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Yoga Poses for Flexibility

Explore yoga poses that encourage comfortable range of motion through the hips, hamstrings, shoulders, spine and other commonly tight areas. Use the instructions and modifications to work gradually rather than forcing a deeper stretch.

Person seated in Bound Angle Pose with soles of the feet together and spine upright.

Bound Angle Pose

Baddha Konasana

Bound Angle Pose is a seated hip-opening posture with the soles of the feet together and the knees opening out to the sides. It is often more comfortable when the spine stays upright and the legs are supported rather than pushed down.

Person practising Bound Triangle Pose in a standing side bend with a bind around the front leg.

Bound Triangle Pose

Baddha Trikonasana

Bound Triangle Pose builds on Triangle by adding a bind around the front leg. It asks for steady legs, hamstring length, shoulder opening and enough spinal rotation to keep the chest broad rather than collapsed.

Side view of Big Toe Pose with a standing forward fold and fingers holding the big toes.

Big Toe Pose

Padangusthasana

Big Toe Pose is a standing forward fold where the first two fingers hook around the big toes. It gives you clear feedback about weight through the feet, length through the backs of the legs and how to fold from the hips without rushing.

Person practising Ankle-to-Knee Pose seated upright with one shin stacked over the other.

Ankle-to-Knee Pose

Agnistambhasana

Ankle-to-Knee Pose is a seated hip opener where the shins stack as comfortably as they can. It asks for external rotation in the hips, but the shape does not need to look square to be useful.

Person lying on their back in Banana Pose with body curved gently to one side and arms overhead.

Banana Pose

Bananasana

Banana Pose is a quiet side bend done on your back. It gives you a simple way to lengthen through one whole side of the body without needing balance or much effort.