WEBVTT 00:00:00.579 --> 00:00:01.412 - What's up everyone? 00:00:01.412 --> 00:00:02.468 Welcome to Yoga with Adriene. 00:00:02.468 --> 00:00:03.827 I'm Adriene and today we have 00:00:03.827 --> 00:00:05.603 a fabulous practice for you: 00:00:05.603 --> 00:00:06.917 Freedom Glow. 00:00:06.917 --> 00:00:09.234 This is a little shout out to our Freedom Flow videos 00:00:09.234 --> 00:00:11.604 that invite you to find freedom within the form. 00:00:11.604 --> 00:00:13.437 But this one is super strong, 00:00:13.437 --> 00:00:15.769 gonna build some fire some heat from within, 00:00:15.769 --> 00:00:18.236 get a little sweaty and leave you feeling good. 00:00:18.236 --> 00:00:21.134 Hop into something comfy and let's get started. 00:00:21.134 --> 00:00:24.801 (upbeat music) 00:00:33.420 --> 00:00:34.463 Alrighty, my friends, 00:00:34.463 --> 00:00:37.633 let's begin standing at the top of the mat. 00:00:37.633 --> 00:00:39.903 Feet hip width apart. 00:00:39.903 --> 00:00:41.070 Mountain Pose. 00:00:42.040 --> 00:00:45.427 Big breath in. Stand up nice and tall. 00:00:46.176 --> 00:00:49.093 Then exhale, relaxing the shoulders. 00:00:50.449 --> 00:00:53.199 Take a moment to close your eyes. 00:00:54.628 --> 00:00:57.246 Trust me, trust yourself, trust the video. 00:00:57.246 --> 00:00:58.579 Close your eyes. 00:01:00.373 --> 00:01:02.031 And spread awareness throughout all 00:01:02.031 --> 00:01:04.114 four corners of your feet 00:01:05.972 --> 00:01:10.139 and see of you can find a gentle lift up through the heart. 00:01:19.090 --> 00:01:21.423 Begin to deepen your breath. 00:01:23.648 --> 00:01:25.819 And commit to using your breath 00:01:25.819 --> 00:01:29.986 as a tool to guide you throughout your practice today. 00:01:34.992 --> 00:01:36.830 Let's rock and roll. Bend the knees. 00:01:36.830 --> 00:01:39.702 Inhale, reach the fingertips all the way up. 00:01:39.702 --> 00:01:42.062 Big full body stretch, nothing fancy here. 00:01:42.062 --> 00:01:44.257 Fingertips kiss up and overhead. 00:01:44.257 --> 00:01:46.601 Keep the shoulders relaxed. 00:01:46.601 --> 00:01:49.548 Big breath in, exhale rain it down 00:01:49.548 --> 00:01:51.862 press into all four corners of the feet, 00:01:51.862 --> 00:01:54.025 keep lifting through the heart. 00:01:54.025 --> 00:01:56.728 Inhale reaching up towards the sky. 00:01:56.728 --> 00:02:01.012 Big stretch, fingertips kiss up and overhead. 00:02:01.012 --> 00:02:04.596 And exhale, floating the fingertips down. 00:02:04.596 --> 00:02:06.788 Begin to synchronize the movement with the breath. 00:02:06.788 --> 00:02:08.371 Inhale, reach it up. 00:02:09.903 --> 00:02:11.656 And this time on the exhale, 00:02:11.656 --> 00:02:13.997 Forward Fold, soft bend in the knees 00:02:13.997 --> 00:02:16.247 as you slowly take it down. 00:02:18.342 --> 00:02:21.451 Now find a little freedom within the form. 00:02:21.451 --> 00:02:23.961 So you might walk the fingertips to one side 00:02:23.961 --> 00:02:26.294 and then the other, you might clasp the elbows 00:02:26.294 --> 00:02:28.840 and rock gently side to side. 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:30.861 Perhaps you shake the head a little yes 00:02:30.861 --> 00:02:32.965 and a little no. 00:02:32.965 --> 00:02:35.292 Be sure to take one moment where you bend the knees 00:02:35.292 --> 00:02:39.993 generously sending some love to the lower back. 00:02:39.993 --> 00:02:41.243 Keep breathing. 00:02:42.407 --> 00:02:45.308 Nice, long, smooth deep breaths. 00:02:45.308 --> 00:02:48.391 (rhythmic breathing) 00:02:51.016 --> 00:02:52.615 Then on your next inhale 00:02:52.615 --> 00:02:55.197 lift up halfway, lengthen through the crown 00:02:55.197 --> 00:02:57.392 of the head, palms come to the tops 00:02:57.392 --> 00:02:59.537 of the thighs and we pull the elbows back 00:02:59.537 --> 00:03:00.805 like little grasshopper legs 00:03:00.805 --> 00:03:03.618 creating length, long neck. 00:03:03.618 --> 00:03:05.827 Big breath in here. 00:03:05.827 --> 00:03:07.577 Exhale. Forward Fold. 00:03:08.988 --> 00:03:11.314 Awesome work, press into the feet and inhale. 00:03:11.314 --> 00:03:12.445 Big full body stretch. 00:03:12.445 --> 00:03:14.920 Reach for the skies, spread the fingertips. 00:03:14.920 --> 00:03:17.253 Press down through the feet. 00:03:18.475 --> 00:03:21.692 Exhale, hands to heart, namaste. 00:03:22.702 --> 00:03:26.054 Begin to find a lift through the front body energetically. 00:03:26.054 --> 00:03:29.487 A grounding through the back body. 00:03:29.487 --> 00:03:31.214 Find support from within 00:03:31.214 --> 00:03:34.508 by drawing the navel inward and upward. 00:03:34.508 --> 00:03:36.561 Connect to your center. 