Before you begin your shower, invest just two minutes. Slowly turn your neck, roll your shoulders, gently twist at the waist. These small movements completely transform the effect of your shower.
The difference between hot water touching rigid muscles and water touching muscles that have already loosened is significant. Muscles with circulation already started absorb warm water more deeply.
Stretching is also itself a ritual. Time to focus on the body, time to feel where things are knotted today.
Once pre-shower stretching becomes a habit, the ritual begins the moment you open the bathroom door.