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- Hi everyone and
welcome to Dedicate,

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your 30 day yoga journey.
It's Day 8.

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Don't hate,
meditate, feel great.

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This is an awesome practice.

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This is one in which I invite
you to pause the video and maybe

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grab a little blanky or towel.

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Maybe grab a little pillow.
Any kind of pillow will do.

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And if you don't have
these things, don't worry.

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But it might be
nice to have them

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for today's extra cozy practice.

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Light a candle if you
like and let's get started.

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(bright music)

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Alrighty my friends,
welcome back.

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Let's begin on the ground.

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This is a nice low to
the ground practice today.

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So as you get settled in 

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see if you can right
away just begin to

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let go of the day thus far.

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Quietly, kindly,
brush away your to-do list.

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Anything you have
for after this practice

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and let's see if we can
really drop in to enjoying this 

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beautiful moving
meditation today.

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Finding the softness.

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So we're going to begin
in a nice comfortable seat.

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And I'll invite you right
away to just find a little sway,

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a little softness in the spine.

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So we often start practice like
this when we're doing a session

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kind of focused
on getting unstuck

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or when we feel like we

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don't know what
to do in a situation.

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And this is a really beneficial
way to approach your practice

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because it's a really
valuable way to approach life.

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Often when we're met with
challenges or we feel stuck,

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we feel like we have to
work harder, push harder.

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So today's practice is just a
beautiful reminder

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to relax, lean in,
find the softness,

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the ease and allow
your movement to be

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more like a moving meditation
rather than muscling through.

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And then we can take the essence
of today's beautiful relaxing

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practice with us into the more

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fiery practices
that are on the way.

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But for now, right here,
right now find a gentle sway.

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And if this is the first time
you've ever moved like this in a

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yoga class or in your life,

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just notice what comes up.
Like what resistance?

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Like when you
feel kind of silly,

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just know that you're not alone
and there are probably thousands

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of people doing this
with us right now

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that feel the same way.

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So don't let that stop you.

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Don't let your feeling about
something necessarily

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turn you away from it.

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See if you can
just kind of smile.

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Use all the tools that we've
learned together thus far to

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just kind of lean in
and start to integrate

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the neck a little more.

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And the shoulders.

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And then we're going to take
this side sody stretch that

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we've been integrating and
you're just going to find a

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soft, easy lift of the right arm
all the way up and then take it

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over towards the left.

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And just like we did on Day 1,

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you're gonna find
what feels good here.

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Just finding a
little bit of movement.

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It can be pulsing.
It can be soft, easy movement.

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And then in your own time,
coming through center.

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Finding your sway and then
taking it to the other side.

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Nice and easy.

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And then when you're ready
coming all the way back through

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center and we'll bring the hands
to rest gently on the tops of

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the thighs or the knees
and take in loving

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breath in through the nose.

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And as you exhale, go ahead and
breathe out through the mouth.

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Close your eyes as
you're ready, and again,

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big inhale in through the nose.

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And allowing
yourself to just land here.

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Whatever you're coming with,
just being honest about it all.

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Landing here in
the moment fully.

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One more time, big inhale.

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Nothing fancy,
just big breath in.

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And releasing out
through the mouth.

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Just taking a moment
to find stillness here.

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Noticing where your thoughts go.

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Noticing where you might be
clenching or holding and seeing

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if you can right
away start to soften.

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Beautiful, then draw the
hands together at your heart,

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bow the head to the hands.

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Take a deep breath in.

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Empty it out 

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and then flutter
your eyelashes open.

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Gently lift the corners
of your mouth just slightly.

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Inner smile goes a long way.

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Particularly if we
find that we're really,

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we've veered quite a distance
far off from like a

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moving meditation or
moving with intention,

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just a little inner
smile can help remind

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you like it's all good.

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I can't control
everything anyway.

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Only thing I can control is how
I move and then how I move of

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course influences how I feel,
et cetera, et cetera.

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So here we go.

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So we're gonna uncross the legs.

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Just bring the
left heel just a bit today

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and then bring
the right foot into follow.

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So we were in Sukhasana.

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This kind of criss-cross
applesauce situation

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and now we're
coming into Sidhasana.

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So it's just one foot
in front of the other.

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So the heels are
going to come in

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followed by the right leg and

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you're gonna check
in here right away.

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Be honest.
Is it tight?

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Do I feel
tightness in the hip crease?

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Do I feel collapsed?

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Can I do something to improve
the length in my spine which is

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then going to
help me breathe easier?

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And a great thing to do
since we've all brought a little

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blanket or towel is to just lift
the hips up a little higher.

