WEBVTT 00:00:00.334 --> 00:00:01.101 - Hello, everyone. 00:00:01.101 --> 00:00:03.270 Welcome to Home, your 30-day yoga journey. 00:00:03.270 --> 00:00:06.950 It's Day 24, uplift. 00:00:06.950 --> 00:00:09.212 Let's get started. 00:00:10.405 --> 00:00:14.858 (upbeat gentle music) 00:00:28.729 --> 00:00:29.997 Alright, my darling friends, 00:00:29.997 --> 00:00:33.831 let's begin in a nice, comfortable seat of your choice. 00:00:33.831 --> 00:00:36.503 Today I'm gonna invite you to bring your left palm out in 00:00:36.503 --> 00:00:40.774 front when you find your seat and then bring your right hand 00:00:40.774 --> 00:00:45.122 on top and just let your hands rest gently in your lap here 00:00:45.122 --> 00:00:48.023 in a cross-legged seat or maybe on the knees today. 00:00:51.385 --> 00:00:56.208 Close your eyes or soften your gaze gently down past your nose. 00:01:00.027 --> 00:01:02.015 And begin to notice your breath. 00:01:06.461 --> 00:01:08.404 The hard part is done. 00:01:09.436 --> 00:01:10.690 You're here. 00:01:12.072 --> 00:01:14.074 You pressed play. 00:01:23.884 --> 00:01:26.393 Begin to gently deepen your breath. 00:01:33.460 --> 00:01:37.948 And even if it was difficult 00:01:37.948 --> 00:01:39.967 to arrive here on the mat today, 00:01:39.967 --> 00:01:42.232 or maybe, especially if it was difficult to 00:01:42.232 --> 00:01:43.881 arrive here on the mat today, 00:01:45.850 --> 00:01:50.340 can you allow today's uplifting flow 00:01:53.146 --> 00:01:56.123 to be a gift that you give yourself? 00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:01.402 Enjoy your gift. 00:02:02.406 --> 00:02:04.260 Deep breath in. 00:02:05.255 --> 00:02:06.945 Long breath out through the mouth. 00:02:07.961 --> 00:02:10.040 Twice more like that. Big breath in. 00:02:11.625 --> 00:02:14.614 And exhale out through the mouth. 00:02:14.614 --> 00:02:16.827 One more time, deep breath in. 00:02:18.015 --> 00:02:20.240 And exhale out through the mouth, awesome. 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:23.276 Open your eyes, bring the palms together. 00:02:23.276 --> 00:02:25.779 We're gonna interlace the fingertips but keep the index 00:02:25.779 --> 00:02:26.980 finger pointing forward. 00:02:26.980 --> 00:02:28.915 So we have our steeple grip. 00:02:28.915 --> 00:02:31.318 Then send your fingertips out in front. 00:02:31.318 --> 00:02:34.087 Index fingers, excuse me, point forward. 00:02:34.087 --> 00:02:37.524 We're gonna plug the shoulders back in space and on an inhale, 00:02:37.524 --> 00:02:40.293 send your index fingers all the way up towards the sky. 00:02:40.293 --> 00:02:42.752 Big stretch through the front body. 00:02:42.752 --> 00:02:47.220 And then exhale, draw the hands in line with your heart. 00:02:48.735 --> 00:02:50.976 And that's it, inhale, reach up. 00:02:52.506 --> 00:02:54.541 Exhale, strong focus forward as 00:02:54.541 --> 00:02:56.706 you bring the hands in line with the heart. 00:02:58.211 --> 00:03:00.693 Inhale to lift and lengthen. 00:03:01.782 --> 00:03:03.784 Exhale, hands in line with the heart. 00:03:03.784 --> 00:03:06.593 One more time with control. Inhale, lift it up. 00:03:08.191 --> 00:03:11.297 And exhale, hands in line with the heart. Great. 00:03:11.297 --> 00:03:12.592 From here, we're gonna release. 00:03:12.592 --> 00:03:14.931 We're gonna come forward on all fours. 