2059 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastAmber Zimmerman: Elite Runner. This Year's Broad Street Run Winner. Sleep Scientist.Amber is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Her research is in the field of neurogenetics where she studies how genetic variants contribute to sleep dysfunction and psychiatric disorders. She is interested in the evolution of sleep and circadian rhythms and how to leverage both for better physical and mental health. Amber is also an elite runner. Although she mostly runs for fun, she races competitively and has run times including 15:37 for the 5k, 52:15 for 10 miles, and 2:31:35 for the marathon.Follow Amber on instagram: @a.to_the.z
2024-05-131h 24
Yoga With Jake PodcastDiana McLain Smith: Her Book: Remaking The Space Between Us. How Media Further Divides Us. How We Can Purposefully Eliminate Divsion.I began my life’s work in two communities on opposite sides of Boston, one predominantly Black, the other predominantly White, both made up of hard-working, low-income families. For twelve years, I worked alternately as a community organizer, a journalist, and a counselor alongside people struggling to navigate circumstances largely stacked against them. Where they went, I went—to their homes, theirschools, the streets, the courts, even prison. The experience was a master class in hard-earned resilience on the one hand and learned helplessness on the other.That experience eventually led me to return to scho...
2024-05-061h 02
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Gina Poe: How Sleep Works and It's Effect on Learning and Memory. The Relationship Between Sleep and Emotions. How to Optimize Your Sleep.Gina Poe has been working since 1995 on the mechanisms through which sleep serves memory consolidation and restructuring. Dr. Poe is a southern California native who graduated from Stanford University then worked for two post-baccalaureate years at the VA researching Air Force Test Pilots’ brainwave signatures under high-G maneuvers. She then earned her PhD in Basic Sleep in the Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program at UCLA under the guidance of Ronald Harper then moved to the University of Arizona for her postdoctoral studies with Carol Barnes and Bruce McNaughtons looking at graceful degradation of hippocampal function in aged rats as well as hi...
2024-04-291h 13
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Adriaan Louw: How Acute Pain Becomes Chronic Pain.Adriaan Louw, PT, PhDAdriaan earned his undergraduate, master’s degree and PhD in physiotherapy from the University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, South Africa. He is an adjunct faculty member at St. Ambrose University and the University of Nevada Las Vegas, teaching pain science. Adriaan has taught throughout the US and internationally for 25 years at numerous national and international manual therapy, pain science and medical conferences. He has authored and co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles related to spinal disorders and pain science. Adriaan completed his Ph.D. on pain neuroscience education and is the Director of the Th...
2024-04-2251 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastKerrie Bodendorf: How she alleviated debilitating sciatic nerve pain with self-care and massage using the MELT Method.Kerrie is a MELT Master Trainer, Groove facilitator, Yoga instructor and owner of Balance Total Body Fitness. As one of six Master Trainers selected by MELT creator Sue Hitzmann to train other instructors to teach MELT, she has led MELT Lab Trainings and Instructor Level 1 Trainings across the country and is now busy assisting Sue with all levels of training online.Over the course of her MELT career, Kerrie has studied extensively under Sue Hitzmann, leading groups and mentoring instructors in all levels of the MELT curriculum. Kerrie brings over 14 years of concentrated study to her delivery...
2024-04-1556 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastSue Hitzmann: How to rewire your neural patterning to alleviate pain using her MELT Method.Fascia and feeling good. You’ll be hard-pressed to find more of an expert on those two topics than Sue Hitzmann, creator of the MELT Method—a pioneering self-treatment that can ease and prevent pain while it boosts performance.A fitness star turned sought-after neurofascial science educator, Sue is an internationally recognized manual therapist, exercise physiologist, and founding member of the Fascia Research Society. But she’s most known as the dynamic creator of the MELT Method—her innovative self-care technique became the topic of her New York Times best-selling book, The MELT Method, and its 2019 follow-up, MELT Per...
2024-04-0849 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastMartinus Evans: The Slow AF Run Club Movement. Size-Inclusivity in Running. Turning Negative and Insensitive Remarks Into Something Positive.Martinus Evans has run over eight marathons since his doctor told him to “lose weight or die” in July 2012. Since then, he’s also coached hundreds of runners and founded the Slow AF Run Club, a community of over 20,000 members worldwide. He is also the author of the book Slow AF Run Club: The ultimate guide for anybody who wants to run. When he’s not running races around the world, he enjoys speaking passionately about issues related to size-inclusivity, mindset, DEI and mental health.Matinus' Instagram: @300poundsandrunningSlow AF Run Club Instagram: @runslowafSupport t...
