{"id":3073,"date":"2016-03-09T18:41:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T00:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nykdanu.com\/?p=3073"},"modified":"2019-06-02T08:33:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T15:33:06","slug":"tight-shoulders-best-shoulder-stretch-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nykdanu.com\/students\/tight-shoulders-best-shoulder-stretch-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Tight Shoulders? Best Shoulder Stretch Ever!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have some crazy tight shoulders. Before I was a Yogini, I was a bodybuilder and a hairstylist, and both of those activities led to some really tight shoulders. Those tight shoulder muscles, in my case, also led to wrist issues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nykdanu.com\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Depositphotos_77988554_s-2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3075\" src=\"https:\/\/nykdanu.com\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Depositphotos_77988554_s-2015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nykdanu.com\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Depositphotos_77988554_s-2015.jpg 500w, https:\/\/nykdanu.com\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Depositphotos_77988554_s-2015-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nykdanu.com\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/Depositphotos_77988554_s-2015-260x196.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So to say that I have focused a large amount of my Yoga practice time to stretching my shoulders would be an understatement! Thanks to this stretch, my shoulders have become much more flexible, and my wrist issues are completely gone.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you suffer from tight shoulders or wrist issues, this is for you. In the video below, I&#8217;ll walk you through step by step my favorite shoulder stretch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kad-youtube-shortcode videofit\"  ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r-EK9J0_T8k?autoplay=0&controls=0&fs=1&modestbranding=0&theme=dark&rel=0&loop=0&showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Once you are familiar with this pose, you can even practice in &#8220;Yin Style&#8221; by increasing the length of time you hold this, working your way up to five minute holds. This will really help you get into the fascia as well.<\/p>\n<p>If someone you care about is suffering from shoulder or wrist issues, please share this post with them.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Practicing,<\/p>\n<p>ox nyk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have some crazy tight shoulders. before I was a Yogini I was a body builder and a hairstylist and both of those activities lead to some really tight shoulders. Those tight shoulder muscles in my case also lead to wrist issues.<\/p>\n<p>So to say that I have focused  a large amount of my Yoga practice time to stretching my shoulders would be an understatement! Thanks to this stretch my shoulders have become much more flexible and my wrist issues are completely gone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yoga"],"yoast_head":"<title>Tight Shoulders? Best Shoulder Stretch Ever! | Students - Nyk Danu Yoga<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nykdanu.com\/students\/tight-shoulders-best-shoulder-stretch-ever\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tight Shoulders? 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