circus heart

i will do my best to describe it haha i don’t know the names of most stretches. I start with a butterfly stretch, then i extend one leg and stretch down + towards my foot, and do the same on the opposite leg. Next I do a pike stretch, and then i do a deep lunge stretch on each side, after which I extend the front leg  and stretch down towards that foot. I stretch each front split, stretch each front oversplit, then stretch each front split again. then I stretch my middle splits. moving on to back/arms: I do a seal stretch, then a cat stretch, then i sit with my legs beneath me, extending my arms, pushing off the ground with my fingers and down with my chest. I stretch my shoulders by holding onto a rope and moving it over my head and back, then I do a couple bridges. i have a few other shoulder/back stretches but they’re too hard to explain haha.

i hold all of these for at least one min, sometimes two or three. it takes me exactly an hour including a few warmup exercises, and i do this every day, although i’ve been slacking lately haha.

sorry this was so long ! and if you have any stretching tips i’d love to hear them, especiallly for back stretches :)