How to Do Double Pigeon Yoga Pose

Video Transcript

"CINDY MASTRY: A great way to open your hips is through the double pigeon pose. And for people who have tight hamstrings or a tight low back and tight hips, it can be hard to come into this pose without the use of block. So the blocks really going to help us do this. We're going to ask Faith to take a seat right on that block, and then we're going to help her bring her legs into double pigeon. So she's going to extend both legs out first. Good. She's just going to bend her right leg. Now what she wants to do is take her knee directly out from her hip. Ideally, the knees come straight out from the hip and then the heel comes straight out from the knee. So she's forming an "L" with her leg. Good. Now, she's going to bring the other leg up and do the exact same thing so the knee comes directly out from the hip and the foot comes over off the knee. Now, you might find that you're so tight that your leg is going to be all the way up here. Don't worry about it. You can work this pose, and as you just breathe into the stretch and work pressing the thigh open, you will be able to come in to this pose deeper and deeper. You want to flex the feet to protect your knee. Good. And we also call this pose the fire log pose, because you stack your logs and then you feel the burn right in the hips. You could also bring this pose forward just a little bit and she'd get a little bit deeper stretch in through her hips. So fire log or double pigeon post."