WEBVTT 00:00:00.333 --> 00:00:02.125 - Hello everyone, and welcome to Dedicate, 00:00:02.125 --> 00:00:03.792 your 30 Day yoga journey. 00:00:03.792 --> 00:00:07.208 It's Day 16, sweet 16 00:00:07.208 --> 00:00:09.166 or your Dulce practice. 00:00:09.166 --> 00:00:11.708 So hop into something extra comfy today 00:00:11.708 --> 00:00:13.458 and let's get started. 00:00:13.458 --> 00:00:16.917 (bright music) 00:00:37.750 --> 00:00:38.875 Okie doke! 00:00:38.875 --> 00:00:40.125 Welcome, my friends. 00:00:40.125 --> 00:00:43.458 Let's begin seated. 00:00:43.458 --> 00:00:45.542 And today's practice is gonna start out 00:00:45.542 --> 00:00:48.041 with a little massage. 00:00:48.041 --> 00:00:49.417 Yay! 00:00:49.417 --> 00:00:54.083 So first, we'll take two fingers, any two fingers 00:00:54.083 --> 00:00:57.583 and you're just gonna bring them to the temples here 00:00:57.583 --> 00:01:00.208 and with soft, sweet touch, 00:01:00.208 --> 00:01:03.708 you're just gonna slowly start to sit up nice and tall, 00:01:03.708 --> 00:01:05.917 jumping right in, take a deep breath. 00:01:08.166 --> 00:01:10.083 As you exhale, relax your shoulders and begin 00:01:10.083 --> 00:01:12.959 to massage the temples one way very gently. 00:01:15.291 --> 00:01:17.750 I would like to acknowledge that it's not always easy 00:01:17.750 --> 00:01:19.333 to show up on the mat 00:01:20.667 --> 00:01:24.250 and to take out the time and to make it happen. 00:01:27.083 --> 00:01:31.250 So hopefully, today's sweet practice will 00:01:32.917 --> 00:01:35.708 give you a little boost, a little love, 00:01:36.208 --> 00:01:38.583 just a perfect hug 00:01:39.500 --> 00:01:43.250 as you continue with your commitment 00:01:44.917 --> 00:01:48.333 and stay dedicated to your practice. 00:01:49.250 --> 00:01:52.542 Reverse the direction that you've been moving in, 00:01:52.542 --> 00:01:54.208 nice and easy. 00:01:54.208 --> 00:01:55.458 And just nice and easy, 00:01:55.458 --> 00:01:57.333 continue to gently deepen your breath. 00:02:02.291 --> 00:02:04.208 Alright, then take a deep breath in. 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:08.208 We'll move the fingers down, just the jaw, 00:02:09.625 --> 00:02:12.083 and start moving (giggles) one way. 00:02:15.083 --> 00:02:16.166 And then the other. 00:02:21.458 --> 00:02:22.875 Great, and you'll take your fingers, 00:02:22.875 --> 00:02:25.583 you're just gonna gently tug on the ears a bit. 00:02:26.917 --> 00:02:29.166 Continuing to gently deepen the breath. 00:02:30.333 --> 00:02:33.959 Mhmmm, mhmmm, mhmmm. 00:02:33.959 --> 00:02:35.458 Sound effects always welcomed. 00:02:38.208 --> 00:02:40.041 When I do a live classes 00:02:40.041 --> 00:02:42.417 or practice my friends I love to 00:02:44.667 --> 00:02:47.750 say that sound effects are really advanced yoga. 00:02:48.750 --> 00:02:52.250 When you're finally just (exhales) let yourself be free. 00:02:53.750 --> 00:02:57.583 Okay, and now one hand, any hand, to opposite shoulder. 00:02:57.583 --> 00:03:00.834 And you're just gonna lovingly and sweetly 00:03:00.834 --> 00:03:04.834 give a little, a massage to the neck, the side of the neck, 00:03:04.834 --> 00:03:09.875 and to the top of the shoulder, your trap, trapezius. 00:03:11.875 --> 00:03:12.708 Big muscle. 00:03:14.291 --> 00:03:16.583 And then play a little piano. 00:03:18.834 --> 00:03:20.708 Play a little piano here. 00:03:23.583 --> 00:03:25.000 What should we play today? 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:27.291 What the kids, but we're all big kids, right? 