Yoga With Denise Austin: Reverse Warrior Pose

Try This Today

• To learn the Reverse Warrior pose, watch the video above for a demonstration by Denise Austin.
• Hold the pose for 30 seconds on each side.
• Breathe deeply while holding the pose.
• Adapt the pose to your level of fitness. For example, do not dip as low if you have trouble holding the pose, or keep your legs closer together if you are having trouble balancing.
• Try other Warrior poses, Beginner Warrior and Exalted Warrior, as part of your yoga routine.

Why

Have you tried the Beginner Warrior and Exalted Warrior poses? Then you may feel ready to try the Reverse Warrior pose. This pose will strengthen and stretch your arms, torso, hips, groin and legs, and will improve the flexibility of your spine, chest, ankles and inner thighs. Yoga helps promote​s​ better balance and can help build your core strength. Yoga can help improve cognitive function in older adults, according to a systematic review of six studies of people age 60 and older published in 2021 in Complementary Therapies in Medicine. In a more recent systematic review and meta-analysis of 15 studies of adults age 60 and older published in 2023 in the International Journal of Older People Nursing​,​ yoga significantly improved balance, strength, flexibility and symptoms of depression.