Flying Pigeon
Eka Pada Galavasana
Arm Balances
Advanced
Flying Pigeon (Eka Pada Galavasana) is an advanced arm balance. Hip opening plus arm balance.
How to cue it
- Figure-four the ankle over the opposite arm
- Hook foot, lean in, float back leg up
At a glance
- Drishti
- ForwardWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Arm balance
- Level
- Advanced
- Chakra
- Sacral (Svadhisthana)
Take care
Wrists, knee, hip.
Counter poses
What to offer after Flying Pigeon to let the body settle.
Good to know
Galavasana.
Build your class with Flying Pigeon in Cue
Drop Flying Pigeon into a sequence, keep these cues beside it, set the timing, then teach the whole class off one screen you can read from across the room. Free to start.
Also from Cue
Printable pose cards
68 cards. 60 poses, 6 breath practices, 2 sun salutations.
- Front is the pose. Back is three cues, drishti, benefits and counter poses.
- Made to test yourself on, for teacher training or your own study.
- Lay them out to build a class, then keep it in Cue.
Instant download. Print at home on cardstock, cut and go.