Yoga for Trail Runners
Sage Rountree, author of The Runner's Guide to Yoga, leads this short yoga practice designed to develop strength and flexibility for trail running. You'll improve your alignment; challenge your balance; strengthen your hips and lower legs; and stretch your entire body in this short practice. Include these exercises after your run a few times each week for better connection and control on the trails. Check out Sage's article in the October 2014 issue of Yoga Journal magazine for a breakdown of the 4 yoga poses featured in this class!
| Lenth (minutes) | 21 |
|---|---|
| Difficulty | Beginner |
| Focus | Athletes, Pre/Post Workout |
| Style | Gentle |
Sage Rountree
Sage Rountree, PhD, E-RYT500 is a pioneer in yoga for athletes and an endurance sports coach. Sage's most recent books are Racing Wisely, Everyday Yoga, and Lifelong Yoga. Sage's classes, training plans, books, and articles make yoga, core strength, and endurance exercise accessible to everyone. Her goal is to help people find the right balance between work and rest for peak performance in sports and in life. As co-owner of the Carolina Yoga Company and director of its yoga teacher trainings, she's especially interested in sequencing and clear languaging. On YogaVibes you can find both open classes and teachers' intensives, all with Sage's signature humor sprinkled with liberal use of food analogies.
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Online Course for Teaching Yoga Beyond the Poses
Sage and Alexandra have teamed up to offer an online course for their most recent book! This online course helps yoga teachers find and clarify their voice so that the messages they offer in class land. Creating authentic themes is easier when done with others, and this course helps with just that. There are videos, prompts, and feedback from Alexandra and Sage along the way. .