A the time of this interview, Janelle had just completed a yoga teacher training. Janelle shares her insights and how it has helped to heal her depression, mind and body. Yoga goes beyond medication, and combining movement with breath. It's more than strengthening your musculoskeletal system. It's more than calming your mind. Your body adapts to what you demand of it. It's quite something... SHOW NOTES 2.15: Previously an athlete, she injured herself and was advised to take up yoga 3.05: How yoga improved her mind and her energy 3.50: How her attention improved – grew up taking medication from age 6/7. 4.30: Medication changed her psychologically. Her mother was worried. 5.10: You can’t come out of a yoga class, stressed. Combine movement with breath 5.40: How it stimulates the lymphatic system (waste disposal unit) 6:20: How your own physicality can influence your offspring’s health 6.50: Your body adapts to what you ask of it. The fascia in your body will adapt to how you put demand on your body 7.20: Your mind adapts to the demands you put on it 7.00: The condition of your body, can influence your offspring 7.28: Athletes tend to have offspring with similar attributes 7.50: What you ask of your body is what you will recreate (if you have kids) 8.45: A comparison between the dead body of a person who practised yoga most of their life, with someone who did not. Very different muscle formation. 9.15: With muscle, whatever doesn’t strengthen, weakens. Muscle grows or it shrinks – there is nothing in between. 10.00: How yoga got Janelle more in tune with her body. How she began to listen to her body. 11.00: How to sort out concentration problems by switching your diet in combination with yoga & meditation 12.00: How bringing attention to her breath, Janelle has, over time, improved her concentration 12.50: When Janelle doesn’t practice yoga, she notices her stress and anxiety increase 13.40: An app that allows you to practice yoga at home 14.25: Ways to incorporate yoga into your daily routine 16.40: Do whatever will get you in the door 16.50: Benefits and pitfalls of heated yoga 17.35: Hot yoga – sculpt 18.00: Vinyassa Flow 18.19: Q: As we age, is yoga the right answer to deal with aches and pains? 19:30: Thoughts on injuries If you're based in Santa Monica, look up Janelle Stacks. Download the first 2 chapters of The Vitality Secret at https://VitalitySecret.com/Podcast

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