After a long run or race, your legs, back and shoulders can feel very tight. Practising a few simple restorative yoga poses can help you regain your range of motion, reduce the swelling in your legs and improve blood circulation to help speed your
Olga Allon is the founder of Hot Bikram Yoga studios. Her studios in Fulham, Balham and London Bridge are firmly established destinations that reflect the ethos of Bikram Yoga, the UK’s fastest growing form of yoga. Bikram Yoga is a demanding (but
Our first two blog posts introduced Bikram yoga, and now we're getting into the nitty-gritty of how the 26 specific postures in the Bikram sequence can improve your running performance.Practising yoga in the heat brings huge benefits
Kerry McCarthy is senior writer for Runner's World magazine. He has run 10 marathons, raced Usain Bolt and trained with Paula Radcliffe - but he hasn't been able to touch his toes since he was a child.Hello and welcome to our new Yoga for Runners
Alexandra Rees is a qualified sport and exercise scientist, ex-club runner and Bikram yoga devotee of six years, who can now touch her toes with sickening ease.Like Kerry McCarthy, who in our first blog admitted that he thought yoga was solely
This week we're taking a short break from our usual format for a guest post from Sarah O'Neill. Roving yoga fan Sarah investigated the (non-Bikram) studio yogahaven - and came back with some new, alternative moves for you to add to your yoga routine
group.Olga Allon, director of Hot Bikram Yoga in London says, "The power of Locust comes from your glutes, which protect your spine; many running injuries stem from having weak glutes. Locust can also help ease sciatic and disc pain."Runners can be lax
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
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
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
