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Many of us who love both running and yoga know how important it is to balance both activities in our lives.  Not a simple thing to do since running and yoga require time and dedication to become proficient at either.  Even those who practice a fairly vigorous form of yoga have likely learned from experience that it's a long climb back aerobically after those periods of time when they take a break from running. I'm not sure you can ever have too much yoga, but too much running without enough … [Read more...] about Yoga is to Running as Yin is to Yang

A few months ago I experimented with removing running from my exercise routine because I wanted to see how much flexibility I could gain by laying off the daily pavement pounding and sticking with a daily yoga practice. I have a propensity for inflexibility in the first place, but to my surprise, the lack of running really didn’t make that much of a difference in terms of increased flexibility. However, when I decided it was time to get back out on the streets again, my lungs felt like they … [Read more...] about Yoga – The Perfect Running Companion