WEBVTT 00:00:00.350 --> 00:00:03.260 - Hello, everyone. Welcome back to Move. 00:00:03.260 --> 00:00:04.880 It is Day 15. 00:00:04.880 --> 00:00:06.710 We are at the halfway mark, 00:00:06.710 --> 00:00:10.110 and it is a beautiful day to celebrate 00:00:10.110 --> 00:00:11.830 where we are in this journey, 00:00:11.830 --> 00:00:16.110 but also a remarkable time to hit the reset button. 00:00:16.110 --> 00:00:18.876 So hop into something comfy and let's get started. 00:00:19.748 --> 00:00:23.507 (soft upbeat music) 00:00:34.580 --> 00:00:37.700 Okay, we are going to begin standing today. 00:00:37.700 --> 00:00:40.790 So just come anywhere on your mat that feels good. 00:00:40.790 --> 00:00:43.740 Feet hip width apart or feet together. 00:00:43.740 --> 00:00:47.930 We're gonna ease in with a gentle but powerful reset. 00:00:47.930 --> 00:00:50.230 So if you are feeling pretty lethargic, 00:00:50.230 --> 00:00:52.910 or you're having a hard day, don't worry. 00:00:52.910 --> 00:00:53.743 I got your back. 00:00:53.743 --> 00:00:55.640 The important thing is that you're here. 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:57.510 Thank you for meeting me here. 00:00:57.510 --> 00:00:59.763 Let's begin in Mountain Pose. 00:01:02.700 --> 00:01:04.180 So stand up nice and tall 00:01:04.180 --> 00:01:05.710 and just check in with your energy level. 00:01:05.710 --> 00:01:10.260 This is a great moment in the journey to just check in. 00:01:10.260 --> 00:01:13.340 And you may recognize that some days you're like 00:01:14.740 --> 00:01:16.560 ready to hit it, right? 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:19.500 And everything's falling into place, 00:01:19.500 --> 00:01:23.240 and tears of joy streaming down your cheeks. 00:01:23.240 --> 00:01:26.440 And some days it's really hard to show up. 00:01:26.440 --> 00:01:28.956 You think you wanna throw in the towel. 00:01:30.540 --> 00:01:35.260 Different kind of salty tear drips down your cheek. 00:01:35.260 --> 00:01:38.040 And this is the journey that we're on. 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:42.240 And so this 30 Day framework really allows us 00:01:42.240 --> 00:01:43.893 to kind of embrace that. 00:01:44.950 --> 00:01:46.893 Remember that that's a part of life, 00:01:48.020 --> 00:01:51.190 and it gives us a tool set, 00:01:51.190 --> 00:01:56.190 opportunity to really keep coming back to ourselves. 00:01:58.310 --> 00:02:00.093 So draw the hands together. 00:02:01.580 --> 00:02:03.120 Stand up nice and tall 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:05.450 and close your eyes if you haven't already. 00:02:05.450 --> 00:02:08.063 Allow the shoulders to relax and just check in, 00:02:09.460 --> 00:02:13.190 acknowledging where you are, 00:02:13.190 --> 00:02:18.495 and just noticing what it feels like 00:02:18.495 --> 00:02:20.450 to be alive today. 00:02:20.450 --> 00:02:22.060 And let me tell ya, 00:02:22.060 --> 00:02:25.870 I'm so glad you're alive and you're here. 00:02:25.870 --> 00:02:27.880 Thank you. Thank you for being here. 00:02:27.880 --> 00:02:29.636 Let's take a deep breath in. 00:02:31.600 --> 00:02:33.263 And a long breath out. 00:02:35.500 --> 00:02:37.130 Deep breath in. 00:02:39.370 --> 00:02:42.551 And a slow long exhale. 00:02:45.870 --> 00:02:49.520 And deep breath in. Slow, long inhale, 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:50.963 just slowing it all down. 00:02:53.600 --> 00:02:55.391 And long breath out. 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:00.330 Great. Open the eyes. 00:03:00.330 --> 00:03:03.250 Relax your hands gently at your sides. 