{"podcast":{"title":"Yogaland Podcast","slug":"yogaland-podcast-218319","podcast_index_feed_id":218319,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/3d745b41-3dae-4e9f-8bd0-d48ea7d90b85","website_url":"http://www.jasonyoga.com/podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61433a0ff581aa62a3520e2a/1633450578484-970649ae89b3a1880791778ca0f23753.jpeg","author":"Andrea Ferretti","episode_count":446,"summary":"This down-to-earth podcast by Andrea Ferretti (former executive editor of Yoga Journal) will keep informed and inspired to practice yoga. Topics run the gamut from nitty gritty technique (her yoga teacher husband Jason Crandell often joins to help with this) to down-to-earth conversations about how to apply yoga's lessons and tools to help craft a happy, balanced life. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yogaland . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T18:17:50.468775+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yogaland-podcast-218319"},"episode":{"title":"The Four Factors That Actually Control Your Flexiblity","slug":"the-four-factors-that-actually-control-your-flexiblity","published_at":"2026-04-13T00:52:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yogaland-podcast-218319/the-four-factors-that-actually-control-your-flexiblity","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yogaland-podcast-218319","url":"http://jasonyoga.com/podcast/episode384","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/yogaland/e/69dc388ff736e119c395da9b/media.mp3","summary":"You've been told to stretch more. You've tried the releases, the routines, the one weird trick. And you're still not as flexible as you want to be. Here's why: flexibility isn't one thing — it's four. And until you understand all of them, you're only ever solving part of the problem. Chapters 00:00 — Why flexibility is misunderstood 00:33 — The 4 Factors that contribute to flexibility 01:47 — Factor 1: Structural factors — your fixed container 06:01 — Factor 2: Tissue quality — muscle, fascia, tendons and ligaments 14:07 — Factor 3: Neural factors — how your nervous system governs range 21:24 — Factor 4: Lifestyle, age, and training context 27:06 — The flexibility matrix — putting it all together 28:13 — What this means for your practice and your teaching WHAT YOU'LL LEARN -Why two people can do the same practice for years and have completely different ranges of motion -The difference between flexibility and mobility — and why it matters for how you train -How your joint architecture sets a ceiling that no amount of stretching can change -Why muscle and fascia respond to training differently — and what each one actually needs -The role your nervous system plays in governing range of motion in real time -Why stress, anxiety, and feeling unsafe in a class literally make you less flexible -How strength training improves flexibility — and why the yoga community gets this wrong -What happens outside the studio that is working for or against your flexibility every single day WHO THIS IS FOR -Yoga teachers who want a deeper, more honest understanding of how flexibility works -Serious practitioners who have plateaued and want to know why -Anyone who has ever been told they're \"just not a flexible person\" -Movement educators who want science-backed frameworks they can actually…","meta_description":"You've been told to stretch more. You've tried the releases, the routines, the one weird trick. And you're still not as flexible as you want to be. Here's…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2090,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/yogaland-podcast-218319/episodes/the-four-factors-that-actually-control-your-flexiblity/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yogaland-podcast-218319/the-four-factors-that-actually-control-your-flexiblity.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}