Yoga Teacher Toolkit: Pigeon Pose
Applied anatomy and accessible practices for better teaching.
Pigeon is one of those yoga asanas that people either love or hate. It's no surprise as there is a lot going on with this seemingly simple pose! Join us for this information-packed 2 hour online workshop where we'll deep dive into Pigeon pose.
We'll be using Pigeon in our laboratory of exploration to see how applied anatomy helps to bring yoga poses to life. You'll have not just a new perspective on Pigeon pose, but a way of seeing (and teaching and practicing!) yoga asana in general.
If you're a teacher who wants to offer classes that are safe, supportive and functional no matter who is in your class, this deep dive into the anatomy, assessments, alternatives and applications of Pigeon will be for you.
What You'll Learn:
- The anatomy of Pigeon pose. How the structures of the hip, knee and ankle can be affected by the pose.
- Assess hip mobility to inform active and passive ranges of motion for optimal hip health.
- Explore the Why and How of Pigeon pose. What are the reasons behind practicing Pigeon and what are the best options for individual needs?
- Variations and progressions. Learn ways to teach the pose for healthy knees, happy hips, progress and regress the pose, and options for getting the same benefits without even doing the pose!
When:
Wednesday, July 27
10:00am - 12:00pm (Vancouver time), 6:00- 8:00pm (London, UK)
It's our popular 'move + learn' style workshop so get ready for a combination of lecture, movement and fun community Q+A.
Cost:
Free for current members of the Heart + Bones online studio. *No need to register, you'll find the link to join in the Live Classes section of the studio.
If you're not a member: it's just $5 and also includes 1 month of access to the online studio where you'll find the replay along with the follow-up Pigeon pose yoga classes to see how to bring what you learned in this workshop into real-life.
We're offering this workshop for $5 and the bonus access to the online studio because life is expensive right now and being a yoga teacher in the past couple of years has been challenging to say the least. It's our way of spreading the love and community connection.
How to Join:
Sign up through the link below if you've NEVER created an account with Heart + Bones
- Choose the monthly membership and add the promocode: PIGEON
- Voila, you're in! Now you're registered for the workshop and have instant access to all of the classes.
If you've PREVIOUSLY had an account or membership: (current members don't need to register)
- Log-In Here
- Go to 'my account' and then 'purchase membership'
- Choose monthly membership
- Apply promocode: PIGEON
- Voila, you're registered and have instant access to all of the classes!
About Brea
Brea Johnson
A yoga teacher since 2003, I've been integrating applied anatomy, mobility and functional movement into yoga asana for the past 10 years (before it was cool!) since my "yoga extensional crisis" when I became disillusioned with the yoga world's focus on commercialization, hypermobility and guru-like teachers.
At that time, I almost quit yoga but instead furthered my education with applied anatomy, biomechanics and from there, Heart + Bones was born.
Heart + Bones is now a large thriving global community with our online yoga studio and education courses with over 400 teachers certfied through our yoga teacher trainings. It's been hugely rewarding over the past couple of years to see more people and yoga teachers embracing this approach to yoga.
I'm excited to spend two hours nerding out on Pigeon pose with you! I look forward to the questions and discussions, see you in the workshop!