Tag: Yoga for Athletes
Scheduled: Teaching Yoga to Athletes Intensive in North Carolina
The hometown version of my five-day intensive on teaching yoga to athletes will be Monday–Friday, July 17–21, this year. (You can also catch it at the 1440 Multiversity in Scotts Valley, California, Sunday–Friday, June 18–23, and online anytime at Sage Yoga Teacher Training.) This is always a highlight of my teaching schedule—not only do I…
Watch: Everyday Yoga Short Practices: Flexibility, Mobility, and Relaxation
Here are three more short videos, companions to the short practices in Everyday Yoga. These are focused on flexibility, mobility, and relaxation, and they make good alternate-day practices to pepper among the strength practices that posted last week. Upper-Body Flexibility and Mobility Lower-Body Flexibility and Mobility Relaxation and Recovery Watch the full-length videos—and dozens more from…
Watch: Everyday Yoga Short Practice: Lower-Body Strength and Stability
Here’s another of the short practices from Everyday Yoga. This is another strength-builder, working your shoulders, core, hips, and legs—and all in only 16 minutes! See the full practice—and dozens more, including several free options—at Yoga Vibes.
Watch: Everyday Yoga Short Practice: Upper Body Strength and Stability
All this week, Yoga Vibes will be posting video companions to the short practices in Everyday Yoga! These offer a companion to the book and will help you include a little bit of yoga most days, especially if you are traveling away from your favorite studio over the summer vacation season. This first practice is…
Sage Advice: Quelling Pre-Competition Nerves
View image | gettyimages.com A young hammer thrower wrote me wondering how meditation might help him feel focused and relaxed before his meets. Here’s my answer. First thing I’d say is that some of what sports psychologists would call “arousal”—the anxiety and nervous feeling you have before a meet—is a good thing. It keeps you alert…
Newly Certified: Lori Archer, Kansas City
This beauty is Lori Archer from Kansas City. We connected when she came to Carrboro last summer for my Yoga for Athletes Five-Day Teachers’ Intensive (also available online), and we’ve continued to work together on her certification in Sage Yoga for Athletes. I’m happy to get to see her regularly when she comes to North Carolina as part…
Read: Standing Core Strengtheners
We all know that having a strong core improves our running and everything else we do. But it’s easy to slack off on doing your core work. For the May 2015 issue of Runner’s World, I contributed a quick, no-excuses routine you can do immediately after your workout, or as a standalone sequence in the middle of your…
Read: REI Blog and Meeting Sage Rountree
REI has a wonderful blog full of very useful tips for athletes of all stripes. I was happy to write a piece for them with an overview of yoga’s benefits for athletes. You’ll find lots more on yoga for athletes in my books and videos, of course, but read it here to get started. As we approach…
Yoga for Outdoor Athletes Tour of REI Stores
Once again, I’ll be spearheading a tour of REI stores to present on yoga for outdoor athletes on behalf of my wonderful sponsor prAna. Last year’s events featured me and my assistant Steve Krojniewski; this year, more of my colleagues, students, and protégées will join, and we all really look forward to seeing you! Each…
Walking in Circles
January marked my seventh year of visiting the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, where I led my annual weekend of yoga for athletes and a five-day intensive on teaching yoga to athletes (always available online, and offered in North Carolina this July). For most of us who visit, a stay at Kripalu is like being in yoga…
Watch: Yoga for Athletes Teachers’ Lounge: Christina’s World
Here’s the last in my series of classes from the Teaching Yoga to Athletes intensive. Join me for an in-person version of the intensive at Kripalu in January and at Carrboro Yoga in July, or online anytime at Sage Yoga Teacher Training. In this short online yoga class for athletes, teachers, and anyone, filmed at the end of…
Watch: Yoga for Athletes Teachers’ Lounge: Momentum, Core, and Inversions
In this class, filmed during my five-day teaching yoga to athletes intensive (also available online!), we explore principles of working from the core and controlling momentum. If you like to play, this is the practice for you! Expect to giggle and learn plenty as you roll around and maybe kick to handstand at the wall. Yoga…