Yoga for Climbers

Introduction

Yoga for Climbers will show you how to create a yoga practice at home that will keep you healthy, prevent injuries, and help you in climber those harder grades.

This guide features easy-to-understand yoga poses and sequences designed to address the specific stresses that climbing enact on the body.

For inspiration, the books include panoramas of yoga poses in outdoor settings, studio photos of the specific yoga poses and sequences, and technical drawings related to anatomy and common ailments.

Features

• Detailed overviews of the areas of the body most impacted by climbing and hiking
• Injuries common to these sports that yoga can address
• Explanation of yoga’s physical and mental benefits, and how it can enhance time on rock or trail
• Foundational techniques for creating a yoga practice, including the fundamentals of meditation
• Several sequences for a home practice, designed specifically for climbers and hikers
• Interviews with climbers and hikers who use yoga to support their physical strength and hone their mental focus – from professionals, such as Steph Davis and Buzz Burrell, to average weekend-warriors.

Specifications

• ISBN 13: 9781594859953
• No of Pages: 240
• Page Size: 180 x 130mm
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Published Date:Aug 2016
• Cover: Paperback
• Author:Nicole Tsong

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