I am really hoping to incorporate this sequence into a routine but I'm struggling with the pigeon pose... can you talk me through it?? I'm just beginning yoga and I'm not sure of the proper technique...
@bugbumble3 I will think about doing a sequence for an all-levels love-handles yoga practice (could use it myself, actually :) In the meantime, check out Ester's awesome 20 minute energizing yoga flow!
@jayofthewoo thanks for your question. "Space" can be a foreign concept, but when you think of yourself in any challenging situation, you will feel some degree of being trapped, or contracted. In your body, your mind and how you feel. Instead of focussing on that contraction, try to find the space in any part of yourself, your mind (ea counting to 10 before reacting) , your body (directing your breath more into your belly) and your feelings (ea cultivating joy instead of anger).
Thank you for this sequence and the message. I'm trying to apply this same level of mindfulness to my daily life, in dealing with shyness and fear and other challenges. Pigeon pose seems strangely easier. :)
OK, you are right, I will give it some time and enjoy the exercises - may I call it that? - In the mean time. Checked out Ester's beginners stuff, like that! I am a very down to earth person and don't understand what you guys are on about when you talk about things like breathing out toward your hips, staying present, looking for an opening, etc but I love the stretches and like to thank you for the videos :-)
i dont totally agree with this video. she explained one of the other. pigeon pose is very hard pose, specially for beginner. i expected that she will demonstrate this in differents ways. and she has too flexible lumbar spine in down dog, so her body cant find really messages too. but anyway, wish you keeping good work! Namaste
I was just thinking about how to put pigeon pose in a sequence - precisely for the purpose of becoming more comfortable with it. Thanks for the video!
I'd fall over at 1:47 . It makes it hard to follow along with yoga videos when I'm so inflexible, but working on the level that I can. Definitely working through discomfort and fact my body just isn't able to do various pose examples.
@MegF142857 an important part of the practice is that we build up a routine. When I started yoga (over 10 years ago) I could not touch my toes or do the things I can do today. It takes practice, patience and the endurance of feeling uncomfortable. Believe me, I still feel uncomfortable in my practice today, I just learned to view it differently! And yes, work at your own level, so you enjoy it more!
I really like the first move you did, the downward facing dog and the bringing one leg back to open the hips, I'm definitely going to start using it. I have some questions. Why do you keep your "toes tucked" when you have one leg behind you? You said to keep your arms off the floor to engage the legs more to get a better stretch. I don't understand why though. I would think you'd want your legs to be as relaxed as possible and not have to support the weight of your body to get a deeper stretch,
@Cambz wow, a lot of questions! Keeping the toes tucked helps to activate the leg muscles in an even and balanced way. This in turn helps to open the hips more effectively. When the arms are lifted up in downward dog, it allows the spine to lengthen more freely, the lower back to curve inward so the thighbones can move into the back of the body and come deeper in the hip joint, which will help open the hips more. I hope this clarifies it! Thanks for asking
@DDbRowN67 I cannot complete this pose TODAY so I will do what I can and picture the complete pose and with practice I will one day complete the pose.
Finding comfort in myself amid life's discomforts -- the basic foundation of almost every form of spirituality and terrific life advice. I love how yoga continues to change my perspective on the world and myself in the world. <3 Excellent series, and wonderfully inspiring commentary. Thank you!
Great video! May I request a video on how to work on balance for those who have problems with balance while transitioning between poses in a standing series? Namaste!
@bertlindsay me too I see myself falling over BUT if you do a tiny bit closer eachtime you will be there before you know it! :) YOGA is more than the pose it is about healing and breathing life into the body and proving you can do it.
@bertlindsay; please don't feel discouraged! before you practice some of the deeper hip openers like pigeon, you can work on more beginner level hip openers. Over time, you will be able to do poses like pigeon and get more out of it.
Really uncomfortable indeed, but it feels nice afterwards! However, isn't discomfort against what yoga stands for? In all the other videos we are told to listen to our body, find the position your body wants to be in. It seems a bit contradictory.
@samsonnie Discomfort is different from pain, a warning signal off the body. Discomfort comes with expanding your boundaries. That is a place we encourage to be in in yoga. If you never expand your boundaries, your world end up to become smaller and smaller. Challenging yourself and learning to be comfortable with discomfort, your body, mind and spirit will expand.
@yogatic I don't totally agree. Discomfort doesn't always mean that it is good for you. And you can also expand your boundaries while still feeling good, you can stretch until a point where you can feel it (so your boundary will shift), but it still feels nice.
Inspiring message -3
Love and peace to you :)
Yueny1314 4 days ago
In pigeon pose my hips don't seem to touch the ground at all - are my hips extremely tight, or am I doing the pose incorrectly?
At any right, I love the message of this video and will begin to keep this lesson with me in my daily life. Thank you!
hdavis2 1 week ago
I am really hoping to incorporate this sequence into a routine but I'm struggling with the pigeon pose... can you talk me through it?? I'm just beginning yoga and I'm not sure of the proper technique...
ezscrin 1 week ago
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bugbumble3 3 weeks ago
@bugbumble3 I will think about doing a sequence for an all-levels love-handles yoga practice (could use it myself, actually :) In the meantime, check out Ester's awesome 20 minute energizing yoga flow!
Flowingwithgracenl 2 weeks ago
@Flowingwithgracenl Thanks I look forward to more of your videos. = ]
bugbumble3 2 weeks ago
This is pretty sweet. Thanks for sharing = ]
bugbumble3 3 weeks ago
Thank you for sharing your yoga wisdom. It is helping me and my practise as I live in a remote area and do not have a local teacher.
This video has a phrase that I'm hoping you can elaborate on for me. "Space". Where am I making this "Space" that you speak of?
You talk about it at the 4:10 & 7:12 marks.
