Yoga for Athletes
Yoga can be beneficial for a whole range of competitive and recreational sports for injury prevention, strength, focus, breathing efficiency and agility. I design classes focussed on the specific sport, and for what is needed in that part of the training cycle. I have taught swimmers, runners, footballers & ice hockey players so far.
Personal Experience
I used to swim a lot when I was younger. From then on, I was always drawn to be active, from ultra distance to marathons, triathlon, parkrun. I notice that my personal yoga practice keeps my core and shoulders strong, my spine long, and generally I feel more integrated in my body when I do other sports.
Yoga for Swimmers
I teach the Teddington Swimming Club Performance Squad a 45-minute yoga session at different times in their training cycle, generally in the weeks before a big meet. The sessions focus on streamlining, shoulder, neck, hip & hamstring flexibility, specific strength (especially shoulder stability and torso strength), body awareness, increasing lung capacity, breathwork and focus.
Yoga for all Sports
Please contact me if you’d like to enquire into a specialist class for your sport.