WEBVTT 00:00:00.467 --> 00:00:01.368 - Hello, everyone. 00:00:01.368 --> 00:00:03.704 Welcome to Home, your 30-day yoga journey. 00:00:03.704 --> 00:00:04.838 It's Day 20. 00:00:04.838 --> 00:00:06.106 Can you believe it? 00:00:06.106 --> 00:00:09.285 And today we find stillness. 00:00:09.285 --> 00:00:11.650 Let's get started. 00:00:12.201 --> 00:00:16.747 (upbeat gentle music) 00:00:30.830 --> 00:00:31.832 Hi, everyone. 00:00:31.832 --> 00:00:34.801 We're gonna begin seated today. 00:00:34.801 --> 00:00:36.270 Come on down to the ground and 00:00:36.270 --> 00:00:39.673 we're gonna start with a little foot massage. 00:00:40.574 --> 00:00:45.345 So come on down whenever you're ready and just take your thumbs 00:00:45.345 --> 00:00:48.282 to the arch of your right foot. 00:00:48.282 --> 00:00:50.117 Let's start with the right foot. 00:00:50.117 --> 00:00:53.186 And you're just going to start to work the arch here 00:00:53.186 --> 00:00:55.548 just kind of peeling away. 00:00:55.548 --> 00:00:58.392 And this could be the weirdest thing you've done in a long time 00:00:58.392 --> 00:01:01.194 or this could be the most beautiful thing that you've done 00:01:01.194 --> 00:01:03.703 in a long time, just whatever you're feeling, 00:01:03.703 --> 00:01:04.932 it's okay. 00:01:04.932 --> 00:01:09.102 Lean in. Start to breathe a little deeper here, 00:01:09.102 --> 00:01:11.171 more consciously. 00:01:11.171 --> 00:01:15.475 And we're gonna ease in to today's practice so you can 00:01:15.475 --> 00:01:18.712 start to just kind of focus inward and, 00:01:18.712 --> 00:01:22.324 best you can, treat yourself to 00:01:25.358 --> 00:01:26.803 this little massage. 00:01:28.900 --> 00:01:34.304 Inhale big, buoyant, beautiful breaths in. 00:01:34.304 --> 00:01:37.100 And then really extend those exhales. 00:01:37.100 --> 00:01:41.103 You can start to move away from the arch of the foot 00:01:41.103 --> 00:01:45.138 and start to just really get in there. 00:01:47.741 --> 00:01:50.110 You can wash your hands after this practice, 00:01:50.110 --> 00:01:52.322 so just don't bother. 00:01:52.322 --> 00:01:53.513 Just enjoy. 00:01:53.513 --> 00:01:55.941 Maybe get into the ankle and the heel a little bit. 00:01:59.019 --> 00:02:03.931 As you gently deepen your breath and bring your focus inward 00:02:03.931 --> 00:02:07.094 just notice how this activity makes you feel. 00:02:07.094 --> 00:02:08.428 Does it make you feel uncomfortable? 00:02:08.428 --> 00:02:10.497 Does it bring up a bit of emotion? 00:02:12.943 --> 00:02:15.758 On a practical note, we're wanting to really actually 00:02:15.758 --> 00:02:18.977 massage the feet, just kind of move this around, 00:02:18.977 --> 00:02:21.074 get some nice pressure. 00:02:21.074 --> 00:02:23.173 Make sure to squeeze all of your toes. 00:02:26.186 --> 00:02:29.341 And, you know, I should say if you are not working with the 00:02:29.341 --> 00:02:32.552 feet today, for whatever reason, this is not available to you, 00:02:32.552 --> 00:02:35.122 then let's go with hand massage. 'Kay? 00:02:36.660 --> 00:02:39.159 If you're modifying, that's not working for you 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:42.262 let's do a hand massage. Same thing and just notice. 00:02:42.262 --> 00:02:43.954 Same stuff. 00:02:45.632 --> 00:02:47.634 How does it feel basically? 