2024-04-0150 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastSandy Abrams: Optimizing Your Breath for the Most Health Benefit.Sandy Abrams is a longtime entrepreneur, 2x author, 2022 TEDx Speaker, Chair of the Global Wellness Institute’s Breathe Initiative and a Board Member of Health & Human Performance Foundation. She’s now focused on Well-Being and Mental Health; sharing 30+ years of experience utilizing the power of breath & mindfulness in business and life. Her book, Breathe to Succeed (2019) is endorsed by Arianna Huffington, Mark Bertolini/Former CEO Aetna, execs at Google, SAP, Sage software and the U.S. Air Force. Sandy has shared her C.E.Om Breath & Mindset experiences with several Google offices, WW HQ (formerly Weight Watchers), frequ...
2024-03-2557 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastCraig Terry: How Yoga Helped Him Rebuild His Life and Identity After Losing His Leg in a Motorcycle Accident.Born and raised in Utah, Craig Terry is well-traveled and has lived in various places in the US. He recently retired from a successful career in sales and sales management, and now is an amputee peer mentor, a licensed certified life coach, and a motivational speaker. These things help him converse with, and understand people's needs from their different viewpoints.In October of 2020, Craig was riding his new Harley after trading in his old one of 15 years. A mile and a half from home he was hit broadside by someone not paying attention. He and his wife were...
2024-03-181h 09
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Matthew Dewar: Personalized Breath-Work Based on Biofeedback. Debunking Popular, "One-Size-Fits-All" Breathing Techniques. His "Stress Better" Framework Based on Self-Understanding Before Self-Intervention.Matthew Dewar, Ed.D., is a professional educator, speaker, and author. For fifteen years, he has researched the impact of mindfulness and emotion regulation practices on teaching, learning, and leadership in schools. More recently, he has focused on enhancing health and performance through breathing behavior analysis and heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback training.Dr. Dewar is also the founder of Matt Dewar, LLC, and the creator of the Stress Better® Framework, which he has shared with collegiate and professional athletes, Fortune 500 executives, colleges and universities, first responders, and military personnel. Dr. Dewar authored Education and Well-Being: An O...
2024-03-111h 30
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Robert Sapolsky: Why We Don't Have Free Will and Why That is Good.As a boy, Robert M. Sapolsky dreamed of living inside the African dioramas in New York’s Museum of Natural History. By age twenty-one, he made it to Africa and joined a troop of baboons. Although being a naturalist appealed to him because it was a chance to “get the hell out of Brooklyn,” he never left people behind.In fact, he chose to live with the baboons because they are perfect for learning about stress and health in humans. Like their human cousins, baboons live in large, complex social groups with plenty of free time, Dr. Sapols...
2024-03-0451 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastTiana Ringer: A Whole-Person Approach to PT. Movement Analysis, Fascia, Everyday Habits and Exercises to Avoid Pain and for Overall Health.BSc(Hons), MSc(A)PTAs a movement aficionado, Tiana Ringer specializes in training and rehabilitation integrating superficial and deep fascia tissue release, acupuncture based trigger point work, movement analysis, soft mobilizations, strength and power development, aerobic exercise prescription, neurological and concussion based treatments, along with the knowledge and applications of biochemistry and nutritional science through her work as a team member with Science of Sport & Health. Throughout her many years in the fitness and health industry, Tiana has observed, studied, and mentored under professionals in their fields of healthcare. Currently, she works as part o...
2024-02-261h 16
Yoga With Jake PodcastDanielle Friedman: Contributor for The New York Times, Well section. An award-winning, health and culture journalist. Author of Let’s Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World.Danielle Friedman is an award-winning health and culture journalist and a regular contributor to The New York Times Well section, where she has written about everything from the joys of being a slow runner to the importance of pelvic floor conditioning. She is also the author of Let’s Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World, which was selected as a New Yorker and Financial Times Best Book of 2022. She lives in New York City with her husband and their two young sons.Follow her on instagram: @daniellefriedmanwritesSupport the...
2024-02-1959 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastNick Heath: A holistic approach to diabetes management that revolves around wellness, not just the disease.Nick Heath, Ph.D., is a breath coach, researcher, and writer living with type-1 diabetes. Nick’s formal education is in atmospheric science, but he has spent the last 7+ years studying, teaching, and applying breathing principles in his life and with others. He is a certified Oxygen Advantage® coach, a Level I Pranayama teacher, and a member of the Global Wellness BREATHE Initiative. Nick is the creator of The Breathing Diabetic and BreathLearning.com.Support the show
2024-02-1257 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastAbigail Atkinson: How A Chiropractic Adjustment Caused Her Stroke. How Yoga Helped Her Recover From Stroke. How Her Stroke Informs Her Teaching.Abigail is a Utah-based yoga teacher and educator. She became dedicated to sharing yoga with others after it helped her recover from a devastating stroke in 2012. Her mission is to spread adaptive, inclusive yoga throughout Utah and beyond. Abigail teaches at studios in Utah County, specializing in adaptive, yin, restorative and gentle yoga. She lives in Orem, Utah with her family and loves hiking, reading, and herbalism. Stay connected with her on Instagram at @adaptiveyogautah, @wellwithabigail or check out her website at wellwithabigail.com.Support the show
2024-02-051h 07
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Rodrigo Cerdá: How to access healthcare. Affordable options for healthcare. How men can take advantage of healthcare. Men's health concerns.Rodrigo Cerdá, M.D., MPH, is senior vice president of Health Services and chief medical officer at Independence Blue Cross (Independence). He leads Independence’s collaborative efforts to bring together health insurers, hospitals, and doctors togetherto improve access to well-coordinated, high quality, and affordable health care to the region. He is also the company’s chief clinical spokesperson. Dr. Cerdá has overall corporate responsibility for population health, case and condition management, provider experience, medical mangement and policy, and health value optimization. Before joining Independence, Dr. Cerdá was managing director for Integrated Health Services at PA Consulti...
