Category: Teaching
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Now Available: Professionalism
My latest online course for yoga and movement teachers is Professionalism, produced at the Carrboro Yoga Company in October as part of our 500-hour teacher training. This course includes candid discussion about career decisions, the ins and outs of being a yoga teacher and freelancer, and dealing with studios and students. We encourage you to…
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Scheduled: Yoga for Athletes Five-Day Teachers’ Intensive in North Carolina
I’ve just scheduled my annual five-day teachers’ intensive at my home studio, the Carrboro Yoga Company. Come enjoy a wonderful week with like-minded colleagues in beautiful central North Carolina. There’s even a brand-new Hampton Inn nearby, so you can live car-free for the week in our vibrant, walkable town. This workshop usually has participants from…
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Read: 6 Steps to Creating a Welcoming Class
Over at prAna Life, I offer six steps to setting a welcoming, nurturing tone that will make your students feel safe and right at home. While the piece is specifically about yoga, it would work in any movement class, and virtually any class at all. Attending yoga for the first time—or taking a class with…
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Now Available: Sequencing Yoga Classes from Welcome to Namaste
It’s been a busy year, between production of Racing Wisely and its forthcoming audiobook and our ongoing work at the studios to build a great community led by well-trained, experienced yoga teachers. In August, I taught a course on sequencing roughly modeled on The Athlete’s Pocket Guide to Yoga and its flipbook approach (detailed in this post…
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Yoga for Runners, Paragon Sports
Last week, I visited the legendary, still-family-owned Paragon Sports near Union Square in New York City for a yoga for runners class, thanks to my sponsor prAna. It was a beautifully produced event, start to finish, and there were even sandwiches! A lovely, lively community of runners congregates at Paragon, and I felt honored to…
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Yoga as Reward
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Yesterday, I taught one of the more interesting classes I’ve had the pleasure to lead lately. Somewhat surreally, it took place on the main floor of the Smith Center under the lights, but what made it special—in fact, what makes most standout moments special—is the intention behind it. I’ve been working with the UNC men’s…
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Watch: Total Body Balance
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My latest full-length class is online at YogaVibes now. In this online yoga class for athletes and everyone, we look to find total balance in the body—both in space and front to back, side to side, top to bottom—and along the way we cultivate balance between work and rest. Start with a standing warm-up to…
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Yoga for Cyclists
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Each year, I teach a Yoga for Cyclists class for Team LUNA Chix, a fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Fund, at Carrboro Yoga. Join us Saturday, September 21! Time in the saddle strengthens your legs, but it can also tighten your chest and hips and weaken your back. Join Team LUNA Chix for a special…
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Read: Sequencing Yoga Classes
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A post on my flipbook approach to sequencing interesting, balanced yoga classes is online at the prAna blog today. While it’s written for teachers, the principles apply just as well to home practice. If you’d like to investigate this approach further, you’ll want to sign up for my online sequencing class, which will be available…
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Watch: FREE Yoga for Runners
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Thanks to YogaVibes and prAna, I have a treat for you! It’s a free video with a series of short yoga routines to do before, during, and after your run. All are simple and can be done in a parking lot, trailhead, or—if you want to repurpose them—office cubicle. No mat required! These will be…
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Preview: Sequencing Workshop, or Prix Fixe Menu Yoga
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Below is one of last month’s menus from my husband’s restaurant, Rue Cler (eat there!). Sequencing a yoga class can follow a format similar to this menu. Teachers choose a first course, a second course, and a third course to create a full meal, like the prix fixe menu. Or, in home practice or shorter sessions,…
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Watch: Yoga for Cyclists
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Thanks to my partners at prAna and YogaVibes, I’m delighted to offer this free short yoga video for you to unwind when you get off the bike—or out of your desk chair. This short online yoga practice is appropriate for cyclists—as well as anyone who spends time sitting in a chair each day. Start with…