Sage Rountree

Doing yoga during a run doesn’t have to mean stopping to strike a pose mid-stride. Sage Rountree shares how yogic techniques of form, breath, and focus can help you maintain good form and presence of mind through your hardest hauls.

You may spend serious time sweating, but it's the space between workouts that counts. Sage Rountree's yoga poses will help you get the most out of your recovery time.

Build strength through the belly, side waist, glutes and back with core strengtheners for those of us who don't have all day to hit the gym.

Try these three pre-and post-workout yoga practices from Sage Rountree’s new book to balance strength and fitness daily.

Recover from your workout with these six restorative poses from Sage Rountree’s new book that marry hip release and inversion to sweetly calm your nervous system.

Use this post-workout sequence from Sage Rountree’s new book to build core strength that balances the abs and back muscles.

Use these mat-free poses from Sage Rountree’s new book to wake up your whole body and mind for better performance.

Sage Rountree teaches yoga to UNC Men’s Basketball team. Here, her top four poses for players, plus two for March-maddened coaches and fans.

Use these classic yogic breathing techniques before winter workouts, snow sports, or Sun Salutes to beat cold and dry winter air.

This pose sequence is perfect to help trail runners increase endurance and stability.

Sage Rountree shares 3 steps for creating a home yoga practice to get you through the holidays and beyond.

Learn how to maintain momentum and control in dynamic transitions with a move borrowed from Pilates: The Rolling Ball. Sage Rountree explains.

Discomfort can be an opportunity for mindful observation, writes Sage Rountree. Here she offers a few tools to help you tune in.

Try these 4 poses post-run to stretch and unwind.

Sage Rountree offers advice to ensure the upper and lower leg work together evenly, which can prevent a variety of injuries from ankle sprains to hip problems.

In her latest Active Yogi post, Sage Rountree presents a test to determine the sometimes surprising places where tightness exists in your body, putting you at risk for injury.

Most yoga students experience a difference between their left and right sides, especially during standing balance postures. Sage Rountree offers some suggestions for balancing things out and keeping injuries at bay.

Sage Rountree shares practical advice for a transition that's harder than it looks: Moving from standing to sitting.

Sage Rountree describes modifications of traditional asanas that feel great on the hiking trail.

Almost all sports injuries are caused by imbalance in the body, says Sage Rountree. Here she explains how to achieve balance throughout the hips for greater comfort and freedom in your activities.

Sage Rountree describes the four steps for using your yoga practice to help with any imbalance.

We all experience flexibility in some areas more so than others. Sage Rountree discusses the importance of balance in and around the hips and offers poses that help to create opening where needed.

Sage Rountree explains Handstand's physiological and psychological benefits for athletes.

Sage Rountree suggests stretches to do anytime during your workday to release tension from your upper back and shoulders.

Without teachers and coaches, we risk injury or missing our potential, writes Sage Rountree.

Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III) can help us both watch our habitual patterns and work to change them. Sage Rountree explains how.

Yogis are often asked "Is yoga cardio?" While it may not seem to be the case, all practices aren't created equal, and some strategic sequencing can help you get a cardiovascular workout from your practice.

Finding the right yoga teacher is a lot like finding the right running shoe. The best fit will depend on your particular needs at the moment, and over time.

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Sage Rountree takes on the bane of athletes and yogis everywhere: tight hamstrings.

While yoga can help you excel in your other activities, if you don't balance stress and rest, strength and flexibility, you risk injury and limit your progress.

Where you place your mat can affect your experience in yoga class. Sage Rountree says to find a spot that supports your needs, whatever they may be.

A combination of stretching and strengthening through yoga asana can balance sore and tired lower legs.

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Before my weekly yoga for athletes classes, I like to check in with my students, especially those who are new, to see if anything hurts. The most common answer is

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Improve performance, prevent injuries, and bring more joy to your sport by supplementing it with yoga.

Learn how you can extend your reach by teaching digitally with these tech-savvy tips for making web-friendly yoga videos

Yoga fosters connection, including between teachers and students. But sharing too much personal information can damage the classroom dynamic.

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