Baby Pigeon Pose For Hip Flexibility
From all fours, move your right knee forward between your hands. As though you were doing a lunge, slowly straighten your left leg behind you, keeping the knee and top of the foot on the floor. Now rotate the right knee toward the right wrist and bring it down to the floor with your right calf flat on the floor and your right foot resting under your left groin. Lower your upper body over the bent leg, either all the way to the floor or resting on your elbows. Slowly inhale and exhale five times. Before you change sides, push back on your left leg to stretch the calf muscles. Repeat with your left leg bent and right leg extended. This pose is a <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/fitness-pictures/yoga-poses-for-runners.aspx" target="_blank">favorite for runners</a> because it boosts hip flexibility and also releases the glutes and low back, Lawrence says. "If you run, lift weights, cross fit, or spin, you must do this stretch to keep strong and flexible and enhance your performance." It may be challenging at first, but you'll learn to love this pose, Lawrence promises.
via http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/28/beginner-yoga-poses_n_2963402.html?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living
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