WEBVTT 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:01.330 - Hello my sweet friend 00:00:01.330 --> 00:00:04.410 and welcome back to BREATH, your 30 day yoga journey, 00:00:04.410 --> 00:00:07.710 it's Day 27, Heal. 00:00:07.710 --> 00:00:09.757 Hop into something extra comfy 00:00:09.757 --> 00:00:11.602 and let's get started. 00:00:12.355 --> 00:00:16.733 (bright upbeat piano music) 00:00:30.240 --> 00:00:32.869 Alright, come on down to the ground, 00:00:32.869 --> 00:00:34.840 can lay your blanket out 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:37.380 for extra cozy vibes, 00:00:37.380 --> 00:00:39.000 or you can of course sit up on one, 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:40.710 of if you were smart, 00:00:40.710 --> 00:00:43.328 you brought two to class today. 00:00:43.328 --> 00:00:44.970 We're gonna sit up nice and tall, 00:00:44.970 --> 00:00:46.740 align your head over your heart, 00:00:46.740 --> 00:00:48.233 heart over your pelvis. 00:00:49.270 --> 00:00:51.210 And then we'll gently bring the left hand 00:00:51.210 --> 00:00:52.757 to the heart's center, the chest, 00:00:52.757 --> 00:00:54.720 and right hand to the belly. 00:00:54.720 --> 00:00:56.350 Bow your head, 00:00:56.350 --> 00:00:58.130 drop the chin to the chest, 00:00:58.130 --> 00:00:59.267 close your eyes 00:00:59.267 --> 00:01:02.335 and start to notice your breath. 00:01:05.080 --> 00:01:09.538 So even though we have the head 00:01:09.538 --> 00:01:11.510 in a bow, 00:01:11.510 --> 00:01:13.830 see if you can draw the shoulder blades together 00:01:13.830 --> 00:01:15.780 and still keep lifted through the heart here. 00:01:15.780 --> 00:01:17.959 So if you're collapsed here, 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:21.108 see if you can grow long through the torso. 00:01:24.750 --> 00:01:26.430 Take a second here, 00:01:26.430 --> 00:01:27.450 just get quiet, 00:01:27.450 --> 00:01:29.400 and you'll start to notice your breath. 00:01:30.730 --> 00:01:32.770 Each time we show up is a new day 00:01:32.770 --> 00:01:35.064 and some days it's 00:01:36.743 --> 00:01:39.980 all seemingly in flow, right, it's all aligned. 00:01:39.980 --> 00:01:43.780 And then some days it feels darker, right, 00:01:43.780 --> 00:01:48.480 and our practice allows us this opportunity 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:53.779 to really pay attention and notice, 00:01:55.370 --> 00:02:00.083 and almost prepare for 00:02:00.083 --> 00:02:02.610 the spills and the dark moments. 00:02:02.610 --> 00:02:07.210 So while we cannot prevent them nor maybe should we, right, 00:02:07.210 --> 00:02:11.513 it's part of life, it's part of our existence, 00:02:12.784 --> 00:02:15.530 the tools of our practice and this awareness of breath 00:02:15.530 --> 00:02:17.620 and our relationship to ourself, 00:02:17.620 --> 00:02:22.173 can really help prepare us for 00:02:26.490 --> 00:02:28.680 important moments 00:02:29.540 --> 00:02:33.675 in our journey where healing occurs 00:02:33.675 --> 00:02:36.014 or where healing is possible. 00:02:37.660 --> 00:02:40.030 So if any of that resonates with you, wonderful, 00:02:40.030 --> 00:02:40.990 if not, it's all good, 00:02:40.990 --> 00:02:42.980 you just have a nice stretchy, 00:02:42.980 --> 00:02:46.053 restorative healing practice for your body. 00:02:46.053 --> 00:02:48.720 We've been working hard. 00:02:48.720 --> 00:02:52.840 I can't tell you how heroic 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:55.420 and beautiful I think it is 00:02:55.420 --> 00:02:58.530 for you to show up like this 00:02:58.530 --> 00:02:59.725 and to go on this journey. 