“Thread the Needle” is a mobility exercise and stretch that targets the back, shoulders, chest, and neck. Brigette Williams of Living Balanced says to focus on your breath and relax your body while ...

If you wake up with a sore, achey back and shoulders, the thread the needle stretch may be able to help. Here's an instructional video. “If we’re talking about finding less compression in our spine ...

We set up a series of stretches and flexibility challenges to help Kylie hit her long-time goal of doing a needle. Starting with oversplits and progressing through backbends and partner yoga poses, I ...

There are two things I know to be true. One, I love a challenge. (Perhaps you remember my daily plank practice?) And two, I hate failing. When the opportunity to partake in a flexibility challenge ...

Specific stretches, such as the side neck bend, seated forward fold, Child’s Pose, thread the needle, and downward-facing dog, may help relieve migraine symptoms by releasing tension in the upper body ...

Mercey Livingston is a health and wellness writer and certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. She's written about fitness and wellness for Well+Good, Women's Health, Business Insider, and ...

Gymnastics was part of my life for more than half of it. We know gymnasts are strong; I've written about bodyweight moves I still do to this day. We know they're flexible — case in point: Katelyn ...

You need flexible hips and hamstrings to do splits — so poses that stretch those parts of your body are key to getting your splits down. When you actually attempt front splits, you should have squared ...