Start Preparing for Next Year's Skiing Season with Yoga

You're probably thinking it is way too early to start thinking about skiing!By starting to incorporate this routine into your workout now, you will prevent injuries during your winter ski months.For those of you who have never skied before this is a great way to prepare your muscles for the upcoming adventure.In downhill turns, the weight is distributed slightly forward over the arches of the feet at the start of the turn and slowly shifts to the back of the arch as you finish the turn.This variation imitates that movement.The slightly crouched posture, powerful core, and strong legs are what allow you to make these subtle weight shifts.Strengthens the ankles, core muscles, upper back, shoulders, and arms.Stretches the calves, hamstrings, and glutes.All of which work to stabilize you on the snow.When you ski, your balance constantly shifts as you move across the snow or ice.In this strength - building pose, you practice the concentration required to maintain a balance between forward movement in the upper body and grounding down in the back leg, ankle, and foot.В This is a modified Warrior 3, by keeping the arms by the side you release pressure from the lower back and shoulders.

Strengthens the feet and ankles, back, abdominals, adductors, and quadriceps.It stretches the glutes, hamstrings, and adductors.It also teaches balance.Entering this pose from Mountain Pose accentuates the muscle action used in skiing.В This pose imitates the alternating arm and leg movements of cross country skiing.It helps develop the strength and stability in the torso that you will need to maintain your balance while opposite limbs are in motion.It also strengthens the upper back, shoulders, abdomen, spinal extensors, and hamstrings.В This is a modified boat (above) where you can work on building your strength.To make it more difficult start to straighten your legs out.Core strength in both the front and back body is essential for maintaining stability on skis.Strengthens the abdomen, psoas, hip flexors, and spinal extensors while challenging you to balance evenly on three points, the two sitting bones and the tailbone.Finish with this twist, which is also good because it relieves soreness in the lower back and can help relieve upper back stiffness.
News: Samuel Kohan, PhD, Psychoanalyst Video