00:02:59.725 --> 00:03:02.070 It's pretty incredible 00:03:02.070 --> 00:03:03.601 and it's not easy. 00:03:04.550 --> 00:03:08.460 So, beautiful work, 00:03:08.460 --> 00:03:10.560 even if you feel like you haven't done beautiful work, 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:12.916 I promise you if you're showing up, 00:03:12.916 --> 00:03:15.099 that is beautiful. 00:03:20.620 --> 00:03:21.949 To me. 00:03:24.310 --> 00:03:25.340 So hopefully by now, 00:03:25.340 --> 00:03:29.760 you've softened any areas that feel tight or clenched 00:03:29.760 --> 00:03:31.160 by just bringing awareness to them, 00:03:31.160 --> 00:03:33.522 dropping the shoulders, 00:03:33.522 --> 00:03:36.993 making sure you're not holding in the toes, the jaw. 00:03:38.929 --> 00:03:41.430 Take one more sweet inhale in. 00:03:42.170 --> 00:03:44.185 And a long exhale out. 00:03:47.740 --> 00:03:51.740 Then slowly lift the head, chin parallel, 00:03:51.740 --> 00:03:53.723 bring the hands to the knees. 00:03:53.723 --> 00:03:57.037 We're gonna do an inhale for four, exhale for four, 00:03:57.037 --> 00:03:58.320 but we actually are gonna, 00:03:58.320 --> 00:04:00.470 I want you to know about the box breath 00:04:00.470 --> 00:04:02.207 if you don't already know. 00:04:02.207 --> 00:04:06.207 So you can imagine the even sides 00:04:06.207 --> 00:04:08.220 of a square or a box. 00:04:08.220 --> 00:04:11.810 So we inhale for four, exhale for four, 00:04:11.810 --> 00:04:14.278 inhale for four, exhale for four. 00:04:15.970 --> 00:04:16.803 Here we go. 00:04:16.803 --> 00:04:18.013 Inhaling in. 00:04:19.670 --> 00:04:21.590 Exhaling out completely. 00:04:23.150 --> 00:04:25.400 And inhaling to begin the ratio. 00:04:25.400 --> 00:04:26.540 One, 00:04:26.540 --> 00:04:27.893 two, 00:04:27.893 --> 00:04:29.410 three, four. 00:04:29.410 --> 00:04:31.391 Exhale, four, 00:04:31.391 --> 00:04:32.452 three, 00:04:32.452 --> 00:04:33.883 two, one. 00:04:33.883 --> 00:04:35.690 Inhale, one, 00:04:35.690 --> 00:04:36.987 two, 00:04:36.987 --> 00:04:38.404 three, four. 00:04:38.404 --> 00:04:40.360 Exhale, four, 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:41.787 three, 00:04:41.787 --> 00:04:43.207 two, one. 00:04:43.207 --> 00:04:45.080 Inhale, one, 00:04:45.080 --> 00:04:45.949 two, 00:04:45.949 --> 00:04:48.130 three, four. 00:04:48.130 --> 00:04:49.929 Exhale, four, 00:04:49.929 --> 00:04:52.688 three, two, one. 00:04:52.688 --> 00:04:54.505 Inhale, one, 00:04:54.505 --> 00:04:57.153 two, three, four. 00:04:57.153 --> 00:04:58.811 Exhale, four, 00:04:58.811 --> 00:05:01.590 three, two, one. 00:05:01.590 --> 00:05:03.255 Inhale, one, 00:05:03.255 --> 00:05:06.320 two, three, four. 00:05:06.320 --> 00:05:08.289 Exhale, four, 00:05:08.289 --> 00:05:10.546 three, two, one. 00:05:10.546 --> 00:05:11.966 Good, relax your shoulders. 00:05:11.966 --> 00:05:13.410 Inhale, one, 00:05:13.410 --> 00:05:16.230 two, three, four. 00:05:16.230 --> 00:05:17.989 Exhale, four, 00:05:17.989 --> 00:05:20.734 three, two, one. 00:05:20.734 --> 00:05:22.405 Inhale, one, 00:05:22.405 --> 00:05:25.310 two, three, four. 00:05:25.310 --> 00:05:26.977 Exhale, four, 00:05:26.977 --> 00:05:29.915 three, two, one. 00:05:29.915 --> 00:05:31.550 Inhale, one, 00:05:31.550 --> 00:05:34.543 two, three, four. 00:05:34.543 --> 00:05:36.346 Exhale, four, 00:05:36.346 --> 00:05:39.020 three, two, one. 00:05:39.020 --> 00:05:41.646 A little slower. Inhale, one, 00:05:41.646 --> 00:05:44.980 two, three, four. 00:05:44.980 --> 00:05:47.145 Exhale, four, 00:05:47.145 --> 00:05:50.500 three, two, one. 00:05:50.500 --> 00:05:52.412 Inhale, one, 00:05:52.412 --> 00:05:55.720 two, three, four. 