00:03:14.931 --> 00:03:18.538 Curl the toes under, peel the tailbone up and back. 00:03:18.538 --> 00:03:21.501 Yep, you guessed it, Downward Facing Dog. 00:03:24.438 --> 00:03:26.273 Take a couple deep breaths here. 00:03:26.273 --> 00:03:29.409 Find what feels good in your body today. 00:03:36.826 --> 00:03:38.118 Then anchor through the left heel, 00:03:38.118 --> 00:03:40.487 inhale, lift your right leg up high. 00:03:40.487 --> 00:03:44.157 Exhale, step it all the way up into a nice low lunge. 00:03:44.157 --> 00:03:45.258 Lower the back knee. 00:03:45.258 --> 00:03:48.195 Inhale to open the chest, look forward. 00:03:48.195 --> 00:03:50.530 Exhale to pull the right hip crease back. 00:03:50.530 --> 00:03:52.599 Flex your right toes towards your face, 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:54.601 our runner's stretch here. 00:03:55.802 --> 00:03:57.434 Inhale to look forward. 00:03:57.434 --> 00:03:59.206 Exhale, roll it all the way through. 00:03:59.206 --> 00:04:00.574 Pick up the back knee. 00:04:00.574 --> 00:04:02.209 Plant the palms and step it right back 00:04:02.209 --> 00:04:03.796 to Downward Facing Dog. 00:04:05.035 --> 00:04:07.216 Good. Inhale, lift the left leg high. 00:04:08.315 --> 00:04:09.583 Exhale, squeeze. 00:04:09.583 --> 00:04:11.284 Shift it all the way forward. 00:04:11.284 --> 00:04:12.352 Step it up. 00:04:12.352 --> 00:04:13.487 Nice low lunge. 00:04:13.487 --> 00:04:15.271 Lower the back knee. 00:04:15.271 --> 00:04:16.923 Inhale, open the chest. 00:04:16.923 --> 00:04:19.493 Look forward, get light on the fingertips. 00:04:19.493 --> 00:04:21.428 Exhale, pull the left hip crease back. 00:04:21.428 --> 00:04:23.662 Flex your left toes towards your face. 00:04:25.465 --> 00:04:27.384 Good, inhale to look forward. 00:04:28.168 --> 00:04:30.303 Exhale to roll through that left foot. 00:04:30.303 --> 00:04:31.651 Pick up the back knee. 00:04:31.651 --> 00:04:33.640 Then we'll plant the palms, step it back, 00:04:33.640 --> 00:04:35.642 Downward Facing Dog. 00:04:35.642 --> 00:04:37.207 Good, inhale in here. 00:04:38.245 --> 00:04:39.713 Exhale to empty it out. 00:04:41.353 --> 00:04:42.983 Inhale, bend your knees. 00:04:42.983 --> 00:04:44.317 Look forward. 00:04:44.317 --> 00:04:46.542 Exhale, make your way to the top. 00:04:49.089 --> 00:04:51.024 Good, Forward Fold. 00:04:51.024 --> 00:04:53.226 Uttanasana, Standing Forward Fold. 00:04:53.226 --> 00:04:54.727 Take a deep breath here. 00:04:55.971 --> 00:04:57.790 Exhale to empty it out. 00:04:59.432 --> 00:05:03.370 Then bend your knees, tuck the chin and slowly roll it up. 00:05:03.370 --> 00:05:05.109 Enjoy this move. 00:05:06.840 --> 00:05:10.397 Stand up nice and tall, Mountain Pose. 00:05:14.047 --> 00:05:15.554 Lift your sternum. 00:05:16.564 --> 00:05:18.985 Try to keep an open mind, open heart today. 00:05:18.985 --> 00:05:20.387 Here we go. 00:05:20.387 --> 00:05:21.855 Moving with the breath. 00:05:21.855 --> 00:05:25.133 Inhale to reach the fingertips up towards the sky. 00:05:26.359 --> 00:05:28.836 Exhale slow and gentle here, 00:05:28.836 --> 00:05:31.290 Forward Fold all the way down. 00:05:32.125 --> 00:05:33.833 Inhale, halfway lift. 00:05:33.833 --> 00:05:37.170 Send the fingertips back, airplane arms. 00:05:37.170 --> 00:05:40.407 Exhale, soften, fold everything in. 00:05:40.407 --> 00:05:42.275 Inhale to reach for the sky. 00:05:42.275 --> 00:05:44.678 Big breath, big stretch. 