How to Use a Yoga Strap

A strap gives you extra expansion and length in your arms and your legs! What’s not to love? Here are a few great ways to use it:

• Use it in lying down hamstring stretch (my favorite) by placing it around the ball of the left foot and grabbing both ends of the strap in each hand. Inhale flex the foot, exhale reach through the heel and straighten the leg, feeling the hamstring lengthen. For an inner leg stretch, grab both straps in the left hand and let the left leg fall open. Keep flexing the foot and breathing. For a stretch along the entire left side of the body, use the abdominals to…