WEBVTT 00:00:00.250 --> 00:00:01.936 - Hello everyone and welcome to 00:00:01.936 --> 00:00:04.519 Center Your 30 Day Yoga Journey. 00:00:04.519 --> 00:00:07.031 I'm Adriene and this is sweet Benji 00:00:07.031 --> 00:00:09.290 and we're so excited that you are here. 00:00:09.290 --> 00:00:13.800 It is Day 1 and the most important thing 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:16.880 and potentially the hardest part of this whole journey 00:00:16.880 --> 00:00:18.630 is that you show up. 00:00:18.630 --> 00:00:20.683 Thank you so much for being here. 00:00:20.683 --> 00:00:22.172 (snaps) Let's get started. 00:00:22.889 --> 00:00:26.469 (light music) 00:00:43.569 --> 00:00:47.840 Alrighty, let's begin in a comfortable seat. 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:49.759 Ta-da, we have already begun. 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:52.159 Come on down to the ground. 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:54.954 Take your time getting there. 00:00:56.679 --> 00:00:58.820 And this is kind of a great thing to 00:00:58.820 --> 00:01:01.920 start with each day that we begin. 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:04.880 No matter how you're feeling or what you're coming to the 00:01:04.880 --> 00:01:07.599 practice with, it's all good. I mean that. 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:10.295 I've been doing this a long time, it is all good. 00:01:10.295 --> 00:01:12.609 And that is really what we're celebrating today 00:01:12.609 --> 00:01:14.560 with our theme of showing up. 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:18.319 So as long as you're showing up to the mat, you can sit here 00:01:18.319 --> 00:01:20.700 in a comfortable seat the whole time while the video 00:01:20.700 --> 00:01:24.200 rolls on. You can breathe with us instead of move. 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:26.760 I'm gonna show you a lot of modifications, of course, 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.227 but the most important thing is that you come with whatever 00:01:30.227 --> 00:01:33.452 you've got that day and show up. 00:01:33.452 --> 00:01:37.519 So hopefully by now you're in that comfortable seat. 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:40.629 We're just gonna take the hands together, 00:01:40.629 --> 00:01:43.519 palms together, 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:46.830 Anjali Mudra at the heart, relax your shoulders and 00:01:46.830 --> 00:01:49.925 if you feel comfortable, go ahead and close your eyes 00:01:49.925 --> 00:01:54.840 or allow your gaze to soften down gently past your nose. 00:01:56.940 --> 00:02:00.120 So we're gonna work with shape a lot. 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:04.129 But again, the most important thing is 00:02:04.129 --> 00:02:07.005 the fact that you showed up. 00:02:08.021 --> 00:02:11.304 That is 00:02:11.304 --> 00:02:13.768 the most valuable part, 00:02:13.768 --> 00:02:18.058 in my opinion, of a centering practice. 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:23.159 Begin to relax your shoulders. 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:25.059 We're gonna really ease in. 00:02:26.808 --> 00:02:30.699 Tuck your chin slightly, lengthen the back of the neck. 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:34.666 Just start to notice your breath. 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:41.628 Again, showing up with your breath each day. 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:50.969 Not worrying too much about nailing the postures 00:02:50.969 --> 00:02:55.560 or accomplishing the journey. 00:02:55.560 --> 00:03:00.246 Simply show up and allow the practice to unfold. 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:07.684 Begin to gently deepen your breath. 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:11.159 Whatever that means for you right now. 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:13.368 It could be a couple deep inhalations 00:03:13.368 --> 00:03:16.199 and long cleansing exhales. 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:18.859 It could just be 00:03:18.859 --> 00:03:23.100 a little more expansion as you breathe in, 00:03:23.100 --> 00:03:25.559 and a little more softening, a little awareness 00:03:25.559 --> 00:03:28.319 as you breathe out. 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:30.354 So again, no right or wrong. 00:03:30.354 --> 00:03:35.801 Just showing up with your breath. 00:03:41.340 --> 00:03:46.648 Inviting in a new awareness every time 00:03:46.648 --> 00:03:48.871 you come to the mat. 00:03:51.914 --> 00:03:56.280 Continue to relax your shoulders down. 00:03:56.280 --> 00:03:58.199 Soften your gaze, close the eyes. 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:01.516 Allow the skin of your face to soften. 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:05.739 And as we continue to just tune in 00:04:05.739 --> 00:04:08.289 here for a moment or two more, 00:04:08.289 --> 00:04:11.354 see if you can sit up a little bit taller, 00:04:11.354 --> 00:04:14.039 lengthening through your spine. 00:04:15.342 --> 00:04:18.759 Perhaps finding a gentle lift in your heart center. 00:04:25.293 --> 00:04:29.017 Continuing to gently deepen the breath. 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:44.399 Our mantra today is "I can." 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:46.279 Take it or leave it. 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:47.839 I can take it and run with it. 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:49.600 "I can." 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:52.519 Or you can just leave it on the shelf. 00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:54.611 No worries. 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:03.439 I'm very honored to guide you through this practice. 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:07.720 I'm very honored to practice alongside you. 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:09.811 All of us together. 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:15.808 Find your center. 