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Alice Porter

I made this one simple change to the way I do child's pose and it helped me relax more and get a deeper stretch

Woman in child's pose with her head turned to the side looking at the viewer.

If you're anything like me, you probably rush stretches, particularly after a workout.

In fact, when I'm doing static stretches I almost always come out of the movement before I should, out of boredom and the urge to wrap up the session and hit the showers.

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