00:03:27.291 --> 00:03:31.208 We pick a little song to play on the piano 00:03:31.208 --> 00:03:33.500 like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. 00:03:33.500 --> 00:03:34.375 So you can do this too. 00:03:34.375 --> 00:03:36.792 You can pick like Philip Glass 00:03:38.375 --> 00:03:39.125 or 00:03:41.041 --> 00:03:43.959 another composer and you play a little ditty. Okay. 00:03:44.834 --> 00:03:46.917 Let's switch to the other side lovingly. 00:03:51.291 --> 00:03:55.834 And obviously, it feels good to practice a little self-love. 00:03:56.542 --> 00:03:58.125 And hopefully it's helpful 00:03:58.125 --> 00:04:00.708 to have somebody just guide you to do that. 00:04:02.208 --> 00:04:03.583 But you can also use this time 00:04:03.583 --> 00:04:07.125 to just check in with your mental state, your mental health 00:04:07.125 --> 00:04:07.959 using your breaths. 00:04:07.959 --> 00:04:10.417 So just land on the small mat and go, "You know what? 00:04:10.417 --> 00:04:13.500 "Even though it's a busy day or a busy night, 00:04:13.500 --> 00:04:15.208 "I know this time is valuable 00:04:16.041 --> 00:04:18.625 "and I can't really take care of others 00:04:18.625 --> 00:04:23.583 "or serve the world if I don't take care of myself." 00:04:25.583 --> 00:04:28.875 Just remembering why we're here, to be sweet 00:04:30.125 --> 00:04:35.125 to yourself so that you can be sweet and useful. 00:04:37.875 --> 00:04:38.708 Okay. 00:04:39.750 --> 00:04:43.000 Now, fingertips are gonna come to the shoulders. 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:46.125 We're gonna loop the shoulders forward up and back 00:04:46.125 --> 00:04:47.917 by bringing the elbows to kiss 00:04:47.917 --> 00:04:49.333 and then reach it all the way up, 00:04:49.333 --> 00:04:51.917 start to get a lot of space in the side body and the torso 00:04:51.917 --> 00:04:53.667 and then take it all the way back. 00:04:53.667 --> 00:04:56.583 Now with breath, inhale forward, 00:04:56.583 --> 00:05:00.291 up, exhale back, and down. 00:05:00.291 --> 00:05:01.500 Inhale forward, 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:05.500 and up, exhale back. 00:05:05.500 --> 00:05:08.542 And down one more time, inhale forward, 00:05:08.542 --> 00:05:11.959 and up, exhale back and down 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:14.333 and release the fingertips to kiss the earth. 00:05:14.333 --> 00:05:17.708 Mwa, inhale send the fingertips halfway. 00:05:17.708 --> 00:05:19.125 Exhale, hands to heart. 00:05:20.500 --> 00:05:22.667 Chin to chest, inhale. 00:05:22.667 --> 00:05:24.417 Reach for the sky. 00:05:24.417 --> 00:05:27.000 Big breath, big stretch. 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:29.834 Exhale, float it down. 00:05:29.834 --> 00:05:30.875 Beautiful. 00:05:30.875 --> 00:05:33.792 From here, we're gonna take the hands to the ankles 00:05:33.792 --> 00:05:35.417 and you're gonna uncross the feet. 00:05:35.417 --> 00:05:38.417 Bring the soles of the feet together. 00:05:38.417 --> 00:05:41.458 And as always, if you need to lift the hips up here 00:05:41.458 --> 00:05:43.542 so that you're not collapsed here 00:05:43.542 --> 00:05:47.166 and you're a little back on your sacrum, do it! 00:05:47.166 --> 00:05:48.583 Sit up nice and tall. 00:05:51.750 --> 00:05:55.667 And we come into Cobbler's Pose here or 00:05:56.834 --> 00:05:59.166 Baddha Konasana, imagining the tops of 00:05:59.166 --> 00:06:02.625 the thighs melting down to the earth here. 00:06:02.625 --> 00:06:05.250 So get really heavy in your quads. 