Sit with your back straight and cross one leg over the other.
Hold your knee with the opposite arm and pull your knee across your chest towards the opposite shoulder until you feel a stretch on the outside leg and/or buttock.
Begin in a half-kneeling position, one knee up and the other on the ground, hands on hips (A). Shift your weight into the “up” leg, and press into the floor to come to a stand, bringing both feet together (B). Lower back down to kneeling.
Standing tall, place your right ankle against your left thigh; when viewed from the front, your legs should resemble the number four. Bend your hips and knees, lowering your glutes and pointing your tailbone toward the wall behind you. Hold the position for 30 to 60 seconds and repeat on the other side.
This stretch is more a yoga pose but hey – it works! Fantastic for stretching out the hips and hamstrings and that’s a good thing. This particular pose is a SCREAMING PIGEON. How extreme!
This is an easy stretch that can be done in line with your current level of flexbility. If you are a bit tight and don’t have much range of motion, you can keep this one simple. Whereas if you have a bit more flexibility, you can evolve it.
The lying glute stretch can be done anywhere (yes – anywhere.. except at maybe a night club because in all honesty.. would you really want to lay on the floor of a nightclub? NO) and is a great stretch for your glutes.
If you want to deepen the stretch, while holding onto your right knee, with the other hand push your left knee away from you!