Angelica GovaertOwner/Founder, Yogalebrity · Online Yoga Empire Builder

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27 Dec 2022 · 1 min

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In this one‑minute yoga teacher training segment, Angelica introduces the Muladhara (root) chakra, describing it as the foundation of safety, stability, home, finances, and family—paralleling the base of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. She explains that establishing a strong base in the first chakra is essential before progressing to higher chakras. Angelica then demonstrates the alignment for Virabhadrasana I (Warrior I) as a primary pose to cultivate root‑chakra stability: heels together, back toe pointing toward the front corner of the mat, front knee bent, arms raised, hips curled under, spine lengthened, shoulders relaxed, and hips facing forward. The instruction emphasizes precise foot placement and body awareness to build a solid, grounded foundation for students.

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Welcome to your One Minute Yoga Teacher Training. I am Angelica, and today we're going to talk about postures for the Muladhara chakra, which is the first chakra. It goes from the base of our spine all the way down to the feet. First chakra is about safety, stability, home, finances, family, all the things that we need in Maslow's hierarchy of needs in order to create that stable base before we go up the ladder to self-actualization. The chakra ladder is exactly the same as Maslow's ladder. So you want to start with some really strong poses. We're going to start today in Virabhadrasana 1, heel to heel alignment, back toe points towards the front corner of the mat, bend into the front knee, arms up, curl under the hip, lengthen the spine, relax the shoulders, both hips are facing forward. That's the first strong first chakra pose I would suggest to help build stability in this