00:03:03.250 --> 00:03:05.650 And you're gonna walk the feet out 00:03:05.650 --> 00:03:07.760 a little bit wider than hip width apart. 00:03:07.760 --> 00:03:09.890 You're just gonna bend the knees a little bit left to right 00:03:09.890 --> 00:03:12.360 and start to move your center. 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:15.050 Actually bring their fingertips to the belly here, 00:03:15.050 --> 00:03:16.760 to the center of your body, 00:03:16.760 --> 00:03:19.450 and just moving your center a little back and forth. 00:03:19.450 --> 00:03:20.650 There's no right or wrong here. 00:03:20.650 --> 00:03:25.603 Just kind of getting a feel for your center today. 00:03:26.730 --> 00:03:28.533 Beautiful Day 15. 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:34.090 And in celebration of this glorious halfway mark, 00:03:34.090 --> 00:03:36.840 we're gonna do Knocking on Heaven's Door, 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:40.240 which is one of my favorite tools 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:41.820 for hitting the reset button. 00:03:41.820 --> 00:03:43.890 So we're practically almost there, 00:03:43.890 --> 00:03:45.810 here in this little warmup. 00:03:45.810 --> 00:03:48.550 So you're just gonna allow your hands to fall to the side, 00:03:48.550 --> 00:03:51.900 and then you're gonna start to sway a little left to right, 00:03:51.900 --> 00:03:54.010 and you'll take the bounce out of the knees, 00:03:54.010 --> 00:03:57.390 but you'll still stay really soft 00:03:57.390 --> 00:03:59.820 in this back and forth movement. 00:03:59.820 --> 00:04:03.140 And that of course will really depend on your feet 00:04:03.140 --> 00:04:07.079 being soft and kind of malleable on the earth. 00:04:08.670 --> 00:04:12.010 So this movement I call Knocking on Heaven's Door. 00:04:12.010 --> 00:04:16.650 You start to really notice how in your head 00:04:17.430 --> 00:04:20.090 you are, or at least I do, start to notice how in my head 00:04:20.090 --> 00:04:22.750 I can be, even when I'm like, "I got this." 00:04:22.750 --> 00:04:25.210 Yoga With Adriene, right? 00:04:25.210 --> 00:04:29.873 But my wires are strong. 00:04:31.570 --> 00:04:36.010 So we are moving back and forth, left to right, 00:04:36.010 --> 00:04:40.760 allowing the weight of the arms to just swing 00:04:40.760 --> 00:04:45.440 like heavy, heavy noodles. 00:04:45.440 --> 00:04:48.880 And there's this wonderful invitation 00:04:48.880 --> 00:04:53.880 to kind of give your own booty or your hip a little 00:04:54.935 --> 00:04:57.481 slap, which can be fun. 00:04:59.280 --> 00:05:01.890 And just notice if your belly is soft here, 00:05:01.890 --> 00:05:02.790 that's beautiful, 00:05:02.790 --> 00:05:06.550 but see if you can draw it in just a bit to feel a gentle 00:05:07.940 --> 00:05:10.870 sense of stability in your core. 00:05:10.870 --> 00:05:13.410 So we're not making, we're not creating tension there, 00:05:13.410 --> 00:05:15.550 but there's just this little awareness. 00:05:15.550 --> 00:05:17.733 You're engaging those muscles a bit. 00:05:18.740 --> 00:05:21.850 Notice if the shoulders have started to creep up here. 00:05:21.850 --> 00:05:24.240 And notice if you started to get in your head again, 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:26.910 and you wanna quit, you wanna bow out of this gesture 00:05:26.910 --> 00:05:29.743 because it feels foreign or silly. 00:05:30.650 --> 00:05:31.960 The knees are slightly bent again. 00:05:31.960 --> 00:05:34.540 The feet are kind of soft and malleable. 