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So as I go into warrior two, I'd like you to keep your eye on the sides of my waist
and see that they are drawn in and that lifting, lifting, lifting and that they're equal. This
is a great challenge for the core, in this pose. Lifting the ribs, drawing the lower
ribs in and making the two sides, equal. First I squeeze the root together, squeeze the sitting
bones together, pull in and up on the inner thighs and send the prana flow up. By sending
the prana flow up, the ribs widen, I draw the lower ribs and lower belly in, the ribs
widen, you see them widening out and the arms flow up. They can come together or reach out
and up. It's initiating a strong lift, it's culminating in the balance of my skull, so
this is reminiscent of head balance, reminiscent of all these poses that we've done, where
the spine is stacked. There's a huge challenge here because this leg's going to come out
from underneath and as it does, it pulls wide, so instead of going down, you pull out. You
pull out with the legs, you pull out with the ribs and stay towards the back of your
space, instead of leaning forward to balance, drop the tail down. Drop the tail down, lift
the crown and elongate both sides. Then, if you want, you can be very brave and take this
into a backward bend, just upper body. Lift the heart, offer it up, squeeze the root,
tail is under. Tail is under, not back. Heart is lifting and break.