Category: Teaching

  • Does . . . Not . . . Compute

    Have you ever had moments of great confusion followed by moments of clarity? They might have happened in a lecture or a workshop, when your preexisting beliefs were shattered and the reorganization of the pieces led to a more full picture of how things work. I talk about this vis-à-vis yoga teaching (with application for…

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  • Kripalu Perspectives

    I’m happy to be featured in this episode of Kripalu Perspectives, talking about yoga for athletes of all kinds. Please join me for a weekend workshop at Kripalu this September 23–25. We’ll do yoga, eat gloriously, enjoy some quiet time, and explore the fantastic trail system at the height of autumn’s glory. Read more about…

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  • Teaching Yoga to Athletes

    Jessica, a marathoner, triathlete, and yoga teacher, wrote me from San Diego, asking about how to get started in the field of teaching yoga to athletes. I was heartened to hear that she actively trains and competes. It’s certainly not a prerequisite for teaching a great class for athletes, but it definitely helps to be…

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  • Southeastern Collegiate Fitness Expo

    This past weekend, I had the privilege of teaching at the Southeastern Collegiate Fitness Expo at N.C. State in Raleigh. The expo, which brought together rec center workers from across the Southeast, was held at State’s lovely Carmichael Recreation Complex. I taught three classes: a Yoga for Athletes class, Spin and Yoga, and a master…

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  • D.C., NYC

    A few yoga for athletes options for you cosmopolitan East Coasters. I’ll be in Washington, D.C. (well, technically, Chevy Chase) this weekend to lead my intensive on teaching yoga to athletes at the Yoga Fusion Studio. As part of the weekend, I’m offering a 90-minute class open to all athletes—no yoga experience required! It’s this…

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  • Kripalu Postview

    As predicted, the participants in my workshop on yoga for athletes at Kripalu were great. We had a huge range of sports and yoga experience, from longtime teachers to first-time yogis. With such a turnout, I’ve scheduled an encore weekend in fall, when the leaves should be glorious and the trails ripe for running. It’ll…

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  • Kripalu Preview

    Talking about Agnistambhasana There’s still time to sign up for my upcoming weekend at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, February 4–6. If you’re worried that it’s too much yoga for you, rest assured! First, yoga for athletes is not athletic yoga, as I explained below. Second, each year we have had a fantastic…

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  • Never Fear

    A central paradox of my career is the name of what I do: teaching yoga for athletes. It’s really just yoga, presented in ways that complement what athletes do, and that also work for most folks with tight hips and shoulders (read: Westerners). It’s not, as the name might imply, athletic yoga. Athletes get their…

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  • Functional Core Sequence

    What a nice group joined me yesterday at Carrboro Yoga for a core-strength workshop! Our theme was finding mountain pose, the neutral and stable alignment of the pelvis and the spine, and holding that even as our arms and legs were moving and our orientation to gravity shifted. As I promised the students, I’m posting…

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  • Thank You, Wellness Center

    It’s Wednesday evening and getting dark, and I’m feeling nostalgic for the class I’ve just retired from: a Yoga for Athletes class at the UNC Wellness Center. I taught the class for the last six years (and also taught indoor cycling there for four). In conjunction with my standing Monday night class at Carrboro Yoga,…

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  • Reverse Vinyasa

    This is a follow-up to my variations on vinyasa post, as well as the story of a lightbulb moment. During my fantastically fun intensive on teaching yoga to athletes (there’s still room for a few more in New York next month), I was bemoaning the monotony of the standard vinyasa from plank through chaturanga to…

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  • Variations on Vinyasa

    In my class this week (join me for a repeat Thursday night at 5:45), there are a lot of opportunities for the vinyasa from plank through chaturanga to cobra or upward-facing dog to downward-facing dog. This opportunity happens about forty times in the sequence, which begins with warm-up moves, builds to standing poses, and segues…

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