00:05:15.808 --> 00:05:17.930 Let's take a deep breath in. 00:05:20.046 --> 00:05:21.040 All together. 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:25.879 And as you exhale, bow the head towards the hands. 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:28.199 Head to heart. Thank you so much for showing up. 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:30.399 This is the hardest part. 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:33.040 And then we can bat the eyelashes open. 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:34.510 Open thyne eyes. 00:05:34.510 --> 00:05:38.399 And we're gonna come slowly forward onto all fours. 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:40.070 Take your time. 00:05:40.070 --> 00:05:43.344 Move like you love yourself. 00:05:43.344 --> 00:05:45.639 Spread your fingertips. It's okay if you don't. 00:05:45.639 --> 00:05:46.660 That's why we're here. 00:05:46.660 --> 00:05:49.600 We're here to nurture that and nurture that experience 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:53.680 but move as if, right, you love yourself. 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:56.600 Spread the fingertips wide. 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:57.759 Knees underneath the hips. 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:01.779 You can always use a towel or blanket to cushion the knees 00:06:01.779 --> 00:06:05.560 in any of these postures where the knees are on the mat. 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:09.120 And just take a second to press away from the yoga mat. 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:10.480 We're gonna do this a lot. 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:14.449 So really not surrendering to the gravity here but 00:06:14.449 --> 00:06:17.600 defying gravity on Day 1. What's up? 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:19.800 So press away from the mat and 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:24.639 feel that length in the armpit chest area. 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:28.920 It's kind of a lifting up out of the shoulder. 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:30.680 And feel the heart lift. 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:33.089 And then check in with your ribcage. 00:06:33.089 --> 00:06:36.040 Is it also kind of falling towards the ground 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:38.960 or can we again defy gravity? How cool? 00:06:38.960 --> 00:06:41.405 As we maybe hug the low ribs up 00:06:41.405 --> 00:06:44.480 to find the length in the spine. 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:47.907 As you can see, Benji's perfectly (chuckles) 00:06:47.907 --> 00:06:50.360 in position for today's practice. 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:51.959 It's a good omen. 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:54.050 Now bring your awareness to your belly. 00:06:54.050 --> 00:06:56.080 Draw your navel up just a bit 00:06:56.080 --> 00:06:58.079 and feel this lengthening in the low back. 00:06:58.079 --> 00:06:59.160 So if you're like, what? 00:06:59.160 --> 00:07:01.240 You can peek at the video instead of allowing it to 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:04.089 collapse here like we're about to intentionally do in 00:07:04.089 --> 00:07:07.719 Cow Pose, see if you can find a nice neutral spine. 00:07:07.719 --> 00:07:10.759 Drawing the navel up with the low ribs hugging in. 00:07:12.400 --> 00:07:13.854 Alright. 00:07:13.854 --> 00:07:17.680 Press into the tops of the feet to engage the legs just a bit. 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:20.403 Then bring your gaze straight down. 00:07:20.403 --> 00:07:22.490 Neck nice and long. 00:07:23.391 --> 00:07:25.600 Bump the hips now just to the left. 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:28.199 Turn your gaze to look past the right shoulder. 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:31.279 Feel a little stretch in your left side waist. 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:35.319 Try to keep your foundation firmly rooted as you press the 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:38.266 hips a little more and send your gaze towards 00:07:38.266 --> 00:07:40.690 the back right corner of your mat. 00:07:40.690 --> 00:07:42.600 Breathe in. 00:07:42.600 --> 00:07:45.959 Nice, and then on the exhale, slow and steady, with control, 00:07:45.959 --> 00:07:48.089 come back to center. 00:07:48.089 --> 00:07:50.199 And now bumping the hips to the right. 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:52.839 Turning to look past your left shoulder. 00:07:54.497 --> 00:07:55.690 So the trick here is 00:07:55.690 --> 00:07:58.000 really paying attention to your foundation. 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:00.832 Noticing if the feet have kind of gone askew 00:08:00.832 --> 00:08:02.839 or if you're collapsing into your hands. 00:08:02.839 --> 00:08:05.469 Reinforce that connection. 00:08:05.469 --> 00:08:08.154 And take a deep breath in here as you look towards 00:08:08.154 --> 00:08:09.920 the bottom left corner of your mat. 00:08:12.218 --> 00:08:16.200 Good, and then exhale, bring it all the way back to center. 00:08:16.200 --> 00:08:19.681 Inhale, drop the belly nice and slow here. 00:08:19.681 --> 00:08:22.639 Send your heart forward. Gaze forward. 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:24.439 Again, press into the tops of the feet. 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:25.519 Press into the hands. 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:28.683 Feel that stretch in the front body. 00:08:28.683 --> 00:08:30.482 And then on your next exhale, 00:08:30.482 --> 00:08:33.089 follow your breath, navel draws up. 00:08:35.049 --> 00:08:38.243 We tuck the tailbone and the crown of the head 00:08:38.243 --> 00:08:41.890 goes to the ground. Cat Pose. 00:08:43.535 --> 00:08:44.479 Now let's flow with the breath. 00:08:44.479 --> 00:08:47.399 Inhale, dropping the belly, open the chest. 