Julie's "Functional Yoga Training for Athletics Workshop" with BYBYoga in Houston click here.
Yoga for the common and not-so-common man
Julie Downey isn't a miracle worker even though anyone who takes her yoga classes may say she is. For more of this story, click here.
Julie's article on How to do a forward bend.
To read her article on Ezine and learn an effective yoga breathing technique for athletes click here.
A Revolutionary Approach to Athletic Training
"My mission is to help athletes, and non-athletes by using yoga in the simplest, yet most efficient way possible to promote their own strength, resilience and energy. This is more than learning a bunch of poses, or getting fit with yoga, it is to help you develop a practical understanding of how to use yoga to maximize your potential, while protecting your body through life." Do you need to set up a yoga program for you, your team, or your school? Call Julie today to find out what Functional Yoga Training can do for you!
Functional Yoga Training addresses the unique needs athletes have for increasing strength, flexibility and energy, while reducing the incidence of injury. It recognizes that weight training and cardiovascular exercise are important elements of fitness regimens and athletic conditioning, but on their own can lead to muscle imbalance, injury and impeded physical progress. With this in mind, Functional Yoga Training helps the athlete resolve these issues with practical exercises for isolating and embracing the weakest areas within the arms,shoulders,hips, abdomen, back and legs while practicing with a relaxed and lengthened spine. It also includes essential techniques to build respiratory capacity and to relax the nervous system, a necessary component for optimal athletic conditioning. A regular practice of Functional Yoga Training (i.e...twice a week) increases muscle balance in the targeted areas, increases joint (tendon & ligament) flexibility and strength, safely allowing an athlete to access more of his or her own potential strength. The practice also increases respiratory capacity and calms the nervous system. The combination of practicing with a relaxed and lengthened spine while targeting the weak areas permits the athlete (and non athlete) to access more of his or her innate energy and strength. "You're about to learn secrets that most athletes will never discover about gaining strength, flexibility, and energetic flow that will last a lifetime..." Inside you will learn:
Please explore this website to learn more about Julie's approach and the yoga that she practices as the team instructor for the Houston Rockets, and Rice University sports teams including; Football, Basketball, Baseball, Tennis, Volleyball and Soccer. Come join a class or book a private session to experience this for yourself. You will learn how strong and relaxed you can feel in just a few sessions, and you will quickly enjoy the benefits of adding yoga to your training and to your life. You will see results in your improved posture, flexibility and breathing. Over time you will feel the joy of being strong, resilient and centered in the present moment.
"Your work this past summer really has paid dividends this camp, we went into the Houston game with all of our 2-deep roster injury free. That is a credit to our yoga / flexibility program this summer. I am looking forward to this winter off-season and working again with you."
...Sept. 06, Yancy McKnight, Assistant AD/Performance Enhancement, Rice University