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Maile Wicklander

Maile Wicklander

Founder and owner of Tula Yoga Studio in Chicago; IAYT certified yoga therapist, RYT-500, MBSR teacher, and mindfulness practitioner specializing in SomaYoga and trauma-sensitive teaching.

Jul 13, 2026

40:18
Mm-hmm.
40:18
I'm, I'm realizing that I'm not so interested in trying to nail, you know, scorpion pose or handstands or whatever, but I, and I c- and I knew that there was more depth to yoga, right? Like, I knew that there was something else, and I, I f- felt like that practice was not, at least for me, it was just not sustainable.
40:43
And when I started my 500 hour, um, yeah, I just, I think I really just started realizing, like, wow, there's, there's more to this yoga thing than I thought.
40:57
[laughs] Right? Um-

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67:39
Right.
67:39
So like, you know, so and I've had, uh, partnership meetings with, um, a few physical therapy offices, and it's really interesting because they, you know, they have told me that there is a need for yoga therapists in their world.
67:59
Because what happens is that people will come to physical therapy, right, usually after an injury or, you know, they, you know, twist their ankle or whatever it is, right? So the yoga ther- or the physical therapist will, um, work with them, and they get their mobility back, and okay, now they can walk, right? But then they, they have some clients that keep coming back to them with, uh, let's just say, um, uh, things like, "Well, I'm still having pain here."

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