Posts in Use Yoga
Ask, Accept, Adapt: How to Make Your Own Practice Plan

⁠The more efficiently you accept where you really are, the more fluid and productive your steps forward can be. Resisting reality or making rigid, unattainable goals, are steps backwards or, at "best", stagnation. ⁠There is a path of less resistance. Ask, accept, adapt, and you might find that you’re not only able to more easefully manage what comes at you each day, but also to welcome it. Learn how!

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What will you practice in 2021?

2020 has brought into focus what truly matters, while blurring what’s no longer important. If you’ve been fluid in accepting the unfolding realities, you’ve adapted and grown more than you realize. Now, as we look to turn the page knowing that the only certainty is uncertainty, setting goals for the year ahead requires a new approach.

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Use Yoga Every Day — Like a Triathlete

Use 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!

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Use Yoga Every Day — to Recharge

You 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.

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Use Yoga Every Day — To Try Something New

Use 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!

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Use Yoga Every Day — For Mental Focus Training

Use 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!

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Use Yoga Every Day — To Prevent Injury

Use 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!

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Use Yoga to Solve Marathoner Problems: Anxiety + Doubt

“Calm and relaxed, I’ll run fast.” — Des Linden

Calm and relaxed — that’s how to toe the line on race day. Executing this requires practice. That’s right, practice being calm and relaxed. All the time. When you show up to your workout day, during a bad mile of a tempo, on a gruelling long run... Calm and relaxed. It takes practice to replace doubt and anxiety with calm confidence, but the reward is huge — and extends far beyond running.

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Use Yoga to Solve Marathoner Problems: No Time

“Everything hurts and I’m dying.” This is often how marathoners come to the mat, which can be overwhelming when trying to navigate how best to use the 5, 10, or 15 minutes you actually have to use yoga to feel better.

The last few weeks have helped you learn more about your unique imbalances and how to use yoga solve them. This week is dedicated to those moments when you need to use yoga as fast and effectively as possible.

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