00:03:36.561 --> 00:03:39.978 And here we go inhale, reach for the sky. 00:03:41.662 --> 00:03:43.412 Exhale, Forward Fold. 00:03:45.870 --> 00:03:49.453 Inhale halfway, lift again, navel draws in. 00:03:50.646 --> 00:03:53.442 And exhale, Forward Fold. 00:03:53.442 --> 00:03:55.228 Awesome. This time bend the knees. 00:03:55.228 --> 00:03:58.769 Plant the palms and step the right toes back. 00:03:58.769 --> 00:04:00.304 Lower the right knee. 00:04:00.304 --> 00:04:03.245 Check to make sure front knee is over front ankle. 00:04:03.245 --> 00:04:05.713 And then allow this awareness from the lower body 00:04:05.713 --> 00:04:09.461 to slowly trickle up through the spine. 00:04:09.461 --> 00:04:11.543 Opening through the chest. 00:04:11.543 --> 00:04:12.710 Big breath in. 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:15.728 Big breath out 00:04:15.728 --> 00:04:18.370 just stretching it out. Inhale. 00:04:18.370 --> 00:04:22.100 On the exhale pulling back through the left hip crease. 00:04:22.100 --> 00:04:24.296 Send the hips back. 00:04:24.296 --> 00:04:27.454 Left toes go up towards the sky. 00:04:27.454 --> 00:04:28.704 Keep breathing. 00:04:35.321 --> 00:04:36.183 When you're ready, 00:04:36.183 --> 00:04:39.295 rolling through the left foot nice and slow. 00:04:39.295 --> 00:04:40.996 Right hand comes to the Earth. 00:04:40.996 --> 00:04:42.790 And on your next breath in, 00:04:42.790 --> 00:04:44.794 peel the left fingertips all the way up 00:04:44.794 --> 00:04:47.540 coming into a nice low lunge twist. 00:04:47.540 --> 00:04:49.484 Open through the chest. 00:04:49.484 --> 00:04:50.984 Strong and steady. 00:04:54.244 --> 00:04:56.366 One more breath in 00:04:56.366 --> 00:04:59.434 and exhale all the way back down. 00:04:59.434 --> 00:05:00.921 Great, plant the palms, 00:05:00.921 --> 00:05:02.198 wrists underneath the shoulders. 00:05:02.198 --> 00:05:03.324 Curl the back toes under 00:05:03.324 --> 00:05:06.351 and when you're ready, step it back to a Plank. 00:05:06.351 --> 00:05:07.694 Big breaths here. 00:05:07.694 --> 00:05:09.583 Rocking front and back. 00:05:09.583 --> 00:05:11.581 Making sure the hips aren't dipping low 00:05:11.581 --> 00:05:13.937 or coming up, but finding that nice long line 00:05:13.937 --> 00:05:17.772 from the crown to the tail, the sitting bones to the heels. 00:05:17.772 --> 00:05:20.442 Great bend the elbows; press away from your yoga mat. 00:05:20.442 --> 00:05:21.275 Long neck. 00:05:21.275 --> 00:05:23.828 Remember the neck is an extension of the spine here. 00:05:23.828 --> 00:05:26.810 Navel draws up, you got this, one more breath. 00:05:26.810 --> 00:05:29.063 And then exhale slowly, lower the knees, 00:05:29.063 --> 00:05:31.896 hook the elbows in and lower down. 00:05:33.338 --> 00:05:35.755 Great, zip the legs up tight. 00:05:37.630 --> 00:05:38.666 Inhale. 00:05:38.666 --> 00:05:41.272 Slowly tucking the chin. 00:05:41.272 --> 00:05:43.721 Opening the heart forward, Baby Cobra. 00:05:43.721 --> 00:05:45.661 Nice and slow though here to start. 00:05:45.661 --> 00:05:46.994 Then we release. 00:05:47.964 --> 00:05:49.031 And two more times. 00:05:49.031 --> 00:05:49.864 Inhale. 00:05:49.864 --> 00:05:51.600 Tucking the chin to the chest. 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:53.968 Lifting up, so really activating the muscles 00:05:53.968 --> 00:05:55.802 of the upper back body here 00:05:55.802 --> 00:05:57.827 and warming up through the spine. 00:05:57.827 --> 00:05:59.660 One more time, inhale. 00:06:00.562 --> 00:06:04.356 Open your heart and exhale, release. 00:06:04.356 --> 00:06:06.025 Great curl the toes under. 00:06:06.025 --> 00:06:08.507 Walk them in line with the hip points. 00:06:08.507 --> 00:06:10.136 Lift the kneecaps. 00:06:10.136 --> 00:06:12.754 Gaze straight down, inhale in. 00:06:12.754 --> 00:06:15.891 Exhale. Press up to top of a pushup plank. 00:06:15.891 --> 00:06:18.045 Big breath in here. 00:06:18.045 --> 00:06:21.361 Exhale to Downward-Facing Dog. 00:06:21.361 --> 00:06:22.637 Take your dog for a little walk here, 00:06:22.637 --> 00:06:23.893 stretch it out. 00:06:23.893 --> 00:06:26.060 Pedaling through the feet. 00:06:30.448 --> 00:06:33.213 Hands pressing evenly into the yoga mat 00:06:33.213 --> 00:06:36.802 and tops of the shoulders rotating out. 00:06:36.802 --> 00:06:38.688 Take a deep breath in. 00:06:38.688 --> 00:06:43.129 And on the exhale bend the knees, look forward. 00:06:43.129 --> 00:06:45.491 Step, hop, or jump to the top. 00:06:45.491 --> 00:06:48.410 I guess a hop and a jump's the same thing. 00:06:48.410 --> 00:06:50.660 We'll meet in Forward Fold. 00:06:51.923 --> 00:06:55.452 Big breath, lifting up halfway, inhale. 