Explore InDepth Knowledge of Virabhadrasana Pose | Warrior Pose Step by Step Guide & Benefits | Yoga

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NAMASTE Today we are going to talk 
about Warrior 2 pose, which is  Virabhadrasana. So we start by coming on to the 
front of the mat with your feet  together, stand erect, now step 
back your right foot about 4 feet  distance between both your feet, 
toes are pointing in the front  and both the heels are 
aligned in one straight line, from here raise your arms up, in 
line with the shoulders, palms  are facing down, and stretch your 
arms, as if someone is pulling  you in both the directions,
so your arms are absolutely   active, look towards your right
fingertips, that’s where your gaze is going to be,  turn your right toe out, and 
bend your right knee, bend so much so, that the knee is right over the   ankle and your thigh
is parallel to the floor,  creating this 90° angle between 
your knee and your thigh, from  here stay here stay in this 
position for about 30 seconds and hold, keeping your legs really 
strong make sure that this knee is  also straight and not bend, 
the leg is completely extended. Now the common mistakes that 
we find in this pose is if the  distance between your feet is 
less, then what happens is the knee  goes way beyond the ankle, 
creating a lot of pressure on the  knee joint. so when you increase this distance,   that pressure will go of the
knee joint and come onto the thigh,   also do not lean forward too
much,  instead keep upper body straight, 
wherever it is in the centre of  both legs and then bend only 
from the knee, keep your hands  in alignment and stay here,
we going to repeat the same   posture on the left side - turn your
right toe in, straighten the leg,   turn your left toe out, bend the  knee, do the same thing here, 
and you stay here for 30 seconds  come back up, straightening the 
knee, left toe in, bring the arms  down and step forward in the 
front of your mat and now we will  have our Guruji Hansa Maa give 
deeper insights into this asana. Virabhadrasana or Warrior pose 
beautiful combined, both the  standing and balancing action of 
our body, this powerful - full  body asana improves holistic 
health of our body, this asana helps to develop Aishwarya bhava, 
this is confidence and power  of a warrior, as your lift upper 
body and open the chest, a sense  of self confidence instills in our mind,
That helps you to face any problem bravely   and with a calm
mind it makes you   courageous by conditioning your mind to
believe it’s a warrior and boosting body’s   endurance, the act of
balancing directly works   on creating stillness of the mind
building focus power and stability,   this asana stimulates our
inner ability to overcome ego and ignorance. At a physical level this asana, 
strengthens back muscles and  hamstrings, this helps improves 
body balance ability as well as  building up your stamina, the 
upward stretch of arm and torso  helps in building strength 
of arms shoulders and back. Virabhadrasana also strengthens 
the biceps and triceps, it  engages, that these core muscles, 
tones the abdomen and outer  hip muscles, excellent asana to 
elevate pain caused by sciatica.  Keep practicing this asana, 
you will see huge difference  physically as well as mentally. NAMASKAR