Letting go is easier said than done. As stress and tension build up, so does imbalance, and often any resistance we have to letting go is an unconscious habit rather than intentional choice — we’re not even aware of just how much we’re holding on to.

Use this practice to become more aware of w...

Let's talk about the Boss of recovery: Legs up the wall. This restorative posture recirculates the blood and any excess fluid in the legs, re-lengthens tight hamstrings, relaxes the low back and feet, and so much more. Spending time with your Legs up after a hard effort or long day is a meditatio...

It’s often when we feel like we don’t have time to meditate or rest that we need that space the most. When you’re busy, things tend to blur together — as if there’s no space between thoughts — and it’s hard to be fully present and effective with what you’re doing.

Use this practice to slow thin...

Meditation is restorative mental focus training — it helps us to relax and recharge so that we can feel and function our best. Finding a balanced, comfortable seat is a great way to support yourself when you practice, and helps to reinforce balanced sitting — so important in general because we si...

Exclusive routine from Work IN: The Athlete's Plan for Real Recovery and Winning Results!
Gently mobilize your body to increase fluidity to muscles, surrounding tissues, and joints to ease stiffness and restore range of motion. Use this routine to Work IN.
Includes a pre/post practice check in — ...

Exclusive routine from Work IN: The Athlete's Plan for Real Recovery and Winning Results!
Lengthening your exhale has a profound calming effect on your nervous system, helping you to slow your heart rate and relax. Use this routine to Work IN.
Includes a pre/post practice check in — a pause to no...

Your breath is your most powerful and accessible tool — you are always breathing and your breath is always available. Lengthening your exhale has a profound calming effect, activating your parasympathetic nervous system and helping you to slow your heart rate and relax.

Use this Reset to balance...

If you're not sleeping well, you're not recovering as well as you could be. Use this short meditation to help you create space between the activities of your day and your rest, helping you ease into a better night's sleep.
- Focus: mental focus, recovery
- When: before bed
- Suggested prop: wall

Beneath stress, illness, and injury, you possess an innate knowledge — a baseline — of where you're meant to be and that is a state of balance. Use this simple meditation to establish and maintain that baseline so that you can more easefully manage whatever comes at you.
- Focus: mental focus, ba...

Use this quick meditation to supercharge energy back into the task at hand, gain metal clarity, and sharpen your focus.
- Focus: mental focus, performance
- When: pre-or mid-workout/workday
- Suggested prop: bolster or pillow

Exclusive routine from Work IN: The Athlete's Plan for Real Recovery and Winning Results!
Relax deeply using static (still) postures, making use of the wall as a prop, to open the body and encourage deep physical and mental relaxation. Use this routine to Work IN.
Includes a pre/post practice che...

Exclusive routine from Work IN: The Athlete's Plan for Real Recovery and Winning Results!
If you are feeling resistance to giving recovery your full focus, remember that this is likely an unconscious habit rather than a choice. Especially in the times when you are struggling to transition from ef...