WEBVTT 00:00:00.163 --> 00:00:01.781 - Hey everyone, welcome to Yoga with Adriene. 00:00:01.781 --> 00:00:04.762 I'm Adriene and today we have No Fear Yoga. 00:00:04.762 --> 00:00:06.242 This is an awesome practice that's gonna 00:00:06.242 --> 00:00:09.439 help you stay strong and present 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:10.939 in the challenging moments of life. 00:00:10.939 --> 00:00:12.676 Things that are out of your control, 00:00:12.676 --> 00:00:15.776 maybe fear of the unknown et cetera. 00:00:15.776 --> 00:00:17.296 This is a practice that's gonna help you 00:00:17.296 --> 00:00:19.664 get in your body and stick with your breath 00:00:19.664 --> 00:00:21.618 to feel supported from the inside out. 00:00:21.618 --> 00:00:23.710 Alright, so hop into something comfy. 00:00:23.710 --> 00:00:25.447 We're in the park today, it's a beautiful day. 00:00:25.447 --> 00:00:28.044 If you're having a bad day let's turn it around. 00:00:28.044 --> 00:00:29.454 Let's get started. 00:00:29.454 --> 00:00:32.371 (energetic music) 00:00:41.112 --> 00:00:42.108 Okey doke my friends, 00:00:42.108 --> 00:00:45.523 let's begin in a nice cross-legged position. 00:00:45.523 --> 00:00:49.647 Sukhasana, the easy pose or the pose of ease. 00:00:49.647 --> 00:00:51.720 So make a couple adjustments here 00:00:51.720 --> 00:00:53.555 so that you can find a place of ease 00:00:53.555 --> 00:00:54.957 or at least be working toward that. 00:00:54.957 --> 00:00:57.815 Whether it's moving the fleshy part of the buttocks aside, 00:00:57.815 --> 00:01:00.538 sitting up on a little pillow, blanket or block, 00:01:00.538 --> 00:01:02.394 or maybe just giving yourself a little bit of space 00:01:02.394 --> 00:01:05.394 literally by walking the ankles out. 00:01:06.420 --> 00:01:08.137 Then waken through the feet so just 00:01:08.137 --> 00:01:09.479 spread awareness through your feet, 00:01:09.479 --> 00:01:11.137 we're gonna need that today. 00:01:11.137 --> 00:01:13.328 And then easing in today with lots of love. 00:01:13.328 --> 00:01:16.999 Big breath as you squeeze the shoulders up towards the ears, 00:01:16.999 --> 00:01:21.834 (takes deep breath) and then exhale, drop 'em down. (sighs) 00:01:21.834 --> 00:01:22.861 Two more just like that. 00:01:22.861 --> 00:01:25.604 Big inhale, squeeze the shoulders up towards the ears, 00:01:25.604 --> 00:01:28.249 (takes deep breath) and exhale, 00:01:28.249 --> 00:01:30.696 gliding the shoulder blades down the back body. 00:01:30.696 --> 00:01:32.315 I just had deja vu that was so weird. 00:01:32.315 --> 00:01:33.657 Might be the first time I ever had that. 00:01:33.657 --> 00:01:36.914 Inhale, squeeze and lift. (takes deep breath) 00:01:36.914 --> 00:01:38.247 And exhale down. 00:01:39.322 --> 00:01:40.155 Beautiful. 00:01:40.155 --> 00:01:40.988 Bring the palms together. 00:01:40.988 --> 00:01:43.229 Not first time I ever had deja vu in life, 00:01:43.229 --> 00:01:46.062 but while doing Yoga With Adriene. 00:01:48.322 --> 00:01:52.328 Thank you so much for being here today, for showing up. 00:01:52.328 --> 00:01:54.065 I hope that this practice guides you 00:01:54.065 --> 00:01:58.232 to move through any anxiety or fear about the future. 00:01:59.256 --> 00:02:01.173 Regrets about the past, 00:02:02.617 --> 00:02:05.560 and as we bring the palms together here, 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:06.531 let's take a second to maybe 00:02:06.531 --> 00:02:08.449 close the eyes or soften the gaze. 00:02:08.449 --> 00:02:11.472 Trust me, trust yourself, trust the video. 00:02:11.472 --> 00:02:13.943 And trust your practice. 00:02:13.943 --> 00:02:17.295 We're gonna work today to simply be in the present moment. 