Video: Yoga For Runners–Downward Facing Dog
- By Sage Rountree
- Published May. 4, 2012
- Updated May. 4, 2012 at 12:53 PM UTC
Learn how to properly perform the Downward Facing Dog, a pose that stretches the muscles in the backside of the body that propel us forward and get really tight when we run.
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