Fight your lower self (Virabhadrasana II)

In warrior 2, as you gaze across your outstretched arms, your drishti holding steady at your target, what is it that you are fighting? You are fighting your lower self. The part of you that leads you into anger, jealousy, coveting, judgment.  Every day, in your practice, as you move in the warrior series, let the fire of transformation shoot across your outstretched arms and burn your lower self. Slowly and surely, you sink deeper into the pose.