Holistic Care for Former and Retired Athletes
Are you a former athlete searching for a way to navigate life beyond your sports career?
Retired athletes have a unique set of needs. How do you keep your physical fitness without continuing to beat yourself up physically? The loss of athlete identity and the structure of training, old injuries, difficulty setting non-sport goals can all leave the former athlete with a large hole in their life, even way after retirement.
The Vintage Athlete specializes in providing a unique and transformative approach to support people like you on this remarkable journey.
This holistic methodology fuses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), yoga, and mindfulness to help you let go of your athlete identity, develop new fitness and wellness routines, and cultivate self-compassion. The transition from being an athlete to finding a new sense of purpose and well-being can be challenging, both physically and emotionally. The Vintage Athlete is here to guide and empower you every step of the way.
Quiz
What kind of Vintage Athlete are you?
Find out how your athlete identity is impacting your life after sports.
The Benefits of The Vintage Athlete Approach.
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Let Go of Your Athlete Identity
Your athletic journey has shaped a significant part of your identity. The Vintage Athlete is here to help you navigate the emotional process of letting go, allowing you to embrace new possibilities and uncover the essence of who you are beyond sports.
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Develop New Fitness Routines
Transitioning from rigorous training to a new fitness routine can be overwhelming. Through mindful movement practices that include both challenging and restorative physical practices, you can learn to develop a healthy balance with exercise tailored to your unique needs. Together, we will help you maintain and regain strength, flexibility, and overall well-being.
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Cultivate Self-Compassion
Self-compassion is the key to nurturing a positive mindset and embracing self-care. Guided ACT sessions and mindfulness practices will help you develop a kinder relationship with yourself, allowing you to heal from past injuries, release self-judgment, and cultivate self-acceptance.
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Address Old Injuries & Promote Mindful Body Care
The Vintage Athlete recognizes the importance of learning how to take care of your body in a gentle and mindful way. Former athletes often have old injuries that may linger or are not fully healed. The physical practice of yoga can address old injuries, promote healing, and prevent future imbalances, as well as increasing strength and mobility in the injured area. Through this practice, you can build a solid foundation of body awareness and learn to move with intention and compassion.
The Vintage Athlete Method.
At The Vintage Athlete, we take a unique and effective approach to supporting and coaching former and retired athletes that sets us apart from other methods. As a yoga and meditation teacher, licensed behavior analyst and certified nutrition coach with extensive study of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy/Training (ACT), Tara combines the evidence-based techniques of ACT with the beauty of yoga and meditation practices (which also have much evidence-based support).
This fusion leads to a deep health approach, helping athletes transition from their competitive sports life into a healthy and balanced relationship with both the body and the mind so that they can life a value-based life after sports.
What matters to each person is unique. Whether you retired from your sport yesterday or many years ago, the approach of The Vintage Athlete can help you with your unique needs and goals.
Behavior Change
These strategies help retired athletes recognize that trying to avoid or escape the painful experiences in their life after sports does not work and teaches how to accept this difficult content so that they can lead a more meaningful and connected life with emotional balance. In addition, these strategies are used to help retired athletes establish healthy fitness and nutrition routines that are suited to their body’s needs in their post-sport life.
Yoga
As athletes, we're accustomed to pushing our bodies to the limits, and yoga provides a perfect avenue to continue nurturing our physical fitness while also caring for our mental well-being.
Mindfulness
The practice of mindfulness, or present-moment awareness, through meditation and mindfulness practices is a key component to help former athletes move past the trap of getting stuck on the past or the future so that their actions are more flexible and consistent with the values they hold.
