by Tamara Jacobi, Eco-Adventurer | The sign on the front of the hammock shop says “No Stresspassing, Hammock Zone.” I’m immediately sold. Minutes later I walk out of the store with three beautiful new, handmade, brightly colored, Mexican hammocks, all of them destined to be strung up between palm trees at my jungle lodge…
Gift Picks: Yoga Books & Music
November 26, 2010 By 2 Comments
by Margaret Burns Vap, Big Sky Yoga Retreats | Do you have a yogini on your holiday shopping list? Chances are, she doesn’t need another yoga mat, and you probably already got her an Athleta gift certificate. Help her deepen her practice with everyone’s favorite fallback gift — books and music…
What is Radical Self Care?
November 23, 2010 By 6 Comments
by Aimee Gallo, Featured Athlete |The question keeps coming up…”What is Radical Self Care? It sounds like exactly what I need…but how do I get it?” Wow. What a question…
Yoga with Drisana Carey & New York Bloggers
November 19, 2010 By 4 Comments
One of the many benefits of yoga is the instant sense of community you feel in a class of people (known or unknown) connected through this ancient practice. Add to that the value of meeting like-minded people through blogging, and you get a sense of the buzz that permeated Yoga Sutra on November 9th…
Get Started in Off-Road Triathlon
November 18, 2010 By 3 Comments
by Jade Gianakopoulos | I challenge you to start training, starting now, for your first off-road triathlon in 2011. Whether you are a seasoned triathlete considering going cross country or training for your first triathlon, you can do it if you start planning and training now. The sport is not as well known as its urban cousin, the classic road triathlon…
Travel + Active Play + Giving Back = Kuséwera!
November 15, 2010 By 2 Comments
by Karen Osborn, Kuséwera Founder | I’ve always enjoyed travel, being active and volunteering… but when I visited the children at Mtendere Village Orphanage in Malawi, Africa in 2008, my life changed forever. I realized the ability to be able to combine all three of these things…
River House
November 11, 2010 By 2 Comments
by Sarahlee Lawrence, River Rafting Guide | Every girl has that thing she does on long winter nights… after skiing or running or a trip to the gym. For me, that thing is writing. It has taken me four winters, but this month my book, River House, was finally published.
A Whole Person
November 9, 2010 By 2 Comments
by Suzie Cooney, Featured Athlete | When you look in the mirror what do you see? Remember the mirrors at the fun house when you were a kid? You laughed and giggled when you saw your body as short or wide and a little distorted…
The ‘Pause That Can Refresh
November 1, 2010 By 9 Comments
by Mary DeLaney, Featured Athlete | When I need inspiration, I browse through our Chi Blog. I have read many of the athletes’ bios several times. Just read about Judy, the 74 year old SUP Ambassador. WOW! It got me wondering about the demographics of our Athleta family. Certainly, most of our Featured Athletes are probably ages 25-40, I am guessing. I am not. I am 57…
