You should feel this stretch in your hamstrings. The butterfly stretch helps open the outer hips, which is essential to ...

Transition into Reclined Pigeon Pose by crossing your right ankle ... This pose is similar to Butterfly Pose in yoga but instead of having the heels really close in and your feet together, you ...

Stretching should be restorative, not painful, so if pigeon pose is feeling a little torturous, here are some other hip-openers to try instead. Unpopular opinion: I don’t like pigeon pose.