Tag: Hips
Everyday Yoga Excerpt: Post-Workout Restorative Hip-Opening Poses
My friends at Yoga Journal are offering Everyday Yoga excerpts to pique your interest in the book and jump-start your home practice. While the book is for not just athletes but everyone, the excerpts are keyed to pre- and postworkout routines, and you can string them together to do a complete practice. This is a postworkout recovery/hip-focused routine to help…
Notes on the Core from Running Summit East 2015
It was, as ever, a treat to present at the Running Summit in Morristown, NJ, last weekend. The presentations, participants, and facility are all top-notch. (At right is Wendy presenting on running form analysis. If you are in New York City, you should definitely schedule a custom running analysis session with Wendy at NY Custom PT!) I…
Watch: FREE Pre-Run Yoga Sequence (aka Parking Lot Yoga)
Here’s a treat for you, thanks to my friends at Yoga Vibes: a FREE short video to get you warmed up for your run or workout. It will also work well as a stretch break during your day. Yoga Class Description Use this short online yoga sequence to get you ready for your next run.…
Watch: FREE Postrun Yoga Video Routine
In this eight-minute free video—free, thanks to my friends at YogaVibes—I’ll guide you through a short, easy post-run routine that you can do in the parking lot, by the trailhead, or in your living room. Please enjoy and let me know what you think. You’ll find dozens of free, short online yoga videos and racing…
Watch: Yoga for Athletes Teachers’ Lounge: Before, During, and After
My newest class at YogaVibes talks you through timing. You’ll learn techniques to practice before, during, and after a workout, as well as hearing why I chose them. If you were at the free classes I offered during last winter’s tour of REI stores (thanks, prAna!), you’ll get a refresher on the sequences we practiced…
Watch: Yoga for Athletes Teachers’ Lounge: Table Legs
The latest in my series of classes filmed during my Teaching Yoga to Athletes intensive has a fun warmup sequence. Yoga Class Description In this yoga class for teachers and everyone, filmed at the end of Day 2 of Sage’s Teaching Yoga to Athletes intensive, we use table pose as a home base to explore the…
Watch: IT Band Aid
If you don’t know what your IT band (or iliotibial band) is, that’s great news—it’s probably not a problem area. If it is a hotspot for you, or if you have soreness at your outer hip or knee or general tightness along the outer thigh, this free video at YogaVibes has some ideas to help! Yoga Class Description…
Read: Are Your Hip Muscles out of Balance?
Are you sitting down? You could be contributing to hip issues, as I explain in this piece at Competitor.com: Most runners claim they have tight hamstrings. I see it all the time in the yoga classes I teach to athletes. But often, the problem is less in the hamstrings and more in the opposing muscle…
Watch: Yoga for Athletes Short Practice: Open Heart
My latest class for YogaVibes is a chest- and hip-stretching, heart-opening practice for athletes, chair sitters, and everyone. Yoga Class Description In this short online yoga class for athletes, chair sitters, and everyone, we focus on opening the front of the chest and hips. Relax into both supported and active backbends as you address all…
Watch: Yoga for Athletes Short Practice: Spine and Hips
Need a short work-it-out yoga practice? My latest short video for YogaVibes will move your spine in every direction while loosening shoulders, hips, calves, and feet: Spine and Hips: Yoga for Athletes Short Practice Yoga Class Description In this brief floor sequence, you’ll warm up your spine by moving it in every direction. Along the…
Watch: Visualize Pigeons at YogaVibes
My latest online yoga for athletes class at YogaVibes offers a wide range of options, so you can find your way toward the benefits of pigeon pose—deep release through glutes and piriformis—whether you just ran a marathon or just decided to try yoga. Yoga Class Description In this online yoga class for athletes and…
Watch: Learn Your Limits
My latest class for YogaVibes explores the places in our body that limit us in asana practice. In this online yoga class for athletes and everyone, we work on learning where our limits are, and what might cause them. Along the way, we develop the wisdom to discern between what we can control and what…