The hamstrings, legs, and Achilles tendon are all stretched and made wider by downward dog. Your head is lower than your heart in downward dog, which makes it an inversion and helps your blood move through your body.
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Cat-Cow is great for strengthening your spine. During the cow stretch it activates the tailbone, the spin s root, while the cat stretch releases the tension of neck and upper back. The pose will also improve the blood flow in your spine.
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This stretch increases the flexibility of your spine. It also stretches your chest while strengthening your shoulders. You ll notice that it firms and tones your shoulders, abdomen, and buttocks too.
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The butterfly stretch targets your hips along with your groin, inner thighs, and knees. Loosening up these areas of the body and strengthening your back muscles can help to improve posture.
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Standing Quad Stretch improves flexibility in the quadriceps and hip flexors. It also helps release tension in the lower back and hips. This pose soothes stiffness in the spine and legs, and improves posture.
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The hip flexor is a group of muscles that allow you to bend at the waist and lift your knees. Stretching your hip flexors keeps your hips and lower back strong, flexible and well aligned.
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The whole rear of the body, from the head to the heels, is stretched out by doing this. Make advantage of the weight of your body to dangle while you are in this posture. Feel free to relax and utilize your knees to bend more than normal.
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Seated Spinal Twist is a restorative yoga pose that promotes good digestion and encourages spinal mobility. Twisting postures help tone the belly, massage internal organs and can help relieve lower back pain.
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Pigeon pose is the perfect pose to release tension and maintain hip flexibility because it stretches both the hip rotators and the hip flexors. Pigeon pose helps to elongate the back, open the hips, groin and hamstrings
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This stretch makes your lower back longer and keeps the muscles in the back of your thighs and calves long. Let the leg that is stretched out have a small bend in it to make this stretch easy. Hold your leg out straight with the help of a band.
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