Yoga: Standing Warrior Series

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Today’s practice is a standing warrior series. Some benefits of each pose in the series are: 

  • Standing at Attention/ Mt. Pose Benefits: can create a sense of grounding and centering. Can increase focus, improve balance and draw your awareness inward.
  • Warrior II Benefits: can increase focus, strength, and presence. Can create an opportunity to track the fluctuations of the mind and a possibility to invite the breath to calm the mind.
  • Extended Side Angle- Variation Benefits: energizing, strengthening, grounding, heart opener.
  • Reverse Warrior Benefits: stretches sides of torso and arms, opens the hips, strengthening, opening.

 photos of Warrior Standing Series Poses

 photos of Warrior Standing Series 2 Poses

 photo of Warrior Standing Series Poses 3

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