Angelica GovaertOwner/Founder, Yogalebrity · Online Yoga Empire Builder

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24 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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The speaker guides viewers through a detailed, step‑by‑step instruction for entering Pigeon Pose (Kapotasana) starting from Downward Facing Dog. The cue sequence includes hand placement, fingertip spread, toe curl, lifting into Downward Dog, bending the right leg, threading the right knee to the right wrist, hugging the right ankle, using breath to lengthen the spine and lower onto the forearms, ensuring hip symmetry and a straight back leg, and finally deepening the pose as comfort allows. The instruction emphasizes balanced weight distribution, spinal lengthening, and gradual depth increase, encouraging students to hold the posture once settled.

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A favorite pose of so many yogis is Pigeon Pose. In Sanskrit, it's Kapotasana. Kapota is pigeon, asana is pose. We're going to come to this pose from Adho Mukha Svanasana, Downward Facing Dog. Bring your hands forward, spread your fingertips wide, press them into the ground, curl under the toes, and come up into your Downward Facing Dog. From here, we're going to bend the right leg, bring the right leg through your body, bringing the right knee to the right wrist, hugging your right ankle toward your body. Inhale, lengthen the spine, and exhale, come down onto your forearms. We want to make sure that our hips are evenly distributed on both sides, so your weight is right in the middle and your back leg is straight back. Once you have this for a while, if it feels comfortable, you can start to come down even further. I'll have students hold this posture