yoga for runners
Discover why running and yoga make such a great team. Run stronger, longer and injury-free.
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NEW! Run Happy – a yoga workshop for runners
Sunday 22 February 2026 – 2:00pm-4:30pm
Calling all runners!
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Want to improve your strength, gait and balance?
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Want to feel more comfortable and at ease when you run?
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Want to develop breathing techniques to increase your endurance and efficiency?
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Want to discover ways to run longer and stronger?
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Want to prevent injuries and address those niggles that keep coming back?
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Want to enjoy running into middle age and beyond?
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Want to fall back in love with running?
Yoga for runners
Yoga for runners is much more than some cursory and boring stretches that we know we ought to do before we set off on a run. This workshop will introduce you to the power of somatic yoga and how including it in your training can make a real difference to your running performance and enjoyment.
Come and experience how yoga can:
- ease tension and help correct imbalances reducing the chances of injury
- build strength in often-neglected areas (feet, ankles, glutes, hips, core) – all
crucial for stability and power - develop your body awareness (proprioception) to improve balance and
resilience in all terrains - improve your posture to run more efficiently and smoothly
- aid your breathing to increase stamina and endurance
- equip you with mindful techniques for dealing with race-day nerves
- bring a greater sense of flow, mindfulness and fun to your running
Which runners?
The workshop is suitable for all runners, whether you’re at the beginning of Couch to 5k or you’ve just won a marathon.
And you don’t need to have ever done a downward dog before.
Together, in a warm and friendly space, we’ll explore all the ways you can enjoy your running more, for longer.
In person at The Yoga Rooms, £45 each or 2 places for £80
Why yoga and running?
I started running nearly 25 years ago when I had three small children. The massive buzz of freedom it gave me then has never gone away. I find it joyful and as mindful as meditating. I’ve run through stress, depression, grief and all the other small and big crap that life has thrown at me.
Each run has been different – from a couple of head-clearing-km trots to big race days; gossipy and therapeutic runs with my running buddy; to lone and lonely slogs up geographical and mental hills. The thing that they all have in common is that it has always felt better to have done them. And I know that the times when I’ve not been able to run because of an injury or because life has taken over, I feel worse.
I want to be able to run for as long as I can, hopefully for another 25 years! I run better at 61 than I did in my 30s. And that’s largely down to my yoga, somatics and mindfulness.