SPORTS YOGA FOR ATHLETES

Yoga is both preventive and therapeutic and has shown to offer  both physical and mental benefits to the body and mind. The Yoga  “postures” are the physical positions that coordinate breath with  movement and we hold these positions to stretch and strengthen different parts of the body.
They systematically work all the major  muscle groups, including the back, neck, and shoulders, deep  abdominals, hip and buttock muscles and even small joints such as  ankles, feet, wrist and hands.

In a world where the sporting stakes are getting ever higher and  athletes are looking to make marginal gains wherever they can, yoga  can be an added tool in their armoury. Following a yoga class  tailored to the specific needs of their sport and their own range of  movement can help an athlete increase the length of their career or  at least help them be less injury prone throughout their career.

Most poses are non-aerobic in nature, they send oxygen to the cells  in the body by way of conscious deep breathing and sustained  stretching and contraction of different muscle groups.