00:05:34.540 --> 00:05:36.470 And you can keep this nice and slow. 00:05:36.470 --> 00:05:38.190 Maybe you started to find a rhythm. 00:05:38.190 --> 00:05:41.150 Or I will invite you to start to 00:05:41.150 --> 00:05:43.260 pick up the pace a little bit 00:05:43.260 --> 00:05:44.620 and marry it with the breath. 00:05:44.620 --> 00:05:46.840 That's why we're here ultimately, 00:05:46.840 --> 00:05:48.210 to move with the breath. 00:05:48.210 --> 00:05:50.440 So you might inhale as you go to one side 00:05:50.440 --> 00:05:53.313 and exhale on the other. 00:05:56.160 --> 00:05:58.220 Or you might keep the breath long, 00:05:58.220 --> 00:06:01.315 just like we started as we were tuning in 00:06:02.364 --> 00:06:03.270 for this practice. 00:06:03.270 --> 00:06:06.000 Just making it long as you inhale, 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:08.093 and long and smooth as you exhale. 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:15.140 Lastly, keep the head in line with your heart. 00:06:15.140 --> 00:06:18.050 So allow your nose to kind of track left to right 00:06:18.050 --> 00:06:20.150 as you twist in the spine. 00:06:20.150 --> 00:06:25.240 We're getting a nice massage internally. 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:27.623 That is with the actual organs. 00:06:28.820 --> 00:06:30.900 But also energetically, 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:33.540 and everything in between. 00:06:33.540 --> 00:06:35.040 We're here for three. 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:37.342 Jump back in if you quit. We're here for two. 00:06:38.460 --> 00:06:41.440 Knocking on Heaven's Door for one, 00:06:41.440 --> 00:06:42.690 and then release. 00:06:42.690 --> 00:06:44.610 Allow your hands to come gently at your side 00:06:44.610 --> 00:06:46.830 and just pause and be still. 00:06:46.830 --> 00:06:49.752 Again notice what it feels like to be alive today. 00:06:51.670 --> 00:06:53.832 Feel the energy of your body. 00:06:55.260 --> 00:06:57.809 Stay open to shifts, 00:06:58.652 --> 00:07:01.246 whether they are small or large. 00:07:03.960 --> 00:07:05.530 Alright, then wiggle the fingertips, 00:07:05.530 --> 00:07:07.173 open your eyes if you closed them, 00:07:07.173 --> 00:07:08.680 and let's keep moving. 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:09.900 Bend the elbows. 00:07:09.900 --> 00:07:12.640 You're gonna bring them shoulder height, 00:07:12.640 --> 00:07:15.720 then we're just going to keep with this 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:17.160 left and right movement here. 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:18.040 So soft knees, 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:20.520 but this time the feet are planted, soft knees, 00:07:20.520 --> 00:07:24.000 and we're really keeping the hips pretty stable 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:25.840 still here to begin with. 00:07:25.840 --> 00:07:26.930 So you're not moving at the hips 00:07:26.930 --> 00:07:28.970 like we were in Knocking on Heaven's Door, 00:07:28.970 --> 00:07:31.060 but we're moving from the waist up. 00:07:31.060 --> 00:07:33.320 So really keeping it in the spine. 00:07:33.320 --> 00:07:36.840 If you're feeling a pinch in the neck or in the traps, 00:07:36.840 --> 00:07:38.820 just lower your elbows just a bit. 00:07:38.820 --> 00:07:41.680 We wanna get to this place where we're maybe 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:43.560 able to lift them in line with the shoulders. 