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- Yin Yoga for the Hips
Carrboro Yoga Company
Saturday, December 12 at 2:00pm - Yoga for Athletes: Strength, F...
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
Friday, February 5 at 7:00pm
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Perfect for practice after a long or hard workout, this gentle series of stretches encourages recovery and open hips, while helping you relax. You’ll need a wall or a closed (and locked!) door. Be sure to keep your back neutral against the ground throughout—don’t let your bottom curl up as your legs shift position. At ...the end, feel free to stay as long as you like with your legs up.
This sequence is also available in The Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga, which you can find at Amazon, REI, and bookstores everywhere. Music for the episode is “Breath of Love,” by Suzanne Teng, off the compilation Music for Meditation, available at Magnatune.com.
Sage Endurance: Yoga and Multisport Training
A relaxing series of reclining twists to stretch the chest and shoulders while releasing the hips. All you need for practice is a comfortable surface to recline on: a padded floor, a grassy field, or your bed.
This sequence is part of Sage’s class at YogaVibes, which you can stream online. It’s also available in The Ath...lete’s Pocket Guide to Yoga, which you can find at Amazon, REI, and bookstores everywhere.
Music for this episode is from the album Hidden Sky by Jami Sieber, available at Magnatune.com.
Sage Endurance: Yoga and Multisport Training
Yin yoga is a still, quiet style of yoga that will open your hips and give you time for introspection. You'll find deep release in long holds of simple postures on the floor, leading to greater freedom and balance around the pelvis. Appropriate for all levels of yoga experience. $20. Registration (choose "Workshops"): ...https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.as
Time:2:00PM Saturday, December 12th
Location:Carrboro Yoga Company
Sage Endurance: Yoga and Multisport Training
Some poses for you to try in your living room with your coffee table or couch. Just make sure there's no hot coffee on the table! http://www.sagerountree.com/sagetree/blo
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This interesting pose, which I call "flank stretch," gets into the lateral quadriceps muscles that are flanked by the IT band, as well as the iliacus part of the iliopsoas and the obliques. ...
Sage Endurance: Yoga and Multisport Training Treat yourself to a Pre-Marathon Yoga workshop. This workshop is appropriate for runners in general, and especially appropriate for athletes running the New York City Marathon on November 1st. Enjoy relaxing in simple supported poses that require little energy, allowing you to center, focus, and restore your vitality. ...You will learn to work with a mantra and other tools for concentration during running or any intense situation. You'll gently stretch your chest, back, hips, and legs, and you'll leave feeling both relaxed and focused, ready for whatever your Sunday has to offer. No yoga experience needed. Wear comfortable clothes, warm socks, and bring an eye pillow, if you have one.
Relax before Halloween night—or the NYC Marathon
Time:2:00PM Saturday, October 31st
Location:Om Factory, New York City
Sage Endurance: Yoga and Multisport Training
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Sage Endurance: Yoga and Multisport Training
Add a few minutes of yoga after your workout to improve your strength, flexibility, and balance. This brief series of yoga poses will help to open your hips. If you have time, repeat the sequence once or more. No props are needed—not even a mat!—and you can practice barefoot or in training shoes.
Music for the episode i...s “Desert Journey,” by Solace, from the album The Gathering Season. It’s available at Magnatune.com.
Sage Endurance: Yoga and Multisport Training
Relax. This thirteen-minute sequence leads you in relaxing poses perfect for unwinding after a race, game, or long workout, or simply before bedtime. You’ll gently stretch your entire body: legs, hips, chest, back, and arms. Linger in these postures, breathing calmly and relaxing fully. We end with a long hold of legs ...up the wall.
Props to have on hand include a bed pillow, or a stack of two pillows, and a wall or some other object on which to prop your legs.
Music for the episode is “Kyo Rei” by Tilopa, from the album Kyotaku Live, available at Magnatune.com.
Thanks to Stephanie for requesting this relaxing series.
Sage Endurance: Yoga and Multisport Training
This series of shoulder stretches—great for swimmers and anyone with a tight upper body—includes optional leg positions to get your whole body looser. We begin with a shoulder strap sequence, for which you’ll need a yoga strap or a substitute—try a dog leash, a belt, or a necktie. Next we bring the arms to eagle pose a...nd cow-face pose stretches, then we finish with a yoga mudra series for the chest and neck.
Music for the episode is “Nana,” by Tilopa, from the album Pictures of Silence. It’s available at Magnatune.com.
Thanks to Ruffin for requesting shoulder stretches, and thanks to Linda for inspiring me to get the episode finished.
Sage Endurance: Yoga and Multisport Training
This short sequence of yoga poses will challenge your balance, increase your flexibility, and engage your core strength. If your postworkout time is limited, follow this podcast to include a little stretching and strengthening—your body will thank you.
After beginning with Warrior III to work on standing balance (streng...thening the hips, legs, and torso), we move to the ground for Modified Side Plank (opening the hips), Half Moon Balance on the knee (core and balance challenge), and Side Bow (balancing and opening the front body), finishing with a brief stay in Downward-Facing Dog (for the back body).
Music for the episode is “Go,” off the Tilopa album Pictures of Silence, available at Magnatune.com.
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