Yoga for Athletes in Ann Arbor

Athletes place very specific demands on their bodies. Yoga should complement those demands—not simply add more intensity.

Private Yoga for Athletes at IYS is led by Ita and designed around the individual athlete, sport, training schedule, and goals. Sessions combine purposeful movement, mobility, strength, stability, breath, and body awareness to support how you move both in training and competition.

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Private Yoga with Ita

Ita brings nearly two decades of full-time yoga teaching experience and has worked with young athletes, collegiate athletes, and professional athletes.

Her approach is practical and individualized. Rather than putting every athlete through the same sequence, each session considers the movement patterns, physical demands, and training load of the athlete in front of her.

Whether the goal is improving mobility, addressing areas of restriction, supporting recovery, or maintaining better movement throughout a demanding season, the practice is built around what you need.

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Why Yoga for Athletes?

Athletes often need more than flexibility alone.

A thoughtfully designed yoga practice can help develop:

• Mobility — creating greater usable range of motion

• Balance and stability — improving control through movement

• Core strength — supporting efficient movement and body control

• Body awareness — recognizing movement patterns, tension, and compensation

• Breath control — developing greater awareness of breathing during physical and mental stress

• Recovery — creating space for lower-intensity movement alongside demanding training

• Focus — giving both mind and body time to reset away from competition and training

Sessions can also be practiced with infrared heat, adding warmth to the experience while keeping the focus on purposeful movement and individual needs.

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Built Around the Athlete

Every sport asks something different from the body.

The needs of a basketball player are different from those of a runner, golfer, swimmer, or strength athlete. Training demands also change throughout the year.

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Private sessions can be adapted around:

• In-season training

• Off-season development

• Mobility and movement quality

• Recovery days

• Strength and stability

• Sport-specific areas of restriction

• Breath and mental focus

• Returning to regular movement after time away

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The goal is not to make an athlete “better at yoga.”

The goal is to use yoga as a tool to support the athlete.