@adellbridges on Something I Deal With Daily ๐ ใปใปใป TAG YOUR FRIENDS THAT SIT ALL DAY ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ป Most people have tight (and also weak) psoas muscles from our chair-shaped sedentary lifestyle and yoga is a great way to get it strong and undo a lot of the tightness! . . As well as our traditional #anjaneyasana, a less-instagrammable (definitely-not-as-pretty) addition for waking the psoas up is with a rounded spine and posterior tilt of the pelvis, as shown on the right . . To do this variation, follow these steps: 1๏ธโฃ lean the hips back over your back knee . 2๏ธโฃ press the head firmly back towards your clasped hands . 3๏ธโฃ tilt your pelvis back as if youโre trying to round the lower back and ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ squeeeeeze your butt . 4๏ธโฃ draw your elbows towards each other and bring your chin towards the chest . 5๏ธโฃ use your abdominal muscles to help crunch your front body inwards . 6๏ธโฃ If youโre not feeling anything at this point, begin to slowly push your hips forward without losing the rounding of the back or engagement of the glutes and abdominals . . The way the psoas major goes from the mid spine, crossing over the front of the pelvis, and connecting to the femur means that you can lengthen it from the low spine in this variation, whereas anjaneyasana lengthens from the femur . . Adding this variation of low lunge to your yoga practice will also help with stiffness in the upper back! . . ๐๐Tag a friend who needs to see this! ๐๐ . . Wearing @aloyoga, sponsored . . . #yogatutorial #yoga . . . #yogi #yogaeverydamnday #yogainspiration #yogaaddict #yogaholic #namaste #yogalife #yogalove #yogadaily #yogaart #igyoga #igyogi #igyogafamily #instayoga #instayogi #yogaphotography #yogaeverywhere #practicemakesprogress #practiceandalliscoming #yogajunkie #yogalover #yogajourney #yogaforlife #yogagram #yogafun #loveandlight https://www.instagram.com/p/B30zySAF-TB/?igshid=1svzenlyhjgk9