Now teaching Yoga for Runners+Cyclists @ Yoganesh


I'm now teaching the Friday 7.30pm Yoga for Runners+Cyclists class at Yoganesh. Both sports create similar problems due to the 1-dimensional plane they lock you in. Just like, ironically, sitting in a chair all day hunched over a computer!

Hope to see you there - or at my ny nite owl class, 9pm Monday nights. Bend it and mend it!

Check out my video interview of knee guru Andy Pruitt talking about Cyclists and Runner's knees:

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