00:02:50.670 --> 00:02:54.007 Alright, let's switch from the right foot to the left foot, 00:02:54.007 --> 00:02:55.642 or if you were working on the right hand, 00:02:55.642 --> 00:02:57.577 you can finish up there and as you're ready, 00:02:57.577 --> 00:02:59.446 move to the left hand. 00:02:59.446 --> 00:03:01.448 Start with the arch of the foot, just right in there, 00:03:01.448 --> 00:03:06.208 just as if you were kneading some dough. 00:03:15.162 --> 00:03:18.465 No prerequisite necessary for this massage, 00:03:18.465 --> 00:03:20.624 just a willingness 00:03:20.624 --> 00:03:25.138 to touch yourself 00:03:26.363 --> 00:03:30.769 and notice how you feel. (laughs) 00:03:33.526 --> 00:03:35.577 Breathe deep. 00:03:41.374 --> 00:03:43.356 And some good pressure in the heel. 00:03:43.356 --> 00:03:44.891 Good pressure in the toes. 00:03:44.891 --> 00:03:48.161 Little reflexology moment here to start. 00:03:51.324 --> 00:03:54.000 But also for those who are new to the practice, 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:56.704 you know, it's definitely 00:03:56.704 --> 00:03:59.639 to be expected for your feet to feel a 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:02.742 little bit sore after all this movement. 00:04:02.742 --> 00:04:06.313 We're gaining a lot of flexibility in the feet that 00:04:06.313 --> 00:04:08.315 maybe we did not have before. 00:04:14.721 --> 00:04:18.958 Alright, finish up on the left foot or left hand. 00:04:26.566 --> 00:04:27.701 And then we'll release that. 00:04:27.701 --> 00:04:30.437 We're gonna bring the hands behind us. 00:04:30.437 --> 00:04:32.939 Fingertips in towards your bod. 00:04:32.939 --> 00:04:35.375 Press the palms into the earth, and then you're gonna bring the 00:04:35.375 --> 00:04:37.244 feet up to the ground, knees up towards the sky. 00:04:38.945 --> 00:04:40.620 Hey. 00:04:40.947 --> 00:04:42.015 Then walk the hands out. 00:04:42.015 --> 00:04:44.451 You're gonna get a nice stretch in the forearms here. 00:04:44.451 --> 00:04:46.386 Squeeze the elbows in towards each other 00:04:46.386 --> 00:04:48.388 to lift up through the front body. 00:04:48.388 --> 00:04:49.189 Inhale in. 00:04:49.189 --> 00:04:51.992 Exhale, lean back and then you're just going to pitter pat, 00:04:51.992 --> 00:04:54.294 pitter pat with the feet. 00:04:54.294 --> 00:04:58.632 Waking up the soles of the feet. 00:04:58.631 --> 00:05:00.862 And you can go hard here 00:05:00.862 --> 00:05:04.298 as long as you're a downstairs neighbor 00:05:04.298 --> 00:05:06.807 'cause they're gonna get mad. 00:05:07.692 --> 00:05:09.776 And if they do, don't you blame it on me. 00:05:09.776 --> 00:05:12.345 Alright? Okay. Here we go. 00:05:12.345 --> 00:05:14.707 Kick it up. Go a little harder. 00:05:15.960 --> 00:05:20.220 Yep, the pets are gonna come running for this one. 00:05:20.220 --> 00:05:22.589 And then let's release. Cross one ankle over the other. 00:05:22.589 --> 00:05:24.824 Doesn't matter which one. Flip the palms up. 00:05:24.824 --> 00:05:28.174 Let them rest gently on your knees and come into stillness. 00:05:28.174 --> 00:05:29.229 Close your eyes. 00:05:29.229 --> 00:05:31.598 Take a deep breath in. 00:05:31.598 --> 00:05:34.709 Exhale, relax the shoulders down and be still. 00:05:35.902 --> 00:05:38.580 Part the lips, soften the jaw and just notice. 00:05:43.810 --> 00:05:45.812 Notice your breath. 00:05:49.783 --> 00:05:51.785 Soften through the fingertips. 00:05:56.223 --> 00:05:58.225 Notice where your thoughts go. 00:06:02.762 --> 00:06:04.836 Acknowledge where the mind goes. 00:06:07.118 --> 00:06:09.297 And then come back to head over heart. 00:06:11.371 --> 00:06:12.639 Heart over pelvis. 