Advice for hip flexibility with yoga?

quote:

---

Indian style

---

OG name.

I tried pigeon pose but my instructor worried about me tearing something. I use a blanket with it but it's hard to get my hips aligned correctly.

Try attempting to sit in a squat position. Hold on to a pole or something solid for balance if needed. Try and just accumulate 2 mins every 3 days and just increase by 1 minute each week.

Attenpt to keep your torso as straight up and down as possible. Your ankles are prob tight AF too.

Or simply sit in a chair with good posture. Cross one leg over the other right on top the knee. Use your torso by leaning forward to add pressure. This is about as basic as it will get. If you aren't feeling anything put a phone book under your foot on the ground

And hip stretching can be somewhat painful esp if you sit all day at work and again when you get home. Just go slow and breath. You shouldn't rip anything but it can be somewhat painful.

quote:

---

---

this is pigeon pose, just inverted. so do this. you don't have to do it against a wall. just grab behind the leg on the hamstring.

sit on blocks or blankets when in indian style. this will get your hips above your knees and will get them more open. one of my instructors used to use phone books. he would tear one page out each day and over the course of years got one step closer to the ground each day. it's not about doing it overnight, it's about slow improvement over time.

My wife has had hip and IT band issues for several years with no luck at a solution.

She recently tried Airrosti treatment a few times. She said it hurt like hell and she had bruises for wel over a week but her pain had subsided.

Some think it's a scam with all of those stickers that you see athletes wearing around, however she went to the clinic for a session.

So form your own opinion....

To be quite honest while stretching is great, you need some air squats, step ups, and burpees in your life....the hip flexors need to be initiated in a concentric movement in addition the stretch for quicker results

Lizard pose is good and not as intense as pigeon can be.

There is an excellent app: Yoga Studio by Gaiam. It's only $3.99 and you get a ton of classes for all levels classified based on what you need - flexibility, strength, combo. They have classes as short as five minutes or up to an hour.

You can look at each class and see what poses they do before you start. You can also customize classes to just do poses you want to do. I can't always make it to the yoga classes at the rec center so this app has been a life saver.