The Outdoor Adventurer's Guide to Yoga: Practices for Strong and Balanced Hiking, Climbing, Paddling, and Cycling

Discover the power and benefits of yoga for outdoor adventures. With The Outdoor Adventurer's Guide to Yoga, athletes and explorers can tailor yoga practices to support performance, recovery, and longevity, no matter their sport. This guide covers the foundations of yoga, anatomy, alignment, breath work, and asana then applies these practices specifically for hiking, backpacking, cycling, climbing, paddling, and snow sports. Learn to build a home practice and incorporate yoga into every aspect of your outdoor adventures, on and off the trail, bike, wall, or water. ?Overlap of popular, growing activities with passionate followings--yoga and outdoor sports ?Incorporate yoga before, during and after your backpacking trips and outdoor adventures for greater strength, balance, connection and recovery. ?Addresses unique needs of backpacking (extra weight, extra mileage, creative gear use for props), paddling (postural considerations, paddle-as-prop), climbing (forearm strength, wrist mobility), and more. ?Specific flows and postures for functional therapeutic benefit for backpackers, hikers, paddlers, cyclists, climbers, skiers and snowboarders. ?Core strengthening and postural integrity exercises. ?Instructional and beautiful color photography throughout.

• | Author: Jana Kilgore
• | Publisher: Falcon Guides
• | Publication Date: September 01, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1493055283
• | ISBN-13: 9781493055289