2019-04-01_Australian_Yoga_Journal

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april 2019

yogajournal.com.au

Start to ground through your legs: Curl your toes under and walk

your hands back, coming into Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend).

Bring hands to your hips, cinch your shoulder blades together, and,

with a long spine, come to standing. Step one leg out, opening into

a wide stance. Your feet should be under your hands when you

extend your arms out to your sides. Turn your right foot

parallel to the long edge of your mat and try to line up

your front heel with your back arch. Press into the

back edge of your back foot and into your

front big toe. Bend into your right leg,

bringing knee over ankle. With your

arms extended, relax your

shoulders. Hold here for as

long as you’d like.

From Warrior Pose II, drop your back arm
down your back leg, and extend your top
arm up. As you are reaching, you can draw
the knife edge of your top arm around,
toward your body, and walk your left
(bottom hand) down your left leg. Again,
stay as long as you’d like, then inhale
to come up.

4 VIRABHADRASANA II Warrior Pose II

5 VIPARITA VIRABHADRASANA

Reverse Warrior Pose

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