Seated Hip Flexor Stretch

Seated Hip-Flexor Stretch

Laura Brooke: This stretch is called seated hip-flexor stretch. Again, done in a chair, while you're working, at a meeting.

And what you're going to do is just take one leg and cross it over the other. And what we're going to be stretching here is your hip flexor. Just put your hand right here on your hip, and you're going to wait for — you're going to sense it and wait for it, and you're going to know when you want to stop stretching.

The reason that we want to keep our hips stretched — variety of reasons — but probably the most important for us is to know that this is where we store our stress, right in our hips. So, releasing the hip flexors actually helps us release stress. 

So, what you're going to do is just begin to sense how much stretch you want. This might be enough right here. Others of us may want to come down a little further, using the upper body weight to add to the stretch. Add to the stretch.

Stop when your body says, "I've had enough stretch." 

As you become more accustomed to this stretch, you can hold it longer. You can take it a little deeper.

And that's the hip-flexor stretch.