How to do step by step Pigeon Pose

Yoga Pose
Pigeon Pose 
How to do Step by Step

  • Pigeon Pose is one of the most loved AND ‘hated’ hip-openers in asana practice.
  • In this space, your front leg is bent at a 45 to 90 degree angle (depending on your flexibility and the shape of your skeleton), and the back leg is extended behind you while the pelvis is square and centered.
  • The upper body can be upright, folded over the front leg, or bending backwards.
  • The pose can also be bound, with the hands reaching up and overhead for the toes of the bent back leg as in One-Legged King Pigeon (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana).

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