Warrior 2 Yoga Pose - Yoga With Adriene 

This instructor is so thorough! She is definitely someone who I can feel confident in taking direction, when I work on my own practice, I will be utilizing her to help guide me. I really loved this entire demonstration. Thank you so much! :)

Does it make you feel good? If yes, then do it. I make an honest effort to not shove yoga into my friends faces or look down on those who do not do what I do. Its hard because I want them all to experience the power of YOGA! Instead, I do what makes me happy & I encourage others to do the same. I find what feels good. I make it my own. I let the practice speak for itself and boom - before you know it they what to know what it is you are doing....because you seem happy. If you love it - practice.

Day 95 of the current run (part 1!) this was a solid way to get my first stretch in. I'm imagining that Warrior 2 is going to be involved in the lengthier video today as well.

This. This is a good thing. I don't want to annoy the crap out of you. :-) Hooray! Welcome to the channel! Good luck with your running and tending to recoveries. Please look for the Yoga For Runners video that will post soon and send me questions or thoughts for runners anytime! xx

Leading from Warrior 1 ... tuning into LOVE for Warrior 2 Thanks for adding them and enjoying the then Adriene / appreciating the now Adriene Namaste to all practising and May you be strong from within

RE: knee knocking in in warrior two, "No thank you, I'm mindful" ~2:15 ...so great!

Thankyou for this, Adriene. I love doing a 'Foundations of Yoga' video before a class xxx

I dig your teaching style. It's making me want to try to follow a long with you, and I have never tryed yoga before. I think your students are quite lucky to have such an awesome teacher.

It should be fun and full of ease/easy! Thanks for the love- let me know how it unfolds!!

LOVE 💗 | June 3, 2023 | Part 1 - Here for a little foundations check in before moving on to part 2 of today's Love calendar, Self Love practice! 🙏

I do yoga every day to your videos. I really appreciate you putting these out.

Sounds like those shoulders are TIGHT. I will do a little shoulder opener sequence for you to practice before you do these standing warriors. For now, focus on lower body and building the pose strong from the feet up. tuck your pelvis and make sure that the shoulders have a great foundation to be free on. Then bring your finger tips to your shoulders so that your elbows stick out like wings. While in the pose, move the elbows in, up and around and down- in a circle. Slowly opening the shoulders.

Yes, there is something I can say about that... Don't worry about squaring your hips! Seriously! Take a nice wide base & let the anatomy doing the talking! Really! I have been giving myself & my students permission lately to experiment with this lately & it is AWESOME. My body has already changed in the posture just from allowing my right sit bone to follow my right leg & the left the same. I can talk more about this on a Vlog as I was inspired by Leslie Kaminoff on this one. :-) great question!

Hi Alexandra, I'm so glad to hear this! I hope to continue to inspire you as this message inspires ME. Lets do it! Namaste! XO A

Combined this with rainbow yoga I had skipped on Sunday. I switched sides during the practice, since yesterday it was quite painful to hold warrior 1 so long haha (I added a little flow and did both sides yesterday as well).

today’s practice done on: * 6/4/23: today this practice made me realize that I was letting my knee come in so that I couldn’t see my big toe instead of out, so thank you for a slower version of the warrior 2 pose. Love day 3 🌈

I love your series Adriene. Such a gift.

Warrior two 🙌

It's great to have this detailed advice on these poses. Super for beginners and more experienced practitioners alike. I've only just found these as I wanted to start a 30 day yoga stream to add to my once weekly class. I've done a couple of the other 30 days, but not this one... and I found these beauties with detailed advice. Thanks Adriene... take care... Jx

Thank you! I appreciate it! I love having this outlet to share and grow with you. Please do follow along and let me know what you think and how it goes! I love the feedback. Yoga should be fun too. Don't forget to relax and have fun!

Thank you for all that you teach us, Adriene. This foundational series is helping me so much! My warrior 2 is way more stable after this video 🎉

You are awesome :) stay true to your heart. Lots of love my friend. You literally had a huge part in changing my life for the better. Thank you from Austria

Been subscribed for a while, love the videos! I recommend them to anyone who asks about yoga resources. Totally unrelated, I think you would make the best ever reader of children's stories.

Yay! Triangle and Tree are on the way and will be apart of the Foundations series! Flat feet are not bad feet and often do not cause any problems - we just think that because people told us to think that. However, I can offer some tips for your sweet flat feet in your poses as well as offer a special Yoga for the Feet video. Hows that!?

Hi, Adriene! Long-ish time follower... Thanks for posting these for those of us who are unable/unwilling to go to a gym!

Thank you Adriene! I do yoga with you every week. You make a huge difference to my health. - Ed

"And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same."

Day 3 part 1 I may already know how to do this pose, but it was nice to focus on just this for a little bit. 06/03/2023

Love Day 3 🙏 part 2 a couple days late 😮

You got it!

Very thorough. Thank you so much!

Great foundations video. Great way to transition into a classic pose.

