Hi Greg,
I think you'd really enjoy interviewing Michaelle Edwards, founder of YogAlign and FitAlign, based on Kauai.
She's spent decades studying yoga and human biomechanics and has some fascinating knowledge about the origins of modern yoga. The US and Indian governments took ancient yogic teachings, combined them with Western gymnastics and contortionist movements, and used an Indian guru to present the new practice as an ancient spiritual tradition.
She's also spent decades exposing the damage caused by conventional yoga, stretching, and fitness practices, arguing that much of what we're taught about posture, flexibility, and exercise is actually backwards. She was warning about yoga injuries long before they received mainstream attention, including coverage in the New York Times.
She's developed her own system using breathing, natural movement, and posture alignment, and has helped thousands of people with conditions including scoliosis, hernias, chronic pain, and neurological conditions like Parkinson's and MS.
She's worked with athletes including big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton, professional surfer Bethany Hamilton, and Rochelle Ballard, who went on to become a certified YogAlign instructor.
Between the yoga psyop, her inversion of practically everything we're taught about the body and wellness, and the remarkable healing results she's achieved, I think she'd make a fascinating THC guest.
She's also 74 herself and still wing foils, surfs, plays music, and travels around the world teaching her methods. She's a pretty incredible example of what's possible when you approach aging and physical health differently.
https://fitalign.com
https://yogalign.com
e: yogalignkauai@gmail.com