00:06:55.452 --> 00:06:57.025 Exhale, Fold. 00:06:58.490 --> 00:07:02.482 Inhale, reach for the sky. Big full body stretch here. 00:07:02.482 --> 00:07:05.215 Exhale hands to heart, namaste. 00:07:07.588 --> 00:07:08.761 Inhale in. 00:07:10.502 --> 00:07:12.112 Exhale release. 00:07:13.914 --> 00:07:17.334 Soft knees, inhale, reach it up. 00:07:17.334 --> 00:07:18.989 This time as you exhale, bend the elbows, 00:07:18.989 --> 00:07:20.752 thumbs point back pinkies forward, 00:07:20.752 --> 00:07:22.301 we open through the chest. 00:07:22.301 --> 00:07:23.663 Lengthen tailbone down, 00:07:23.663 --> 00:07:26.556 deep breath in, lift through the sternum 00:07:26.556 --> 00:07:27.889 and then exhale. 00:07:28.851 --> 00:07:31.018 Inhale, reach for the sky. 00:07:32.031 --> 00:07:33.781 Exhale, Forward Fold. 00:07:35.943 --> 00:07:38.061 Inhale. Halfway Lift, your version, 00:07:38.061 --> 00:07:41.802 again finding a little freedom within the form today. 00:07:41.802 --> 00:07:43.122 Exhale Fold. 00:07:45.266 --> 00:07:48.800 Great this time plant the palms, step the left toes back, 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:51.060 lower the left knee. 00:07:51.060 --> 00:07:53.570 Front knee over front ankle, breath deep here. 00:07:53.570 --> 00:07:54.820 Stretch it out. 00:07:56.268 --> 00:07:57.935 Opening up the hips. 00:07:58.860 --> 00:08:00.781 Letting that awareness travel from 00:08:00.781 --> 00:08:02.974 the hips, the legs, all the way up through the spine 00:08:02.974 --> 00:08:04.210 so we're not collapsed over here. 00:08:04.210 --> 00:08:07.293 But finding length through the crown. 00:08:08.767 --> 00:08:09.767 Breath deep. 00:08:17.037 --> 00:08:19.164 Inhale in deeply. 00:08:19.164 --> 00:08:20.772 On your exhale, begin to pull back 00:08:20.772 --> 00:08:22.283 through that right hip crease. 00:08:22.283 --> 00:08:24.533 Right toes towards the sky. 00:08:28.989 --> 00:08:31.239 Nice runner's stretch here. 00:08:32.453 --> 00:08:35.321 Pressing into the top of the back foot. 00:08:35.321 --> 00:08:39.488 My left hip is stacked right over my left knee here. 00:08:41.357 --> 00:08:42.480 Inhale in. 00:08:43.366 --> 00:08:46.699 Exhale, rolling through that right foot. 00:08:47.543 --> 00:08:50.394 Left hand comes to the Earth right underneath the shoulder. 00:08:50.394 --> 00:08:53.020 And on a big breath in, I peel the right fingertips 00:08:53.020 --> 00:08:55.603 all the way up towards the sky. 00:08:56.973 --> 00:08:58.223 Deep breath in. 00:08:59.265 --> 00:09:00.598 Deep breath out. 00:09:01.983 --> 00:09:04.381 Deep breath in, one more. 00:09:04.381 --> 00:09:07.859 And then exhale, slowly release back to center. 00:09:07.859 --> 00:09:12.596 Awesome, plant the palms, step it back to plank. 00:09:12.596 --> 00:09:14.105 Three breaths here, you got it. 00:09:14.105 --> 00:09:15.840 Wrists right underneath the shoulders. 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:17.872 Really spiking the heels towards the back edge 00:09:17.872 --> 00:09:19.666 of your yoga mat, super strong here. 00:09:19.666 --> 00:09:21.473 Navel draws up and crown of the head 00:09:21.473 --> 00:09:23.285 reaches towards the front. 00:09:23.285 --> 00:09:26.013 Inhale in, exhale, lower all the way down 00:09:26.013 --> 00:09:29.034 to the belly, nice and slow. 00:09:29.034 --> 00:09:30.713 Press into the tops of the feet. 00:09:30.713 --> 00:09:33.014 This time heels hip width apart. 00:09:33.014 --> 00:09:34.181 Inhale, Cobra. 00:09:35.880 --> 00:09:37.130 Exhale release. 00:09:38.175 --> 00:09:40.720 Curl the toes under, lift the kneecaps, 00:09:40.720 --> 00:09:42.658 inhale in, exhale. 00:09:42.658 --> 00:09:45.847 Strong, pressing up to Plank. 00:09:45.847 --> 00:09:47.180 Inhale in again. 00:09:48.125 --> 00:09:50.042 Exhale to Downward Dog. 00:09:52.716 --> 00:09:56.178 Awesome work, continue to refine here. 00:09:56.178 --> 00:09:57.928 Find what feels good. 00:09:59.113 --> 00:10:00.613 Stay present. 00:10:08.902 --> 00:10:11.454 And when you're ready drop the left heel this time, 00:10:11.454 --> 00:10:13.536 inhale, lift the right leg up high. 00:10:13.536 --> 00:10:18.009 Exhale knee to nose, navel draws up connecting to 00:10:18.009 --> 00:10:20.060 your center as you inhale lift it up, 00:10:20.060 --> 00:10:21.384 Three-Legged Dog. 00:10:21.384 --> 00:10:23.625 Step into your power, cultivating strength, 00:10:23.625 --> 00:10:25.018 knee to nose. 00:10:25.018 --> 00:10:26.075 One more time. 00:10:26.075 --> 00:10:26.908 Inhale. 00:10:28.015 --> 00:10:29.765 Exhale, knee to nose. 00:10:30.832 --> 00:10:31.692 Awesome. 00:10:31.692 --> 00:10:33.952 Step the right foot up high lunge, 00:10:33.952 --> 00:10:35.518 take your time getting here, 00:10:35.518 --> 00:10:37.292 front knee over front ankle. 