Frog pose is a yoga pose that stretches both your hips and your groin.

Why is frog pose so hard?

Frog pose is also a backbend andan inversion (because your head is below your heart).

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What are the benefits of practicing frog pose?

Pros say the fact that frog pose can target two important muscle groups makes it worth your time.

Its great for people who run, bike, or are seated all day, Narula says.

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It stretches the groin

Targeting the groin is also a fairly underemphasized activity.

These are muscles that connect at the base of the pelvis and extend along the inside of the thigh.

That includes relieving stress by helping to calm the nervous system.

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Warm up and sink in.

After all, this pose is not about your knees, its about, well… everything else.

Yoga teacherLindsay PirozziofY7 studiopreviously told Well+Good that half frogmight feel particularly goodif youre looking for a little TLC.

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This side is more vulnerable because it hosts our vital organs.

When [that area] is protected by the floor, it helps ground us.

That will require you to lift your chest off the floor and arch your spine.

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