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Oh yeah, baby,
now I feel amazing!

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(laughs) That little lift.

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And I love the metaphor behind
these at home yoga practices and

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all the yoga practices to be
honest but something like kind

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of setting yourself up like this
to just really be an open book.

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Really open,
open everything up

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and find your way to good.

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Okay, so one foot in
front of the other here.

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You have your hips
lifted up perhaps today.

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We're gonna inhale, send the
fingertips behind the ears.

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So just connecting a little bit
to subtle body lines here as you

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inhale reach for the sky.

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We find that
connection of hip to shoulder,

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shoulder to wrist, wrist
to fingertips and beyond.

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To infinity and beyond.

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Take a deep breath in and as you
exhale melt it all the way down.

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Send your heart forward.

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We're coming
forward here nice and slow.

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Paying attention
to the sensation

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as we slowly melt it forward.

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You're just gonna come
onto the forearms to start.

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And you might find
a soft easy sway here.

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And then you'll know if
it's right in your body

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to continue the
journey on just a bit.

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Maybe bringing

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the forehead all the
way down to the earth.

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If you have a yoga block, you
can grab it now or sometimes

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I just like to stack the fists

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like bubble gum,
bubble gum in a dish.

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Not everyone will get that
and that's okay but if you do,

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awesome. We'll play a
little bubble gum and just give

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yourself a little prop
for the forehead to rest on.

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And then put some weight, just
some awareness really

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in your hips, in your thighs 

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and start to breathe
deep into your belly.

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And one little loving mantra

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I like to start with when I'm

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doing a moving meditation or
just getting down low to find

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balance, not necessarily
embracing a full asana practice

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or I also do some
similar exercises.

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I always like to start by
inhaling lots of love in

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and exhaling lots of love out.

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So this is good in a
soft relaxing practice.

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Also really good before I run 

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or anything where
you're going to be uniting

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body and spirit,

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mind, mental, mental game.

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I also like to start inhaling
lots of love in and exhaling

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lots of love out
whenever I'm saying a prayer.

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It's just a great
place to start so

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take it or leave it.
Inhaling lots of love in here.

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And then
exhaling lots of love out.

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Continuing to notice where you
might be gripping or holding.

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And just a little grace notice
so just bring a little energy

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into the feet, to the toes.

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Start to slow down your breath.

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Soften through the face.

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And if you were hoping for
a workout today, just trust.

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Trust that
everything is as it should be.

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This is the practice
you're supposed to

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be gifted with today.
So lean in.

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Perhaps this time today will

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up your game
in tomorrow's practice

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or in another
more fiery practice.

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And then slowly we'll again
bring awareness to the hips.

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Let the lower body be
heavy as you slowly release.

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Come all the way back up.

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Stacking through the spine.

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Stacking head over heart,
heart over pelvis.

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On your next inhale, reach the
shoulders so lift the shoulders

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all the way up to the ear lobes.

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Squeeze and lift, breathe in.

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And exhale slide shoulder
blades down the back body.

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Awesome, keep the left heel in.

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Gently connect to
your center even here.

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It's always moving
from a place of connect,

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send the left leg out long.

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We're gonna flex.

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I said left leg, send
the right leg out long.

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I'm already Zened out.

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Send the left (laughs).

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Send the right leg out long.
Sorry guys.

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And you're gonna flex your
right toes towards your face.

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And just gently turn, turn,
turn so that your heart

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and your center
are facing your leg.

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And if you're on a blanky you
might just do a little whoop to

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shift your hips or your
hip support to move with you.

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Cool. Now take the fingertips,
bring them behind the ears.

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Inhale, find that connection
to your center as you reach up.

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Exhale, think up
and over as we dive

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over towards the right toes.

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Now wherever the hands
land is perfectly beautiful.

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It can be here on the thigh.

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It can be here on the shin.

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Maybe you're
grabbing the pant leg.

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Maybe it's just fingertips.

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Maybe in time you work to
pull that right hip crease back.

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Create more space
in the front body,

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in the back body to
find a Forward Fold.

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Maybe traditionally
getting head to knee.

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We call this Janus or Sirsan,
Head to Knee Pose.

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But honor, so
important to honor you.

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Honor where you're at.

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In a lot of ways that's what
this journey is all about.

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It's dedicating time

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with yourself for yourself.

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Honoring who you are
and where you are today.

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Okay, I'll shut up and allow you

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to listen to the
sound of your breath.

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Listen to the
wisdom of your heart.

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And make sure you're not holding
or clenching in the neck here.

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See if you can soften and relax.

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Little grace note, little
energy in the toes and the feet.

