Yoga for Climbers will show you how to create a yoga practice at home that
will keep you healthy, prevent injuries, and support and improve your outdoor
passions. This guide feature easy-to-understand yoga poses and sequences
designed to address the specific stresses that climbing enact on the body.
This guide feature:
• Detailed overviews of the areas of the body most impacted by climbing and
hiking
• Injuries common to these sports that yoga can address
• Explanation of yoga’s physical and mental benefits, and how it can enhance
time on rock or trail
• Foundational techniques for creating a yoga practice, including the
fundamentals of meditation
• Several sequences for a home practice, designed specifically for climbers
and hikers
• Interviews with climbers and hikers who use yoga to support their physical
strength and hone their mental focus—from professionals, such as Steph Davis
and Buzz Burrell, to average weekend-warriors
For inspiration and visual appeal, the books include panoramas of yoga poses
in outdoor settings, studio photos of the specific yoga poses and sequences,
and technical drawings related to anatomy and common ailments.