Pigeon pose is nonnegotiable
Dr. Jordan Ashley called Pigeon Pose the go‑to stretch for hips, glutes and lower back — she says she never skips it in routines focused on relieving tight hips and back pain T3. That advice syncs with social yoga trends pushing hip‑openers and core builders like Malasana, Phalakasana (plank) and Utkatasana for flexibility plus endurance — a demo of those asanas and a viral mini flexibility guide have been circulating with hundreds of likes and reposts x.com x.com.
Dr. Jordan Ashley holds a PhD in sociology and is the founding executive director of Souljourn Yoga Foundation, which she launched in 2016 to run retreats and teacher‑training programs tied to girls’ education and service work [souljournyoga.com]. T3 published the pigeon‑pose how‑to and quoted Ashley saying she practices the pose daily and calls it her top single stretch; the piece appeared on March 14, 2026 in the Active/Workouts section. [t3.com] The social‑media push that paired pigeon with hip‑openers like Malasana and strength builders includes recent short videos on TikTok and YouTube — a Man Flow Yoga TikTok demonstrating a pigeon modification logged ~817 likes in its public view metadata [tiktok.com], and a Yogi Flight School Malasana tips clip showed ~894 likes on TikTok as a separate example of the trend. [tiktok.com] Platform visibility for those posts has been uneven: X experienced user‑reported loading and posting issues on March 10, 2026, which third‑party outage trackers recorded as affecting timelines and embeds that week. [downforeveryoneorjustme.com]
