Flexibility

I’ve suffered from having tight hips throughout my life. Once, after a day-long out-of-state road trip, my right hip was so tight that my boyfriend had to cantilever me out of the car. Tight hips can happen to anyone, even yoga practitioners. Hips become tight due to tension around the hip flexors, caused by posture, […]

Think you are too inflexible to start practicing yoga? Many people begin to practice yoga for different reasons and some choose to practice to increase their flexibility. However, many would-be yogis are intimidated to start because they feel that they don’t have enough flexibility. Some start yoga, but become discouraged when they don’t see progress

Whenever I tell people about my yoga practice and how beneficial it is for me, I often get the same reply: “Oh, I’d love to practice yoga, but I’m just not flexible enough!” But is it actually true that you need to be as flexible as a contortionist to practice yoga? Can you do yoga