Yoga Warrior One Pose for Energy

Video Transcript

"Alright now we're going to a little warrior stuff. A little warrior action. This is warrior one. Warrior poses are amazing for opening you up through the hips and for building confidence, poise, strength, and grace. They're powerful, beautiful poses. So warrior one, we're just going to step into it. All I'm going to do here is I'm placing my left foot in front and its pointing forward. My left foot, I mean my right foot, I'm going to step it back checking this mid-line, right? I should be forth position. Step it right back. That right heal is pointing out. The right toes are pointing in at about a forty-five degree angle. I'm going to bend my front knee. When I look down at my front knee, I should be able to see the inside edge of my big toe. If you can't do that then you need to adjust your pose. Use your adductors. If your knee is falling out, you need to use these adductors to bring it in. The important thing about warrior one is that the hips are square. They are not out. So you want to try, find your hip bones, point both your headlights forward. Headlights forward. You?re not like this, you're like this. Inhaling, open the heart, and lift the arms. You should feel a nice opening through your sods here, and if you're feeling lots and lots of pressure on your front thigh, it?s because you're leaning to far forward. Tuck the pelvis. Square the hips. Drop the weight straight down. Think of pressing the weight through your back little toe and let the crown of the head rise. Inhaling here, you're going to see if you can take five breaths, and as you stand up. inhale. You're going to switch your feet: right foot out, back foot in. Dropping over, don't ever let the knee come over the ankle. You want to keep it stacked. Check your big toe, hips are square, inhaling, lifting the heart. Five to seven breaths, inhaling as you're all done. Stepping back to tadasana."