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:57.830 Exhale, four, 00:05:57.830 --> 00:06:01.513 three, two, and one. 00:06:03.900 --> 00:06:06.627 Allow your breath to return 00:06:06.627 --> 00:06:09.521 to a natural rhythm here 00:06:09.521 --> 00:06:11.411 and just allowing. 00:06:14.610 --> 00:06:16.950 And then you can open your eyes here if they were closed, 00:06:16.950 --> 00:06:19.530 we're gonna send the right leg out long, 00:06:19.530 --> 00:06:21.280 just notice how you feel here. 00:06:21.280 --> 00:06:24.570 We're gonna hug the leg heel in. 00:06:24.570 --> 00:06:27.110 Inhale, reach the fingertips up and overhead. 00:06:27.110 --> 00:06:31.200 And exhale, melting heart forward, Janusirsasana. 00:06:31.200 --> 00:06:32.650 Head to knee pose, 00:06:32.650 --> 00:06:36.110 or as I've kinda dubbed, head toward the knee pose. 00:06:36.110 --> 00:06:38.800 Pull your right hip crease back. 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:42.060 Lengthen the torso, bend your knee generously, 00:06:42.060 --> 00:06:43.730 and in time you can work to straighten it. 00:06:43.730 --> 00:06:45.540 Relax the weight of the head down. 00:06:46.849 --> 00:06:48.610 And listen to the sound of your breath 00:06:48.610 --> 00:06:51.959 and you can continue to play with that four count, 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:56.027 inhaling for four, exhaling for four. 00:07:09.990 --> 00:07:13.500 Slowly unravel, bring it back up, 00:07:13.500 --> 00:07:15.699 left leg is gonna stay where it is, 00:07:15.699 --> 00:07:17.408 right knee is gonna bend, 00:07:17.408 --> 00:07:20.230 and then we're gonna take the right foot back, 00:07:20.230 --> 00:07:23.640 bring the inner knee, inner right knee, excuse me Benji, 00:07:23.640 --> 00:07:24.553 to the ground. 00:07:25.610 --> 00:07:28.385 So we have this external rotation in the left hip, 00:07:28.385 --> 00:07:30.198 internal rotation in the right hip. 00:07:30.198 --> 00:07:32.167 We're lifting up through the side waist 00:07:32.167 --> 00:07:34.270 and we're coming into, I call this, 00:07:36.190 --> 00:07:37.780 it's, I need to come up with a better name, 00:07:37.780 --> 00:07:39.681 but it's cheerleader pose, 00:07:40.730 --> 00:07:45.580 or this reminds me of volleyball picture pose. 00:07:48.267 --> 00:07:50.703 Breathing deep, sitting up tall. 00:07:52.050 --> 00:07:54.100 So for a lot of people this can be challenging. 00:07:54.100 --> 00:07:56.570 If you find that you're quite comfortable here, 00:07:56.570 --> 00:07:58.150 work on your pelvic floor lift. 00:07:58.150 --> 00:07:59.949 So lift up from the pelvic floor. 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:01.633 Draw the shoulders down, 00:08:01.633 --> 00:08:02.970 make sure you're not just collapsing, right, 00:08:02.970 --> 00:08:04.861 find that Mula Bandha. 00:08:07.940 --> 00:08:10.550 Good, then everyone, left fingertips behind, 00:08:10.550 --> 00:08:13.450 right fingertips to the top of the left thigh. 00:08:13.450 --> 00:08:15.027 Inhale to lift and legthen. 00:08:15.027 --> 00:08:17.078 Exhale to twist, nice and easy, 00:08:17.078 --> 00:08:18.735 very mindful here. 00:08:20.002 --> 00:08:23.440 And then release just gentle counter twists to the right, 00:08:23.440 --> 00:08:25.100 to the other side. 00:08:25.100 --> 00:08:27.380 Good and then come back to center. 00:08:27.380 --> 00:08:29.205 We'll bring the right heel in 00:08:31.490 --> 00:08:33.573 and send the left leg out. 00:08:37.857 --> 00:08:40.680 We have to work around the pets, right? 