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:44.750 Just check it out. 00:07:44.750 --> 00:07:49.750 So it's like we have two sponges or two rags, 00:07:50.370 --> 00:07:54.340 and we're just polishing a surface here 00:07:54.340 --> 00:07:56.623 in line with the chest or the breastbone. 00:07:57.950 --> 00:07:59.168 Breathe. 00:08:00.910 --> 00:08:04.480 Great. Then the next time your elbows pulled, excuse me. 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:06.350 The next time your left elbow is pulled back. 00:08:06.350 --> 00:08:07.720 So meet me there. 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:08.770 We'll slow this down to start. 00:08:08.770 --> 00:08:10.720 You're gonna extend the right arm 00:08:10.720 --> 00:08:16.152 towards the front diagonal here, front left diagonal. 00:08:17.430 --> 00:08:18.700 I was gonna say front left corner of the mat, 00:08:18.700 --> 00:08:19.600 but it depends where you are. 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:22.030 I'm not at the front of my mat. 00:08:22.030 --> 00:08:22.940 wherever you are, it's all good. 00:08:22.940 --> 00:08:24.570 So then we're gonna bring it back to center, 00:08:24.570 --> 00:08:26.750 kind of cactus arms, elbows lifted. 00:08:26.750 --> 00:08:30.760 You're gonna start to feel this in the muscles of the arm, 00:08:30.760 --> 00:08:31.660 these deltoids. 00:08:31.660 --> 00:08:35.360 This is gonna build beautifully for you, 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:36.933 create a nice toned shape. 00:08:37.900 --> 00:08:39.240 Not that that matters, 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:43.850 but hey, might feel nice to see those muscles accentuate. 00:08:43.850 --> 00:08:44.730 Take it to the other side. 00:08:44.730 --> 00:08:47.670 Extend the left fingertips all the way out 00:08:47.670 --> 00:08:51.500 as you pull, pull, pull right shoulder blade, 00:08:51.500 --> 00:08:52.763 right elbow back. 00:08:53.610 --> 00:08:56.290 Alright, then take it to the other side, 00:08:56.290 --> 00:08:57.270 and then switch. 00:08:57.270 --> 00:08:59.310 And then once you feel like you have this gesture, 00:08:59.310 --> 00:09:04.799 this movement, we will pick up the pace. 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:08.340 So now your hip points can move. 00:09:08.340 --> 00:09:12.640 In fact, I invite you to press into your heels, 00:09:12.640 --> 00:09:14.570 press into the ball joint of your big toe 00:09:14.570 --> 00:09:15.970 and your pinky toe, 00:09:15.970 --> 00:09:18.000 and maybe even lift the toes for a breath or two 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:20.740 to make sure you're not gripping in the toes. 00:09:20.740 --> 00:09:22.136 Breathing deep. 00:09:24.490 --> 00:09:27.073 Neck is nice and long. Spine is tall. 00:09:28.500 --> 00:09:31.090 And don't go too fast that you can't really feel 00:09:31.090 --> 00:09:33.370 the sensation of what's happening here, right, 00:09:33.370 --> 00:09:34.590 through the whole body. 00:09:34.590 --> 00:09:35.710 So if you need to slow it down, 00:09:35.710 --> 00:09:39.070 in fact, I'm gonna slow mine down to be a good role model. 00:09:39.070 --> 00:09:41.020 Slow it down. Whew! 00:09:41.020 --> 00:09:45.560 Shoulders, and arms, and scaps, and chest. 00:09:45.560 --> 00:09:50.150 And let's do this for three, 00:09:50.150 --> 00:09:51.150 and two, 00:09:51.150 --> 00:09:53.340 and on the one release. 00:09:53.340 --> 00:09:56.180 Send both fingertips down to come up, 00:09:56.180 --> 00:09:58.330 reach the fingertips all the way up high. 00:09:58.330 --> 00:09:59.710 Come on to the tippy tip toes. 00:09:59.710 --> 00:10:02.070 Reach, reach, reach, and then exhale. 