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Practice Human
by Caitlin Casella
Dr. Caitlin Casella is a Physical Therapist and Strength & Conditioning Coach who specializes in robust fitness throughout the lifespan. Her clinic in New York City teaches women in middle age and older adults with osteoarthritis and osteopenia/osteoporosis how to increase bone density, decrease fall risk, manage pain, and improve strength, power, cardiorespiratory fitness, and metabolic health. A life-long mover, and yoga teacher for 15 years before venturing over to the clinical side, Dr. Casella embraces embodied movement in all forms. Her goal is to provide you with education and tools for independence with exercise. Learn how to support yourself long-term for comfort and longevity in the activities that light up life.
Episodes
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Ep 053: Dr. Leah Humphries | Training for the Season You’re In
Bio Dr. Leah Humphries is a Physical Health and Performance Coach passionate about empowering individuals to navigate their health journey through movement. Growing up on the bayou of Louisiana, Leah developed a deep-rooted connection to physical activity, exploring various sports, and immersing...
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Ep 052: Macklen Mayse | Getting Comfortable with Discomfort
Bio Macklen Mayse is a strong believer that every woman should lift heavy things. That's why she specializes in weight lifting and mobility for women. Macklen was born and raised in a woodland area of Kansas City. She fell in love with fitness during graduate school while making durational...
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Ep 051: Juniper Boggs | Movement Munchies - Strength Training Outside of Weight-loss
Bio Juniper is dedicated to helping plus-size individuals discover the joy and benefits of exercise beyond weight loss. After struggling with his weight for most of his life and experiencing the frustration of restrictive diets and ineffective workout routines, he found a transformative…
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Ep 050: Giulia Pline | Path to Physical Therapy School
Bio Giulia Pline’s journey has evolved from a career as a professional dancer to becoming an educator of movement and now a Doctoral student in Physical Therapy. Her experiences, including several injuries, inspired her to pursue extensive studies in anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and...
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Ep 049: Domini Anne | How Music Shapes Movement and Exercise
CHECK OUT THE SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE! Caitlin Playlists: Practice Human 🔥 Gym Amped-up pop + aggressive rock to fuel your heaviest lifts. Practice Human 🐢 Run Equal parts lively + chill to keep your easy runs easy. Domini Playlist: Joy, Sweat and No Fear Getting our groove…
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Ep 048: Ben Cormack | Movement and Exercise with Low Back Pain
Ben Cormack owns and runs Cor-Kinetic. He is a musculoskeletal therapist with a clinical background in sports therapy, rehabilitation, pain science & exercises stretching back 15 years. Ben specializes in a movement and exercise-based approach with a strong education component and…
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Ep 047: Alia Bisat | Training for Vitality and Independence Later in Life
Alia began teaching yoga in 2015, but quickly became frustrated with the limitations of a single discipline. It was clear that there was infinite value in helping people become stronger and more mobile beyond the purpose of performing yoga poses, but to improve function in daily life. She…
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Ep 046: Greg Lehman | Building a Healthy Movement Ecosystem
Greg Lehman returns to NYC for his weekend course, Reconciling Biomechanics with Pain Science October 17-18, 2026 at Practice Human. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP NOW: https://www.practicehuman.com/event/greg-lehman-reconciling-biomechanics-with-pain-science-in-person/ Greg Lehman is a physiotherapist…
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Ep 045: Brian Nevison | Hip & Low Back Resilience for Athletes
Brian Nevison will be presenting a day of workshops on SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2024 at Practice Human in NYC. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND SIGN UP Brian is a playful person: Innately and intentionally. Professionally, he’s a personal trainer, strength & conditioning coach, and mobility specialist. He...
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Ep 044: Laurel Beversdorf | Yoga with Resistance Bands
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR LAUREL'S FREE YOGA WITH RESISTANCE BANDS CLASSES! 2 free classes + training Q&A sessions will be held live online January 23rd and January 30th from 12-1p EST. Replays will be available to watch for two weeks after the live classes. Laurel Beversdorf is an international...
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Ep 043: Dr. William Klein | Men's Pelvic Health
William Klein is a Brooklyn-based physical therapist specializing in treating men’s health and pelvic floor. His background as a yoga instructor and passion for learning have helped inform his clinical practice. He can be reached at @willkdpt Instagram, and is currently working on posting...
