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My name is Jake Panasevich, and I’m a yoga teacher with a focus on teaching men and athletes - from your everyday dad to professional athletes. And I’m also a lifestyle science journalist and I link my yoga practice and habits to evidence based medicine, outcomes and research. Which honestly, often gets lost in a yoga practice. I want to provide you, my audience with as much value as possible and that’s why I started this: the Yoga with Jake podcast, where I tap into my access to world-renown experts, elite athletes and other world-class performers to give you the tools, tips and perspective that make them the best in their field, and could help you be better too.

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Dr. Alexandra Seidenstein: Yoga for Back Pain & Scoliosis. Bridging the Gap Betwen Yoga & Science. Yoga & the Biopsychosocial Model for Treating Pain.

August 04, 2025 • Jake Panasevich • Season 3 • Episode 132

Dr. Ali Seidenstein is an orthopaedic surgery resident at Johns Hopkins and longtime yoga teacher with nearly 20 years of experience which included three years living and studying in India. Before medical school, Ali was on faculty at NYU’s School of Engineering, where she continues to advise premedical students. Her Ph.D. research focused on how trauma and PTSD influence gene expression through epigenetic changes. She continues to bridge science and movement in her clinical research on yoga and musculoskeletal health, she currently is the lead on a clinic trial for Yoga and scoliosis. Ali is also the founder of Kids Who Care, a nonprofit she launched over 20 years ago to support youth advocacy and leadership. A third-generation orthopaedist, she is proud to carry on her family’s legacy in medicine.

She lives in Baltimore with her husband, a radiology resident, and with what little time they have left after the hospital, they can usually be found hiking, cooking plant-based meals, or planning their next adventure.

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