Aug 17, 2021
“If we are only able to channel our minds when things are slow, calm, and relaxed then I’m not sure those practices are actually preparing us for what is going to happen in our lives.”
Kathryn Bruni-Young is an expert on functional movement and building mindful strength. She is the founder of Mindful Strength, the host of the Mindful Strength Podcast, and an international yoga & movement teacher. Kathryn's work helps everyday people build strength and confidence from home with online classes and trainings. She also provides education for yoga teachers and clinicians who want to bring more strength to their classes and clients. She tells us about her journey to where she is today and how she is helping people build strength in a way so they can go out in the world and feel like a more capable and resilient human.
The topics we touched on:
- How mindful strength training builds confidence.
- Why it is important to have a well rounded yoga practice.
- What does it mean to do something mindfully and how that term is often misunderstood.
- What is the important difference between having “a practice” vs. just working out.
- How the yoga community is adapting to be more inclusive, diverse and balanced in terms of what is being considered a valuable part of a well rounded class.
Quotes
“We serve people from age 25 to 75, it is a very diverse age group.”
“A movement practice that is going to help them feel stronger but it it’s not a fitness-y, aggressive, fast-paced feel.”
“We have been misunderstanding what mindful even means...just like life, it is not always slow, gentle, calm and relaxed.”
“[Most people] don’t really understand how adaptive their bodies really are, and how strong and resilient they can actually become with some really good progressive training.”
“A lot of the
people I work with very hesitant to go to the gym, or go to fitness
class or take up strength training because all they see is this
this fitness version that only cares about how lean your are, or
how heavy the weights are you can lift or what you look like and
they don’t see that it can work for them.”
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Kathryn Bruni-Young is the founder of Mindful Strength, the host of the Mindful Strength Podcast, and an international yoga & movement teacher. Kathryn's work helps everyday people build strength and confidence from home with online classes and trainings. She also provides education for yoga teachers and clinicians who want to bring more strength to their classes and clients.
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