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Stick with it.
Lean in, soften, allow.

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And then from your foundation,
that which is touching the earth

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here and your
energetic body, slowly roll up.

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Yes.

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From here, ground down
through the sits bones.

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Inhale,
fingertips behind the ears.

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Reach for the sky.

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From your center, dial all
the way over towards the left.

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Gentle twist to your left.

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Right hand can come to the
outer edge of the left leg,

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left fingertips
behind and we breathe here.

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So we're flexing the right foot.

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We're breathing deep.
We're sitting up nice and tall.

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Working to create
a healthy flow of energy

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that runs up and down the spine.

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Gently just moving aside
anything that might be stuck,

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any cobwebs, any stagnant old

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things that we just don't need
to carry around with us anymore.

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Cool, and then slowly
releasing back to center.

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We're gonna take the right foot.
We're gonna bring it in.

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We're going to
re-center if we have a blanket.

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And then we'll switch.
Take the right heel in.

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Left foot to follow.

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Check in here. Bring in
the hips a little bit high

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so that your
knees can fall down.

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You'll feel really cozy.

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And then when you're ready
fingertips behind the ears,

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inhale, take the deepest
breath you've taken

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all day as you reach up high.

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And then exhale,
soften into it, lean into it.

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Nice and slow,
forearms to the earth.

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Find a little sway here.

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Gently opening
up through the hips.

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And then find
what feels good here.

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Maybe coming all the way down.

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Maybe bringing the fist together
for a prop up for the forehand.

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And depending on what time of
year that you were doing this

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you have any
sinus pressure this can be 

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a insanely awesome thing.

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It shouldn't be so good that
something this simple can help

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you feel a clearing out 

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but this little pressure
right in the

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center of the
forehand between the brows.

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Okay, 

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find the mantra.

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Inhale lots of love in.

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Exhale lots of love out.

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And don't try to
think too hard here.

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Just allow.
Feel it out.

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Inhale lots of love in.

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Exhale lots of love out.

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Remembering our
observe practice.

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Can I reside in the
role of the observer here?

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Notice if you're
clenching anywhere.

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See if you can soften,
maybe around the hips,

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energetically,
around the ankles.

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Perhaps the shoulders,

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the traps.

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Let the weight of your
head go for one more breath.

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And then enjoy this blossoming

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as you slowly let the hips get

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heavy and roll
it all the way up.

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Stack through, hands come
to the knees or the thighs

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and notice how you feel.

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Amazing. Love for sale
except the love is free.

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Everything's free.
So great. I love it.

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Okey doke, here we go.

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Keep your right heel in,
kick your left leg out

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and if you need to do a little
shift with your blanky, you can.

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We're gonna turn the
torso to heart space,

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(clears throat) excuse me,

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over towards that left foot.

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Flex the left
toes towards your face.

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When you're ready,
big breath in.

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Fingertips reach behind
the ears all the way up.

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And think up and over as if
you're maybe taking your belly

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over a little
beach ball or pillow.

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Dang it.
We have a pillow right here.

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You can use your pillow.

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Inhale, reach up and over.

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And then same thing,
any amount that the body,

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you know, listen to your body.
Body talks, we listen.

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That's the way it goes and

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that's why regular yoga
practice is amazing.

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'Cause you can see how that
conversation just fluctuates

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and then we get out of the doing
the yoga and we really create a

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practice of experiencing
and listening and responding.

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So wherever you are
today, ah, be there.

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It's all good.

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Maybe you need to bend the
knee generously to kind of

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find your way to
good here today.

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And then we
allow and we release.

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We breathe and we let go.

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Just keep noticing
where your thoughts go.

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And remember this is
time that you've dedicated

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to yourself, for yourself.

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Trust it.
Trust the process.

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Trust that it's valuable.

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Trust that you're worth it.

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Then get really
heavy in your bum.

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Heavy in the
hips and nice and slow,

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super slow, roll it up.

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Back to center.

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Inhale, reach the
fingertips behind the ears.

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And exhale, gentle
twist to the right.

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Oh yeah.

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Little buddy.

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He loves Day 8.

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Breathing deep.

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Inhale, breathe into
your belly, your guts.

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Your instincts.

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Cool and then come all
the way back to center.

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Awesome, okay.

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So from here we're
gonna bring both feet in.

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We're gonna take the blanky

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and we're just gonna
bring it to the side.

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You'll kick your
legs out on your mat.

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And if you brought
a pillow to practice

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go ahead and grab it now.

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Okay, so from here we're gonna
take the pillow and it can be a

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couch pillow,
it can be any pillow.

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Bedroom pillow.

