More and more athletes are adding yoga to their workout regimen so they can feel stronger, more balanced and single-minded in their pursuit of their own personal best. However, others remain skeptical. This two-day intensive training explores the connection between the two disciplines and helps yoga teachers, personal trainers, and other fitness professionals better understand how yoga can help athletes play hard, play safe, and play longer.
What you will learn:
How athletes train, what mental and physical challenges they face, and what impact their training has on their minds as well as their bodies
How the science and philosophy of yoga can enhance an athlete’s experience of any other discipline
To analyze yoga poses for strength and demand, to refine alignment, and develop mind-body awareness in a particular movement
To analyze yoga poses to address use and overuse issues in sports that can cause developmental imbalance in the body
How yogic breathing techniques, meditation, and visualization can help prevent injuries and over-training, improve athletic performance, and lead athletes of any persuasion on a path toward success
Principles and practices of yoga that can supplement any athletic training program
Yoga’s inverse and complementary relationship to athletic performance and training cycles
To facilitate the discovery of the inner athlete in your students as well as increase your own athleticism
The tools you’ll need to break into the business of providing yoga for athletes, whether professionals, amateurs, or weekend warriors