Showing posts with label stretching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stretching. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

My favourite pose

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 0
(in yoga that is)





photo source: yoga journal
To be completely honest, I haven't been running much lately. Once a week, twice if I'm lucky. I think I needed a break, and it seems to be working well for me right now. Next week I will be helping Steve as he begins teaching a 10 km clinic, and that will get me back into a regular schedule. In the meantime, I'm practising yoga, at least once a week (sometimes twice) and really enjoying it.
I have recently been introduced to the online world of the Yoga Journal (http://www.yogajournal.com/)
It's amazing! I think I would like to subscribe to this magazine.
My favourite part so far is the visual description of poses, along with the health benefits of each pose. For example, in "Half Lord of the Fishes" pose, above, some of the health benefits are stretching the shoulders, hips and neck (and my shoulders can use all the stretching they can get), energizing the spine, stimulation of liver and kidneys.
Another recipe coming soon!

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Thoughts of the day brought to you by.....

Tuesday, July 6, 2010 0

Lululemon has this GREAT campaign going on.

It seemed very timely to share this image, as I just finished my first Moksha ("hot") yoga class. and let me tell you, I did not sweat as much on my 19 k run earlier in the day as I did in this class. I am looking forward to more!

Read lululemon's full blog post "why you should sweat once a day" and get out there and move!

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

9 Minute Stretch

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 1
I know that I don't do enough stretching after my runs (even though I do a lot more than most people!)

Yoga is an amazing stretch, and a great way to stay injury-free. Here's a 9 minute "Yoga for Runners" sequence from YouTube.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Stretching

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 0
In our running circles, most of us never stretch enough. Steve and I have been participating in a local stretching for athletes class, and found it really useful to get us stretching.

Runner's World recently featured 6 yoga poses that I think are great. You can actually watch someone go through the moves in this video, or see the images in the article.



Happy Stretching!
 
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