Bend at the HIPS, not waist

You can’t always feel when you’re doing it, so pay attention to how the two feel different once you start getting corrections in class. In the meanwhile, these habits can form because of strength or flexibility issues. For strength, you’re looking at...

Cool-Down/Warm-Down

I know they’re not scheduled during the workshop, but be sure to do a cool-down or have a personal cool-down routine. It’s two weeks of long days. Give your mind and body some cues that it’s time to rest, recuperate and relax. Maybe it’s a...

Warm-ups

We all have different bodies and so we have different needs (you’ll hear me say this ad nauseum).  You’ll find that your body reacts to physical work differently than the people around you. There is a group warm-up scheduled every day of the workshop, but...

Just do it

The countdown is on! Have you started to physically prepare for the workshop? No? If you’re doing nothing else, just get working on your cardio and start looking at your glossary (Don’t worry about trying to memorize it, word for word. Just get familiar...

Adjusting To A New Location

Some like to arrive on the eve of the workshop, but I like to give it an extra day. It gives me time to get settled in my new “home”. I can find the grocery store, scout out a massage therapist and a yoga studio, test out my route to the location, and get...