Yoga Meets Movement Science Podcast

Yoga Meets Movement Science takes a science-based look at many of the common questions, myths, and controversies that arise in the realms of yoga, movement, and fitness. Join yoga teacher and educator Jenni Rawlings and Exercise Science professor and longtime yogi Travis Pollen on this crash course, where the worlds of yoga and movement science collide!

The Glutes: Peachy Keen or Not All They Seem?
Jenni Rawlings Jenni Rawlings

The Glutes: Peachy Keen or Not All They Seem?

Yoga teacher Jenni Rawlings and Exercise Science professor Travis Pollen discuss the glutes and the many beliefs and claims about this area of the body we tend to hear in the yoga, fitness, and therapeutic worlds.

Points of discussion include:

  • A brief overview of the functional anatomy of the glutes

  • Should we relax or contract our glutes in backbends in yoga?

  • The difference between internal and external movement cues

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