Category: Teaching
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Just Scheduled: Sequencing Yoga Classes from Welcome to Namaste
I’ve just scheduled a five-day teachers’ intensive to give you concrete and copious tools and sequences no matter what style of yoga (or other movement classes) you teach. This workshop, which meets August 12–16, 2013, is part of a larger initiative at Carrboro Yoga to include more continuing education (more on that in a few…
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Just Scheduled: Intensive on Teaching Yoga to Athletes
I’ve booked the dates for my next intensive on teaching yoga to athletes at my home studio, Carrboro Yoga, in beautiful central North Carolina, July 8–12, 2013. If you’re more of a winter-in–New England type, I’m teaching a similar program at Kripalu starting January 27; details here. Each program is equivalent to the content portion…
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Teaching Yoga to Athletes: Online vs. In Person
In January, I’ll repeat my intensive on teaching yoga to athletes at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in the Berkshires. We had a wonderful time last year and I’m already looking forward to this iteration of the intensive. I had a great question about the difference between the course there and my online…
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Finding Comfort with Comfort
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It was lovely to find specific praise of Durham Yoga‘s restorative class on our Facebook page. (I’m a big fan of praise; here’s a post at the prAna blog on ways to deliver it liberally.) A great phrase emerged: Jeff, the teacher, wants his students to develop comfort with being comfortable. This really struck me…
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Sage Advice: Choosing a Yoga Teacher Training
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Aspiring teachers sometimes write me to ask for advice on choosing a teacher training. While I can’t make individual recommendations without knowing the teacher-to-be and the offerings in his or her area, there are some general themes to my answer. Be clear on your intention. As with any undertaking, clarity about what you’re doing is…
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Read: 10 Yoga Poses for Runners
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It was fun to work with the nice guys at Men’s Journal to come up with ten yoga poses of special benefit for runners. We worked with yoga instructor and endurance sports coach Sage Rountree, which is actually her real name, to identify 10 yoga poses that will improve your running game. Rountree, herself an accomplished athlete,…
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Watch: Everything You Wanted to Know about the “Athlete’s Guide” Series
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Here’s more than you might have ever wanted to know about my books and DVD, footage from my online course on teaching yoga to athletes.
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Postview: Wilmington Yoga Center, Yoga for Athletes
I had a sweet group of yogis at Wilmington Yoga Center yesterday. They were especially good at practicing pratyahara, internal focus, given the stimulation of the ongoing expansion at WYC. The space, already fantastic, will soon be even better with the addition of a third studio. I love teaching there, as it’s like Bizarro Carrboro, with…
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Practice: Slow Sun Salutations
Taking a familiar sequence—sun salutations, for example, and slowing it way down can suss out the motor control used for transitions, helping us be smoother when we bring the sequence back up to speed. That’s the focus of my latest class on YogaVibes, Slow Sun Salutations. Click on through for a sample, and enjoy the…
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Teaching Yoga to Athletes: An Online Course and Certification
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Teaching yoga to athletes is my life’s work. This niche lies at the intersection of my professional training, vocation, and passions: studying philosophy and literature; developing strong teaching skills; training, racing, and coaching; practicing yoga. I’m hugely excited to share this field with you in a one-of-a-kind online course on teaching yoga to athletes. This…
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Retreat: Kripalu, Labor Day 2012
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I’m very excited to expand my usual Yoga for Athletes weekend workshop at Kripalu into a long-weekend format. The two extra sessions will allow us to add a second strength-building practice and to explore yin yoga together. If you have been thinking about visiting Kripalu, join us! This is sure to be a fantastic time…