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A yoga programme designed for your particular sport can help you push your body, breath and mind to the edge and can train you to perform under stressful situations, like a competition.
Consistent yoga practice has shown improvements in strength, mobility, balance, improving reflexes and recovery of muscles from fatigue.
Let's go through a small series of yoga movements that I make the ace athletes do at least once. Some are easy, some are tricky. Let's find out.
This variation of the chair's position is actually a lot of fun.
As you notice, this is a position that requires a lot of strength and focus at the same time. Notice the way your thighs are getting engaged.
The second position is garudasana. This requires, like any other pose a lot of strength, focus and flexibility.
Continue sinking down with your hips. And continue raising your arms up. That's the position you're supposed to feel very gripped and comfortable at the same time.
Repeat the same thing on the other side.
Third one is natarajasana and this is done to check the balance of the athlete.
Continue breathing in and out. Hold the position as stable as you can. In order to make it easy, you can look towards a point right in front of your eyes or slightly above it.
After holding it for 5-8 breaths, you can slowly bring your body out of this. Then repeat the same thing on the other side.
So positions like these bring a lot of stimulus for your body and your brain. And they can amp up your physiological and cognitive abilities, which translates into better performance. A well-chalked yoga programme can definitely bring the best out of your athlete self.
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