Yoga Stretch: Free Video for Flexibility

http://www.yogabodynaturals.com -- Tight hips? If you know how to stretch and you get the proper nutritional balance, it's very easy to double your flexibility. I have a free, 7-day email course at the link above that shows how.

TOO MUCH DESK TIME?

Ask any non-yogi office worker to sit down on the floor and cross his legs, and 9 out of 10 times, his knees will be way off the floor and his back will be hunched up like Quasimodo. Anatomically speaking, there's a lot going on here, but on a basic level, the dude's got tight hips.

YOGA NOT WORKING?

If your hips are really tight (i.e. you have nightmares about squat toilets), your average yoga class will only help you make small gains... say 10-20% per year. In order to double or even triple your progress, keep going to class (this is essential), but take ten minutes each day and practice the postures listed below.

BUTTERFLY (a.k.a baddha konasana)
1 - Sit on the floor
2 - Bend your knees
3 -- Bring the soles of your feet together
4 -- Pull your feet as close to your crotch as possible
5 -- Fold forward and place your finger tips on the floor
6 -- Walk your fingertips forward until you can't fold any further
7 -- RELAX everything (legs, back, neck, head, arms)
8 -- Breath normally for 3-5 minutes

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THE LUNGE (a.k.a. ouch!)
1 -- Take Downward Dog
2 -- Step your right foot between your hands
3 -- Drop your left knee to the floor
4 -- Push your right foot forward until the right ankle is underneath OR in front of the right knee
5 -- Bring both hands onto the floor inside of the leg
6 -- If it's comfortable, drop down onto your elbows (if not, don't!)
7 -- RELAX everything (legs, back, neck, head, arms)
8 -- Breath normally for 3-5 minutes
9 -- Repeat on the other side

For more yoga poses, flexibility, an stretching resources, visit: http://www.yogabodynaturals.com/articles

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[ambroulard]

You must straighten your raised arm more in both versions of the pose -it's bent- Also and more importantly your engagement in the shoulder is WRONG, the arms should be externally rotated and you must then learn to pull the arm bone more deeply into it's socket-- If you keep doing the pose with the shoulders/arms as they are in the video you will, or have, damage/damaged your shoulders.... Namaste