Kingpigeon

So in the cultivation of this hip opening, with this pose; I think it's skillful to employ a lot of different variation and a lot of strategies. So I'm going to show you a few more....

So, in this meditation, we mobilize the forces of intention from within us. To the degree that we've been able to cultivate, and we've had the good fortune to experience some well...

So Bound Lotus. The arms cross behind the back. So start with one arm at a time. Here's one and the other. Eventually, you can lean forward and try to grab both at the same time. Once you have...

So for big pigeon, we're lifting up all the way. The last little bit of lifting up. Aah! You drop the tail down. That's a lot of juice for the hips. And you can take the heel a little...

The next pose is Malasana in Sanskrit, and garland pose in English. Garland refers to an encirclement. A mala is also a prayer necklace in which there are a number of beads, and a large bead, and a...

Moving into Bow Pose. We will be looking at Half Bow, Bow with some modifications, as well as the full Bow Pose. Which, some of you may have seen in pictures or maybe you practice it at home right...

The one-legged conference or one-legged interview, is a change intervention used informally to monitor a teacher's concerns and progress in putting an innovation into practice. You're...

Heading into vinyasana I always like to sink the spine down into the mat a few times. It's not going to stay there, but at least it's establishing an intention for length and space,...

So after you've had some time in your split, like with your variations both forward bending and backward bending. It's time to take on the big pigeon. Lean off, roll out, take the foot...

Then you can start working with the back leg, as you bring the back leg in, you can bring it closer, let it touch, elbow. This is a very challenging balance I think, up and over, challenging the...