My hips were so tight I couldn't sit cross-legged comfortably—here's the exact 28-day program that fixed that for me

Marina Leiva García sits on a yoga mat performing a butterfly pose. She is sitting in front of a couch, with her knees bent and out to the sides and the soles of her feet touching. She holds her ankles in her hands.

My hip mobility has always been limited. Even in preschool, I found sitting cross-legged a challenge.

I realized recently that the only solution to this problem is to do more mobility work, so I decided to commit to four weeks of hip-opening exercises.