Category Archives: Athletes

Yoga for Athletes: A Little Goes A Long Way

The Benefits of Adding Yoga to a Training Program There is growing research available that [...]

Prevent Running Injuries with these Yoga Poses

Yoga Medicine teacher Dana Diament shares 5 key poses with Yoga Digest. Incorporate these poses into [...]

5 Flexibility Tests: How Flexible Are You?

Samantha Lefave for Fitness Magazine shares flexibility tests for key muscle groups. Learn how your range [...]

Flexibility Test: How Flexible are You?

Samantha Lefave for Fitness Magazine and Tiffany Cruikshank share a flexibility test to help you [...]

The Neurobiology of Pain and Yoga as its Medicine

As Yoga teachers, we will often have students who struggle with pain. It is not [...]

Eccentric Muscle Training: Hamstring Strength

by Jenni Tarma. The notion of muscles working eccentrically can be tricky to grasp even [...]

Eccentric Hamstring Training: Fire Up Your Forward Fold

By Jenni Tarma. Here’s Part 2 on how to build eccentric strength in the hamstrings! [...]

Interview with Shannon Paterson, RYT-500

Shannon Paterson, RYT-500, is a yoga therapeutics instructor who completed her Yoga Medicine 500HR certification [...]

Winter Sports Recovery: 5 Essential Yoga Poses

Check out Alice Blunden’s new article about winter sports recovery. These poses are great for [...]

Hip Stability: 4 Ways to Build Strength + Prevent Injury

Jenni Tarma for Yoga Journal. Jenni is currently pursuing her 500HR certification with Yoga Medicine. Tight or [...]