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Ep 042: Dr. Shanté Cofield The Movement Maestro | Why Physical Therapy is the Best First Career
Dr. Shanté Cofield, The Movement Maestro is a physical therapist turned entrepreneur, who teaches health and fitness professionals how to build profitable online personal brands, with a focus on brand strategy and development in the ever-growing digital marketplace. Find out more about The...
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Ep 041: Clayton Law | Person First Client Second
Clayton Law is a marketing and sales coach who teaches health and fitness experts how to get more online clients from Instagram. He has over 13 years of clinical and professional experience in the health industry and has helped over 130 experts get more online clients and make more money. In this...
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Ep 040: Kathryn Bruni-Young | Mindful Strength
Kathryn (she/her) has been teaching yoga and movement since the age of 17. Growing up in her mother’s (Diane Bruni) yoga studio she has been learning about mindful movement her entire life. In 2012 Kathryn started exploring other modalities including powerlifting, gymnastics, and various forms of...
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Ep 039: Elizabeth Wipff | Autonomy and Self-determination in Strength Training
Elizabeth Wipff is on a mission to demystify strength training for women who want to get in the gym but just don’t know where to start. As a Gen X woman, she sees strength and conditioning as the perfect way to deal with stress and anxiety, stave off aging, and gain confidence & power. She loves...
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Ep 038: Brian Nevison | Balancing Discipline and Play
Brian is a playful person: Innately and intentionally. Professionally, he’s a personal trainer, strength & conditioning coach, and mobility specialist. He loves games and sports of all kinds—he played many growing up and still plays Ultimate Frisbee competitively. He tries to bring a sense of…
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Ep 037: Dr. Sarah Court and Laurel Beversdorf | Scope of Practice and Cognitive Biases
Dr. Sarah Court is a physical therapist, movement mentor, and a yoga teacher trainer. She’s the creator of Quantum Leap Community, a continuing education online mentorship group that helps movement teachers methodically and clearly understand how to work with their more challenging clients while...
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Ep 036: Dinneen Viggiano | Education for Treatment of Back Pain
Dinneen helps active people with low back pain develop the holistic think, eat, move skills they need to confidently retrain their back pain with ease. A true “teachers’ teacher” with 23 years experience, Dinneen is the creator of Retrain Back Pain®. She is a Backfit Pro as well as a NeuroKinetic...
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Ep 035: Reboot 2022 | Welcome Back After Two Years!
Hey there! We're back on air. Listen in for a quick recap of why the Practice Human podcast began, how it has evolved, why the two year pause, and what I have planned for new episodes this fall. Thanks for being here and supporting the Practice Human community. Looking forward to continuing the...
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Ep 034: The Connective | Building a Teacher Owned Cooperative from the Ground Up
The Connective is cooperatively owned and powered by teachers. We provide a sustainable livelihood for yoga and movement professionals and raise industry standards for quality, diversity, anti-racism, and accessibility. We offer students an online space to explore movement, build community, and...
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Ep 033: Avita Bansee | Politics and Anti-racism in Pre- and Postnatal Yoga
Avita Bansee is a yoga teacher specializing in pre- and postnatal. The birth of her children and continued study in yoga philosophy, anatomy, pranayama and biomechanics inform her teaching and self-practice. Avita's group classes are centered on breath, strength and active rest while maintaining…
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Ep 032: Jenn Pilotti | Bodyweight Training & Awareness
Jenn Pilotti is a movement educator and personal trainer and has studied a variety of techniques, including strength and conditioning, yoga, Feldenkrais, bodyweight conditioning, MovNat, and dance/somatics. She has a B.S. in exercise with an emphasis in physiology from UC Davis, a M.S. in human...
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Ep 031: Isidora Romantini | Seeing the Whole Person
Isidora is a Registered Massage Therapist, provider of Medical Contemporary Acupuncture, yoga and Pilates teacher based out of Toronto. She holds additional certifications in FRC and Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization. Her yoga teacher training program which we discuss in this episode and other...
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Ep 030: Anietie Ukpe-Wallace | Body Literacy, Self-Care, and Pelvic Health
Anietie Ukpe-Wallace, also known as Tia, has had a life-long fascination with the human body and its inner workings. Beginning with a formal introduction to movement in college, she has continued that journey ever since. As a yoga teacher of 8 years in the Bay Area, CA, her practice morphed from...
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Ep 029: Nikki Naab-Levy | Bringing Your Teaching Biz Online
I sat down with Nikki to hear her thoughts on short and long term strategies for yoga and fitness teachers in a pandemic. Nikki Naab-Levy PMA®-CPT is a Pilates teacher, licensed massage therapist, and certified functional strength coach with over a decade of experience helping clients build...
