When we exercise, we can sometimes focus more on gaining strength, endurance, lung capacity, and body composition. However, we can sometimes overlook gaining more flexibility.
Flexibility training improves the range of motion at the joints, which can facilitate freer movement, help reduce pain and risk of injury, and generally make us more capable in our everyday lives. Yoga is an exercise that can help boost flexibility.
Yoga is a holistic mind-body activity that involves moving through a series of body poses and breathing exercises that can improve strength, flexibility, balance, and relaxation.
Here are 13 yoga poses you can do every day for increased flexibility:
- Cat-cow pose
- Low cobra pose
- Reclined spinal twist
- Standing crescent moon
- Half lord of the fishes
- Bound angle pose
- Reclined pigeon pose
- Wide-legged forward fold with chest expansion
- Reclined hamstring stretch
- Assisted low lunge
- Downward-facing dog
- Thread the needle
- Reverse tabletop
Maintaining our flexibility as we age is essential to our health. People who remain flexible have fewer difficulties with daily activities and experience an increased quality of life. An increased range of motion is associated with fewer injuries, decreased pain, and stronger muscles, which can lead to better performance.
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