![]() ![]() Interlace your fingers behind your back and forward fold to the inside of your front leg. In Humble Warrior, the legs are exactly the same as in Warrior I. Release your shoulders away from your ears and take your gaze upwards. Bring your palms to touch (or keep them shoulders’ distance apart) overhead. Press into the outer edge of the back foot to keep engagement through the entire back leg. ![]() Once your feet are set, bend your front knee directly over your front ankle to bring your front thigh parallel to the floor. Just make sure to keep your front toes facing forward and your back toes turned out about 45 degrees. In fact, you can take the feet quite a bit wider if that’s what it takes to get both hip points facing forward. Try taking the feet a little bit wider to either side of the Central Line instead. However, in many bodies, a strict adherence to this set-up doesn’t allow the hips to fully face forward. In Warrior I, you’ve probably heard to line up the front and back heels. Take a few breaths in each pose for a slow flow or move through more quickly to build some heat.Īs with any standing pose, your foot placement is the foundation for your alignment. Along the way, you’ll feel the burn in your legs, work on your balance, improve your body awareness, and stretch into some hard-to-reach areas. ![]() We’ll tackle the forward-facing “closed hip” poses first and then move into the side-facing “open hip” poses. For that reason, we’re taking the Warrior poses out of numerical order to focus your attention on your hip position in each posture. These postures inspire fiery strength and intensity, countered by a healthy dose of cool precision alignment. Yoga’s Warrior poses take their name from Virabhadra, a fierce manifestation of the Hindu god Shiva. ![]()
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