YOGA FOR ATHLETES

• Part I: What Yoga Can Do for Athletes
Chapter 1. Yoga to Improve Your Performance
Chapter 2. Yoga Basics to Get Started
Chapter 3. Warm-Up Poses
• Part II: Poses for Athletes
Chapter 4. Finding Your Base: Hips
Chapter 5. Staying Loose in the Legs: Hamstrings and Quads
Chapter 6. Strong From Your Center: Spine and Core
Chapter 7. Power at the Top: Shoulders, Arms, and Neck
Chapter 8. Wake Up Those Critical Small Muscles: Balance Poses
• Part III: Sequences for Specific Sports and Activities
Chapter 9. Football: Different Stretches for Different Positions
Chapter 10. Runners: Not Just Legs
Chapter 11. Soccer Players: Bringing Balance to the Workout
Chapter 12. Bicyclists: Freeing Tight Hips and a Stressed Upper Body
Chapter 13. Baseball and Softball: Guard Those Joints
Chapter 14. Swimmers: Stretch Those Shoulders and Back
Chapter 15. Tennis: Quick Bursts of Motion
Chapter 16. Basketball: Explosive Movement
Chapter 17. Golf: Lengthen and Rotate the Spine
Chapter 18. Bringing Yoga to Power Workouts: Enhance Your Strength Building
• Part IV: Putting It All Together: Breathe, Balance, and Stay in the Zone
Chapter 19. Cool-Down and Meditation for Success: Get in the Zone!
Chapter 20. Visualize and Achieve

From the gridiron to the hard court, today’s top athletes know the benefits of yoga. It’s why so many have made it an essential component in their training and conditioning programs. Now you can too with Yoga for Athletes.

Author and instructor Ryanne Cunningham has worked with some of the top names in sports. She’s helped keep some of the toughest NFL players on the field, and top endurance athletes run longer and stronger. Her step-by-step instruction, expert advice, and pose variations focus on active muscles and movements across sports such as these:
• Football
• Soccer
• Running
• Swimming
• Cycling
• Tennis
• Golf
• Baseball
• Basketball

Yoga for Athletes is designed for every athlete, from weekend enthusiast to professional. Using demonstrations of the physical poses, breathing, and guided visualization, you’ll improve performance, reduce the risk of injury, and maximize training results.

Your secret to improved strength, endurance, flexibility, balance, and performance is Yoga for Athletes.

Author
Ryanne Cunningham, RYT 200, RYT 500, is a longtime resident of the Green Bay area. She operates Flow Yoga Studio, where she trains Green Bay Packers football players Randall Cobb, Tramon Williams, B.J. Raji, Jarrett Bush, Mike Neal, Andy Mulumba, and others as well as athletes from many other sports in both group and private yoga sessions. Cunningham obtained her 500-hour RYT Advanced Teacher Training certification in 2012 through a yoga center in Green Bay, where she has practiced and taught since 2002. She earned her 200-hour RYT in 2002 at Satchidananda Ashram in Buckingham, Virginia, and holds a Power Yoga for Sports certification.
Since 2002 Cunningham has owned and operated Advanced Massage Therapy. Her education in massage therapy covered topics such as human anatomy, biology, and kinesiology, which she uses in her yoga teachings and practices. She uses her personal experience in sports and fitness in teaching students proper stretching and alignment, which benefit all yoga students.
Cunningham has been featured in numerous national and local publications, including Yoga Journal, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Mantra Magazine.