Yoga for Athletes: 10 Essential Poses for Strength & Recovery

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Side Angle Pose (Parsvakonasana)

This pose improves your posture, balance, and digestion while stretching your legs, hips, and spine. Mostly, it makes your back muscles stronger.

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Bow Pose (Dhanurasana)

It strengthens and stretches your back, chest, glutes, and legs in addition to your core muscles.

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Chair Pose  (Utkatasana)

In this modern yoga pose, the quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, core, back, and shoulders are all worked. In this yoga pose, the entire body is engaged.

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Reclining Big Toe Pose (Supta Padangusthasana)

For those who have tight hamstrings and lower back pain. This position can be beneficial for those recovering from injuries since it stretches your hamstrings and lower back muscles.

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Reclined Cow Face Pose (Supta Gomukhasana)

This yoga position is beneficial for athletes who experience lower back discomfort that radiates to the hips and buttocks. It primarily relieves stress in the entire body, particularly in the gluteal and outer hip muscles.

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Puppy pose  (Uttana Shishosana)

The puppy pose helps you extend your arms, shoulders, and back. Arms are strengthened as you transition into dolphin position, which also properly stretches your shoulders, back, hamstrings, claves, and ankles.

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Child Pose  (Balasana)

One of the finest yoga postures for relieving tension and stretching the back, arms, and shoulders. It balances your body and helps to relax and quiet the brain.

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Triangle Pose (Trikonasana)

Deep attention is necessary to maintain balance and focus when performing this pose. In addition to calming the mind, it reduces tension throughout the body.

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Corpse Pose  (Savasana)

This is the perfect pose to round up the session since it serves as a form of meditation that promotes mental well-being and physical relaxation

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Garland Pose  (Malasana)

After a strenuous workout, this yoga pose is ideal for athletes because it opens the hips and strengthens and stretches the ankles, calves, knees, groin, and glutes.