Motional Intelligence

Ryan Cunningham

Episode Summary

Join Helen and Danielle in their conversation with bodyworker, yoga + meditation teacher, Ryan Cunningham.

Episode Notes

Ryan Cunningham (they/them) is a Boston-based yoga practitioner. Their practice arises from the view that yoga is both an experience of, and a path towards cultivating wellness through the practice of embodiment, meditation, prayer and reflection. 

Ryan has been influenced primarily by two Boston area teachers — Barbara Benagh and Tom Alden. They spent many years attending Barbara's weekly teachers' class as well as her course entitled "The Art of Teaching". Over the past 7 years, Ryan has studied primarily with Tom Alden in a one-on-one mentorship format, specifically focusing on dharma, biomechanics and yoga therapy. Ryan is deeply interested in the intersection of hatha yoga and dharma and continues to practice and study in various dharma communities. 

Ryan's primary focus has been teaching students the skills and understanding that enables them to practice for themselves. Apart from group asana and meditation classes, Ryan works with students 1-on-1, offering instruction, discussing, manual therapy and mentorship. 

Ryan serves as the Managing Director of the Boston Meditation Center, is a faculty  member at Berklee College of Music and is the host of Unrolled Podcast with co-host Kate Robinson.

You can learn more about their teaching at www.ryanyoga.com.

Episode Notes:

• The birth of Unrolled: Ryan’s podcast (with Kate Robinson) and how their podcast journey has evolved over the past 6 years
• Teaching yoga during the pandemic + constantly witnessing ourselves in this new virtual world + transitioning back into in-person work
• A bird's eye view of Ryan’s 14 years of teaching yoga + leading yoga teacher trainings in the Boston area
• How an unexpected injury while studying music in college led Ryan to start a yoga practice, beginning with Bikram yoga and eventually finding their teacher with Barbara Benagh
• Where modern yoga may be headed in the Boston Yoga scene and beyond
• The balance between business + integrity in the yoga industry

https://www.ryanyoga.com

https://www.ryanyoga.com/unrolled-podcast

https://bostonmeditationcenter.org/

Some folks that Ryan mentions in the interview:

• Kate Robinson (Unrolled Podcast co-host)
• Barbara Benagh (Slow Flow Yoga Teacher)
• Tom Alden (Bodyworker/mentor)
• Fez Aswat (yoga/meditation teacher)