{"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":"Why Strength Matters","slug":"why-strength-matters","published_at":"2026-03-03T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yogaland-podcast-218319/why-strength-matters","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/yogaland-podcast-218319","url":"https://jasonyoga.com/podcast/episode380","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/yogaland/e/69a63daf1fd77a7a02775403/media.mp3","summary":"This is our second in a series of solocasts (you might remember that Andrea did one recently, Why Mindfulness is Still Important) .   In this week's episode, I explain why strength matters for yoga practitioners and teachers — not as a performance goal, but as a foundational quality that supports stability, protects joints, improves proprioception, and ultimately helps us practice for a lifetime. 💡 In this episode, you’ll learn: • Why strength protects joints and connective tissue • How strength improves stability and supports mobility • Why flexibility without strength can become a liability • How resistance training enhances proprioception and body awareness • Why yoga practitioners especially benefit from developing strength • How strength supports longevity in yoga practice As yoga practitioners, we’re already very good at creating flexibility and range of motion. But strength gives us the ability to control that range. It creates tone, stability, and resilience. If you’re a yoga teacher, this perspective may completely change how you think about programming, sequencing, and long-term student development. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yogaland . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"This is our second in a series of solocasts (you might remember that Andrea did one recently, Why Mindfulness is Still Important) . In this week's…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":685,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/yogaland-podcast-218319/episodes/why-strength-matters/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/why-strength-matters.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}