Pigeon Pose (Eka Pada Raja Kapotasana)

Benefits:

• Opens the hip joint and hip flexor muscles
• Increases hip flexibility
• Improves posture and alignment
• Stimulates internal organs
• Hip-opening poses are believed to release anxiety, trauma, grief, etc. and promote emotional balance

For details on how to practice Pigeon Pose properly, go to www.active.com

Illustrator credit: Layal Idriss @layalidriss