Yoga Glut Stretch

Video Transcript

"Glut Stretch involves rotation in the hip sockets. So again if you have any orthopedic concern, you can do an alternative to that. And with the seated stretch for the Glut, we're going to take one leg and extend it out in front of us, keep a slight bend in the knee, make sure you maintain a neutral posture lifting up to the top of the head. We're going to take one foot, cross it over, be careful not to put pressure on the knee joint. We're going to have one hand behind us with our fingers pointing in the opposite direction. Now, I'm going to take a big inhale and as I exhale, I'm going to look out over that shoulder, open up the chest, and release the side. And as I inhale and exhale, I'm going to lift taller, grow taller through the top of the head and release not pull the knee so it makes us slouch or arch in the back but maintain neutral pelvis and lifting up to the top of the head. And release. And cross, go to the other side. Again make sure that you hit neutral first cause you're going to get a stretch this way to begin with. Then as you inhale and you exhale with each exhale, you can facilitate that stretch a little further, a little more active, but the goal is to lift in the chest through the top of the head up out and over, thinking of elongation and not contraction and release. You can do this with your knees bent as well in the beginner position."