Yoga Tadasana Mountain Pose

Series Summary

Yoga is a practice that is thought to have begun some 5,000 years ago. While yoga has been practiced throughout the East, it wasn’t until the late 1800’s that modern yoga made its way to the United States. Currently, yoga has become very popular and practiced by many people. It has become such the crazy that yoga has developed classes for specific groups. Yoga for athletes is one group that has been catered to. Yoga for athletes focuses on areas that are of the most concern. Flexibility is a major focus in yoga for athletes. Yoga can also help develop strength and stamina for athletes. This practice can also help athletes prevent injuries and rehabilitating those they have received. Watch this video series as our expert demonstrates various yoga exercises geared to athletes. Feel free to follow along as each position is explained. You can do these yoga for athlete exercises on your own to improve your athletic prowess or just help your general fitness.

Video Transcript

"Hi. My name is Elizabeth Cafferky and I teach Yoga at Yoga Yoga in Austin, Texas. You can reach me at Elizabeth@YogoYoga.com or check out our website which is www.YogoYoga.com. So this series of exercises I am going to go over is geared towards people who are athletic or runners so it's a lot of stretching to help you open up in the areas where you might have tightness such as your hamstrings and your hips. So the first one is just Tadasana Mountain Pose. And what's important about this pose is that you find your feet and that you are steady standing on your feet. So the four corners of your feet want to be connecting down. And you want to have them parallel and even so that you might notice when you look down at your stance that your foot, one or the other, turn out or turn in a little bit. So it's really important to create a nice steady, standing on your feet as you move through other exercises so that you don't over use one part of your body or one leg more strongly than the other. "