00:10:37.292 --> 00:10:38.803 Back heel is lifted. 00:10:38.803 --> 00:10:40.503 Take a second here to refine. 00:10:40.503 --> 00:10:42.639 Make sure you're not on a tightrope so, 00:10:42.639 --> 00:10:46.344 feet are nice and hip distance apart. 00:10:46.344 --> 00:10:48.576 When you're ready inhale, reach for the sky. 00:10:48.576 --> 00:10:50.105 Strong posture here. 00:10:50.105 --> 00:10:51.833 Big beach ball overhead, if you feel 00:10:51.833 --> 00:10:54.250 like the shoulders are tight. 00:10:56.656 --> 00:10:58.030 Bend the left knee so you can get 00:10:58.030 --> 00:10:59.568 your pelvis underneath you. 00:10:59.568 --> 00:11:01.521 Lifting up through the front body again. 00:11:01.521 --> 00:11:03.871 Grounding through the back body. 00:11:03.871 --> 00:11:05.457 Inhale in. 00:11:05.457 --> 00:11:08.140 Exhale, pivot on the back foot and open out. 00:11:08.140 --> 00:11:09.960 Warrior Two. 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:12.965 Strong and steady sink deep into that front leg. 00:11:12.965 --> 00:11:14.543 Pull the pinkies back. 00:11:14.543 --> 00:11:18.165 Find length, lift your heart, inhale in. 00:11:18.165 --> 00:11:19.302 Exhale out. 00:11:20.162 --> 00:11:21.172 Moving with the breath. 00:11:21.172 --> 00:11:24.159 Inhale. Reach the right fingertips forward up and back. 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:27.506 Peaceful Warrior big stretch in the right side body here. 00:11:27.506 --> 00:11:28.339 Inhale in. 00:11:29.188 --> 00:11:32.404 Exhale all the way to Extended Side Angle. 00:11:32.404 --> 00:11:35.245 Right elbow on the top of the right thigh. 00:11:35.245 --> 00:11:36.723 Inhale, open the chest, 00:11:36.723 --> 00:11:39.788 left fingertips draw up towards the sky. 00:11:39.788 --> 00:11:41.606 Big stretch, inhale. 00:11:41.606 --> 00:11:45.502 Exhale all the way back down to your Lunge nice and slow. 00:11:45.502 --> 00:11:46.807 And strong. 00:11:46.807 --> 00:11:48.941 Step the right toes back or keep them lifted 00:11:48.941 --> 00:11:51.347 for a one-legged transition here. 00:11:51.347 --> 00:11:52.790 You can go belly to Cobra, 00:11:52.790 --> 00:11:54.986 or Chaturanga to Upward-Facing Dog. 00:11:54.986 --> 00:11:56.989 So you have lots of options here. 00:11:56.989 --> 00:11:59.377 Can change it up, find freedom within the form 00:11:59.377 --> 00:12:00.897 as you grow your practice. 00:12:00.897 --> 00:12:04.793 Inhale, open the chest in Cobra or Up-Dog 00:12:04.793 --> 00:12:07.293 and then exhale, Child's Pose. 00:12:11.770 --> 00:12:12.770 Take a rest. 00:12:13.760 --> 00:12:16.677 (breathing deeply) 00:12:24.125 --> 00:12:26.411 Spread awareness through the fingerprints 00:12:26.411 --> 00:12:29.595 and slowly make your way back to all fours. 00:12:29.595 --> 00:12:31.846 Walk the knees right underneath the hips, 00:12:31.846 --> 00:12:34.302 toes in line with the knees. 00:12:34.302 --> 00:12:35.836 Inhale in. 00:12:35.836 --> 00:12:38.264 Exhale, curl the toes under. 00:12:38.264 --> 00:12:39.931 Downward-Facing Dog. 00:12:41.285 --> 00:12:43.495 This time, drop the right heel and inhale. 00:12:43.495 --> 00:12:45.343 Left leg, up high. 00:12:45.343 --> 00:12:47.597 Here we go, cultivating strength. 00:12:47.597 --> 00:12:49.061 Big breath in. 00:12:49.061 --> 00:12:50.286 Exhale, knee to nose. 00:12:50.286 --> 00:12:52.364 Rounding through, navel draws up. 00:12:52.364 --> 00:12:54.649 Inhale, lift it up. 00:12:54.649 --> 00:12:56.399 Exhale, knee to nose. 00:12:57.685 --> 00:13:00.166 Last one, inhale. Reach! 00:13:00.166 --> 00:13:02.216 Exhale, knee to nose. 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:04.885 Step it up. 00:13:04.885 --> 00:13:05.940 High Lunge. 00:13:05.940 --> 00:13:08.205 Take your time, building from the ground up. 00:13:08.205 --> 00:13:10.122 Strong foundation here. 00:13:11.875 --> 00:13:13.315 And then big Power Pose, here, 00:13:13.315 --> 00:13:15.389 as you reach the fingertips up high. 00:13:15.389 --> 00:13:16.880 Open through the chest. 00:13:16.880 --> 00:13:18.385 Again, no need to be super tight, here. 00:13:18.385 --> 00:13:19.995 You can give yourself lots of space. 00:13:19.995 --> 00:13:21.666 Navel draws in and up. 00:13:21.666 --> 00:13:23.179 So, active in the belly. 00:13:23.179 --> 00:13:24.012 You got this. 00:13:24.012 --> 00:13:25.952 Keep breathing, relax your shoulders. 00:13:25.952 --> 00:13:27.351 Soft bend in the right knee, 00:13:27.351 --> 00:13:31.351 so you can get your pelvis right underneath you. 00:13:32.844 --> 00:13:35.295 Then take a big breath in here. 00:13:35.295 --> 00:13:37.282 Use your exhale to open it out. 00:13:37.282 --> 00:13:39.377 Warrior Two to the right. 