00:10:02.070 --> 00:10:03.870 Let it all go without looking down. 00:10:03.870 --> 00:10:05.430 Keep your chin up, my friend. 00:10:05.430 --> 00:10:07.680 Send your gaze out and walk to the front of your mat. 00:10:07.680 --> 00:10:09.420 If you're already there, amazing. 00:10:09.420 --> 00:10:12.160 Then big inhale to reach the arms all the way up again. 00:10:12.160 --> 00:10:14.320 Exhale to bend the knees, wiggle the fingertips, 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:17.690 float it down to a Standing Forward Fold, Uttanasana. 00:10:17.690 --> 00:10:20.724 Now shake the head little yes and no. 00:10:23.350 --> 00:10:25.470 Good. Then bend both knees generously. 00:10:25.470 --> 00:10:27.760 Right fingertips come down to the earth. 00:10:27.760 --> 00:10:30.500 As you inhale, peel the left hip crease up. 00:10:30.500 --> 00:10:31.540 Right knee stays bent. 00:10:31.540 --> 00:10:32.870 We've done this before in the journey. 00:10:32.870 --> 00:10:35.220 Left fingertips all the way up towards the sky. 00:10:36.490 --> 00:10:38.483 Right hand can come on a block here. 00:10:39.450 --> 00:10:42.510 We're strong and stable through the feet, 00:10:42.510 --> 00:10:44.520 connected through center. 00:10:44.520 --> 00:10:46.900 Go ahead and release. Bend both knees. 00:10:46.900 --> 00:10:48.700 Left hand replaces the right. 00:10:48.700 --> 00:10:49.590 Here we go. 00:10:49.590 --> 00:10:50.930 Straightening through the right leg, 00:10:50.930 --> 00:10:52.240 pulling that right hip crease up. 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:54.170 Neck is nice and long. 00:10:54.170 --> 00:10:56.747 Reach the right arm towards the sky, big breath. 00:10:58.220 --> 00:11:00.613 And then exhale to release. Plant the palms. 00:11:00.613 --> 00:11:03.763 Walk it all the way out to Downward Facing Dog. 00:11:05.460 --> 00:11:07.960 When you get there, bend one knee generously 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:09.110 and then the other. 00:11:09.110 --> 00:11:11.172 Claw through the fingertips. 00:11:14.470 --> 00:11:17.360 Nice. Then inhale, lift the right leg up high. 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:20.430 Exhale, step it all the way up. 00:11:20.430 --> 00:11:22.300 Right into the twist, left hand to the earth. 00:11:22.300 --> 00:11:24.040 Inhale, right fingertips to the sky. 00:11:24.040 --> 00:11:26.620 Big breath, big stretch. 00:11:26.620 --> 00:11:29.340 Beautiful. Then slowly bring it back down. 00:11:29.340 --> 00:11:32.370 Step the right foot back, Downward Facing Dog. 00:11:32.370 --> 00:11:34.513 Right away, inhale, left leg up high. 00:11:35.540 --> 00:11:37.310 Exhale, step it through. 00:11:37.310 --> 00:11:38.720 On your next breath in, 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:40.950 left fingertips reach up towards the sky. 00:11:40.950 --> 00:11:43.690 Big breath. Big twist here. 00:11:43.690 --> 00:11:46.340 Good. Then on the exhale left hand comes down. 00:11:46.340 --> 00:11:49.470 Step it to Plank Pose, Plank, inhale. 00:11:49.470 --> 00:11:51.090 Look forward, shift forward. 00:11:51.090 --> 00:11:53.940 Exhale, lower to the belly slowly. 00:11:53.940 --> 00:11:56.673 Inhale, lift up, Cobra. 00:11:57.920 --> 00:12:00.010 Exhale, soften and fold. 00:12:00.010 --> 00:12:01.780 Come onto the elbows here. 00:12:01.780 --> 00:12:04.580 Take a deep breath in and release the fingertips. 00:12:04.580 --> 00:12:07.050 As you exhale, draw your chin into your chest. 00:12:07.050 --> 00:12:09.610 Walk your elbows underneath your shoulders, 00:12:09.610 --> 00:12:11.530 and yep, curl the toes under, 00:12:11.530 --> 00:12:13.620 lift the hips up, Forearm Plank. 