Lizard Pose Doesn’t Just Stretch You Head To Tail—It’s An *Amazing* Hip-Opener, Too by Sarah Ezrin May 30, 2024 Our hips do a lot for us: They help us walk, stand, and sit comfortably; they can hold our trauma; they provide a stable base for our spine. So it’s no wonder that they can get […]
Lizard Pose Doesn’t Just Stretch You Head To Tail—It’s An *Amazing* Hip-Opener, Too
by Sarah Ezrin
May 30, 2024
Our hips do a lot for us: They help us walk, stand, and sit comfortably; they can hold our trauma; they provide a stable base for our spine. So it’s no wonder that they can get tight and tense—and lizard pose in yoga might just be the feel-good hip opener they need.
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Lizard pose is so-named because “it resembles a lizard with its front leg crawling forward, and the back leg resembles a tail,” explains Desi Bartlett, CPT, E-RYT, registered yoga teacher and creator of desibodymind.com. “The arms and hands can also take on the shape of a lizard in different positions, and are made to look like a lizard crawling.”
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