00:13:39.377 --> 00:13:41.346 Pull the pinkies back. 00:13:41.346 --> 00:13:42.846 Breathe deep here. 00:13:47.718 --> 00:13:49.996 Moving with the breath. Inhale. 00:13:49.996 --> 00:13:52.148 Left fingertips reach forward, up and back. 00:13:52.148 --> 00:13:53.565 Peaceful Warrior. 00:13:54.682 --> 00:13:57.015 Exhale, Extended Side Angle. 00:13:59.525 --> 00:14:02.598 Left elbow to the top of the left thigh on an inhale. 00:14:02.598 --> 00:14:06.029 Right fingertips pull up, up, up towards the sky. 00:14:06.029 --> 00:14:08.862 In my case, a beautiful, blue sky. 00:14:10.186 --> 00:14:11.701 Inhale. 00:14:11.701 --> 00:14:14.971 Exhale all the way back down to your Lunge. 00:14:14.971 --> 00:14:17.608 Plant the palms, step it back. 00:14:17.608 --> 00:14:20.912 Belly to Cobra or Chaturanga to Up-Dog. 00:14:20.912 --> 00:14:23.718 Again, this practice is meant to inspire 00:14:23.718 --> 00:14:26.500 and empower you to find a little freedom within the form. 00:14:26.500 --> 00:14:28.507 Move slow and mindful. 00:14:28.507 --> 00:14:30.180 Keep breathing deep. 00:14:30.180 --> 00:14:33.009 We'll meet in Child's Pose. 00:14:33.009 --> 00:14:35.759 (deep breathing) 00:14:44.203 --> 00:14:46.282 Sweet. Press into the fingerprints. 00:14:46.282 --> 00:14:50.482 When you're ready, slowly make your way back up. 00:14:50.482 --> 00:14:53.409 Walk the knees underneath the hips. 00:14:53.409 --> 00:14:55.909 When you're ready, Downward-Facing Dog. 00:14:55.909 --> 00:14:59.326 So take your time getting there. No rush. 00:15:03.495 --> 00:15:06.230 Bend the knees, inhale, look forward. 00:15:06.230 --> 00:15:08.805 Slow walk up towards the front, or you can hop. 00:15:08.805 --> 00:15:10.548 Make your way to the top. 00:15:10.548 --> 00:15:12.999 This time, feet together. Really together. 00:15:12.999 --> 00:15:14.082 Forward Fold. 00:15:16.601 --> 00:15:19.962 Inhale, Halfway Lift. Your version. 00:15:19.962 --> 00:15:21.379 And exhale, Fold. 00:15:22.338 --> 00:15:23.706 Inhale, reach for the sky. 00:15:23.706 --> 00:15:25.379 Press into the earth. 00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:27.386 Reach, reach, reach! 00:15:27.386 --> 00:15:30.034 And exhale, hands to heart. 00:15:30.034 --> 00:15:31.446 Jumping right in, here we go. 00:15:31.446 --> 00:15:33.684 Inhale. Stick with me. 00:15:33.684 --> 00:15:35.184 Reach for the sky. 00:15:36.177 --> 00:15:37.927 Exhale. Forward Fold. 00:15:39.548 --> 00:15:41.932 This time, bend the knees generously. 00:15:41.932 --> 00:15:43.763 Belly comes to the top of the thighs. 00:15:43.763 --> 00:15:45.265 Maybe you create a little bit of space 00:15:45.265 --> 00:15:46.774 between the heels here. 00:15:46.774 --> 00:15:48.386 And when you're ready, inhale. 00:15:48.386 --> 00:15:51.155 Strong and steady, reach the fingertips forward. 00:15:51.155 --> 00:15:52.691 Big beach ball in the hands here. 00:15:52.691 --> 00:15:54.693 So again, maybe not so tight today 00:15:54.693 --> 00:15:58.111 as you sit back in Utkatasana, Chair Pose. 00:15:58.111 --> 00:15:59.308 Breathe deep. 00:15:59.308 --> 00:16:02.427 Work to get the knees back over the ankles 00:16:02.427 --> 00:16:04.749 and use the fingertips coming forward 00:16:04.749 --> 00:16:08.204 as a little counterweight for sending the hips back. 00:16:08.204 --> 00:16:09.791 One more big breath in here. 00:16:09.791 --> 00:16:11.312 You got this. 00:16:11.312 --> 00:16:13.602 Welcome that heat, and then exhale. 00:16:13.602 --> 00:16:14.615 Let it go. 00:16:16.204 --> 00:16:17.059 Awesome. 00:16:17.059 --> 00:16:21.076 Plant the palms, step or hop it back to Plank. 00:16:21.076 --> 00:16:24.982 Make your way to Downward Dog by either going straight there 00:16:24.982 --> 00:16:27.315 or moving through a Vinyasa. 00:16:36.051 --> 00:16:37.353 When you arrive in Downward Dog, 00:16:37.353 --> 00:16:40.715 take the deepest breath you've taken all day. 00:16:40.715 --> 00:16:43.548 Then exhale out through the mouth. 00:16:44.735 --> 00:16:45.994 Great. Drop the left heel. 00:16:45.994 --> 00:16:48.430 Inhale. Lift the right leg up high. 00:16:48.430 --> 00:16:50.473 Exhale, this time right knee comes up 00:16:50.473 --> 00:16:53.140 and over to kiss the right elbow. 00:16:53.140 --> 00:16:54.979 Upper body's in plank. 00:16:54.979 --> 00:16:57.306 Inhale, Three-Legged Dog. 00:16:57.306 --> 00:17:01.616 Cross it over. Right knee kisses the left elbow. 00:17:01.616 --> 00:17:04.848 Waking up the muscles of the abdominal wall. 00:17:04.848 --> 00:17:05.930 Moving nice and slow. 00:17:05.930 --> 00:17:08.248 This time right through center, knee to nose. 00:17:08.248 --> 00:17:10.443 We've been here before. 