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The Extra Gear - Sports Psychology Services Offered to Richmond Athletes

Posted: 28 May 2010 08:03 AM PDT

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RICHMOND, Va., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Dana Blackmer, Ph.D., a resident of Richmond, has become one of the region's only professionals to earn the distinction of Certified Consultant by the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), the leading organization of sport and exercise psychology.

Blackmer, founder of The Extra Gear (www.theextragear.com), is among the first to offer sports psychology services to athletes of all ages and ability levels in Richmond. He specializes in youth sport; recreational and competitive athletes; parent education; injury and rehabilitation; team building; burn-out and overtraining; as well as balancing sport, school and life.

"A growing number of applied sport and exercise psychology professionals are certified by the AASP, though there are few in Greater Richmond, or throughout the Commonwealth for that matter," stated Blackmer. Professionals who earn the designation Certified Consultant, AASP, have met a high standard of education and training in the sport sciences and in psychology. They also have undergone an extensive review process.

"Athletes need more than physical toughness. To perform at their peak, they need mental toughness to stay positive, motivated, confident, energized and focused," said Blackmer.

Blackmer is also a Certified Coach with USA Cycling and is listed on the U.S. Olympic Committee's Registry of Sport Psychologists. He is an adjunct faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University's Sport Leadership program and holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.

For more information about The Extra Gear and Dana Blackmer, call 804-754-8439 or e-mail dana@theextragear.com. Blackmer offers additional sports psychology advice via a free online sports psychology video training library, downloadable articles and training plans, and an e-newsletter at www.theextragear.com.

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Psychology honor society sponsors free yoga session to ease finals stress

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 07:43 AM PDT

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With finals kicking off, yoga teachers will come to the university to take the stress off students' shoulders.

Psi Chi, the national psychology honor society, brings free yoga at 12:15 p.m. Friday at the Central Library mall. Extra yoga mats will be provided but students should bring water and wear comfortable clothes. Representatives from a local yoga studio The Yoga Project will instruct the session.

"Yoga is not just stretching," said Stacy Dockins, The Yoga Project owner and trainer. "It's a more strengthening, challenging, playful practice."

Public relations junior Sara Scarborough said yoga helps her study because it relaxes her. She also said she became more flexible and could relax during yoga sessions and focus on her inner self.

When & Where

Free Yoga Session
When: 12:15 p.m. Friday, May 7

Where: Central Library mall

Dockins said yoga is different from exercise, and it benefits people mentally and physically.

"When we are running, we are pushing, approaching in a different way," Dockins said. "Yoga is more easeful; in return, you find it more powerful."

She said people are breathing, moving and not constantly thinking while doing yoga so it gives space mentally. Physically, it is a strengthening element of opening your body and flexibility.

To warm up, students will play on the mat and do some headstands and handstands.

People who have poor flexibility could do relaxing positions, said nursing junior Megan Hubbard, who practices yoga.

"Yoga is relaxing in that it teaches you how to be okay with everything, and it makes me more active," she said. "Mentally, I think it prepares me for tests and I feel more optimistic."

Dockins said she hopes to see 30 to 50 students at the yoga session.

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