03/02/2026
Here is a quick and easy morning stretching routine that you can do whilst the coffee/tea brews😊
1. Stretchup towards the sky/ceiling, really feel your spine stretching and decompressing.
2. Forward bend, tuck your chin to your chest and roll down to touch your toes, you’ll feel this in your hamstrings, but also this helps mobilise your spine.
3. Childs pose, rock back onto your heels and reach as far forward as you can. Great backstretch.
4. Thread the needle, on all fours and reach through with one arm, then repeat the other side. This is great for mid spine mobility.
5. Knee hugs, great for your lower back, lay on your back and bring your knees up and give them a big old hug, you can also do one leg at a time if you struggle to do the double leg stretch.
6. Lying glute stretch, cross one leg over the other then pull your thigh towards you.
7. Glute Bridge, lay on your back with knees bent and raise your pelvis towards the ceiling, squeeze your bum muscles (glutes) at the top.
8. Wide leg seated hamstring stretch, sit with legs wide and reach down the middle of them, when you feel the stretch hold it there.
9. Closed leg seated hamstring stretch, same as above but with legs together.
Complete every up to 3 rounds, but just 1 round will really help set you up for your day.
Hold each stretch for 30secs for those where you have to both sides do both sides for up to 30secs. Of 30 secs is too long, reduce the time to 15.
1 round will take 5-6mins