00:02:17.295 --> 00:02:20.295 We'll use the yoga asana to help us. 00:02:21.134 --> 00:02:24.467 With pranayama, the breath, to guide us. 00:02:26.737 --> 00:02:29.362 We'll make a commitment here to ourselves, 00:02:29.362 --> 00:02:30.751 and why not to each other here, 00:02:30.751 --> 00:02:34.606 everyone practicing this sequence together. 00:02:34.606 --> 00:02:37.738 We'll make a commitment to simply, 00:02:37.738 --> 00:02:40.488 work to be present in the moment. 00:02:42.437 --> 00:02:45.216 So take in the sounds around you. 00:02:45.216 --> 00:02:47.444 Notice the quality of air in the room right now 00:02:47.444 --> 00:02:50.224 or wherever you're practicing. 00:02:50.224 --> 00:02:52.141 For me it's the breeze. 00:02:54.872 --> 00:02:56.872 Deepen your breath here. 00:02:58.953 --> 00:03:01.666 You might have heard it before this mantra, 00:03:01.666 --> 00:03:03.166 enjoy the moment. 00:03:05.637 --> 00:03:07.335 Or be in the moment. 00:03:07.335 --> 00:03:09.056 So that's all we're gonna work towards today. 00:03:09.056 --> 00:03:13.223 Just simply staying present moment to moment to moment. 00:03:19.542 --> 00:03:22.450 You might even say quietly to yourself, 00:03:22.450 --> 00:03:23.681 I am present. 00:03:23.681 --> 00:03:27.014 The mantra for today's no fear practice. 00:03:28.006 --> 00:03:30.305 Then take a big breath in through the nose, 00:03:30.305 --> 00:03:32.186 (takes deep breath) and this time as you exhale 00:03:32.186 --> 00:03:35.065 bow your head to your heart, chin to chest. 00:03:35.065 --> 00:03:36.296 At the very least getting a really great 00:03:36.296 --> 00:03:37.596 stretch in the back of the neck, 00:03:37.596 --> 00:03:39.732 but also just bowing mind intelligence 00:03:39.732 --> 00:03:41.520 to the body intelligence. 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:45.270 Acknowledging here that we are all connected. 00:03:49.531 --> 00:03:52.364 That the mind and the body is one. 00:03:54.779 --> 00:03:55.612 Are one. 00:03:58.122 --> 00:03:59.492 Alright let's rock and roll. 00:03:59.492 --> 00:04:01.071 Gently releasing the hands. 00:04:01.071 --> 00:04:01.904 Lifting the head. 00:04:01.904 --> 00:04:02.975 You can open the eyes now. 00:04:02.975 --> 00:04:03.904 Take a look at the video. 00:04:03.904 --> 00:04:04.833 Awesome. 00:04:04.833 --> 00:04:06.389 Let's get started. 00:04:06.389 --> 00:04:08.339 So we're gonna draw the left heel in, 00:04:08.339 --> 00:04:09.848 and gently swing the right leg around 00:04:09.848 --> 00:04:12.139 coming into what I have called in the past, 00:04:12.139 --> 00:04:14.530 (chuckles) cheerleader legs. 00:04:14.530 --> 00:04:16.063 Just reminds me of that, right? 00:04:16.063 --> 00:04:16.896 Just having a little fun. 00:04:16.896 --> 00:04:18.547 So left heel's in, right leg's out. 00:04:18.547 --> 00:04:20.713 If you need a little bit of lift 00:04:20.713 --> 00:04:21.827 on your left hip you can bring a little 00:04:21.827 --> 00:04:23.545 towel or blanket underneath here. 00:04:23.545 --> 00:04:25.380 Already we're starting to feel probably 00:04:25.380 --> 00:04:30.070 a little stretch or a big stretch in the right hip. 00:04:30.070 --> 00:04:32.926 Take a second to really stack head over heart, 00:04:32.926 --> 00:04:34.435 heart over pelvis. 00:04:34.435 --> 00:04:38.963 Then inhale, reach the arms all the way up and overhead. 00:04:38.963 --> 00:04:41.425 And then exhale, gentle twist to the right. 00:04:41.425 --> 00:04:44.211 (blows out breath) 00:04:44.211 --> 00:04:46.347 Inhale, lift your heart. 00:04:46.347 --> 00:04:49.436 Exhale, try to look past your right shoulder. 