Yoga

The Key To Excelling In Your Sport

by Carolyn Weatherson

 

     Recreational and Professional Athletes from around the globe are

turning to Yoga.  It provides the ideal cross training for those who do the

same sport or exercise routine year round.  Top coaches insist that their

athletes cross train with yoga in order to give them that extra edge during

game time.  It is widely known that yoga can dramatically improve your

golf game but it holds true for all athletic endeavours from rock climbing to

Rugby.  Yoga has been proven to help athletes reduce injury and relieve

training boredom by adding variety.  With most sports and weight training

routines you tend to perform repetitive motions, that put stress on certain

areas of the body, and develop some muscle groups while others remain

mostly dormant.  Yoga can fix these imbalances.  A well designed Yoga

class (like Carolyn's) will deeply work every muscle of the body.  You will

gain core strength using focused movements and the balancing poses will

improve your stability and poise.  Every athletic endeavour will benefit

from developing a greater range of motion.  Runners and cyclists need

yoga to help prevent piriformis syndrome, injury and improve

concentration.  Many people want to have a long lean appearance, which

is why many entertainers swear by yoga to shape their bodies and prevent

a bulky, tight look.  Also, a longer muscle is a bigger muscle, therefore you

will have more strength potential.  An important element to remain

competitive in sport, as well as your every day life, is learning how to

reduce performance anxiety.  Yoga is filled with tools to help you learn to

relax.  The use of breathing techniques combined with maintaining

focused concentration can dramatically improve your sport activities and

your life!