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3 Dec 2022 · 1 min

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In this one‑minute instructional video, the instructor (Speaker A) demonstrates a distinctive method for teaching the transition into Warrior 3 (Virabhadrasana 3) aimed at yoga teachers and aspiring teachers. The approach starts from Warrior 1, emphasizing that the hips should be facing forward and that internal‑rotation poses should be linked together. The instructor explains that teaching internal‑rotation poses within internal‑rotation poses makes the transition smoother than moving from an externally rotated position. Specific cues include bringing the hands to the heart in Anjali Mudra, turning the back foot into a runner’s lunge, moving the back foot slightly forward, and beginning the forward lean over the front leg. The video highlights the challenge of transitions for teachers and offers a fun, challenging alternative to conventional teaching methods.

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This is your 1-minute yoga teacher training. Yoga teachers and aspiring yoga teachers, I'm going to teach you how I like to teach Warrior 3. It's very different from the way most people teach it, but it's challenging and it's fun. Warrior 3 is known as Virabhadrasana 3 in Sanskrit. Let's do it. Transitions are the hardest things for most yoga teachers to get. I'm going to teach this pose from Virabhadrasana 1. The reason why is because my hips are pointing forward. Always teach internal rotation poses within internal rotation poses versus external rotation poses. So externally rotated, it's going to be really hard to come into Warrior 3 from here. Internally rotated poses done with internally rotated poses are a lot easier to do. Um, ask your students to bring their hands to the heart center in Anjali Mudra. Turn the back foot into a runner's lunge. Bring the back foot slightly more forward and start to lean over the front