00:04:49.436 --> 00:04:52.756 Great then big inhale back to center, (takes deep breath) 00:04:52.756 --> 00:04:56.216 and exhale, gentle twist to the left. (blows out breath) 00:04:56.216 --> 00:05:00.383 Stay here for a breath, in and out. (takes deep breaths) 00:05:01.858 --> 00:05:04.668 Beautiful, then inhale, reach up. (takes deep breath) 00:05:04.668 --> 00:05:07.269 Then exhale, rain the fingertips down, 00:05:07.269 --> 00:05:08.638 and we'll switch sides for the legs. 00:05:08.638 --> 00:05:10.844 So gently moving here to start. 00:05:10.844 --> 00:05:14.594 Right heel in, then taking that left leg out. 00:05:16.208 --> 00:05:17.926 Get set up. 00:05:17.926 --> 00:05:20.295 Loop the shoulders, head over heart, heart over pelvis. 00:05:20.295 --> 00:05:21.735 We're already starting to connect, 00:05:21.735 --> 00:05:25.665 find that containment in the center, (takes deep breath) 00:05:25.665 --> 00:05:27.081 and inhale reach for the sky. 00:05:27.081 --> 00:05:28.474 Spread your fingertips. 00:05:28.474 --> 00:05:29.450 Drop the shoulders down. 00:05:29.450 --> 00:05:30.750 Create space. 00:05:30.750 --> 00:05:33.258 On an exhale take it to the left, gentle twist. 00:05:33.258 --> 00:05:36.160 No cranking, no pushing, just nice and easy. 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:38.250 Opening up the body. 00:05:38.250 --> 00:05:41.338 Big inhale brings you back to center, 00:05:41.338 --> 00:05:44.728 and exhale to the right, you got it. (blows out breath) 00:05:44.728 --> 00:05:45.912 Notice if you're collapsing here. 00:05:45.912 --> 00:05:47.677 Sit up nice and tall. 00:05:47.677 --> 00:05:49.767 Big breath in. (takes deep breath) 00:05:49.767 --> 00:05:52.182 Big breath out. (blows out breath) 00:05:52.182 --> 00:05:55.549 Then inhale, reach up to center, (takes deep breath) 00:05:55.549 --> 00:05:57.732 and this time exhale cactus arms. 00:05:57.732 --> 00:06:00.146 Pause here try to draw the shoulder blades 00:06:00.146 --> 00:06:01.586 in together and down here. 00:06:01.586 --> 00:06:03.769 So really activating through the upper back body. 00:06:03.769 --> 00:06:06.787 One more breath (takes deep breath) and then exhale release. 00:06:06.787 --> 00:06:07.620 Gorgeous. 00:06:07.620 --> 00:06:09.922 We're gonna bring the left ankle in now, 00:06:09.922 --> 00:06:14.496 cross the ankles and then dive forward onto all fours. 00:06:14.496 --> 00:06:17.120 Come to table top position, 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:19.489 and find an ujjayi breath. 00:06:19.489 --> 00:06:21.555 Find an audible breath. 00:06:21.555 --> 00:06:24.249 We're gonna use the breath today like nobody's business. 00:06:24.249 --> 00:06:26.547 To anchor the mind, the manas, 00:06:26.547 --> 00:06:30.054 and to connect mind and body so that we can hopefully 00:06:30.054 --> 00:06:34.071 step off our mat feeling good, present, 00:06:34.071 --> 00:06:37.089 and just trusting of the universe and ourselves, right? 00:06:37.089 --> 00:06:38.320 No fear. 00:06:38.320 --> 00:06:39.922 So once you have your nice table top position 00:06:39.922 --> 00:06:41.060 pay attention to the details. 00:06:41.060 --> 00:06:43.869 Knees underneath hips, wrists underneath the shoulders. 00:06:43.869 --> 00:06:46.029 Go ahead and press away from your yoga mat. 00:06:46.029 --> 00:06:48.862 Then we'll curl the toes under and connect to our core. 00:06:48.862 --> 00:06:50.557 Keeping the neck nice and long. 00:06:50.557 --> 00:06:52.623 So careful not to look up and crunch. 00:06:52.623 --> 00:06:54.179 And not to drop the head down, 00:06:54.179 --> 00:06:56.989 but keep your gaze straight down towards the earth, 00:06:56.989 --> 00:06:58.266 neck nice and long. 00:06:58.266 --> 00:06:59.099 Ready? 