00:12:13.620 --> 00:12:14.530 Reach the heels back. 00:12:14.530 --> 00:12:15.870 You can have your knees on the ground 00:12:15.870 --> 00:12:19.640 and still feel the muscles in the front body 00:12:19.640 --> 00:12:21.730 engage tremendously. 00:12:21.730 --> 00:12:23.280 So it's okay to lower those knees, 00:12:23.280 --> 00:12:27.270 protect your shoulders, and work on your alignment 00:12:27.270 --> 00:12:28.710 as you build strength. 00:12:28.710 --> 00:12:30.970 If the knees are lifted, really reach the heels back. 00:12:30.970 --> 00:12:34.560 Everyone, tuck your chin slightly to broaden 00:12:34.560 --> 00:12:36.240 through the back of the head, the neck. 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:38.460 So tuck your chin, lengthen through the back of the neck, 00:12:38.460 --> 00:12:39.630 crown of the head forward. 00:12:39.630 --> 00:12:43.020 If the knees are lifted, lower them to kiss the earth 00:12:43.020 --> 00:12:44.590 and then lift them up. 00:12:44.590 --> 00:12:47.540 Lower and lift. 00:12:47.540 --> 00:12:49.190 Lower and lift. 00:12:49.190 --> 00:12:51.700 You have one more. Lower and lift. 00:12:51.700 --> 00:12:54.830 Beautiful. From here, everyone lower the knees. 00:12:54.830 --> 00:12:57.110 Come onto all fours. 00:12:57.110 --> 00:13:00.720 Walk the knees as wide as your yoga mat, big toes to touch. 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:02.810 Keep the hands where they are, shoulder width apart. 00:13:02.810 --> 00:13:05.630 As you inhale, send the right fingertips up high. 00:13:05.630 --> 00:13:07.630 Big breath, big stretch. 00:13:07.630 --> 00:13:10.410 Exhale, thread the needle here. 00:13:10.410 --> 00:13:12.100 Coming onto the right shoulder, right ear, 00:13:12.100 --> 00:13:13.740 left fingertips reach forward. 00:13:13.740 --> 00:13:14.890 Breathe in. 00:13:16.547 --> 00:13:17.739 Breathe out. 00:13:19.790 --> 00:13:22.680 Left arm extends all the way up and over head, 00:13:22.680 --> 00:13:24.640 or you can bend at the elbow, 00:13:24.640 --> 00:13:27.650 or again, taking the hand to the small of the back. 00:13:27.650 --> 00:13:29.440 We're finding a little bind here. 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:31.660 Take one more cycle of breath. 00:13:31.660 --> 00:13:33.460 Think about breathing deep into your belly, 00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:37.882 that big full balloon breath, that diaphragmatic breath. 00:13:38.900 --> 00:13:40.953 Yeah, and then come back to center, 00:13:40.953 --> 00:13:43.230 hands nice and wide. 00:13:43.230 --> 00:13:44.210 When you're ready, inhale. 00:13:44.210 --> 00:13:47.450 Left fingertips open, reach to the sky. 00:13:47.450 --> 00:13:49.650 And exhale, thread the needle. 00:13:53.730 --> 00:13:56.830 Find what feels good with that right hand. 00:13:56.830 --> 00:14:01.373 Resting your head and the left shoulder here, left ear. 00:14:02.290 --> 00:14:04.420 Spiraling your heart up towards the sky, 00:14:04.420 --> 00:14:07.000 as you breathe into your belly, breath in. 00:14:08.534 --> 00:14:10.146 And empty it out. 00:14:12.090 --> 00:14:13.820 One more big belly breath here. 00:14:13.820 --> 00:14:18.040 Feel that generous stretch in the left shoulder, 00:14:18.040 --> 00:14:22.453 the upper back, the mid-back. 00:14:23.270 --> 00:14:26.290 And then exhale, slowly release. 00:14:26.290 --> 00:14:27.970 Come back to center. 00:14:27.970 --> 00:14:30.710 Walk the knees underneath the hips, curl the toes under. 