Morning Hip Opening Sequence


Morning Hip Opening Sequence

Start with sun salutations to warm up


The three postures below will help with your hip flexors :)



Warrior poses





Malasana


This is a wonderful asana for opening up the hips and also for working on balance.



Badakonasana


This posture is also known as bound angle pose or cobbler’s pose is also a very good posture for opening up the inner thighs. Remember there are variations where you can lean forward to increase the stretch and a variation where you can lie back to relax into the stretch.




Gomukhasana


This posture is also known as cow faced pose and helps to open out the shoulders as well as the hip muscles.


Agnistambhasana


This posture is also known as fire log pose and helps to open up the hips, the gluteus muscles and also the piriformis muscle. Sit on the floor with the fronts of the legs parallel to the yoga mat, ankle over knee of the opposite foot and feet flexed.


Trikonasana


Trikonasana is also known as triangle pose. This posture also helps to open up the hips.


Rajakapotasana



This posture is also known as king pigeon pose. It helps open out the quadricep muscles at the front of the thigh from the leg which is rested on the ground. It also helps open out the hip muscle of the opposite leg.




Vrksasana


This posture is also known as tree pose. This posture helps to strengthen out the core, develop balance as well as strengthening the supporting leg. The hip also opens up for the leg which is out to the side.




 Shavasana - to relax


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