PIGEON POSE [KAPOTASANA] ALIGNMENT

LEARN PIGEON POSE AND LOTS OF VARIATIONS TO HELP YOU GET INTO YOUR HIPS HEALTHFULLY, AVOID KNEE STRAIN, AND RELEASE YOUR LEGS AND LOW BACK TOO! With Sadie Nardini, Founder of Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga, Director of East West Yoga in New York City, Author of The Road Trip Guide to The Soul and Creator of the Power Hour yoga DVD! See WWW.SADIENARDINI.COM for more information.

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[rooboonee]

Hi! after performing this position, a student of mine said got her leg- quad- dull for hours...could it be? what could have been performed wrongly?

[sadienardini]

Sometimes if a student is overstretching, the femur could jam into the hip socket and pinch or compress a nerve--or the psoas could tense...same thing. Counter-pose with simple squat, pigeons and Camel or full wheel. Should help!

[dublushq]

god bless you

[sadienardini]

I hope so!!

Thanks:)

Sadie

[paranamaste]

great way to enjoy a difficult pose for me...thankyou, where is the tree pose from you..please..namaste

[sadienardini]

Great idea--I'll make one soon!

xoSadie

[kenbrock61]

Hey.. I looked over several of your videos and favorited everyone I saw. Thank you. .these are really good. and your passion for what you are doing comes through. .hope you negate any negative comments here.. your vids are really really useful, and inspired. Thank you. Ken

[LloydChristmas777]

Excellent instructions. These stretches feel great.

[Blacksong74]

This video is better, although multi-angle helps too.

It seems some of sadies yoga vids are too far away to see or very grainy.

But it's great to see yoga getting out there.

Namaste- Melbourne, Australia.

[LollipopSiouxsie]

I love this pose. I always practise it after a workout at the gym and it's really helped to improve my flexibility. Excellent video.

[niminiminimnim]

My kneecap groove is too shallow and my knees quite easily slip out of joint which is excruciatingly painful. I found this cos I wanted to find knee strengthening yoga poses as I know I need to compensate my crappy bone structure with muscles to hold it in place. I love doing yoga but lately my knees are terribly unstable cos I've undone the stiffness my body's put in place to keep them in line. Do you think this pose would be safe and helpful? Any other pose suggestions?

Thank you! Yr ace!

[AnotherRegularTeen]

That was really helpful! Thank you! I just subbed :)

[brizzlekizzle]

Yes! Thank you so much, I have no flexibility in that area and this hits the spot. Beyond what you have in this video, are there any other hip flexibility stretches I should do?

[DaZeDmerlin]

With a woman this gorgeous every man should be motivated to learn yoga, altough, for me it's more like torture, i hope to become a little more flexible then i am, i've been doing Tai Chi for a good year and my limits are pretty clear, i hope yoga will make me a little more loose.

[safaridave2001]

thank you sadie, very nice... i'm loving this pose before and after running.

[njm121]

I like the reverse twist part @ the end felt nice. Thanx

[sonebone7]

Hi great video! do you have a video using a yoga strap??