00:17:10.443 --> 00:17:12.396 Inhale, lift if up. 00:17:12.396 --> 00:17:14.894 Light step as you step the right foot all the way up 00:17:14.894 --> 00:17:16.738 into your Lunge. 00:17:16.738 --> 00:17:18.708 Big breath in lifts you up again. 00:17:18.708 --> 00:17:21.658 High Lunge, strong and steady. 00:17:22.847 --> 00:17:25.747 Welcome that heat, that sweat. 00:17:25.747 --> 00:17:29.330 Stick with it. Stay focused on your breath. 00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:33.390 Alright, here we go, moving with the breath. 00:17:33.390 --> 00:17:35.260 Inhale, straighten both legs. 00:17:35.260 --> 00:17:37.748 Reach the fingertips all the way up. 00:17:37.748 --> 00:17:39.215 Lengthen through the crown of the head. 00:17:39.215 --> 00:17:41.024 Fingertips kiss, up and overhead. 00:17:41.024 --> 00:17:43.319 Toning that back calf, inhale. 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:45.090 Then exhale. Bend the front knee. 00:17:45.090 --> 00:17:48.258 Reach the left heel back and float the fingertips down. 00:17:48.258 --> 00:17:49.269 Alright, we got this. 00:17:49.269 --> 00:17:51.004 Stay focused on the breath. Inhale. 00:17:51.004 --> 00:17:52.921 Reach. Slow and steady. 00:17:54.010 --> 00:17:56.813 Exhale. Float it down. 00:17:58.137 --> 00:17:58.970 One more time. 00:17:58.970 --> 00:18:00.137 Inhale, reach. 00:18:01.082 --> 00:18:04.582 And this time, as you exhale, Warrior Two. 00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:06.612 Refine. 00:18:09.874 --> 00:18:11.043 And moving with the breath. 00:18:11.043 --> 00:18:12.771 Open the palms up towards the sky. 00:18:12.771 --> 00:18:14.518 Inhale, straighten both legs. 00:18:14.518 --> 00:18:15.748 Straighten that front leg, 00:18:15.748 --> 00:18:17.841 fingertips reach up and overhead. 00:18:17.841 --> 00:18:22.105 Exhale, maybe taking the gaze, the focus, forward. 00:18:22.105 --> 00:18:26.217 Inhale, reach, straightening the front leg. 00:18:26.217 --> 00:18:27.829 Exhale. 00:18:27.829 --> 00:18:29.742 Bend forward. 00:18:30.482 --> 00:18:32.482 Inhale, reach. Last one. 00:18:33.486 --> 00:18:35.540 Strong arms here, strong legs. You got this. 00:18:35.540 --> 00:18:38.717 Draw the navel in, Warrior Two. 00:18:38.717 --> 00:18:40.640 Peaceful Warrior on the inhale. 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:42.161 Inhale, reach up and over. 00:18:42.161 --> 00:18:43.161 Big stretch. 00:18:44.056 --> 00:18:46.947 And then exhale, Extended Side Angle. 00:18:46.947 --> 00:18:48.030 Your version. 00:18:49.174 --> 00:18:51.438 Big breath in, open your heart. 00:18:51.438 --> 00:18:53.438 Exhale all the way down. 00:18:54.723 --> 00:18:57.761 Plant the palms, inhale, look forward. 00:18:57.761 --> 00:18:59.989 Exhale, step it back. 00:18:59.989 --> 00:19:04.156 Move through a Vinyasa, or straight to Downward Dog. 00:19:14.946 --> 00:19:18.616 In Down-Dog, drop the right heel, 00:19:18.628 --> 00:19:21.273 inhale to lift the left leg up high. 00:19:21.273 --> 00:19:22.777 Here we go, cultivate strength. 00:19:22.777 --> 00:19:24.559 Left knee to left elbow. 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:26.991 Gaze straight down, upper body's in Plank. 00:19:26.991 --> 00:19:29.074 Inhale, Three-Legged Dog. 00:19:31.846 --> 00:19:33.473 Exhale, cross it over. 00:19:33.473 --> 00:19:35.537 Left knee to right elbow. 00:19:35.537 --> 00:19:36.414 Here we go, last one. 00:19:36.414 --> 00:19:37.432 Inhale. 00:19:37.432 --> 00:19:39.390 Three-Legged Dog. 00:19:39.390 --> 00:19:41.140 Exhale, knee to nose. 00:19:42.596 --> 00:19:45.622 Inhale, extend the left leg all the way up 00:19:45.622 --> 00:19:49.490 and then light step all the way forward. 00:19:49.490 --> 00:19:50.994 Find your breath. 00:19:50.994 --> 00:19:52.703 On the inhale, High Lunge. 00:19:52.703 --> 00:19:55.052 Fingertips reach up towards the sky. 00:19:55.052 --> 00:19:56.491 Welcome the heat, here. 00:19:56.491 --> 00:19:58.637 Sink deep into that front leg, 00:19:58.637 --> 00:20:01.757 front knee over front ankle. 00:20:01.757 --> 00:20:03.394 Here we go, moving with the breath. 00:20:03.394 --> 00:20:05.283 Inhale, reach the fingertips up, 00:20:05.283 --> 00:20:06.965 lift up from the pelvic floor. 00:20:06.965 --> 00:20:09.413 Mula Bandha, navel draws in and up. 00:20:09.413 --> 00:20:13.326 Straighten both legs, toning the right calf. 00:20:13.326 --> 00:20:14.159 And then exhale, bend the front knee, 00:20:14.159 --> 00:20:17.735 float the fingertips down. Great. 00:20:17.735 --> 00:20:19.240 Inhale, reach it up. 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:21.822 Straighten both legs. Hug the lower ribs in. 00:20:21.822 --> 00:20:23.873 Find that containment. 