How to do Virabhadrasana | Warrior Pose A & B in Ashtanga Yoga
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- While the Warrior variations are some of the most recognized poses in yoga, the way we practice them in Ashtanga is quite different from other traditions. Do you know why? We’re showing you in this video!
In this tutorial, we discuss how to do VIRABHADRASANA \ WARRIOR POSE A & B, one of the first poses in Ashtanga's Primary Series. This is a classic posture you’ll find in many schools of yoga, each with slightly different coordinates and vinyasa cues. Remember, we’re showing you the traditional alignment as seen in Ashtanga. You’ll learn different options to get into the pose, what to pay attention to in arm and hip placement, and how the hips are cued differently than in other traditions. You’ll also see how to transition from Virabhadrasana A to B and what to watch out for. We’ll show you how to make this pose more accessible for beginners as well, so you can practice safely and mindfully.
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I've always found this pose very challenging because teachers always said to square the hip, which didn't work very well for my body when the foot was flat. I've always rotated the thigh and knee to lign up with the foot, so this resonate so much! Thank you for explaining!
great stuff, super detailed.
Very interesting, thank you. I didn't know there were different ways of positioning the feet, according to the teachings. I will be trying not to torque my knees now. Many thanks 🙏
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This is great thank you. I will be more mindful when I practise. Are you able to do a video on bhujapidasana? Thank you soo much ❤🙏🏻
Just started doing Yoga, love your content, helps me greatly with my alignments :)
This tutorial saved my knees, thank you so much! I spent so many years trying to align my hips in Warrior A, and my poor back knee implored pity.... I hated Warrior I !
Thanks to you both now is one of my favorites asanas, and I feel a wonderful sensation of lengthening on the side with the straight leg, from the edge of the foot to my fingertips. Thank you so much! ❤
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Happy to find your channel! Since am not really flexible would be cool also to see what kind of stretches we have to do, for example, to get into correct positions. For example, downward dog, if the back is rounded not only how to start in the position straight away, but what stretches for the hips, shoulders and so on we need to do to make it easier to make it right after a while. If in a "toe breaking" position I have a pain in my ankle, what are the exercises before to stretch those ankles. And so about different positions. Thanks ❤❤❤
ashtanga version of virabhadra is the one my body agrees with and i avoid the teachers that force me to square the hips. the hips are not wide open, true but not square either. i hear that only people with actualy hip displasia can do it without torquing the knee... but hip displasia is not the norm nor what we want.
Love these tutorials! Question: I'm getting a lot of foot pain when I do warrior sequences especially if they are followed by wide legged forward folds. It wraps around the foot and sometimes into the shins, I've been practising for many years and I'm finding it is limiting development of my practice. Any tips?
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So helpful! I didn't realize the different traditions had different cues. Also, love the Connie stretch when Jelena finishes her demo :)
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Yelena looked shocked when David said he didn't know if they do Warrior poses in Yin yoga😅
Hola David and Jelena, I would like to understand better how we should manage the head "leaning" back ? is the neck relaxed ? and what about the arms ? Same in utkatasana. Thanks so much for your help.
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Great tutorial, as always! A teacher told me that the spine should not be in extension in Virabhadrasana A, but it never quite felt right; it also seems that there is a slight back bend in your demo. Any thoughts on this? Thank you for your very informative videos!
Oh 90 deg ...hip turned out..... That's unusual...we have been thought the turned in version hips facing forward
Super helpful - I watched this because I was trying to "square the hips forward" and sure enough my knee felt a little torqued. Thanks for the clarity! Good job Kani.
Progressions/regressions for postures, especially in the second half of the primary series, are always appreciated! That way we can ensure the work is going in the right direction.
Thank you so much- Amazingly helpful! I have knock-knees and turning my whole leg outward by not aligning my hip has helped me get in to a virabhadrasna A unlike anything I’ve ever experienced… for the first time I feel so stable and powerful here! Love all of your videos-Thanks!
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I’ve heard it, now I can’t remember where I heard it as, sāt downward facing, step right leg, then sapta arms up, does that hold up? Or am I overthinking?
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Hi, I'm not sure if I missed this, but I'm never sure how my feet should be aligned in relation to one another, in these positions. For instance, imagine I were holding these positions with a line running straight down through my mat. Are my feet both on the line or are they off-centered from the line, and if so, how much? Thanks!
I didn’t know that alignment is different from other schools, thank you 🙏🏼
I usually ask people to close the back foot after step forward so they feel more safe in the knee.
But in was nice to know more about it
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Hips level or not was always my question tnx a lot very useful
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Weight distribution of body on foot or back
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Thanks, made it through the video
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Thank you so much so happy I landed on this video that answered so many questions I had not understanding how to make warrior 1 work and feel right in my body and now I get that I was taking cues from different books and different teachers and everything you explained on variations and each tradition makes so much sense . Thanks again ❤
Thank you. I go to a private teacher, but it is hard to cover everything as there is so much to Ashtanga yoga. I learn much from these videos. Can you talk, in your experience, when is it reasonable to move to 2nd series. Do I need to get my leg behind my head before I can move on? What are the other requirements? How many years of practice is required before moving on?
wow! bravo! first time that I hear (other than myself) a yoga teacher saying that it's totally safe to bring the knee over the toes! thank you!
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