Sun Warrior Pose for Prenatal Yoga

Video Transcript

"The sun warrior is a wonderful way to strengthen the body and also to lengthen. We're going to have her come into a warrior two. Facing this direction. First, coming into 5 star. You have a nice wide gate there spreading your legs. Put the ankles as wide as your wrist. Extend the arms all the way out. Give me a little bit more length in your legs. Perfect. Now we're going to go on to the left this time, so turn your toes towards your left. Left toes point to the left. Drop that right heel back. Perfect. Now, she's in 5 start here. We're going to slowly go into warrior two to come into the sun warrior. First, bending that left knee. Without leaning to the left, just bending that left knee. Notice how she's slightly aiming that knee towards the pinky toe keeping her tail bone tucked under. Gazing over your left fingertips. Now we're going to come into sun warrior very slowly. Turning the left palm up. Drop the right palm up to the thigh. Inhale all the way up, gazing upwards. Notice how she's creating space through the ribcage right here. Beautiful. Sun warrior. It's also called reverse warrior. Hold it for one more full breath. To come out of it, gently release this arm down, releasing the other arm up. Turn the palms back towards the earth. Gaze over those left fingertips, ending right back in warrior two. "