4 My Crooked Legs

I've always felt self-conscious about my legs (but somehow always wear shorts. It must be a Chinese thing)
They are not straight at all.

We spent the evening at my aunt's place (she's a yoga instructor who is taking advanced lessons) and she told us about how some people have crooked legs and knees.
Their legs are bent backwards and most of the pressure is focused on the BACK of their knees, shins and calves, and have very short hamstrings.
She couldn't imagine anything like it so I showed her mine.
Yup, the back of my knees and shins hurt like hell if I stretch them for far too long, the front of my knees pop a lot (due to underutilisation?), and my calves are pretty lean although I have flabby thighs.

So anyway, my aunt taught me a basic pose and left me with instructions on which muscles I need to contract to straighten my legs.
I'll have to do it for 5 minutes a day and work up to 30 minutes a day.



My aunt also suspected that my knees aren't straight too, so she asked me to put my feet together (big toes and heels touching each other), and then bend my knees.
My knees were knocking into each other, so they are facing inwards.

She suspects that I have been placed on a baby walker before my leg muscles have developed enough and I used my legs to push myself around, thus causing my legs to bend that way.

Now all I have to do is to find the perfect block for me to stand on.


PS: All the women in my family (both maternal and paternal) are pear-shaped.
PPS: Apparently the reason why I could never do a tree pose was because I didn't know how to position my TOES, and now the Warrior Pose 3 isn't that difficult.
PPPS: No, I'm not doing any form of yoga but now I'm definitely interested! My aunt approves of learning from YouTube.