00:06:12.639 --> 00:06:14.641 Come back to your breath. 00:06:27.821 --> 00:06:29.990 Inhale in. 00:06:29.990 --> 00:06:32.977 Exhale, hands are gonna come behind you again. 00:06:32.977 --> 00:06:34.094 Can open the eyes. 00:06:34.094 --> 00:06:37.063 We're gonna come back here, feet on the ground, 00:06:37.063 --> 00:06:38.131 knees up towards the sky. 00:06:38.131 --> 00:06:39.899 But this time we're gonna inhale, 00:06:39.899 --> 00:06:42.969 extend the right leg out and then exhale, 00:06:42.969 --> 00:06:45.605 cross the right ankle over the top of the left thigh. 00:06:45.605 --> 00:06:47.626 Big hip stretch here. 00:06:48.975 --> 00:06:51.711 Great, to deepen the posture we're gonna lift the bum, 00:06:51.711 --> 00:06:54.289 walk it a little bit closer to the left heel. 00:06:56.549 --> 00:06:58.118 And if we find this is much too much, 00:06:58.118 --> 00:07:00.420 of course, we'll just keep it nice and open. 00:07:02.756 --> 00:07:03.957 So breathing deep here. 00:07:03.957 --> 00:07:07.241 You can adjust the palms however you like here actually. 00:07:08.428 --> 00:07:12.766 Sitting up tall, lifting up through the crown. 00:07:12.766 --> 00:07:14.768 We're breathing deep. 00:07:19.506 --> 00:07:22.075 Then use this connection to your core, 00:07:22.075 --> 00:07:23.843 so don't just kind of unravel to the earth, 00:07:23.843 --> 00:07:25.512 use this connection to your core 00:07:25.512 --> 00:07:28.281 to slowly kick the right foot back out. 00:07:28.281 --> 00:07:29.836 Try to straighten it if you can. 00:07:29.836 --> 00:07:32.285 Bent knee's fine too but just working towards that. 00:07:32.285 --> 00:07:33.796 And then release it back down. 00:07:36.490 --> 00:07:37.243 Awesome. Here we go. 00:07:37.243 --> 00:07:40.126 So if the fingertips aren't working inward for you, 00:07:40.126 --> 00:07:42.865 go ahead and turn them out. 00:07:42.865 --> 00:07:45.294 Spiral back to that. Okay, here we go. 00:07:45.294 --> 00:07:47.567 From center, inhale. 00:07:47.567 --> 00:07:49.135 Exhale, kick the left leg out. 00:07:49.135 --> 00:07:50.855 Just as long as you can. 00:07:52.005 --> 00:07:52.739 As far as you can. 00:07:52.739 --> 00:07:56.676 And then here we go, crossing left ankle over the right thigh 00:07:56.676 --> 00:07:58.812 here, breathing deep, checking it out on this side, 00:07:58.812 --> 00:08:01.247 maybe walking the bum a little bit closer. 00:08:01.247 --> 00:08:03.583 Keeping an energy in your left toes. 00:08:03.583 --> 00:08:05.719 We've learned this, keeping that brightness in the toes 00:08:05.719 --> 00:08:08.506 to protect the knee. Breathing deep here. 00:08:10.223 --> 00:08:13.126 Keeping the chest lifted, crown lifted, 00:08:13.126 --> 00:08:15.585 not collapsed in the shoulders. 00:08:19.946 --> 00:08:21.234 Awesome. 00:08:21.234 --> 00:08:23.436 Then here we go, inhale in. 00:08:23.436 --> 00:08:27.874 Exhale, draw your navel in, extend your left leg out. 00:08:27.874 --> 00:08:29.576 Extend, extend, extend. 00:08:29.576 --> 00:08:33.113 Just testing here, building up to other poses. 00:08:33.113 --> 00:08:37.016 Here we go and then slowly bringing it back in. 00:08:37.016 --> 00:08:38.738 Awesome. Bring the soles of feet together, 00:08:38.738 --> 00:08:40.286 walk your hands all the way up. 00:08:40.286 --> 00:08:43.356 Grab your ankles sit up nice and tall, Cobbler's Pose. 00:08:43.356 --> 00:08:45.425 Take a deep breath in. 00:08:45.425 --> 00:08:47.594 Exhale to draw the shoulders down. 00:08:47.594 --> 00:08:50.730 Tag weight in the elbows, tag weight in these heavy quad 00:08:50.730 --> 00:08:53.251 muscles and find stillness. 