00:06:06.875 --> 00:06:10.333 And then when you're ready, yep, you guessed it. 00:06:10.333 --> 00:06:12.291 You're gonna take your hands to your feet 00:06:12.291 --> 00:06:15.959 and you're gonna practice the ultimate act, in my opinion, 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:20.959 of self-love which is massaging your own feet. 00:06:21.875 --> 00:06:24.583 And if this is silly to you, just lean in. 00:06:24.583 --> 00:06:28.041 And if this is vulnerable to you, I got you. 00:06:28.041 --> 00:06:29.750 I got your back. 00:06:29.750 --> 00:06:32.542 And everyone, try not to avoid this moment 00:06:32.542 --> 00:06:33.834 but really look down at your feet 00:06:33.834 --> 00:06:35.708 once you know what you're doing 00:06:35.708 --> 00:06:38.959 and do it with love. 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:41.875 So get your thumbs right into the arches of the feet. 00:06:43.792 --> 00:06:45.917 Maybe you move on to the toes. 00:06:49.375 --> 00:06:50.792 And if you're like, "I don't know, 00:06:50.792 --> 00:06:52.792 "I kinda just wanna get sculpted arms." 00:06:52.792 --> 00:06:55.375 I promise you, you're gonna get sculpted arms too 00:06:55.375 --> 00:06:57.834 and a strong core but this is important. 00:06:57.834 --> 00:07:00.333 This is also important. 00:07:00.333 --> 00:07:01.667 What's up, Benji? 00:07:04.417 --> 00:07:06.375 So here, we're telling the brain 00:07:07.500 --> 00:07:11.667 and the psyche that although it's tempting to think, 00:07:11.667 --> 00:07:16.333 oh, we need other people to metaphorically rub 00:07:16.333 --> 00:07:21.166 our feet or take care of us, we also have the ability 00:07:21.166 --> 00:07:23.125 and through practice, 00:07:24.208 --> 00:07:26.291 the power to strengthen this relationship with ourself 00:07:26.291 --> 00:07:29.500 where we can kinda do these things for ourself as well. 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:33.250 Take care of yourself. 00:07:36.542 --> 00:07:37.375 Okay. 00:07:38.542 --> 00:07:40.000 Very good. 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:41.959 From here, we're gonna grab the ankles, inhale, 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:44.166 loop the shoulders again forward, up and back, 00:07:44.166 --> 00:07:46.250 lift the chest, take a deep breath in, 00:07:46.250 --> 00:07:48.417 sweet sip of air, in through the nose. 00:07:50.125 --> 00:07:52.041 And exhale, blow it out through the mouth 00:07:52.041 --> 00:07:53.834 as if you were blowing out a birthday candle. 00:07:53.834 --> 00:07:54.959 Make a wish. 00:07:54.959 --> 00:07:56.333 It's your sweet 16! 00:07:58.208 --> 00:08:01.125 Alright, then you're gonna inhale in here, 00:08:01.125 --> 00:08:03.792 exhale, lead with your heart, come forward, 00:08:03.792 --> 00:08:05.959 bend the elbows left to right, 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:08.166 then from here, you can keep the hands on the ankles 00:08:08.166 --> 00:08:09.500 or if it feels better, 00:08:09.500 --> 00:08:11.625 you might wrap the hands around the toes 00:08:11.625 --> 00:08:14.417 and come forward all the way. 00:08:14.417 --> 00:08:17.208 Lean, lean, lean, opening through the hips 00:08:17.208 --> 00:08:19.166 and then you can keep a nice, long neck here. 00:08:19.166 --> 00:08:21.792 If it feels awesome and you want to stretch, 00:08:21.792 --> 00:08:24.917 draw your chin to your chest and begin to round forward. 00:08:27.375 --> 00:08:28.375 Play with it. 00:08:30.125 --> 00:08:32.458 Keep coming back to the sound of your breath. 00:08:39.792 --> 00:08:41.959 Alright, dig into the sits bones. 