00:06:59.099 --> 00:06:59.932 Here we go. 00:06:59.932 --> 00:07:02.341 Three, two, and no fears, we press away. 00:07:02.341 --> 00:07:04.919 Find support, lift the knees, let them hover. 00:07:04.919 --> 00:07:07.542 Tighten the belly, so draw the navel in 00:07:07.542 --> 00:07:08.796 up towards the spine. 00:07:08.796 --> 00:07:10.608 Breathe deep here, you might start shaking. 00:07:10.608 --> 00:07:12.999 Ah, how beautiful it is to be alive. 00:07:12.999 --> 00:07:15.646 Stay present, one more breath in (takes deep breath) 00:07:15.646 --> 00:07:17.481 and out (blows out breath). 00:07:17.481 --> 00:07:19.478 And then we'll slowly release. 00:07:19.478 --> 00:07:22.543 Cat-Cow, flip up onto the tops of the feet. 00:07:22.543 --> 00:07:25.747 Drop the belly, inhale, open your heart. 00:07:25.747 --> 00:07:29.648 And then exhale rounding through the spine, surrender. 00:07:29.648 --> 00:07:31.714 So today rather than just doing the shapes, 00:07:31.714 --> 00:07:34.153 not that you would do that anyway, but just a reminder. 00:07:34.153 --> 00:07:36.266 Not to just do the shapes because I'm suggesting it, 00:07:36.266 --> 00:07:38.797 but to really embody the movement. 00:07:38.797 --> 00:07:41.931 Feel your way in and out of each posture. 00:07:41.931 --> 00:07:46.098 So even here, in Cat-Cow, can this Cat be a surrender? 00:07:48.224 --> 00:07:50.389 And can this Cow be an opening? 00:07:50.389 --> 00:07:52.224 (chuckles) Somebody quote me on that. 00:07:52.224 --> 00:07:54.649 Can this Cat be a surrender and can this Cow be an opening? 00:07:54.649 --> 00:07:56.520 (takes deep breath) 00:07:56.520 --> 00:07:58.192 Adriene Mishler everyone, just kidding. 00:07:58.192 --> 00:08:00.072 Chin to chest, keep moving. 00:08:00.072 --> 00:08:01.907 It's good to keep a sense of humor as you move 00:08:01.907 --> 00:08:03.532 through a practice like this, 00:08:03.532 --> 00:08:06.199 staying open as you do your Cow. 00:08:07.509 --> 00:08:08.948 And then also just surrendering to that 00:08:08.948 --> 00:08:12.391 which you cannot control as you do your Cat. 00:08:12.391 --> 00:08:13.807 A couple more here, I'll stop talking. 00:08:13.807 --> 00:08:16.524 Listen to the sound of your breath. 00:08:16.524 --> 00:08:17.389 And enjoy. 00:08:17.389 --> 00:08:20.389 (takes deep breath) 00:08:21.331 --> 00:08:24.248 (blows out breath) 00:08:25.138 --> 00:08:27.976 (takes deep breath) 00:08:27.976 --> 00:08:29.354 Breathe and we'll do one more. 00:08:29.354 --> 00:08:32.466 (blows out breath) 00:08:32.466 --> 00:08:34.672 (takes deep breath) 00:08:34.672 --> 00:08:36.599 And come back to Tabletop position. 00:08:36.599 --> 00:08:39.616 Curl the toes under, inhale in, smile, 00:08:39.616 --> 00:08:43.426 and exhale, lift the hips up and back, Downward-Facing Dog. 00:08:43.426 --> 00:08:45.039 Oh, I'm on a little bit of a slant. 00:08:45.039 --> 00:08:46.897 Today gonna be fun. 00:08:46.897 --> 00:08:47.826 No fear. 00:08:47.826 --> 00:08:50.728 Bend the knees, take your Dog for a little walk. 00:08:50.728 --> 00:08:51.811 Find opening. 00:08:55.721 --> 00:08:58.228 Stretching through the legs, the hips. 00:08:58.228 --> 00:09:00.411 Then finding a little bit of containment again 00:09:00.411 --> 00:09:02.578 in your center, your core, 00:09:03.924 --> 00:09:06.924 drawing the navel inward and upward. 00:09:08.800 --> 00:09:10.426 Great, then drop the left heel. 00:09:10.426 --> 00:09:12.980 Inhale, lift the right leg up high. 00:09:12.980 --> 00:09:14.814 And then on an exhale, sweep the right leg 00:09:14.814 --> 00:09:16.370 all the way up for a big stretch 00:09:16.370 --> 00:09:18.535 as we lower the left knee down. 00:09:18.535 --> 00:09:20.021 You find a nice, low lunge. 