YOGA FOR RUNNERS
SECOND EDITION
CHRISTINE FELSTEAD
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Felstead, Christine, author.
Title: Yoga for runners / Christine Felstead.
Description: Second edition. | Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021005516 (print) | LCCN 2021005517 (ebook) | ISBN 9781718202542 (paperback) | ISBN 9781718202559 (epub) | ISBN 9781718202566 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Running--Training. | Yoga.
Classification: LCC GV1061.5 .F46 2022 (print) | LCC GV1061.5 (ebook) | DDC 181/.45--dc23
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ISBN: 978-1-7182-0254-2 (print)
Copyright 2022, 2014 by Christine Felstead
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I dedicate this book to the global community bonded by a love of running. May it inspire you to marry your passion for running with the practice of yoga and movement and maintain an openness to the potential of your mind, body, and spirit to produce the outcomes you seek.
Contents
Pose and Sequence Finder
Poses
Pose | Full description on page | Used in sequence(s) on page(s) |
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Ab Curls I |
Ab Curls II |
Ankle Dorsiflexion |
Basic Squat |
Bird Dog |
Boat |
Bound Angle |
Bound Side Angle |
Breathing |
Bridge |
CatCow |
Chair Forward Bend |
Chair Staff Pose |
Chaturanga (Yoga Push-Up) |
Childs Pose |
Cobra |
Desk Downward Dog |
Dolphin (Downward Dog Variation) |
Dolphin Plank |
Double Pigeon |
Downward Dog |
Eagle Arms |
Ear to Shoulder |
Equal Standing |
Equal Standing, Arms Overhead |
Extended Side Stretch |
Finding the Gluteus Medius |
Forearm Strengthener |
Gate |
Glute Bridge |
Goddess |
Half Downward Dog |
Half Frog |
Hamstrings Curls Quadruped |
Hamstrings Eccentric and Active Stretch |
Hero Pose |
Hero Toes |
Hip Flexor Strengthener |
Internal Rotator Stretch |
Kneeling Clam |
Kneeling Quadriceps Stretch |
Legs Up the Wall |
Lizard |
Locust |
Low Squat |
Low Trap Activation |
Lunges (Low, Kneeling, and High) |
Lunge Twist |
90/90 Lunge Hover |
PigeonActive |
PigeonPassive |
Plank |
Plantar Massage |
Prone Hamstrings Curl |
Pyramid |
Quadriceps and Iliotibial Band Rollouts |
Quadruped |
Quadruped Hover |
Relieve Eye Strain |
Revolved Triangle |
Savasana (Corpse Pose) |
Seated Figure 4 |
Seated Forward Bend |
Seated Spinal Twist |
Seated Wide-Leg Forward Bend |
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