DESCRIPTION
Learn how to do Flying Pigeon Pose (Eka Pada Galavasana). This video tutorial will teach you the proper alignment and technique to help you safely move into Flying Pigeon Pose.
Flying Pigeon is a challenging arm balance that requires a great deal of strength and openness. However, once you master this pose, you will truly soar!
Benefits of Flying Pigeon Pose:
- Opens your hips
- Strengthens upper body and core
- Improves your balance
How to do Flying Pigeon Pose:
1. Come into a standing position. Bring one ankle over the opposite leg’s knee, and bend your knee into a figure four position, reaching your arms up.
2. Inhale, and as you exhale, fold over your bent leg’s calf.
3. Hook the bent leg foot around the top of the opposite arm tricep.
4. Plant your palms flat down and bring your bent leg shin as high as you can on your triceps.
5. Lean forward, squeeze your elbows in, and begin to bend your elbows, pulling your standing leg heel towards up your glute and pointing your toes.
6. Lean forward into your fingertips more and extend that leg back and up.