WARRIORS

 WARRIORS

Virabhadrasana I (Warrior Pose I)

Virabhadra’s Pose is also known as the Warrior Pose(there are three variation of Warrior, of which this is customarily numbered 1) . It may seem strange to name a yoga pose after a warrior; after all, aren’t yogis known for they’re non-violent ways? But remember that one of the most revered of all the yoga texts, the Bhagavad-Gita, is the dialog between two famous and feared warriors, Krishna and Arjuna, set on a battlefield between two great armies spoiling for a fight. What’s really being commemorated in this pose’s name, and held up as an ideal for all practitioners, is the “spiritual warrior,” who bravely does battle with the universal enemy, self-ignorance, the ultimate source of all our suffering.

Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II Pose)

Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III Pose)