Category: Yoga

  • Read: 12-Minute Core-Strength Yoga Sequence for Real People

    Are you a real person? Me, too! I often feel pressed for time, and I certainly have a real body; that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t keep my core strong. I do that by taking and teaching Pilates classes and supplementing that with a home practice like this one I wrote up for Yoga Journal. Core strength is…

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  • Read: Just One Pose: Legs up the Wall

    My post at Yoga for Aging Athletes today talks about legs up the wall—one of my personal favorite poses—and includes a few reasons why not to take the pose. Read it here.

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  • Shreveport, LA: Workshops Next Weekend

    I’ll be at Breathe Yoga in Shreveport next weekend, and there are a few spaces left in individual sessions à la carte. If you can make only one session, now’s your chance to nab a spot! Friday, 2/26, 6:00–8:00 p.m.: Yoga for All Athletes: An all level, all sports practice. Saturday, 2/27, 9:00–11:30 a.m.: Teaching Yoga to Athletes:…

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  • Newly Certified: Jeanine Encizo

    Meet Jeanine Encizo, the most recent certified Sage Yoga for Athletes teacher! Jeanine came to yoga as a longtime runner, competitive in both cross-country and track. Like many of us, she found the yoga asana practice to be a lovely complement to the miles she was putting in. Her clear teaching reflects her experience and…

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  • Discount: Yoga Journal LIVE in New York

    I’ll present three offerings as part of the Yoga Journal LIVE! weekend in New York: Core Strength for Real People, Friday, April 8, 5:30–7:00 p.m. A More Perfect Union: Building Better Balance, Saturday, April 9, 8:00–10:00 a.m. Yoga for Athletic Recovery (and Tired Moms), Saturday, April 9, 3:30–5:30 p.m. Yes! You can sign up for just…

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  • Scheduled: The Workshop Workshop

    I’ve always had a fondness for metanarrative—stories that are about themselves. It was the topic of my master’s thesis (on metanarrative cinema, and yes, this included The Muppet Movie and Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure) and, in a way, of my doctoral dissertation (on images of the professor and the university in drama since Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf). Thus: the…

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  • “How Do I Make Myself Relax?”

    The youngest participant in my recent weekend on yoga for athletes at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health was a twelve-year-old swimmer. Toward the end of the first session’s savasana—the quiet relaxation period at the end of practice—he raised his hand. The question: “How do I make myself relax?” This question sits at the heart of the…

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  • Postview: Kripalu 2016

    Postview: Kripalu 2016

    For the eighth consecutive year, I had a wonderful time leading a weekend on yoga for athletes, as well as spending five days investigating teaching yoga to athletes with my colleagues. (If you’d like to do the intensive, it’s always available online and next offered at Carrboro Yoga at the end of June.) Here are some photographic highlights.…

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  • Highest Recommendation: Yoga for Athletes and Active People Video with Steve

    Steve Krojniewski—Krojo to his friends, and everyone is a friend to Steve—is a certified Sage Yoga for Athletes teacher and one of my senior assistants. Steve, who works with several University of Notre Dame teams, has produced a beautiful set of videos for athletes, active people, and everyone, available here and at his website, My True Balance…

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  • Newly Certified: Jo Marchi

    Meet Jo Marchi, who has just finished her certification in Sage Yoga for Athletes! (Start yours at sageyogateachertraining.com.) We had the great pleasure of Jo’s company in Carrboro last summer for the five-day Teaching Yoga to Athletes intensive. Not only did everyone benefit from her upbeat positive energy and enthusiasm, we were able to pick her…

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  • Scheduled: Yoga Journal LIVE! New York

    I’ll present three offerings as part of the Yoga Journal LIVE! weekend in New York, then hustle home to graduate our 8-month yoga teacher training: Core Strength for Real People, Friday, April 8, 5:30–7:00 p.m. A More Perfect Union: Building Better Balance, Saturday, April 9, 8:00–10:00 a.m. Yoga for Athletic Recovery (and Tired Moms), Saturday, April…

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  • Everyday Yoga: Now in Spanish as Yoga Diario

    Do you prefer your Everyday Yoga en español? You’re in luck: Ediciones Tutor has just published the Spanish-language edition. Read all about it and order it here. Sinopsis Sage Rountree, la experta más destacada de EE. UU. en yoga para personas activas, comparte el planteamiento fresco y comprensible de su práctica diaria en esta guía de…

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