Hi Valerie, Thank you so much for taking the time to engage with your community here on the site, we all learn so much from each other in discussions like this. In my regular weekly classes I have a verbal cue that my students have heard a million times over in regards to the foot placement " draw the heel 2 inches up" I cue this when moving from warrior 1 to warrior 2. The foot position in warrior 1 is at a 45 degree angle, approximately, and the foot position for warrior 2 draws the heel forward so the outer edge runs parallel to the back of the mat. I think I spend more time going over this in the classes on the site labeled beginner. The positioning does have to do with safety of the back knee and the attempted turn forward in the pelvis. Rather than trying to push the back hip forward try to hug the front hip in a medial fashion toward the middle of the mat, then the back hip can glide up more easily without putting the knee in jeopardy of twisting.
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