2024-01-2945 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastImproving Men's Health: How Men Approach Mental Health Differently. How Men Should Workout As They Age. Misconceptions About Men's Health.This is a segment on improving men's health that I'm featured on for the "Better Off Podcast" by For29 Philly. It is hosted by Drew Anderson and sponsored by Independence Blue Cross. Please listen to their podcast, they are doing great work providing practical tools to help improve your health. I'm joined with Dr. Rodrigo Cerdá, Senior Vice President of Health Services and Chief Medical Officer at Independence Blue Cross.This is a great, down-to-earth discussion about all things involving men's health, from men's mental health, what men should do as far as exercising as they age, m...
2024-01-2248 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Charles Raison: What Causes Depression? How and Why Heat Exposure Help with Depression.Charles Raison, MD, is a Professor of Human Ecology and Psychiatry in the Departmentof Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison.Dr. Raison also serves as Director of Clinical and Translational Research for UsonaInstitute, as Director of the Vail Health Behavioral Health Innovation Center, Director of Research on Spiritual Health for Emory Healthcare and as Visiting Professor in theCenter for the Study of Human Health at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Raison’sresearch focuses on the examination of novel mechanisms involved in the developmentand tr...
2024-01-1549 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Sat Bir Singh Khalsa: The Science-Backed Benefits of Yoga for Anxiety, Insomnia, PTSD, Chronic Stress, Yoga in the Workplace and Public Schools.Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. has been fully engaged in biomedical research on theefficacy of yoga and meditation practices in improving physical and psychological healthsince 2001. He has practiced Kundalini Yoga since 1971 and is a certified instructor. Heis the Director of Research for the Kundalini Research Institute, a Research Associate at the Benson Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, a Research Affiliate of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He has...
2024-01-081h 12
Yoga With Jake PodcastSarah Platt-Finger: Her book "Living in the Light" that she co-authored with Deepak Chopra. How to develop a yoga practice for mental, physical and emotional health.Sarah Platt-Finger is the Director of Chopra Yoga at IIN, and the co-founder of ISHTA Yoga, LLC. Sarah coauthored the book Living in the Light with Dr. Deepak Chopra, which has received international acclaim as one of the most practical and inspiring guides to modern day yoga. Sarah received her 500-hour Yoga certification in the ISHTA lineage in 2004 and was initiated as a Yoga Master by her husband, Kavi Yogiraj Alan Finger, in 2013. Since then, Sarah has made it her life’s purpose to share the authentic teachings of yoga worldwide. She helped develop one of the mos...
2024-01-0141 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastRyan Whited: Pain & Performance: The Revolutionary New Way to Use Training as Treatment for Pain and Injury.Ryan Whited, a dedicated Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist since 1996, has a profound passion for his work. Armed with expertise in athletic performance and injury prevention, along with certifications in Gait Analysis, Mobility, and ongoing education in Neuro-Immunology, he ceaselessly enriches his knowledge through diverse courses. His profound grasp of biomechanics, human performance, and pain neuroscience informs the foundation of the Training as Treatment approach at Paragon.In each session, Ryan infuses his extensive training experience to benefit clients, for their athletic goals, pain, surgery concerns, or struggles with injuries. As the visionary founder...
2023-12-251h 10
Yoga With Jake PodcastBrett Larkin: Her new book, " Yoga Life: Habits, Poses, and Breathwork to Channel Joy Amidst the Chaos."Brett Larkin is the founder of Uplifted Yoga® and the author of Yoga Life: Habits, Poses, and Breathwork to Channel Joy Amidst the Chaos. Her Online Yoga Teacher Trainings have set the standard for quality online certification since 2015 and matriculated thousands of yoga teachers. Brett’s award-winning YouTube channel with over half a million subscribers and Uplifted Yoga Podcast empower you to actively design your life using yoga’s ancient wisdom. Yoga enthusiasts love her courses on Kundalini Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, and the U...
2023-12-1854 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Christopher Lowry: How Our Microbiome Effects Our Mental Health, The Microbiome Gut-Brain Access and How Heat Exposure Benefits Mental Health.Christopher A. Lowry, Ph.D. is Professor in the Department of Integrative Physiology, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Center for Neuroscience, and Center for Microbial Exploration at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder), with a secondary appointment in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and Center for Neuroscience, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, a Principal Investigator in the Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System, VA Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, & Clinical Center (MIRECC), director of the Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Laboratory at CU Boulder, and Co-Founder and Co-Director of...
