The Passive Hang - Episode 17 - Oliver Crossley, the Yogic Physio: Breaking Dogma

Oliver Crossley (@yogicphysio), the Yogic Physio! Oliver is a yoga teacher, physiotherapist, zen meditation teacher (and more!) who resides in the Gold Coast, Australia. Oliver sits at a really interesting intersection of body and mind focused traditional practises, including involvement in the movement culture. 

 

Two things strike me about Oliver from our get together. Firstly he has a unique ability to sit with competing ideas and cultures, learn from each, and interrogate them. When hearing commentary from movement culture, yoga, physiotherapy - there appears to be a lot of clashing ideas. Yet Oliver integrates them all into his teaching - taking the best fit parts from each. I think this is harder than it sounds - as sometimes, these cultures can demand full commitment to their beliefs, traditions, methods. 

 

Secondly, he has an innate curiosity to seek better answers, and ask better questions. Oliver has a strong introspection practice which helps feed this engine; and for any practitioners out there who are looking for something beyond the physical, I think this is a really good conversation to tune in. 

 

We cover so much, from meta learning to pain science. This one’s a cracker.

 

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