Yoga For Athletes

Course Overview

Yoga Specialists’ Yoga for Athletes training is designed to help you confidently support athletes with yoga practices that enhance performance, improve mobility, and reduce the risk of injury. You’ll learn how to work with athletic bodies through a functional lens—understanding the demands of training, repetitive movement patterns, and recovery needs—so you can teach yoga in a way that feels relevant, effective, and approachable for athletes.

This course breaks down common misconceptions athletes may have about yoga and gives you practical tools to communicate the “why” behind slower, more intentional movement. You’ll explore breathwork for oxygen efficiency and nervous system regulation, mobility and strength-based techniques to support joint health and muscular balance, and strategies to release bound-up tension that can limit performance.

Whether you’re a yoga teacher expanding into sports performance, a fitness professional looking to add yoga to your toolkit, or an athlete wanting a smarter way to train and recover, this training provides clear frameworks, sport-conscious sequencing, and real-world application to help you teach with confidence.

This Course Is For You If…

•  You want to…confidently teach yoga to athletes in a way that supports performance, recovery, and longevity.

• You’re looking for…a practical, sport-conscious training that helps you understand athletic bodies and build effective, relevant sessions.

• You support students who…train hard, feel tight or overworked, and need mobility, breathwork, and nervous system regulation to stay balanced and injury-resistant.

• You’re ready to…expand your skills with athlete-specific sequencing, coaching language, and tools you can apply right away.

What You'll Learn

• How to teach yoga to athletes using a functional, performance-based approach
• Breathwork techniques to support oxygen efficiency, focus, and recovery
• Mobility and strength strategies to improve joint health and reduce injury risk
• How to sequence athlete-focused sessions for warm-ups, recovery, and training support
• Coaching language that helps athletes understand the value of slowing down and moving with intention
• How to address common tension patterns from overtraining and repetitive movement in sport

What's Included

Yoga Specialists’ Yoga for Athletes training includes self-paced video lessons and written material designed to help you confidently apply yoga in athletic settings. You’ll learn practical frameworks for working with athletic bodies, improving mobility and recovery, and teaching breathwork for performance, focus, and nervous system regulation.

You’ll also receive guided tools to support real-world teaching, including athlete-specific sequencing guidance, coaching language you can use with clients, and strategies for adapting practices to different sports, training loads, and movement patterns. By the end of the course, you’ll have actionable skills you can implement immediately—whether you’re teaching athletes 1:1 or leading group classes.

Ready to begin?

Enroll in Yoga Specialists’ Yoga for Athletes today and start teaching performance-supportive, recovery-focused yoga that athletes will trust and return to.