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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