Category: Recovery
Affirmation: I Recognize Support Makes Everything Easier
Yoga teacher affirmation: I recognize support makes everything easier.
Listen: Fit Bottomed Girls Podcast
I was delighted to go back on the Fit Bottomed Girls podcast, especially because it’s now helmed by my colleague (and Teaching Yoga to Athletes alumna!) Alison Heilig. We spoke about how to emphasize your recovery.
What It’s Like to Teach Yoga to Football Players
Yoga for athletes is NOT athletic yoga! In fact, teaching yoga to athletes can feel a lot like leading a gentle yoga class—or even yoga for seniors. Watch this chat with my assistant Alexis, who joined me to work with a college football team deep into training camp.
Listen: Yoga for Runners on Another Mother Runner Podcast
I had a great convo about yoga for runners with my friends at Another Mother Runner. Listen to hear the value of letting go of “doing-and-action” mode, how the athletic mindset tempers runners’ approach to yoga, how your practice should change during a training cycle, and four poses for runners to do daily.
Listen: J Brown Yoga Talks Podcast
Having two new books publish in the course of seven days this spring was . . . exciting. Slightly exhausting. Intellectually stimulating, for sure, especially when I had the opportunity to talk about both books in the same conversation. That has happened a few times, but most recently in a fantastic discussion with J Brown,…
Yoga for Caregivers Channel
Caregiving is hard work. Whether you are taking care of a parent, a child, a friend, or your own self, you need to refill your well so you can keep it up. Yoga can help a lot. My colleagues Julee Waldrop and Cammie Pressler have a fantastic new resource for you: a YouTube channel devoted…
Read: Best Hamstring Stretches for Runners
You don’t need a ton of flexibility to run well. Unless you run hurdles or steeple, you need just enough to move through the range of motion of your stride. But you might ENJOY stretches, and that’s a great reason to do these seven!
Watch: Book Talk on Balance
In this book talk I presented at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, I spoke on the subjects of my two recent books: The Art of Yoga Sequencing and The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery. Both are about finding balance—especially the balance between making things happen and letting things happen.
Listen: Another Mother Runner Podcast on Recovery
I had a great time chatting with Sarah and Tish of the Another Mother Runner podcast about all things recovery! The episode is live today wherever you get your podcasts, or listen here.
Books to Help You Up Your Game—and Destress
Can reading a personal finance book really make you a better athlete? Absolutely! As I explain in The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery, your best tools for peak performance are sleep, nutrition, and stress management. Less stress, better recovery. And one smart way to reduce your stress is to get a handle on your money—and your…
Yoga Nidra Practice and Teacher Training
On Friday, November 18, I’ll lead a pop-up Yoga Nidra class at Carrboro Yoga. And next October, I’m leading a teacher training so you can learn to do the same.