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.
Firstly, there's nothing more unsafe about pigeon pose than any other stretch, but for some people, alignment can be tricky to achieve, or in some cases, the exercise can be mistaught. In these ...