English Name: Warrior 2

Sanskrit Name: Virabhadrasana 2

Step 1: Stand in Tadasana

Step 2: Exhale, Step 3 – 4 feet apart to your right and turn your right foot outwards while keeping the hips parallel to your mat

Step 3: Inhale, raise your arms up, parallel to the ground with palms facing down

Step 4: Exhale, bend your right knee 90 degree angle over your right ankle and try to level your thigh parallel to the ground

Step 5: Turn your head towards the right and look at your right thumb

Muscles activated:

Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Gluteus medius and maximus, Soleus, Posterior tibialis, Transverse abdominus, Deltoids, Adductors, Lliopsoas, Scalenes, Gastrocnemius

Benefits:

• Strengthen the leg muscles and shoulders
• Stretches groin and thigh area
• Expands chest
• Improves balance, concentration and stamina

Precautions & Contradictions:

• Diarrhoea
• High blood pressure
• Neck problems
• Knee injuries

Counter pose:

• Virabhadrasana I (Warrior 1)
• Uttitha Trikonasana
• Parsvottanasana

Jovy (200hr Yoga TTC 07/14 weekend)