Warrior
How to do Warrior Pose (Veerabhadrasana)
Veerabhadrasana or Virabhadrasana is one of the most graceful yoga postures and it adds beauty and grace to one’s yoga practice.
• Stand straight with your legs wide apart by a distance of
at least 3-4 feet.
• Turn your right foot out by 90 degrees and left foot in by about 15 degrees.
• Checkpoint: Is the heel of the right foot aligned to the center of the left foot?
• Lift both arms sideways to shoulder height with your palms facing upwards.
• Turn your head and look to your right.
• As you settle down in the yoga posture stretch your arms further.
• Make a gentle effort to push your pelvis down. Hold the yoga posture with the determination of a warrior. Smile like a happy smiling warrior. Keep breathing as you go down.
Breathing in, come up.
• Breathing out, bring your hands down from the sides.
• Repeat the yoga posture for the left side (turn your left foot out by 90 degrees and turn the right foot in by about 15 degrees).
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Benefits of the Warrior Pose (Virabhadrasana)
Strengthens and tones the arms, legs and lower back.
• Improves balance in the body, helps increase stamina.
• Beneficial for those with sedentary or deskbound jobs.
• Extremely beneficial in case of frozen shoulders.
• Releases stress in the shoulders very effectively in a short span of time.
• Brings auspiciousness, courage, grace and peace.