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:50.608 Nice and slow, press into the fingertips. 00:08:50.608 --> 00:08:54.080 And exhale, round through the spine, chin to chest. 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:58.162 Really draw the muscles of the deep core up, up, up. 00:08:58.162 --> 00:09:00.734 Keep going with your breath. 00:09:23.233 --> 00:09:26.689 Good, then bring it back to neutral, Tabletop Position. 00:09:26.689 --> 00:09:29.240 We're gonna walk the hands forward from here. 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:31.840 Create two slides with your arms. 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:35.820 The elbow creases are turning towards the front edge 00:09:35.820 --> 00:09:37.489 of the mat, slightly in. 00:09:37.489 --> 00:09:40.542 So you want to externally rotate your shoulders 00:09:40.542 --> 00:09:43.320 so that happens. And then curl the toes under, 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:47.671 inhale in, exhale, from center navel draws in and up, 00:09:47.671 --> 00:09:49.200 send the hips high and back. 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:53.481 Our first Downward Dog together in this series. 00:09:53.481 --> 00:09:55.240 I have a Benji hair on my knee. 00:09:55.240 --> 00:09:57.359 I'll take that for good luck as well. 00:09:57.359 --> 00:09:59.669 Take a deep breath in here. 00:09:59.669 --> 00:10:03.919 And as you exhale, keep the palms, the knuckles grounded 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:06.960 as you start to find some movement in the lower half of 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:10.989 your body, bending the knees, of course, stretching through 00:10:10.989 --> 00:10:13.170 the feet, 00:10:14.853 --> 00:10:18.360 the ankles, the achilles, the calves. 00:10:19.568 --> 00:10:22.549 Now bend your elbows slightly, just slightly so they're not 00:10:22.549 --> 00:10:25.300 locked and continue to think about lifting up through the 00:10:25.300 --> 00:10:27.600 hip creases as you breathe in deeply. 00:10:30.021 --> 00:10:32.720 And exhale completely. 00:10:35.541 --> 00:10:38.441 Great. When you feel good or you feel satisfied, 00:10:38.441 --> 00:10:42.210 we'll say, let's find stillness for a breath or two here. 00:10:42.210 --> 00:10:45.679 Seeing if we can hug those low ribs in, draw the navel to the 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:48.272 spine, and send the majority of our weight 00:10:48.272 --> 00:10:49.760 to the lower half of the body. 00:10:49.760 --> 00:10:52.677 Now we have 30 days to work on this together, 00:10:52.677 --> 00:10:54.739 so we're just taking stock. 00:10:57.865 --> 00:11:00.960 Nice, and then slowly lower to your knees. 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:02.559 Bring the big toes together. 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:04.722 Walk the knees as wide as you're mat, 00:11:04.722 --> 00:11:06.649 and send the hips back. 00:11:06.649 --> 00:11:08.880 Child's Pose, Extended Child's Pose. 00:11:08.880 --> 00:11:10.609 You can bring the palms together if you like, 00:11:10.609 --> 00:11:12.279 up and over the head here. 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:15.283 You can stretch the arms out wide. 00:11:15.283 --> 00:11:19.940 Find what feels good for a breath cycle or two here. 00:11:24.270 --> 00:11:26.683 You can rock the head, the forehead, 00:11:26.683 --> 00:11:28.660 maybe gently on the earth. 00:11:33.168 --> 00:11:35.679 And then bring the hands back to the mat. 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:37.894 Lift back up through Tabletop, 00:11:37.894 --> 00:11:40.240 walk your knees underneath your hips. 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:43.639 Curl the toes under, take a deep breath in, and exhale, 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:47.090 hips up high and back, Downward Facing Dog. 00:11:47.090 --> 00:11:49.823 Now anchor through your left heel here. 00:11:49.823 --> 00:11:51.317 Press into both palms evenly, 00:11:51.317 --> 00:11:53.919 and inhale, slowly lift the right leg up. 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:56.089 See if you can keep your hips level. 00:11:56.089 --> 00:11:57.960 If you start to shake here, it's all good. 00:11:57.960 --> 00:12:00.503 We're building strength one day at a time. 00:12:00.503 --> 00:12:02.589 If you've been practicing a while, see if you can really 00:12:02.589 --> 00:12:06.840 work on your symmetry, keeping the hips level, keeping those 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:11.440 low ribs hugging in, pressing away from your mat with your 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:14.578 hands and anchoring through that left heel. 00:12:15.566 --> 00:12:16.723 Sweet, then bend the right knee, 00:12:16.723 --> 00:12:18.480 and we can open it up for a breath. 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:22.529 Stretch, stacking the hips, breathe in. 00:12:22.529 --> 00:12:26.000 And breathe out to bring the right foot down. 00:12:26.000 --> 00:12:27.440 Let's take it to the other side. 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:30.200 Take a little break anytime you need to by lowering the knees, 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:33.739 of course, throughout the 30 Day Journey. 00:12:33.739 --> 00:12:35.440 Right heel anchors. 00:12:35.440 --> 00:12:36.960 When you're ready on an inhale, 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:39.720 sliding that left foot up an imaginary wall. 00:12:42.005 --> 00:12:44.830 And then just, today's all about taking stock 00:12:44.830 --> 00:12:47.159 without any judgment. Breathe. 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:48.759 Let's try to find some symmetry here, 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:51.480 pressing into both palms evenly. 00:12:51.480 --> 00:12:54.279 Maybe pulling that right hip crease back if you've been 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:59.159 practicing for a bit, finding level hips. 