00:08:55.835 --> 00:08:58.708 Soften the skin of the forehead. 00:08:58.708 --> 00:09:00.086 Soften the jaw. 00:09:01.763 --> 00:09:03.704 Lift up through the front body. 00:09:04.644 --> 00:09:06.857 Ground through the back body. 00:09:08.415 --> 00:09:12.385 So there is this active energy in the stillness. 00:09:24.740 --> 00:09:26.733 Inhale. 00:09:26.733 --> 00:09:29.235 Exhale to gently release, walk the feet to the earth, 00:09:29.235 --> 00:09:31.704 knees up towards the sky once again. 00:09:31.704 --> 00:09:34.574 This time hands are gonna come behind the backs of the thighs. 00:09:34.574 --> 00:09:37.911 We're gonna loop the shoulders, inhale in to lift the chest. 00:09:37.911 --> 00:09:39.846 Exhale to lift the heels, lean back, 00:09:39.846 --> 00:09:43.116 toes can stay on the ground or we'll lift the shins parallel 00:09:43.116 --> 00:09:45.680 to the ceiling, to the sky. 00:09:45.680 --> 00:09:46.307 Inhale. 00:09:46.307 --> 00:09:49.708 Exhale, mhmmm, low Boat. 00:09:50.890 --> 00:09:53.493 Pause here. Think hollow body. 00:09:53.493 --> 00:09:55.862 To challenge yourself you might reach the fingertips up and 00:09:55.862 --> 00:09:59.199 behind you, or keep them reaching forward. 00:09:59.199 --> 00:10:00.880 Find your breath. 00:10:03.800 --> 00:10:05.598 Three, two, one. 00:10:05.598 --> 00:10:10.162 Lift up, cross the ankles, palms face up. Find Sukhasana. 00:10:10.162 --> 00:10:11.693 Be still. 00:10:17.589 --> 00:10:18.734 Inhale in. 00:10:19.672 --> 00:10:21.842 Exhale to relax the shoulders down. 00:10:22.785 --> 00:10:26.207 Beautiful, take a little counter twist just once to the left. 00:10:26.207 --> 00:10:28.122 Big breath in. 00:10:28.122 --> 00:10:30.164 And once to the right. 00:10:31.767 --> 00:10:35.130 Back to center and to Downward Facing Dog. 00:10:35.130 --> 00:10:36.174 Here we go. 00:10:39.172 --> 00:10:41.418 Plant the palms mindfully, inhale in, 00:10:41.418 --> 00:10:44.387 exhale to lift the hips up high and back. 00:10:46.813 --> 00:10:51.351 Take a couple of breaths here to take whatever you may need. 00:10:51.351 --> 00:10:53.419 And then, yes, you guessed it, my darling, 00:10:53.419 --> 00:10:58.725 finding stillness here in Adho Mukha. 00:10:58.725 --> 00:11:01.194 So start from the ground up. 00:11:01.194 --> 00:11:03.930 Work your way towards being still. 00:11:07.190 --> 00:11:10.170 So find that alignment. 00:11:10.170 --> 00:11:13.239 Find your action within that alignment. 00:11:15.188 --> 00:11:16.876 And then we find our awareness 00:11:16.876 --> 00:11:19.732 by inviting a stillness in today. 00:11:26.286 --> 00:11:28.388 Lift the kneecaps, tone your quads, 00:11:28.388 --> 00:11:30.581 pull those hip creases up and back. 00:11:31.591 --> 00:11:33.059 Claw through the fingertips. 00:11:33.059 --> 00:11:34.761 Little to no pressure in the wrists. 00:11:34.761 --> 00:11:36.132 You got this. 00:11:37.230 --> 00:11:39.232 Breathe deep for three. 00:11:40.967 --> 00:11:42.917 Hold still for two. 00:11:44.103 --> 00:11:48.508 Slow, descend of the knees down on the one. 00:11:48.508 --> 00:11:52.879 Listen carefully, we're gonna drop the elbows where the hands 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:55.748 were or elbows underneath the shoulders. 00:11:55.748 --> 00:11:58.585 Walk the toes out. Mhmmm. 00:11:58.585 --> 00:12:00.824 Here we go, forearm Plank. 