Her passion has taken her to more courses and retreats than she could possibly count, and it eventually led her to embrace yoga as a way of life, completely immersing herself in the discipline.
Kris also brings a scientific lens to her practice. In a research study for her Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology, she documented how a simple 10-minute, twice per day practice of yoga could have a profound effect, both physically and mentally, even for total beginners.
Kris is also a former athlete and a talented coach. She comes from a figure skating background. And she still coaches young skaters and hockey players to excel at their sport. She’s even been a competitive marathon runner. She understands the cause-and-effect relationship between training and results. Hearing Kris talk about yoga in such a NO-nonsense way was like a breath of fresh air. I’d finally found someone who could explain this stuff from a SCIENTIFIC perspective. Yeah, she hinted at some of the spiritual benefits she tapped into, but she talked to me about the physical practice of yoga.
Inspired by these results, she created the Mobile Yoga Workout to combine the health and flexibility benefits of yoga with the conditioning benefits of inline skating.
But Kris’ yoga is something different. When you start practicing yoga, you’ll discover something lost on most pajama-clad western “gurus.” Yoga is NOT about chanting “omm” and discovering your chakras… Yoga is more about MOVEMENT than MEDITATION.
I could hardly believe it. But the disappearing aches and pains were only a small part of what I realized that day… THIS is what doubling your energy FEELS like...
But I COULD sit on the floor with my legs stretched out and my back straight. I didn’t have to lean back and support myself on my arms anymore. And I wasn’t living in fear. Picking up boxes from the floor didn’t worry me. I wasn’t scared of “tweaking” something every time I jumped up out of a chair. It didn’t happen all at once, though. It just kind of “crept up” on me. Until one day, while I was dragging the trash out to the curb, I realized… I FEEL GREAT! I seriously felt better than I had in the past 10 years.
Using it has improved my life in so many ways... You CAN feel younger — by a decade — in only 28 days Fast forward just 4 weeks… Wow! It was like I shaved off a decade worth of aging in only a month! Can you imagine what that feels like? A month from now, the aches and pains you feel today are practically a thing of the past.
At first, I didn’t really make the connection… It’s kinda like watching a loved one grow older. You don’t notice from day to day. But when you look at an old photo of the person, you suddenly realize how much he or she has changed. I’d been following Kris’s plan, but I guess I was just on auto-pilot — hoping it would work. It’s only when I started trying to figure out why I felt so much better that I clued in. The yoga routine was working! And that’s when I made another amazing discovery. I had WAY more energy than I did just a month before. Without even realizing it, I was no longer having those afternoon crashes. I was SLEEPING better at night too. And my energy was steady throughout the day. It’s almost like I’d been living in a ZOMBIE state before. And I was finally AWAKE again! It makes a lot of sense. A 2004 study published in Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback demonstrated significant improvement in sleep quality among “insomniacs” who added a simple yoga practice to their daily routine.
And that’s something I could relate to. Introducing Kris Fondran — The No-Nonsense Yoga Guru For over a decade, Kristine Fondran has studied and taught yoga as a method of increasing flexibility while reducing mental and emotional stress.
The clarity of her presentation and the results she gets with her clients mean that Kris is in constant demand for seminars and workshops around the world.
Even though I’m only 5”6’, I had dreams of being a basketball star! And I spent so many hours mastering my game each and every day — well, except in the frosty Canadian winter of course.
I followed Kris’ advice. I used the routine she showed me every day. And for the first time I actually had FUN “stretching.” “Every pose had a purpose” I still think stretching is boring.
I almost passed up my chance to work with Kris. If you’re like me, maybe you would too. Are you jaded by the pajama-clad nonsense associated with yoga? I sure was… I’m pretty sure if it had been ANYONE else, I’d have taken a pass… To understand why, you need to know a little more about Kris.
And in a 2011 Japanese study, women who practiced yoga scored better on something called the Profile of Mood States questionnaire.
The program took off like wildfire, appearing in such major publications as Shape, Fitness, Girls Life, and Cosmopolitan.