BATTLE YOUR INNER WEAKNESS
warrior pose battles inner weakness and wins focus, you see that there is no war within you. You are your own side, you are your own strength
krishnamacharya
Everyone battles their inner self, whether debating to have that extra piece of cake or to go to her or his boss to tell him that his plan is not working and that they should try another way.
Legend has it that Shiva fashioned the warrior, Virabadra, from a strand of his hair to avenge Sati, his wife.
Shiva and Sati married and lived in the pleasure city, Bhoga. Dhaksha, Sati’s father had disapproved the marriage. A hermit yogi with long hair who frequents cemeteries and indulge in intoxicants is not worthy of the daughter of Daksa the Prajapati, the upholder of civilization, who thrived on rules and regulations. Shiva was Daksha’s antithesis.
Daksha threw a big party in his palace without inviting Sati and Shiva. Sati was crestfallen and hurt that her father had left them out of the invite list. She decided to go to the yagna anyway, despite Shiva’s objections.
When she arrived, Daksha asked her why she was there, being not invited. Daksha, said “Perhaps you have come to your senses and have had it with your wild animal of a husband, isn’t he also called Lord of the Beasts?” All the guests present laughed. Sati defending her husband spoke, “He is one with nature and does not seek to control animals by bending them to his will. Society is artificial and exploits nature.”
Feeling humiliated by this exchange, Sati resolved to relinquish all family ties. She summoned up her strength and spoke this vow to her father, “Since you have given me this body I no longer wish to be associated with it.” She then, sat in a meditation on the ground. Closing her eyes, envisioning her true Lord, Sati fell into a mystic trance. Going deep within herself she began to increase her own inner fire through yogic exercises until she bursts into flames.
Shiva was first shocked, saddened and enraged, in turn, when he found out about Sati. He tore a strand of his hair out and fashioned a warrior out of it. Shiva named this warrior Virabadra, Vira meaning hero and badra friend.
Virabhradra arrives at the party, with sword in both hands, thrusting his way up through the earth from deep underground, the warrior 1 pose.
Announcing his arrival for all to see, he sights Daksha and is poised to strike, with his sword pointing towards Daksha. This is rthe warrior 2 pose.
Moving with agility and precision, Virabadra, thrusts his sword killing Daksha, taking his head. The warrior 3 pose.
Shiva arrived at Daksha’s palace and upon digesting the scene became sorrowful, at the destruction that was wreaked. His happiness,having married Sati, had turned to sadness, then to anger, back to sorrow and finally compassion. Upon seeing Daksha’s headless body, he brings Daksha back to life giving him the head of a goat. Overwhelmed by this generous gesture Daksha calls Shiva, Shankar, the kind and benevolent one.
Everyone battles their inner self, whether debating to have that extra piece of cake or to go to her or his boss to tell him that the plan is not working and that they should try another way. This is the story of how Sati battled her disappointment to confront her father, how Shiva battled his inner self to come to terms with Sati’s death, replacing sadness and anger with compassion. They both realised that there are no wars within them.
The muscles working in the warrior 1 pose 
The warrior poses work the legs primarily. Your legs will be strong and well defined. As you sit in the pose, with your center of gravity squarely on your core and tailbone, being in tune with your breathing, you will come to realise that there is no war within you.
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