00:09:20.021 --> 00:09:21.629 Front knee over front ankle here. 00:09:21.629 --> 00:09:23.441 Breathe deep, fingertips on the mat 00:09:23.441 --> 00:09:24.439 or you can start to come up 00:09:24.439 --> 00:09:28.606 just finding a stretch that feels good in your body. 00:09:29.710 --> 00:09:32.766 So a lot of fear and anxiety comes from 00:09:32.766 --> 00:09:35.271 this innate feeling that we have to compare 00:09:35.271 --> 00:09:36.456 ourselves to others. 00:09:36.456 --> 00:09:38.290 So we can use the practice of yoga, 00:09:38.290 --> 00:09:39.590 and especially in the western world, 00:09:39.590 --> 00:09:42.191 it's even more of a challenge and therefore, 00:09:42.191 --> 00:09:44.861 there's opportunity for even, I think, more growth 00:09:44.861 --> 00:09:47.050 in the practice to learn. 00:09:47.050 --> 00:09:49.906 It's about being present in my body. 00:09:49.906 --> 00:09:52.156 Staying focused on my body. 00:09:53.551 --> 00:09:55.134 Take the hips back. 00:09:56.025 --> 00:09:57.418 And my happiness. 00:09:57.418 --> 00:10:00.251 So, half splits here as we pull the right hip crease back. 00:10:00.251 --> 00:10:03.334 Big stretch, bow the head, surrender. 00:10:05.638 --> 00:10:08.006 And then rolling through nice low lunge. 00:10:08.006 --> 00:10:10.078 We'll plant the palms, lift the back knee, 00:10:10.078 --> 00:10:12.702 and just step it right back to that Downward-Facing Dog. 00:10:12.702 --> 00:10:15.048 Go ahead and take it for a little walk once again. 00:10:15.048 --> 00:10:16.882 Create space. 00:10:16.882 --> 00:10:20.249 And please, please, I invite you to breathe deep. 00:10:20.249 --> 00:10:21.990 (takes deep breath) 00:10:21.990 --> 00:10:25.642 Use your breath to move the energy that's stuck 00:10:25.642 --> 00:10:27.639 in your system and the body. 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:30.007 In those knotties, those energy meridians, 00:10:30.007 --> 00:10:34.013 move it with the breath. (takes deep breath) 00:10:34.013 --> 00:10:35.197 Right heel drops down. 00:10:35.197 --> 00:10:37.333 Inhale, lift the left leg up high. 00:10:37.333 --> 00:10:39.655 On an exhale, squeeze it all the way up 00:10:39.655 --> 00:10:40.863 and step into your lunge. 00:10:40.863 --> 00:10:43.069 Lower the back knee and big stretch here. 00:10:43.069 --> 00:10:43.902 Right? 00:10:43.902 --> 00:10:44.735 To each his own. 00:10:44.735 --> 00:10:46.435 So focus on sensation over shape here, 00:10:46.435 --> 00:10:48.688 so rather than coming to the perfect little lunge, 00:10:48.688 --> 00:10:51.080 you really need to honor what's going on in your body. 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:52.821 And by doing that we kind of honor 00:10:52.821 --> 00:10:56.020 what's going on in our hearts. 00:10:56.020 --> 00:10:58.510 'Cause it's all connected. 00:10:58.510 --> 00:10:59.593 Breathe deep. 00:11:00.856 --> 00:11:03.572 So we're here, maybe you're really low here. 00:11:03.572 --> 00:11:04.849 Wherever you are try to find a little bit 00:11:04.849 --> 00:11:06.514 of lift in the heart, in the opening. 00:11:06.514 --> 00:11:08.186 (blows out breath) 00:11:08.186 --> 00:11:09.533 (takes deep breath) 00:11:09.533 --> 00:11:12.923 And we'll take it back whenever you're ready. 00:11:12.923 --> 00:11:14.502 Pulling back through the left hip crease. 00:11:14.502 --> 00:11:16.708 Really flexing left toes up towards the sky. 00:11:16.708 --> 00:11:20.052 Literally up towards the beautiful blue sky for me today. 