2023-12-111h 10
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Katharine Phillips: What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder? Male BDD in Sports. Differentiating Between BDD and Eating Disorders for Effective Treatment.Katharine Phillips, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry, DeWitt Wallace Senior Scholar, and Residency Research Director at Weill Cornell Medical College, and Attending Psychiatrist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Dr. Phillips is internationally recognized for her expertise in body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). She has been conducting research studies and treating patients with BDD for more than 30 years. Her studies have included investigation of BDD’s symptoms, prevalence, morbidity, course of illness, and relationship to other disorders such as OCD. Because no BDD-specific measures were available, she developed and tested BDD screening, diagnostic, severity, and insight measures. Sh...
2023-12-041h 55
Yoga With Jake PodcastTim Tollefson: Pro Ultra-Runner, Men's Mental Health in Sports, Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Eating Disorders.Known for his love of donuts, dirt, and running with a massive smile, Tim Tollefson is a professional ultra-runner for CRAFT Sportswear that is facilitating difficult conversations around mental health in sports. Throughout his career he has won ultramarathons across the globe in distances from 50K to 100 miles. Tim is a 3 time USATF National Trail Champion, and a 2 time US Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier. While on the surface he carefully curated a balanced life of perfection, for more than 20 years he has battled body dysmorphia, OCD, general anxiety disorder, and an eating disorder. Tim is a licensed physical therapist...
2023-11-271h 52
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Maren Nyer: Can Hot Yoga Treat Depression?Click here for the video that accompanies this podcast. Dr. Maren Nyer is the Director of Yoga Studies and the Associate Director of the Research Coordinator Program at the Depression Clinical and Research Program (DCRP), Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). She is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Her research interests include the treatment of mood disorders and associated symptoms, specifically developing and evaluating innovative and complementary and integrative treatments for depression. She completed her pre-doctoral psychology internship at MGH/HMS. After that, she worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the DCRP, until obtaining a...
2023-11-201h 46
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Gil Hedley: What Nerves Are and Why it Matters.Gil Hedley, Ph.D., has been teaching integral anatomy via dissection labs, keynote events and lecture tours since 1995. Gil has created an approach to anatomy coherent with the holistic body philosophies of body explorers from various treatment modalities, as well as teachers from the yoga, pilates, and fitness industries. He has documented this approach extensively through this website, gilhedley.com, which contains hundreds of hours of content explored from the Integral Anatomy perspective. Gil is committed to ensuring that Integral Anatomy education is accessible to all, worldwide, and offers free education through Easy Rider membership on his site as...
2023-11-131h 18
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Pallav Kosuri: The Molecular Source of Muscle Elasticity.Pallav Kosuri uses a physics-inspired approach to discover fundamental mechanisms in biology. Pallav was born in Sweden and studied physics at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. After a short stint at CERN, he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Columbia University in New York. As a Ph.D. student in the lab of Dr. Julio M. Fernandez, Pallav co-invented an Atomic Force Microscope (US Patent 9,880,088) that can apply precisely calibrated forces to single protein molecules while measuring their mechanical response. Using this new microscope, he pioneered the us...
2023-11-061h 01
Yoga With Jake PodcastLesley Paterson: The Power of Mindset to Help with PainLesley Paterson has competed in over 400 triathlons, and she is a 5 x World Champion professional triathlete turned writer/producer, based in LosAngeles. Originally from Scotland, Lesley has undergraduate and graduate degrees in Film and, together with her psychologist-turned-screenwriter husband, Simon Marshall, own Brave Art Entertainment, a film production company in Los Angeles. Their first film was ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Netflix, 2022), directed by Edward Berger, which went on to win seven BAFTA’s, including Best Adapted Screenplay and a National Board of Review win for Best Adapted Screenplay. In 2022, Lesley was nominated for an Academy Award for th...
2023-10-3015 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastRachel Scott: How She Supports Yoga Teachers & Studios Develop and Grow.Rachel combines thousands of hours of teacher training experience with her academic expertise (MSc Online Education) to help yoga teachers and studios create transformational educational experiences. She supports students, teachers, and trainers to share their passion, find their voice, and inspire others. In addition to authoring five books, she has written for Yoga International, YogaUOnline, and the Huffington Post, and exuberantly shares her knowledge through her coaching, YouTube channel, online courses, and free online classes. Find her at rachelyoga.com or on social media at rachelscottyoga.Support the show
2023-10-231h 13
Yoga With Jake PodcastDavid Lesondak: What is Fascia and Why it MattersDavid Lesondak, BCSI, ATSI, FST, FFT, VMT is an Allied HealthMember in the Department of Family and Community Medicine atthe University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), where he isthe Senior Structural Integrator and Fascia Specialist at UPMC’sCenter for Integrative Medicine.David is the author of the international best seller Fascia: What itis and Why it Matters, currently in 10 languages and 2 editions.His follow up book, as editor, Fascia, Function, and MedicalApplications was nominated for a 2021 British MedicalAssociation.He ha...
