Comments on: Why Pigeon Pose Makes Me Smile

By: Well Balanced Sunday « Food In Real Life

Well Balanced Sunday « Food In Real Life — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:53:18 +0000

[...] This morning after doing a few loads of laundry and eating breakfast, I attended my first pre-natal yoga class. It was good- very relaxing and the stretches helped my pelvic soreness. We did a long pigeon/double pigeon series that really targeted the right areas. source [...]

By: Dolphin Breath | Yoga Flavored Life

Dolphin Breath | Yoga Flavored Life — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:01:48 +0000

[...] of the yoga poses that we practiced this week was Pigeon or Kapotanasana (I have mentioned my love of this pose before!) We did a bit of flow, going from Sleeping Pigeon to One-Legged Pigeon. On an inhalation, [...]

By: Charlotte Bradley

Charlotte Bradley — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:55:13 +0000

I am honored to be a little part of your class!

How true that Pigeon is intense both physically and emotionally. It always elicits an ahhhhhhh…. from me. I was so sad for awhile when after I had knee surgery, this pose was just not a reality. But happily we have reconnected

I love your teacher’s saying ”open the hips, open the heart” Such an interesting, intertwined connection between our bodies and our feelings.

By: Tina Vaughn

Tina Vaughn — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:46:45 +0000

Thank you for this…I always get wonderful ideas on exploring certain poses from you. Ideas that I get to take to class as my little nod to Charlotte

Pigeon is part of my practice…as a matter of fact, the only times I have ever become overwhelmed by emotion during yoga have been during this pose (folding forward). Not sadness necessarily, just a supreme release…a letting go.

My yoga teacher has always said during this pose…”open the hips, open the heart”.

This I believe.