Pose Breakdown: Reverse Warrior

Pronounced: vi-pah-REE-tah VEER-uh-bhah-DRAH-sah-nah

From Warrior 2, look forward to your front hand and turn the palm upward toward the ceiling
As you inhale, stretch the front arm up and overhead, bicep to ear, as if you are giving a high-five to the wall behind you
Bring your back hand to either the back hip or leg, and reach that hand down the leg in the direction of the back of the knee
Try to maintain a bend through the front knee and keep sinking the hips downward, just as you would in your Warrior 2
Gaze up toward your top hand and take 5-10 breaths

If you feel too much discomfort through the side body or hips, take your back hand to the back hip or the low back instead of sliding that hand down the back leg
If you want more opening through the chest and shoulders, bring your back hand behind you in a half bind, as if you were reaching your back hand toward your front hip crease
If you want even more stretch through the side body, you can give yourself an assisted stretch by grasping the front forearm with your back hand and pulling that arm up and back