International successful teams already recognized the many advantages of yoga and took the practice into their training. Like the German national football team, which used it for the preparations to the world championship in 2006. Not to speak of the many other athletes like martial arts fighters, American footballers, golf players and tennis stars who already took yoga into their regular training schedules. 

WHY ATHLETES VALUE YOGA

• prevention of injuries
• ​​​faster rehabilitation after injury
• improvement of coordination and balance
• ​higher abilities of concentration
• shorter reaction time
• ​​teamwork
• higher flexibility
• bigger range of motion​

HOW YOGA IS HELPING

• Yoga works on the deeper tissues of the body, the fascia and the deep musculature. Like core muscles and the tendons directly at the bones
• The training of concentration ability is one of the greater overall goals of yoga, originally created for meditation. The continuous awareness practice which is taught during the classes is exactly meant for that goal.
• ​Taught breathing techniques will help to stimulate the central nervous system to send the right signals to the organs of the body. Like the adrenal glands which are producing stress hormones in our body. Yoga balances the hormones by massaging the glands in specific positions.
• Meditation instantly clears the mind which can be very useful before matches to improve quick reaction time
• Specific types of sports, like skiing or biking develop some parts of the body stronger than others. So a little work must be done to balance this. The yogic exercises prevent torn ligaments effectively. In all kind of various positions that yoga offers the joints will be stabilized and strengthened to be able to work healthy and strong.

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