10 Must Do Yoga Poses for Runners

[su_box title=”Bound Angle Pose” style=”noise” box_color=”#fff” title_color=”#2e383f”]Bound Angle Pose

Instructions: Sitting on floor, bend your knees and touch soles of your feet together. Start by placing your hands behind you for support, lengthening your spine up toward ceiling. If your knees are high off floor, or if you feel like your tailbone is being pulled underneath you, try sitting on a folded blanket. Think about spreading your inner thighs open toward inner knees, and imagine drawing outer knees toward outer hips. Place your hands on your ankles and hinge forward over your feet. Hold for five to 10 breaths. Come back up to sitting and use your hands to close your knees together.

Benefits: Bound Angle is great for opening the inner thighs.[/su_box]

[su_box title=”Hero Pose with Eagle Arms” style=”noise” box_color=”#fff” title_color=”#2e383f”]Hero Pose with Eagle Arms

Instructions: Start with knees together, feet just outside of your hips. Sit down between your feet with soles of your feet facing the ceiling. (You may need to sit on a block or a folded blanket.) Press feet down and release 10 times. Add Eagle Arms by wrapping your arms around each other (double wrap if you can). Lift elbows toward ceiling and move wrists away from nose, squeeze and release your arms.

Benefits: Hero Pose will stretch the tops of your shins and feet, which can get tight from running, and get your blood flowing in your legs. Eagle Arms will give you a good arm stretch and relieve tension in your neck and shoulders.[/su_box]

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