Tag: Mental Skills
Handstand Inspiration
My younger daughter, Vivian, who has no history of gymnastics lessons, has decided to master an unsupported handstand. She’s already pretty great at doing it against the wall—something she watches me do in my home yoga practice sometimes—but this drive to handstand in free space is impressive. A few times each day (including, to the…
Sage Advice: Prerace Nerves
I’ve gotten a host of good questions from readers this morning and hope to cover them in the next few posts. One, via Twitter, is especially germane for me today, as I approach a challenging trail race on Saturday. Ainhoa asks, “Do you have something for managing stress, let’s say pre-race for instance.” Yes! Both…
Revising Your Goals
I enjoyed giving a webinar called “Your Perfect Race Day” for USA Triathlon today. (If you missed it, it’s archived online, along with its predecessor on race week and its cousins on yoga for triathletes and on recovery. Each offers CEUs for USAT coaches.) There was a great question that came in after I’d logged…
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…
Letter to a First-Time Marathoner
My best friend since childhood, Dr. Francesca “Kika” Tronchin, is running her first marathon this weekend, St. Jude’s in Memphis. She’s weathered the training with her usual blend of gusto and wit, and she’s going to have a great day on Saturday. I wish I could be there; I’ll be thinking of her as I…
Midnight Train to Georgia
I very rarely run with an iPod. I’d rather listen to ambient noise: traffic, birds, my breath, my training partners! But today I took a short run, just a few miles (with a stop at the grocery for allergy medicine) as I am leading a yoga and running retreat at ZAP Fitness in Blowing Rock…
Enjoy the Process
Last night, over Champagne (don’t be alarmed by the picture, there were other people present to aid in consumption!), my business partner, Lies Sapp (at right), and I bought the Carrboro Yoga Company from my longtime friends, Rick and Donia Robinson (Donia’s at left, and will be familiar to my Kripalu students as my most…