00:08:40.680 --> 00:08:42.450 Here we go, inhale, reach for the sky, 00:08:42.450 --> 00:08:47.380 and exhale moving into your head toward the knee pose. 00:08:48.770 --> 00:08:52.270 Maybe grabbing the outer edge of the foot this time. 00:08:52.270 --> 00:08:55.720 Everyone allowing the weight of the head 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:57.850 to relax down. 00:08:57.850 --> 00:08:59.480 And then when you get there, 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:03.350 get quiet and maybe practice that box breath here, 00:09:03.350 --> 00:09:06.279 inhaling for four, exhaling for four. 00:09:33.717 --> 00:09:35.870 And slowly releasing that 00:09:37.951 --> 00:09:41.290 and coming up, lifting the left knee, 00:09:41.290 --> 00:09:43.260 bringing that left foot back. 00:09:43.260 --> 00:09:44.653 Inner knee to the ground. 00:09:46.310 --> 00:09:50.483 Work to try to find length through the side waist here. 00:09:51.420 --> 00:09:53.640 So now internal rotation of the left hip, 00:09:53.640 --> 00:09:55.475 external of the right. 00:09:55.475 --> 00:09:57.220 Lifting up through the armpit chest. 00:09:57.220 --> 00:09:58.200 If you feel collapsed, 00:09:58.200 --> 00:09:59.820 take your thumbs to the armpit, 00:09:59.820 --> 00:10:01.987 this is a good adjustment, self adjustment, 00:10:01.987 --> 00:10:04.145 and lift yourself up 00:10:04.145 --> 00:10:07.108 and then stay there as you relax the arms down. 00:10:08.860 --> 00:10:11.720 Again, if you're pretty good here in both hips, 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:13.170 maybe work on Mula Bandha, 00:10:13.170 --> 00:10:15.306 lifting from that pelvic floor. 00:10:18.750 --> 00:10:20.750 And when you're ready, right fingertips come behind, 00:10:20.750 --> 00:10:22.130 left hand to the right knee. 00:10:22.130 --> 00:10:24.910 Inhale to get really tall. 00:10:24.910 --> 00:10:27.030 And exhale to journey into the twist, 00:10:27.030 --> 00:10:28.390 nice and easy. 00:10:35.750 --> 00:10:38.170 Slowly release, move nice and slow, 00:10:38.170 --> 00:10:40.840 little counter stretch, nice and easy. 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:50.280 Beautiful, then slowly come back to center. 00:10:50.280 --> 00:10:52.330 We're gonna walk the hands behind us, 00:10:52.330 --> 00:10:54.680 feet come to the earth, knees up towards the sky. 00:10:54.680 --> 00:10:56.379 Walk the hands behind you. 00:10:57.640 --> 00:11:00.861 Allow the knees to fall to the left here, 00:11:00.861 --> 00:11:03.850 and we're gonna cross the left ankle over the right. 00:11:03.850 --> 00:11:05.390 You can stay up on your hands 00:11:05.390 --> 00:11:08.773 or option to come on down to the elbows. 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:18.030 And if you came onto the elbows, 00:11:18.030 --> 00:11:21.305 slowly press back up, unravel, 00:11:21.305 --> 00:11:23.913 windshield wiper to the opposite side. 00:11:25.258 --> 00:11:28.997 Right ankle crosses on top of the left thigh 00:11:30.460 --> 00:11:33.329 and option to come onto the elbows. 00:11:40.540 --> 00:11:43.690 If you came onto the elbows, slowly come back up. 00:11:46.070 --> 00:11:48.810 Send the legs out in front, Dundasana. 00:11:48.810 --> 00:11:51.039 So find this lift in the chest, 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:53.739 ground down through the hips, 00:11:53.739 --> 00:11:55.410 fingertips or palms come to the ground, 00:11:55.410 --> 00:11:57.600 we flex through the toes. 00:11:57.600 --> 00:11:59.350 Inhale in. 00:11:59.350 --> 00:12:00.894 Exhale out. 00:12:01.610 --> 00:12:03.200 Inhale in. 