Learn how you can use your buttock or glute muscles to stabilise your lower back in camel (ustrasana) yoga pose.
What we do when we balance on one leg
When you balance with a slightly bent or very bent knee it’s easier to activate your glutes and all your other muscles to help you balance.
Standing poses to stretch the hips, glutes and hamstrings
Parsvottanasana is often translated into English as the ‘intense side stretch pose.’ It is an intense and excellent stretch, often for the hip and glutes as well as the hamstring, but the alignment is a bit specific. You’ll know when