00:14:30.710 --> 00:14:34.360 Send the hips up high, Downward Facing Dog. 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:37.080 Alright, really, really take a look at your hands. 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:38.650 Really, really spread the fingertips. 00:14:38.650 --> 00:14:42.610 Walk the hands a little bit wider than shoulder width apart. 00:14:42.610 --> 00:14:44.483 So you have a nice strong base here. 00:14:45.350 --> 00:14:47.940 Then relax the weight of the head over, bend your knees, 00:14:47.940 --> 00:14:51.193 lift your hip creases up high towards the sky. 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:55.940 Good. Now draw your navel in and up. 00:14:55.940 --> 00:14:59.549 Draw your low belly in to meet the center of 00:14:59.549 --> 00:15:01.100 your abdominal wall. 00:15:01.100 --> 00:15:03.160 So we're creating that engagement. 00:15:03.160 --> 00:15:05.260 We call this Uddiyana Bandha. 00:15:05.260 --> 00:15:07.190 Navel draws in and up. 00:15:07.190 --> 00:15:09.020 So I'm engaging my abs. 00:15:09.020 --> 00:15:11.890 I'm going to press into my left hand firmly, 00:15:11.890 --> 00:15:14.300 press into my feet firmly. 00:15:14.300 --> 00:15:18.390 And I'm gonna reach my right hand over to twist across 00:15:18.390 --> 00:15:20.890 to maybe grab the outer edge of my left thigh, 00:15:20.890 --> 00:15:22.830 or the outer edge of my left calf, 00:15:22.830 --> 00:15:24.880 or the outer edge of my left ankle. 00:15:24.880 --> 00:15:26.550 If this is much too much, 00:15:26.550 --> 00:15:29.570 you can repeat the thread the needle that we did before 00:15:29.570 --> 00:15:31.189 by coming onto the knees. 00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:35.073 Breathe deep here, a little Down Dog Twist. 00:15:36.400 --> 00:15:38.695 Feel the heat, that shake, 00:15:40.180 --> 00:15:41.690 and then slowly release. 00:15:41.690 --> 00:15:42.740 Take a break if you need to. 00:15:42.740 --> 00:15:44.830 Otherwise, right to the other side. 00:15:44.830 --> 00:15:46.793 Draw the navel in and up. 00:15:49.140 --> 00:15:52.610 Breathing deep, grabbing the outer edge of the right thigh, 00:15:52.610 --> 00:15:54.553 right shin or right ankle. 00:15:57.780 --> 00:15:59.560 Big twist in the spine. 00:15:59.560 --> 00:16:01.790 Looking underneath the right armpit chest. 00:16:01.790 --> 00:16:04.800 If you don't quite make it to my shape today or any day, 00:16:04.800 --> 00:16:05.633 don't worry. 00:16:05.633 --> 00:16:07.793 Just focus on the sensation. Breathe. 00:16:09.020 --> 00:16:10.497 Stay with it. 00:16:12.030 --> 00:16:13.580 And then we'll slowly release. 00:16:13.580 --> 00:16:16.510 Everyone, lift the knees, come to Downward Dog. 00:16:16.510 --> 00:16:19.953 Take a deep breath in and then a Lion's Breath, tongue out. 00:16:21.180 --> 00:16:23.000 Big cleansing breath. Two more like that. 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:24.773 Inhale in deeply through the nose. 00:16:25.690 --> 00:16:27.665 And exhale, Lion's Breath, tongue out. 00:16:29.150 --> 00:16:31.098 One more time, deep breath in. 00:16:32.760 --> 00:16:34.713 Lion's Breath, tongue out. 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:38.690 Slowly lower onto the knees. 00:16:38.690 --> 00:16:43.410 Cross one ankle over the other and come through to a seat. 00:16:43.410 --> 00:16:44.530 Try not to fidget here. 00:16:44.530 --> 00:16:46.640 Just allow the hands to rest gently on the knees 00:16:46.640 --> 00:16:47.730 or the thighs. 00:16:47.730 --> 00:16:50.900 Palms face up, palm face down. 00:16:50.900 --> 00:16:53.420 I just fixed my shirt and fidgeted, and I'm the guide. 