Yoga for Runners

I've done a lot of running in my life. My first run was around the age of 5 or 6. Since then I must have run thousands of miles. Frankly, I never bothered to count. I just enjoyed the movement, the fresh air, and increasingly the spiritual aspects of running.

In the summer of 2004 I was suffering from a persistent shin-splint injury which didn't even allow me to run across the road to catch a traffic light...

This was a very frustrating time and I could see my dreams of running a marathon that year get more unrealistic by the day.

But an intensive Yoga practice that summer helped me to restore the balance in my body. Soon I was able to go out for a run. Quite a revelation!

With less than 3 months training under the belt --during which time I also moved from The Netherlands to live in the UK-- I completed the Athens Marathon in 4h19m. A truly amazing experience...

Without Yoga this simply would not have been feasible. (Those who followed Paula Radcliff's performance at the 2004 Olympics will know that it's a pretty punishing track in terms of hills and temperature.)

I discovered ChiRunning in 2005. This technique has helped me tremendously in developing an efficient running style that minimises the impact from running on the body. ChiRunning is a very 'yogic' way of running.

At the same time I took on a serious study of Yoga with some of the finest people I could find. To this day I spent 1-2 hours each day refining / deepening my Yoga practice.

With this combined Yoga & running experience I feel I've arrived at a point where I would like to share my expertise.

I'm now offering Yoga for Runners on an individual basis. This allows me adjust the Yoga to the needs of the individual. More information can be found here.

Please drop me an email at info@YogaWithLuc.co.uk if you're interested in this. Also feel free to leave me a Comment to this blog post.

Luc