Yoga for Runners - Udemy

With a variety of yoga classes and short lectures, you'll practice yoga to gain strength, flexibility, body and breath awareness, and a strong, positive mindset.

Add Yoga to Your Training Schedule to Become a Better Runner

• Gain strength and flexibility to help prevent injury and run stronger.
• Explore themes that relate specifically to runners: trust in the training process, courage to step to the starting line, support for your endeavors, and more.
• Focus on the breath and the connection it has to your body, which is useful in both yoga and running.
• Learn more about IT band syndrome, core muscles, restorative yoga, and more.

Yoga for Runners features 14 short pre- and post-run yoga practices, four yoga practices under 30 minutes, and four practices between 40 and 53 minutes. There are also four specialty practices: one for beginners, one for the core, one for hip strength and stability, and one for rest and recovery. 

The short lectures give you more instruction about how or why we do certain things in yoga, and how yoga can help make you a stronger runner. Supplemental materials include links to a variety of articles and studies, as well as ideas for how to schedule the yoga practices into your life whether you want to practice twice per week or nearly every day.

This course is ideal for runners who are curious about yoga and how it can help their running, but want to focus their practices to complement their running and according to the time they have available.