00:20:23.873 --> 00:20:25.191 That support from within. 00:20:25.191 --> 00:20:28.299 As you exhale, float it down. 00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:30.674 And last one, inhale, reach. 00:20:30.674 --> 00:20:32.007 Lift your heart. 00:20:33.112 --> 00:20:34.779 Exhale, Warrior Two. 00:20:37.081 --> 00:20:39.081 Take a moment to refine. 00:20:40.816 --> 00:20:42.429 Stay focused on the breath. 00:20:42.429 --> 00:20:43.262 Here we go. 00:20:43.262 --> 00:20:46.134 Inhale, straighten the front leg, lift the heart. 00:20:46.134 --> 00:20:48.500 Fingertips kiss up and overhead. 00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:51.117 Exhale. Warrior Two. 00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:53.949 Inhale, reach. 00:20:53.949 --> 00:20:56.193 Strong and steady. 00:20:56.193 --> 00:20:57.860 Exhale, Warrior Two. 00:20:59.910 --> 00:21:00.773 And one more time. 00:21:00.773 --> 00:21:02.523 Inhale nice and slow. 00:21:03.911 --> 00:21:07.748 Exhale your Vajrasana Two. 00:21:07.758 --> 00:21:10.110 Beautiful. Open the left palm. 00:21:10.110 --> 00:21:11.984 Left fingertips reach forward, up and back. 00:21:11.984 --> 00:21:14.907 We find that Peaceful Warrior. 00:21:14.907 --> 00:21:16.232 Big breath in. 00:21:16.232 --> 00:21:20.732 And then exhale, Extended Side Angle. Your version. 00:21:20.732 --> 00:21:23.388 So you can take the left knee to the top of the left thigh. 00:21:23.388 --> 00:21:25.096 In time, you could bring the left fingertips 00:21:25.096 --> 00:21:27.961 all the way down to the earth. 00:21:27.961 --> 00:21:30.707 Finding freedom within the form. 00:21:30.707 --> 00:21:33.635 Big inhale here, open the heart. 00:21:33.635 --> 00:21:35.827 And exhale brings you back to your Lunge. 00:21:35.827 --> 00:21:36.918 Awesome work, everyone. 00:21:36.918 --> 00:21:41.085 Plant the palms, move through one last Vinyasa, here. 00:21:42.518 --> 00:21:45.142 Move with your breath. 00:21:45.142 --> 00:21:47.632 And then send it to Child's Pose. 00:21:47.632 --> 00:21:50.382 Whenever you're ready. Great job. 00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:56.897 Close your eyes, take a rest. 00:21:59.033 --> 00:22:00.700 Observe your breath. 00:22:07.987 --> 00:22:11.687 Press into the fingerprints, slow and steady, 00:22:11.687 --> 00:22:14.097 rise up to all fours. 00:22:14.097 --> 00:22:16.032 Walk the knees underneath the hips 00:22:16.032 --> 00:22:17.969 and then swing the toes just to one side. 00:22:17.969 --> 00:22:19.219 Come to a seat. 00:22:23.462 --> 00:22:25.631 Hands come around to the backs of the thighs. 00:22:25.631 --> 00:22:28.323 We loop the shoulders and, nice and slow, 00:22:28.323 --> 00:22:31.656 starting with the tail, we roll it down. 00:22:34.123 --> 00:22:36.123 Get centered on the mat. 00:22:41.731 --> 00:22:42.714 And then, when you're ready, 00:22:42.714 --> 00:22:46.420 interlace the fingertips behind the head. 00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:48.946 Elbows nice and wide. 00:22:48.946 --> 00:22:51.342 Scoop the tailbone up. Tap into your center again. 00:22:51.342 --> 00:22:52.752 Your core strength. Here we go. 00:22:52.752 --> 00:22:54.751 Lifting the knees just above the hip points, 00:22:54.751 --> 00:22:55.973 or slightly in front. 00:22:55.973 --> 00:22:57.081 You want to make sure your lower back 00:22:57.081 --> 00:22:59.350 is nice and flush with your yoga mat. 00:22:59.350 --> 00:23:01.350 Yogi bicycles, inhaling. 00:23:02.245 --> 00:23:05.343 Exhale, lift the head, the neck, the chest. 00:23:05.343 --> 00:23:07.034 Keep the chin lifting up towards the sky. 00:23:07.034 --> 00:23:08.141 So we're not crunching here, 00:23:08.141 --> 00:23:09.828 but keeping the elbows nice and wide, 00:23:09.828 --> 00:23:11.911 Creating this soft hammock for the neck, here. 00:23:11.911 --> 00:23:14.312 You can extend the thumbs for a little extra support. 00:23:14.312 --> 00:23:15.204 Here we go. 00:23:15.204 --> 00:23:16.037 Inhale in. 00:23:16.037 --> 00:23:20.027 Exhale, right elbow to left knee, 00:23:20.027 --> 00:23:22.846 extend the right leg out long. 00:23:22.846 --> 00:23:25.121 Inhale. Back to center. 00:23:25.121 --> 00:23:26.654 Exhale twist. 00:23:27.766 --> 00:23:29.403 Nice and slow, keep it going. 00:23:29.403 --> 00:23:30.286 Inhale. 00:23:30.286 --> 00:23:31.369 Exhale twist. 00:23:32.684 --> 00:23:33.517 Inhale. 00:23:34.361 --> 00:23:35.918 Exhale twist. 00:23:35.918 --> 00:23:36.971 Think about bringing your shoulder 00:23:36.971 --> 00:23:38.141 to the center of your chest. 00:23:38.141 --> 00:23:40.047 So really getting into those obliques, as well. 00:23:40.047 --> 00:23:41.127 Inhale. 