00:08:41.959 --> 00:08:43.166 Quads get really heavy, 00:08:43.166 --> 00:08:47.875 tuck the chin if it's in a bow and start to roll it up. 00:08:47.875 --> 00:08:49.542 That's where we're all meet. 00:08:49.542 --> 00:08:51.250 Let's have a little fun. 00:08:51.250 --> 00:08:53.208 So from here, 00:08:54.125 --> 00:08:56.250 we're gonna connect to our core 00:08:56.917 --> 00:08:59.417 by very gently bringing the hands 00:08:59.417 --> 00:09:00.458 to the backs of the thighs. 00:09:00.458 --> 00:09:01.583 You're gonna lean back. 00:09:01.583 --> 00:09:04.291 The knees are gonna come in just a bit here, 00:09:04.291 --> 00:09:07.667 not glued in but just in line with the hip point, 00:09:07.667 --> 00:09:09.166 and then you're gonna begin to just play, 00:09:09.166 --> 00:09:11.166 lift your toes up. 00:09:11.166 --> 00:09:12.000 Now, check it out. 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:15.166 Light, up that connection, navel draws in and up. 00:09:15.166 --> 00:09:16.041 We're not collapsing here 00:09:16.041 --> 00:09:18.458 but we're lifting up through the armpit chest. 00:09:19.750 --> 00:09:21.959 And then you're gonna take the fingertips. 00:09:21.959 --> 00:09:24.125 We're gonna go through the hole 00:09:24.125 --> 00:09:26.083 and we're gonna bring them underneath the calf 00:09:26.083 --> 00:09:29.291 and then the palms are gonna go up towards the sky here. 00:09:29.291 --> 00:09:30.208 Okay? 00:09:30.208 --> 00:09:32.000 So a little bit of playfulness required. 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:34.708 If you keep toppling over, you're not alone. 00:09:34.708 --> 00:09:36.166 Breathe deep. 00:09:36.166 --> 00:09:39.458 And then if you want, you can take a little Lotus Mudra here 00:09:39.458 --> 00:09:42.208 by bringing the thumb and the pinky together. 00:09:43.208 --> 00:09:44.250 Mmm. 00:09:45.625 --> 00:09:46.959 Awesome. 00:09:46.959 --> 00:09:49.000 Take one more breath here 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:51.875 Just a little bit of fun. 00:09:53.625 --> 00:09:54.458 Awesome. 00:09:54.458 --> 00:09:57.250 Then slowly, with control, I'll release the arms, 00:09:57.250 --> 00:10:01.250 release the legs, and come all the way to the back. 00:10:02.959 --> 00:10:04.625 Mhmmm, mhmmm. 00:10:07.792 --> 00:10:10.458 Awesome. When you get here, we'll take a second 00:10:10.458 --> 00:10:12.000 to just get situated on the mat. 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:15.250 Take a deep breath in, a long breath out. 00:10:16.458 --> 00:10:18.375 Great, then slowly lift the knees up. 00:10:18.375 --> 00:10:21.041 We're going in to some hip bridges here. 00:10:21.041 --> 00:10:24.875 So you'll walk the heels up towards the sits bones. 00:10:25.917 --> 00:10:27.959 Ground your all four corners of the feet. 00:10:28.834 --> 00:10:32.000 Imagine you're squeezing an imaginary block. 00:10:32.000 --> 00:10:33.083 That's a little redundant. 00:10:33.083 --> 00:10:35.458 Imagine you're squeezing an imaginary block. 00:10:36.583 --> 00:10:37.583 Let's roll with it. 00:10:37.583 --> 00:10:39.583 Imagine you're squeezing an imaginary block 00:10:39.583 --> 00:10:40.542 between your inner thighs. 00:10:40.542 --> 00:10:43.917 Hands come to the earth and then you're just gonna literally 00:10:43.917 --> 00:10:47.208 literally, press into your head, lift your chest up, 00:10:47.208 --> 00:10:50.125 draw your shoulder blades underneath you. 00:10:51.333 --> 00:10:52.625 Okay. 00:10:52.625 --> 00:10:54.166 Nice and slow here. 00:10:54.166 --> 00:10:57.667 Inhale in. Exhale, lifting from the tail first 00:10:57.667 --> 00:10:59.291 and then sending the shins forward, 00:10:59.291 --> 00:11:02.000 begin to slowly lift the slips up high. 