Does your child play sports? If so, doing yoga may help your child perform more effeciently in that sport. Yoga can also help lessent he risk of injury while playing a sport. For example, sports that emphasize running, lifting, and swinging can leave telltale signs of tight hamstrings, quads, and shoulders. This tightness can lead to imbalances in the body, injuries, and stalled performance results. Practicing yoga actually helps you get better at your sport and helps keep you injury free! Yoga also helps an imbalanced body gain needed symmetry.
Many professional athletes practice yoga. The US Women's Olympic Soccer Team practices yoga together. Jen Kessy, beach volleyball world champion, Mariel Zagunis, two time Olympic gold medalist in fencing, and Andy Murray (tennis) practice yoga. Olympic athletes are not the only athletes who practice yoga. The Philadelphia Eagles, The LA Lakers, and The Ottawa Senators all practice yoga as a team. Troy Palamalu (football), LeBron James, Kareem Abdul Jabar, Shaquille O'Neal, Evelyn Stevens (professional road cyclist), Tim Thomas (hockey), Maria Sharapova (tennis), and Daylan Childress (baseball) all pratice yoga. Many more athletes practice as well.
The reason many athletes practice yoga is that yoga builds muscle, improves felxibility, and fends off injury. Yoga gives you the power to better understnad your body. You learn where you are strong or weak, tight or flexible. Correcting these problems can raise an athletes game. As an added bonus, yoga strenthens your core and builds a lean, sculpted physique.
If your chid plays a sport, consider having him or her practice yoga. Dragonfly Yoga would welcome teaching a yoga class to your child's sports team. For more information call 215-738-6357 or email jessreese10@gmail.com
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