Straight Leg Stretch
| Similar Pose Names: | Single straight leg stretch |
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| Category: | Matwork |
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| Types: | Back Bend, Balance, Hip Opener, Seated & Floor, Strengthen, Stretch, Supine |
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Lie on back. Both legs straighten together, perpendicular to the mat, with both hands holding one ankle (or as far up the leg as you can manage). Spine curled up, forehead aiming for shin. Elbows high and wide. Other leg splits and lowers towards the floor. Switch. Repeat.
Abdominal, shoulder, and hip flexibility.
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The Single Straight Leg Stretch is also commonly called Scissors. This exercise works on pelvic stability while giving your legs a good stretch. It works your hamstrings. The aim is to have your legs straight, like the Scissors pilates exercise. That’s where the name comes from.
Teaching Directions
Breathe in. Exhale, lift up your head, neck and shoulders. Stretch your arms and legs straight up to the ceiling. Hold behind the back of your right leg with both hands. This is where you have to make some decisions. If you are flexible, you can hold all the way up to your ankle. If you are inflexible, you can hold behind your calve, or behind your thigh. A lot of people who are coming to this exercise will have no way but to have their knees bent. That is okay. Reach up toward your ankle. Pull your leg two times to you…pull…pull..then switch. Pull…pull…and switch.