2023-10-141h 10
Yoga With Jake PodcastMatt Fitzgerald: 80/20 Running: Run Stronger & Race Faster by Training SlowerMatt Fitzgerald is an acclaimed endurance sports author, coach, and entrepreneur. Hismany books, including bestsellers How Bad Do You Want It? and 80/20 Running, havebeen translated into more than a dozen languages. Matt is a cofounder of 80/20Endurance, the world’s leading provider of online training resource for enduranceathletes and coaches, and creator of the Coaches of Color Initiative, a nonprofitorganization that offers a comprehensive apprenticeship program for aspiring BIPOCendurance coaches. Married since 2001, he lives in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he operates Dream Run Camp, a pro-style training camp for ru...
2023-10-091h 16
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Ellen Langer: The Mindful Body, Thinking Our Way to Chronic HealthEllen J. Langer was the first woman to be tenured in psychology at Harvard, where she is still professor of psychology. The recipient of three Distinguished Scientists awards, the Arthur W. Staats Award for Unifying Psychology, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Liberty Science Genius Award, Dr. Langer is the author of eleven other books, including the international bestseller Mindfulness, as well as The Power of Mindful Learning, Counterclockwise and On Becoming an Artist. Her trailblazing experiments in social psychology have earned her inclusion in The New York Times Magazine’s “Year in Ideas” issue. She is known worldw...
2023-10-021h 27
Yoga With Jake PodcastDenis Morton: Peloton Coach, Yoga Teacher and Music Enthusiast.Raised in Florida, schooled in Tennessee, steeped in southern California and heat-tested in Texas, Denis brings 14 years of fitness leadership to Peloton. With an athletic history ranging from college football to aerial acrobatics, and a musical taste to match, Denis will keep you moving, grooving and guessing what comes next.Support the show
2023-09-181h 31
Yoga With Jake PodcastTanya BentleyTanya Bentley, PhD, is Co-founder and CEO of the Health and Human Performance Foundation (HHPF), a non-profit research organization that brings together experts and organizations from around the world to study how breathing practices relate to health, well-being, and physical and mental performance. Their current research focuses on breathing practices for mental health, women’s health, first responder performance, and various clinical conditions. HHPF is also a trusted source of curated scientific content on the benefits of breathing practices among all populations. Tanya holds a Bachelor’s of Science from Cornell University, and a Master's and PhD in Health Poli...
2023-09-181h 23
Yoga With Jake PodcastBrittany Fair: The Neuroscience of Yoga and MeditationBrittany Fair is the author of The Neuroscience of Yoga and Meditation and a science communicator at the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center based at the University of Washington. With a background in philosophy, ecology, medical studies, and neuroscience, she has taught courses at universities and workshops nationwide. She is the former president of the San Diego Science Writers Association and currently teaches science writing at UC San Diego Extended Studies. Outside of work, she is a competitive triathlete, yoga teacher, and twin mom.Support the show
2023-09-111h 10
Yoga With Jake PodcastJake Panasevich: The Benefits of Yoga For Men and My Story.In the U.S.today, an estimated 40 million people take advantage of the incredible mental and physical benefits that yoga has to offer. Of these 40 million yogis, only a quarter of them are men. This staggering gender disparity is improving, as more and more men feel inclined to reap the health benefits this practice has to offer, but there is still quite a bit of work to be done.In this episode of A SENSe of Wellness, Susan Greeley, MS, RDN, sits down with Jake Panasevich, who is a yoga instructor with over 16 years of experience. Specializing...
2023-09-0453 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Tom Walters: How Your Thoughts and Emotions Can Affect the Pain You FeelDr. Tom Walters is a board-certified orthopedic physical therapist that specializes in the treatment of pain and movement disorders. He is the founder of Rehab Science and dedicates his time to teaching people about human movement, pain, and how to most effectively recover from injury. Tom's book, Rehab Science: How to Overcome Pain and Heal from Injury was written with the specific intention of teaching others how to treat pain and injuries on their own and contains comprehensive rehab programs for the 50 most common injuries and pain issues.Support the show
2023-08-281h 27
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Satchin Panda, Part 2: Time Restricted Eating's Affect On: Microbiome, Brain Health and Mental Health. Relative Energy Deficit in Sports.Topics Covered: Time Restricted Eating or Intermittent Fasting and it's effect on: Acid Reflux, microbiome, energy, fasted workouts, the brain, mental health, depression, panic attacks, anxiety, long-term fasting, effects on athletic performance, sports where weight loss is a factor like MMA, wrestling, exercise, relative energy deficit in sports (REDS) injury: women lose their periods, sleep, impact in the brain. Firefighter feasibility study, shift work, his free app: My Circadian Clock, his personal circadian habitsSatchin Panda, PhD is a Professor at the Salk Institute in California, where his research focuses on the circadian regulation...
