Why Yoga Is the Laboratory, Not the Workout

Most yoga teaches you to perform in your body. It was built to teach you to read it. In this episode of The Human Skills, Dr. Connie Cheung — DPT and functional medicine practitioner — explains why the mat is a laboratory, not a workout, and why so many people flow through an entire class and walk out the same person who walked in.   You'll learn what "self-study" actually means, why how you meet a hard pose mirrors how you meet your life, and why the typical class environment — the comparison, the performing, the self-criticism turned inward — works against the very transformation it promises. Connie also names the part most teachers miss: you don't have to choose between a strong, capable body and real self-knowledge. You can build strength, flexibility, and mobility and learn to understand the body doing the work.   This is yoga as nervous-system awareness, somatic self-study, and embodied intelligence — the foundation of the EASE OS™ approach to whole-person health.   🎙️ In this episode: performing vs. practicing · the mat as a mirror for your life · why self-study fails in a crowded class · strength + somatic awareness in one practice · how to hold your own practice   ➡️ The EASE OS™ Somatic Lab opens soon to a founding group of 100 — the waitlist gets in first, at the founding rate: →  https://www.drconniecheung.com/waitlist-page-ease-os-somatic-lab   Learn more: drconniecheung.com