Episode 9: Does Yoga Need A Tight Core? with Hannah Barrett

Will Yoga fix it all? Do you need to engage your core in Yoga? Hannah Barrett shares her journey with the core and how valuable pelvic floor training will be in schools for adolescent girls. She discusses the nuances in core engagement cues and the problems in ingraining that narrative to adolescents. As someone who habitually still holds the core tight involuntarily, she emphasizes the importance of task-specific core engagements, and debunks several myths about core activation. Furthermore, Hannah addresses anxiety and her thoughts on the strict practice of Ashtanga. Then, she moves onto her expertise with pregnancy and the significance of training the pelvic floor for labor, as well as the power of pausing. Finally, she shares her experience during lockdown and leaves you with a valuable takeaway.  2:34 - Introducing Hannah 3:46 - Hannah’s new Book 4:56 - How does Hannah do it all? 8:24 - Hannah's journey with her core 13:01 - Girls above 12 will be taught Pelvic Floor exercises in school 13:56 - Adolescence, breast development, ribcage shifting 17:40 - Holding Breaths should be task specific not normalized 21:26 - Myths Hannah want to debunk 27:49 - Addressing Anxiety 29:56 - Thoughts on Ashtanga 30:57 - Training the Pelvic Floor for birth 33:46 - Hannah's one billboard statement to the world 37:13 - Hannah’s experiences with lockdown Learn More About Hannah! Hannah is a London-based yoga teacher with a passion for helping people transform their lives through yoga. Yoga has given her the tools she needs to thrive and find strength in my everyday life, especially during my pregnancies and postpartum. The way yoga has supported her in her journey through motherhood has encouraged her to share what I’ve learnt, and women (particularly in pregnancy and postpartum) has become her vocation.  In 2020, Hannah released the Hannah Barrett Yoga App helping people to find their strength with yoga and to make yoga accessible to all. She's created classes which are suitable for people of all ages and abilities, from beginners to more advanced practitioners. This app is a dream come true for me and with it is a community incredible yogis and she would love you to join us.  Her aim is to share the incredible benefits of yoga with as many people as possible through my App, live classes,  YouTube, Instagram, and my yoga-inspired eguides and programmes. Check out everything Hannah is up to NEW BOOK Instagram Website Strength through Yoga Don't forget! As a listener of the core series on the Love @ First Science Podcast, you get 35% off my core workshop! Head on over to my website and use code 'relax' https://www.celestpereira.com/online-workshop My Socials: Instagram - http://instagram.com/celestpereirayoga Website - https://www.celestpereira.com/.