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Sam Hopes

Forget pigeon pose — this ‘cow-face’ yoga stretch unlocked my tight hips, glutes and shoulders in just one week

Woman sat on yoga mat performing cow-face pose.

Cow-face pose, or Gomukhasana in Sanskrit, opens the hips and shoulders while stretching the gluteal muscles (your butt). You could focus on just the lower body for a more accessible option, or jump in and try the full-body stretch.

For those who know me, years of weightlifting have left me with extremely tight shoulders, not helped by a rotator cuff problem in my left shoulder. For that reason, mobility and stretching routines have become even more important to me since I hit my 30s and my body began to feel the effects of skipping warm-ups and cool-downs in my 20s.

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