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You're gonna hug it
right up to your sweet belly.

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Right in your hip creases and
then you're gonna take your

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hands, yeah, baby and move

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the fleshy part of the
buttocks aside.

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Feel your sits bones kind of
move down to the ground

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or maybe not.
Maybe you don't feel 'em.

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Maybe you won't.

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And we're just gonna move our
nice booties to the side so we

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can at least visualize
this grounding down to lift up

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through the ground.

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The Crown, did you
watch "The Crown" on Netflix?

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So good, so amazing.

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If you did, tell me down below. 
So great.

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Hug your pillow in toward your
body so squeeze it up and then

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when you're ready, inhale, reach
the fingertips towards the sky.

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And then exhale think up and
over as you bend your knees

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Paschimottanasana, you're gonna
rest your chest and your heart

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on your pillow,
maybe your forehand.

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You can also bring your
blanket or your towel into play

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and create a little lift
so you can relax

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your forehead
down on the ground.

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Down on your prop.

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Okay, then in time you can
work to straighten your legs and

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we're gonna be here
for about seven to ten breaths

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depending on the
rhythm of your breath.

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So we're gonna let it all go.

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Breathing into the back body.

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Calming the nervous system.

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Smoothing out any frayed nerves.

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Relieving any tension.

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Enjoy.

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So holding this posture, feeling
the breath and noticing how

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the breath can stretch
the skin of the back body.

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And I invite you
to find depth here

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so don't shortchange yourself.

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Once you find a
nice place to be stay there

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for seven to ten breaths.

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Relax your tongue in
the base of your mouth.

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Soften through
the skin of the face.

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Inhale lots of love in.

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Exhale lots of love out.

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One more quiet
breath on your own.

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The slowly we'll release.

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Come back up mindfully. Enjoy.

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Just melt as you
release all the way up.

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Okay, check it out.

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We're going to take
the blanket to the side.

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If you have it,
you're gonna take the pillow,

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bring it to the top of your mat
for your head and then you're

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gonna bring your blanket or your
towel back into play and it can

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either fold up or
you can roll it up.

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We're gonna bring it underneath
the backs of the legs.

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The leggies.

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Heck yeah!
Okay, here we go.

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Come on down to your back.

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Get situated.

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Where's my breathing bolster?

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Come here breathing bolster.

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Take a second to
get situated here.

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You're gonna wanna maybe
shortchange yourself of this too

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if you're used to really moving
fast and you're a busy person

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like me but man, I'm telling ya.

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Stick with this, okay?

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This is part of the commitment.

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So when you get here you're
going to allow your toes to just

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open up just a bit and
allow the inner thighs

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to get a little sunlight.

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Hey-o, I've never
said that before.

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(laughs)
You brought that out of me.

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Okay and you're gonna get cozy.
That's the thing.

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And we're gonna
find stillness by bringing

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the hands to the
rib cage or the belly.

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And when you feel cozy
you're gonna soften everything.

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Inhale in deeply.

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Exhale, close your eyes
and begin to find stillness.

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Now allow your
breath to just return to

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it's natural ebb and flow.

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And enjoy 

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a moment of
complete and total relaxation.

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And if you find
you're not relaxed,

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you're distracted,

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cool. Way to be human.

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Remember this
is just a practice.

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Do your best to
practice relaxing.

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Practice being still.

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And if you're wondering
if you're doing it right,

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the answer, my friend, is yes.

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Sweet.

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Now slowly bring your
awareness back to your body.

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Wiggle the toes.

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And slowly we're going to
open up through the left arm.

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Palm face up to the sky.

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Open up through the right
arm, palm face up to the sky.

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Then we'll rotate the wrists and
the ankles and start to bring

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awareness to just the
quality of air in the room

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or wherever you're practicing.
Maybe outside.

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Gently begin to deepen your
breath and bring your awareness

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now to the quality of air in
your practice space and to the

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light in the room
or wherever you are.

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And now to any sounds,
any noises you can hear.

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And let everything go.

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And on your next big inhale,
bring the palms together.

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Thumbs to third eye.

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Thank you so much for
going on this journey with me.

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You are doing an awesome job.

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I hope that you know and
feel that what you're doing for

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yourself is not only an
incredible thing for you and

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your personal
journey but I think,

00:27:15.208 --> 00:27:17.625
I'm biased,
but for the world. Right?

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So thank you so much for sharing

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your time and
your energy with me.

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Let us know how today's practice
went in the comments section

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down below and I'll
see you tomorrow for Day 9.

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We're gonna get high tomorrow.

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Okay, but for now I love you.

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Namaste.

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(bright music)