Yoga Hip Stretches & Openers - Using the pigeon pose as a yoga hip stretch & opener

Learn the Pigeon (Kapotasana) Pose to stretch and open your hips to prepare you to put your foot behind your head, in this free yoga instruction video clip. ...

Hi, my name is Leta Koontz and I'm a Yoga Instructor in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at Schoolhouse Yoga and I'm here today on behalf of Expert Village to help you work on some hip opening poses. Okay, so now we're going to come into pigeon pose. Bring your right leg forward, bring your left leg behind you and depending on your flexibility you can keep that right foot in close to your left hip or if you're able to, bring that right shin so it's parallel with the front of your mat. Again here we want to feel the rotation coming out and down in the right hip. Inhale, lift the spine and exhale, you can come to the palms dropping the elbows to the floor or if it's comfortable for you go ahead and bring your forehead to the floor. Stay here for a few breaths and when you're ready, switch to the other side. Again, depending on your flexibility you can keep the foot a little closer to your hip or you can bring the foot forward to the shin and get as parallel in front of your mat. If you're feeling any discomfort in your hip or any pain in your knee, please back off from the pose and bring that foot in a little bit closer towards the right hip bone. Stay here for a few breaths and when you're ready go ahead and come out of the pose.