🚩I Got Cancelled.
Ok. That is a bit dramatic for the situation. But...
This week I had multiple people cancel their online studio memberships. Which is not really the story.
The story is that each of them let me know that they were choosing to cancel their memberships because they are prioritizing their in-person classes (personal training, yoga, pilates) over having access to an online membership.
And, while as a business person, I hate to see them go... I am also noticing that there is something more important happening.
People are more ready now to be in community than they have since 2020.
And that is beautiful to see.
So, I wanted to let you know the in-person events I have coming up in the near future:
Sept 16: Permission to Scream 7:30-9PM
Sept 17: FREE Empowered Body 5-6:00PM
Sept 18: Advanced Anatomy MSK Module begins (online & in-person hours) Part of the 300-hr YTT
SEpt 24: Empowered Body 8 week session begins
Sept 26: 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training begins with Above Average Wellness (runs Sept - May) Early bird pricing available until next week only!
All of these are listed in my events tab 📅
So many chances to see you in real life!
Which ones are you coming to??
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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
When you ask a simple straight forward question - and I make the answer clear… as mud. 😅🙊
09/01/2026
What is there left to learn??
This is a question I am asked all the time when people find out that I teach anatomy to non-medical professionals.
And on the surface, it makes sense. Because most desk workers don't feel the need to understand where their quadratus lumborum is... or how the fracture of their clavicle at the age of 14 now affects how they breath and move their arm.
But here's the thing.
You don't have to be a medical professional to have a body worth understanding.
And the more I teach anatomy, the more I realize that the interesting part isn't memorizing more anatomy...
It's understanding the connections.
How one old injurty might influence how someone moves today. How 2 people can have completely different "normal" movement. How the body adapts to load, repetition, environment, and experience. And how much more there is to consider before we decide something needs to be "fixed".
That is why I still take anatomy courses. There is always more to see.
This week I am hunkered down at my desk, writing out the newest version of my Advanced Anatomy Training - MSK module.
This is the biggest version I have created to date: 18 hours
And I have so many fun ways for us to explore. New content none of my students have ever seen... because I keep learning more too.
Just another reason to be mildly obsessed with being human.
I first learned anatomy from the diagrams too.
And I loved them. In fact, this book is still a treasured belonging because it’s where I fell in love with human anatomy.
But over the years, I’ve learned that the diagrams can quietly lead us to believe something that isn’t actually true about the human body…
That there is one “normal“ body.
There isn’t.
There are averages. There are ranges. There are common patterns.
And then there are the actual humans standing in front of us.
Our proportions vary. Our structures vary. Our tissues change. Our range of motion changes.
Even the same body doesn’t necessarily move the same way every day.
The diagram is useful. The measurement is useful. The average is useful.
But none of them are the human.
If you really want to understand movement, you have to stop asking “what’s normal?“ And start asking “what’s happening in THIS body?“
This is day five of finding my people.
If you’re less interested in memorizing the diagram and more interested in understanding the human in front of you… we’re probably going to get along.
I woke up to an email asking whether I have a need for human tissue for medical or educational purposes…
And it made me laugh for a few reasons.
Most people know me for my background working in forensic anatomy and autopsies, but I also have spent time as an AATB – certified Tissue Specialist. So there’s a whole other chapter of my career involving human tissue donation, recovery in the OR, and education that I don’t talk about nearly as much.
The email also made me pause because human tissue isn’t exactly something you can casually order for your anatomy course.
Hear in Canada, there are very specific regulations around the use and movement of human tissue and non-medical education programs don’t simply get to import cadaveric specimens from the US.
Which is probably for the best… 💀
But this morning, I find it fascinating how pieces of my old career are randomly colliding with the work I’m doing now.
I spent years studying the human body from the inside.
Now I get to help people understand it from the outside, in a way that makes sense for living, feeling, moving humans.
BTW, I have anatomy courses happening this fall.
Cadaver not included. 😉
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