05/10/2025
Moving your body doesn’t always have to be an arduous task, it doesn’t have to be done in peace and it most certainly doesn’t always have to be done when you’re feeling good or ready. Sometimes you just gotta get up & get mobile.
Here’s a few mobility and strength exercises that support healthy hip mobility and stability - and if you have signed up for my 7 Days Of Free Yoga to your inbox, these will most definitely help your stability for day 2!
1. Standing hip external rotation, aim to keep the hips steady and even, i.e when the leg opens to the side don’t let the opposite hip follow. 3-5 each side.
2. Standing knee circles, move outward, downward, inward, upward. Keep the hips steady and move from the lifted knee, your circle doesn’t haven’t to be as big, start small! Aim for 3-5 each side
3. Standing knee circles in the opposite direction, downward, outward, upward, inward. 3-5 each side
4. Warrior II legs to Trikonasana, ie. Bent to straight knee and back - arms out and up. 5-10 each side
5. Goddess Squats - turn both sets of toes outwards and heals in, to whatever degree works for your legs so that your knees move in the same/similar pathway as your toes - you don’t have to lower your hips to the same height as your knees if it means your knees fall in or out x10
6. Twisted lunge knee lower- keep the bent/front thigh stationary, this movement is all in the the back leg bending & lifting. x 5 each side
7. Wide leg forward fold half way lift. Toes slightly turned in, add two blocks under your hands, inhale to the flat back, exhale to fold your belly between your upper thighs. 5-10
8. Balancing Pigeon- place ankle on knee, exhale lower; inhale lift & straighten standing leg, or pulse x 5 each side
9. Standing leg lift, don’t lean back, can point your lifted leg toes, aim to use your front thigh (quads & hip flexor) x 5 each side
10. Chair squats with pulse, feet hip-ish distance apart (can be a little wider) x 5 -10 in all variations
Enjoy ☺️ both this movement AND my kids blowing bubbles around me lol 😝 let me know what you want next!