2023-08-2156 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Satchin Panda, Part 1: The Health Benefits of Attuning to Your Circadian Rhythm and Time Restricted Eating or Intermittent Fasting.Dr. Satchidananda Panda, PhDSatchin Panda, PhD is a Professor at the Salk Institute in California, where his research focuses on the circadian regulation of behavior, physiology, and metabolism in model organisms and in humans. Dr. Panda discovered a blue-light sensing cell type in the retina entrains our master circadian clock, affects mood, and regulates the production of the sleep hormone melatonin. Recently, he discovered that maintaining a daily feeding-fasting cycle – popularly known as time-restricted feeding (TRF) – can prevent and reverse metabolic diseases. Based on a feasibility study in humans, his lab is currently carr...
2023-08-141h 04
Yoga With Jake PodcastTiffany Cruikshank: Her path to an impactful, successful and meaningful career in yoga, health and wellness.Tiffany Cruikshank, L.Ac., MAOM, is the founder of Yoga Medicine®, a community of yoga teachers focused on fusing science and research with traditional yoga practices to serve the medical communities with a mission to help people thrive and live their best lives.Tapping into her medical background in Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, Sports Medicine and Orthopedics, Tiffany’s teaching is guided by a strong anatomic focus and her ability to convey a clear understanding of complex subjects. Tiffany’s passion is empowering people with tools to support their health. She loves training teachers to understand the inner worki...
2023-08-071h 05
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Peter Hotez: His fight against the anti-vax movement and why he wont debate RFK Jr.Peter J. Hotez, M.D., Ph.D. is Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine where he is also the Co-director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) and Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics. He is also University Professor at Baylor University, Fellow in Disease and Poverty at the James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Senior Fellow at the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at Texas A&M University, Faculty Fellow with the Hagler Instit...
2023-07-3155 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Weizhe Hong: Brain Synchrony, Empathy and Prosociality.Dr. Weizhe Hong is a Professor of Neurobiology, Biological Chemistry, and Bioengineering at the University of California Los Angeles. His research aims to uncover the fundamental neural mechanisms underlying social behavior, with a specific focus on empathy and prosociality. Dr. Hong earned his Ph.D. degree in 2012 from Stanford University and was a Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellow at the California Institute of Technology during 2012-2015. In 2016, he joined UCLA as Assistant Professor, and he was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2020 and to Full Professor in 2023. He is also the recipient of a Young Investigator Award from...
2023-07-2458 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastMatt Wilpers: How he became a Peloton Instructor. Tips and tools to stay healthy both mentally and physically.A former Division I distance runner with 10 years of coaching experience, Matt brings an encouraging energy grounded in athleticism to his teaching style. An avid cyclist, runner and traveler, Matt inspires Members to discover how strong they really are, and how fun training can be.Link to Matt's Website.Link to Matt's Instagram.Support the show
2023-07-191h 29
Yoga With Jake PodcastKay Hymowitz: Her Book, "Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys"Kay S. Hymowitz is the William E. Simon Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal. She writes extensively on childhood, family issues, poverty, and cultural change in America. Hymowitz is the author of The New Brooklyn: What It Takes to Bring a City Back (2017), Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys (2011), Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age (2006), and Liberation’s Children: Parents and Kids in a Postmodern Age (2004), among others. She has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wa...
2023-07-101h 21
Yoga With Jake PodcastLainie Givens: What is OT For Men's Pelvic Health?Lainie is a Licensed Occupational Therapist who specializes in pelvic health therapy. She embodies a holistic approach to care and considers the whole person to help them get back to what is meaningful in their life. Her goal is to help people connect with and regain function and confidence in their own bodies, especially “down there”. Lainie lives in Asheville with her husband and chocolate lab, Rio. She enjoys biking, baking, and reading.Support the show
2023-07-031h 05
Yoga With Jake PodcastJonathan Pageau: The Power of Storytelling. How Telling Better Stories Can Help Men Find Structure and Meaning.Jonathan Pageau is a renown, French Canadian, liturgical artist, public speaker, and writer from Quebec. He’s known for his art, where he carves Eastern Orthodox icons, designs and other traditional images. He is the chief editor of the Orthodox Arts Journal, and also hosts The Symbolic World blog, creating a space for contributors to write articles on symbolism.He also runs a YouTube channel with over 170k followers, and The Symbolic World podcast, where Jonathan explores how ancient symbolic patterns inform our experiences of the world and can re-enchant contemporary life.His most recent pro...
