Complement this action by rooting down through your front shin and the top of your back foot. Press your hands firmly into the floor as if pushing away the ground. Walk your arms forward so that they’re at a 45-degree angle to the floor-roughly the same angle as Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog Pose). Stay here, with your arms straight and your hands alongside your hips, for 2 to 4 breaths, letting your hips settle toward the floor and observing the sensations in your lower body.ģ. Press the top of your back foot into the floor to more deeply stretch your hip flexors. Look over your shoulder and make sure your back leg is extended straight. As you lower your pelvis, be sure that your hips don’t spill to the left. Slide your right leg toward the back of your mat and lower both hips toward the floor. If your hips allow, walk your left foot closer to the front of your mat to create a more intense stretch.Ģ. Keep your left thigh parallel to the side of your mat and inch your left foot forward until it’s just in front of your right hip. Bring your left knee to touch your left wrist. Come to all fours with your hands below your shoulders, knees below your hips. Provides the external rotation and flexion that your hips need to remain agile releases tension in your hips from sitting all day. One-Legged King Pigeon Pose, forward bend variation a.k.a. SEE ALL ENTRIES IN YOGAPEDIA Eka Pada Rajakapotasana eka = one

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