STRETCHING
• STATIC - Active (Contracting antagonist muscles)
- Most common technique used in Hatha Yoga
• PASSIVE - (Relax into stretch)
- Restorative
• FACILITATED - Deepen postures
- Contracting muscle being stretched during active stretch
- Triggers a reflex arc involving the Golgi tendon organ (resulting in profound relaxation of the target muscle when the contraction period ends)
- AKA proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF)
• DYNAMIC STRETCHING - Vinyasa style
- Repetitive movement of the body into increasingly deeper stretches
- In morning, "resets" resting muscle length for day