Virabhadrasana I (Warrior 1)
Introduction
Virabhadrasana I
veer-baah-draah-san-ah
“Virabhadra” = name of a warrior from Indian mythology
Heart of Pose
- Standing Backbend
Notes
- Categorized as a standing pose or a standing backbend, it is also considered preparation for deeper backbends.
- Do you know how the Warrior poses got their numbers of I, II and III? “They are traditionally known as 1, 2, and 3 not because of sequence, but because there are that many limbs extended. How does the joining or releasing of the hands affect your breathing? Your sense of strength? What thoughts or feelings arise in you as you hold each pose?” – Zo Newell, Downward Dogs and Warriors2007 p 18