Yoga Basics - Warrior i - Virabhadrasana i - Master basic yoga poses in 2 minutes

As always, let's begin at your base. Come into a wide-legged stance with toes pointing forward, hands on your hips. Turn the left toes out to a 90 degree angle so the toes face the top of your mat. Right toes turn slightly in toward the body. Soften the knees and "jump" your right foot out so the feet are on two separate tracks, about hip-width apart. Spread the toes, straighten the legs, and scissor the hips so that the left hip pulls slightly back as the right hip presses slightly forward to square the hips. Imagine the front of each hip bone as a headlight. You want them shining forward onto your path, not sideways into a ditch. Next, tuck the tailbone down as the navel draws in and up. Inhale as your arms rise alongside the ears. Exhale as you bend the front knee, aligning knee over ankle. You may need to play with your footing here, stepping the front foot further away or closer to the body to find a distance that feels right for you. Once you feel comfortable here, as a variation, bring the palms to touch, interlace all fingers except the thumbs and index fingers, and extend them towards the sky in Kali mudra. Inhale and extend the spine, coming into a slight backbend, lifting the heart. Gaze forward or up at the fingertips. Keep the shoulders relaxed and feel the line of energy run from the back leg, through the pelvis, up the spine, and out through the fingertips. Find the natural rhythm of the breath and continue to breathe.