How to Sit in Meditation - Open Your Hips!

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Seated meditation can sometimes be uncomfortable, and while you’ve likely experimented with lots of cross-legged variations, one the best way to improve comfort is through targeted stretching exercises.

The most relevant stretches focus on lateral rotation of your hips, hip flexion, and the often-overlooked plantar flexion of your ankles. In this video, we’ll show you some posture variations and some corrective exercises that will target these specific ranges of motion. If you’re consistent, you should see results in a couple weeks, which will hopefully translate into longer, more comfortable seated meditation practice.


VIDEO CONTENTS
00:00 Sitting in Mediation
01:30 Meditation Postures
01:46 School Style Posture
02:18 Flat School Style Posture
02:53 Stacked School Style Posture
03:22 Lotus Variations
04:20 Numbness and Dead Leg
05:48 Corrective Exercises
05:49 Seated Pigeon Pose
10:29 Passive Squat
13:01 Lightning Bolt Pose

DISCLAIMER – If you’re injured or feel pain when performing any of these poses, please see a doctor.


BEST PRACTICES
These poses can be done as a sequence or squeezed separately into your day. However, they should never be done before a workout. This is intense stretching, designed to affect change in your soft tissues.

3 POSES WE'LL LEARN
1) Seated Pigeon
2) Passive Squat
3) Lightning Bolt

WANT MORE?
Science of Stretching 5-Day program: https://www.yogabody.com/stretching/
My podcast: http://www.LucasRockwoodShow.com
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