Yoga is an amazing complement to running, and can make you a more efficient, faster, and stronger athlete—in addition to helping prevent injuries. By taking a time-out from competition to direct attention to your breathing and body, yoga can help with stress relief, as well as give you a better awareness of how your body is responding to practices, workouts, and competition. Athletes involved in sports built on the efficiency of repetitive movements, such as running, have even more to gain from yoga. While repetitive motions can reinforce existing imbalances in the body, repetitive actions themselves tend to make the body tighter and more developed in some areas than others. Many runners find that as their mileage increases, or they run more intense or hillier workouts, they become tighter. Ann has worked hard to bring time-efficient yoga and stretching routines to her students in order to allow them to maximize their athletic potential.
