Talk:Kapotasana

Two different poses from different traditions
I have to admit when I saw the original picture here, I was indignant that someone has depicted the wrong pose, and replaced it with the "real" pigeon. Having researching the web, I saw the pose that I had learned in Vinyāsa classes most commonly depicted. But upon further research, I found Ashtanga yoga has an entirely different pose they call "Kapotasana" or "Pigeon", also a different "King Pigeon" and other variations. This is a problem. I tried my best to describe the two different poses but do not have sources at hand to make the proper citations. I wonder also if the books that are listed show just one or the other, but not both. Please, I could use some help finding citations for both variations. Until then I think it valuable to include both so that the article isn't subject to an editing war between yoga enthusiasts of different "schools" of postural yoga. Tumacama (talk) 01:33, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah, I have actually separated and cited those in the course of editing, so that's done. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:23, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

“Unrelated”
This article currently asserts that Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (one-legged royal pigeon pose) is unrelated to Kapotasana (pigeon pose). The literature on asana that includes these poses under these names (e.g., Iyengar, et al) does relate these poses to each other as backbends with arms in the overhead plane reaching for legs that are flexed at the knee. Said asana literature further relates the poses by recommending that one be practiced in preparation for the other. Morganfitzp (talk) 21:22, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Trimmed the image caption. The deeper question is whether we should not merge the two articles. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:20, 12 October 2022 (UTC)