Part of a series called "How to do yoga when you don't have time to do yoga"

1. Part of the ‘How to do yoga
when you don’t have time to do yoga’ series
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Tricks of the trade # 1:
wash your feet to open your hips

2. Use the shower as a yoga
opportunity (be safe!)
Yes, the shower is a great place to wash your feet (I hope you already do)
and to use that foot washing opportunity as a way to practice opening your hips
and to become greater friends with your feet.

3. In yoga we touch our feet (a lot)

4. Also in yoga there are postures that demand a
lot of external rotation from our hips
For some, this feels very easy. For others of us, we need to work at it.

5. Work your ½ lotus in the shower
Lift your leg (bring your hip into flexion)
and then externally rotate at the hip joint.
Now, wash your feet – first one, then the other.
Don’t forget your breathing…free, easy breathing.
Pay attention! Do not tolerate pain in the knee.
If your balance is challenged then be safe and
work with your back against the wall or on a
non-slip mat.

6. An alternative is to bend the standing leg
(as much is as needed)
Try to keep the foot you are washing
above the patella (knee cap) of the
standing leg.

7. Where do you feel it?
Sensations should really be focused around
the outer hip.
If you feel sharp sensations in the ankle
or knee, stop.

8. Enjoy your showering, clean feet
and open hips!
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