Yoga - Tight Hamstrings and Glutes

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Hi Everybody !

My first post in quite some time has to do with what seems to me to be quite

common regarding yoga (iyenger).

Where I go there is always the same routine of poses (a sequence of two)

that we do at the beginning of each session. Both have to do with the

adductors. As yet I have not asked the instructor 'why' but can feel a

increasing 'need' to do so.

My question for people stems from what I view as subtle improvements in my

own flexibility and how this MAY relate to which poses the instructor has us

do. By this I mean that, generally, we do indeed spend quite a lot of our

(the group) time on hamstring and glute poses, which for the majority are

the areas that are the tightest.

I would like to hear others' opinions and thoughts as to WHY they believe

that the hamstrings and glutes are generally so damn tight for MOST people.

Regards

Ben Freeman

Melbourne, Australia