Last week Esther Ekhart posted a new yoga video on youtube on the Warrior III pose. I never tried doing Warrior III before. After watching the video, I decided to give it a shot. The first time I tried it I almost fell forward to a face plant on my yoga mat, and that happened twice. Luckly I caught myself both times.
It made me look back to my first time doing yoga this past summer and how difficult some of the very basics poses were. Sure a lot of yoga poses look easy, but if you've never done yoga before, you'll soon learn it's not as easy as it looks to hold a pose for 15 breaths.
For the past couple of days I've been trying to do the Warrior 3 pose. It's a little bit of a wobbly 3 breaths for me. I know it's a bit embarrassing to keep my wobbly version of the pose for 3 breaths, but it's a start and I can't improve if I never give it a shot and try. I need a stronger core and balance to get this pose down. But it's something I hope to work on and eventually be able to do. Sort of like the plank pose, where it's getting a little easier everytime I do it now.
Everything's about babysteps and yoga has helped me embrace it. That it's okay if you don't do it perfectly the first time or master it. Keep working on it everyday and gradually you'll see or notice changes. Hopefully in some months time I'll be able to have a non-wobbly Warrior 3 pose, and hold it for 30 seconds to a minute.
Here's is the video link Yoga with Esther Ekhart, Yoga Pose: the Warrior 3 , enjoy!
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