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:04.080 And then we release that structure, that specificity by 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:06.300 bending the knees, stacking the hips, 00:13:06.300 --> 00:13:07.950 taking a deep breath in. 00:13:09.439 --> 00:13:12.519 And an exhale to release it all the way back down. 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:15.938 Sweet, bend the knees, look forward, inhale in, 00:13:15.938 --> 00:13:17.440 exhale, make your way to the top. 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:20.019 I'm gonna do crisscross steps today. 00:13:20.019 --> 00:13:24.120 Walking slowly up to the mat, stretching as I go. 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:28.120 You can hop, you can take two steps, four steps. 00:13:29.410 --> 00:13:32.489 I'll meet you at the top, feet hip width apart, 00:13:32.489 --> 00:13:35.310 standing Forward Fold. 00:13:35.310 --> 00:13:37.580 Take a couple deep breaths here. 00:13:40.304 --> 00:13:41.667 Bend your knees, 00:13:41.667 --> 00:13:45.529 feel that beautiful stretch in the low back. 00:13:46.937 --> 00:13:49.720 And then send your awareness to the soles of your feet. 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:52.299 So grounding through all four corners of the feet, 00:13:52.299 --> 00:13:54.299 the back two corners of the heels, 00:13:54.299 --> 00:13:56.039 the ball joint of the big toe, 00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:58.930 and the ball joint of the pinky toe. 00:13:58.930 --> 00:14:01.669 Find your footing. 00:14:02.747 --> 00:14:05.279 And then when you're ready, we're gonna bend the knees so 00:14:05.279 --> 00:14:08.840 much that the belly comes towards the tops of the thighs 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:10.260 and the strong muscles of the 00:14:10.260 --> 00:14:11.859 glutes and the legs start to engage. 00:14:11.859 --> 00:14:15.919 And it's from there that we'll slowly then begin to tuck the 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:18.399 chin into the chest and roll it up. 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:21.538 Hands on the waist, or if you feel comfortable, 00:14:21.538 --> 00:14:25.240 hands falling forward like a rag doll. 00:14:32.520 --> 00:14:36.644 Slowly as you rise up, stacking through the spine, 00:14:36.644 --> 00:14:40.668 reinforce that connection with your feet. 00:14:40.668 --> 00:14:44.440 It's just an awareness all four corners, grounding. 00:14:46.183 --> 00:14:49.240 And then think about this upward current of energy, 00:14:49.240 --> 00:14:50.840 lifting you through the front body. 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:52.600 You can kind of use your imagination. 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:55.270 There's this element of creativity to this practice 00:14:55.270 --> 00:14:58.720 that's gonna take us to Day 30 in a really beautiful way. 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:00.323 So think of like, I always think of it 00:15:00.323 --> 00:15:04.001 as like Ariel on the rock or Kate at the front of the boat 00:15:04.001 --> 00:15:07.020 but we're lifting up through the front. 00:15:07.020 --> 00:15:09.729 And then just like in traditional yoga practice 00:15:09.729 --> 00:15:12.000 (chuckles) and science, what goes up 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:12.960 must come down. 00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:16.039 We have the lift, lifting, and then the grounding. 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:18.200 So think about this grounding energy in the back body. 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:20.639 And that's kind of what's bringing into your natural, 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:23.320 bringing you into your natural posture today. 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:26.590 So you don't have to force these postures. 00:15:26.590 --> 00:15:28.563 I will guide you and help kind of 00:15:28.563 --> 00:15:30.350 carry us through an exploration. 00:15:30.350 --> 00:15:32.559 But think about the energy you're bringing each day and 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:35.889 how you have the power to shift that just by coming 00:15:35.889 --> 00:15:38.080 to the mat and spending some time with yourself. 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:40.391 So lifting up through the front body, 00:15:40.391 --> 00:15:42.793 grounding through the back body. 00:15:42.793 --> 00:15:46.039 Find your Mountain Pose today. 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:48.058 That's what this shape is. 00:15:48.058 --> 00:15:49.983 You can imagine the crown of your head 00:15:49.983 --> 00:15:51.610 is the tip of the Mountain. 00:15:51.610 --> 00:15:54.405 I always used to do that in my kids' yoga classes, 00:15:54.405 --> 00:15:56.859 but I think it's great, I mean, I use it all the time too, 00:15:56.859 --> 00:16:00.620 just finding that length from the crown. 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:07.440 That lengthening through the spine that we're gonna focus 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:10.496 a lot on throughout this journey. 00:16:11.703 --> 00:16:14.320 Alright, take a deep breath in here and as you breathe in 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:16.840 this time, think about sending that breath to your belly. 00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:18.960 So a nice full belly breath. 00:16:20.818 --> 00:16:23.299 And then let it go. 00:16:23.299 --> 00:16:25.050 And twice more like that. 00:16:25.050 --> 00:16:26.710 Actually, let's bring the hands to the belly. 00:16:26.710 --> 00:16:30.310 Big inhale here. Feel that expansion in your hands. 00:16:30.310 --> 00:16:33.259 And on the exhale, the navel draws in. 00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:34.879 And one more just like that. 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:36.519 We're playing around, big inhale. 00:16:38.567 --> 00:16:41.039 And exhale, draw it in. 00:16:42.288 --> 00:16:46.288 Sweet. Interlace the fingertips, bring them behind your head. 00:16:46.288 --> 00:16:51.783 Thumbs can extend here to kind of cradle your neck with love. 00:16:51.783 --> 00:16:53.499 Soft bend in the knees. 