Standing

Virabhadrasana II - Warrior II

ALIGNMENT

 

From Adho Mukha Svanasana, ground your left foot at a 45 degree angle. Inhale, step your right foot between your hands, check for front heel to back arch alignment, exhale here

Inhale, press into your feet to come up, open your hips to the side of your mat. Left hip naturally sits forward of your right hip, reach your arms out to shoulder height, palms facing down

Stack your front knee over your front ankle, working towards your front thigh being parallel to the ground

Lift your inner thighs, roll your outer left thigh down, hug your right hip in, gaze to your right fingertips

 

Viparita Virabhadrasana - Reverse Warrior

ALIGNMENT

From Virabhadrasana II, inhale, turn your right palm to face up and hinge to your left from your waist, reach your right palm up and over your ear

Rest your left hand on your left thigh or your lower calf, draw your navel towards your spine

Lengthen up through your right side body all the way to your fingertips, keep your right leg deeply bent, gaze up to your right fingertips

Utthita Parsvakonasana - Side Angle

ALIGNMENT

From Adho Mukha Svanasana, ground your left foot at a 45 degree angle. Inhale, step your right foot between your hands, check for front heel to back arch alignment, exhale here

Inhale, press into your feet to come up, exhale hinge to your right from your hip joint. Place your right elbow on your right thigh, or place your right hand on a brick, or to the ground inside/outside your right foot

Extend your left arm up, rotate your armpalm facing the front of your mat, reach your arm over your ear

Bottom waist rolls forward, top waist rolls back, gaze under your upper arm

Utthita Trikonasana - Triangle

ALIGNMENT

 

From Adho Mukha Svanasana, ground your left foot at a 45 degree angle. Inhale, step your right foot between your hands, check for front heel to back arch alignment, exhale here

Inhale, press into your feet to come up, reach your arms outto shoulder height.

Exhale, reach forward with your right arm and hinge to your right from the hip joint, rest your hand on your shin, or to a brick, or the ground inside/outside of your right foot

Bottom waist rolls forward, top waist rolls back, reach your left arm up high, palm facing left, gaze to your left fingertips