2023-06-261h 00
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Jason Stevens: RDN, DCN. Nutrition For Pelvic & Sexual Health in Men.Dr. Jason Stevens is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with fourteen years experience in the field of clinical nutrition. He received his Master's degree in dietetics from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in 2008, and his Doctor of Clinical Nutrition from Rutgers University in 2021. As part of his doctoral studies, he completed an advanced practice residency with Dr. Susie Gronski, DPT, working primarily with men with chronic pelvic pain, and was awarded a medal for outstanding clinical performance from Rutgers University for his work. After graduating, he joined Dr. Susie Gronski's integrative health team, which focuses on men's pelvic and...
2023-06-191h 07
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Susie Gronski: DPT, Men's Pelvic and Sexual Health Specialist.Specializing in men’s pelvic and sexual health for over a decade, Dr. Susie Gronski is a Licensed Doctor of Physical Therapy, Certified Pelvic Rehabilitation Practitioner, AASECT Certified Sexuality Educator, sexuality counselor, an international teacher and author of Pelvic Pain the Ultimate Cock Block. Dr. Susie is the founder of an interdisciplinary pelvic and sexual health clinic exclusively for men. Learn more about Dr. Susie and her team here: https://drsusieg.com/.Topics Covered:How to identify a problem.What is the pelvic floor for men? A misleading message on male sexual health.
2023-06-121h 16
Yoga With Jake PodcastRachel Lando: From Life-Threatening Illness to Thriving Using Jill Miller's Method: Movement, Breath, Self Massage and Self Awareness.Rachel Lando is a teacher of yoga, movement, and anatomy. She is the founder of Patient Care Movement, co-founder of Mindful. Summit County, and hosts Anatomy and Physiology for Improved Fitness, CE workshops for yoga professionals, movement enthusiasts, and the chronic illness community. Rachel felt called to yoga and mindfulness following her diagnosis in 2012 with scleroderma, a rare autoimmune condition. She has since eased into a personal movement and meditation practice, certified as an E-RYT200, and pursued advanced education in mat + reformer pilates, Yoga Tune Up®, Roll Model Method®, Breath and Bliss, biomechanics, trauma-sensitive yoga, and...
2023-06-051h 26
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Jack Feldman: The Science of Breathing. The Mechanics of Breathing. How Your Breath Affects Your Emotional State.Jack Feldman is a distinguished professor of neurobiology at University of California Los Angeles and David Geffen School of Medicine Chair in Neuroscience. He is a pioneer in the field of respiration by discovering the areas of the brain where inhalations and exhalations are initiated. He is also a co-author of a paper published in March 2022, in the Annual Review of Neuroscience titled Breathing Rhythm and Pattern and Their Influence on Emotion.According to Feldman, when we experience something, we see, hear and smell it simultaneously via different paths (eyes, ears, nose) into the brain but we p...
2023-05-2956 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastJill Miller: How breath, self massage and movement improve your health. Miller's new book, “Body by Breath.”Jill is a pioneer in forging relevant links between the worlds of fitness, yoga, athletics, massage, and pain-management, having studied movement and the human body for more than 30 years.She is the author of the best-selling books, BODY by BREATH, and THE ROLL MODEL, and creator of the fitness formats Tune Up Fitness® and The Roll Model® Method. Miller is also a contributing author to the medical text, FASCIA, FUNCTION and MEDICAL APPLICATIONS.Known as the Teacher’s Teacher, Jill has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Shape, Men’s Journal, Good H...
2023-05-221h 15
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Tom Walters: DPT, OCS, author of a self-guided rehab book, “Rehab Science, How to Overcome Pain and Heal From Injury.”Dr. Tom Walters is a board-certified orthopedic physical therapist that specializes in the treatment of pain and movement disorders. He is the founder of Rehab Science and dedicates his time to teaching people about human movement, pain, and how to most effectively recover from injury. Tom's book (Rehab Science: How to Overcome Pain and Heal from Injury) will be released on May 30th, 2023. The book was written with the specific intention of teaching others how to treat pain and injuries on their own and contains comprehensive rehab programs for the 50 most common injuries and pain issues.
2023-05-151h 32
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Alhamza Al-Bayati: Expert on stroke.Dr. Alhamza Al-Bayati is a neuroendovascular surgeon and vascular neurologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Stroke Institute and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. We discuss everything involved with stroke including how someone like my previous guest, Michael Johnson could suffer a stroke, despite being very healthy.Support the show
2023-05-0858 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastMichael Johnson: Successful Recovery From Stroke.Michael Johnson, a four-time Olympic track champion, suffered a stroke five years ago. Here, he talks about his biggest keys to stroke recovery success.Support the show
2023-04-271h 05
Yoga With Jake PodcastDeepak ChopraDeepak Chopra, world-renowned spiritual teacher, public speaker and author, has dedicated his life to help others. At 76-years-old, Chopra continues to practice yoga, breathwork and meditation every day. His personal practice and modern interpretation of yoga philosophy is the basis for his new book “Living in the Light,” which will be released in January.In his book, Chopra lays-out a 30-day program that unpacks the eight pillars of raja or royal yoga. Each principal is accompanied with exercises to put these theories into action. The book is co-authored by Chopra’s yoga teacher, Sarah Platt-Finger, who organizes a set...
