Katie
Katie@YogaAbove.com

It has been reported that the average human thinks between 12,000-60,000 thoughts in a day, most of which are habitual... needless repeats of the same old useless thoughts again and again. For me, yoga is a vehichle to find personal freedom and peace from those thoughts, to quiet the mind and to toss out those decade-old mental ruts and make space for the new, the fresh, the positive. Thus, in my practice the physical yoga becomes not only an opportunity to focus, strengthen and stretch but it is an opportunity to stop the endless chatter in ourselves and prepare our bodies and mind to go inside to a place of true awareness.

While mental clarity and awareness may be my primary goal in yoga, I have found that the physical practice has had multiple other benefits in my life as well. As a runner, rock climber, snowboarder and general outdoor enthuthiast, yoga compliments and enhances my passion for how I interact with the natural world. Athletes of all kinds, can enhance their training by incorporating yoga into their regimen. In my class, you will find high energy flows that will strengthen and stretch the body, a heavy emphasis on core stability, lower abdominal and psoas conditioning, along with a focus on shoulder and hip flexibilty. All of which will aid in the advancement of the athletes overall performance. In addition, athletes will benefit from proactively soothing and healing heavily utilized muscles through stretching and the cultivation of body-mind awareness while increasing their mental focus and discipline.

So whether your intention is to add a proactive and positive demention to your athletic training or to utilize yoga as a means to gain inner clarity and awareness, I encourage you to give my class a try. I'd be honored to help you acheive your goals and perhaps even help you find an inner peace you didn't even know you were seeking.