Yoga For Runners

I am New to running, been going for about 3 months now. I am aiming to complete my 1st organised 10k next weekend. Flexibility has never been my strong point so I figured this could be a good tribe to join.

Cobbler pose to open the hips and also the various warrior poses for the hip flexors :)

Two great online resources are  favorite) and  In terms of DVDs it really depends of the yoga style you are looking for. Avoid 'celebrity' yoga DVDs and look for the teachers that are highly regarded by other teache...

excellent thank you I appreciate it 

I don't know of any DVD's I haven't found them to be too helpful because its harder to maintain good posture.  Try youtube for Tara Stiles, she's a good one to follow and will get you into more advanced yoga.  Also I...

The closest yoga studio is 50 mile round trip from me. In Mt that is nothing actually but I hate the trips, gas. I do yoga with a friend in her class. Can anyone recommend the best DVD for my son and I to use

I'm always on the lookout for something that's got all the info in one place. Thanks Susan!

Thanks for sharing Susan!

Cheers Susan, I'll check it out.

I have recently read the book titled above by Sage Rountree and thought it very useful even though I practice Yoga more than running. The subtitle is a practical approach to building strength & flexibility for better running and it does what it sa...

Thank you, for sharing.  Great post work-out!

Hi there.  I've been a distance runner for a few years now and have never been too consistent with cross training.  I know it's beneficial but I'd prefer to run.  However I've never tried yoga to support my running.  In the quest for more flexibil...

I had never really been into doing yoga either....I wrestled and ran through school.....hiked...etc...always active and moving.  As I got out of school and the wrestling ended I lost ALL of my flexibility.  I started doing yoga and am happy to...

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Well, I have never done yoga once in my life but heard nothing but good things about it. I've been running since high school and have never stopped. Since then, I notice that a few days after my harder workouts I feel weak and even damaged f...

There is a big difference in how you treat muscle sorness.....is it sore because it got pushed further than it's used to.....because it got ripped......torn.....or just tight?......ripped and torn muscles require res...

Depends on the injury of course, but I try to keep things loose as much as possible. My first line of defense is usually a trip the massage therapist. I learned this lesson the hard way after a bout of plantar fascia...

Besides doing some helpful yoga postures (check with a certified instructor), I recommend that when you drive your car, you always make sure your toes are turned in and not out. Also, my chiropractor helped me to get...

^ Belated response here, but thanks for that awesome link! Printed it out and have been doing those every morning for about a month now

I was doing Bikram, but could not do this and then run. It had to be one or the other as I felt so spaced out and dehydrated after Bikram that it would have been dangerous to run afterwards. I did find that it helped to increase my flexibility to...

I usually take heavy duty painkillers for a maximum of three days to force me not to move so it comes out of spasm and then very slowly start my yoga practice again. Yoga on a daily basis has helped me to keep sciati...

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I have found on TS the 'stacked knee stretch' or 'supine cow face pose' (similar versions of each other) really help release the area of my sciatic pain, definitely worth a try for you both and good luck!

any help for sciatic pain due to disc bulge...plz let me know..thx