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Child's Pose
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- HOW: Begin on your hands and knees. Push back into a child’s pose, round your back within your tolerance. Focus on bringing your butt as far back as possible, ideally, your butt will touch your heels while dropping your chest towards the floor. Keep your hands overhead for the entirety of this stretch.
- FEEL: You should feel a stretch in the low back and the back of your hips.
- COMPENSATION: Keep this position and sit back on your heels as much as you can, don't lean forwards.
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