Yoga for Runners is the perfect class for you.
| Learn to run smoothly with lightness and ease. This will reduce the chance of injury and ultimately lead to pain-free running. |
New class series start every 6 weeeks. Series run continuously.
Next class series:
Wednesdays August 25 - September 29
Thursdays August 20 - September 30
Feel free to drop in to the August/September series going on now for $12.
Learn how to safely and gently open your hips, hamstrings, quads, and shoulders to avoid injury and pain. You will learn how to breathe more fully and align your body to run with more ease. We will also work on building core strength.
This class is great for Cyclists as well!
There will always be modifications for poses so no need to worry about being too tight to practice yoga. The benefits of yoga extend beyond the mat enhancing your awareness of the mind/body connection.
Registration:
or send E-mail to gayle@yogaatyourplace.net
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To complete your registration, please mail a check, pay with PayPal online or bring the check to the first class payable to:
Gayle Jann
72 Craggy Ave
Asheville, NC 28806
Cost:
$60 for 6-week series ($10 per class)
$12 for drop-ins
Pay with PayPal (PayPal transaction fees included in price)
Time and daya:
Wednesdays 7:00 - 8:15pm
Thursdays 7:00 - 8:15 pm
Location:
Town and Mountain Training Center
261 Asheland Ave, Asheville, NC 28801
Directions:
Follow signs at 261 Asheland Ave to TOWN AND MOUNTAIN REALTY . The Town and Mountain Training Center is in the back of the Town and Mountain Realty building. (There is no street sign for Town and Mountain Training Center.)
Pull into parking lot and drive around to the front of Town and Mountain Realty. (This is the south side of the building.)
Walk up the ramp on the west side of the building to the left of the entrance into Town and Mountain Realty. Follow the small signs to Town and Mountain Training Center .There will be a steel door at the top of the ramp. Just pull the door to open. You will walk into a reception area and the studio is to the right and ahead through an open door.
Testimonials:
I've been a runner for years and am very happy that I found Gayle's Yoga for Runners class. It's exactly what I have been looking for: a class focusing on the typical 'problem' areas for runners. I was always a bit intimated by yoga but with Gayle's superior instruction I'm happy to say that I am now hooked on yoga. It is a great way to focus on my posture and form while building strength and improving my flexibility. After just a few months, I feel stronger; it's clear that yoga is a perfect complement to my running.
Leah Matthews, Asheville
Gayle,
Just a quick note to let you know how much I have enjoyed learning Yoga and how much it has helped me. Just after I started attending the Yoga classes I turned 60 years old (who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?). I had been bemoaning the fact that as I aged I was getting slower, I got injured more easily, it took longer to recover from my injuries, I lost my level of fitness faster while waiting to recover, and when my injuries finally healed it took me longer to get back to my previous level of fitness.
What I began to realize is that my problem was not my age, it was my attitude. Doing Yoga helped me focus more on stretching and staying limber to reduce chances of injuries. Yoga also helped me focus on staying more relaxed, even during my harder training efforts and being more "in control" of my body. As my training improved, so did my enjoyment of the sports I love so much - running, riding and swimming. My times started to improve and I won my age group in 4 of the 5 triathlons in which I competed (I took 2nd in the 5th). I also lowered my times for 5K and 10K races and for the marathon.
My next marathon is coming up in 2 weeks* and I know it will be my best time in 12 years. Thanks for introducing me to Yoga and helping me learn to get more out of my body even as I am getting older.
Bill Sauber
Getting older and enjoying life more every year!
* Bill ran this marathon on March 28, 2009 beating the next best competitor in his division by 27 minutes!
"I ran a 3:38 for first in the geriatric division and my fastest marathon since 1996, so I was very pleased."
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