Eka Pada Rajakapotasana or One-Legged King Pigeon Pose – Mermaid Pose
Eka Pada Rajakapotasana comes from the Sanskrit words and means “One-Legged King Pigeon” and “asana” means “pose”. It is an advanced seated back bending pose and an effective hip opener. The asana also improves the flexibility of the pelvis and groin region. It also involves the twisting of the torso, adding more extreme flexibility. Pigeon pose offers lots of variations, and this is one of the advanced postures. This posture allows you to go deeper. Even if you are quite ready to take on the final posture, you can try out the possibilities. However, the Mermaid posture is an advanced posture which you should practice under trained yoga experts. You need to have open hip joints and a larger range of motion, to get into the posture. If you strain your hip flexors unnecessarily, you may injure your flexors. There is debate surrounding the One-legged Pigeon pose and the Mermaid pose, though. Apparently, both look similar to one another. However, the ma...