| p>Yoga and running are most often thought of as two | | | | awareness on the breath, keeping a slow and steady |
| very different types of exercise, but the truth is that | | | | pace. Yoga usually teaches you to breathe in through |
| they are actually a very good match. The combination | | | | the nose while keeping your mouth closed. This allows |
| of running and yoga is a great way to increase your | | | | you to deepen your breath all the way to the bottom |
| physical shape and your performance.If you combine | | | | of the lungs. This allows you to increase the |
| your running routines with yoga exercises, you can | | | | transportation of oxygen to the muscles, where it |
| improve your running performance and your well-being. | | | | becomes energy. Learning to breathe deeper also |
| Through yoga, you learn to control your breathing, | | | | increases your lung capacity which will automatically |
| which also optimizes your performance while running. | | | | increase your stamina. |
| Furthermore, yoga makes you more flexible and | | | | Besides getting more flexible and acquiring a better |
| therefore more resistant to damages while running. | | | | breathing control, you will also train other muscles |
| While running is a good cardio workout, then yoga is | | | | during yoga training, which will add to your running |
| more directed at building strength and flexibility. | | | | exercise. Runners often have a tendency to have |
| However, you can easily get your pulse up during | | | | tension in the shoulders and the neck, and these |
| yoga by practicing some of the more dynamic yoga | | | | tensions will be loosened up during yoga practise. |
| types, which will definitely allow you to work up a | | | | Besides tension relief, yoga also helps you prevent |
| sweat. Many runners favour Astanga Yoga because | | | | injuries and pain. Especially the knees, the hips and the |
| of the dynamic movements that provide strength, | | | | back are sensitive areas where runners often |
| flexibility and endurance. | | | | experience problems. There are certain yoga positions |
| During yoga practise there is a great focus on the | | | | that focusing directly on these sensitive areas, thus |
| breath and you will learn to control the breathing | | | | strengthening them and making them better shock |
| process. This will be of a great benefit while running, as | | | | absorbers. Furthermore, runners who also perform |
| control of the breath will help you improve your | | | | yoga, are more likely to experience less pain after |
| performance. What is helpful is that you increase your | | | | running, which is also a great benefit. |