Using Yoga to Benefit Athletics
Yoga. It used to be what you thought girls did instead of lifting weights, but it’s way more than that.
I was fortunate enough to be exposed to yoga at a young age when my mom dragged me to a class one Sunday morning in 7th grade. For the first 15 minutes, I could not stop laughing because I couldn’t take it seriously. I was immature, ignorant, and naïve.
Yoga for Lacrosse
An unorthodox and new contribution to Harvard’s success came from athletics professional Dan Boyne, who for 28 years has directed the recreational sculling program in Weld Boathouse.
Yoga & Reflection to Close
A follow up post to the previous Zen. Lax. Lacrosse. post on doing yoga to open practice. Focusing on letting go can be as important on focusing on achievement.
How Do You Open Practice Every Day?
The opening of any activity sets the tone for participants. To open practice every single day, my high school lacrosse team is practicing yoga; it’s not a long sequences of poses, nor is it particularly “difficult” in that players are huffing and puffing, but what it does is zero the focus in around our body and what is going on with it in this moment.