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Stretches & Flows – Hips & Legs — Overview — for Yoga Teachers, Yoga Therapists, Health & Wellness Coaches, Holistic Healthcare Providers

About this Asana Digest

Objective

Be prepared to choose and teach many exercises, poses and techniques for stretching quads and hip flexors, hamstrings, outer hips, and inner thighs and groins.

Overview

In this digest, we bring together pose variations, exercises and techniques that focus on stretching hips and legs, organized within these categories:

  • Quads & Hip Flexor Stretches
  • Hamstring Stretches
  • Outer Hip Stretches
  • Inner Thighs & Groin Stretches
  • Hip & Leg Flows

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Teaching Uses / Intentions

  • These practices can be used to warm up the body or to prepare for particular target actions.
  • They may serve as preparation for more physically strenuous asana.
  • The flows may help to prepare for a static hold.
  • And these practices may be used to prepare for or support Restorative Yoga and Meditation.
  • Some of these practices may also serve as alternatives to asana during injury or other conditions.

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