Thank you!
jayofthewoo 3 weeks ago
@jayofthewoo thanks for your question. "Space" can be a foreign concept, but when you think of yourself in any challenging situation, you will feel some degree of being trapped, or contracted. In your body, your mind and how you feel. Instead of focussing on that contraction, try to find the space in any part of yourself, your mind (ea counting to 10 before reacting) , your body (directing your breath more into your belly) and your feelings (ea cultivating joy instead of anger).
Flowingwithgracenl 2 weeks ago
@Flowingwithgracenl Thank you for taking the time to reply. It makes sense now:) I can see this helping my practise a lot.
jayofthewoo 3 days ago
Thank you for this sequence and the message. I'm trying to apply this same level of mindfulness to my daily life, in dealing with shyness and fear and other challenges. Pigeon pose seems strangely easier. :)
RubberBiscuit 3 weeks ago
great video , although i am totally out of stretch, you are awesome !!!
ruellan2003 3 weeks ago
OK, you are right, I will give it some time and enjoy the exercises - may I call it that? - In the mean time. Checked out Ester's beginners stuff, like that! I am a very down to earth person and don't understand what you guys are on about when you talk about things like breathing out toward your hips, staying present, looking for an opening, etc but I love the stretches and like to thank you for the videos :-)
bertlindsay 3 weeks ago
i dont totally agree with this video. she explained one of the other. pigeon pose is very hard pose, specially for beginner. i expected that she will demonstrate this in differents ways. and she has too flexible lumbar spine in down dog, so her body cant find really messages too. but anyway, wish you keeping good work! Namaste
madonca1 4 weeks ago
I was just thinking about how to put pigeon pose in a sequence - precisely for the purpose of becoming more comfortable with it. Thanks for the video!
duerme07 4 weeks ago
Sandra makes it look so easy! Inspiring! :) :) :)
jamiliyana 1 month ago
I'd fall over at 1:47 . It makes it hard to follow along with yoga videos when I'm so inflexible, but working on the level that I can. Definitely working through discomfort and fact my body just isn't able to do various pose examples.
MegF142857 1 month ago
@MegF142857 an important part of the practice is that we build up a routine. When I started yoga (over 10 years ago) I could not touch my toes or do the things I can do today. It takes practice, patience and the endurance of feeling uncomfortable. Believe me, I still feel uncomfortable in my practice today, I just learned to view it differently! And yes, work at your own level, so you enjoy it more!
Flowingwithgracenl 2 weeks ago
I really like the first move you did, the downward facing dog and the bringing one leg back to open the hips, I'm definitely going to start using it. I have some questions. Why do you keep your "toes tucked" when you have one leg behind you? You said to keep your arms off the floor to engage the legs more to get a better stretch. I don't understand why though. I would think you'd want your legs to be as relaxed as possible and not have to support the weight of your body to get a deeper stretch,
Cambz 1 month ago
@Cambz wow, a lot of questions! Keeping the toes tucked helps to activate the leg muscles in an even and balanced way. This in turn helps to open the hips more effectively. When the arms are lifted up in downward dog, it allows the spine to lengthen more freely, the lower back to curve inward so the thighbones can move into the back of the body and come deeper in the hip joint, which will help open the hips more. I hope this clarifies it! Thanks for asking
Flowingwithgracenl 2 weeks ago
@DDbRowN67 I cannot complete this pose TODAY so I will do what I can and picture the complete pose and with practice I will one day complete the pose.
DDbRowN67 1 month ago
thank you
andavis50 1 month ago
Enjoyed this routine, something for my undisciplined mind! (Which needs more work...)
deenababyblack 1 month ago
@deenababyblack keep up the good work!
Flowingwithgracenl 2 weeks ago
Finding comfort in myself amid life's discomforts -- the basic foundation of almost every form of spirituality and terrific life advice. I love how yoga continues to change my perspective on the world and myself in the world. <3 Excellent series, and wonderfully inspiring commentary. Thank you!
abluedude 1 month ago 10
I have just finished this exercise... It feels so gooood :3
MJBpeace 1 month ago
Great video! May I request a video on how to work on balance for those who have problems with balance while transitioning between poses in a standing series? Namaste!
jft24k 1 month ago
c est bon le debut inutile.
avedisphoto1 1 month ago
Thats far too advanced for me. Discouraging if anything :-( Please something for beginners....
bertlindsay 1 month ago
@bertlindsay me too I see myself falling over BUT if you do a tiny bit closer eachtime you will be there before you know it! :) YOGA is more than the pose it is about healing and breathing life into the body and proving you can do it.
DDbRowN67 1 month ago
@bertlindsay; please don't feel discouraged! before you practice some of the deeper hip openers like pigeon, you can work on more beginner level hip openers. Over time, you will be able to do poses like pigeon and get more out of it.
Flowingwithgracenl 2 weeks ago
Really uncomfortable indeed, but it feels nice afterwards! However, isn't discomfort against what yoga stands for? In all the other videos we are told to listen to our body, find the position your body wants to be in. It seems a bit contradictory.
samsonnie 1 month ago
@samsonnie Discomfort is different from pain, a warning signal off the body. Discomfort comes with expanding your boundaries. That is a place we encourage to be in in yoga. If you never expand your boundaries, your world end up to become smaller and smaller. Challenging yourself and learning to be comfortable with discomfort, your body, mind and spirit will expand.
yogatic 1 month ago 22
@yogatic I don't totally agree. Discomfort doesn't always mean that it is good for you. And you can also expand your boundaries while still feeling good, you can stretch until a point where you can feel it (so your boundary will shift), but it still feels nice.
samsonnie 1 month ago 2
Great short practice, thanxs a lot!!!
kukuxumusu2006 1 month ago
Great video
IHACKER316 1 month ago