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Ep 028: Dr. Kenneth Axen | An Improvised Life
Over my January break, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Kenneth Axen who taught our exercise physiology class at Hunter College in my first year of PT school. We’d previously connected over a shared love of the great street photographers of the mid-twentieth century. Dr. Axen is a...
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Ep 027: Aisha Fakhro | Embodied Psychotherapy
Aisha Fakhro is a yoga teacher, psychotherapist, and hypnotherapist. She teaches embodied movement practice blended with neuroscience to tap into the body and brain’s capacity to adapt, rewire, and transform to overcome difficulties. Her podcast, Soft Strength presents her philosophy for life on...
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Ep 026: Erin Jade | Kinetic Drawing and Applied Neurology
Erin has a degree in art and considers creativity in its many forms to be a core value in her life and work. In addition to writing and making music, teaching and movement have been a mainstay in her life since as a child she taught dance to her stuffed animals. She has been offering yoga &...
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Ep 025: Unionize Yoga | How can a career in yoga look more like yoga?
Unionize Yoga is a group of yoga and mindful fitness educators in New York City coming together to have a voice in the industry, raise industry standards, and create a more equitable and sustainable profession for all. Their goal is for employees, students, and business to thrive. I sat down with...
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Ep 024: Keisa Parrish | Dancer, Teacher, Mom in the City
In this episode, Keisa Parrish shares her stories of working as a dancer, artist, and fitness teacher in New York City while raising a child. Keisa writes about her experiences as a single parent making ends meet in the hopes that her story will help others navigate this challenging terrain and...
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Ep 023: Joe Miller | Programming and Variability in Movement Practice
Joe has a passion for teaching how the body works. He currently teaches yoga classes in New York City, offers private sessions, and teaches anatomy and physiology courses around the country and worldwide. A lifelong interest in biology and anatomy led Joe to study with several yoga anatomy...
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Ep 022: Christine Festa | Sustainable Business for Yoga Teachers
After spending over a decade in corporate sales, Christine dropped everything to become a full time yoga teacher and business coach. She uses her vast business knowledge & experience to coach other teachers on how to build a sustainable and profitable yoga business. Her techniques are proven...
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Ep 021: Sangeeta Vallabhan | A Yogic Perspective on Trauma, Race, and Travel
Sangeeta Vallabhan has been teaching yoga for over fifteen years in New York and around the world. She enjoys training new teachers, which she's been doing since 2009. Sangeeta currently teaches classes and trainings at Yogavida NYC. Her trauma informed yoga training, solemarch, was presented at...
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Ep 020: Anita Goa | Following Your Own Flow
Anita grew up in Norway but spent 20+ years in New York as a Yoga and Fitness Instructor. Anita started her YouTube channel ‘Anita Goa TV’ in 2010 to extend her love of yoga, fitness and life philosophy to serve people all over the world. Over the years she has developed a love for the Moon and...
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Ep 019: Susan "Lip" Orem | A Double Life: Heathen Hill Yoga and New York City
Susan”Lip” Orem began practicing yoga when the thrill of bench aerobics was gone. Her first teachers were Sharon Gannon, Dana Flynn and Cyndi Lee. Her checkered past as a dancer in Las Vegas revues, Off Broadway actress, Ringling Brothers clown and sign language interpreter left her no choice but...
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Ep 018: Carrie Owerko | The "Yes, and..." Approach to Movement and Play
Carrie Owerko has been teaching yoga and exploring the relationship between body, breath, and mind for several years. She holds a Senior Intermediate Iyengar teaching credential, is a certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) and Functional Range Conditioning Mobility Specialist (FRCms). Before studying...
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Ep 017: Markella Los | Student-Teacher Relationships: A Way Forward in the Post-Guru Era
Markella Los is a yoga and movement teacher and teacher trainer based in Brooklyn, NY. She is certified in the YogaWorks, Yoga Tune Up® and Trauma-Conscious Yoga methods and as a FRC Mobility Specialist. Find out more at markellalos.com
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Ep 016: Laurel Beversdorf | Fluent in the Language of Kinesiology
Laurel is a yoga teacher and teacher trainer in New York City. She is an outside the box thinker, innovative movement practitioner, and skilled educator. Find out more about Laurel at laurelbeversdorf.com
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Ep 015: Sarah Girard | Breath, Voice, and Bicoastal Vibes
Born and raised in Venice Beach, California, and after traveling around the world, Sarah now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Being a cancer survivor, artist and food lover she incorporates resiliency, courage and humor in her on-going group, corporate and private yoga classes. Her writings have been...
