Yoga for Both Injured and Aging Athletes

It wasn’t that long ago that you could move your body however you wanted. Maybe you weren’t the greatest athlete in the world, but you were competitive and thoroughly enjoyed your workouts and your sports.

But things are different now. Maybe you suffered an injury that never completely healed, or maybe age has finally caught up with you. Either way, exercising isn't fun anymore. Now your body hurts all the time—or at least for days following a workout or a game.

You don’t want to be a quitter, so you allow work and family responsibilities to provide a convenient excuse to give your body a break. But when you try to get back in the groove, it feels impossible. You don't have the time, you're constantly exhausted, and every session leaves you sore.

It’s completely frustrating. With less time, you try harder. But trying is insidious: the harder you try, the worse you ultimately feel. You become stuck in a vicious cycle—you feel worse, so you push harder, and after a while, nothing seems to help.

That’s exactly what happened to me. I was considered an expert yoga practitioner and teacher, yet my body reached a point where traditional exertion simply backfired.

It took me years to adapt my practice into a methodology that could rebuild my strength, endurance, and flexibility—all without increasing my pain. It became a way to restore my body without “trying.” No, it is not a magic pill. It is a specialized approach to yoga-based exercise that is so simple, it is extraordinarily difficult for most athletes to grasp.

It is counterintuitive to everything you’ve ever learned in sports. In this program, the harder you try to force it, the slower it works. In fact, gritting your teeth and pushing through only increases your chance of re-injuring yourself.

This approach, doing less to get you more, requires that you learn how your body is actually constructed. This demanding approach requires that you understand how your body works—from your muscles down to the all-important fascia. With this foundation, you will learn to exercise with intelligence rather than by sheer effort, restoring strength and endurance by doing less, not more.

Stop trying so hard. Start moving intelligently. That’s how you can get your body back.