00:05:44.678 --> 00:05:48.173 Exhale all the way back down, slow and steady. 00:05:49.249 --> 00:05:51.618 Inhale, halfway lift with airplane arms. 00:05:51.618 --> 00:05:53.820 Reach the fingertips back. 00:05:53.820 --> 00:05:57.249 Exhale to soften and fold in. 00:05:57.249 --> 00:05:58.905 Bend the knees. 00:06:00.093 --> 00:06:03.410 Plant the palms, step it back, Plank Pose. 00:06:04.864 --> 00:06:06.766 Just find a soft, easy sway here. 00:06:06.766 --> 00:06:09.302 Just kind of turning on the core. 00:06:09.302 --> 00:06:12.105 Waking up the muscles of the abdominal wall. 00:06:12.105 --> 00:06:13.859 Finding your center. 00:06:15.276 --> 00:06:18.879 And then come back to stillness, shift forward on the toes, 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:23.083 look forward and slowly lower all the way down. 00:06:23.083 --> 00:06:24.584 Good, press into the tops of the feet. 00:06:24.584 --> 00:06:26.498 Inhale, rise up. Cobra. 00:06:27.387 --> 00:06:31.458 Exhale to soften and fold back down. 00:06:31.458 --> 00:06:32.525 Curl the toes under. 00:06:32.525 --> 00:06:34.995 Inhale in, exhale, press all the way up. 00:06:34.995 --> 00:06:36.333 Top of a push-up. 00:06:37.197 --> 00:06:39.819 And then send it back, Downward Facing Dog. 00:06:41.868 --> 00:06:42.736 Alright, here we go. 00:06:42.736 --> 00:06:46.139 Inhale, lift the left leg up high with your breath. 00:06:46.139 --> 00:06:47.474 Exhale, shift it forward. 00:06:47.474 --> 00:06:49.442 Step it all the way up. 00:06:49.442 --> 00:06:51.011 Squeeze the inner thighs to the midline. 00:06:51.011 --> 00:06:53.313 Inhale, we rise up strong, high lunge. 00:06:53.313 --> 00:06:57.255 Remember, you can always come back to this left knee here. 00:06:58.485 --> 00:06:59.753 Get your center underneath you, 00:06:59.753 --> 00:07:03.123 big beach ball up and overhead, lots of space. 00:07:03.123 --> 00:07:04.057 Inhale in. 00:07:04.057 --> 00:07:06.693 Exhale, use that contraction of the navel in, 00:07:06.693 --> 00:07:10.196 strong core to slowly take the left fingertips forward, 00:07:10.196 --> 00:07:12.332 right fingertips back. 00:07:12.332 --> 00:07:13.667 Beautiful. 00:07:13.667 --> 00:07:14.801 Breathe deep. 00:07:14.801 --> 00:07:17.771 From here, we're gonna take the right fingertips down, 00:07:17.771 --> 00:07:21.074 maybe you grab the outer edge of the left leg, maybe not. 00:07:21.074 --> 00:07:23.877 Right fingertips down, left fingertips up towards the sky. 00:07:23.877 --> 00:07:26.133 Front knee stays bent. 00:07:27.013 --> 00:07:29.683 Beautiful. Inhale in here. 00:07:29.683 --> 00:07:31.371 Exhale. Listen carefully. 00:07:31.371 --> 00:07:33.520 Stay connected to your center. 00:07:33.520 --> 00:07:37.490 We're gonna open up towards the left, Warrior II. 00:07:37.490 --> 00:07:39.758 Ground through that back foot. 00:07:41.628 --> 00:07:43.530 Excellent, relax your shoulders. 00:07:43.530 --> 00:07:45.765 Control your breath here. 00:07:45.765 --> 00:07:48.902 Then inhale, Peaceful Warrior, keep the front knee bent as you 00:07:48.902 --> 00:07:51.905 reach right fingertips all the way up and back. 00:07:51.905 --> 00:07:53.573 Inhale in here. 00:07:53.573 --> 00:07:54.908 And then exhale the cartwheel 00:07:54.908 --> 00:07:57.610 all the way back down to your lunge. 