Stretching Exercises

These shoulder and upper back exercises are great exercises to do as warm ups and at your desk to help ease tension your upper back and shoulders.

Cat-cow, a back stretch and extension exercise from yoga and Pilates is one of the best.

Child's pose is a favorite from yoga and Pilates. It a relaxation and stretch exercise.

Yoga poses can add more stretching to a Pilates routine. They can also help you learn more about Pilates exercises.

The standing lunge is a basic hip flexor stretch. Learn to do this stretching exercise for the most benefit.

Happy baby exercise is a fun, easy exercise from Pilates and yoga. It is a gentle hamstring stretch and a back relaxation exercise.

This is an easy, reclined stretching exercise that stretches the outside of the hip.

Mermaid Side Stretch lengthens and stretches the side of the body. Learn to stretch through the center of your body.

Single leg circle tests core strength and stability as it helps increase range of motion in the hip joint.

Look for a hamstring stretch in this wonderful balance from the Pilates mat repertoir.

This beginner exercise requires strength and stretch. It opens the hip flexors.

Explore 5 Exercises that are common to both Pilates and yoga.

This is routine of ten exercise will provide a good over-all workout with exercises for flexibility and strength.

The Roll Up is a wonderful stretch for the back of the body, even though it is a famous ab buster.

Use these stretches to increase flexibility for your the back, front-body, side-body, hamstrings and hips.

This challenging exercises stretches the back and hamstrings. It also requires a lot of control from the abdominal muscles.

Adding the exercise ball to Pilates roll over exercise increases the challenge and helps work the inner thigh.

The saw stretches the back and hamstrings. We use a spinal rotation and the breath to increase the stretch.

From the classical Pilates sequence, spine stretch increases flexibility at the hip joint as it stretches the back and hamstrings.

Wall roll down is wonderful stretch and spinal articulation. Use it as a warm up or transition exercise from mat to daily life.