It is Jules’s passion to share the most useful and applicable pieces of science with the yoga community to build confidence in students and teachers by having a well-grounded understanding of the science behind the how and why of asana. Jules regularly contributes to teacher trainings, as well as leads workshops and courses worldwide. She also assists private clients in achieving all types of movement goals, anything from simply aging well to sport specific outcomes.
As adjunct faculty at ASU, she serves as a yoga consultant on various research studies measuring the effects of yoga therapy on special populations including pregnant women, women with depressive symptoms associated with perinatal loss, and cancer patients. Her future research goals include the effects of asana on tissue adaptation and bridging the gap between exercise science and yoga research.
Jules’s most influential teachers include Greg Lehman (Reconciling Biomechanics with Pain Science), Leeann Carey (Yapana Yoga), Gil Hedley (Integral Anatomy), John Casey (yoga philosophy and Sanskrit) and the many dedicated scientists who collect, analyze and publish data so we may continue to ask more questions, even when it invokes a discerning analysis of tradition.
Along with authoring posts on her popular science-meets-yoga blog, she is also the author of Yoga Biomechanics: Stretching Redefined, a comprehensive text for yoga teachers, now available through Handspring Publishing. You can find Jules leading workshops at your favorite local studio or study along with her at home by downloading one of her educational online courses. She also has over 100 premium and free online practices for you to enjoy.
Kathryn and Jules cover a few topics that are all very relevant to teaching yoga and exercise. From safety to adjustments, and cueing, they throw ideas back and forth and reflect on how things have changed over the last two decades. They also talk about hypermobility, and the assumptions that are just not true. The word hypermobility has been thrown around a lot over the last five years, and is sometimes misunderstood.
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