00:16:53.499 --> 00:16:55.519 We're gonna inhale in, lift the chest 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:56.480 just lean back a bit. 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:58.399 You don't have to do a crazy back bend here. 00:16:58.399 --> 00:17:00.480 In fact, don't. Keep the knees bent. 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.600 Navel draws in. 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:05.359 You're just gonna take the left elbow down, right elbow up. 00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:07.370 Nice side body stretch here. 00:17:07.370 --> 00:17:11.400 Reinforce that connection with your right heel to the earth. 00:17:12.555 --> 00:17:14.909 Then navel draws in, knees stay bent. 00:17:14.909 --> 00:17:17.309 You're just going to accentuate the bend in the knees 00:17:17.309 --> 00:17:19.000 as the navel draws back. 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:23.329 And you come through center, think Cat Pose. 00:17:23.329 --> 00:17:25.559 And then over to the right. 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:27.759 Right elbow down, left elbow up. 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:31.759 Lean your head back into your little neck cradle here that 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:33.160 you've created with your thumbs. 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:35.489 Feel that stretch in the left side waist. 00:17:35.489 --> 00:17:38.073 Dig into your left heel. 00:17:38.073 --> 00:17:40.440 And then we'll take it all the way up through center. 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:43.204 Now let's keep this going a slow 00:17:43.204 --> 00:17:45.710 circular motion with your breath. 00:17:47.391 --> 00:17:50.450 There's no right or wrong with the breath. 00:17:50.450 --> 00:17:54.695 Just allowing it to have 00:17:54.695 --> 00:17:57.640 and try to maintain the spotlight. 00:17:59.185 --> 00:18:01.489 Breathing deeply. 00:18:02.894 --> 00:18:06.784 Keeping it moving now nice and slow, 00:18:06.784 --> 00:18:09.799 this circular motion with your breath. 00:18:11.290 --> 00:18:15.480 And there's no right or wrong with the breath here. 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:20.280 Just making sure the breath is leading the way. 00:18:20.280 --> 00:18:23.540 Whatever that means to you. Benji just sighed (laughs). 00:18:25.550 --> 00:18:27.970 Listening to his breath. 00:18:27.970 --> 00:18:32.103 Okay and in your own time, so you decide when, 00:18:32.103 --> 00:18:34.310 be sure to reverse it. 00:18:35.308 --> 00:18:39.700 And try to keep the elbows nice and wide, the knees soft. 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:42.079 We're massaging the internal organs here. 00:18:44.349 --> 00:18:49.006 Lengthening the side body, the side waist, the low back. 00:18:49.006 --> 00:18:53.500 Connecting to the glutes, the quads. 00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:57.000 And giving the spine lots of love. 00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:59.680 Alright, bring it back up to your Mountain Pose. 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:01.939 We can release the fingertips down and now we're gonna 00:19:01.939 --> 00:19:04.900 interlace them, bind them behind the back. 00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:06.739 Draw the knuckles down and away, 00:19:06.739 --> 00:19:09.695 open the chest, stand up nice and tall. 00:19:09.695 --> 00:19:10.839 Take a deep breath in. 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:14.220 Feel that stretch in the pectorals 00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:17.760 and a little opening in your heart space. 00:19:17.760 --> 00:19:21.160 Sweet and on your exhale, let's slowly take it forward. 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:23.359 Diving forward into a Forward Fold. 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:26.180 Keeping the bind. Bending the knees. 00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:29.649 Allowing the head, the neck, the shoulders to relax. 00:19:29.649 --> 00:19:33.240 So if there's any gripping there, holding any tension, 00:19:34.553 --> 00:19:36.319 try to soften it with some gentle movement. 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:39.309 Maybe shaking the head yes. 00:19:39.309 --> 00:19:40.970 And no. 00:19:44.379 --> 00:19:47.240 And then nice and slow, with control, best you can, 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:51.000 release the fingertips and with control wiggle the fingertips 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:54.839 as you slowly release the arms all the way back down. 00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:57.569 Great, take a deep breath in. 00:19:57.569 --> 00:20:00.519 You're gonna slide the hands up to the tops of the shins and 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:03.380 just find length in the spine as you breathe in. 00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:07.359 A little lift halfway and then exhale, soften and fold. 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:10.189 Let everything come back down. 00:20:10.189 --> 00:20:12.391 Standing Forward Fold. 00:20:12.391 --> 00:20:13.960 Great, fingertips come to the mat. 00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:17.625 Step your left foot back, left foot. 00:20:17.625 --> 00:20:21.319 Bend the right knee and we're gonna, slow and steady, 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:25.869 we're gonna roll up nice and slow to a standing lunge. 00:20:25.869 --> 00:20:28.250 Hands come to the waist. 00:20:28.250 --> 00:20:29.340 Breathe deep here. 00:20:29.340 --> 00:20:31.910 If this is much too much for you today, you can lower this 00:20:31.910 --> 00:20:33.990 knee down to the ground and work here. 00:20:33.990 --> 00:20:35.600 Perfect, awesome. 00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:38.519 Pull the right hip crease back. Draw the navel in and up. 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:41.909 See if you can find this lift from the pelvic floor. 