00:07:57.610 --> 00:07:59.312 Left hand comes to the earth and 00:07:59.312 --> 00:08:01.247 inhale reach right fingertips to the sky. 00:08:01.247 --> 00:08:02.582 Big breath. Let it lift you. 00:08:02.582 --> 00:08:04.250 Lift up from the pelvic floor. 00:08:04.250 --> 00:08:06.653 And then exhale all the way back down to your lunge. 00:08:06.653 --> 00:08:09.322 Plant the palms, step the right toes back. 00:08:09.322 --> 00:08:12.826 Belly to Cobra or Chaturanga to Upward Facing Dog here. 00:08:12.826 --> 00:08:15.128 Use your inhale to open your heart, 00:08:15.128 --> 00:08:16.329 open your mind. 00:08:16.329 --> 00:08:18.498 Use your exhale to make your way back, 00:08:18.498 --> 00:08:20.500 Downward Facing Dog. 00:08:24.671 --> 00:08:27.273 From Down Dog, anchor through the right heel, 00:08:27.273 --> 00:08:29.976 inhale, lift the left leg up high. 00:08:29.976 --> 00:08:32.579 Exhale, shift it forward. 00:08:32.579 --> 00:08:35.782 Step it up. Back knee lowered or lifted here. Here we go. 00:08:35.782 --> 00:08:38.651 Inhale, sweep the arms all the way up and overhead. 00:08:38.651 --> 00:08:40.284 High lunge. 00:08:41.054 --> 00:08:43.523 Find your center, control your breath. 00:08:43.523 --> 00:08:45.492 Inhale, reach all the way up. 00:08:45.492 --> 00:08:46.393 Exhale to twist. 00:08:46.393 --> 00:08:49.095 Navel draws in, hug the low ribs in. 00:08:49.095 --> 00:08:51.806 Left fingertips back, right fingertips forward. 00:08:53.233 --> 00:08:56.603 Strong and grounded through all four corners of that front foot. 00:08:56.603 --> 00:08:57.570 Here we go. 00:08:57.570 --> 00:09:01.325 Left fingertips go down as right fingertips reach all the way up. 00:09:02.242 --> 00:09:04.303 Big breath here. Inhale. 00:09:05.578 --> 00:09:08.081 Exhale, navel draws in. 00:09:08.081 --> 00:09:10.650 We're gonna open up towards the right, Warrior II. 00:09:10.650 --> 00:09:12.619 Pivot on the back foot. 00:09:12.619 --> 00:09:14.496 Nice wide stance. 00:09:15.955 --> 00:09:17.557 Control your breath. You got it. 00:09:17.557 --> 00:09:19.993 Inhale, lengthen through the crown. 00:09:19.993 --> 00:09:22.462 Keep that front knee bent. Here we go. 00:09:22.462 --> 00:09:25.999 Left fingertips reach all the way up and all the way back, 00:09:25.999 --> 00:09:27.133 Peaceful Warrior. 00:09:27.133 --> 00:09:28.468 Nice, long, beautiful neck. 00:09:28.468 --> 00:09:30.670 Take a deep breath in here, stretch. 00:09:30.670 --> 00:09:34.374 And exhale to cartwheel all the way back down to the earth. 00:09:34.374 --> 00:09:36.843 Right hand presses into the yoga mat, 00:09:36.843 --> 00:09:39.145 left fingertips reach for the sky. 00:09:39.145 --> 00:09:41.080 Big breath. 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:43.450 And exhale all the way back down to the earth. 00:09:43.450 --> 00:09:46.486 Plant the palms, step the left toes back. 00:09:46.486 --> 00:09:48.621 Inhale to look forward, shift forward. 00:09:48.621 --> 00:09:51.491 Exhale, lower to the belly or halfway. 00:09:51.491 --> 00:09:54.327 Inhale to Cobra or Up Dog. 00:09:54.327 --> 00:09:57.163 Exhale, Downward Facing Dog, hips up high and back. 00:09:57.163 --> 00:09:58.538 Take a deep breath in. 00:09:59.378 --> 00:10:00.893 And a long breath out. 00:10:01.888 --> 00:10:03.703 Tuck the chin. 00:10:03.703 --> 00:10:07.076 Slowly roll all the way forward, top of a push-up. 00:10:07.974 --> 00:10:10.143 You got this. Here we go. 00:10:10.143 --> 00:10:12.212 Crown of the head reaching forward. 