#82 - TIFFANY CRUIKSHANK - FOUNDER OF YOGA MEDICINE

TIFFANY CRUIKSHANK YOGA MEDICINE ON HONESTLY UNBALANCED PODCAST

Tiffany Cruikshank (@tifanycruikshank) , L.Ac., MAOM, is the founder of Yoga Medicine®, a community of yoga teachers focused on fusing science & 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 & 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 training teachers to understand the inner workings of the body to individualize therapeutic yoga practices and she has trained over 15,000 teachers around the world since 2002. 

Tiffany is also the founder of the Yoga Medicine Seva Foundation, a nonprofit that works to fight human trafficking & sexual exploitation in India through efforts of education and entrepreneurship. She has also written 2 books, runs the Yoga Medicine® podcast, and posts new practices weekly on YogaMedicine® Online.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

  • Why is it important to adapt goals and reset throughout the year?

  • How taking time to slow down and recalibrate is an important practice to have  

  • What the best ways to tap into joy and why we need to be taking it in the present

  • The benefits of gratitude and how it can impact your brain

  • Discussions around cuing and how to share knowledge whilst keeping the majority of students engaged and teaching safely

  • Why Tiffany blended Western and Eastern Medicine in her trainings

  • About science based benefits vs visceral benefits to things that don’t have a lot of research like sound healing

  • How Tiffany works to help the medical world to utilise yoga to support patients in their wellness journeys

  • How Tiffany’s practice has changed from starting her yoga practice in her early teens to now

  • Why is it important for people to find movement that they love and changing the lens to focus on being healthy rather than losing weight

  • Discussing the limits to our own knowledge and how to address this in the yoga world

  • Whether teachers should ask at the start of class about injuries

WHAT WE MENTION IN THE EPISODE

PERKS FOR YOU

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THE HOSTS

@adamhusler - Drawing from a variety of lives lived off the mat, Adam Husler brings a unique perspective to those who seek more from yoga than making pretty shapes. He offers creative, effective and clearly-sequenced teachings that focus on balancing flexibility and strength; physically and mentally. Educated by globally renown teachers, including Jason Crandell and Michael Stone, Adam specialises in a signature style of Alignment-Based Vinyasa— fuelled by a fascination with anatomy and a desire to ask ‘why?’. 

Based in London, Adam teaches a robust schedule in one of the worlds top yoga studios, Triyoga, and world leading gym, Equinox. On top of this, Adam leads workshops, trainings and teaches festivals continuously around the world, leaving him with thousands of teaching hours under his belt and plenty of appearances in national and international media.

For workshops, trainings, events and retreats, find out more here. 

@iamhollyhusler - From belting out original pop tunes at the London O2 stage to 20,000 people, whilst supporting Westlife, to singing healing mantras and playing magical instruments, to seas of sleeping yogis, at events and studios across the globe; Holly’s journey has led to a deep desire to help people find conscious connection and their own inner peace.

For trainings, workshops, music, events and retreats, find out more here.

Adam Husler