00:12:03.289 --> 00:12:04.624 Reach the heals back. 00:12:04.624 --> 00:12:07.593 Send your gaze down. Press into the palms. 00:12:07.593 --> 00:12:10.730 Find that hollow body that you had in low Boat here. 00:12:10.730 --> 00:12:13.099 Neck is nice and long. 00:12:13.099 --> 00:12:14.767 Here we go. Breathing deep. 00:12:14.767 --> 00:12:18.371 For three, two, one. 00:12:18.371 --> 00:12:20.306 Lower the belly to the earth. 00:12:20.306 --> 00:12:22.642 Flip on the top of the feet. Loop the shoulders. 00:12:22.642 --> 00:12:24.682 Inhale, Sphinx Pose. 00:12:24.682 --> 00:12:27.080 So take any little movement you like here 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:29.078 and then find stillness. 00:12:30.157 --> 00:12:32.069 Find the alignment. 00:12:32.069 --> 00:12:34.821 So make sure your elbows are underneath the shoulders. 00:12:34.821 --> 00:12:38.711 Forearms and wrists in two straight lines, parallel lines. 00:12:40.660 --> 00:12:42.061 Maybe walk your knees out towards 00:12:42.061 --> 00:12:42.929 the back edge of your mat. 00:12:42.929 --> 00:12:45.064 Create more space in the hip creases. 00:12:45.064 --> 00:12:46.232 Press into the pubic bone. 00:12:46.232 --> 00:12:47.900 Find the alignment and then the action within. 00:12:47.900 --> 00:12:49.769 Hug the low ribs in. 00:12:49.769 --> 00:12:52.672 Press into the pubic bone, press in to your fingertips. 00:12:52.672 --> 00:12:55.265 Soften through the face, tuck your chin just slightly. 00:12:56.743 --> 00:12:58.411 Draw the shoulder blades together 00:12:58.411 --> 00:13:01.761 (sighs) and breathe here. Be still. 00:13:01.761 --> 00:13:07.034 Mindfully working with your breath. 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:12.871 So good for those who are seeking to 00:13:14.628 --> 00:13:17.797 transform or even 00:13:17.797 --> 00:13:23.336 using the idea, returning to here a happier posture 00:13:23.336 --> 00:13:26.272 within the body. Good posture. 00:13:29.315 --> 00:13:32.578 If this is a new shape for you, the biceps might be a bit turned 00:13:32.578 --> 00:13:34.981 on here, but trust me, through regular practice this will 00:13:34.981 --> 00:13:38.488 become more of a restorative shape. 00:13:41.087 --> 00:13:44.357 Activate your breath for three. 00:13:44.357 --> 00:13:47.555 Be still, two. 00:13:47.555 --> 00:13:49.679 And one, slow release. 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:52.265 Just the chin tucks in, gaze straight down, 00:13:52.265 --> 00:13:53.499 open your eyes. 00:13:53.499 --> 00:13:55.334 You can interlace the fingertips here, if you like. 00:13:55.334 --> 00:13:56.956 We're gonna curl the toes under 00:13:56.956 --> 00:13:59.105 and we're gonna press into the earth. 00:13:59.105 --> 00:14:01.274 So use your foundation to lift the hips up 00:14:01.274 --> 00:14:03.309 high again for forearm Plank. 00:14:03.309 --> 00:14:04.077 Inhale in. 00:14:04.077 --> 00:14:06.646 Exhale, slowly shift to your right. 00:14:06.646 --> 00:14:08.181 You're gonna drop just your right hip down, 00:14:08.181 --> 00:14:09.315 kiss it to the earth. 00:14:09.315 --> 00:14:10.783 Then bring it back up. 00:14:10.783 --> 00:14:13.820 Then through left hip dip to the earth. 00:14:13.820 --> 00:14:15.688 Inhale, bring it up through center, 00:14:15.688 --> 00:14:17.924 right hip to the earth. 00:14:17.924 --> 00:14:21.034 And up through center, left hip to the earth. 00:14:21.034 --> 00:14:23.286 Hello obliques. All the way up to the right. 00:14:23.286 --> 00:14:24.718 You got it, nice and slow. 00:14:25.792 --> 00:14:27.091 And to the left. 