Yoga pose series #Warrior II pose

Hello everyone and welcome to the yoga pose series!

In this series you will learn how to practice some common yoga poses (I am not an expert, I am just sharing my own experience with you because I think yoga has the potential to change our life!) and you will get to know which benefits they can bring to your life - if you practice them regularly of course. 

Let us speak about the "Warrior II" today. 

Which benefits brings us this pose? It is a quite common pose for beginners and strengthens many muscles and ligaments of our legs, opens our hips and strengthens as well our core and arms. This yoga pose is super helpful to improve your whole posture (like the tree pose) and to build up confidence whether in your physical body or in a mental way. The more you practice this pose the stronger your feet will become and you will also gain more stability in your legs and upper body.

How to practice this pose? Come along the length of your yoga mat and stand wide apart with your legs. Turn your foot (here the right one) outward into a ninety degree angle. With your other foot (here the left one) press into your mat and try to put weight on the outer part of the foot. Then raise your arms straight to the sides. Keep them strong! If you want you can look to the hand that is pointing forward but if you feel a lot of tension in your neck keep looking infront of you. Make sure that your front knee does not bend over the ankle of your front foot. Try to press your front knee rather to the outside. Do not let the front knee collapse to the inside in order to be able to let your hips square. If you want to go for a deeper stretch in your inner thighs step your other leg (here the left) farther apart. Take some deep breaths! Feel the strenght you are creating and feel your core and arms.

Please let me know on the comments below which yoga pose I should post next. Love to all of you. 💗

 © Wind of Happiness

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