Yogaland Podcast

Yoga Alliance has announced big changes to its credentials. The 200-hour and 500-hour designations are going away, and teachers will now be listed as either RYT or E-RYT. Many yoga teachers have strong feelings about this, and Jason does too.

In this new episode of Yoga(ish), we talk through the changes simply and honestly.

Then it’s on to the fun stuff: we took a family trip to Italy and we share all about it -- how we fell in love with Rome, celebrated 18 years of marriage, visited the charming region that Andrea's grandparents emigrated from, food that left us speechless, and the pure joy of watching our daughter thrive in ways we never expected.

Highlights
The Yoga Alliance credential changes, explained
What's happening to the 200-hour and 500-hour designations
Grandfathering and the E-RYT: Jason’s honest take
No one can take your education away
Remembering that Yoga Alliance is voluntary
Our trip to Italy: Rome, Puglia, and the food
Traveling with a neurodivergent child
Teaching Strong Yoga in London
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How do you fit yoga, resistance training, and cardio into a real week — without burning out or dropping one of them entirely?

That’s our topic this week — not in theory, but with specific days, durations, and honest personal experience of what actually works for me and Jason.

The short version: yoga alone isn't enough. Cardio alone isn't enough. Resistance training alone isn't enough. But the three together — even in modest amounts — create a movement practice that is balanced, sustainable, and genuinely good for your body long term!

To learn more about incorporating resistance training into your yoga practice, check out Jason's newest continuing education course, Strong Yoga here: jasonyoga.com/strength
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Is yoga enough? It's one of the most debated questions in the wellness world — and honestly, it's the wrong question. Yoga has specific strengths and specific limitations. The most useful thing we can do as practitioners and teachers is understand both — clearly and without defensiveness. That's what this episode does. We look at what yoga genuinely does brilliantly — and where it falls meaningfully short. Not to diminish yoga, but to add complement it with additional strength-training as a modality.

Jason's newest online course, Strong Yoga is now open for enrollment! To learn more and register, click here: learn.jasonyoga.com/strongyoga
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Most yoga backbend preparation focuses on opening the front body. That's valuable — but it's only half the equation. The posterior shoulders, rhomboids, and upper back muscles that should be driving backbends are almost never specifically strengthened in a yoga practice. The result: most practitioners push the floor away rather than pulling the chest forward — and no amount of additional stretching fixes a strength problem.

This week’s podcast fixes that.

Jason breaks down three targeted resistance band exercises for the posterior shoulders and upper back — and immediately applies each one to Locust, Cobra, Camel, and Bridge so you can feel the difference in real time.

What You'll Learn:
Why posterior shoulder and upper back weakness is the most overlooked limitation in yoga backbends

Three resistance band exercises — seated and standing row, elbow flare pull, and band pull-apart at three angles — that directly target the muscles yoga consistently under-develops

How to choose the right resistance level and how many sets and reps to use for both pre-practice activation and longer-term strength building

How to apply each exercise immediately to Locust, Cobra, Camel, and Bridge — and feel the difference in muscular recruitment in real time

Why resistance provides proprioceptive feedback that bodyweight yoga cannot and how that feedback immediately improves your backbends

Registration opens for Jason's newest course, Strong Yoga on Thursday! Get on the waitlist and we'll let you know when you can enroll: jasonyoga.com/strength
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If you've been wondering how to incorporate resistance training into your yoga classes without losing what makes yoga yoga — this episode is for you.

In this conversation breaks down his exact six-phase structure bringing resistance training into a yoga context. The central insight: resistance doesn't make yoga harder. Done intelligently, it makes yoga easier, more embodied, and more effective than ever before.

We talk through:
-Why Jason developed this approach — the personal and professional reasons behind this evolution

-Why yoga props have always facilitated length and support

-How resistance training and yoga are complementary modalities that address each other's gaps directly

-Andrea's personal experience of how targeted strengthening resolved years of chronic SI joint pain

-Why pranayama and meditation are non-negotiable in this structure

-The interdisciplinary philosophy behind Jason's approach — why looking at embodiment through multiple lenses produces greater truth than any single ideology

-Why Jason is not replacing his existing yoga teaching — this is an addition, not a substitution!

NOTE! Jason's Strong Yoga: The Fundamentals of Resistance Training for Yoga Teachers will be open for enrollment soon! Click here to join the waitlist and we'll send you the details: jasonyoga.com/strength
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