I've been doing the Minna's "Strength & Grace" workout three times a week for 45 minutes a day. I love that it incorporates stretches.

The stretch that I'm having a hard time with is seated forward bend. I am 5' 11" and have never been able to touch my toes. So when I'm doing this stretch, I have to do it modified with my knees slightly bent and having my hands on my lower calves and not my feet.

In Minna's book, "Tank Top Arms, Bikini Belly, Boy Shorts Bottom." She describes this stretch, " Slowly walk your hands alongside your legs as far toward you toes as you can. The stretch should feel good, not hurt. Inhale and exhale deeply through your nose, trying to go deeper into the stretch with each exhalation."

My question is how do you get it to not hurt? It hurts my hamstrings, so much that it my heels and parts of my feet start to go numb. I'm not even doing the full stretch!

Help! I want to know if I'm doing something wrong, I eventually would like to be able to touch my toes and be more flexable!