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Stephanie Adams Ruff, ERYT500, YACEP, ACE, CES, SAYF, is a long time yoga teacher and movement educator with 30 years of experience as a studio owner, teacher trainer, movement educator, orthopedic exercise specialist, cancer exercise specialist, ACE-Certified personal trainer, Mindbody Academy Fitness & Nutrition Consultant, and yoga practitioner and teacher. Steph is also the creator and community leader of Flow Studio Hood River, Jaya Yoga TT, SAYF & YSSPA. Yoga healed the trauma of her childhood and she is passionate about making the mental, emotional, physical and psychosocial benefits of yoga accessible to every body.
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Aug 31, 2026 ∙ 4 min
What Better Yoga Teacher Education Actually Looks Like
Why anatomy memorization and alignment rules aren't enough — and what today's teachers need instead. For decades, yoga teacher education has often focused on learning poses, memorizing muscles, practicing alignment cues, and developin g the confidence to stand in front of a room and teach. Those things matter. But as our understanding of human movement, pain science, tissue adaptation, biomechanics, and individual variability continues to evolve, I believe yoga teacher education needs to...
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Jun 17, 2026 ∙ 10 min
Can You Really “Release” Your Hamstrings?
“Hamstring release” is a phrase we hear often in yoga, mobility work, massage, and fitness. We may roll the backs of the thighs, stretch forward, practice an isometric release, or move through a sequence and notice that our hamstrings suddenly feel more open. But what has actually been released? The hamstrings are not literally being freed from a fixed position, and the tissues are unlikely to have dramatically lengthened within a few minutes. When someone experiences a “hamstring release,”...
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Nov 7, 2025 ∙ 4 min
Bandhas & Kinetic Chains: Tapping into Sacred Energy Flow to Revolutionize Your Practice
The True Meaning of Bandha The Sanskrit word bandha is often translated as “lock” or “energetic seal,” but it also means bond, connect, unite, combine, join. In this sense, the bandhas are not rigid locks—they are conscious engagements that connect the body’s energetic and anatomical intelligence. When we learn to sense these inner connections, something profound happens: instead of chasing external alignment cues or trying to “perfect” a pose from the outside in, we discover that alignment...
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