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

15/08/2025

Admittedly, I’m always on the lookout for the latest research and what’s happening in the discourse surrounding menopause.

The more we understand, the more nuanced and empowering the conversation becomes—from neuroscience to hormone therapy, lifestyle medicine to Traditional Chinese Medicine.

But one perspective I return to again and again is this:

✨ Menopause isn’t an ending. It’s a beginning. What TCM refers to as your Second Spring. ✨

This phase is viewed as a rebirth, a shift from doing to being, from reproductive energy to intuitive wisdom.

Yes, the symptoms are real, but so is the opportunity to reconnect with yourself in a deeper, more grounded way.

It’s not about fighting change. It’s about aligning with it.

Ready to dive deep? Join me starting September 17th for our NEW Online Menopause Training. I’ve been hard at work crafting this one to address the gaps in menopause information & care…

This training will address the science, physiology, and nuanced applications most programs skip — from hormonal shifts and their impact on the brain, cardiovascular system, and musculoskeletal health, to evidence-based support for hot flashes, night sweats, brain fog, pelvic floor changes, and more.

We’ll also explore Traditional Chinese Medicine perspectives, acupressure points, and how to weave these approaches into yoga-based interventions that are safe, personalized, and truly effective.

We start September 17th but enrollment is open now! Click the link in my bio to join us online & deepen your expertise in menopause to support yourself and your students.

13/08/2025

Lately I’ve been reflecting on the way things shift—not disappear, just transform.

Especially in the summer months, with everything in bloom and in motion, I feel this reminder more deeply: nothing is ever truly lost. All matter, all energy, simply takes on a new shape.

Even my yoga practice.
What once leaned heavily into conditioning and high-intensity movement has softened into something more nuanced to balance all my fun summer endeavors (mostly tennis :)

The drive behind the practice is still there.
But the way it moves through me now? Different. More attuned.
It’s not about doing less, but listening more closely.

And in that, I’ve found comfort.
Not in holding on, but in welcoming what comes next with curiosity.

How has your practice transformed lately?

11/08/2025

What’s your relationship to discomfort?

Do you avoid it? Push through it? Or listen to what it’s teaching you?

Over the years, my practice has taught me that discomfort isn’t the enemy… it’s an invitation.

To pause.
To breathe.
To choose curiosity over control.

Sometimes it’s on the mat.
Sometimes it’s in a conversation.
Sometimes it’s in the quiet.

But the more I practice meeting discomfort with presence, the more I trust myself in the spaces where clarity hasn’t landed yet.

What’s something uncomfortable you’ve been sitting with lately? And how has your practice helped you hold it?

08/08/2025

Hot take: Real, sustainable strength isn’t just about output.

It’s about:
-> Staying strong through full range of motion
-> Balancing control and mobility
-> Enduring discomfort in a static hold or a slow movement
-> Building capacity in both superficial and deep stabilizing tissues
-> Being resilient through all planes of movement—not just forward and back (sagittal plane)

For yogis & runners: It might mean adding in intentional conditioning and strength-based yoga to support your joints, bones & longevity.

For other athletes: It might mean using yoga to fine-tune the missing pieces, like neuromuscular control, fascial glide, breath regulation, and recovery.

True strength is built through diverse challenges and conscious movement… not just more reps or deeper poses.

So let’s open this up: What does strength look like for you right now?

And where might your practice want a little more support?

HINT: we’ve got a lot of this on our YMO practice site! ;)

01/08/2025

Your story is your strength.

Loving yourself through it? That’s the real power. ❤️

30/07/2025

What happens when you stop measuring yourself by someone else’s pace or path?

There’s power in doing less.

In choosing presence over performance. In remembering that your body and mind know more than you think… if you give them the space to speak.

What slide resonates with you most? Drop it down in the comments 👇

28/07/2025

Not from them. Not from you.

Tune out the noise & turn up the love ❤️

23/07/2025

There’s a quiet kind of power in learning to feel at home in your body… even through the changes.

Strength doesn’t always look like lifting heavier or pushing harder.

Sometimes, it looks like tuning in. Adapting. Moving with curiosity instead of control.

