Hero Pose Progression For Tight Quads

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welcome to the stretch library in this video we're going over a quadricep stretch so that's the front of your thigh we're going to be using gravity to our advantage here so i've got a yoga wheel here but you can also use a small stool or if you have a bunch of pillows just place them behind you so what you're gonna do is place your feet shoulder width apart okay and just sit down on your heels if you're quite limited in your quads this will probably feel like a stretch for you anyway so just try and rest into that and you'll probably feel a little bit of stretch in the front of your ankle as well okay so just get comfortable with that position once you're comfortable with that slowly place your hands behind you and now we've covered pelvis control in another video so what you need to be emphasizing here is pulling in the belly and squeezing the bun and then you'll feel the front of your thigh lengthen even more so you're contracting the glutes and you should feel the lengthen okay and just slowly edge yourself back until you hit the pillows or the stool or if you have a yoga wheel you're resting on the yoga wheel and just let gravity take you at the same time you're pulling your belly in and squeezing your bum to emphasize the stretch on the front front of the thighs and just relax into that [Music] now if you feel like you can go even further just remove it completely and slowly edge yourself back so you hit the floor i'm not quite there yet but eventually