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Founder of Yoga Medicine, a community of teachers trained in the fusion of anatomy & western medicin

29/10/2025

Your ankles weren’t meant to just survive movement… they were designed to adapt to it.

But too often, we ignore these critical joints… until they demand attention.

Here, I guide you through a fairly wide-scope approach to improving ankle resilience, from rebalancing the feet and lower legs, to strengthening intrinsic stability, proprioception, and mobility up the kinetic chain.

Whether you’re bouncing back from injury or simply want to move with more strength, fluidity, and trust, this practice meets you where you are (and you can pick 1 or 2 of your favorite moves to repeat more regularly, as needed!)

-> Great after travel, injury, or long periods of sitting
-> Can help re-train balance and movement confidence
-> Includes both passive and active mobilization

🦶 Tap the link in bio to take the full ‘Ankle Resilience’ practice on Yoga Medicine Online today!

Let me know what you think!

27/10/2025

What if your nervous system doesn’t need to push harder… but pause?

Here’s the thing… burnout doesn’t always look like collapse.

Sometimes, it shows up in the subtle ways we disconnect:
-> The quiet resentment behind the “yes.”
-> The fog that creeps in even after a full night’s sleep.
-> The feeling of being held together, but only just.

As we inch closer towards the holiday season (yeah, I know it’s only October… but you know how quickly this stuff sneaks up), when demands tend to grow and space shrinks, it’s worth asking:

How am I doing, really?

And even more importantly: What would resilience look like in this season of my life?

I’ll be exploring that question in a 5-week LIVE training I’m co-leading with Psychologist .dianemalaspina starting November 6th.

If you’re ready to reclaim your energy and relate to stress differently, tap the link in bio to join us. ❤️

24/10/2025

🔥 Hot take: Meditation doesn’t take us out of ourselves. It brings us home.

It strips away the noise… not by silencing it, but by helping us see it clearly.

It’s about learning to see clearly. To witness your thoughts, sensations, and emotions without being ruled by them.

And when we do that, something remarkable happens.

🧬 Science shows that meditation doesn’t just change how we feel… it changes how we function.

Long-term meditators have higher telomerase activity, aka the enzyme that protects and rebuilds our DNA from the wear of stress and age.

In other words, the moments you spend in stillness aren’t wasted.

They’re rewiring your nervous system, supporting cellular renewal, and helping you meet life with more ease and resilience.

This is what we explore in Yin & Meditation. Where awareness becomes the practice, and the body becomes the guide.

✨ Our next 55hr Yin & Meditation Teacher Training Online begins November 1st!

If you’re ready to experience & facilitate stillness as a catalyst for healing from the inside out tap here: https://yogamedicine.com/product/yin-meditation-yoga-teacher-training-online/

23/10/2025

Sometimes anxiety shows up as tension in the body or racing you can’t quite shake.

A tools I love for this is a tapping practice, pairing acupressure points with affirmations to shift anxiety back to trust.

When you combine physical stimulation of acupressure points with intentional words, you’re addressing both the body and the mind at the same time.

The tapping helps regulate your nervous system, while the affirmations guide your thoughts toward safety, presence, and self-compassion.

❤️ Together, they create a shift that’s deeper than either one alone.

Let me guide you step by step through my full ‘Anxiety → Trust’ practice on YMO, designed to help you soften anxiety and cultivate trust from within.

Link in my bio to begin!

22/10/2025

Yoga teachers: can we normalize not having all the answers?

You don’t need to be the guru, the fixer, or the expert in everything.

The power of your teaching doesn’t come from perfection.

It comes from presence.

The most impactful guides I know?

They listen and lead from curiosity, not control.

Just a little food for thought to sit with this week. 😉

20/10/2025

So much of our strength and stability begins in the lower belly… yet for many of us, this area can go quiet or feel disconnected over time.

We can wake up this vital center through:
-> Self-massage + breathwork to release tension and build awareness
-> A “zippering” technique that connects pubic bone → navel → ribs
-> Movement flows that integrate subtle support into your whole body

The goal isn’t just core strength. It’s about cultivating the nuanced support that supports your back, steadies your hips and pelvis, and sustains you in both yoga, sport, and daily life.

I’d love to guide you through my full ‘Low Belly Revival’ practice on YMO—link in bio to join me! 😉

19/10/2025

What does it mean to feel strong and soft at the same time?

