Yoga for Hikers : How to Stretch, Strengthen, and Hike Farther

Yoga for Hikers will show you how to create a yoga practice at home that will keep you healthy, prevent injuries, and support and improve your outdoor passions. This guide features easy-to-understand yoga poses and sequences designed to address the specific stresses that hiking enacts on the body: the repetitive pounding of your feet on a hard trail; the occasional ankle twists when you misstep on a root; the strain on your knees from descending hundreds of feet of elevation; and more.
Yoga for Hikers will show you how to create a yoga practice at home that will keep you healthy, prevent injuries, and support and improve your outdoor passions. This guide feature easy-to-understand yoga poses and sequences designed to address the specific stresses that hiking enact on the body.

This guide feature:
• 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

For inspiration and visual appeal, 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. Acknowledgments Introduction How to Use This Book Chapter 1: An Introduction to Yoga A Brief History of Yoga Yoga Fundamentals Meditation Fundamentals Chapter 2: The Benefits of Yoga The Physical Benefits The Mental Benefits Chapter 3: Yoga Poses for Hikers Support Your Feet Strengthen Your Ankles Protect Your Knees and Thighs Open Your Hamstrings Release Your Hips and Glutes Tighten Your Core Release Your Shoulders Align Your Spine Chapter 4: Yoga Practices for Hikers Strength Practice I Strength Practice II Recovery Practice Chapter 5: Yoga Practices in the Woods Pinnacle Practice Post-Hike Practice Chapter 6: Finding a Yoga Class Step 1: Choose an Environment Step 2: Identify a Style That Speaks to You Step 3: Identify Teachers Who Elevate You Step 4: Create Your Yoga Community Chapter 7: Eating Mindfully Apple Meditation Practice Mindful Eating Practice No Midnight Snacks! Practice Resources Index