2. It can ease pain. Along with soothing the aches that come from simply sitting too much, pigeon pose can also help folks who live with sciatica—a condition that triggers pain in your sciatic ...

Sitting all day at a desk is a main culprit ... stretching can help ease this pain — particularly the pigeon pose. This yoga ...

Stretching should be restorative, not painful, so if pigeon pose is feeling a little torturous, here are some other hip-openers to try instead. Unpopular opinion: I don’t like pigeon pose.

“The pigeon pose is great because it really hits the hip, glute and lower back area,” Mooney says. “When you’re in a sitting position, your hip flexor muscles aren’t able to elongate or ...