15 min Hip Opening Vinyasa Yoga
By Yoga with Kassandra
13 mins 17 secs
Added May 23, 2026
Join Cassandra for a quick, all-levels hip-opening yoga flow, perfect for creating space and release in the hips. This inviting practice guides you through sequences like yogi squat, low lunges, and reclined pigeon, with options to deepen stretches like a quad stretch and frog pose.
While no props are strictly required, you'll feel the benefits throughout your hips, IT band, and inner thighs, leaving you feeling open and refreshed.
Focus Areas
Benefit Flexibility
For increasing range of motion and lengthening muscles.
Focus Area Hips
Workouts with an emphasis on hip-opening poses to release tension and increase mobility.
Pace Gentle
A slow, soft, and mindful practice with an emphasis on relaxation and gentle movement.
Pose Type Hip Openers
A popular category focused on releasing stored physical and emotional tension from the hips.
Props No Props
A practice that can be done with just your mat; no extra equipment required.
Yoga Poses
Garland Pose
Malasana. A deep squat that opens the hips and stretches the ankles and lower back.
Standing Forward Bend
Uttanasana. A forward fold from a standing position, stretching the entire back of the body.
Downward-Facing Dog
Adho Mukha Svanasana. An inversion that resembles a dog stretching, forming an inverted V-shape with the body.
Low Lunge
Anjaneyasana. A deep lunge with the back knee on the ground, stretching the hip flexors.
Warrior II
Virabhadrasana II. A standing lunge where the body is turned to the side, with arms extended parallel to the floor.
Plank Pose
Phalakasana. A core-strengthening pose resembling the top of a push-up.
Four-Limbed Staff Pose
Chaturanga Dandasana. A low plank pose that is a key part of the vinyasa sequence, building upper body strength.
Upward-Facing Dog
Urdhva Mukha Svanasana. A strong backbend where the body is lifted on the hands and tops of the feet.
Child's Pose
Balasana. A restful pose where you sit back on your heels and fold your torso forward, resting your forehead on the floor.
Frog Pose
Mandukasana. A deep hip and inner thigh opener performed while lying on the stomach.
Pigeon Pose
Eka Pada Rajakapotasana. A deep hip opener with one shin parallel to the front of the mat and the back leg extended.
Reclining Spinal Twist
Supta Matsyendrasana. A gentle supine twist, bringing one knee across the body.
Corpse Pose
Savasana. The final relaxation pose, lying flat on the back to integrate the practice.
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