How to do a yoga warrior stance (photo)

1. Benefits

1) This pose is the most basic of yoga postures and the foundation of many advanced movements.

2) Help increase the strength and stability of the legs, strengthen the muscles of the thighs, stretch the back of the calves, flex the hip joint, stretch the upper back, and flex the shoulders.

3) It can strengthen the flexibility of the digestive system, circulatory system, and body, and cultivate concentration and firm will quality

2. Taboo

1) For people with weak physique and heart disease, don't keep it for too long

2) People with lower back pain should pay attention to abdominal abdomen in this pose and not collapse their waist. They can also shorten the distance between the legs and separate their feet to the sides to enhance stability and reduce the range of movements. The holding time should not be too long to avoid increasing the burden on the lower back.

3) People with knee joint diseases should pay attention to the joint flexion not to be too large and the range of movement should be appropriately reduced

3. Action steps

The feet are separated by one leg length, the ankles are directly below the wrists, the toes are completely forward, and the outside of the feet is parallel to the outer edge of the mat.

Turn your left foot to the right 45°, turn your right foot to the right 90°, turn your body completely to the right, place your hands on both sides of the pelvis, pull the right pelvis back, push the left pelvis forward, adjust the pelvis so that it turns completely to the right and straight, check whether the chest is on the same horizontal plane.

Tighten the muscles of your legs and lift them up, rotate your right thigh externally and pull backwards, rotate your calves internally, and press your thumbs against the ground.

Stretch your left leg, rotate your thigh internally, and step on the outside of your left foot on the ground.

Inhale, raise your arms together on both sides, cross your thumbs, and tighten your right thumb outside.