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Body Labs is lead by Gillian Soder, a former forensic medicine professional turned movement edcuator, bringing a rare, systems-level perspective to anatomy, injury, and resilience. Building confident yoga teachers through anatomical insight + nervous system education without the scalpel! I teach anatomy for movement facilitators ( yoga teacher, pilates instructors, and body nerds of all kinds) thr
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I think this might be the hardest part about entrepreneurshipā¦
It isnāt the failure, which inevitably comes in one way or another.
Itās the POSSIBILITY of failure thatās hard.
The possibility that you could spend months creating somethingā¦ and nobody cares. That you could put yourself out thereā¦ and hear crickets. That you could be completely, spectacularly wrong.
But hereās the part I find fascinating as an anatomy nerd:
Our brains arenāt passive observers in this process.
The anterior mid cingulate cortex is involved in effort, persistence, and continuing when something is difficult or uncomfortable. And thereās growing research into how engaging in effortful experiences can influence the brain.
So maybe confidence isnāt about becoming certain that something will work. Maybe confidence is built by repeatedly experiencing the thought process āI donāt know if this will work, but Iām going to try anywayā
Thatās entrepreneurship.
Thatās leadership.
Thatās the process of creating in this AI heavy world.
And apparently thatās also a little bit of brain training.
So hereās to all of us building things that might fail.
May we get really fu***ng good at trying. š„
This is where anatomy gets interesting to me. I donāt really care if you can name the muscle or the ligament. I care whether you understand what the body is trying to accomplish when it uses it.
This is what differentiates memorization and applied anatomy.
Which do you think you would get more value out of?
08/19/2026
Go deeper in your understanding of the human body & movement this fall.
Support your clients, students, and self through new awareness.
18 hours online + in-studio
THEYāRE HERE!!!!!!!
This one HAD to be here.
I donāt doubt that you were taught anatomy.
In fact, Iām sure you were.
Now you should learn Applied Anatomy.
Beginning Septā¦ link in bio š
08/10/2026
Here's an uncomfortable truth about learning anatomy:
You can memorize every muscle in the body and still not know how a body moves.
At some point, advanced anatomy has to move beyond:
āWhat muscle is this?ā
and become:
āWhat am I actually seeing?ā āWhy might this be happening?ā āWhat information do I need?ā āAnd how does this change the way I teach?ā
That's what we'll explore in my 18-hour Advanced Musculoskeletal Training this fall.
Less memorizing.
More observing.
Less fixing.
More understanding.
And a whole lot more learning to work with actual human bodies.
Beginning September 18 with hours split between online & in-person, we will learn from each other what human variation looks like and how we can use it in our movement classes.
Zero textbook studying. All Applied Anatomy.
This training is part of the 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Above Average Wellness
Scar tissue.
Perhaps a better name would be āadaptive tissueā.