Caregiving is hard work. Whether you are taking care of a parent, a child, a friend, or your own self, you need to refill your well so you can keep it up. Yoga can help a lot. My colleagues Julee Waldrop and Cammie Presler have a fantastic new resource for you: a YouTube channel devoted to short yoga practices for caregivers. Julee and Cammie are both nurse practitioners and both yoga teachers. They know intimately the work that goes into caregiving. They will support you in supporting yourself so you, in turn, can support those you care for. It’s a win/win—and it’s free! Here’s their descript ..read more

Runners: your tight hamstrings should be a badge of pride, not of shame! They are an effect of your training to deliver maximum power. You need stiffness to be an efficient runner. What’s more, you don’t need a ton of flexibility to run well. Unless you run hurdles or steeple, you need just enough to move through the range of motion of your stride. You don’t even need your hamstrings to be flexible enough for you to tie your shoes with straight legs—instead, rest your shoe on a step and keep your knee bent! All of this said, you might enjoy hamstring stretches and find them relaxing. And you ..read more

Discover how to eliminate filler words that can diminish your impact as a yoga teacher. Learn to be specific and engaging in your instructions to create a more meaningful yoga practice for your students. Don’t miss out on this valuable tip! Want more advice like this? Check out The Professional Yoga Teacher’s Handbook! It’s available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats. Amazon Barnes & Noble Books A Million Bookshop.org Indigo Powell’s Target Walmart And sign up for my teachers’ newsletter to get Sage advice in your inbox weekly: Please leave this field emptyLet Me Plan Your ..read more

Are you thinking about yoga for athletes all wrong? Many teachers and students make this common error: they go way too hard. Yoga for athletes is not athletic yoga. It shouldn’t be a workout—as we teachers like to say, it should be a work-in. The more serious an athlete is, the more specific conditioning they are doing for their sport. They don’t come to yoga to build strength! They come for relaxation, recovery, and maybe flexibility. They come to feel better. They come to find a complement to all the work they do in training. Too often, though, teachers think, “Athletes! Got to make them wor ..read more

Thanks to Flyleaf Books, our fantastic local independent bookseller, for hosting me earlier this month! I spoke on the subjects of my two recent books: The Art of Yoga Sequencing and the second edition of The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery. Both are about finding balance—especially the balance between making things happen and letting things happen. A highlight of the talk was having most of the cover team there: Alexis Besosa, one of the two cover models; Radhika Deshmukh-McDiarmid, our fantastic photographer; and Jenni Rawlings, whose blurb appears on the front cover. The post Watch: Book ..read more

I had a great time chatting with Sarah and Tish of the Another Mother Runner podcast about all things recovery! The episode is live today wherever you get your podcasts, or listen here: The show notes read: Any runners looking to avoid injury, feel stronger, or improve their performance need to listen to this enlightening, entertaining episode with guest Sage Rountree, Ph.D., a recovery coach, former Ironman, and author of The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery. Along with hosts Sarah Bowen Shea and Tish Hamilton, Sage tells: -how she’s gracefully accepted being a walker now, not a runner ..read more

Can reading a personal finance book really make you a better athlete? Absolutely! As I explain in The Athlete’s Guide to Recovery, your best tools for peak performance are sleep, nutrition, and stress management. Less stress, better recovery. And one smart way to reduce your stress is to get a handle on your money—and your relationship to it. I made a list of my top-5 books for athletes to up their game, and it’s live now at Shepherd. Read it here! This list also has some more obvious choices from fantastic writers on endurance sports and performance more generally: Matt Fitzgerald, Steve Mag ..read more

Join me for a book event this Thursday! Where: Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC When: signing 5:30 p.m.; talk and Q&A at 6:00 p.m. Register: walk in or reserve a seat here The post Book Event at Flyleaf Thursday, March 14 appeared first on Sage Rountree ..read more

The Art of Yoga Sequencing publishes March 12, just over two weeks away! Have you preordered the book yet? If you have already preordered . . . I am excited to give you free access to my Sequence Library! This is a companion video demo library that brings the sequences in the book to life. Between the book and the library, you’ll find it a breeze to plan creative classes for every format and all students. Just shoot me a screenshot of your preorder and I’ll personally reply with a code to make the $39 Sequence Library free! Drop me an email and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. Preview t ..read more

Athletes, tired people, yoga teachers: join me Thursday, 2/22, at 6 p.m. Eastern for a FREE practical session on recovery! It’s part of the Endurance Event, which has a great lineup of superstar speakers. I’ll be joining to bring the event to a close by talking about how NOT to work out—and guiding you through some easy, sweet practices to enhance your recovery. What to know: It’s live online—and at no cost to you! Dress in cozy clothes Have a few beach towels or your favorite yoga props at hand We’ll do some chatting as well as some extremely gentle and relaxing movement R ..read more