Mat Matters, Episode 12: Four Yoga Poses for Runners

This week on Mat Matters, we're starting a new mini-series called "Four Poses." For the next 4 weeks, each video will focus on four yoga poses that can help to relieve tightness in a specific area of the body, or tightness caused by a specific physical activity.

Today's episode is for all of my runners out there (I can feel your tightness from here!). As a former runner who suffered an injury caused by pounding the pavement, and as someone who has witnessed many, many injured runners come into my classes in search of relief and increased flexibility, I think that if you're a runner, yoga is an absolute must. 

If you do nothing else, I recommend doing at least these four poses on a regular basis. Preferably daily (when you wake up or after your run), but if not daily, at least a couple of times per week. Even if you aren't a runner, these poses are amazing hip and hammie openers, and I believe that we all need to do more of them. They're amazing!

Okay, so you get it. I'll get off of my soapbox. Have fun playing with these poses! {I really love them.} 

Next up: 4 poses for crazy tight shoulders. That's right,  I'm talking to you, Ben.