00:10:12.212 --> 00:10:14.711 We're gonna toe tap the right toes off the yoga mat 00:10:14.711 --> 00:10:16.382 and then bring them back. 00:10:16.382 --> 00:10:19.319 Toe tap the left toes off the yoga mat. 00:10:19.319 --> 00:10:20.587 Then bring them back. 00:10:20.587 --> 00:10:22.222 To the right. 00:10:22.222 --> 00:10:24.023 And to the left. 00:10:24.023 --> 00:10:26.259 To the right and left. 00:10:26.259 --> 00:10:28.695 Keep it going for ten. 00:10:28.695 --> 00:10:30.606 You got it. Nine, breathe deep. 00:10:30.606 --> 00:10:32.447 Eight. 00:10:32.447 --> 00:10:34.028 Seven. 00:10:34.028 --> 00:10:35.594 Six, you got it. 00:10:35.594 --> 00:10:36.974 Five. 00:10:36.974 --> 00:10:38.423 Four. 00:10:38.423 --> 00:10:39.843 Three. 00:10:39.843 --> 00:10:41.941 Two and finish it up on the one. 00:10:41.941 --> 00:10:44.142 Awesome. Slowly lower to the knees, 00:10:44.142 --> 00:10:45.812 send the hips back, 00:10:45.812 --> 00:10:49.749 draw the fingertips towards your toes and melt down, 00:10:49.749 --> 00:10:51.107 Child's Pose. 00:10:57.362 --> 00:10:59.531 Listen to the sound of your breath. 00:11:02.611 --> 00:11:04.983 Feel how it moves you. 00:11:16.776 --> 00:11:19.896 Then slowly reaching the fingertips forward. 00:11:22.282 --> 00:11:25.318 Carving a line with the nose to look forward 00:11:25.318 --> 00:11:27.253 and dragging the heart forward. 00:11:27.253 --> 00:11:29.722 We're gonna walk the knees up, just take the legs to one side. 00:11:29.722 --> 00:11:32.520 Any side, we're gonna come to lie flat on the back. 00:11:33.660 --> 00:11:37.486 Preparing for a Bridge Pose. 00:11:40.867 --> 00:11:44.170 Take your time getting there, grounding through all four 00:11:44.170 --> 00:11:46.554 corners of the feet, knees up towards the sky. 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:51.544 Snuggle your shoulder blades underneath your heart space. 00:11:51.544 --> 00:11:53.613 And when you're ready, press firmly into the earth, 00:11:53.613 --> 00:11:55.715 palms kissing into Mama Earth. 00:11:55.715 --> 00:11:58.184 Here we go, peeling, from the tailbone, 00:11:58.184 --> 00:12:00.386 so start at the tail, peeling up. 00:12:00.386 --> 00:12:03.307 Hip points towards the sky, shins forward. 00:12:05.692 --> 00:12:07.994 Nice, long, smooth, deep breaths here. 00:12:07.994 --> 00:12:12.065 You can find the bind, interlace the fingertips underneath you. 00:12:12.065 --> 00:12:16.033 Shoulder blades kiss closely together. 00:12:16.033 --> 00:12:17.474 Shins forward. 00:12:17.474 --> 00:12:20.708 Chest to chin, chin to sky. 00:12:23.177 --> 00:12:25.208 Breathe. Chest to chin. 00:12:27.410 --> 00:12:28.729 Chin to sky. 00:12:29.836 --> 00:12:31.250 And one more time, breathe. 00:12:31.250 --> 00:12:36.307 Lift chest to chin and chin to sky. 00:12:39.504 --> 00:12:42.395 Excellent, slowly begin to release. 00:12:42.395 --> 00:12:44.933 Nice and slow, nice and slow, nice and slow. 00:12:46.566 --> 00:12:49.502 From here, walk the soles of the feet together. 00:12:49.502 --> 00:12:50.403 Knees wide. 00:12:50.403 --> 00:12:53.740 Left hand comes to the heart, right hand to the belly. 