00:20:41.909 --> 00:20:45.700 Good, then stay here, breathe or fingertips can go down to 00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:50.030 come up as you inhale reaching all the way up towards the sky. 00:20:50.030 --> 00:20:52.210 Front knee over front ankle. 00:20:52.210 --> 00:20:55.400 Pulling that right hip crease back, hugging the low ribs in. 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:57.764 Take a deep breath in. 00:20:57.764 --> 00:21:00.290 Relax the shoulders as you breathe out. 00:21:00.290 --> 00:21:04.599 On your next inhale, carve a line with your nose to slowly 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:06.279 look all the way up towards your fingertips. 00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:08.770 Just check it out. Taking stock. 00:21:08.770 --> 00:21:11.770 Good and then exhale, pivot on the back foot, 00:21:11.770 --> 00:21:13.363 bring your left heel to the ground 00:21:13.363 --> 00:21:15.160 and we're gonna open up Warrior II. 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:16.720 Just checking it out today. 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:20.180 Pull the pinkies back, lift up through your heart 00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:23.220 and then send your gaze past your right fingertips. 00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:26.319 Owning this shape, feeling this sensation. 00:21:27.761 --> 00:21:29.230 Breathe. 00:21:32.426 --> 00:21:33.880 And then let's flip the script. 00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:35.793 You're gonna straighten the front leg now, 00:21:35.793 --> 00:21:38.279 send the right fingertips all the way up and back. 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:40.400 A little Reverse Triangle here. 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:43.669 Big stretch, big breath. Inhale in. 00:21:43.669 --> 00:21:44.960 Exhale, have a little fun here. 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:47.192 We're gonna cartwheel it all the way back 00:21:47.192 --> 00:21:50.200 to a nice low lunge, fingertips on the ground. 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:52.536 Good. In your lunge, you can 00:21:52.536 --> 00:21:54.680 keep the back knee lifted or lowered. 00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:56.559 As you inhale, look forward. 00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:58.790 Open up through the front body. 00:21:58.790 --> 00:22:02.079 And then exhale, plant the palms, step the right foot 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:03.920 back to a Plank Pose. 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:06.240 Mhmmm, on Day 1. We got this. 00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:08.915 Navel draws up, press away from your yoga mat, 00:22:08.915 --> 00:22:12.139 reach the heels back, crown of the head forward. 00:22:12.139 --> 00:22:15.319 Take a breath or two here to just take stock. 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:17.387 You got this. 00:22:17.387 --> 00:22:19.320 Breathe. 00:22:24.792 --> 00:22:28.160 And after a couple breaths, you can lower the knees and slowly 00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:30.000 lower all the way to the belly. 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:32.759 I wish you guys had the view I had, have. 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:34.249 (kisses Benji) 00:22:34.249 --> 00:22:36.519 And then dragging the hands underneath the shoulders, 00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:39.480 we're gonna come into three Baby Cobras. 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:43.533 So press into your foundation (laughs). 00:22:43.533 --> 00:22:44.691 Hi, buddy. 00:22:44.691 --> 00:22:45.990 Press into your foundation, 00:22:45.990 --> 00:22:49.179 that which is touching the earth. 00:22:49.179 --> 00:22:51.957 And when you're ready, inhale, lift up, Baby Cobra. 00:22:51.957 --> 00:22:54.240 Nice and easy. Careful not to crunch the back of the neck. 00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:56.580 Keep the chin tucked. 00:22:56.580 --> 00:22:58.640 On an exhale, slowly lower. 00:22:58.640 --> 00:23:02.220 Forehead kisses the earth or Benji. 00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:03.680 Inhale, rise up. 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:06.170 Squeeze the elbows, each time find something new. 00:23:07.110 --> 00:23:09.119 Exhale, cascade it down. 00:23:10.501 --> 00:23:12.640 And one more inhale, lift up. 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:17.430 And exhale, soften and release. 00:23:17.430 --> 00:23:20.680 Good, curl the toes under, lift the kneecaps, tone the quads. 00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.640 Inhale in. 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:24.480 Exhale, press up, power up. 00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:27.240 Quietly whisper to yourself, "I am strong." 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:28.569 I am strong. 00:23:28.569 --> 00:23:32.240 Then send the hips up high and back, Downward Facing Dog. 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:34.599 And remember today's affirmation "I can." 00:23:39.761 --> 00:23:42.200 Then bend the knees, inhale, look forward. 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:44.490 Exhale, make your way to the top. 00:23:44.490 --> 00:23:45.759 Baby steps, 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:49.821 maybe rag doll, maybe a little hop. 00:23:49.821 --> 00:23:52.300 Then feet come together, really together here, 00:23:52.300 --> 00:23:54.379 Standing Forward Fold. 00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:57.650 Good, inhale, halfway lift. 00:23:57.650 --> 00:24:02.482 Exhale, slowly bending back into the fold. 00:24:02.482 --> 00:24:04.759 Good. Bend the knees, fingertips come to the mat. 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:07.942 This time we step the right foot back. 00:24:07.942 --> 00:24:10.839 Bend through the left knee. 