Popsugar Health & Fitness Stretches Yoga Poses to Open Tight Hamstrings Transform Painfully Tight Hamstrings With These 13 Yoga Poses 19 November 2019 by Jenny Sugar View On One Page Photo 1 of 13 ADVERTISEMENT () Start Slideshow Share This Link Copy ← Use Arrow Keys → 1 Standing Forward Bend Stand at the front of your mat in Mountain pose. Fold the torso and rest the hands on the thighs, shins, or on the floor if you can reach. Shift weight forward into the toes to intensify the stretch in the backs of the legs. Stay like this for five deep breaths, nodding the head up and down and from side to side to release the neck. Previous Next Start Slideshow StretchesHamstring StretchesYogaWorkouts