Meet Dr. Andrew McGonigle (EP.356)

When you hear the word “anatomy,” what feelings come up? If you’re like a lot of yoga teachers, you might feel nervous or you might feel a sense of pressure to “learn anatomy” when your attempts to learn it in the past haven’t given you the results or confidence you need.   Enter Dr. Andrew McGonigle, a yoga teacher with over 20 years of experience in anatomy, in part because he originally thought and trained to be a physician. After having an epiphany that led him to change paths, he found that helping yoga teachers understand anatomy was both his passion and his zone of genius. When you listen to this episode, you’ll see how easy Andrew makes it to understand anatomy and we also take time to share what’s possible for you when you truly understand it.    Andrew shares stories from training yoga teachers and elements of his philosophy on how to balance sharing anatomy in your teaching along with sharing other elements as well.    For Andrew’s bio, see below:   Andrew McGonigle has been studying anatomy for over twenty years, originally training to become a doctor and then moving away from Western medicine to become a yoga teacher, massage therapist and anatomy teacher. He combines his skills and experience to teach anatomy and physiology on Yoga Teacher Training courses internationally and runs his own Yoga Anatomy Online Course. His book Supporting Yoga Students with Common Injuries and Conditions: A Handbook for Yoga Teachers and Trainees was published in March 2021 and his most recent book The Physiology of Yoga was published in June 2022. He lives in Los Angeles with his husband. For more information visit: www.doctor-yogi.com Instagram: @doctoryogi Facebook: @doctoryogiandrew   Links for Andrew:    Instagram link is: https://www.instagram.com/doctoryogi/   Website: https://www.doctor-yogi.com/   Enlightened Yoga Collective membership: https://enlightenedyogacollective.com/   One final thing:    If you’re ready to learn anatomy and you’d like to check out my 4 week accelerated program, see:    https://barebonesyoga.thinkific.com/courses/Yoga-Anatomy-Accelerator