Category: Training and Racing
Download: Racing Wisely Documents
Racing Wisely, my latest book—available soon!—helps you think through every aspect of race day, from choosing the right goal race to packing. The questionnaires, worksheets, and checklists below are explained in full detail in the book, but I’m sharing them with you now in hopes they will be useful as you focus your goals and plans. Here…
Preview: Sequencing Workshop, or Prix Fixe Menu Yoga
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,…
Watch: Yoga for Cyclists
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…
Coming Soon: Racing Wisely
Thanks to all of you for sharing with such self-effacing good humor your stories of race-day disasters! Several of them are featured in my new book, Racing Wisely, which will be available in mid-August. (Sign up for my newsletter, or follow me on Twitter or Facebook, to be notified the moment the book is available.)…
Registration Available: Kripalu January 2014
My winter visit to teach at Kripalu is always a great start to the year, and in 2014, we’ve moved the weekend (for athletes and teachers) and the weeklong (for teachers, personal trainers, and coaches) programs far away from the Super Bowl! Read more and register here: Yoga for Athletes: Strength, Flexibility, and Focus Teaching…
The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery, Japanese Edition (リカバリー ─アスリートの疲労回復のために─ )
What a treat and surprise when this came from my publisher in today’s mail! The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery, aka リカバリー ─アスリートの疲労回復のために─ in Japanese! As with the Spanish edition, this carries the graphs and photos from the original English edition, which is good, because that’s the only thing I recognize other than my name. The…
Canada Practice Notes
I had a fantastic time visiting western Canada to present clinics on yoga for runners at Mountain Equipment Co-Op stores—and here’s my postview with practice notes. I met some wonderful athletes, ate a lot of Neapolitan pizza, and watched more episodes of House of Cards than I might like to admit. I’m extremely grateful to prAna for…
Canada Tour
I’m having a great time so far on my tour of western Canada, presenting Yoga for Runners clinics at Mountain Equipment Co-op stores, courtesy of prAna. As I told the sweet participants in Vancouver this morning, I’ll write a full practice list when I get home later in the week and post it here. If…
Practice: Yoga for Swimmers
Thanks to my friends at prAna and YogaVibes, you can enjoy this FREE 30-minute video with easy yoga poses targeting the back, chest, and shoulders. It’s perfect for swimmers—and it includes a swimming-specific breath exercise—but it is also appropriate for anyone. The poses are simple and held for a while, so you don’t need any…
Watch: Yoga for Athletes—Twists
My latest class on YogaVibes has a host of twists in different relationships to gravity. Wring it out!
Share: Racing Lowlights and Highlights
Several of you have already shared wonderful (and wonderfully awful) stories of good races gone bad—crashes galore, broken glasses, broken noses, missing the start, missing the finish (!). (I’m working on a piece on the subject, about which more soon.) Any race—running, paddling, kids’ fun runs—is game. If you have a story to tell, I’d…
Watch: Yoga for Postgame Recovery
My latest class on YogaVibes is an hourlong practice for postgame recovery. Join the Cornell women’s lacrosse team for this yoga session for athletes and everyone. You’ll warm up the spine, shoulders, and hips, then relax into deep stretches designed to help you stay present moment to moment while preparing you for your next workout…