Here’s how to do them.

(No, actually.)

Examples would be interlacing your hands behind your knee in a twist.

alt

Imagine being in an extended side angle.

Its challenging, but gets your muscles lengthened more than they would in the traditional, unbound pose.

The shoulder opening that you get from binding is unlike anything else.

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

…

Kyle Miller, yoga instructor

The best thing about binds?

Theyre the perfect remedy for hunched over, rounded shoulders.

The shoulder opening that you get from binding is unlike anything else, says Miller.

Woman doing hip exercises

It acts as an extension of the limb.

Yoga bind exercises

1.

Keep your chest open and lifted and gaze up at the ceiling.

Cropped image of woman doing lunge yoga pose

Take your bottom hand underneath the front thigh and connect to your other hand.

BTW, hereshow to do a headstand progressionif youre trying to get into inversions.

And this is how thecat-cow stretchworks every muscle in your body.

Woman in leggings and bra doing Lunge with Arm Extended Up pose hip opener stretch during yoga session in morning at home.

…

Got it, you’ve been added to our email list.

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

A woman in sports clothes does yoga or gymnastics at home. Daylight. She smiles