Yoga for swimmers
Hi there swimmers! Want to feel stronger and more confident in the water?
Increase your swim fitness? Reduce those niggy injuries?
This FREE download will help…
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About me
Hi there! I’m Bridget – Yoga teacher and swimmer.
I love early morning ocean swimming – it’s hands down the best way to stay fit and connect with mother nature in all her splendour. My yoga practice helps me to stay strong, confident and injury-free in the water.
I’d love to share it with you…
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How yoga can help
Iyengar yoga’s precision will teach you how to hold your body, how it should feel. The postural instructions translate directly over to your swimming stroke, so you will know how to stabilise your body in the water. With body awareness you’ll be able to position yourself even better in the water, so you can glide right through the waves!
Using this practice will help you to...
- Feel strong and confident in the water
- Strengthen muscles and joints in key points of the body for swimming
- Increase awareness of your bodies position in the water
- Reduce niggling injuries
- Improve mobility of arms and shoulders
- Increase stamina in the water by improving your breathing
- Great for newer swimmers to gain strength and confidence
- More experienced swimmers will improve stroke precision
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Injury Prevention
The ocean can be unpredictable and the repetitive movements of swimming can lead to overuse injuries, especially in the shoulders, neck and lower back. Iyengar yoga helps by lengthening and strengthening your muscles evenly to increase joint stability.
Core strength and
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Knowing how your body should feel and how to correct it means you are able to correct any inconsistencies in the water. Improved positioning in the water means you’re less likely to overuse one area.
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Breathing control and
lung capacity
Regulating the breath is a huge part of swimming. Swimmers generally have good breath control and lung capacity already, but the addition of some pranayama or yogic breathing exercises can enhance that and help give you that little bit of extra stamina.
Increased range of motion for fluid movement
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Yoga is well known to increase flexibility, but think mobility with stability. It’s a different skill to use that increased flexibility with precision and with strength to hold correct placement of limbs, muscles and joints, as opposed to just chasing muscle length. Technique matters!