There are many reasons why we tend to have tight hips, one of them being that we spend way too much time in chairs. When we sit in such a way, the hips end up being compressed and tightening up. This sitting behaviour is also hard on the posts muscles which trend to be tight in many of us.

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Today we are going to work into a posture that will really help to open up the shoulders, although I must confess, this posture does not have a formal name per se…

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A deep twisting pose, revolved triangle strengthens and stretches the legs, opens the chest to improve breathing, relieves mild back pain, and improves your sense of balance. This pose especially opens the hamstrings and hips and as a result, it is often helpful to have a yoga prop available in order to help be in this pose, such as a yoga block.

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Sometimes if you have tight hips and groins, uppavista konasana can be more difficult so I will give you some options to create more ease in the posture if this applies to you. One of the wonderful things in this pose is the delicious stretch to the spine so it’s important to be able to adjust the positioning of the hips so this stretch can happen.

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Today I discuss the different variations of Bridge Pose, a heart-opening yoga posture. I'll explain proper alignment and breathing techniques for the unsupported version and demonstrates the supported variation using a prop underneath the sacrum. Both variations offer benefits, including opening the chest area and stretching the shoulders, legs, back, and neck.

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Utthita Parsvakonasana is our pose of the day, in english we refer to it as extended side angle. When I first did this pose I was very challenged by it. Similar in some ways to warrior 2 as it strengthens and works strongly into the legs, knees, and ankles, it also provides a deep stretch into the legs. Often just referred to as parsvakonasana, It also works the upper body strengthening the arms and opening the shoulders. This pose also provides some opening into the heart or backhanding shape, and also helps to open up the sides of the body from ankles to wrists.

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Sitting on the floor takes us back to our roots - there was a time when we didn’t even think twice about doing so and the body could do this easily. Habits through the years creates differences in the body that can make this kind of sitting not as easy as we age. So for today’s posture, I want us to sit on the floor but also to find ease. We are going to do both variations - c crossed legs and also legs extended. We have covered these two poses previously - sukasana (episode 28) and dandasana (episode 31) but today we are going to do each of these poses a bit differently - with our backs resting into a wall.

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The quadriceps are a group of muscles present on the front of the thigh. They consist of four distinct muscles: the rectus femoris, the vastus lateralis, the vastus intermedius, and the vastus medialis. To me, the important thing to remember is that these muscles tend to be tight…very tight in many of us. These muscles work a lot and because of this, they need to be stretched.

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