Seated, Kneeing & Lying Yoga Poses - Royal pigeon & resting pigeon yoga poses
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This next pose is royal pigeon and it will be demonstrated both as royal pigeon and resting
pigeon. So hands planted on the Earth, we are bringing the right knee as it is bent
forward. We are planting our outer thigh on to the Earth. You will feel a nice stretch
in through your hips and the left leg, the back leg, the knee is planted on the Earth,
the top of the foot is planted on the Earth as well. Now opening the chest we draw the
shoulder blades back, lifting the chin to the sky to feel that beautiful opening into
the rib cage, into the heart and we are sort of resting and surrendering into the posture
so we are not lifting it up too much, we are resting the pelvis down. Breathe and breathe
and breathe into royal pigeon. So just like a pigeon has that open rounded chest, so do
we. Then resting pigeon we are extending the torso down, forehead to the Earth. You will
feel a beautiful opening into the hip on the right side resting and breathing and then coming back up plant those hands
right by the face and lift it back up. Then to come out just release that back leg coming
in to sitting.
