Super excited to host today’s BlackGirlYoga challenge pose 🙋🏾‍♀️! I chose flying pigeon, eka pada galavasana. I played around with this variation, instead of taking my foot up and behind me I took my leg out to the side. It’s basically pigeon + chaturunga + fire hydrant pose 🤗! Tried to lift my leg higher so it was in line with my hip bc I’m a perfectionist/clean line lover but after teaching and practicing I’m tiiiiiiired 😂😫. This’ll have to do!
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I usually warm up for this arm balance with lots of chaturanga dandasanas to warm up my core, arm strength and alignment, crow pose to for us on rounding my back, pushing the floor away and activating my core, and for this particular variation, try adding in fire hydrant pose (use your imagination 😂, although honestly I have no idea what the Sanskrit is for that pose!)
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Once you’re warm, a few tips to get a bit deeper into the pose are to:
- start from standing pigeon and plant both arms down on the mat shoulder distance apart
- flex your toes as much as possible on your upper arm to help keep your arms stable and stop them from opening wider apart
- like most arm balances, keep your gaze forward as opposed to down at your hands, look about a foot in front of the mat
- shift your weight forward into your hands and press down through all of your fingers and knuckles to distribute the weight evenly
- bend your back leg and tuck it into your body as you find balance, then try to lift it and maybe take it out to the side!
Can’t wait to see your postures and variations!
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Also on day 11 of my Ayurvedic cleanse and still not tired of kitchari every day for the last 2 days (3 more to go) but more on that tomorrow! Check previous posts for more info🤗
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The Tribe:
Day 1 @vnessamerie - tiger pose 
Day 2 @sunkissed__goddess - fierce pose 
Day 3 @iamreneewatkins - kapotasana
Day 4 @blackyogamom - dancers pose 
Day 5 @yoga_by_leslie_davis - headstand eagle legs
Day 6 @littleyogijay - epk2
Day 7 @yogasihnuu - standing split
Day 8 @yogaloveny - warrior ii
Day 9 @begoodkarma - eight angle pose
Day 10 @daughteroftheuniverse - side plank
Day 11 @doimoveyou - flying pigeon
Day 12 @lisa.n.london - handstand
@athleta giveaway