How the hips affect the body

[lotushands]

This article nicely explains how important it is to stretch the hips. It also suggests two yoga poses that are relatively easy to do.
I am planning to write my own article on the subject, soon, but I figured this would be a handy guide, so I am reposting this for now.

From: http://www.yogajournal.com/practice/904_1.cfm

It's All in the Hips
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Comments

[bigredpaul]

I just wrote an article on this topic recently. In my work, I emphasize opening up and balancing the hips as a way of balancing the whole body.

[lotushands]

That is great! Can you send me a link to it, please?

[bigredpaul]

http://www.paulbrown.net/journal/2008/01/13/balancing-hips/