If You're Trying to Get Your Splits Down, Check Out These Yoga Videos For Help

Blogilates creator Cassey Ho brought her sister on her YouTube channel to teach a yoga class that's all about getting flexible enough to play around with your front splits. You'll do Downward Dog, quad and hip flexor stretches, a series of lunges, and more. Plus, the video ends with you trying to slide into those splits.

Juliana from Boho Beautiful has a quick video on poses you can do to loosen up your body for splits. You'll do standing splits, lunge extensions, poses where you're lying on the ground and pulling one leg to your torso, Lizard Pose, and others. Some of the stretches (like gravity splits) might be challenging if you're just starting out, so only do what you feel comfortable doing.

This Alo Yoga class will open up your hamstrings, key muscles that need to be stretched in order to properly work on your splits. You'll also do moves that will loosen up your hips, and Sealy does a great job explaining how each move benefits specific parts of your body.

Have five minutes? Try this quick flow for front and middle splits that features four types of stretches: Cobbler's Pose or Frog's Pose; lunge, Lizard Pose, or Pigeon Pose; Pyramid Pose or a hamstring stretch; and seated Forward Fold. With practice, you'll go from the hamstring stretch into a full split.

The hips, Stanley explains, are sensitive because "they hold all of our tension." Also, if you sit or stand a lot, there's constant compression, and the only way to get rid of that is by opening up your hips, Stanley says. Another plus? Opening up your hips helps with splits.

This video via Alo Yoga showcases stretches that will loosen up the hamstrings and quads. You'll do Pyramid Pose, seated and standing Forward Fold, and a half split. You'll slide into your splits here, too.

This yoga flow is all about working on your middle split with a particular focus on the inner thighs. Again, do what you are comfortable with; Bridges emphasizes the fact that you should really pay attention to how your body is feeling.

Here's another Alo Yoga video that features some of Jacquelyn Umof's favorite stretches for splits. It's just eight minutes long, so it'll be easy to squeeze into your daily routine.

This hour-long flow on the Yoga With Kassandra YouTube channel targets your hamstrings. You'll need two blocks and a strap for this one, and a particular pose I like best is the Half Happy Baby.

Hunter provides a quick flow that will get deep into your hips and release tension. As we mentioned, loosening up your hips is key when you're preparing to work on your splits.

Here, Sarah Beth will teach you how to use a cushion to guide you into your splits. "Listen to the sensation in your body," she advises. "Remember that your body is communicating with you through sensation, so it'll tell you when you need to back off a little bit or if you're able to go just a little bit deeper." (Note: she also recommends using two blocks, but says you can use two books instead.)

This flow will give you a good stretch for your splits, but there's also a part in the video before you slide into those splits where you'll massage the back of your neck and feet in order to relax the body (lotion is optional).

While this isn't a full yoga video, Webb walks you through a simple progression once she does a series of "feet pedaling" in a lunge position and gets into a front split. A block is encouraged if you have room to place one underneath your thigh.

You won't actually go into your splits in this video from Adriene Mishler, but you'll be working on your overall flexibility. A good portion of the video focuses on stretches to open up the hamstrings and hips, so this flow might be a little less intimidating for some of you to try.