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3 Hip-Openers to Prep for Lotus Pose

Increase hip flexibility and learn how to keep your knees safe with these prep poses for Padmasana.

SHARON GANNON

FEB 6, 2015

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Increase hip flexibility and learn how to keep your knees safe with these prep poses for Padmasana.

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Reclining Bound Angle Pose

Supta Baddha Konasana

Benefit
Stretches the hips and hip flexors

Instruction
Loop a strap and place it across your sacrum, over the tops of your thighs, and around your feet. Place folded or rolled-up blankets under each of your knees and lie on your back with your heels together, as they were in Baddha Konasana. Stay here with eyes closed, and relax for 5 to 15 minutes to stretch the hips and hip flexors intensely.

See also Pre-Meditation Hip Openers

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 SHARON GANNON