{"podcast":{"title":"The Mentor Sessions","slug":"the-mentor-sessions-743367","podcast_index_feed_id":743367,"rss_url":"https://francescacervero.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.francescacervero.com/category/podcast/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/4/c/5/74c55dc4da9d7c5ee55e3c100dce7605/FINAL_1.jpg","author":"Francesca Cervero","episode_count":181,"summary":"With amazing guests or solo, I explore the craft of teaching yoga, as its own practice. I'm seeking answers to the questions about why we teach something the way we do, how we could be more expansive and inclusive in our teaching, and how we can continue to grow and evolve in our teaching practice. I'm so glad you are here because I believe the depth that arises in teaching comes from inquiry and relationship. Join me as I offer nourishing support to help you feel more confident in your teaching and realistic strategy to help you find more clarity on your career path. Francesca Cervero (she/her) has been a full-time yoga teacher since 2005. Her teaching is inspired by her foundational training with Cyndi Lee at OM Yoga Center, the years she spent as a dancer and the subsequent years she spent in physical therapy. Her teaching is also influenced by her love of Buddhist teachings and a constant curiosity about anatomy and biomechanics. She is in private practice teaching a full schedule of 1x1 clients, mentors yoga teachers in The Science of the Private Lesson™, hosts the podcast, The Mentor Sessions: Support & Strategy for Yoga Teachers and is the founder of the adjoining community…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T18:22:18.234401+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mentor-sessions-743367"},"episode":{"title":"164: Taking Movement Patterns Down To The Studs with Geneva Jimreivat","slug":"164-taking-movement-patterns-down-to-the-studs-with-geneva-jimreivat","published_at":"2025-12-02T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mentor-sessions-743367/164-taking-movement-patterns-down-to-the-studs-with-geneva-jimreivat","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mentor-sessions-743367","url":"https://francescacervero.libsyn.com/164-taking-movement-patterns-down-to-the-studs-with-geneva-jimreivat","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/francescacervero/EDITED_MS_164_Taking_Movement_Patterns_Down_To_The_Studs_with_Geneva_Jimreivat.mp3?dest-id=539043","summary":"Today's conversation is a deeply layered one. I'm joined by my friend, colleague, mentee, and private student Geneva Jimreivat for a nuanced exploration of how I work with private clients who experience persistent, subclinical pain and hard-to-pinpoint movement challenges. Geneva is truly a multi-hyphenate in the movement world—she's been practicing yoga since childhood, completed her 200-hour training in 2019, taught in my studio, mentored with me, coached CrossFit and private strength clients, and is currently completing her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. Her background in yoga, strength training, biomechanics, and manual therapy gives her a uniquely rich perspective on the kind of work we dive into together. We also get into the big question Geneva brought from her PT clinic experiences: How do you know when someone needs very specific, movement-pattern reconstruction versus when general strength and conditioning is enough? This conversation is such a real look at the messy, subtle, deeply personal work of helping people move and feel better in their bodies—especially when the answers aren't straightforward. In this episode, you'll hear: how years of yoga, strength training, CrossFit, and manual therapy shaped Geneva's movement identity the chronic discomfort that led her to reach out to me—especially neck, pec, elbow, and wrist pain that didn't resolve with typical PT approaches why highly trained movers sometimes perform their way around dysfunctional patterns for years—until the body finally says \"no more.\" the emotional experience of being a movement professional who is also navigating pain that won't go away why pathoanatomy can be empowering for some students—and anxiety-producing for others—and how to share information responsibly without fear-mongering w…","meta_description":"Today's conversation is a deeply layered one. 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