How to Yoga - Pigeon Pose


Good day, Steemians! 

It feels like a significant day,

and I'm really excited to share some things with you:
I want to tell you about a POSE!

I want to tell you about

a position

in which you can drape your body

and  the stress

and the tension

and the fear you hold in your being

can melt away--

you just lay down and breathe.

There's science behind this shit, 

you're engaging the psoas and sucking in some serious oxygen 

which is THE tool for detox, for breaking down and moving out

all that crap that's built up in your body/mind...but  I don't want to Science right now.

Please let me just show you how to yogasm: 



This is Pigeon Pose

AKA One-Legged King Pigeon Pose

AKA Thread the Needle

Eka Pada Rajakapotasana in Sanskrit

(eka = one, pada = foot, raja = king, kapota = pigeon or dove, asana = pose/posture)


This is the king.

This is the KING of kings.


This is humbling the ego to make space for a legit miracle.

This is laying down resistance for peace.

This was the revolution for me,

where I fell head over heels for yoga,

where what I thought was impossible

actually happened 

and it was not only not hard, but BLISSFUL!


I just don't even know what to say, man...

this is like the Steemit of asanas.

It feels so great and it works on so many levels--

when I'm in pigeon pose I wonder why I'm not in pigeon pose all the time.

And the payoff is deep and powerful.


I hope you try this and love it as much as I do.

I give thanks for this moment to pay it forward!

I'm grateful I get to share it with you!


How to PIGEON POSE

  • From down dog, step your right foot forward, femur straight out from your hip socket.
  • If you're into fine details, place your shin parallel to the short edge of the mat and flex your foot. If you're not, then just bend your knee at whatever angle feels good.
  • Extend through the back leg, pointing out through the foot.
  • Open up the front of the body, roll the shoulders back and the chest open.
  • Extend through the spine and through the crown.
  • Lower from the hips, coming wherever it feels comfortable--arms extended in front or forehead resting on stacked fists or forearms. Maybe you don't lower at all but choose to stay up, it's fine!
  • Direct the breath right to the hip.

Breathe in, breathe out. 

Breathe in, breathe out. 

Breathe in, breathe out.

Make way for the new way to flow.



💛 Sara!

infinite thanks to the ever lovely @everlove for the photo

P.S. We make fully custom EPIC Steemit Ts--legit fit for a king!

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