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Can I flow? Nope - not if a closed hip standing pose is immediate followed by an open hip pose, or vice versa. Fortunately I was able to practice a bit and calm down before deciding I had to do a video on this subject after experiencing another vinyasa class with a sequence wherein Virabhadrasana 1 & 2 were woven into a spinning sequence of endless plank, chaturanga, updog, downdog. Clearly it works for lots of practitioners, but not for those of us feeling the need for alignment in our poses.

00:45 Warmup in half salutes before vinyasa
01:41 Hip flexor preparations for standing poses in high lunge
02:53 Prepare for vinyasa with down dog
05:02 Flow with Warrior 2 - open hip pose easy to incorporate in vinyasa
06:48 Backbend preparation for Warrior 1 through sphinx, baby cobra & hip flexor preparation through high lunge
07:58 Explanation of how keeping a flow going when moving to Warrior 1 from Warrior 2 - stance is different
09:39 Savasana

For a concise description of the difference between Warrior 1 to Warrior 2 check out Di's description : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUY0iihjomA&ab_channel=DiHickman

Here's another link that you will find useful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcaiakS6AWI&ab_channel=RachelScott

Closed vs open hip standing poses: https://youtu.be/7rVqfgMyLS8

Rita's website: https://fulcrumblu.com/
Anusara yoga website: https://www.anusarayoga.com/

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