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:30.223 And to the right. Breathe. 00:14:32.008 --> 00:14:33.039 And to the left. 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:34.510 Keep pressing into the elbows. 00:14:34.510 --> 00:14:35.748 To the right. 00:14:37.150 --> 00:14:38.792 And to the left. 00:14:39.515 --> 00:14:41.323 And one more time to each side. You got it. 00:14:41.323 --> 00:14:42.878 To the right. 00:14:44.220 --> 00:14:45.352 And to the left. 00:14:46.552 --> 00:14:48.336 Good, slowly come back to center. 00:14:48.336 --> 00:14:49.689 Lower onto the belly. 00:14:49.689 --> 00:14:51.524 Drag your hands in line with the rib cage, 00:14:51.524 --> 00:14:53.826 squeeze your elbows into the side body, 00:14:53.826 --> 00:14:56.863 inhale to rise up, lift up. 00:14:56.863 --> 00:15:01.367 And exhale to slowly bring it back down. 00:15:01.367 --> 00:15:04.003 Alright, maintain this connection pubic bone to earth. 00:15:04.003 --> 00:15:06.839 Press the tops of the feet into the earth and we're gonna start 00:15:06.839 --> 00:15:08.608 to send the fingertips forward. 00:15:08.608 --> 00:15:11.627 Palms facing one another. Thumbs up, pinkies down. 00:15:11.627 --> 00:15:13.613 You don't have to go super crazy here. 00:15:13.613 --> 00:15:15.581 So lighting up the muscles of the back body. 00:15:15.581 --> 00:15:19.218 We're maintaining our connection to the foundation. 00:15:19.218 --> 00:15:21.754 Here we go, tuck the chin, inhale. 00:15:21.754 --> 00:15:24.125 Exhale to lift the hands a little higher. 00:15:24.125 --> 00:15:26.092 You're not here long. Keep your gaze down. 00:15:26.092 --> 00:15:29.762 This is your superhero pose. Breathe deep. 00:15:29.762 --> 00:15:32.064 Inhale to reach the fingertips forward. 00:15:32.064 --> 00:15:34.467 Exhale, plug the shoulders back and in. 00:15:34.467 --> 00:15:37.770 You're here for three, two. 00:15:37.770 --> 00:15:40.773 Lift a little higher and one, release. 00:15:40.773 --> 00:15:42.363 Plant the palms. 00:15:43.643 --> 00:15:45.678 Forehead comes to the tops of the palms. 00:15:45.678 --> 00:15:48.381 Rest your head and then bring your big toes together. 00:15:48.381 --> 00:15:49.982 Splay the heels out left to right. 00:15:49.982 --> 00:15:52.084 Peek at me if you need to. 00:15:52.084 --> 00:15:54.590 So that you can relax everything's here, 00:15:54.590 --> 00:15:57.618 shake the hips a little left to right. 00:15:57.618 --> 00:16:00.272 And then find stillness. 00:16:04.163 --> 00:16:06.374 Listen to the sound of your breath. 00:16:09.384 --> 00:16:14.651 Feel your rib cage and the lungs expand as you breathe in. 00:16:17.043 --> 00:16:20.580 And then feel this gentle softening into the earth 00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:22.582 as you breathe out. 00:16:31.424 --> 00:16:33.893 Inhale in. 00:16:33.893 --> 00:16:35.928 Exhale to lift the chin. 00:16:35.928 --> 00:16:36.996 Here we go. 00:16:36.996 --> 00:16:38.297 Walk the toes out. 00:16:38.297 --> 00:16:40.366 Press in to the tops of the feet. 00:16:40.366 --> 00:16:42.501 You're gonna send the fingertips forward. 00:16:42.501 --> 00:16:43.813 Big breath in. 00:16:43.813 --> 00:16:46.038 Exhale to lift 'em up. Thumbs up, pinkies down. 00:16:46.038 --> 00:16:47.039 This time you can repeat what 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:49.942 we did before in your superhero pose, 00:16:49.942 --> 00:16:52.912 super person pose or we're gonna add the legs. 00:16:52.912 --> 00:16:54.023 Inhale in. 00:16:54.023 --> 00:16:56.048 Exhale, lifting from the inner thighs, 00:16:56.048 --> 00:16:58.208 inner arches of the feet. You're gonna add the legs. 00:16:58.208 --> 00:17:00.380 Here we go. A little Locust variation. 