Proprioception the sense of the relative position of neighboring parts of the body and strength of effort being employed in movement Last week I shared a quick lesson from my psychology class about flow, today’s post comes to you from biology class! In biology we’ve been discussing the nervous system and the senses and recently we talked about proprioception. … Continue reading
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Friday Night Candlelight Yoga…Taught By Yours Truly!
So you may remember WAAAAY back in February I mentioned that I was going to be starting to teach a yoga class at a new gym that was set to open in two weeks. Well, you know how construction goes, and I finally got a call at the beginning of April letting me know the … Continue reading
Go With the Flow (If you can find it.)
Flow (a psychology definition) an intense focus on an activity accompanied by increased creativity and near-ecstatic feelings The other day in my psychology class we briefly talked about this while discussing motivation and goals. You may recognize this phenomenon as when an athlete gets “in the zone” or a musician or artist gets lost in … Continue reading
Yoga for Runners – IT Band Love
Chances are if you’re a runner you know what your IT Band is (if not, lucky you!). Here are a few quick and easy poses (that you can even do while sitting and watching TV!) to show your IT Bands some love! begin seated crossing one leg over the other with knees stacked directly on … Continue reading
Yoga for Runner’s – If you’re going to do just one pose…
…do a squat! A squat is perfect to do post-run or race because this one quick and easy pose stretches all these areas: feet achilles tendon calves quadriceps hips back also good practice if you want to skip the porta-potty line on race day ** Tip – if you’re well balanced use your elbows to … Continue reading
Yoga for Runner’s – Stop Foot Abuse!
As runners we tend to abuse our feet. We pound on them. We get blisters. We lose toenails. And (if you’re anything like me) we rarely take the time to give them the TLC they deserve! In an effort to put a stop to runner’s foot abuse I thought I would share a few quick … Continue reading
3 Things Yoga Related
Today I have 3 random yoga related things to share with you, none of which warranted their own post, so I figured why not stick them all together in a random all things yoga post! #1 –YogaVibes Giveaway Winner Congratulations to Kellie from Will Run for Ears who is the winner of the 1 year class pass! … Continue reading
Yoga for Runners: Warm Up & Cool Down
So I’ve realized that I’ve gotten away from posting my regular “Yoga for Runners” poses and I really want to get back to doing it…I just need to wait for my “photographer” to be available to take some pictures for me! In the meantime though, I thought I would share some great short warm-up and … Continue reading
Yoga for Athletes with Sage Rountree
Ok, so I’ve told you a bit about my weekend at Kripalu, but now for the good stuff…the actual Yoga for Athletes program! As I’ve mentioned in previous posts (probably like 5 times now!) I was at Kripalu for a weekend of Yoga for Athletes with Sage Rountree. Sage is an internationally recognized authority on … Continue reading
Weekend at Kripalu
If you’ve read any number of posts here on Live, Run, Grow you probably know that I LOVE yoga! And not only that, I truly believe in the benefits of yoga for runner’s (and all athletes!). So, you can imagine how excited I was when I saw there was going to be a Yoga for … Continue reading
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