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I am in a yoga instructor training program, and its nearing the end so I would like to get a little gift for my teachers. I was thinking maybe a scented spray to clean their mat, but I don't know if they would find the scent to distracting.
Non-yoga related things are graciously accepted as well. thank you!
A gift certificate to a spa for a nice massage!
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Amie Elve (RYT/CMT) received her original yoga training from Namaste Yoga in Royal Oak, MI and is pursuing her advanced 500 hr. yoga training from Frog Lotus Yoga in N.Adams, MA. She is grateful to have studied with many teachers and many styles bringing depth and awareness to her classes. Amie is a former MSU collegiate athlete where she obtained her Bachelor of Science degree. She is registered with Yoga Alliance.
Amie will be providing both Yoga and Meditation classes during the retreat. thank you for joining us and sharing your gifts with all of us at the retreat, Amie! We look forward to visiting your home town!
Amie owns Elk Rapids Yoga Studio – just a mile away from White Birch Lodge. the studio provides classes in Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, Yin Yoga, Gentle Yoga and Pilates.
Visit her website at: elkrapidsyoga.com/
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‘Sara Holliday’s Prenatal Yoga: second Trimester’ DVD from Fitness Guru Sara Holliday is the Latest Title in Her Workout Series Specifically Designed for Expecting Moms
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) may 15, 2006
Fitness Guru Sara Holliday’s new DVD, “Sara Holliday’s Prenatal Yoga: second Trimester”, is the latest release in her popular “Fitbysara” brand (fitbysara.com) of personal fitness products for prenatal and postnatal mothers. following the success of “Sara Holliday’s Prenatal Yoga: first Trimester” DVD, for the first twelve weeks, “Sara Holliday’s Prenatal Yoga: second Trimester” is a 40-minute guide to yoga postures and poses designed for the second twelve weeks. both provide a true workout. Upcoming DVDs in the series will target the 3rd trimester and postnatal. all sell for the low price of $ 12.99.
“Sara Holliday’s Prenatal Yoga: second Trimester” DVD is unique in the marketplace because it is both a real workout and a guide to the many benefits yoga can provide an expecting mother. These include increased strength and flexibility, increased muscle tone, breathing exercises, stress relief, less pain and in many cases, an easier labor. Designed by Sara as a way to stay in shape during her own pregnancy, “Sara Holliday’s Prenatal Yoga: second Trimester” DVD provides key health and fitness tools.
Sara Holliday is a certified yoga instructor with nearly 15 years in the health and fitness industry. She also understands the special needs of her audience. “Yoga provides physical and emotional comfort to expecting mothers as their body changes. My DVDs feature a comprehensive sequence of safe postures that will strengthen and tone the body, improve flexibility, create a deeper connection with the baby and bring an overall feeling of relaxation and inner tranquility.”
Sara Holliday strongly believes in the connection between mind, body and spirit and has studied extensively in all three areas. Her credentials as a “fitness guru” are impressive. She is a certified aerobics instructor, a certified personal trainer, licensed massage therapist, and licensed marriage and family therapist. In addition to yoga, she has trained extensively in the martial arts. Sara also has a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and regularly appears as a fitness expert on KUSI-TV in San Diego.
“Sara Holliday’s Prenatal Yoga: second Trimester” DVD sells for the low price of $ 12.99 and can be purchased at Destination Maternity, fitbysara.com and amazon.com. Sara is also the creator of “Sara Holliday’s Stroller Workout for Moms” DVD, a complete 60 minute workout, combining various cardiovascular and toning exercises plus yoga for new mothers. It sells for the low price of $ 24.95. For more information about Sara Holliday and her products, visit the web site or call 800-568-3820.
“Sara Holliday’s Prenatal Yoga: second Trimester” Facts
–Designed by popular fitness guru Sara Holliday, an expert in prenatal and postnatal exercise
–A complete 40-minute workout for expecting mothers
–Features a safe and effective yoga workout
–Increases muscle strength and flexibility
–Helps women achieve a stress free, less painful, and comfortable pregnancy
–Excellent low price of $ 12.99
–Helps women reach their optimum potential in mind, body, and spirit
About Fitbysara: Fitbysara (fitbysara.com) was founded in San Diego in 2005 by fitness guru Sara Holliday to showcase her unique brand of personal fitness products. Based on the mission of helping women achieve their optimum potential in body, mind and spirit, Fitbysara reflects the expertise of Sara Holliday’s 15 years in the health and fitness industry. She is a certified aerobics instructor, a certified personal trainer, licensed massage therapist and licensed marriage and family therapist. She has trained extensively in the martial arts and is certified in Yoga. Sara also has a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology. DVDs include “Sara Holliday’s Stroller Workout for Moms” DVD, a comprehensive and rewarding workout for new mothers and “Sara Holliday’s Prenatal Yoga” DVD series.
