Warrior II
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Warrior II Pose Virabhadrasana II
Ally HamiltonLearn the key alignment points, explore external rotation of the hip, find a strong center, and breathe.
Ready to work it?
Here are some classes featuring Warrior II Pose.
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Hippy Stretch with Core
By Lauren Peterson on May 8, 2021
We open with a wide-legged forward bend, side lunges, and stretching. We follow with some strength for arms and core. We begin to flow with sun salutations, standing poses, and balance. We finish with backbends, inversions and savasana. Enjoy!
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Self-Compassion Flow
By Josie Kramer on Apr 27, 2021
What to expect: a gentle warm up that starts with cat/cow, down-dog, and plank and builds into sun salutations and a vigorous standing flow, and ends with a cool down of gentle back-bending and hip opening. Listen to your body and practice compassion for yourself! Enjoy, yogis!
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Where the Earth meets Sky
By Ekaette Ekong on Feb 4, 2021
This is a strengthening practice focusing on our hips and hamstrings. Using long holds, we will learn to create deeper connection with our legs and our back body, We will also flow to become more attuned to ourselves and how we move through space. Remember that your time on your mat is yours. Take breaks as and when you need. Honor the true inner voice of self and it will show you the way. Prior to beginning, take about 5 minutes to settle into a comfortable seat and find your breath. Breathe evenly and deeply. Try to smooth out roughness in your breathing. As you settle more into your breath, begin to awaken ujjayi pranayama (breathing through the back of your throat, creating a whispery quality of sound). As you continue to breathe fluidly, now begin to balance out your breath so that your inhales and exhales are the same length. Become mindful of your breath. Consider it a dear friend here to support you throughout your practice. Take a moment and inwardly acknowledge yourself for getting on your mat today and holding this sacred time for self-exploration. When you feel ready, slowly open your eyes, and hit “play”. May all beings be happy, safe, and free, E.
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Bendy Balancey Flow
By Lauren Peterson on Jan 22, 2021
This practice in the beautiful Yogis Anonymous Garden is a bendy, balance-y flow. We open with a variation on Sun Salutation C. From there we move on to standing poses to strengthen the legs, open the hips, and stretch the hamstrings. We complete the practice with twists, floor stretches, and backbends. Enjoy!
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Be Where You Are with Love
By Ekaette Ekong on Jan 6, 2021
Be Where You Are. Love Who You Are. Being present is extremely elusive. We have brief glimpses of it, like looking at stars in a dark sky. Eventually our mind is focusing on the past or future, and the moment of NOW is lost. Can you be exactly where you are with acceptance? Can you be compassionate with yourself when you fall and pick yourself up? We will explore these themes of patience, presence and curiosity as we move into this hour long practice together. Be easy with yourself. You may lose your balance and/or your focus. Know that you can always find your way back to presence and self-acceptance. Love and Peace to all, E.
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Yoga Chi
By Joe Love on Dec 21, 2020
A light-hearted, rejuvenating yin flow incorporating stationary Qi Gong and standing balance exercises followed by sun salutations combining Tai Chi movements. In each, Joe takes you through a balanced subtle body moving meditation while also exploring the healing, purifying nature of pranayama, meditation, sound and kriya (purifying) techniques. Here the softness is the strength. Perfect class on its own or as a restorative class on a rest day in between physically demanding flow classes.
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Move, Pause, Reflect
By Ekaette Ekong on Dec 12, 2020
This well-rounded practice is an opportunity to move, pause, breathe and reflect. Take an hour to step onto your mat and back into yourself. This practice is for all levels.
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Breathe, Stretch, Enjoy
By Anne Lilburn on Nov 15, 2020
A slower-paced basic vinyasa flow for runners with some stops along the way to talk modifications. If you’re looking to check in on some basic alignment and feeling like your hips and hamstrings are holding you back from your flow, this gentle practice with a little extra hip opening is a great place to start. Standing poses including Warrior II, Extended Side Angle and Triangle Pose open up the hips and prep you for some hip and hamstring opening at the end. Give yourself a chance to check in with your body, breathe and stretch.
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I Believe in Me
By Jessica Jablonski on Nov 11, 2020
Tweens It's such an important practice to wake up and start off our days with an open heart, unshakeable trust and confidence. Nowadays, it can be hard to have faith that we will get through this tough time of COVID 19. Working with the Vajrapradama Mudra, we will flow together and learn yoga tools to prepare you for a successful day.
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Sweaty Flow for Runners
By Anne Lilburn on Nov 2, 2020
A sweaty flow for runners who want to sweat. This is a great class for experienced yogi runners who need to take a day off from the roads (or trails), but still want to get their sweat on — and their endorphins, too! We flow through three different sun salute variations, build some heat with standing poses like Warrior II and Extended Side Angle, and work towards a playful standing balance sequence focused on hip rotation. We finish with some hamstring opening, followed by a double dose of hip opening. Aaahhhh.
