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Yoga for Hikers will show you how to create a yoga practice at home that will keep you healthy, prevent injuries, and support and improve your outdoor passions. This guide feature easy-to-understand yoga poses and sequences designed to address the specific stresses that hiking enact on the body.
This guide feature:
• Detailed overviews of the areas of the body most impacted by climbing and hiking
• Injuries common to these sports that yoga can address
• Explanation of yoga’s physical and mental benefits, and how it can enhance time on rock or trail
• Foundational techniques for creating a yoga practice, including the fundamentals of meditation
• Several sequences for a home practice, designed specifically for climbers and hikers
• Interviews with climbers and hikers who use yoga to support their physical strength and hone their mental focus―from professionals, such as Steph Davis and Buzz Burrell, to average weekend-warriors
For inspiration and visual appeal, the books include panoramas of yoga poses in outdoor settings, studio photos of the specific yoga poses and sequences, and technical drawings related to anatomy and common ailments.
From the Publisher
From The Introduction
When I Started Practicing Yoga, I Saw Little Connection Between My Yoga Mat And The Woods I Was Active, But I Lacked Endurance. I Spent Nearly Four Years In Alaska’s Outdoor Playgrounds. I Built Strength During The Summer Hiking And In The Winter Skiin, But The First Ski Or Hike Of Each Season Was Always Agony.
The Connection Between My Mat And The Woods Is Obvious To Me Now. Hikers Live To Summit A Coveted Peak, To Hear The Crunch Of Undergrowth On A Quiet Trail, Or To Tax Themselves Physically Via Distance. A Yoga Practice Can Support All Of Those Goals And Surprise You With Some Additional Benefits, Including The Deeper Understanding Of Why You Love Being Out In Nature.
If You Are Looking To Expand Your Yoga Practice Beyond What I Share In This Book, You Will Find Tips On Finding A Local Yoga Class And Style Suited To You—as Well As A Yoga Community—to Continue To Bring The Benefits Of Yoga Into Not Only Your Hiking Life, But Your Whole Life.
Nicole Tsong, Author
Publisher : Mountaineers Books; 1st edition (May 4, 2016)
Language : English
Paperback : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 1594859930
ISBN-13 : 978-1594859939
Item Weight : 12 ounces
Dimensions : 7 x 0.63 x 5 inches