2022-12-2035 min
A SENSe of WellnessJake Panasevich: Benefits of Yoga and Getting Men to Engage in Yoga for Health & WellbeingIn the U.S.today, an estimated 40 million people take advantage of the incredible mental and physical benefits that yoga has to offer. Of these 40 million yogis, only a quarter of them are men (source). This staggering gender disparity is improving, as more and more men feel inclined to reap the health benefits this practice has to offer, but there is still quite a bit of work to be done. In this episode of A SENSe of Wellness, Susan Greeley, MS, RDN, sits down with Jake Panasevich, who is a yoga instructor with over 16 years of experience...
2022-10-1341 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Claudio Gil Araújo: How better balance skills is linked with a longer lifespan.My guest on the podcast is Dr. Claudio Gil Araújo, dean of research and education at the Exercise Medicine Clinic, CLINIMEX, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Here, he unpacks a recent study which he is the principal investigator on, that shows having better balance is linked with a longer lifespan. Specifically, that an inability to stand on one leg for 10 seconds in later life nearly doubles the risk of death from any cause within the next decade.The findings were published in June by the British Journal of Sports Me...
2022-09-2247 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastCongressman Ritchie Torres: Tools To Champion Mental HealthCongressman Ritchie Torres speaks out about his personal struggle with depression and how he has become an advocate for mental health.Support the show
2022-06-2448 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastChari Hawkins: U.S. Track & Field Athlete Tackles Mental HealthPanic attacks, depression and crippling anxiety led Chari Hawkins to develop mental resilience training. Here are her tips.Support the show
2022-06-071h 05
Yoga With Jake PodcastTroy Jackson: Battling Addiction and How Yoga Helps with Addiction Recovery.Certain types of yoga can produce a natural "high" that can help those recovering from addiction. For Troy Jackson, yoga proved to be such a powerful recovery tool that he’s now a yoga teacher.Jackson went on to receive a master’s in social service and became a licensed social worker. He currently works as a licensed psychotherapist and a yoga teacher. He prays often, and he is grateful for the small gifts in his everyday life, something he missed while in the throes of addiction.“I wanted to die every day,” Jackson says. “I was too...
2021-12-101h 27
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Anna Lembke: Addiction, How Exercise and Yoga Help With Addiction, Exercise and Cross Addictions.Dr. Anna Lembke, professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. She’s also featured in the hit Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma and her new book "Dopamine Nation" is a New York Times Best Seller. Support the show
2021-11-3056 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Erica SharpeDr. Erica Sharpe is a clinical human researcher at the National University of Natural Medicine, a professor of chemistry at SUNY Canton who specializes in yoga nidra (yogic sleep) and natural medicine. In this podcast she discusses the traditional aspects of yoga nidra as well as the science based benefits of it. Support the show
2021-09-301h 15
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Robert SallisDr. Robert Sallis is a family and sports medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Fontana California. He’s the director of sports medicine fellowship at Kaiser Permanente, a clinical professor of family medicine at UC Riverside School of Medicine and chief medical officer for the Los Angeles Football Club.Dr. Sallis was the principal investigator of a study published in the April edition of the British Journal of Sports Medicine that observed nearly 50,000 adults with COVID-19. Researchers found those who met the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' physical activity gu...
2021-07-2328 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Jonathan DreznerTeam Physician, Seattle Seahawks and UW Huskies, Editor-in-Chief at the British Journal of Sports Medicine , Professor at University of Washington and Director, at UW Medicine Center for Sports Cardiology discusses his recent research on COVID-19 and college athletes. He also speaks on safely returning to exercise post COVID-19 infection and the affects exercise can have in lessening the severity of COVID outcomes. Support the show
2021-07-0736 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Vaibhav DiwadkarVaibhav Diwadkar, professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at Wayne State University School of Medicine discusses the effects of cold exposure. Support the show
2021-03-291h 05
Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. James DiNicolantonio Dr. James DiNicolantonio, a cardiovascular research scientist and doctor of pharmacy, discusses the profound benefits of sauna use and heat therapy. Along with other methods to help bolster health throughout our lives. Support the show
2021-03-2244 min
Yoga With Jake PodcastDan Gable Dan Gable is probably the most successful wrestler that’s ever lived. Here, he shares his secret to working through adversity and finding success both on and off the mat. It’s through a tool anyone can use — the sauna. Support the show
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Yoga With Jake PodcastDr. Giselle PetzingerDr. Giselle Petzinger is a neurologist at University of Southern California who specializes in Parkinson's Disease. She unpacks the topic of exercise-induced neuroplasticity. How exercise, both aerobic and skill-based, bolsters circuitry in the brain to help prevent Parkinson's and slow disease progression. Support the show
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