Do you want to improve your time? Prevent injuries? Survive your first – or twentieth – marathon? Have more fun on the trail? You’ve come to the right place! Yoga is the key to achieving your running goals, and our special Yoga for Runner’s section will help you make those strides. Read the latest advice in our articles, improve your performance with our podcasts, and watch our videos for the best runner-specific routines. Then, get moving!
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Yoga for Runners Five essential routines for strength and flexibility
Athletes of all sorts are finding that yoga is a perfect cross-training tool. Stretches and poses loosen up the body and enable the runner to tap into new energy, recover faster, and race injury-free.
It’s not just for the mind. With yoga's emphasis on strength, flexibility, and relaxation, it's actually one of the best cross-training activities a runner can do. Read
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Yoga is the perfect complement to your gym workout. These pre- and post-exercise moves will maximize the benefits of your routine. There are moves for the sauna, too. Read
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It’s a good idea to add some outdoor exercise to your yoga practice, cross-training fun that will take your mat skills to a higher level. Learn how one yoga-loving woman stretches her exercise horizons—and reaches new levels of fitness, inside and out. Read
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Applying little tricks you’ve learned on the mat and practicing mindfulness exercises at the mile-markers will help keep you injury free and running at your peak.
Weakened knees are dangerous. They’re prone to injury, difficult to operate on, and slow to heal. Best to take care of them, even if you’re not scheduling a Himalayan trek. Read
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Learn easy yoga poses that will help you finish the race, whether it’s a 10K or a marathon. These moves can injury-proof your body, repair common problems like tight hamstrings, and let you recover more quickly.
Pre-Run Poses
Post-Run Poses
Poses for Injury Prevention
User's Guide
Take this podcast to go, or listen along with any of the accompanying videos that follow.
You wouldn't leave your laces untied so don't tax your muscles without a little preparation. These three yoga poses done before you run will help you find your best stride.
These three deep tissue stretches will immediately release built-up muscle stress so that you don't have a mountain of tension to untangle. Better than a daily massage, this yoga prescription will help your post-run muscles recover quicker.
Run your heart out but don't run the risk of injury due to repeat use of certain muscles. These three poses target the most common aches and pains of roadrunners: it band issues, shin splints and plantar fascitis. Include this trio of poses into your workout and train pain-free again.
