Author: sagerountree
Read: Three Hip Stretches You Should Do Every Day
You’ll find some quotes from me alongside three of my favorite stretches for the hip flexors at the Silver Sneakers blog. This is my most favorite of all, as you can do it from a bed, a sofa, or—if you’re as lucky as this woman—a cosy reading nook. Read the full piece here.
Weekday 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
One of my favorite offerings at Carolina Yoga is our daytime hybrid yoga teacher training, which meets Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., January through March, in odd-numbered years. We call this the “hybrid,” as it’s a cross of our three-week intensive format (offered in even-numbered summers) and the eight-month, one-weekend-a-month format…
New! Core Strength for Real People: Get on Your Feet
You may have heard of the 2012 study that says your ability to stand up from the floor can predict your mortality from any cause. All the more reason to practice! Playing with the transition from the floor to standing is also a good way to challenge your core strength and improve your balance. The…
Read: Yoga for Athletes Is Not Athletic Yoga
I wrote a post for the Kripalu blog outlining my approach to yoga for athletes. It’s summed up in the title: it’s not athletic yoga! Instead, it’s yoga to complement what we do in training. To put it succinctly, yoga for athletes is not necessarily athletic yoga. It certainly can be: At various points in…
Read: Granola Recipe for Athletes (and Everyone)
I really fell in love with granola at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, and I still eat it every morning every day I’m there, and most days at home. Yoga Journal asked for my recipe, which appeared in their September issue. It’s online now—check it out. My love of granola started nine years…
Coming Spring 2019: Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses
Last week, Alexandra and I turned in the manuscript for our second coauthored book, Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses: A Practical Workbook for Integrating Themes, Ideas, and Inspiration into Your Class. (Preorder it on Amazon here!) We designed this book for yoga teachers of every style, background, and level of experience; it would also be of…
Newly Certified: Alison Whelan
Meet Alison Whelan, the newest certified Sage Yoga for Athletes teacher. Alison lives in New York City, where she teaches yoga full time and runs a nonprofit called Breathe and Believe Yoga, focused on bringing yoga to those who would otherwise be unable to access the practice. A lifelong athlete, Alison played lacrosse in college before…
One More Week of Early Bird: Teaching Yoga to Athletes, Carrboro, 2018
There’s one more week to get the early bird rate and one of the few remaining spots in my intensive on teaching yoga to athletes held at Carrboro Yoga this July. Join me! The 2018 hometown version of my five-day intensive on teaching yoga to athletes will be Monday–Friday, July 9–13, this year. (You can…
Content Role Model: Alison Heilig
Last month, I launched the Content Workshop, a workbook course for movement teachers. (Read all about it here, and use the code SRWORKSHOP to save $10 on it or on the package of the Content Workshop and the Movement Workshop through May 31.) As I developed the course, I ran it past my most trusted…
Last Few Slots: Core Strength for Real People, May 19–20
We have just a few spots left in this weekend’s Core Strength for Real People workshop at Carrboro Yoga. Join for both Saturday and Sunday, or for just Saturday morning and/or afternoon. Don’t worry—it won’t be 3–12 hours of core work. We’ll also cover the context of why, how, and when to do core exercises, as…
Content Role Model: Terry Cockburn
Last month, I launched the Content Workshop, a workbook course for movement teachers. (Read all about it here, and use the code SRWORKSHOP to save $10 on it or on the package of the Content Workshop and the Movement Workshop through May 31.) As I developed the course, I ran it past my most trusted…
Sign Up Now: Core Strength for Real People, May 19–20
We have a great crew already committed to the Core Strength for Real People workshop at Carrboro Yoga, Saturday and Sunday, May 19–20. If you’ve been on the fence, sign up now before we hit our maximum! And if you can’t make it in person, you can follow along with fun, doable core videos anytime…