00:17:01.621 --> 00:17:04.991 Keeping the gaze down, the neck nice and long 00:17:04.991 --> 00:17:06.638 so we're not clenched here. 00:17:07.560 --> 00:17:08.761 Alright? 00:17:08.761 --> 00:17:10.463 So find the stillness here. 00:17:10.463 --> 00:17:11.630 Breathing deep. 00:17:13.556 --> 00:17:15.167 You got it. 00:17:16.602 --> 00:17:18.453 Three more breaths. Inhale. 00:17:20.506 --> 00:17:21.557 And exhale. 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:26.372 Lifting the inner thighs up towards the sky, inhale. 00:17:27.847 --> 00:17:28.681 And exhales. 00:17:28.681 --> 00:17:30.898 Spread the fingertips, spread the toes 00:17:30.898 --> 00:17:32.884 for this last cycle of breath, inhale. 00:17:34.881 --> 00:17:38.891 And exhale. Good, slowly release. 00:17:38.891 --> 00:17:41.227 Create a little pillow for your forehead with the palms, 00:17:41.227 --> 00:17:44.196 bring the big toes together, heels splay out left to right 00:17:44.196 --> 00:17:45.801 and rest your head, darling. 00:17:45.801 --> 00:17:47.366 Take a second here to restore. 00:17:47.366 --> 00:17:50.036 Just repeat the mantra quietly to yourself: 00:17:50.036 --> 00:17:54.079 "Allow. Release. 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:58.111 "And let go." 00:18:04.350 --> 00:18:06.438 See if you can feel your heartbeat. 00:18:09.113 --> 00:18:12.150 Be still my beating heart. 00:18:12.150 --> 00:18:13.601 Inhale. 00:18:15.561 --> 00:18:16.996 Exhale to rise up. 00:18:16.996 --> 00:18:19.065 Check it out. Look at this fancy move. 00:18:19.065 --> 00:18:22.268 You're gonna take it from here, we're gonna flip your burger or 00:18:22.268 --> 00:18:26.272 your veggie burger all the way to your back. 00:18:26.272 --> 00:18:27.573 Hug the knees up to the chest. 00:18:27.573 --> 00:18:30.389 When you get there, give yourself a loving embrace. 00:18:34.013 --> 00:18:34.947 Close your eyes. 00:18:34.947 --> 00:18:37.379 Notice how your yoga mat has your back here. 00:18:38.384 --> 00:18:40.553 Literally, rising up to meet your spine. 00:18:40.553 --> 00:18:42.778 Take a deep breath in. 00:18:42.778 --> 00:18:45.491 And a long breath out, relax your shoulders. 00:18:46.849 --> 00:18:49.128 Good, slowly bring your feet to the earth. 00:18:49.128 --> 00:18:51.930 Some of you have practiced with me with the thud, 00:18:51.930 --> 00:18:55.234 a little reflexology moment if you want to bring that into play 00:18:55.234 --> 00:18:57.570 here, you just, let's all do it. Why not? 00:18:57.570 --> 00:19:00.072 You just drop your feet to the earth with a thud. 00:19:00.072 --> 00:19:01.240 Let your body move. 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:02.755 Do it a couple times. Here we go. 00:19:02.755 --> 00:19:04.920 Drop the feet to the earth with a thud. 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:06.579 Let your body move. Let's do one more. 00:19:06.579 --> 00:19:08.647 Here we go. Don't be shy. Inhale. 00:19:08.647 --> 00:19:10.065 Exhale. Ha! 00:19:10.922 --> 00:19:12.239 Yes. 00:19:12.239 --> 00:19:14.620 Extend one leg and then the other. 00:19:16.368 --> 00:19:17.757 Flip your palms up. 00:19:17.757 --> 00:19:19.925 Snuggle your shoulder blades underneath your heart space. 