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Ep 013: Ryan Fitzpatrick | Soft and Strong—Calm Abiding Mind and Tension as a Choice
Fitzie is a truck driver and delivery guy in Local 25. He teaches yoga to calm up and coaches mobility to improve everyday life. Check him out on Instagram @fitzie_says_hi
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Ep 012: Stefanie Zitö | Creative Process and Embodied Movement—Structure, Improvisation, Tempo
Stefanie is a Pittsburgh-based maker, mover, and mama. She primarily shares yoga classes with inventive and playful uses of props, but also teaches hooping as a dynamic movement modality. Although Stefanie primarily earns a living as a movement educator, she identifies first as a maker. Her...
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Ep 011: Mike Ramos | Wild Curiosity
Mike Ramos is a Trainer, US Marine and the founder of MVNG.project. He runs meetup groups around New York City that use the lessons learned through an interdisciplinary movement practice and applies them to other aspects of life. Find Mike on Instagram @mvng.project or his website mvngproject.com
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Ep 010: Diana Zotos Florio | Physical Therapy and Yoga
Diana Zotos Florio is a Physical Therapist and Yoga Teacher. She received her Masters in Physical Therapy at Hunter College and has attended numerous post-graduate continuing education courses. She enjoys teaching about Yoga and Physical therapy and has been an adjunct professor and researcher at...
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Ep 009: Hedy Iankelevich | Movement for All Stages of Life
Hedy is a yoga teacher, Franklin Method Movement Educator, anatomy enthusiast, embodied mover, and mindfulness practitioner. She specializes in working with people new to yoga, 'golden agers', and people seeking an intelligent movement practice. She is also now working with pregnant women through...
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Ep 008: Trina Altman | Variety in Practice and Social Interaction Through Movement
Trina Altman is the creator of Yoga Deconstructed® and Pilates Deconstructed®, which take an interdisciplinary approach to foster an embodied understanding of yoga and Pilates and their relationship to modern movement science. In this episode, we discuss strategies for bringing variety into...
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Ep 007: Nia Calloway | Self Embrace through Writing, Meditation, Performance, and Recovery
Nia shared how she expresses and embraces herself through writing, meditation, performance, relationships, and her journey through recovery from eating disorder. We talked about striking a balance between discipline and freedom, strength and softness, and the power that comes from trusting...
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Ep 006: Tara Tonini | Exhale to Inhale and Trauma Informed Yoga
Tara Tonini is a yoga teacher, Doula, Reiki Master and Acupuncture student with a passion for women's health. She leads trauma informed teacher trainings for Exhale to Inhale and mentors teachers serving survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in New York and Los Angeles. Find out more...
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Ep 005: Tori Lunden | Societal Structures, and Giving Power to the Student
Tori teaches person centered yoga classes in Edmonton. After a season of fire tower lookout in Alberta, she shares her tales of re-entry into society. We discuss the ways societal structures and pressures effect yoga and meditation practice, and she shares teaching tools gleaned from her…
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Ep 004: Macklen Mayse | Astronaut of the Mind
Macklen teaches yoga to kids and adults in New York City. Her upcoming Playtime Yoga Workshop on Sunday, October 21st, is kids' yoga for adults! Find out more on Dou Yoga's website, dou-yoga.com. We mention a book in this talk. The book is "The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal…
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Ep 003: John Ford | FRC, Kinstretch, and Being Brilliant at the Basics
John Ford teaches Kinstretch, TRX, and yoga in New York City. Find out more about John on Instagram @know.body.move
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Dr. Caitlin Casella is a Physical Therapist and Strength & Conditioning Coach who specializes in robust fitness throughout the lifespan. Her clinic in New York City teaches women in middle age and older adults with osteoarthritis and osteopenia/osteoporosis how to increase bone density, decrease fall risk, manage pain, and improve strength, power, cardiorespiratory fitness, and metabolic health. A life-long mover, and yoga teacher for 15 years before venturing over to the clinical side, Dr. Casella embraces embodied movement in all forms. Her goal is to provide you with education and tools for independence with exercise. Learn how to support yourself long-term for comfort and longevity in the activities that light up life.
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