Lower body tight from sitting all day?

Yoga instructor Kyle Miller explains how leg flossing opens and stretches it all out for joint mobility.

Its such a great position for opening up the joints of the lower body.

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We have our own networks of circulation, land massesorgans and musclesdelicate ecosystems, and homeostasis, she says.

Joints are like bends in the river, places where garbage collects.

We want everything to flow, nothing to get caught and create stagnation.

Two young women practicing ballet with a teacher in the dance hall.

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Cleaning the joints ensures that blood, energy, lymph, and emotions can flow rather than get caught.

Stick your right leg out to the right, with your toes facing forward, says Miller.

Start more subtly, moving forward and back in space.

Woman doing hip exercises

Then, as you warm up, make the movements even bigger.

Extend the outstretched leg and make the movements spherical.

Do each leg for about 30 seconds or longer, andenjoyit.

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Woman doing arm exercise without weights while sitting on mat at home.

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