00:16:53.420 --> 00:16:55.050 So I'm human. You're human. 00:16:55.050 --> 00:16:57.239 If you're fidgeting, just notice. 00:16:58.908 --> 00:17:00.240 Coming to stillness here, 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:02.431 softening the skin of the forehead. 00:17:04.670 --> 00:17:07.831 Softening through the jaw, maybe parting the lips. 00:17:10.790 --> 00:17:13.200 Draw the hands together at the heart. 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:15.520 Then open the palms like a book. 00:17:15.520 --> 00:17:18.150 Draw the fingertips in towards your heart, 00:17:18.150 --> 00:17:20.590 and then down and around. 00:17:20.590 --> 00:17:23.790 Palms come together, in and down and around. 00:17:23.790 --> 00:17:24.623 We've done this before, 00:17:24.623 --> 00:17:27.680 just a little release for the wrists. 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:29.042 Nice and easy. 00:17:32.350 --> 00:17:33.920 Good, then interlace the fingertips, 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:37.740 press the palms forward, up and back. 00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:39.340 Reach for the sky. 00:17:39.340 --> 00:17:40.900 Biggest breath you've taken all day. 00:17:40.900 --> 00:17:43.390 Really lift from the waistline, 00:17:43.390 --> 00:17:46.550 all the way up to the shoulders, all the way up to the wrists, 00:17:46.550 --> 00:17:50.150 all the way up to the sky. 00:17:50.150 --> 00:17:53.230 Then take your nose, carve a line with your nose. 00:17:53.230 --> 00:17:54.740 Look up towards your thumbs. 00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:56.510 Take one more deep breath in here. 00:17:56.510 --> 00:18:00.600 Feel weight in the tops of your thighs grounding down. 00:18:00.600 --> 00:18:02.820 And then exhale, release the bind, 00:18:02.820 --> 00:18:06.300 wiggle the fingertips, and float your hands 00:18:06.300 --> 00:18:08.581 sweetly down to the earth. 00:18:09.600 --> 00:18:11.020 Tuck the chin into the chest, 00:18:11.020 --> 00:18:13.681 close your eyes and just notice how you feel. 00:18:20.630 --> 00:18:22.640 You do not have to do this at all, 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:25.050 but there's an invitation here to gently lift 00:18:25.050 --> 00:18:27.336 the corners of the mouth slightly. 00:18:29.650 --> 00:18:31.423 Relax your shoulders. 00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:35.263 And once again, I'll just share this question, 00:18:36.470 --> 00:18:38.572 a loving proposal 00:18:40.266 --> 00:18:43.310 for you to contemplate or answer. 00:18:43.310 --> 00:18:47.915 What do I want to move closer to? 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:54.230 With the eyes closed, 00:18:54.230 --> 00:18:56.650 see if you can align your head over your heart 00:18:56.650 --> 00:18:58.913 and your heart over your pelvis. 00:19:00.310 --> 00:19:03.059 What do I want to move closer to? 00:19:09.688 --> 00:19:14.840 And then we'll draw the hands together and seal practice 00:19:14.840 --> 00:19:16.453 with a final breath. 00:19:18.380 --> 00:19:19.990 Inhaling lots of love in. 00:19:19.990 --> 00:19:21.148 Here we go. 00:19:22.600 --> 00:19:24.700 And exhaling lots of love out 00:19:24.700 --> 00:19:26.996 as we bow the head to the heart. 00:19:28.790 --> 00:19:30.200 Thank you so much. 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:34.490 I look forward to seeing you for sweet Day 16 tomorrow. 00:19:34.490 --> 00:19:36.717 'Til then, Namaste. 00:19:39.783 --> 00:19:43.609 (soft upbeat music)