Poses for Your Hip Flexors
Do you sit too much during the day? Suffer from stiff hips? Lengthen and strengthen your hip flexors with deep hip openers like Boat Pose and Pigeon.
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11 Yoga Poses to Unlock the Deep Hip Opening Your Body Is Craving
Loosen up those tight hips—and let go of whatever you’re holding onto—with this short sequence.
Eight-Angle Pose
Fire up your abs for this difficult asymmetrical arm balance, Eight-Angle Pose.
Same Shape, Different Pose: Bridge, Camel, and Bow
Having a tricky time with Bow Pose? Take what you know from Bridge and Camel and change your relationship to gravity. Here's how.
Side Crow Pose | Side Crane Pose
The key to Parsva Bakasana is twisting enough to place the outer edge of one upper arm far around the outside of the opposite thigh.
Upward-Facing Dog Pose
Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, a well-known backbend, will challenge you to lift and open your chest.
Crow Pose | Crane Pose
A compact arm balance, Crow Pose and Crane Pose tone the abs and the arms, strengthen in the core, and focus the mind.
One-Legged King Pigeon Pose
Eka Pada Rajakapotasana is a deep hip opener and forward bend that you should approach consciously to reap its many benefits.
Bridge Pose
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana can be whatever you need—energizing, rejuvenating, or luxuriously restorative.
Camel Pose
Bump up your energy (and confidence!) by bending back into Camel Pose. Ustrasana counteracts slouching and relieves lower back pain with a generous, heart-opening stretch.
Boat Pose
Boat Pose, or Paripurna Navasana, requires you to balance on the tripod of your sitting bones and tailbone to build mental and physical focus, inspiring a full-body awareness.
Bow Pose
Bend back into the shape of a bow to feel energetically locked, loaded, and ready to take aim.
Revolved Side Angle Pose
This revolved variation of Utthita Parsvakonasana requires a lot of flexibility to twist so deeply and ground the back heel.
Firefly Pose
Want to fly? Fire up your core. Firefly pose is an arm balance pose that requires more core strength than arm strength.
5 Yoga Poses That Are Perfect Right Before a Run
These pre-run stretches help counteract the muscular tension that always seems to accompany your workout—no matter your pace.
5 Yoga Poses to Safely Stretch Tight Groin Muscles
Barely able to come into Butterfly? These stretches will help you find relief.
Hip Flexor Stretches to Counteract All That Sitting
Got back pain? Tight hip flexors could be to blame. Open them up with these four yoga poses that counterbalance the prolonged hip flexion of sitting for hours.
6 Yoga Poses to Stretch Tight Hip Flexors
Hip flexors creaky and tight? We've got the antidote: These yoga poses that stretch hip muscles and provide relief.
Rock Climbers, These Yoga Poses Are For You
Say goodbye to tight hips and hamstrings with this sequence to help you prep for and recover from climbing.
4 Ways to Adapt High Lunge to Your Body and Needs
This foundational shape lengthens your hip flexors and engages your core, preparing you for more demanding poses.
Yoga for Back Health: Got Tight Hip Flexors? 3 Poses for Instant Relief
These simple moves will powerfully balance your legs, pelvis, and spine whether you're at your desk, out and about, or on the mat.