Hip openers and side bends

Selle Postma

15 april 2026 • Duur: 1 uur, 19 minuten

If your hips are stiff, seated forward bends are not easy, because gravity is working against you. You often need a different approach. Here we start lying down to stretch the outside of the hips (abductors) and later we do standing poses to stretch the inside of the legs (adductors). After that we do some seated forward bends in combination with side bends with a lot of attention for adjustments you can make to accommodate for less open hips. We end upside down on the headstander.

Tools: block, felt mat, headstander, strip and keep some blankets or pillows close to prop up your pelvis, knees or ankles.

PS: this class is similar to my advanced class of last week (parivrrta janu sirsasana), just with more adjustments for less open hips.