Sometimes that back arm feels like it gets left behind, huh? There is even a moment in this video where you I'm talking and then realize I now need to address that back arm and integrate it. INTEGRATE. Key word! I encourage you to focus on the pose from the ground up so maybe that means keeping hands on the waist for a couple of breaths (or forever :)

Hahaa! Thanks my friend! I do a lot of Voice Over work- in fact I am doing a session today. But maybe I need to start volunteering some time at the Library! :) Thank you again.

This was much easier than warrior I for me. Thanks for all the foundation videos it's really been a nice slow easy intro to yoga for me! Thank you thank you thank you!

I expected my thighs to be my point of struggle here, but was surprised when my thighs did fine, but my arms were thinking of tapping out. I use my arms a lot at work (manufacturing), and I stretch them frequently, but it seems I need to put a conscious effort into focusing on them separately.

Hiii 👋 Stopping by for some more midnight foundations practice tonight :) I finally built up the courage to go to a live Yoga class at my gym and it was a really cool experience. Putting in the extra work to learn these foundations over the weeks, and doing the 30 Day Challenges as consistently as possible really prepped me well for the class. In class, I learned that hard floor is quite intense (and not anything like carpet at home), so ouchy knees. Lol. But I was able to find my own flow with the instructor and often didn't have to look when she transitioned to and from asanas. It felt awesome and gave me a lot of energy to begin the day! My gratitude for you teaching us is endless 🙏

Thank you. I will be going this, instead rush to work. 👏👏👏💕

Thank you! Today I realized that my back foot was not setup properly and feel much more strength having slowed down and learned the correct pose.

I'm having trouble with my back foot alignment in this poes. Any details would be healful. Thanks!

Thank you....as someone just out of a wheelchair and with little mobility you helped me with the impossible seeming worrior pose today !!!

Dear Adriene, Thank you so much for your videos! You make my days now :D

Hello Adriene, Recently subscribed to your channel. Your explanations to the poses are very thorough which are very helpful in doing the pose right. I hope I will learn a lot with your channel. thanks

Fantastic, I even snook in reverse warrior on each side and was sure to keep my rib cage lifted. Jai Namaste 🙏🏽

Sometimes the captions get it wrong in a hilarious way. Turn on the captions for this video and jump to 3:22 for some unexpected encouragement! Thanks Adriene!

Thanks for the video. I workout regularly with heavy weights and my back is pretty strong. I was asked to Cobra pose when there was a subtle pain the back. Physio could explain why this pose works but could not explain how to get into the pose. I always wondered why it felt so painful and hard. It's just like you said. I was using all the strength in my arms to get into that pose. I tried it the way you explained and it was a smooth and nice stretch. Thanks for the video Adrienne :).

Love your videos help me do yoga everyday .yoga is what I needed in my life which I have got from you than you very much Adrienne love you

thank you, Adriene god only knows how I was rushing today, I usually do your classes after my workouts, today somehow I felt like I needed to rush,

Hi Adriene I Love how you teach I am new to Yoga and always thought it was difficult to learn but you make it fun and easy

Day 3 of June❤️🙏🏼 day 824

I am strong 💪🏻 Thank you Adriene and namaste 🙏🏻

First time for this playlist.... today is July 22, 2023 and still catching up from the big hiatus.....should have did this June 4, 2023 2 of 2

Done on these dates: - 03/06/2023 🥰

Hello Adriene! Thank you so much for your videos, I started a few weeks ago and I really like your way of working with the idea of "find what feels good". Maybe you said that here and I didn't get it, but I'm not sure which leg should carry the weight of the body in this pose (in my case I find I'm mostly using the front leg). Thank you again, and greetings from Barcelona, Spain :)

Very well explained. Thanks you. I just subscribed to you channel ✅

Hi dear... I have just started to watch and practice ur vid.....these vid. Giving confidence to me....thanku a ton... Can u plz tell me how many time I shud repeat any pose?

Hey Adriene! I'm very new at yoga. I just started going to classes once a week and the first class we learned the warrior poses. I want to master it so I'm at home watching videos on it. I understand everything BUT when I go into warrior 2 I don't know what I'm supposed to do with my hips. For warrior 1 I start with them facing forward but then they start slanting to the side when I going into 2.

Very clear instructions. Thank you.

Such a good stretch thanks :)

Do you keep the hips squared to the front, or do you move them to face the front leg? It's hard to tell from the video. It kind of looks like the hips are swiveled slightly.

My back arm hurts a little but , hey, that means I still need to practice more right ? Love it !

Hey Adriene! I've been practicing yoga for a little over a year, and I've already learned a lot. Your videos are so helpful anytime I need a refresher on a basic pose or want to learn something new. On warrior 2, I'm still working on my form. Am I supposed to bend my back knee a little? If so, that's probably why I have knee pain sometimes huh D: anyways, thanks for the awesome videos! Namaste :)

Nicely described, Thanks

Hello Adriene. I love your tutorials, very easy to understand. I am knew to all this and in school to become a teacher. For my homework I am to instruct a Warrior 2 pose from Tadasana and than getting out of it? Any advice? THank you

Hi Adriene. I love your instruction through the poses and explanations of what the different body parts (for lack of better words) should be doing. I have a hard time with my hips keeping facing forward as I am in this pose. In fact, I'm not sure I can keep them facing forward as soon as I go to turn my toes out. I did do your hp opener video. I know I am super tight in my hips. Is there anything else you can suggest or say about it?

