Virabhadrasana  – 2 – The Warrior Pose(Power Yoga Pose )

Power Yoga is unquestionably a serious exercise that will influence you to sweat. These Yoga classes move with a considerably speedier musicality. It takes the physicality of Ashtanga. Bryan Kest, situated in Los Angeles and Beryl Bender Birch, situated in New York, is regularly credited with the almost synchronous innovation of Power yoga on inverse coasts. Both were part of the second generation of American Ashtanga students. Kest originally learned from David Williams and Bender Birth from Normal Allen. Williams and Allen were both among Jois’s first western students. The thirteenth  Power Yoga Pose is Virabhadrasana 2.

Virabhadrasana 2 

Virabhadrasana or the warrior pose is a series of yoga poses each having its distinctive benefit. In Sanskrit, Vira means brave, Bhadra means friend and Asana means a Pose. Virabhadrasana has many variations and is good for strengthening the shoulders, chest, and legs. It improves balance and relaxes the shoulder muscles. This pose had to be avoided if you have any knee, hip or ankle injury.

How to do Warrior Pose?

1. Assume the Virabhadrasana – I position. After releasing the pose, come back to the standing pose.
2. Turn the right foot 90 degrees to the front. The left foot is facing sideways as in Virabhadrasana – I.
3. Stretch both hands and place then parallel to the ground, aligning them along the shoulders.
4. The head, chest, left knee, and foot should face the left direction. Gaze forward along the direction of the left foot.
5. Take slow deep breaths and remain in this position as long as you are comfortable.

Benefits of Warrior Pose

1. Gives a good stretch to the leg muscles.
2. Good for the organs in the abdomen.
3. It can improve the flexibility of the back muscles.
4. Improves the nervous balance of the body.
5. It can relieve stress in the shoulders.