Yoga stretches for Runners

Running is addictive. What starts as a way to counteract our largely inactive 21st century lives, can quickly draw you in to a world of PBs, Pace tracking, early morning runs in the dark and marathons.
But it is a very yang activity. In a world where we are constantly rushing around, meeting deadlines and squeezing things in, it might not be helping us to find a balance. It is an activity which requires muscles to activate and contract, but not to release. It is also a fairly linear exercise with the majority of the work being done by pulling armsand legs forwards and backwards and completely excluding spinal movements such as lateral flexion and extension.
These yoga poses will lengthen out your muscles, especially your back and legs and balance out the body with a more yin activity that encourages release.
Try to keep your breath steady and deep throughout, holding poses for around 8 breaths and move slowly between the poses to help find space in the body.
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