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:13.719 Imagine you're squeezing your legs in 00:24:13.719 --> 00:24:15.439 towards the midline of your mat. 00:24:15.439 --> 00:24:19.599 So there's this kind of cinching, drawing inward 00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:21.969 energy as you slowly rise up, 00:24:21.969 --> 00:24:25.879 standing lunge, hands on hips. 00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:28.200 Front knee bent, right heel reaching back. 00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:31.519 We can always bring that back knee down, no problem. 00:24:34.665 --> 00:24:36.384 And breathe here. 00:24:36.384 --> 00:24:39.480 Relax the shoulders. Find your center. 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:41.319 So draw that navel in and up. 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:43.680 In yoga we call this Uddiyana Bandha 00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:47.720 but really you can also think about engaging the muscles of 00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:51.070 your deep core, your lower core, your guts. 00:24:53.786 --> 00:24:57.064 And then if you like, send the fingertips down to come up. 00:24:57.064 --> 00:24:59.720 Little expression here, high lunge. 00:25:02.571 --> 00:25:04.780 Breathe. 00:25:04.780 --> 00:25:08.215 And then maybe carving a line with the nose all the way up. 00:25:08.215 --> 00:25:11.079 Taking a deep breath in to look up towards the sky. 00:25:13.402 --> 00:25:17.090 Sweet, and then on an exhale we open up, Warrior II. 00:25:18.488 --> 00:25:20.480 Press into the outer edge of your back foot. 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:25.220 Your right toes are turned in towards the center 00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:27.849 of your mat just a hair. 00:25:27.849 --> 00:25:29.039 Front knee's bent. 00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:30.890 Just taking stock today. 00:25:31.949 --> 00:25:33.274 I want to stack the head over the heart, 00:25:33.274 --> 00:25:35.505 the heart over pelvis 00:25:35.505 --> 00:25:38.039 in this Warrior posture. 00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:41.830 So just take note. 00:25:44.249 --> 00:25:45.877 Good, then straighten the front leg, 00:25:45.877 --> 00:25:48.319 send the left fingertips all the way up and back. 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:51.329 Big breath, big stretch from the ball joint of your 00:25:51.329 --> 00:25:55.239 left big toe all the way through your left fingertips. 00:25:55.239 --> 00:25:58.319 Good, then exhale, cartwheel it all the way forward. 00:25:58.319 --> 00:26:00.199 Take up space. 00:26:00.199 --> 00:26:03.040 Slowly and with control, come all the way back down 00:26:03.040 --> 00:26:06.599 to your nice low runner's lunge. 00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:08.839 Good, back knee can stay lifted or lowered. 00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:12.416 We're gonna inhale, open the chest, look forward. 00:26:12.416 --> 00:26:14.990 Creating a whole body experience here. 00:26:14.990 --> 00:26:17.460 Good, then exhale, plant the palms, 00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:19.480 step it back, Plank Pose. 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.960 Take a deep breath in here. 00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:22.149 Listen carefully. 00:26:22.149 --> 00:26:26.480 Exhale, hips up high and back, Downward Facing Dog. 00:26:28.090 --> 00:26:29.670 You can. 00:26:29.670 --> 00:26:32.880 The hardest part is showing up and we are here. 00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:34.959 You can and you will. 00:26:34.959 --> 00:26:36.720 Take one more deep breath in. 00:26:39.491 --> 00:26:43.839 And on your exhale, melt your heels down towards the earth. 00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:45.670 That's okay if they don't touch. 00:26:45.670 --> 00:26:47.871 Just the intention and press away 00:26:47.871 --> 00:26:50.240 from your mat with your palms. 00:26:51.731 --> 00:26:52.929 Sweet. 00:26:52.929 --> 00:26:57.599 And when you're ready, a slow descend of the knees to kiss 00:26:57.599 --> 00:27:01.828 the earth and we'll send the hips back to melt the heart, 00:27:01.828 --> 00:27:03.542 Child's Pose. 00:27:05.904 --> 00:27:09.819 Can keep the arms reaching forward or if it feels good, 00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:14.279 you can slide the palms on the mat and send the fingertips 00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:16.783 towards the back edge, towards your feet 00:27:16.783 --> 00:27:19.359 and allow the shoulders to round forward. 00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:22.759 Close your eyes, my darling friends. 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:24.780 Make a wish. 00:27:24.780 --> 00:27:26.687 Sorry, it's too early in the series 00:27:26.687 --> 00:27:29.160 to start singing Boyz II Men. 00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:30.900 Is it though? 00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:35.359 Take a couple centering breaths here. 00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:40.240 Feeling the way your breath moves you. 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:45.799 Feel that stretch in the skin of the back as you breathe in. 00:27:48.329 --> 00:27:52.259 And just that softening as you exhale. 00:27:55.265 --> 00:28:00.065 And if this shape is not so good for you, you can come 00:28:00.065 --> 00:28:01.781 to lie on your back a little early 00:28:01.781 --> 00:28:03.819 or you can come to a comfortable seat. 00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:07.277 We're just gonna take two more cycles of breath here. 00:28:18.624 --> 00:28:23.480 And then slowly lift the head and the heart. 00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:28.240 We'll come to shift our weight just to one side, any side, 00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:30.789 and then send the legs out in front. 00:28:30.789 --> 00:28:32.480 We're gonna point the toes. 