1.Legs open wide open your arms from the center of your chest and feel your heart center. 2.Turn the right leg out 90 degrees, rotating from the hip joint and the left leg in 30 degrees, (See diagram) 3. Keep the torso centered over the pelvis and bend the right leg to a right angle. 4. Turn and look out over the right index finger clearing your vision to a one pointed focus. 5, Push down through the right foot and straighten the leg. Turn feel parellel, release the arms and feel. 1. Moving from warrior 2, elongate your right side and place the forearm/elbow on your thigh. 2.Movement before holding. Inhale and rotate the left arm and in an arc, extend it over your left ear looking up. Exhale move the arm back to the left hip looking down. Repeat 3-4 times. 3.Arm by the ear, look down and place the hand on the floor. (For beginners in front of the knee, more experienced in back.) Look into your heart and turn your vision upward as you stretch your left arm and side from heel to hip to fingertips. 4. Come up, turn the feel parellel and feel the effect. (Then,do the opposite side.) Blood flows to bring nutrition to muscles/joints while peristaltic activity is stimulated to |
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| Virabhadrasana 2 ( Warrior) |
| In the Mahabarahata, the hero Arjuna was standing on a hill looking down at a velley full of enemy troops. His warriors remained firm, focused on their goal with hearts open ready to fight - the enemy dissolved. |
| Utthita Parsvokonasanasan (Extreme right angle side stretch) |
| .Sometimes letting go is just as important as attaining a goal. An open heart requires a firm foundation and vision to know what we fight or strive for. |
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| To have an open heart requires constant vigilance so that the fire of desire doesn't burn but rather draws us towards fufillment. |