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:06.190 And go ahead and exhale out through the lips or the mouth. 00:12:06.190 --> 00:12:07.549 Inhale in. 00:12:08.560 --> 00:12:10.002 Exhale out. 00:12:11.059 --> 00:12:15.320 Now seal the lips and slowly make your way onto your back. 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:17.850 When you arrive there, hug the knees up to the chest 00:12:17.850 --> 00:12:20.220 and we're gonna be here for a couple breaths. 00:12:20.220 --> 00:12:23.357 Give yourself a hug and really feel this hug, this embrace, 00:12:23.357 --> 00:12:25.689 if you can, relax your shoulders. 00:12:27.200 --> 00:12:28.880 And take a second here to chill out 00:12:28.880 --> 00:12:31.810 and just listen to your breath, 00:12:31.810 --> 00:12:35.640 you can practice the box breath as a great technique. 00:12:35.640 --> 00:12:38.480 Four, four, four, and four tracing the square 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:40.983 is really great when you're feeling anxious. 00:12:42.158 --> 00:12:45.960 The breath is such a healing tool, 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:48.760 and more so when I befriended this relationship, 00:12:48.760 --> 00:12:51.610 when I started to get really curious 00:12:51.610 --> 00:12:54.033 about my relationship with my breath, 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:57.177 things really shifted for me. 00:12:59.090 --> 00:13:01.413 So you don't have to do anything magical here, 00:13:01.413 --> 00:13:04.130 just allow yourself to explore the breath, 00:13:04.130 --> 00:13:07.200 whether it's just simply listening 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:10.184 to the natural rhythm and flow right here 00:13:10.184 --> 00:13:13.544 or maybe practicing that box breath. 00:13:31.640 --> 00:13:33.310 Then keep holding onto your right knee 00:13:33.310 --> 00:13:35.232 as you send your left leg out. 00:13:36.010 --> 00:13:36.843 And we're gonna twist, 00:13:36.843 --> 00:13:39.560 send the right knee over towards the left. 00:13:39.560 --> 00:13:41.600 Open up through the right arm, 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:46.322 keep that awareness of your beautiful breath. 00:13:57.620 --> 00:14:02.412 And then slowly come back to center and switch. 00:14:02.412 --> 00:14:04.860 Extend the right leg out, hug the left knee in. 00:14:04.860 --> 00:14:07.670 You're gonna take your twist to the other side, 00:14:07.670 --> 00:14:09.963 open up through your left arm, 00:14:10.950 --> 00:14:12.866 listen to your breath. 00:14:17.569 --> 00:14:19.510 And when you're ready, 00:14:19.510 --> 00:14:22.150 gently melt it back to center. 00:14:22.150 --> 00:14:24.710 Extend both legs out, 00:14:24.710 --> 00:14:26.610 I'm negotiating my space with Benji here, 00:14:26.610 --> 00:14:29.331 but extend both legs out. 00:14:32.140 --> 00:14:33.854 Then arms up and overhead, 00:14:33.854 --> 00:14:35.520 big full body stretch. 00:14:35.520 --> 00:14:39.240 Inhale, spread the fingers, spread the toes, 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:42.300 quietly whisper to yourself, "I am worthy." 00:14:44.471 --> 00:14:47.010 And then exhale, release everything. 00:14:47.010 --> 00:14:48.120 Hands come down, 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:49.300 toes relaxed, 00:14:49.300 --> 00:14:51.160 fingers soften, 00:14:51.160 --> 00:14:53.688 and we come into Shavasana. 00:14:56.770 --> 00:14:58.010 A flash of surrender, 00:14:58.010 --> 00:15:01.289 see how fast you can give in, 00:15:03.009 --> 00:15:05.576 let go, be still. 