Relaxing stretches for better sleep & increased flexibility (you can do in bed!)

We all know that getting exercise and feeding your body right is important when it comes to getting fit and healthy. But a lot of times, we THINK we are doing everything we are supposed to do but actually, we are not. There is one more thing we need to concentrate on - SLEEP.

If you don't sleep enough, you put your body under stress. If you are stressed, you can't get the results you want. Stress makes it hard to gain muscle and lose fat. Stress makes it DIFFICULT to lose weight when your body is not well rested!

SO! Today, I am showing you a full bed time stretching routine that will relax you and get you ready to fall asleep. Do this with me at night and you will have a deeper, more relaxing sleep that will leave you feeling rejuvenated and recharged when you wake up! These stretches will also help you increase flexibility.

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Cassey Ho is an award-winning fitness instructor, entrepreneur and online personality. As the creator behind Blogilates, the #1 female fitness channel on YouTube, she’s transformed millions of lives through helping them achieve their strength and weight-loss goals. She focuses on making fitness fun and the results are evident. Cassey's unique format, POP Pilates©, which launched as a workout video on YouTube in 2009, has become a live fitness class that can be taken at gyms all over the world with over 3,000 POP Pilates classes being taught monthly. Her authenticity continues to shine through, making her one of the most relatable fitness icons online and beyond. She's also the author of the best-selling book, Hot Body Year Round and is the designer of her own activewear line, POPFLEX.

With a wide range of free workout videos available, Cassey's channel focuses on ab exercises, butt & thigh exercises, arm exercises, pilates, cardio routines, fat burning workouts, high intensity interval training workouts (HIIT), stretching and flexibility routines and so much more!

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[bodlesnodles]

Me, lying in bed: oh perfect
Cassey in the first position: sitting up
Me: oh no

[friskiez]

1:20 is where the exercises start (for those of you who do this every night and don’t wanna go through the intro every time!!)

[melissarojas]

When Cassey said to go ahead and "melt into your splits" I was wriggling around in my pillows because I can't do splits yet 😅😆

[kaylao]

"We don't talk about how important sleep is to your health and wellness"
Me watching this at 2 am 👁️👄👁️

[matildaw]

When your bed isn’t big enough to stretch your legs out

[Hannah-wrci]

cassey: its literally so pointless working out late night
me: *currently doing this a 3 am *

[oceancream]

I would love to see more unwinding in bed stretches, like this.🛌

[miglenamircheva]

After doing this for a month:
Me and Cassey in a choir: Hey guys! Cassey here. Today we're doing some stretches in bed for self care, for flexibility and in general, just relaxing your body. I think too often...

[francesca]

3:22 “...because I don’t need them” I need 30 of them

[imre]

Cassey: so your going to put your leg like this
Me: MY LEG DOES NOT GO LIKE THAT

(Thank you for the stretches I really enjoyed them)

[gup-gup]

Shout out to those doing this in your twin mattress. You’re the real warriors

[angelakim]

Cassey
Please do a video for that time of the month for those of us (like me) who have cramps so bad you can barely walk.
Thanks

[wholesomecontentonly]

It’s 2024 and this is the only thing I have found that helped with my insomnia. Thank you so much.

[hollycrosby]

This brings so much nostalgia, i remember the first bedtime stretches u did- i was so NOT flexible but thanks to you i am so much more flexible!

[Ratkatkat]

Girl I was sitting on 4 pillows and I still couldn’t do the splits

[bettyt]

DO THE SAME VERSION FOR MORNING BED STRETCHES! PLEASE! And thank you so much for this one. You're amazing 😘

[kin]

i cant believe i stretched for 15 minutes. awesome.

[Latina]

I already knew I wasn’t very flexible. My GOD this hurt 😅please tell me I wasn’t the only one just cracking up on how I couldn’t properly do not even one of these stretches 😂😂😂

[mbarbara]

Cassey, I'm really glad you showed beginner versions-and said it's okay if you can't go deeper, can't stretch further etc. I'm a total beginner, I'm trying to increase my flexibility. Thank you for this routine

[ellie]

Why is no one talking about how good this routine and the video itself is? It felt like I’ve had super chill time with my old friend. At the beginning I was like “oh no, 15 minutes? too long”, but by the ending of it I was like “and that’s it? I need more!”
Absolutely loved it. Thank you so much for this amazing experience.