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Asana based Practice to Complement Running Part 2: An Option for a Pre-run Practice
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.
This session is an option for a pre-run practice. But it can also be done separately from the run or on non-running days.
This session is part of the Short Course Asana Based Practice to Complement Running (Short Course in 8 Parts). We recommend working with all the sessions in the course to get an understanding of the subject.
We recommend that you start with the INTRODUCTION to the Short Course. But after that, the sessions may be attempted in any order.
Duration: 30 mins.
Props needed: any regular chair, one yoga belt, firm blankets/ cushions. Bolster for sitting.
Tag words: dorsal thoracic hip flexors running supta padangusthasana I upper back utkatasana utthita hasta padangusthasana I
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.
This session is an option for a pre-run practice. But like all other sessions in this Short Course, it can also be done separately from the run or on non-running days.
Duration: 30 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
