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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

ough the lens of function, curiosity, and embodied science.
šŸ’€ Former forensics professional turned movement educator.
šŸ§  Helping teachers move beyond "cue and copy" into true body fluency.

08/27/2026

I first learned anatomy from the diagrams too.
And I loved them. In fact, this book is still a treasured belonging because itā€™s where I fell in love with human anatomy.

But over the years, Iā€™ve learned that the diagrams can quietly lead us to believe something that isnā€™t actually true about the human bodyā€¦
That there is one ā€œnormalā€œ body.

There isnā€™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 doesnā€™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 ā€œwhatā€™s normal?ā€œ And start asking ā€œwhatā€™s happening in THIS body?ā€œ

This is day five of finding my people.
If youā€™re less interested in memorizing the diagram and more interested in understanding the human in front of youā€¦ weā€™re probably going to get along.

08/26/2026

I woke up to an email asking whether I have a need for human tissue for medical or educational purposesā€¦
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 ā€“ certified Tissue Specialist. So thereā€™s a whole other chapter of my career involving human tissue donation, recovery in the OR, and education that I donā€™t talk about nearly as much.

The email also made me pause because human tissue isnā€™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 donā€™t simply get to import cadaveric specimens from the US.
Which is probably for the bestā€¦ šŸ’€

But this morning, I find it fascinating how pieces of my old career are randomly colliding with the work Iā€™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. šŸ˜‰

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08/25/2026

Not to be dramatic, but there's leaves falling... šŸ‚
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08/23/2026

Eyes.
Insights from my card deck!
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08/21/2026

I think this might be the hardest part about entrepreneurshipā€¦
It isnā€™t the failure, which inevitably comes in one way or another.
Itā€™s the POSSIBILITY of failure thatā€™s 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 hereā€™s the part I find fascinating as an anatomy nerd:
Our brains arenā€™t passive observers in this process.
The anterior mid cingulate cortex is involved in effort, persistence, and continuing when something is difficult or uncomfortable. And thereā€™s growing research into how engaging in effortful experiences can influence the brain.

So maybe confidence isnā€™t about becoming certain that something will work. Maybe confidence is built by repeatedly experiencing the thought process ā€œI donā€™t know if this will work, but Iā€™m going to try anywayā€œ

Thatā€™s entrepreneurship.
Thatā€™s leadership.
Thatā€™s the process of creating in this AI heavy world.

And apparently thatā€™s also a little bit of brain training.

So hereā€™s to all of us building things that might fail.
May we get really fu***ng good at trying. šŸ„‚

08/19/2026

This is where anatomy gets interesting to me. I donā€™t 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?

Go deeper in your understanding of the human body & movement this fall.Support your clients, students, and self through ...
08/19/2026

Go deeper in your understanding of the human body & movement this fall.
Support your clients, students, and self through new awareness.
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