A short guided yoga practice led by Mia Astral (with participant Sam) designed to channel Aries-season energy through a focused Warrior One (Virabhadrasana I) sequence. Instructions emphasize grounding (four corners of the feet, hip alignment), building inner heat (squeezing inner thighs, breath-driven movement), and moving with clarity and centeredness, ending in Tadasana for integration.
Sam.
Today we're welcoming in Aries season. It's a time to sort of move with vision and clarity and some fire, but also with a strong sense of groundedness and center. So that's what we'll be embodying today through just one posture. We're going to work on Warrior One and we'll move through a little bit of a transition to build some inner fire. It's going to look like this. So long. Lunge. Right foot forward first, left foot back. You can line up either heel to heel in the same line or feet about hips width distance apart. If you need some space, just square off your hip bones towards the top of your mat. Get grounded in both of your feet so all four corners of your feet are pressing into the earth. And then go ahead and reach your arms up. Think of growing tall to the crown of your head as you relax your front ribs. Now squeeze your inner thighs towards each other to really activate some heat from the ground up. Get a little taller through your fingertips and through the crown of your head. Breath in. Bring your front knee over your front ankle. On your breath out. Keep pressing heavy through your back. Heel again. Inhale. Stroke your inner flame. Exhale. Now we'll move a little with it. Inhale, Reach up taller. Exhale. Straighten through your legs. Let your collarbones rise as you squeeze the shoulder blades down again. Inhale. Reach up. Exhale. Squeeze inner thighs in towards each other. Press the ceiling away with the crown of your head. Once more. Like that. Breathe in, breathe out. This time. Inhale. Reach back up. Step forward.
Tadasana.
Both feet right underneath your hips. And then take a moment, close your eyes. Eyes and just feel left side. Step your right foot back again, heel down, front toes at 12 o'.
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And then squeeze your hips in towards each other to square them off to face the front of your mat. And then go ahead and reach your arms up. Now see if you have more space to add a walk. So add some fire into this front dial. Slide your front knee right over the ankle and push down into both feet. Take a big breath in. Full breath out. Stay grounded as you reach up taller. Breath out. Inhale again. Get longer through your sideways exhale. You straighten through both legs. Squeeze the shoulders down and back again. Inhale. Let the collarbones rise. Exhale, Let the collarbones grow even taller. One more time. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Reach up. Exhale. Step forward. Tadasana. Both feet right underneath your hips. Close your eyes. Take a moment simply to feel the gentle fire that you've started to stow from inside of your body the groundedness of your two feet. And then from that space, you move with clarity into this season.
