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Yanar Alkayat

I'm a yoga teacher and these are the three postures I do daily to keep my hips happy and healthy

Young white woman in green crop top and shorts facing camera doing a low lunge with arms in the air with plants and window behind her .

What is one thing runners and office workers have in common? Tight hips. If you're feeling a pinch or an ouch getting up and down from a chair or out of bed, you may benefit from some hip stretches.

I'm a yoga teacher and yoga therapist, and there are three yoga postures I do every day to keep my hips happy. I know sitting at my laptop all day puts my hip flexors—the muscles at the front of my hips—in a shortened position and this can lead to weakness, stiffness, discomfort and limited mobility in later life.

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