00:23:41.127 --> 00:23:41.960 Exhale. 00:23:43.415 --> 00:23:46.752 Keep it going. Listen to the sound of your breath. 00:23:46.752 --> 00:23:49.585 (breathes deeply) 00:23:56.083 --> 00:23:57.166 You got this. 00:24:00.606 --> 00:24:03.049 Do one more on each side, nice and slow. 00:24:03.049 --> 00:24:03.966 Don't rush. 00:24:07.523 --> 00:24:09.484 And then release. Ah! 00:24:09.484 --> 00:24:12.845 Bring the soles of the feet together, knees nice and wide. 00:24:12.845 --> 00:24:13.908 Bring the hands to the belly 00:24:13.908 --> 00:24:16.908 and just give yourself a little pet. 00:24:18.858 --> 00:24:20.858 Inhale, lots of love in. 00:24:22.188 --> 00:24:24.931 Exhale, lots of love out. 00:24:26.367 --> 00:24:29.534 Close your eyes, relax your shoulders. 00:24:34.736 --> 00:24:37.795 And slowly, sending the fingertips out left to right, 00:24:37.795 --> 00:24:40.396 big Texas T here, I'm just gonna bring my right knee 00:24:40.396 --> 00:24:43.813 and slowly fold it over to meet the left. 00:24:45.462 --> 00:24:46.860 If you want a little more, you could hug the knees 00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:51.027 up towards the chest, or even extend the top leg out long. 00:24:54.430 --> 00:24:55.263 Inhale in. 00:24:56.850 --> 00:24:57.767 Big exhale. 00:25:05.443 --> 00:25:07.776 Gently make your way back to center. 00:25:07.776 --> 00:25:10.016 Maybe knees nice and wide. 00:25:10.016 --> 00:25:11.797 And then take it to the other side. 00:25:11.797 --> 00:25:12.880 Recline rest. 00:25:26.121 --> 00:25:27.038 Big inhale. 00:25:28.462 --> 00:25:30.879 On the exhale, bring it back. 00:25:31.800 --> 00:25:33.950 Wrap the arms around the shins, 00:25:33.950 --> 00:25:36.367 hug the knees into the chest. 00:25:37.512 --> 00:25:40.033 Inhale in. On the exhale, 00:25:40.033 --> 00:25:43.184 navel to spine; activate your core muscles 00:25:43.184 --> 00:25:46.144 as you slowly peel the nose up towards the knee. 00:25:46.144 --> 00:25:48.725 So it doesn't have to touch, but that's the intention. 00:25:48.725 --> 00:25:50.268 Really rounding through the spine, 00:25:50.268 --> 00:25:51.144 squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, 00:25:51.144 --> 00:25:52.522 keep the shoulders relaxed. 00:25:52.522 --> 00:25:53.745 A little Hedgehog Pose. 00:25:53.745 --> 00:25:54.664 If you want a little more, 00:25:54.664 --> 00:25:56.355 you can send the fingertips forward, 00:25:56.355 --> 00:25:58.926 open the palms to keep that external rotation 00:25:58.926 --> 00:26:00.005 in the shoulder. 00:26:00.005 --> 00:26:02.244 Breathing deep, scoop the tailbone up. 00:26:02.244 --> 00:26:04.320 One more breath, 00:26:04.320 --> 00:26:05.929 and then exhale, let it all go. 00:26:05.929 --> 00:26:07.198 (sighs deeply) 00:26:07.198 --> 00:26:10.250 Arms come down, feet come to the mat. 00:26:10.250 --> 00:26:13.043 Then we slide one leg out. 00:26:13.043 --> 00:26:14.885 Then the other. 00:26:14.885 --> 00:26:16.754 Snuggle your shoulder blades right 00:26:16.754 --> 00:26:19.087 underneath your heart-space. 00:26:22.726 --> 00:26:23.893 Big breath in. 00:26:25.093 --> 00:26:27.926 On your exhale, let everything go. 00:26:31.387 --> 00:26:34.320 Finishing today in Savasana. 00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:38.612 Letting the nutrients of our practice settle in. 00:26:40.034 --> 00:26:42.795 Remembering that, as we work to strengthen the body, 00:26:42.795 --> 00:26:45.249 we have to kind of pay attention to the full picture. 00:26:45.249 --> 00:26:46.749 Total-body health. 00:26:48.595 --> 00:26:51.654 In both mind and physical body. 00:26:51.654 --> 00:26:53.445 And just by taking this time for yourself, 00:26:53.445 --> 00:26:54.860 for your spirit, too, 00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:58.443 so you can be the best version of yourself. 00:27:04.861 --> 00:27:07.668 It's important to take this time so that we can 00:27:07.668 --> 00:27:10.351 be the best version of our self for others as well. 00:27:10.351 --> 00:27:11.434 Serve others. 00:27:15.246 --> 00:27:17.996 Stay here as long as time allows. 00:27:18.927 --> 00:27:21.705 Repeat this video regularly to grow your practice 00:27:21.705 --> 00:27:26.511 and to cultivate strength from within, mindfully. 00:27:26.511 --> 00:27:28.108 Gently draw the palms together. 00:27:28.108 --> 00:27:29.772 Bring the right up to the third eye. 00:27:29.772 --> 00:27:32.220 Thumbs at the third eye point. 00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:33.387 Big breath in. 00:27:35.201 --> 00:27:36.520 Namaste. 00:27:36.520 --> 00:27:39.270 (deep breathing) 00:27:52.813 --> 00:27:56.480 (gentle instrumental music)