00:15:08.210 --> 00:15:12.060 Close your eyes and allow your body to get nice and heavy. 00:15:14.150 --> 00:15:16.081 Toes softening, 00:15:17.270 --> 00:15:19.601 feet, ankles getting heavy. 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:23.930 Breathe easy as you get heavy 00:15:23.930 --> 00:15:25.550 through the legs, the calves, 00:15:25.550 --> 00:15:29.000 the shins, the knees, the quads, 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:31.455 the hamstrings and the hips. 00:15:33.218 --> 00:15:37.600 Relax through the pelvis and the glutes. 00:15:40.940 --> 00:15:42.895 Soften through the belly, 00:15:44.830 --> 00:15:47.676 the waistline, the torso, 00:15:51.380 --> 00:15:54.660 the ribs and the chest, relaxing. 00:15:54.660 --> 00:15:56.647 Shoulders getting heavy. 00:16:01.400 --> 00:16:06.400 Softening and relaxing through the upper arms, the forearms, 00:16:07.550 --> 00:16:11.196 the wrists, the hands and the fingertips soft. 00:16:17.210 --> 00:16:19.150 Take a moment to swallow here 00:16:19.150 --> 00:16:22.459 and then relax the tongue and the mouth, 00:16:22.459 --> 00:16:26.929 softening through the lips, the jaw, the throat, 00:16:28.284 --> 00:16:29.761 the neck. 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:40.480 Now softening through the skin of the face, 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:43.060 allowing the weight of the head, the skull, 00:16:43.060 --> 00:16:45.050 to get really heavy here. 00:16:52.610 --> 00:16:54.778 Letting everything go. 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:20.438 And then as if you were moving through water, so so slow, 00:17:21.663 --> 00:17:25.110 as if this movement was medicine, 00:17:25.110 --> 00:17:26.470 bending the right knee, 00:17:26.470 --> 00:17:28.735 bringing the right foot up, so slow. 00:17:28.735 --> 00:17:31.120 Can just allow the sound of my voice to guide you, 00:17:31.120 --> 00:17:33.840 feel your right foot on the ground. 00:17:33.840 --> 00:17:37.250 Then bend the left knee, so slow, lift it up. 00:17:37.250 --> 00:17:39.610 Feel your left foot on the ground. 00:17:40.913 --> 00:17:43.970 Then we're gonna turn onto one side, any side, 00:17:43.970 --> 00:17:46.050 so shift your hips over, 00:17:46.050 --> 00:17:49.115 turn onto one side coming into fetal position, 00:17:49.115 --> 00:17:51.750 and really hug your knees up in towards your chest. 00:17:51.750 --> 00:17:54.153 You can use your bottom arm as a pillow. 00:17:56.600 --> 00:18:00.852 And take a final breath here in this fetal position. 00:18:09.890 --> 00:18:11.759 The power of the breath. 00:18:17.970 --> 00:18:20.950 When you're ready, you press into one hand, 00:18:20.950 --> 00:18:21.783 and then the other, 00:18:21.783 --> 00:18:24.892 come all the way back up to a nice comfortable seat. 00:18:26.280 --> 00:18:27.740 Thank you Benji, my darling. 00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:30.321 And bring the hands together at the heart. 00:18:33.340 --> 00:18:37.573 Thank you for sharing your time and your energy with me. 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:43.030 I hope that this practice has served you 00:18:43.030 --> 00:18:45.700 and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow. 00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:47.185 Inhale in. 00:18:48.590 --> 00:18:50.970 And exhale to whisper 00:18:50.970 --> 00:18:52.580 and bow the head, 00:18:52.580 --> 00:18:53.731 Namaste. 00:18:57.977 --> 00:19:02.992 (bright upbeat piano music)