Erin here — honored to share insights and inspiration for how to incorporate Yoga for Pregnant Athletes throughout your pregnancy. This is essentially the advice I’ve given myself, but it's so different for every woman — the most important thing is to listen to your body and be willing to accept where you're at and respond accordingly. Trust your body and trust your baby.
Read MoreIt’s July and that means it’s time to streak! This is our 5th year of the #A4YJULY streak! Whether you’re a longtime streaker or you’re joining for the first time, welcome! We can’t wait for you to feel the difference as little as 5 minutes of yoga a day makes. It’s a game changer.
Read MoreIt’s the first week of summer! This week we’re celebrating by sharing our favorite outdoor studio sessions. These videos require no props! Plus with the new app and video platform you can take your favorite Resets offline. No wifi, no problem.
Read MoreUse yoga every day. This week we’re celebrating our newest Pro Athlete for Yoga, Chelsea Sodaro, with a week dedicated to Yoga for Triathletes! You don’t have to be a triathlete to benefit from these Resets. We’ve picked 7 routines that, while being triathlon-specific, also address universal athlete problems and human imbalances.
Bookmark the plan and follow @athletesforyogahq, where we’ll share the daily video!
Read MoreYou can't pour from an empty cup. We've all heard this. We've all felt it. We are using yoga every day this week to recharge with mental focus training and physical relaxation practice — meditation + restorative yoga.
Real recovery is intentional, active, and critical if you want to continue moving forward. This is true in sport and in life. Use it so that you can keep going. Join us.
Read MoreUse yoga every day. This week use yoga like a pro! Every day you'll use one of our Athletes for Yoga Pros' favorite Resets.
You know how — bookmark the plan (below) and follow @athletesforyogahq. We’ll share the daily video + why and how the A4Y Pros use it…
Read MoreUse yoga every day. This week we’re highlighting some of our lesser known Resets. We all get in a routine of using the same Resets, but varying your practice will keep you more balanced — and also keep things more interesting! This week, shake it up! You might even discover imbalances you didn’t even know are there and, more important, learn ways to use yoga to solve them. Try something new and feel the difference.
Bookmark the plan and follow @athletesforyogahq, where we’ll share the daily video!
Read MoreUse yoga every day. This week we’re going long! By long we mean 20–34 minutes of daily yoga. You’ve felt what a difference just 5–10 minutes of yoga makes, and you’ll be amazed by how much you can do by extending that, while still spending less than half the time you’d have to spend in a studio class.
Read MoreUse yoga every day. On paper, this week should be the *easiest* week. You only need 5 minutes (one day asks for 10). You can do it anywhere. You don’t need any props. You can even lay down... But for many athletes, using meditation daily could be the most challenging week yet.
You up for it? Bookmark the plan and follow @athletesforyogahq, where we’ll share the daily video!
Read MoreUse yoga every day. This week use yoga to prevent injury. The entire A4Y library is designed for injury prevention and this this week you’ll use some of our most strategic injury prevention videos to solve common problems including unstable feet, stiff hammies, and knee pain — imbalances that can become injuries when left unaddressed.
Bookmark the plan and follow @athletesforyogahq, where we’ll share the daily video!
Read MoreUse yoga every day. This week use yoga in the time you DO have. As little as 5 minutes a day is a game changer — when you use yoga daily you’ll feel better and do better. That’s why every video this week is under 15 minutes — most are under 10!
Bookmark the plan and follow @athletesforyogahq, where we’ll share the daily video.
Read MoreUse yoga every day. In the week ahead we’ll use yoga to optimize recovery.
Bookmark the plan and follow @athletesforyogahq, where we’ll share your daily Reset rec from our recovery videos to take you through real full body recovery plus one of our most popular hamstring Resets.
You’ll feel the difference by the end of this week!
Read MoreUse yoga every day. In the week ahead we’ll use yoga to build functional full body strength.
Bookmark the plan and follow @athletesforyogahq, where we’ll share your daily Reset rec to take you through some most popular sessions from our strength videos.
Use yoga and feel the difference.
Read MoreYou asked for it! Yoga every day. The challenge is on and we are here to support you every day. This week you’ll hit key videos from the new Start Here video collection.
Read MoreWhen you can roll into mile 26 with your posture still strong, lung capacity optimized, and arms swinging — even when you’re beyond tired — just think of the PRs!
Read MoreMarathoner problem number 3: hip imbalances. 27% of marathoners who answered our survey reported piriformis pain. Others reported weak hips, hip pain, and tight hips. Get the plan to use yoga to mobilize and stabilize your hips.
Read MoreHamstrings often become tight, dry, and stuck together due to weak glutes (forcing these supporting muscles to compensate and do more work than they’re engineered for) and honestly, because we sit. A lot.
That combined with the fact that common stretching tactics like being hyper focused on touching the ground with straight legs, or throwing your leg up and yanking on those tissues with a strap are more likely to injure your hamstrings than increase the flexibility and fluidity needed for optimal function — and running.
Let’s unstiffen those hammies! And guess what? It doesn't matter if you EVER touch your toes.
Read MoreWe asked for your biggest marathon problems. Coming in number 1: weak glutes. No surprise there! Weak glutes — specifically, sleepy glute max — is at the root of some of the most prevalent and avoidable chain reaction imbalances.
We have your full plan to use yoga — from cross-training to pre-run warm ups — to effectively isolate, activate, and strengthen that booty. You'll optimize your stride AND avoid imbalance and injury as the miles stack up.
Marathoners have problems. Even more problems than constantly signing up for an event that literally killed its first participant. Imbalance can derail even the best training block, and marathoners know all too well that riding the line between fit and frazzled becomes thinner and thinner as peak weeks approach.
Over the next two months we’ll unpack marathoners’ biggest problems and show you how use yoga to solve them and become a more balanced, resilient, and powerful runner so you toe the line healthy and eager to race — and ready to crush your goals!
Read MoreActivate your glutes. Athletes hear it all the time. But when your glutes are weak, it can be hard to turn them on and use them. If you aren’t able to do this you can't effectively strengthen your glutes. This cycle is a common athlete problem that increases injury risk and decreases performance.
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