Runner's Yoga

Runner's Yoga

Whether you run competitively or for fun, these cross-training and recovery practices will help you master your stride. We'll equip you with movement, breath, and focus techniques to support your biggest days and we'll show you how to offset your efforts with yoga that will down-regulate your nervous system for maximum recovery. www.motiveyogaco.com

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Runner's Yoga
  • Mountain Ready + Steady

    Prep yourself to climb some mountains this season with a strong standing flow that cultivates a steadiness of the mind. You'll spend the majority of the class standing, so it makes a great practice for the times you don't want to get on the ground or for those with upper body injuries.

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  • Interval Sun Salutation Flow

    Get your breath moving and heart pumping in this interval breakdown of sun salutations. Expect to challenge your leg, core and arm strength. A great practice to start the day or any time you want to move and sweat when you're short on time.

  • Post Run/Ride MFR Quickie

    Stiff back post run or ride? Take twenty minutes to hit all the sweet spots. We've got your traps, pecs, psoas, glutes, and low back covered!

  • Psoas by the Sea

    Your psoas is one of the most important muscles in your body. It connects your spine to your legs. Without this key player, you wouldn't be able to run, walk, or even stand upright. Use this flow to dance in the give and take of the hips and spine. You'll create the length and strength you need t...

  • Friction Free Flow 1.0

    This low impact flow increases circulation to tight muscles, lubricates your joints, and loosens tension. A perfect practice after a tough training session or big day out. Little to no weight-bearing on your arms.

  • Complete Lower Body Release

    Superboost your recovery with this comprehensive lower body release. Grab a massage ball, blocks, and a chair to roll out your glutes, hip flexors, quads, hammies, and calves.

  • Quick Core Strength Flow

    This strengthening flow draws on some of our favorite moves to train your core without compromising your low back. Train your abs, hips, and back to support your spine and pelvis with more efficiency and consistency.

  • Flex Flow

    This 45 minute "flex" flow will power up your core, mobilize your hips and stabilize your shoulders for balanced feeling of strength and flexibility

  • 3 Pose Sleep Prep

    Yoga is a powerful tool to influence your sleep. This video with train your brain to slow down, reset your body with 3 targeted poses, bolster your breath for a lower heart rate, and condition your nervous system for ease.

  • Quick Lower Body Release

    Don't just ignore the soreness and hope it goes away- work it out and breathe it out! Grab a ball and take 30 minutes to roll out your hips, quads, hammies, lower legs, and feet.

  • Pre Run

    Running is high impact. Make sure you go it with key muscles already activated, your breath properly constructed and conditioned so your body will go the distance.

  • Post Run Stretch

    The repetitive nature of running makes for tight hip flexors, quads, and calves. This is a short and sweet stretch sesh for key muscles responsible for your stride. Feel the benefits of quick but targeted recovery and do it regularly to feel the long-term benefits.

  • Chest Opening Flow

    This short flow will open up the chest to create freedom in the neck, upper back, and breath! You'll begin with some soft tissue work before moving into a series of poses to stretch out your pecs.

  • Core Control

    This core quickie will remind you it's all connected as you create multi-dimensional core strength. Work through a few smart, progressive movements to fine-tune your trunk control and leave you feeling centered.

  • Core Strength Redefined

    Redefine your core to include back and hip muscles along with your abs. This strengthening series will train your whole core to support your spine and pelvis with more efficiency and consistency.

  • Fluidity Flow 1.0

    A fluid is a substance that continually flows under applied stress. It flows easily, and so will you! Move through several small sequences addressing the neck, shoulders, spine, hips, and feet to free yourself up from the daily stressors of life. Backbends are sprinkled throughout to keep you ope...

  • Full Body Mobility Flow

    Hips, shoulders, knees and toes… Take your whole body through its full range of motion in a class that is great on an active recovery day and perfect as a pre-surf warm-up.

  • Hamstring Helper

    The hamstrings are super good at being short and tight. It can often feel hard to make change back there. This video will give you a simple but effective recipe of two things you can do to help your hamstrings release and lengthen.

  • Hamstring Strength Flow

    Create more stability in your pelvis and lower body with a solid dose of strengthening for the hamstrings, glutes, low back, and core . This dynamic vinyasa class flows through warrior III (virabhadrasana III), half moon (ardha chandrasana), and several lunge variations. You'll walk away from the...

  • Hands Free Flow

    This vinyasa practice works through a series of strong standing flows to strengthen your hips in all directions. Flow through single leg squat (uttkatasana), warrior (virabhadrasana) variations, and forward bends. You'll spend zero time on your hands!

  • Happy Hips | Flexors and Hammies

    Hip flexors and hamstrings are both notoriously short and tight. This flow is designed to restore length. You'll be able to access more power from your glutes, alleviate your back pain, and regain structural balance in the pelvis and spine.

  • Happy Hips | Flexion & Extension

    The glutes tend to underperform and tight weak hip flexors often inhibit their ability to fire. This class strategically targets both muscle groups at once to address this common dysfunction. You'll gain strength and access that you didn't have before.

  • Happy Hips | Internal & External Rotation

    Your ability to rotate your hips in and out is unique. Learn how to find your edge safely, which muscles to engage to sustain the effort, and how to offset your work so that your hips feel and function balanced.

  • Harmonizing Hip Flow

    The hip is a huge ball-in-socket joint surrounded by some of the body's biggest muscles. This flow aims to harmonize all four groups of hip muscles— front, back, inner, and outer— that are constantly working to move you through life and sport. Start, interrupt, or end your day with this. You wo...

  • Hip Stability

    This activation class strengthens your primary hip stabilizers: glute med and min. Practice these three potent and targeted exercises, complimented by some quick and easy hip releases before a run, hike, or hip heavy yoga practice.