Category: Yoga
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New Course: The Content Workshop
Meet the Content Workshop, the latest course at Sage Yoga Teacher Training! Ready to take your reach beyond the movement classroom? Do you have useful advice to share with your audience, but feel unsure about how to do it and where to start? In the Content Workshop, I show you how to share your gifts…
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Scheduled: Teaching Yoga to Athletes in Carrboro, 2018
The 2018 hometown version of my five-day intensive on teaching yoga to athletes will be Monday–Friday, July 9–13, this year. (You can also catch it online anytime at Sage Yoga Teacher Training.) This is always a highlight of my teaching schedule—not only do I love the content, the students are reliably wonderful and everyone falls…
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Newly Certified: Cathy Cannon
Meet Cathy Cannon, the newest certified Sage Yoga for Athletes teacher. Cathy came from Roanoke, in the mountains of Virginia, to take Teaching Yoga to Athletes in Carrboro in the summer of 2016. She returned home, continued her work with minor-league hockey players, high school football players, elite swimmers, and other athletes, then started working through…
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Scheduled: Core Strength for Real People Intensive in North Carolina
I hope you’re enjoying the Core Strength for Real People video series. (A new video just joined the other 14!) Whether you’re a core enthusiast or a movement teacher, current or aspiring, I’d love to have you join me in central North Carolina in May for a two-day weekend workshop. You’ll learn how to guide…
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New! Core Strength for Real People: Kneeling Side Plank Shoulder and Glutes Work
Looking for a fresh addition to your workouts? The latest episode of Core Strength for Real People is here to help. Challenge your balance and stability from a kneeling side plank to add efficient and fun work. In this core routine, you’ll address shoulder, core, and especially hip strength. You will feel this the next…
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Newly Certified: Dr. Cheryl Martin
Meet Cheryl Martin, one of the newest certified Sage Yoga for Athletes teachers. It was a treat to work with her as she moved through the training—her skill set is unique and inspiring. As an emergency physician and ultrarunner, she knows the value of yoga to keep you grounded in every situation. Scottish by birth, Cheryl…
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New Infrastructure for 2018: Sage Yoga Teacher Training
Over at Sage Yoga Teacher Training, I have several online courses: Online Yoga for Athletes Teacher Training and Certification Classroom Management and Safety Sequencing Yoga Classes from Welcome to Namaste Professionalism for Movement Teachers The Workshop Workshop On Wednesday, I updated the infrastructure of the site to make it far more easy to access more…
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Newly Certified: Maricelle Campbell
Meet Maricelle Campbell, one of the newest certified Sage Yoga for Athletes teachers. I met Maricelle in person when she took a workshop with me at the Yoga Journal conference in New York, and I was delighted to have her enroll in Teaching Yoga to Athletes shortly thereafter. And we are really excited to have…
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Skill in Action: Yoga and Social Justice
Join me in supporting Michelle Johnson as she prepares to release Skill in Action: Yoga and Social Justice. Michelle, a longtime teacher at Carrboro Yoga Company and town alderperson, now lives in Portland, OR, where she works to dismantle racism. Her classes are clear and inclusive and her work is for the benefit of everyone! This book…
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New! Core Strength for Real People: Tap Front and Back
Ready to keep your sense of humor as you play with a challenge to your balance? The latest episode of Core Strength for Real People is here to help! From standing and from tabletop, we’ll work abs, back muscles, and balance with contralateral movements to tap in front of and behind the body. Enjoy the…
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Read: Three Yoga Poses That Are Perfect Right After a Run
The third piece in my series of yoga to do before, during, and after your run—all excerpts from the second edition of The Runner’s Guide to Yoga—is up at Yoga Journal. When your run has been easy, or even moderate, you can move right into a quick practice, and, you’ll enjoy the benefit of warm…
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Read: 4 Yoga Tricks to Steal for Running
You’ll find another excerpt from The Runner’s Guide to Yoga at Yoga Journal. This one is about yoga to do during your run. Doing yoga during a run doesn’t have to mean stopping to strike a pose mid-stride. While the strength, flexibility, and balance you gain from the physical postures are all deployed as you move, you can also…