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Yoga for Runners: Position 15 - Bhujingasana

By Kerry McCarthy on in Health

If you've ever been to a gym class and done the cool down stretching afterwards you may already be familiar with the Bhujingasana, which is Sanskrit for Cobra pose. As with all the Bikram poses it has multiple benefits, including relieving back pain, combating slipped or herniated discs, lessening the ...  ... 

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Yoga for Runners: Position 14 - Pavanamuktasana

By Alexandra Rees on in Health

Before we get down to the serious yoga business, let's get something out of the way. Translated into English from Sanskrit, Pavanamuktasana means ‘wind removing’. Cue sniggering, giggling and snorts of laughter from the back row. Whilst it’s indeed designed to remove wind, I’ve yet to attend a class where this ... 

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Yoga for Runners: Position 13 - Savasana

By Kerry McCarthy on in Health

If there's one pose that every single beginner fancies their chances at mastering with little effort it's Savasana. Sanskrit for 'Death Pose', it essentially involves, um, playing dead essentially. It's the halfway point of the 26 poses and signals the change over from the standing sequence to the seated. To someone ... 

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Yoga for Runners: Position 12 - Padangustasana

By Alexandra Rees on in Health

As we mentioned in our previous blog, the second set of Tree is actually a different pose altogether, but you pick up the posture where you left off with Tree. Toe Stand (Padangustasana in Sanskrit- you really should be fluent by now) requires patience, concentration and a strong set ...  ... 

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Yoga for Runners: Position 11 - Tadasana

By Alexandra Rees on in Health

The eleventh pose of the Bikram yoga series, Tadasana or Tree marks the end of the standing series. Yes, you finally get to lie down after this one. Like all Bikram postures, Tadasana is repeated twice. As with Standing Head to Knee pose, the second set can be developed further, boosting ... 

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Yoga for Runners: Position 10 - Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Janushirasana

By Alexandra Rees on in Health

We don't like to lie to you, dear readers, so bear with us when we say this pose (also known as Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee Pose) is a bit weird. It feels slightly wrong; your breathing is laboured and if you were to try and talk, your voice ... 

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Yoga for Runners: Position 9 - Trikanasana

By Kerry McCarthy on in Health

If you're short on time (or just impatient) and looking for a way to work out several parts of the body at once then Trikanasana, the Triangle pose, is your man (or woman. Yoga isn't sexist). As Olga Allon, owner of Hot Bikram Yoga, puts it: "It's a bit of wonder ... 

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Yoga for Runners: Position 8 - Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Paschimotthanasana

By Alexandra Rees on in Health

Despite its ridiculously long Sanskrit name, this pose will feel relatively simple after the demanding Standing Bow and Balancing Stick.Described by Bikram himself as "kryptonite for sciatica", the pose otherwise known as Standing Separate Leg Stretching is a runner's sweet dream and worst nightmare rolled into one. Why? Because ...  ... 

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Yoga For Runners: Position 7 - Tuladandasana

By Alexandra Rees on in Health

If there was ever a pose to focus the mind of a runner, Tuladandasana (or balancing stick pose) is it. With four ten-second bursts of pulse-racing intensity, the pose often feels like 90 per cent mind : 10 per cent matter. Like most yoga postures, this pose requires a strong ... 

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Yoga for Runners: Position 6 - Dandayamana Dhanurasana

By Alexandra Rees on in Health

If you've harboured secret desires of having the flexibility and grace of a ballet dancer, you'll love Dandayamana Dhanurasana. Even if you're just looking for a more flexible lower back or an end to back pain, you'll love the sixth pose in the Bikram sequence, also known as Standing Bow pose. The ... 

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