I've noticed many of you using Pigeon Pose to stretch after your workouts, which is great! But when was the last time you checked your alignment in Pigeon Pose? We want to make sure we are taking all precautions to keep our body's safe when we are in poses.
As we move into Pigeon Pose, we should check for:
- our front knee is in line with it's corresponding hip (i.e. if the right knee is in front, the right knee should line up with the right hip).
- our hips are in a neutral position and squared forward. One hip should NOT be dropping off to one side!!
- Our body weight is in the back portion of the front leg and the front portion of the back leg. Our front knee should NOT be bearing our weight.
- front foot should be flexed to protect the knee and ankle joints.
- If we choose to bring our pigeon pose down, we should first extend the spine tall, and then keep a long spine as we come down unto the elbows or into sleeping pigeon (head and chest come to mat).
Namaste,
Leah
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