Category: Yoga
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Teaching Yoga to Athletes: Online vs. In Person
In January, I’ll repeat my intensive on teaching yoga to athletes at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in the Berkshires. We had a wonderful time last year and I’m already looking forward to this iteration of the intensive. I had a great question about the difference between the course there and my online…
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Sage Advice: Choosing a Yoga Teacher Training
Aspiring teachers sometimes write me to ask for advice on choosing a teacher training. While I can’t make individual recommendations without knowing the teacher-to-be and the offerings in his or her area, there are some general themes to my answer. Be clear on your intention. As with any undertaking, clarity about what you’re doing is…
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Watch: Everything You Wanted to Know about the “Athlete’s Guide” Series
Here’s more than you might have ever wanted to know about my books and DVD, footage from my online course on teaching yoga to athletes.
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Kripalu Post-View, September
Yes, I was in Seattle,however briefly! I am happy to be done with my whirlwind travel week, which began with a trip to Seattle on Wednesday–and a trip back on Thursday! In between, I loved meeting the affable, laid-back, but sharp leadership of REI and of prAna, and teaching them yoga. What a nice crew,…
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But I’m Not a Teacher
I was delighted to have a few students at my intensive in San Francisco on teaching yoga to athletes who were not themselves yoga teachers. They bravely, and correctly, presumed that there’d be content germane to their personal training work and their own practices. And I just had an e-mail from a non-teacher student who’s…
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Does . . . Not . . . Compute
Have you ever had moments of great confusion followed by moments of clarity? They might have happened in a lecture or a workshop, when your preexisting beliefs were shattered and the reorganization of the pieces led to a more full picture of how things work. I talk about this vis-à-vis yoga teaching (with application for…
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D.C., NYC
A few yoga for athletes options for you cosmopolitan East Coasters. I’ll be in Washington, D.C. (well, technically, Chevy Chase) this weekend to lead my intensive on teaching yoga to athletes at the Yoga Fusion Studio. As part of the weekend, I’m offering a 90-minute class open to all athletes—no yoga experience required! It’s this…
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Back to Its Natural State
in YogaI had my hair blown out today, for fun and because I had the time after my semiannual haircut. It’s been two years or so since I’ve seen it straight. The children were alarmed. “You look like a mom,” I thought Vivi said, but she explained, “No, you look like your mom.” (A not unhappy…
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Yoga’s Benefits for Athletes
I’ve got a piece on yoga’s benefits for athletes running on the prAna blog today. Check it out! And please leave a comment if you have one.
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Tough Call
in YogaI spent the first ten years of my life in Buffalo, New York. These years included the Blizzard of ’77, which buried our AMC Pacer so much that not even a hump of the car was visible in the snow. While these years calibrated my snow tolerance meter, I was not old enough to be…
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Mopping the Floors
in YogaTuesdays and Thursdays, I arrive at Carrboro Yoga midday to sign in and enjoy Ruth’s noon Power Flow class. One of my first chores, and my most favorite, is cleaning the floor. I slowly push the wide dust mop back and forth over the century-old wood. When nails are lifted out, they snag a piece of…
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Christmas Tree Yoga
in YogaI was honored to teach a lovely group of yogis and yoginis for an all-levels, all-ages holiday practice today. In honor of the season, we enjoyed tree pose in a number of orientations: on our backs, standing, on our sides, and on our bellies. With 26 bodies and students’ age ranging from the teens to…