breathing exercises, so they are exercising their lungs and view their lungs as important muscle; as important as their quads or their hamstrings. It translates into overall wellness. My big line with them is “listen to your body whisper, so it doesn’t scream.” The lungs are a muscle? Yes. They are covered in muscle. Actually all your organs have muscle. Do you get resistance on yoga? There’s a lot more to yoga (than people think). We burn fat, not just incense. The students have been really open to it. What else do you do with the students? There’s different muscle creams and anti-stress aromatherapy lotions. The girls in field hockey love the anti-stress lotions. We work on giving them tools so they don’t get hurt and they enjoy it more. How many kids are on the teams you help? Cross country is usually in the 20s, then in spring track and field it’s more and you get more of a variety.
your muscles will follow. Will you know just by looking at somebody? Am I out of alignment? Um, not since I said the word, “Posture.” Anything exciting you just learned? I just got back from a therapeutic anatomy training and it teaches you how to asses your student’s bodies rather than teaching the poses. I like to use that with “We burn fat, not just incense,” says yoga instructor these kids and make their own prescription. What Teri O’Connor 4 SIDED BEAD • FITS ALL BEAD BRACELETS they need to do might be different from the group 10% of All Proceeds Donated to COA warm up because they never heard of yoga. Then once they might have something going on them more power. started, they realized it was really with their hip or the knee. It’s been How do you know all this? I’m a personal trainer with the hard and they were shocked by how great to individualize. Do they keep up with the yoga? American Council on Exercise. much work it was. They were so Some of them come to the group I did my 200-hour training with grateful for the guided relaxation. How do you know if someone classes I offer and I don’t charge the YogaFit and I’m on the track for my 500-hour yoga therapy certification. is out of alignment? I’ve taken kids if they are on the team because 4 SIDED BEAD • FITS ALL BEAD BRACELETS trainings and it teaches you the reward is they aren’t injured or Part of the reason I keep going is anatomy 10% of All Proceeds Donated to COA Other I’ve taught the students how hurt and that’s good karma. I’m motivated by the kids. I see the posture. Stylesare supposed to line up. Visit njbeachyoga.com for a full list their bones results it makes. don’t have to memorize every of Teri’s yoga classes. How long have you been YouAvailable! muscle. If you line up your bones, teaching yoga? Instead of just distance runners, a lot of the people who do field events are football players. It’s interesting because certain exercises we do are about endurance and length, and as much as they can bench press, they struggle with things like long term arm circles because they have a lot of bulk, but it’s not functional. It’s getting them to get their muscles to be flexible not just strong. It gives
Seven years. I grew up with the team. Every time I came back from a training, I couldn’t wait to share with them something new that might be more effective. The best part is that the coaches are open to change and because they are open, the kids are open to trying new things. How were they when you first started? The first year was the hardest, because the seniors had
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