Yoga For Runners

The Benefits of Yoga for Runners

Yoga postures can correct muscle imbalances resulting from high impact training, aligning the joints, improving bone density, stretching and strengthening the muscles to prevent pain and injury, particularly in injury-prone zones: hips, hamstrings, knees, Achilles tendon and iliotibial band.

Standing yoga postures correctly align the knee, strengthen the arches to provide better shock absorbers and maintain
healthy connective tissue in the foot and shin.

Dynamic yoga is cardiovascular, combining stamina, upper body and core strength with lower body flexibility, and can be used as a conditioning option.

Slow, gentle, more passive hatha yoga cultivates awareness of any resistance, promotes release of tension to avoid injury and improves circulation in connective tissue to help you recover and rejuvenate after sports.

Yoga breath work and concentration exercises can improve confidence, focus and positive pleasure in your athletic pursuits.

The Benefits of Pilates for Runners

Joseph Pilates's method is a low impact, precise approach of exercise centred around core strength, pelvic stability and peripheral mobility.
Pilates improves posture, and therefore can work to corrrect imbalances in your gait.

Like yoga, Pilates helps prevent injuries by balancing the over trained athletic body and correcting inefficient or unhealthy movement patterns.
With a strong focus on the relationship between core, pelvis and spine, Pilates is an excellent antedote to back pain.
Pilates principles are: Awareness, Breath, Balance, Center, Concentration, Control, Efficiency, Flow, Harmony, Precision. These principles can be also be applied to all sports including those involving coordination, accuracy and team work.

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Laura Denham-Jones, Yoga and Pilates For Runners 07952 556 280 laura@yogaforrunners.co.uk