hi everyone and welcome to yoga with Adrien I’m Adrien and today we’re going to continue our foundations of yoga series by learning Warrior 2 another standing posture so hop on the mat and let’s learn Vasa [Music] 2 okay so I’m going to begin in a nice wide lay position a nice wide angle my feet are going to be wider than my hips but I don’t need to go super wide here I want to feel nice and stable cing my hands to my hips here just take a deep breath in and then exhale take a look sees down at your feet I’m going to turn my left toes in and my right toes out towards the front edge of the mat or the back Edge The Edge so I have my right toes pointing straight forward now my left toes are pointing in towards the left corner of my mat or maybe towards the left corner of the room I’m going to bring my attention to the outer edge of that back leg nice and strong right so pressing into my base here finding my Universal alignment as I kind of scoop that tailbone in draw my navl in and lift and lengthen up through the spine so I’m not rushing anything here I’m kind of coming into the body integrating everything together before I enter into my posture now I’ll inhale spread the fingertips wide right fingertips go front left fingertips go back and as I exhale keep keeping this lengthen my spine the heart lifted I’m going to sink into my posture so I inhale lift and lengthen and exhale with the arms nice and wide fingertips wide I bend my front knee and check out Warrior 2 today couple of action points couple of alignment notes I don’t want this knee to go past my ankle in fact I want it to be the shin to be perpendicular to the Earth and kind of create a nice right angle here so I can walk my toes out if I need a little more space or I can walk them in if I need to find more stability but I want to get to a place where I can see my front big toe so if the knee is coming in which is going to be a tendency I’m going to say no thank you mindful bring it out and see if I can take a look down at my big toe now my right arm is extending out excuse me my left arm is is extending out nice and long my right arm is going towards the front of the room and then I Just Breathe Here check in maintaining the Integrity of that back foot maintaining the length in my spine as I get tired this leg is going to want to unbend but I’m going to sink in deep breathing into my full torso as I’m here I can take a check into the shoulders by inhaling opening The Palms wide ah open heart and then keeping this spiral in the shoulders and this open heart I’m going to Pancake The Palms back down but keep the shoulders where they are can maybe try that again in inhaling opening the shoulders and then turning the Palms over so I’m maintaining this nice open spiral of the shoulders rather than being here that’s an exaggeration of course but I’m creating a little space growing from there and then Palms back down parallel to the Earth again no breath count again today we’re just breathing here I just want to encourage you to Breathe Here drawing up through the arches of the feet pressing into that outer edge of the back leg Warrior the Mantra or the affirmation here is I am strong that’s we do in kids yoga I am strong like Warrior nice and easy in the face strong in the lower body keep tucking that pelvis in and then when you feel satisfied here we’ll inhale in exhale straighten that front leg release the hands to the waistline turn both big toes in and take it to the other side side turning the left toes out right toes in again coming into mind alignment inhale reaching the fingertips front to back and exhaling into my posture now I don’t just hang out here I go through the same action points and breathe okay so that was Warrior 2 give it a try let me know if you have any questions or comments leave them in the comment box below um if you haven’t already please subscribe to the channel and uh I’m going to be doing a Q&A I’ve been getting some questions which is great because that’s why we do this to start a conversation a dialogue to help you out I’m here to serve you help you grow a yoga practice so um let me know what you’re thinking leave your questions and we’ll do a special Q&A video coming up soon and we’ll keep doing them if uh we keep getting the questions so thank you and have a beautiful day namaste [Music]

Learn the Warrior 2 Yoga Pose, or Virabhadrasana II, as our Foundations of Yoga series continues! Warrior II is a standing posture that encourages you to build balance and stability in the body. It has a load of benefits and is a great tool to focus the mind and connect to your center. Visit http://yogawithadriene.com/warrior-ii-pose/ for more tips, modifications and other juicy details.

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