We're going to go into Virasana, which is hero's pose, but we're going to move into that pose from Vadrasana, which is your level I. So if you're sitting in Vadrasana, with discomfort to your knees or to the front of your feet, you're not going to go into Virasana. If you'd like to try this pose, we want to be sure that we're stretching the quads, and not we're opening the knees. You're absolutely stretching the knees, but we don't want to do any damage to your knees. So let's come up to your knees. You're going to separate your feet, but what you really want to do is take your calves out of the way, and then you'll sit in between your calves. And you need to find both sit bones, plugging firmly into the earth. So one of the modifications to this pose is going to be a bolster, blankets, or blocks, or even books if that's all you have at your own home. But one of the things you want to work on here is work on grounding the baby toe as equal as the big toe. Oftentimes, this is not comfortable to the front of your ankles; you'll have to start off with a little bit of a lift. Keep lengthening the spine, keep relaxing the shoulders, and enjoy your breath.
Yoga Seated & Supine Poses ero's Yoga Pose
We're going to go into Virasana, which is hero's pose, but we're going to move into that pose from Vadrasana, which is your level I. So if you're sitting in Vadrasana, with discomfort to your knees or to the front of your feet, you're not going to go into Virasana. If you'd like to try this pose, we want to be sure that we're stretching the quads, and not we're opening the knees. You're absolutely stretching the knees, but we don't want to do any damage to your knees. So let's come up to your knees. You're going to separate your feet, but what you really want to do is take your calves out of the way, and then you'll sit in between your calves. And you need to find both sit bones, plugging firmly into the earth. So one of the modifications to this pose is going to be a bolster, blankets, or blocks, or even books if that's all you have at your own home. But one of the things you want to work on here is work on grounding the baby toe as equal as the big toe. Oftentimes, this is not comfortable to the front of your ankles; you'll have to start off with a little bit of a lift. Keep lengthening the spine, keep relaxing the shoulders, and enjoy your breath.