Posted on November 14th, 2009

My Yoga Online is happy to feature our Yoga Pose of the Month: Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (Pigeon Pose).

This classic back-arching yoga posture offers tremendous benefits throughout the body. The positioning of the forward knee, however, requires special attention to avoid knee strain and injury.

Learn special tips offered by Dr. Robin Armstrong in doing Pigeon pose safely and effectively.

Benefits of Pigeon pose / Eka Pada Rajakapotasana:
...Opens hip flexor muscles (psoas, rectus femoris), groins
...Opens hip rotator muscles (gluteus medius & minimus)
...May relieves sciatic nerve tension and ease chronic low back pain
...Advanced version opens chest and shoulders
...Traditionally thought to control sexual desire, increase circulation to urinary, digestive, and reproductive systems.

Click to read all the safety and alignment tips for Pigeon pose.

Tags: Yoga, knee, My Yoga Online, hip flexor muscles

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