# How can I learn to sit cross-legged again? \[Any exercise physiologists?\]

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**Created:** [August 28, 2008, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-learn-to-sit-cross-legged-again-any-exercise-physiologists/461536 "2008-08-28T11:01:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-learn-to-sit-cross-legged-again-any-exercise-physiologists/461536/1 "2008-08-28T11:01:56Z")

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I’m talking about how school children sit on the floor and listen to stories, or kind of how people doing yoga sit but without the weird “both feet on top” thing.

I used to sit like this all the time but lately it seems like my legs aren’t flexible enough and stick up in the air in a “V” shape.

Does anyone know what sort of stretching I can do? I’m only 20, by the way.