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.Read More

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.Read More

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.Read More

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.Read More

Improve strength, flexibility, and focus
Increase physical and mental endurance and balance
Avoid injury and recover faster

Many athletes are turned off by yoga because it’s too hard, too easy, or out of sync with their training. Over this weekend, coach and teacher Sage Rountree will demystify yoga and explain exactly ho...w it fits with training and competition. Yoga’s emphasis on form and breath will translate to increased efficiency and focus in your sport and your life.

In this weekend workshop, appropriate for all levels of yoga and athletic experience, we’ll learn poses to increase range of motion and flexibility, especially in the hips and hamstrings. We’ll spend some time cultivating sport-specific core strength and playing with balance, and we’ll examine yoga as mental training, learning how incorporating yoga’s approach to the body and mind can make us better athletes.

Discover how to include yoga in your annual training plan, choosing sequences to complement your training both in season and during the off-season. Practicing the poses and techniques you’ll learn in this workshop will increase your flexibility, core strength, stability, balance, and physical and mental endurance, while lowering your recovery time and risk of injury.

Weather permitting, we’ll head out for a run one or both mornings. Recommended reading: The Athlete’s Guide to Yoga and The Athlete’s Pocket Guide to Yoga, both by Sage Rountree (VeloPress, 2008 and 2009).
price depends on your lodging choice for this residential retreat
call 866-200-5203 for more; registration available fall 2009Read More

Friday, September 18, 2009, 6–8:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 19, 2009, 1:30–3:30 and 4–7 p.m.
Sunday, September 20, 2009, 1:30–4 p.m.
Carrboro Yoga Company
Carrboro, NC

This weekend, which includes a manual, is designed for current yoga teachers interested in working with athletes of all sports. We will discuss the needs, ab...ilities, and limitations that athletes bring to a yoga practice; investigate ways to modify classes for athletes of various sports and levels of experience; discuss the pedagogy and business of working with athletes; and practice yoga together each day.

This workshop will count for ten contact hours toward your Yoga Alliance continuing education, and USA Triathlon–certified coaches will receive seven hours of CEUs.

Recommended reading: The Athlete’s Guide to Yoga and The Athlete’s Pocket Guide to Yoga, both by yours truly; Yoga Anatomy, by Leslie Kaminoff.

$195 if paid in full by September 1; $225 thereafterRead More

In this four-hour workshop, athletes and coaches will learn how to make yoga a part of sports training. Sage Rountree will explain how yoga enhances athletes' strength, flexibility, balance, and focus; demystify the various types of yoga; and show how yoga can be included throughout the training cycle, from the big pic...ture to what to do on any given day. Appropriate for both coaches and self-coached athletes. USAT coaches receive 5 CEUs for attending.

The workshop includes both lecture and practice; come in comfortable clothes, and bring a mat or towel.

$99 USAT members; $119 USAT coaches (for 5 CEUs); $149 public
note that a USAT membership is only $39
sign up at Active.com: http://www.active.com/page/Event_Details.htm?event_id=1755946Read More