This relaxing variation of Pigeon really targets the tight piriformis muscle, which is a common cause of sciatica.

• Lie on your back with both legs in the air. Place your right ankle on your left thigh above your knee. See the shape of the number four? It is there, just upside down.
• Reach your right hand through the open space created by your right leg and grab your left hand, which is reaching around the outside of your left thigh. Slowly bend your left knee toward your chest. You should feel a stretch on the outside of your right hip.
• After five breaths repeat on the other side.