Yoga for Runners

This workshop is designed to help runners use yoga to run better — by building body awareness, improving breath control, and reducing the risk of injury. We’ll focus on strengthening key muscle groups, improving flexibility, and teaching relaxation techniques that can be applied both on and off the track.

What to expect:

• Breathing Techniques: Learn how to create a breathing tempo that enhances your performance and keeps you calm during your run.
• Flexibility & Stability: Focus on areas that runners tend to overuse, like the legs, hips, and core. This will help you build more strength, flexibility, and endurance.
• Injury Prevention: Learn yoga poses and stretches that target common areas of tightness or strain (knees, hips, and lower back).
• Cooling Down & Relaxation: Understand the importance of recovery — and learn to incorporate calming stretches and shavasana for rejuvenation and mental clarity.

About Reiko

“I have been teaching at The Yoga Bar since 2021, offering both vinyasa and gentle yoga. My teaching style is rooted in dynamic vinyasa: I love crafting flowing sequences that link breath and movement in a way that feels natural, grounding, and energizing.”

“I began practicing yoga 22 years ago, when I was still a student, and started teaching in 2021. I’ve completed both 200- and 300-hour teacher trainings with a focus on vinyasa and breath-led movement. Having moved around a lot in life, yoga has always been the space I return to — a way to steady myself when things feel chaotic. On the mat, I reconnect with my breath, my body, and that quiet sense of being.”

“As a Japanese person — and a Libra October baby — I naturally love balance: between effort and ease, movement and stillness, strength and softness. I try to bring that same feeling into my classes.”