00:19:19.925 --> 00:19:22.561 Walk your ankles out is wide as your yoga mat. 00:19:22.561 --> 00:19:24.864 And here you go, tuck the chin. 00:19:24.864 --> 00:19:26.432 Inhale in. 00:19:26.432 --> 00:19:29.702 Exhale to close your eyes and let everything go. 00:19:29.702 --> 00:19:33.172 Shavasana, Corpse Pose. 00:19:33.172 --> 00:19:35.174 Find stillness here. 00:19:36.942 --> 00:19:38.760 Let your body be heavy. 00:19:39.812 --> 00:19:44.266 Permission here to do absolutely nothing for just but a moment. 00:19:45.885 --> 00:19:48.187 Let everything go. 00:19:48.187 --> 00:19:51.023 And this is the hardest part sometimes. 00:19:51.023 --> 00:19:54.637 So practice stillness. 00:20:03.002 --> 00:20:04.570 Soften the skin to the forehead, 00:20:04.570 --> 00:20:07.106 relax your jaw and just let your breath be easy. 00:20:08.507 --> 00:20:10.810 Trust me, trust yourself, trust the video. 00:20:10.810 --> 00:20:13.018 We're here for just but a moment. 00:20:32.998 --> 00:20:35.685 Then slowly, gently begin to deepen the breath. 00:20:38.704 --> 00:20:40.306 Let it begin to move you. 00:20:42.052 --> 00:20:45.071 Fingers, toes, wrists, ankles. 00:20:45.811 --> 00:20:48.822 Can start to move the tongue around in your mouth. Why not? 00:20:48.822 --> 00:20:50.549 Then we'll bend the knees. 00:20:50.549 --> 00:20:54.019 Turn to one side, any side, hug the knees up into the chest for 00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:56.489 a little fetal posture. 00:20:57.296 --> 00:21:00.392 Let your bottom bicep, your bottom arm become your pillow or 00:21:00.392 --> 00:21:03.027 as we say in Texas, pill-ah. 00:21:03.027 --> 00:21:04.864 And just take a second here to be still. 00:21:04.864 --> 00:21:08.067 Feel that nice, sweet curvature in the spine. 00:21:08.067 --> 00:21:09.621 Rest your head. 00:21:09.621 --> 00:21:12.905 Feel this loving, caring energy that you've cultivated for 00:21:12.905 --> 00:21:15.641 yourself on the mat, even if it's just a taste. 00:21:19.897 --> 00:21:22.633 And then slowly, we'll press back up to a seat. 00:21:30.389 --> 00:21:32.391 Bring your palms together. 00:21:34.527 --> 00:21:36.729 Lift your heart to your thumbs 00:21:36.729 --> 00:21:39.064 and let's bow the head to the heart. 00:21:39.064 --> 00:21:41.167 The mind intelligence to the body intelligence. 00:21:41.167 --> 00:21:42.168 Find a moment. 00:21:42.168 --> 00:21:46.639 Just capture one final moment here in this shape to be still 00:21:46.639 --> 00:21:49.141 and notice how you feel. 00:21:53.705 --> 00:21:57.192 So, it's wonderful to be here learning 00:21:57.192 --> 00:21:59.561 and exploring new shapes. 00:22:02.955 --> 00:22:06.601 But it doesn't always have to be harder, faster, stronger. 00:22:07.760 --> 00:22:12.684 Remember, dear one, to take time to be still. 00:22:19.138 --> 00:22:21.944 Thank you for sharing this time and energy with me today. 00:22:21.944 --> 00:22:25.611 Thank you for sharing your journey thus far with me and all 00:22:25.611 --> 00:22:28.914 of the beautiful people around the world practicing together, 00:22:28.914 --> 00:22:32.692 remembering to take time to listen and tend to it. 00:22:32.692 --> 00:22:33.619 I love you so much. 00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:36.441 Let's take one more deep breath in here together. 00:22:36.441 --> 00:22:38.457 I look forward to seeing you maƱana. 00:22:39.688 --> 00:22:42.061 Exhale to bow and we whisper 00:22:43.997 --> 00:22:45.247 Namaste. 00:22:47.183 --> 00:22:51.919 (upbeat gentle music)