Is Yoga Functional Movement?
In this episode, yoga teacher Jenni Rawlings and Exercise Science professor Travis Pollen discuss the confusing and not-well-defined term of “functional movement” and whether this term should be used to describe yoga. Topics covered in this episode include: What does the term functional movement mean?How is the term functional movement commonly used both in the yoga world and in the fitness/strength & conditioning world?Are “pretzel”-like yoga poses non-functional?Are isolated, single-joi...