Focus: Asanas can be versatile ‘supporting’ practices to all other life endeavours.  If you are a runner, asanas have the potential to do a lot more than ‘stretching’.  The sessions in this Short Course offer carefully chosen options that can help the runner target specific areas of the body, work with actions/ positions that are not adequately covered by running, as well as bringing strength and flexibility to those areas that are continuously working while running.  The sessions offer options for increasing strength and flexibility, injury prevention, resting and recovery, not just on a physical level, but at the level of the mind and the breath. These sessions aim to maintain the rigour (and therefore, the effectiveness) of Iyengar Yoga, but can be attempted by any healthy non-asana practitioner.

We recommend that you start with the INTRODUCTION to the Short Course.  But after that, the sessions may be attempted in any order.

In this session ,we work on some hip, leg, knee, movements and positions that are important because they are not covered by the running ‘stance’. Particularly useful for maintaining hip and knee flexibility.

Duration: 28 mins.

Props needed: any regular chair, one yoga belt, firm blankets/ cushions. Bolster for sitting.

Note:

• We are assuming a general level of physical fitness in these sessions – in the interest of keeping the sessions focussed, we do not discuss adaptations for injuries/ accidents/ any other special conditions