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Some of your favorite Dodgers players will be spending time in a new position at spring training: upward-facing dog.
Katherine Roberts, the team’s yoga teacher, works with the players during pre-season camp, which is under way in Arizona. The Scottsdale resident left her corporate life 16 years ago and has been teaching yoga to professional athletes ever since.
“I’ve always been very active in sports, played every sport my whole life. I’ve always been interested in health and wellness but once I discovered yoga, I discovered my passion,” Roberts said.
“My initial objective was I wanted to bring yoga to a demographic of people that would not walk into a yoga studio, primarily men,” she said. “And that’s kind of what launched my career.”
Roberts was referred to the Dodgers based on her experience working with athletes. This year will mark her third spring training with the team.
In addition to current players – including Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier – she has worked with ex-Dodgers and San Diego Padres players including Manny Ramirez, Trevor Hoffman, Greg Maddux, Jake Peavy and Adrian Gonzalez.
Brendon Huttman, the Dodgers’ strength and conditioning coach, says he identifies players who would benefit from participating in the yoga class and requires them to attend. For others, sessions are optional.
“It’s going to help their focus, flexibility and their core strength,” Huttman said. “If we can get our players to do this, we are hoping it will prevent injuries, keeping them on the field.”
Though Huttman will not credit yoga with helping the players’ game, he does say it helps create a more healthy athlete.
When working with the team, Roberts teaches three styles of yoga.
One is what she calls slow, or dynamic, yoga used to warm up the players.
The second is power yoga, in which they hold standing poses for an extended period of time to build strength, balance and mental focus. Power yoga, she says, helps players learn to connect to their breath while having their bodies challenged physically.
And the third method is restorative, requiring the players to hold a resting posture for between 90 seconds and two minutes.
One posture she has them do includes placing their legs up on a wall with their bodies lying across the floor. This, says Roberts, is a passive stretch for the hamstring, helps release the lower back and reduces soreness in the lower extremities.
“With the Dodgers, I primarily work on hips and low back because that also relates to more shoulder mobility,” Roberts said. “We do lots of yoga postures to strengthen the shoulders to create more mobility in the thoracic spine as well as the shoulders, because that helps.”
She describes the yoga as classic yoga that is baseball specific. For example, she says, baseball takes place in all three planes of motion – frontal, sagittal and transverse – at the same time.
Saggital is a vertical plane that divides the left and right side of the body while frontal is a vertical plane that divides the front and back of the body. Transverse is a horizontal plane that divides the top and bottom of the body.
When working in all three planes of motion, you are working your body in every direction.
So whenever possible, Roberts incorporates a sequence of yoga poses that have the players moving in all three planes of motion.
She also often talks to the team about the kinematic sequence – how energy is transferred through the body.
“What I will do is I will go from like a Warrior 2 pose to a balancing-half-moon pose because it helps (them) understand shifting weight from the back leg to the front leg, which helps with their hitting, or throwing, or pitching or whatever it is,” Roberts said.
Yoga also can help create more symmetry of strength in the body, since baseball is primarily a one-sided sport, says Roberts, and when muscle balance is more even there is a reduction of injury.
But what makes yoga different from other forms of training is the breath, says Roberts.
Learning about the breath and how to control it during stressful situations is a key aspect to Roberts’ class. she considers the breath a mirror to the mind and says it will tell you if your body or mind is stressed.
Learning to control the breath can help the players’ mental game.
“We talk about breathing – I’m always reminding them about breathing, taking long, slow, deep breaths,” Roberts said. “So once that becomes second nature – which it does on the yoga mat – it can become part of the fabric of what they do during the game.”
Even when the team is on the road, Roberts is with them in spirit and in the DVD player. she created a DVD for the team with three yoga sequences for them to use throughout the season.
Aside from baseball players, she works with golfers and has seven DVDs available to the public. Though targeted at golfers, she says the last two DVDs she released – “More Power and Distance” and “Lower Your Score” – would be good for baseball players.
She also wrote a book with Tiger Woods’ former golf coach, Hank Haney, titled “Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes” with a testimonial from former Dodger manager Joe Torre on the cover.
And though some men may be skeptical of yoga, Roberts says the players seem to be willing to add yoga to their training regimen.
“Players understand if you want to have longevity in the game, you need to maintain your flexibility,” Roberts said.
“Players do all different kinds of conditioning so I think they are much more open to it than they would have been many, many years ago.”
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