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:03.417 Walk your shoulders underneath you. 00:11:03.417 --> 00:11:05.917 You can grab the outer edge of your mat here. 00:11:05.917 --> 00:11:08.750 Again, still squeezing that imaginary block 00:11:08.750 --> 00:11:11.000 between in your thighs. 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:12.250 Breathing deep. 00:11:14.291 --> 00:11:15.834 Shins forward. 00:11:23.166 --> 00:11:26.625 Good, then slowly releasing, nice and slow. 00:11:28.875 --> 00:11:33.333 One vertebra at a time hitting the mat, kissing the mat. 00:11:33.333 --> 00:11:35.667 Take a deep breath in. 00:11:35.667 --> 00:11:37.583 Empty it out. 00:11:37.583 --> 00:11:38.792 Round two, here we go. 00:11:38.792 --> 00:11:42.125 Inhale, slowly lifting up, take your time. 00:11:42.125 --> 00:11:43.542 Nice and easy. 00:11:48.458 --> 00:11:51.750 So therapeutic but you have to bring the breath. 00:11:51.750 --> 00:11:54.208 Shins forward. You can imagine your sits bones 00:11:54.208 --> 00:11:56.500 reaching towards the backs of the knees here. 00:11:57.625 --> 00:12:00.083 Inner thighs coming together here. 00:12:00.083 --> 00:12:03.500 Glutes are engaged but not clenched, 00:12:03.500 --> 00:12:05.542 strengthening through the glutes. 00:12:05.542 --> 00:12:07.708 You're here for one more cycle of breath. 00:12:10.208 --> 00:12:12.750 And then slowly begin to make your way down 00:12:12.750 --> 00:12:17.375 nice and slow rolling through the spine. 00:12:18.625 --> 00:12:22.959 Try to find a soft and sweet landing. 00:12:24.792 --> 00:12:27.959 Then take a cycle of breath here, in and out. 00:12:32.125 --> 00:12:33.375 And once more. 00:12:33.375 --> 00:12:36.667 Seeing how articulate you can be with the spine here 00:12:36.667 --> 00:12:40.291 as we begin to make our way up, final round. 00:12:44.875 --> 00:12:46.583 And this time, perhaps interlacing 00:12:46.583 --> 00:12:48.917 the fingertips behind the tail, 00:12:50.417 --> 00:12:52.041 shins forward. 00:12:57.125 --> 00:12:58.250 Breathe into your belly. 00:12:58.250 --> 00:13:00.208 It can really make your belly bug, 00:13:00.208 --> 00:13:02.583 that big balloon breath here, 00:13:02.583 --> 00:13:06.250 lifting your chest to the chin, chin to the sky. 00:13:07.667 --> 00:13:10.166 Then if you want a little added challenge here, 00:13:10.166 --> 00:13:11.708 you'll hold on to your midline, 00:13:11.708 --> 00:13:13.333 you have everything you need, 00:13:13.333 --> 00:13:16.750 you can inhale in, exhale, release, palms to earth, 00:13:16.750 --> 00:13:21.333 and maybe lifting one heel up and then the other. 00:13:23.583 --> 00:13:26.250 If you feel like having more here, 00:13:26.250 --> 00:13:29.834 you might engage your care, and lift one leg all the way up, 00:13:29.834 --> 00:13:34.834 kicking foot to sky, and then lowering with control. 00:13:35.542 --> 00:13:37.000 Same thing on the other side. 00:13:37.834 --> 00:13:40.333 And you'll know if it's right on your body or not. 00:13:44.208 --> 00:13:47.583 Wherever you are, use an exhale to slowly release 00:13:47.583 --> 00:13:50.291 and make your way all the way to earth. 00:13:51.417 --> 00:13:55.750 Then we'll repeat the Cobbler's Pose 00:13:55.750 --> 00:13:57.458 by bringing the sole of the feet together, 00:13:57.458 --> 00:14:00.000 allowing the knees to go nice and wide. 