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Chair Stretches to Get Your Body Ready for Meditation

This sequence of stretches is excellent at opening the hip joints, releasing back muscles, and quieting mental chatter, so you can sit in meditation positions more comfortably for longer periods of time. From Rodney Yee's Yoga for Meditation DVD.