00:12:53.740 --> 00:12:56.476 Tuck the chin to lengthen through the back of the neck. 00:12:56.476 --> 00:12:57.924 Take a deep breath in. 00:12:59.292 --> 00:13:00.981 And a long breath out. 00:13:02.592 --> 00:13:04.086 Deep breath in. 00:13:05.505 --> 00:13:07.097 And a long breath out. 00:13:08.857 --> 00:13:10.666 Last one, deep breath in. 00:13:12.582 --> 00:13:14.956 And long breath out. 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:19.500 Beautiful. 00:13:21.701 --> 00:13:24.270 Now let your breath be easy here. 00:13:24.270 --> 00:13:26.753 Close your eyes, let gravity do the work. 00:13:30.977 --> 00:13:34.914 Let the nutrients of your practice settle in. 00:13:41.853 --> 00:13:45.191 Then we'll take the fingertips to the outer edges of the legs. 00:13:46.084 --> 00:13:48.661 Draw the knees together and 00:13:48.661 --> 00:13:51.597 we're gonna rock up and down the length of the spine. 00:13:51.597 --> 00:13:53.516 Can have a little fun here. 00:13:54.734 --> 00:13:55.768 Little playfulness. 00:13:55.768 --> 00:13:59.139 Maybe the toes rock back into a Plow Pose. 00:14:02.075 --> 00:14:03.554 Maybe not. 00:14:05.978 --> 00:14:09.816 Eventually, we'll rock all the way back up to a nice seated 00:14:09.816 --> 00:14:12.418 posture and we're gonna bring the palms together, 00:14:12.418 --> 00:14:16.189 rub them together quickly here, creating a little bit of energy, 00:14:16.189 --> 00:14:18.191 a little bit of heat. 00:14:18.191 --> 00:14:20.660 Let it get a little faster and a little faster 00:14:20.660 --> 00:14:21.844 and a little faster. 00:14:23.213 --> 00:14:25.498 And then bring your hands to the chest here, 00:14:25.498 --> 00:14:27.500 feel the warmth of your hands. 00:14:31.337 --> 00:14:32.766 Inhale in. 00:14:33.673 --> 00:14:35.854 Exhale to relax the shoulders. 00:14:36.657 --> 00:14:39.778 Then gently slide your fingertips to your shoulders. 00:14:39.778 --> 00:14:41.214 Open the elbows left to right. 00:14:42.011 --> 00:14:43.683 Deep breath in. 00:14:43.683 --> 00:14:45.651 Exhale, twist to your left. 00:14:46.560 --> 00:14:47.934 Inhale to center. 00:14:48.701 --> 00:14:50.290 Twist to your right. 00:14:50.290 --> 00:14:52.159 We're gonna keep going back and forth. 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:54.065 You can start to pick up the pace here. 00:14:54.964 --> 00:14:56.395 Syncing up with your breath. 00:14:56.395 --> 00:14:58.515 This is how we're gonna end practice today. 00:14:59.310 --> 00:15:00.888 So nice and easy. 00:15:02.135 --> 00:15:04.542 Moving back and forth, left to right. 00:15:11.310 --> 00:15:13.182 Keep it going for five. 00:15:14.428 --> 00:15:15.484 Four. 00:15:16.382 --> 00:15:17.496 Three. 00:15:18.451 --> 00:15:20.492 Two. Back to center on the one, 00:15:20.492 --> 00:15:22.722 thumbs come up to the third eye. 00:15:22.722 --> 00:15:25.245 We sit up nice and tall. Take a deep breath in. 00:15:26.058 --> 00:15:27.894 And exhale, relax the shoulders down. 00:15:29.817 --> 00:15:31.652 And one more time, big inhale. 00:15:33.499 --> 00:15:35.568 And exhale to bow. 00:15:35.568 --> 00:15:37.036 Thank you so much for sharing 00:15:37.036 --> 00:15:39.921 your time and your energy with me today. 00:15:40.619 --> 00:15:42.339 Namaste. 00:15:43.733 --> 00:15:48.044 (upbeat gentle music)