Fitness

Injury Prevention and Recovery

Knees

Feet and Ankles

Toe alignment and foot strength has numerous positive effects on biomechanics, gait and injury prevention.

Barefoot Shoes a.k.a. Zero drop/Minimalist

Feet were made to stretch, flex, roll, and bend, and letting them do what they evolved to do can reduce impact injuries and provide a host of other benefits.

You’ve probably been wearing padded shoes most of your life. Don’t expect to toss them and be able to do the same mileage—whether walking or running—in barefoot shoes. To a certain degree, you must relearn how to run and walk. It’s going to take a conscious effort on your part, and it can be very difficult. You’re not just learning, you’re also unlearning some ingrained habits. The key is to go slow. Very, very, absurdly slow. – Scott Gilbertson for Wired

  • Feelgrounds barefoot shoes – Uses recycled materials wherever possible. All shoes are 100% animal-free (vegan).
  • Xero Shoes

General

Exercise

Yoga

Integral Yoga Institute of New York

  • Integral Yoga Institute of New York is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the practice and teachings of Integral Yoga, as taught by Sri Swami Satchidananda. These teachings facilitate an easeful body, a peaceful mind, a useful life, and, ultimately, the realization of one’s true Self. We encourage interfaith harmony by respecting all the world’s faiths. Our goal is to promote peace in the individual and in the world.
    • Integral Yoga Hatha Class: This class is the Integral Yoga Beginners 1 class. Integral Yoga is a complete system developed by Swami Satchidananda to address all levels of the individual, all aspects of life, bringing about the opportunity for personal transformation and spiritual realization. The Integral Yoga system includes principles and practices for people of various tastes, temperaments, beliefs and capacities. It’s an all-embracing system aimed at peace for the individual—through the six branches of Yoga—and peace for the world by promoting interfaith understanding and harmony.
  • Hatha Yoga Level 1 with Swami Satchidananda

Five Tibetan Rites