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I don't find ekapadarajkapotasana useful as a hip

opener either - for me that one is primarily a pain in

the ass - the front leg stretch seems to be mainly in

the gluteus. <br><br>A good hip opener that I learned

from a jivamukti teacher is to sit both legs in the

e.p.r.kapotasana front leg position, i.e. one on top of the other

(left ankle on right knee & vice versa) then bend

forward. If you have tight hips like me that one is a

beast. Hope I've described it clearly enough - if it has

a name I don't know it.<br><br>But (turning purist

here) the thing that has *really* worked for me is just

spending a lot of time slowly working my way into, and in,

the bound half lotus asanas early in the primary

series; instead of just thinking "oh I don't like these,

oh my knees hurt, never mind, let's just get them

over with & carry on with the rest".<br><br>Have tried

doing other things, e.g. long sits in baddhakonasana or

the position I just described - outside of my main

practice, but am not at all convinced that it had any

useful effect.

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