Steadiness and ease.

Two qualities that seem like opposites, but in practice, they’re meant to coexist.

Strength without softness can become rigidity.

Softness without strength can lose its center.

True resilience often lives in the space between.

It’s the ability to stand your ground and stay open.

To move with intention and with grace.

Where do you feel this balance in your life (or in your body) today?

17/10/2025

Confidence isn’t a quality you either have or don’t.
It’s something you can practice. Something you can embody.

The body remembers what the mind forgets, so when you pause and feel into confidence, it often shows up in small, powerful ways:

❤️ The way your breath steadies.
❤️ The way your posture shifts.
❤️ The way you carry yourself with a little more lightness.

Confidence doesn’t mean perfection.

It means allowing your body to remind you that steadiness already lives within you.

💭 What does confidence feel like in your body?

15/10/2025

POV: You want to improve your flexibility… so you start strength training.

No, that’s not a typo.

You don’t just stretch to get more flexible. You need strength, too.

When we train muscles to be strong at their end ranges, we give the nervous system a reason to trust that range.

That’s what unlocks sustainable mobility, not just temporary length, but control, coordination, and resilience in how we move.

This is especially important for yogis and athletes who already live at their edge.

Flexibility isn’t just passive. It’s powerful.

Curious how to build strength and mobility with purpose?

Explore the Strength & Conditioning-focused practices on Yoga Medicine Online (there are plenty to choose from 😉): https://yogamedicine.com/all-classes/

13/10/2025

Feeling heavy, sluggish, or stuck as we shift into fall? 🍂

Spleen 3 is one of my go-to points to help clear that fog… especially in October when transition fatigue tends to creep in.

This is a powerful acupressure point located just behind the ball of the foot, in the depression just proximal to the head of the first metatarsal bone.

I love using it to support digestion, focus, and energy (aka all things that tend to get a little bogged down during seasonal shifts).

From a TCM perspective, this point nourishes the Spleen and harmonizes the Earth element, helping to resolve dampness, regulate qi, and stabilize the mind.

This point can help transform that foggy, tired feeling into something much clearer and more grounded.

Want to give it a try?

Check out my practice offering “Transform Sluggishness” on Yoga Medicine Online: https://yogamedicine.com/video_library/transform-sluggishness/

I’ll guide you through Spleen 3 and a handful of other potent points to support energy and clarity this season.

10/10/2025

Your mind will always tell a story.
Meditation just reminds you that you don’t have to believe every line.

When you learn to rest in the silence underneath, the story loosens its grip and a deeper wisdom has space to rise.

If you’re ready to explore that inner terrain, join me & Dr. this November for our Yin & Meditation Yoga Teacher Training Online.

We start November 1st. Learn more & join us: https://yogamedicine.com/product/yin-meditation-yoga-teacher-training-online/

08/10/2025

Did you know… your fascia system is fully formed at birth and entirely unique to you?

Over time, it remodels in response to how you move (or don’t), how you recover, your posture, injuries, even emotional stress.

Like a fingerprint, your fascia becomes a living story of your life.

That’s why fascia-aware movement isn’t just smart. It’s deeply personal.

No two bodies adapt the same way, so no one-size-fits-all approach will ever do.

Want to train smarter? Start by training your fascia.

Not sure where to start?

You can check out my MFR-based practices on Yoga Medicine Online—or our 55hr Myofascial Release training: https://yogamedicine.com/product/myofascial-release-training-online/

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Tiffany Cruikshank, L.Ac, MAOM

Tiffany is the founder of Yoga Medicine, a community of teachers focused on fusing anatomy & western medicine with traditional yoga practices to serve the medical communities. She’s trained thousands of teachers around the world, has graced the cover of over 15 magazines, is a regularly featured expert in many major media outlets, the author of 2 books and has over 150 classes on various topics on YogaGlo.com. With her background in Acupuncture & Sports Medicine, Tiffany has worked with professional athletes & celebrities, run her own clinics, and created & ran the Acupuncture program at Nike WHQ in addition to teaching yoga there. Tiffany also founded & runs 2 nonprofits, one conducts research on yoga’s therapeutic benefits and the other supports a shelter for women rescued from trafficking in Delhi, India.