As hormones shift and life cycles move us forward, the relationship we have with our bodies inevitably evolves.

What once felt easy might now take more intention. What once challenged us may now feel effortless. But through every phase, the body is teaching us how to listen differently.

Movement becomes less about performance and more about presence.

Mindfulness becomes less about quieting the mind and more about meeting ourselves where we are.

And strength? It becomes the ability to hold grace and grit in the same breath.

Something I’m actively learning? No stage is final. ❤️

But each one holds its own kind of wisdom if we’re willing to stay present enough to receive it.

21/07/2025

🧠 What if menopause wasn’t just a reproductive transition… but a neurological one?

Groundbreaking new research from neuroscientist & women’s health expert Dr. Lisa Mosconi (featured in ) is spotlighting the link between menopause and brain health, especially when it comes to Alzheimer’s risk.

Nearly two-thirds of Alzheimer’s patients are female. And yet, for decades, science failed to ask: why?

Dr. Mosconi’s team is helping shift that paradigm by showing how declining estrogen levels during perimenopause and menopause affect brain energy, inflammation, memory, and more.

As she puts it: “The menopause brain may be hungry for estrogen.”
This work is a powerful reminder that female biology isn’t a variable to control for. It’s the key to better care.

It’s also a call to action.

As yoga teachers, healthcare providers, and females ourselves, we need to be asking how we can support brain health through all phases of life.

Not just with hormone therapy and research, but also through lifestyle medicine: movement, breathwork, mindfulness, connection.
Yoga offers us a path not just to resilience but to agency.

We can’t afford to leave females out of the research any longer. And we can’t afford to leave yoga out of the conversation.

Shoutout to for your tireless work. 🙏

And if you’re a teacher: our upcoming Peri/Menopause Teacher Training will go deeper into the intersection of yoga, neuroscience, and women’s health.

18/07/2025

The way we care for our own nervous system is the blueprint we offer our students & the younger generations.

As teachers, we’re not just guiding movement.

We’re modeling regulation, presence, and groundedness.

When we tend to ourselves with intention and compassion, we create a space where others feel safe to do the same.

Something I’ve been really aware of lately in my own teaching experience: my nervous system is part of my teaching toolkit.

And it’s an ongoing practice learning how to use it more wisely. :)

16/07/2025

What if mindfulness not just something you have… but something you choose?

Not just in stillness, but in how you move, speak, breathe, and respond.

It’s not always easy to pause in the moment… but I really believe that the choice to come back, again and again (regardless of the circumstances), is what shapes the practice.

I choose this in my morning rituals, in the way I speak to myself (well... I try but noticing the negative talk counts too), in my walks with Ozzy without the distraction of my phone… and now I’m trying to find this in the heat of my tennis matches. :)

This choice of mindfulness can occur anywhere.

Where are you choosing mindfulness lately?

14/07/2025

Ever wonder what gives your movement that snap, spring, or edge on the court or in your sport? 🎾💥
Spoiler: it’s not just your muscles.

When I’m playing tennis, I’m constantly reminded how much explosive movement depends on fascia, the connective tissue web that wraps through and around every muscle, bone, and joint.

It’s not just passive structure. Fascia stores and releases elastic energy, acting like a built-in spring system.

That means less wasted energy, better force transmission, and more efficient movement if it’s trained well.

Most traditional training overlooks this layer. But when fascia is hydrated, responsive, and trained to store elastic energy, it contributes to better performance & injury resilience.

Whether it’s on the court or on the mat, training with fascia in mind keeps you moving better, longer.

We’ll be talking all about the fascia at the 50hr Boston Myofascial Release Module, happening in-person in August 2025 with my co-teacher

Hands-on, research-backed, and packed with therapeutic tools—this is one of the most practical, in-demand skills you can bring to your teaching.

🎾 Learn to work with the fascial system, not against it.
🧠 Elevate your understanding of the body & fascial system.
💥 Walk away ready to help your students move, feel, and perform better.

📍 Boston, March 3–8, 2025. Spots are limited → https://yogamedicine.com/product/myofascial-release-training-module-boston-2025/

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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.