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Hit the Hay: Standing Pigeon
If you enjoy stretching in bed before going to sleep or right when you wake up in the morning, here's a variation of Pigeon that will stretch your tight hips.
To learn how to do this stretch keep reading
Strike a Yoga Pose: Pigeon Poses For Tight Hips
This sequence of Pigeon pose variations are sure to loosen up hips made tight from running or simply sitting all day. Begin with your right knee forward, and then repeat on the other side.
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Strike a Yoga Pose: One-Legged King Pigeon
If you loved Pigeon Twist and Pigeon Crescent, then you're ready to try One-legged King Pigeon. It's a little bit more challenging than the other two, but feels great in your spine, shoulders, and hips.
Sanskrit Name: Eka Pada Raja Kapotasana
English Translation: One-Legged King Pigeon Pose
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Strike a Yoga Pose: Pigeon Twist
Yoga keeps me running by restoring length to the overused and shortened muscles in my hips and legs. Hip-opening poses like Pigeon are essential if you run, bike, hike, or sit at a desk regularly – all of which apply to me, by the way. Plus, stretching out tight hips can also relieve lower-back pain.
Stretch Those Tight Hips and Lower Back
Chances are if you are reading this, you have the ever popular "office job" that involves sitting at a desk for 8 hours a day. This can wreak havoc on your precious body creating tight hips and lower back pain. Many stretches for your hips also stretch out your lower back, so these poses are like 2 for the price of 1.
Work it Girl: Seated Pigeon
Sitting at your desk for 8 hours a day is a great way to work towards tight hips. Fight back with this desk hip opener stretch.
This is just like doing Pigeon pose but instead of lying down, you're sitting up.
Strike a Yoga Pose: Pigeon
Everyone can benefit from opening their hips - whether you are a runner, biker, a mom-to-be, or someone who sits at their desk all day - stretching out your hips can help prevent lower back pain, or knee or hamstring injuries.
Our hips tend to be really tight because our everyday activities require hip strength, but not hip flexibility. Not only does it feel good physically to stretch them out, but it is said that people hold a lot of stress and tension in their hips, so it is emotionally opening as well.
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Strike a Yoga Pose: Double Pigeon
I can't get enough of hip-opening poses. I could hang out in these all day! OK, well, maybe not, but you get my point.
Strike a Yoga Pose: Pigeon Crescent
This variation of the Pigeon pose, takes it to a whole new level. After experimenting with Pigeon Twist, you are going to want to try Pigeon Crescent. The pose feels very majestic and peaceful and really opens up your hips.
Strike a Yoga Pose: King Pigeon
It's so important to include backbends in your stretching routine. Not only do they increase flexibility in your spine and neck, but they also stretch your abs, hip flexors, shoulders, and chest. This pose is a combination of Bow and Cobra and it's one of my favorites.
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