Why Your Yoga Practice Might Be Making You Stiffer — and What to Do Instead | Jeff Bailey (Bonus Episode)

Minimalist Moms Podcast | Simple Living for Overwhelmed Moms

Diane Boden

Self-improvement, Home & Garden, Leisure, How To, Kids & Family, Mental Health, Education, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 952 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

For those that are new around here, I release bonus episodes that serve a niche part of my audience, so if this content is something that doesn’t fit what you’re looking for, check out the other episodes that dropped this week or join me back here next Tuesday for a conversation that you don’t want to miss!

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Today’s guest says most of us are doing yoga all wrong - and it’s why we’re still stiff, sore, and frustrated. Jeff Bailey, founder of Avita Yoga and author of Mobility for Life, has spent decades helping people move with less pain and more awareness. His approach flips traditional yoga on its head - focusing on shapes instead of poses, slowing down instead of pushing through, and healing the body by working with it, not against it. In this conversation, we talk about why flexibility is overrated, how mobility is the true key to lifelong health, and why mindful movement might just be the missing piece in your minimalist lifestyle. If you’ve ever felt limited by your body or burned out by “doing more,” this episode will show you a gentler, smarter way to move - and to live.

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Pioneering yoga instructor and founder of Avita Yoga, Jeff Bailey is known for his revolutionary approach to restoring joint health and mobility. His book, Mobility for Life (August 5, 2025, Mission Driven Press), provides actionable tools to help readers find peace, feel better, and sustain lifelong mobility.

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0:00.0	For those of you that are new around here, I release bonus episodes that serve a niche part of my audience.
0:04.7	So if this content doesn't fit what you're looking for, check out the other episodes that drop this week or join me back here next week for episodes you don't want to miss.
0:12.7	We need a way to literally de-stress. I'm not talking about, you know, placating the mind and taking a bubble bath and burning some incense and listening some music.
0:25.2	You know, we can placate ourselves into a temporary state of peace momentarily, but I'm talking about lasting peace.
0:33.2	And to get there, we have to first trust that there is part of our mind that is inherently
0:39.8	peaceful and present and complete and whole. And so I talk a little bit about that in the book
0:47.4	of just trusting that you can accomplish that. You know, if we go back, most of the saints and
0:53.8	sages have told us over the
0:55.0	years, yes, we all have that ability and I firmly believe that. So that's number one.
0:59.9	This is Diane Bowden and you're listening to the minimalist moms podcast. Today's guest says
1:04.4	most of us are doing yoga all wrong and it's why we're still stiff, sore, and frustrated.
1:10.2	Jeff Bailey, founder of Aveda Yoga, an author of Mobility for Life, has spent decades
1:15.0	helping people move with less pain and more awareness.
1:18.5	His approach flips traditional yoga on its head, focusing on shapes instead of poses,
1:23.8	slowing down instead of pushing through, and healing the body by working with it, not against it.
1:29.3	In today's conversation, we talk about why flexibility is overrated, how mobility is the true
1:34.4	key to lifelong health, and why mindful movement might just be the missing piece in your
1:38.9	minimalist lifestyle. So if you've ever felt limited by your body or burned out by doing more,
1:43.3	this episode will show you a gentler, smarter way to move and live. But before we get there, if you've ever felt limited by your body or burned out by doing more, this episode will show you a gentler, smarter way to move and live. But before we get there, if you've yet to leave a rating and review for the minimalist moms podcast, I ask you just to pause for a brief moment. It takes 30 seconds or less, but this is the best way to help support the minimalist moms podcast. There are so many podcasts to be listening to these days, and it doesn't go
2:01.3	on notice that you continue to show up and listen here. I so appreciate that, but those small
2:06.0	gestures in leaving rating reviews just help boost the podcast in the Apple algorithm. So thank you
2:11.2	in advance to those of you that choose to do that today. And with that, let's get into this conversation
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