Mike Dennison's Runners' Yoga http://mikedennisonyoga.com Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:58:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Mike quoted in Cross-Training Article http://mikedennisonyoga.com/2012/03/mike-quoted-in-cross-training-article/ http://mikedennisonyoga.com/2012/03/mike-quoted-in-cross-training-article/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:54:29 +0000 admin http://mikedennisonyoga.com/?p=814 Photograph by: Ian Lindsay
From the Vancouver Sun: “Cross Training for RunWalk”

Q: Is there a big difference between yoga and runners’ yoga?

A: The runners’ yoga approach focuses on activation and counter-contraction of muscles to build strength and to create stability and an increased range of motion in specific joints. The pursuit of extreme flexibility as found in many yoga classes is counter-productive for runners.

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]]> http://mikedennisonyoga.com/2012/03/mike-quoted-in-cross-training-article/feed/ 0 Mike in IMPACT Magazine http://mikedennisonyoga.com/2012/01/mike-in-impact-magazine/ http://mikedennisonyoga.com/2012/01/mike-in-impact-magazine/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:46:59 +0000 admin http://mikedennisonyoga.com/?p=768 Mike has written an article on Yoga for Runners for the Jan/Feb 2012 issue of IMPACT magazine.

Running is a noble pursuit full of unintended consequences, and the glamour of being a runner can be quickly stripped away when confronted by injury’s rude slap. I began using yoga specifically for runners five years ago, when running’s dark master, the injury epidemic, made me wonder what yoga could do for the hobbling masses. A lot, as it turns out…

Mike goes on to describe and demonstrate 5 important postures.

Read the full article here.

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And pick it up at your favourite newsstand, with Rick Hansen and Rick Mercer on the cover.

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Or read it here in a nifty digital magazine format.

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Photos by Jay Russell.
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There are waves of running-specific yoga programs popping up around the country, including Michael Dennison’s PB Runner’s Yoga in Vancouver, Felstead’s class in Toronto and Donna Davis’s Runners Yoga course in Ottawa…

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Trail Running, Hiking & Yoga Camp.pdf

]]> http://mikedennisonyoga.com/2011/05/running-yoga-camp/feed/ 0 Mike on Shaw TV’s “The Express” http://mikedennisonyoga.com/2011/04/mike-on-shaw-tvs-the-express/ http://mikedennisonyoga.com/2011/04/mike-on-shaw-tvs-the-express/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:28:26 +0000 admin http://mikedennisonyoga.com/?p=631 Mike was recently interviewed on Shaw TV’s “The Express”, in anticipation of running events in Vancouver and how to maximize running health through yoga. Watch the YouTube video…

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“Mike Dennison, a former competitive runner who now teaches yoga specifically for runners, agrees restorative yoga would benefit both elite and beginner runners because they are all feeling the stresses of pushing their bodies beyond what they are used to.

“It helps you deal with the fatigue of intense physical exercise,” he says. “Whatever level you are at, you are experiencing the extra stress and extra fatigue of running,” he says. “What this does is it helps you recuperate faster. I think it is really good.

“Running is very intense. Restorative yoga is very mellow.”

Older people who run for fitness or at the competitive level are embracing yoga in greater numbers, says Dennison. “They understand that the body needs that extra oomph.”

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]]> http://mikedennisonyoga.com/2011/03/mike-in-the-vancouver-sun/feed/ 0 DVD Now Available http://mikedennisonyoga.com/2010/04/dvd-now-available/ http://mikedennisonyoga.com/2010/04/dvd-now-available/#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 04:40:39 +0000 admin http://mikedennisonyoga.com/?p=108 For those days when you can’t make it to class.

30 & 65 minute Runners Yoga classes with Mike Dennison.

Store listings coming soon.

Purchase online here:

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Please check the Schedule page . . . Hope to see you!
All the best . . .
Mike

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