Lower back, hips, knees and ankles
Low Lunge: Movement
A moving, kneeling lunge that gently prepares your hips and ankles for standing practice through controlled, repeated movement rather than one long hold.
Ways to adjust it
- Smaller range
- Shorter hold
- Reduce depth
- Extra padding
- Reduce range
If this one is too much today
Try the gentler version instead. It asks less of you and does much the same work.
Other ways to do this movement
Every version below is the same movement set up differently, so one of them usually suits. See all Low Lunge versions in one place, ordered from gentlest to strongest.
- Low Lunge: Classic
- Low Lunge: Short Stance
- Low Lunge: Small Range
- Low Lunge: Supported Chair
- Low Lunge: Twist
- Low Lunge: With Blocks
Before you try it
Move within a range that stays comfortable. Stop if this brings on sharp pain, dizziness, or symptoms that travel down an arm or a leg, and speak to a clinician before repeating it.
One movement is a start. A session is the thing.
A few questions about your body and how it is today, and Vinys builds a session around it, including which movements to leave out.
Start your first sessionFrom the clinically authored Vinys movement library.