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:03.333 Hands are gonna come to the belly here or the rib cage. 00:14:04.208 --> 00:14:08.083 Reclined Baddha Konasana, Supta Baddha Konasan. 00:14:08.083 --> 00:14:11.500 And here, you just take three active breaths, 00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:14.667 allowing gravity to do the work, breathing deep. 00:14:19.875 --> 00:14:21.708 Close your eyes if you like. 00:14:24.542 --> 00:14:26.875 And maybe you showed up to class today 00:14:26.875 --> 00:14:28.708 kind of wanting more fire 00:14:28.708 --> 00:14:31.250 and can you just trust that this sweet session 00:14:31.250 --> 00:14:36.125 perhaps could be what you need instead. 00:14:37.291 --> 00:14:38.917 Staying open. 00:14:38.917 --> 00:14:43.458 Again, allowing the nutrients of your practice, 00:14:43.458 --> 00:14:48.000 the benefits, the transformation to reveal itself 00:14:49.041 --> 00:14:51.041 rather than putting too much strain 00:14:51.041 --> 00:14:53.000 on having certain expectations or goals. 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:58.875 And if you're like, "What?" (chuckles) 00:14:58.875 --> 00:14:59.959 Just trust. 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:05.542 It'll resonate later, maybe. 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:12.542 Okay. 00:15:12.542 --> 00:15:14.834 So the mantra here is allow, 00:15:16.625 --> 00:15:17.708 release, 00:15:19.208 --> 00:15:20.250 and let go. 00:15:24.166 --> 00:15:27.208 Particularly for those who are practicing this 00:15:27.208 --> 00:15:29.708 as it's coming out live, at the top of the year, 00:15:31.250 --> 00:15:34.041 but perhaps every month out of the year, 00:15:34.041 --> 00:15:37.792 it's good to take these moments to be sweet with ourselves. 00:15:38.708 --> 00:15:42.667 Sometimes, the sweat is not necessarily what we need 00:15:44.083 --> 00:15:47.458 and it's good to have a practice 00:15:47.458 --> 00:15:49.333 in which we're training ourselves 00:15:49.333 --> 00:15:52.667 to really listen to what our needs are in the moment 00:15:52.667 --> 00:15:55.125 and not necessarily what we think we need. 00:15:55.125 --> 00:15:58.041 And I'm speaking from experience, guys. 00:16:01.417 --> 00:16:04.291 Sometimes, it's good to sleep in, right? 00:16:07.750 --> 00:16:08.583 Okay. 00:16:09.750 --> 00:16:11.750 From here, we'll bring the fingertips 00:16:11.750 --> 00:16:13.750 to the outer edges of the legs. 00:16:13.750 --> 00:16:15.792 Gently close the knees. 00:16:18.166 --> 00:16:20.792 Awesome, then you're gonna extend the legs out long. 00:16:22.375 --> 00:16:25.166 And we're gonna end with a yummy, yummy, 00:16:25.166 --> 00:16:27.458 awesome, sweet, passive stretch. 00:16:27.458 --> 00:16:29.667 So take your legs out long. 00:16:30.834 --> 00:16:32.542 And you're gonna walk your heels 00:16:32.542 --> 00:16:34.708 towards the bottom left corner of your mat. 00:16:36.875 --> 00:16:37.708 Cool. 00:16:37.708 --> 00:16:39.417 And then inhale, reach your arms up and over the head. 00:16:39.417 --> 00:16:41.417 Full body stretch. 00:16:41.417 --> 00:16:43.750 And then you're gonna head and your shoulder, 00:16:44.708 --> 00:16:46.917 no, not the shampoo, 00:16:46.917 --> 00:16:49.417 but you're gonna head and shoulder your way 00:16:49.417 --> 00:16:51.708 towards the top left corner of your mat. 00:16:54.166 --> 00:16:55.041 Then when you get here, 00:16:55.041 --> 00:16:57.917 grab your right wrist with your left hand 00:16:58.750 --> 00:17:00.333 and bring it all the way up and over. 00:17:00.333 --> 00:17:02.000 You're creating a little crescent moon 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:04.250 with the right side of your body. 00:17:04.250 --> 00:17:06.458 It should feel really good, particularly after all 00:17:06.458 --> 00:17:08.792 of the awesome work you've been doing. 