Fierce Warrior pose is both an energizing and challenging pose. This pose helps strengthen the core muscles and also helps tone the legs, especially the quadriceps. The Fierce Warrior pose is an advanced version of Chair Pose. When you hold this pose for long periods of time, you will experience a deeper stretch in your legs. This pose will also add definition to both quadricep and hamstring muscles.
Do the Cobbler Pose in Yoga
The cobbler pose in yoga is sometimes called the butterfly. This is a sitting position, which is easy for only some practitioners of yoga to execute. If you can’t do the full cobbler, modify it by leaving your knees in the air.
Do the Kukkutasana Pose in Yoga
The kukkutasana pose in yoga is also known as the rooster or cock pose. Kukkutasana is a more advanced yoga pose that can be difficult to master initially. However, once you have, you'll find it an invigorating pose.
Apply the Organic Energy Principle in Anusara Yoga
Anusara Yoga, a modern school of Yoga initiated by John Friend, follows the Hatha Yoga path to God consciousness. Anusara means “flowing with grace,” “going with the flow” or “following your heart”). Anusara Yoga poses incorporate the Universal Principles of Alignment, of which the five main alignment principles are: Opening to Grace, Muscular Energy, Inner Spiral, Outer Spiral and Organic Energy. Each principle appears in sequence in each pose. In every pose, each principle forms a base for the next. Infuse every pose with meaningful intention that is related to the "grand purposes of yoga," which include awareness of the inherent goodness of one's being and aligning with the Divine.
Warm Up for Power Yoga
As with any daily exercise, be it walking, jogging, lifting or swimming, a proper warm up can significantly benefit your workout. Yoga is no different. To truly feel the advantages of your training and easily flow into the postures of power yoga, a simple sequence of poses can ready both the body and the mind for your practice. You’ll need to understand how the three basic postures within the sequence work—cat pose, child’s pose (modified) and upward-facing dog. Then you’ll need to put them together in a fluid movement from pose to pose. Once you’ve done this, you can launch into your practice of power yoga. Read on to learn how to warm up for power yoga.