Resources for flexibility?

I'm subscribed to this Youtube channel. I'm not doing any yoga at the moment though. They have a lot of beginner stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/user/yogayak

I do however stretch every evening as a part of keeping my back, neck, and shoulder, loose and healthy (I've got a variety of problems and have had three back surgeries).

Here are the Google results for "basic stretching exercises"
https://www.google.com/search?q=basic+stretching+exercises&aq=0&oq=basic+stretching+&aqs=chrome.1.57j0l3j62l2.6451&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Find something that addresses your problem areas, start out slow, and work your way through it. Don't expect overnight results, you need to work your way into it. Don't "bounce" to get more stretch. You want to try to go a little further each time, but you want to make sure not to go so far as to pull something. Breathing is also really important, so practicing general relaxation techniques is helpful as well.

Thank you, this is really helpful! I usually find myself "bouncing" so I'll defintiely try to check myself whenever I'm doing that.
And I'll check out the Youtube channel when I get home today. Thanks again!

Definitely don't bounce! (I used to do gymnastics and taekwando, and that was always a no.) Try to hold every stretch for a count of 10 or 15. Get to the point where it hurts some (ahhh, pain!) but not so much that you can't bear it for the count. Stretch when your body is hot (I usually do it right off cardio, doubling as a cool-down.) I have the same whole-body routine that i've had for years that takes me about 15 minutes to work through if i'm being serious, and I just go through it every time. I wouldn't try *just* hitting trouble spots. Like everything, flexibility is a compound business, and it's nice to see where you're making progress and where things are still a bit stuck, and loosening up in one place can give you a boost to another.

so your muscles are warmed up.. if they aren't you can pull them and cause injury.

I always warm up 5-10 minutes before stretching.

I've started yoga recently, and it's actually counter-intuitive to me there that we start cool. The heat comes gradually from breathing and a slow build up of stretches - thats for a 90 minute class though, that doesn't get into the hard stretches for a while. Doing stretches cold, otherwise, just doesn't work nearly as well, for me. If you can, yeah, it's definitely me experience that even five-ten minutes of running about or jumping jacks or whatever before a good stretching session makes a huge difference, both in terms of how far you can get and in terms of not having to jerk yourself about and possibly hurt yourself.

I don't have any at home stretching resources but I highly recommend Pilates Reformer classes. I've been doing Pilates for almost 5 years. I was extremely inflexible before starting Pilates. I started it because of a knee injury. I'm still shocked at how much more flexible I am now. I had some more recent injuries that forced me to take almost a year off of Pilates (and other workout regimens). I lost some flexibility during my time off, but was surprised that I'd maintained some of it. Pilates reformer can be pricey but there are some places that don't fleece you. My gym has an affordable Pilates studio that I use. Once you find a good instructor don't ever give it up.

Not a huge crossfit fan, but the mobility WOD website is awesome.

http://www.mobilitywod.com/

I stretch with bands or cables. I find it easier than just using my own body weight/muscles