Why does my foot cramp during Yoga?
Does this sound familiar.., you started a yoga class hoping to improve flexibility, strengthen your core, and get a little ‘me time’ in your life. You’re enjoying the exertion, the breathing, when all of a sudden…cramp! Right in the middle of a pose, and often the same pose each time, your foot cramps up, causing […]
Top 5 Benefits of Evening Yoga
Top 5 Benefits of Evening Yoga Yoga can be used in your life to affect you in different ways. An active practice can get you going in the morning and calming, deeper, restorative poses/ stretches can work differently at night on a more hydrated body and help you wind down at night. Relative to Evening […]
Top 5 Morning Yoga Benefits
Top 5 Benefits of Morning Yoga Yoga can be used in your life to affect your body and mind in different ways. An active practice can get you going and focused in the morning, and calming, restorative poses can be used to help you wind you down at night. Relative to Morning Yoga here are […]
Top 5 Physio Post Race Recovery Tips
Post Race, Top 5 Chartered Physio tips: Follow the P.R.I.C.E. protocol if an injury occured during the Marathon (see below). Allow sufficient time for your body to rest before returning to running. If you’re not sure how long is sufficient for you, ask your Chartered Physio. Try cycling, pool exercise, sports yoga or low impact […]
Savasana, Resting Pose, Give yourself a break!
Have you ever had one of those days/weeks/months when you really feel like you need a holiday!? And, what is one of the things you like to do on your holiday once you arrive… switch off and do little to nothing! Let Yoga, through Savasana Pose keep you going until you get on that holiday. […]
Breathing technique. Why it matters..
Breathing Mechanics and Body Movement. ‘Take a deep breath’ how often have you told yourself to do that? We often do it without even realising. Why? Because the body is actually quite good at self-regulating vital organs if it thinks patterns are outside normal ranges (eg heart rate). That’s a huge reason to increase your […]
March 9th Competition Free Block of Classes up for grabs
COMPETITION time!! A lot of you have been attending classes for 1 year now and feeling the benefits. To say thanks to the strong, hard working #PerformanceYoga community I’d like to offer a FREE BLOCK of classes to one lucky person starting April 20th in Clonmel. You deserve it. To win Share this post on Twitter […]
What makes Performance Yoga Effective?
My goal with Performance Yoga is not to teach people to become better at ‘Yoga’, but better at how they move on a day to day basis. Teaching people to know their own bodies, strengths, weaknesses and how to address these issues with corrective movement patterns interests me much more than simply demonstrating poses. I […]
Foam Rolling. To Roll or not to Roll?
A Physiotherapist’s Dos and Don’ts Foam Rolling was introduced the Physiotherapy and Strength and Conditioning World long ago. However, it has had huge uptake in the past 10 years as athletes are learning more about how to take care of their bodies. Foam Rolling, when performed correctly is believed to ‘iron out’ tight bands of […]
Sports Yoga Sequence
Yoga positions, called asana, are the basic physical part of a yoga practice. Although yoga poses are a type of exercise for your body, they are also much more. The word yoga itself is from Sanskrit, an ancient Indian language, and refers to the union of mind and spirit. Yoga began in India more than […]