For this pose, I have a question regarding torso position. Should your torso be pointing towards your front leg, perpendicular to it, or somewhere in the middle? Or does it generally not matter? Same question regarding where the hips should be.

I have a question regarding hip alignment. I was watching a video from another yoga instructor who happens to be an ashtanga yoga instructor (not sure if alignment for warrior 2 is different in ashtanga?) Anyways, in her instructional video she said that your hips are supposed to face the (hips parallel to) the long side of your mat. That you're supposed to start with your legs spread wide, toes forward, and then spin your left toes (back leg) inward 45 degrees & your right toes (front leg) 90 degrees while also EXTERNALLY rotating your trochantus (spelling??) major A.K.A the ball joint of your femur has to externally rotate in your hip socket to keep your hips facing the same exact way that they were when you were standing with your legs wide apart in the beginning or parallel to the long side of your mat. I was under the impression that your hips were supposed to face forward, towards the short end or FRONT of your mat, as they do in warrior 2? She says that when an instructor tells you to "tuck your tailbone" or square your hips forward that that is incorrect. I'm SO confused now and would love an explanation on hip alignment in warrior 1, warrior 2, and reverse warrior. I know you're super busy but maybe you would consider making a video that shows the proper hip alignment for those 3 poses sort of flowing from warrior 1, to warrior 2, and thru to warrior 3? Thanks so much! You can email me at seibert.jl@gmail.com if you like or respond here.

Which lineage turns the back foot inward on warrior 2? I have never seen this before in any lineage. The back foot should be parallel to the back of the mat with energy coming down through the small toes and grounding. Warrior I will turn the toes in but the stance is slightly smaller. Both poses keep the heels in one line. Any answers would be greatly appreciated.

Hi, Adriene! I love your videos. A question: You are saying that we have to "tuck the pelvis", why? AI send you a hug from Argentina :)

These videos are very helpful :) thanks. What do you recommend that those with tibial torsion ( when the shin bone is twisted so knees and toes dont line up) do though? I cant get my knees and toes to line up

I love your videos: I just completed a teachers training. What are the physical, mental and emotional benefits of warrior 2?

I also would like to confirm the positioning of the hips for this pose. So far I have been doing it with my hips open to the side rather than facing forward. Some folks have said that this is right but I was wondering if you could confirm that for all of us? Thank you for your time.

Really nice! Thank you

I’ve been practicing yoga for a few months now, and this pose is so hard for me. My back leg feels uncomfortable and twisted, bordering on pain. And my front knee gives out and tries to straighten. I hope with continued practice I can get it better.

So to clarify, in warrior one our feet should be on two separate 'rail road tracks' as Adriene would say, but in warrior two they're on the same line?

Doin some #yogarevloution prep ;) your videos are timeless thank you Adriene

Thank you so much!

Are the heels aligned in warrior 2?

Loved this video! Extremely helpful. :)

Hello, Adriene, I want to thank you very much for these videos - they seem to be VERY helpful with correcting postural problems :D It nice to see some videos from someone who definitely knows what they're talking about :) I just wanted to ask: I have a major issue with apotheosis - I never have back pain, but I do have issues with blood circulation in the legs - and when I sit down, too often my butt when I stands up. Are there any stretches that I can do to correct my lower spine and posture?

great

Hello Adriene.. i please need one clarification.. suppose i m doing warrior 2 on left side.. then the left heel which is pointing outwards should ne in line with the right arch or the right heel ?? Thank you so much for your video 🤗

Great stuff, thank you for sharing!

Love this!!!

So what is the hip alignment in Warrior 2? surely not the same as indicated in Warrior 1 right? and also - this posture looks really intense for the back knee as it has a lot of pressure is a bit of an off alignment. any pointers there? THANKS!

Great video!

Brill example, thank you.

These yoga women are so pretty.

I just realized I have the same yoga mat as you! Got it from Walmart! :D

Day 2❤

Hey Adriene! When in warrior 2, are our hips squared to the front or slightly angled? It looks like your hips are slightly angled towards the front, is that ok? Mine usually are in the pose

ive watched warrior 1 & 2 foundations and for some reason, both poses are hurting my knees. Mainly my back knee, but the front one a little as well. Do you know why that could be? My knee doesn't go over my toe, and I do ski a lot, which is waring on knees.

Is the foot positioning for warrior 1 and 2 the same?

What should I do if I hurt myself doing this lol i stopped after that for a week but want to start again.

Hey can you do a tutorial on revolve triangle plsssss

is there anything different i can do with my arms, or anything i can do to strengthen them? i was following along and already a minute into it my shoulders were killing me. my upper body is incredibly weak, even holding my arms up is super tiring.

I have been doing yoga for years, but for some reasons, warrior 2 is killing the outside of my ankles on the back leg. Any idea why?

Hey Adriene, My guru says my hands and legs are hyperextended in Warrior 2 and Trikonasana, how do I correct it? Please help.🌹

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I've been doing YWA for years and I'm still not sure if the hips are turned forward or opened to the side, does anyone know for certain?