00:17:08.792 --> 00:17:11.625 All the great exploration on your mat. 00:17:11.625 --> 00:17:14.041 The final little invitation here 00:17:14.041 --> 00:17:17.250 is to cross your right ankle over your left. 00:17:17.250 --> 00:17:20.250 Just again, exaggerating the shape in the right side body. 00:17:21.333 --> 00:17:24.959 And then you can soften your gaze here or close your eyes 00:17:24.959 --> 00:17:26.834 and breathe, breathe, breathe. 00:17:34.750 --> 00:17:36.375 Try to relax. 00:17:38.583 --> 00:17:40.125 Listen to that ocean breath. 00:17:43.125 --> 00:17:44.959 Just getting a little uncrumpled. 00:17:44.959 --> 00:17:48.834 We spend a lot of time a bit collapsed in the torso 00:17:48.834 --> 00:17:51.667 so using these next few breaths 00:17:51.667 --> 00:17:52.667 to really 00:17:53.625 --> 00:17:57.625 enjoy the space, the stretch, the love. 00:18:07.792 --> 00:18:09.208 And start with the arms. 00:18:09.208 --> 00:18:12.375 You'll release the arms first. Walk the head back to center. 00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:15.875 Then slowly with the legs, unraveling, 00:18:15.875 --> 00:18:17.333 and we'll walk the heels now 00:18:17.333 --> 00:18:19.500 towards the bottom right corner of the mat. 00:18:21.291 --> 00:18:24.083 Send the fingertips up, feel that awesome stretch here first 00:18:24.083 --> 00:18:26.250 just as you reach all the way back, 00:18:26.250 --> 00:18:29.625 and then you can head and shoulder shimmy your way 00:18:29.625 --> 00:18:31.959 towards the top right corner of your mat. 00:18:34.333 --> 00:18:36.333 And then we'll grab the left wrist, 00:18:36.333 --> 00:18:37.875 just exaggerating the shape, 00:18:37.875 --> 00:18:39.750 opening, opening, opening. 00:18:41.166 --> 00:18:42.041 Benji! 00:18:42.041 --> 00:18:43.333 And then here we go, 00:18:43.333 --> 00:18:46.917 option to cross the left ankle over the right, 00:18:46.917 --> 00:18:50.208 smell your right armpit, soften your face. 00:18:50.208 --> 00:18:52.875 Breathe love in and out. 00:18:58.083 --> 00:18:59.834 Should feel really good here. 00:19:02.166 --> 00:19:03.792 If you feel a pinch at all, 00:19:03.792 --> 00:19:06.250 you'll just come out a little bit wherever you are. 00:19:06.250 --> 00:19:09.291 Just take an inch back off just a bit. 00:19:20.041 --> 00:19:21.291 Beautiful! 00:19:21.291 --> 00:19:23.000 Take one more breath here. 00:19:24.250 --> 00:19:26.500 Just relax and enjoy. 00:19:34.792 --> 00:19:37.083 And the arms will release first, 00:19:37.083 --> 00:19:39.417 then the head, and the shoulders, and the heart. 00:19:40.291 --> 00:19:43.291 Then we'll uncross, unravel the legs. 00:19:43.291 --> 00:19:46.208 Inhale, send the fingertips all the way up. 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:49.208 And exhale, hug the knees into the chest. 00:19:49.208 --> 00:19:54.083 Give yourself one last beautiful sweet, loving hug gesture. 00:19:54.083 --> 00:19:57.141 You can peel your nose up towards your knee. 00:19:58.650 --> 00:19:59.824 Take one more breath. 00:20:01.073 --> 00:20:02.448 And then as you breathe out, 00:20:02.448 --> 00:20:06.365 send the legs out, send your arms gently to rest 00:20:06.365 --> 00:20:07.323 wherever feels good, 00:20:07.323 --> 00:20:09.281 whether it's on the rib cage or the belly 00:20:09.281 --> 00:20:11.949 or perhaps gently at your sides. 