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:36.490 Sorry buddy. (chuckles) 00:28:36.490 --> 00:28:37.949 Okay, I'll adjust for you. 00:28:37.949 --> 00:28:40.680 We're gonna point the toes, send the fingertips forward. 00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:42.160 You can interlace them if you like. 00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:44.300 You can do like a Charlie's Angel, steeple grip 00:28:44.300 --> 00:28:45.740 or you can just reach them forward. 00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:48.279 But we want to send intention out through the arms 'cause 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:50.720 it's gonna help you as you point the toes. 00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:53.720 And today, again, just taking stock, my friends, 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:56.242 so we're gonna slowly roll it down. 00:28:56.242 --> 00:29:01.440 Working to engage the muscles of the core and working to 00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:04.519 really see if we can go one vertebra at a time. 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:07.440 Now there may be a moment where your legs fly up. 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:09.119 Very humbling moment. 00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:10.974 That's why we're here. 00:29:10.974 --> 00:29:14.440 Humility is a big part of this practice for me. 00:29:15.903 --> 00:29:18.640 And then eventually, you're probably, maybe already there 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:21.738 (chuckles), we'll come down to the ground. 00:29:21.738 --> 00:29:24.479 And we will snuggle the shoulder blades 00:29:24.479 --> 00:29:26.485 underneath the heart space. 00:29:26.485 --> 00:29:27.960 Take a deep breath in. 00:29:29.841 --> 00:29:32.240 And on an exhale, we're just gonna give ourselves a little 00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:34.279 hug here to close. 00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:36.279 So hug the knees up to the chest. 00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:40.103 You can massage the lower back and the sacrum here by drawing 00:29:40.103 --> 00:29:43.599 slow circles, maybe one way, and then the other. 00:29:50.630 --> 00:29:54.135 Keep the breath nice and active here 00:29:54.135 --> 00:29:59.079 as we inch towards the end of this practice. 00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:01.799 For real, that's it. It flew by. 00:30:02.797 --> 00:30:05.920 Each day we'll be learning new vocabulary. 00:30:10.375 --> 00:30:15.599 And showing up for an experience that 00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:18.610 will have such an impact off the mat. 00:30:18.610 --> 00:30:21.480 One that we don't even know. 00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:24.720 One that we can't even see, but we'll be able to feel. 00:30:27.493 --> 00:30:30.440 Alright. Bring the feet to the ground. 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:32.019 Extend one leg. 00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:35.220 And then the other. If there's any last little bits of 00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:40.329 movement, maybe you want to do before we wrap this baby, 00:30:40.329 --> 00:30:44.559 please feel free to mindfully do them now. 00:30:45.763 --> 00:30:49.591 Let's come into this shape of 00:30:49.591 --> 00:30:51.369 the Corpse Pose, a Shavasana, 00:30:51.369 --> 00:30:56.720 where we relax the full weight of the body into the earth. 00:30:56.720 --> 00:31:01.239 So now we completely surrender to gravity. 00:31:03.719 --> 00:31:06.359 And I would invite you to close your eyes. 00:31:08.498 --> 00:31:12.559 And just think about this shape every time we come to the end. 00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:15.240 This is for people who have been practicing a long time 00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:18.080 and for a beautiful beginner's mind. 00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:22.039 Think about this as a layered event. 00:31:23.661 --> 00:31:26.119 First exhale, you let go once. 00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:28.429 Second exhale, 00:31:28.429 --> 00:31:32.119 you might notice that you're holding in an area 00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:34.629 of the body that maybe you weren't aware of. 00:31:37.560 --> 00:31:42.400 And then there's the energetic offering here to really just 00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:47.900 allow your energy to soften, 00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:52.399 to recalibrate, to allow the nutrients of your practice, 00:31:53.287 --> 00:31:55.148 the breath work, 00:31:55.148 --> 00:31:58.200 the affirmation, the movement. 00:32:01.808 --> 00:32:04.712 Allow it to come together, 00:32:07.893 --> 00:32:10.851 so that it may serve you best. 00:32:17.475 --> 00:32:22.637 This journey is about coming back. 00:32:22.637 --> 00:32:27.217 It's about knowing and understanding who you are 00:32:28.223 --> 00:32:30.869 through daily practice. 00:32:30.869 --> 00:32:35.004 And I'm extremely honored 00:32:35.004 --> 00:32:38.697 to go on this journey with you. 00:32:38.697 --> 00:32:42.770 Bring the palms together, slowly bring the thumbs up to 00:32:42.770 --> 00:32:45.089 your forehead here, this third eye point, 00:32:45.089 --> 00:32:46.759 you can give it a little touch. 00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:48.850 The power of touch is good. 00:32:48.850 --> 00:32:51.505 Hey-oh, Day 1. Alright. 00:32:53.628 --> 00:32:55.300 Thank you again. 00:32:55.300 --> 00:33:00.359 Let's close with a deep inhale in, lots of love. 00:33:03.457 --> 00:33:06.880 And one final exhale out. 00:33:07.894 --> 00:33:09.378 Lots of love. 00:33:10.811 --> 00:33:14.532 Look forward to seeing you tomorrow for Day 2. 00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:19.979 Thank you for sharing this centering practice with me. 00:33:19.979 --> 00:33:21.811 Take care. 00:33:23.013 --> 00:33:27.013 (light music)