While passive flexibility involves using external forces to help find a stretch, active flexibility involves using your muscles to support a stretch, or get stronger in that a stretched position.
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What is “Active Flexibility” and Why is It So Important? — Dani Winks Flexibility
Flexibility Exercises
How to get really flexible (contortion level) and what are the benefits of being really flexible - Quora
Passive Stretching is Not the Devil — Dani Winks Flexibility
Friendly reminder: stretching should never hurt! (And some more thoughts on stretching intensity) : r/flexibility
Work Your Active Split Flexibility with Front Split Slides — Dani Winks Flexibility
My Active Flexibility Routine
Modernize your stretching routine with dynamic flexibility training