00:20:12.782 --> 00:20:14.448 And we'll inhale in, 00:20:15.532 --> 00:20:19.907 and exhale to relax everything. 00:20:19.907 --> 00:20:24.198 Quiet moment here as you find stillness. 00:20:26.115 --> 00:20:27.824 See if you can give yourself permission here 00:20:27.824 --> 00:20:30.615 to do absolutely nothing just for 30 seconds. 00:20:30.615 --> 00:20:32.073 Here we go. 00:20:44.949 --> 00:20:46.573 Relaxing the weight of the body 00:20:46.573 --> 00:20:48.990 completely and fully into the mat. 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:57.198 Sweet surrender. 00:21:04.031 --> 00:21:08.615 Alright, so sometimes, it's not only about what we do 00:21:11.281 --> 00:21:13.573 but in my opinion, it's a little bit 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:18.115 about how we do it. 00:21:18.115 --> 00:21:20.281 So it's not what we do always but how we do it. 00:21:20.281 --> 00:21:22.657 So I invite you to slowly bring, 00:21:22.657 --> 00:21:25.031 so move up back to your body and consider that. 00:21:27.907 --> 00:21:31.865 How you wiggle the fingers, how you wiggle the toes. 00:21:31.865 --> 00:21:32.657 Are you 00:21:34.407 --> 00:21:37.365 more in the habit of being hard on yourself 00:21:37.365 --> 00:21:38.698 or can you 00:21:41.865 --> 00:21:44.615 get more in the habit (giggles) 00:21:44.615 --> 00:21:47.949 find practices that help you, guide you, 00:21:47.949 --> 00:21:51.323 to be more in the habit of being sweet with yourself? 00:21:51.323 --> 00:21:54.490 Even when you mess up. (chuckles) 00:21:54.490 --> 00:21:55.323 You're human! 00:21:56.281 --> 00:21:57.698 Okay. 00:21:57.698 --> 00:21:59.198 Because it's the sweet practice, 00:21:59.198 --> 00:22:00.698 let's come into a fetal position. 00:22:00.698 --> 00:22:01.907 Hey, buddy. 00:22:03.698 --> 00:22:05.198 Just taking a moment here 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:09.365 to rest your heart 00:22:09.365 --> 00:22:11.448 and maybe make a little commitment 00:22:11.448 --> 00:22:14.073 that you'll continue to be sweet to yourself 00:22:14.073 --> 00:22:15.532 as you get up off the mat 00:22:15.532 --> 00:22:18.782 and head on into the rest of your day or your evening. 00:22:23.323 --> 00:22:26.448 Cool. Then use your hands to press all the way up. 00:22:26.448 --> 00:22:29.573 Come into a nice, comfortable seat of your choice. 00:22:33.949 --> 00:22:35.865 We'll bring the hands together 00:22:35.865 --> 00:22:38.240 ever so sweetly at the heart. 00:22:39.323 --> 00:22:42.198 And again, remember, sometimes it's not what we do 00:22:42.198 --> 00:22:44.865 but how we do it, how we move matters. 00:22:44.865 --> 00:22:47.448 And the way you treat yourself inevitably is 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:52.115 going to influence or even dictate 00:22:52.115 --> 00:22:53.490 the way you treat others. 00:22:54.532 --> 00:22:55.782 So be kind. 00:22:55.782 --> 00:22:56.865 Love you guys so much. 00:22:56.865 --> 00:22:59.698 Inhale, lift the sternum to the thumbs. 00:23:02.281 --> 00:23:03.657 Take one more final breath. 00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.990 Just notice how you feel. 00:23:09.365 --> 00:23:12.907 And we'll close it by bowing to ourselves 00:23:12.907 --> 00:23:14.782 and to one another. 00:23:14.782 --> 00:23:17.323 I'll see you tomorrow for Day 17. 00:23:17.323 --> 00:23:18.740 Nice work, everyone. 00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:20.198 Namaste. 00:23:21.407 --> 00:23:26.073 (bright music)