00:11:20.052 --> 00:11:22.559 (takes deep breath) 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:24.092 And as you bow forward and surrender here, 00:11:24.092 --> 00:11:27.250 just notice the thoughts that come up. 00:11:27.250 --> 00:11:29.456 And I invite you to take a deep breath in. 00:11:29.456 --> 00:11:32.010 (takes deep breath) Moving through those spots, 00:11:32.010 --> 00:11:34.941 acknowledging them and then moving through with the breath. 00:11:34.941 --> 00:11:36.892 One present moment at a time. 00:11:36.892 --> 00:11:38.796 Go ahead and roll it all the way back 00:11:38.796 --> 00:11:39.876 through to your low lunge. 00:11:39.876 --> 00:11:42.686 Inhale, heart radiates forward. (takes deep breath) 00:11:42.686 --> 00:11:44.776 And then exhale, plant the palms, 00:11:44.776 --> 00:11:46.865 curl the back toes under, lift the back knee. 00:11:46.865 --> 00:11:50.470 And once again, back to Downward-Facing Dog. 00:11:50.470 --> 00:11:52.426 Great. Inhale in (takes deep breath) 00:11:52.426 --> 00:11:54.888 Big exhale out. (blows out breath) 00:11:54.888 --> 00:11:57.813 And we're gonna step the right foot up behind the right hand 00:11:57.813 --> 00:12:01.767 and then the left foot up behind the left hand. 00:12:01.767 --> 00:12:02.788 Forward Fold. 00:12:02.788 --> 00:12:03.694 So big stretch here. 00:12:03.694 --> 00:12:05.575 Bend the knees as generously as you need to. 00:12:05.575 --> 00:12:09.290 Grab the elbows, rock a little side to side. 00:12:09.290 --> 00:12:12.889 This simple pose so good for the mind and body. 00:12:12.889 --> 00:12:16.604 Calming, cooling, soothing for the nervous system 00:12:16.604 --> 00:12:18.880 and your nerves, same thing. 00:12:18.880 --> 00:12:22.015 But your anxiety, right? (takes deep breath) 00:12:22.015 --> 00:12:25.962 Just that fear of the unknown. (blows out breath) 00:12:25.962 --> 00:12:28.957 That fear of not being perfect. 00:12:28.957 --> 00:12:31.744 Not being enough. (takes deep breath) 00:12:31.744 --> 00:12:35.087 We cancel, clear that by releasing the hands 00:12:35.087 --> 00:12:39.313 and inhaling lifting that flat back position. 00:12:39.313 --> 00:12:40.730 Find length here. 00:12:42.448 --> 00:12:44.004 Buttercup. 00:12:44.004 --> 00:12:45.559 And then exhale. 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:46.392 Beautiful. 00:12:46.392 --> 00:12:49.135 Forward Fold. (blows out breath) 00:12:49.135 --> 00:12:49.968 Here we go. 00:12:49.968 --> 00:12:53.169 Nice slow roll up, press into the earth with your feet. 00:12:53.169 --> 00:12:55.041 Bend the knees, tuck the chin to the chest 00:12:55.041 --> 00:12:58.958 and roll up nice and slow, enjoy this movement. 00:13:13.010 --> 00:13:16.251 And we'll meet in the Mountain Pose. 00:13:16.251 --> 00:13:18.225 And just take a hot second and I know this sounds cheesy, 00:13:18.225 --> 00:13:22.058 but to like, be in Mountain Pose and enjoy it. 00:13:23.055 --> 00:13:26.472 You know we have a lot of responsibility. 00:13:27.629 --> 00:13:30.926 As humans, as caretakers, as people, as partners, 00:13:30.926 --> 00:13:33.216 as friends, and to ourself, too. 00:13:33.216 --> 00:13:35.612 And I think just coming in to a shape that we call 00:13:35.612 --> 00:13:37.167 the Mountain Pose is quite fun. 00:13:37.167 --> 00:13:41.045 It reminds me of the days that I taught kids yoga. 00:13:41.045 --> 00:13:43.373 And so just close your eyes here and stand up nice and tall. 00:13:43.373 --> 00:13:46.624 We have nowhere to go, but just be here in the moment. 00:13:46.624 --> 00:13:49.155 Feel your feet so you might rock a little front, 00:13:49.155 --> 00:13:51.848 rock a little back, side to side. 00:13:51.848 --> 00:13:53.515 Maybe lift the toes. 00:13:55.424 --> 00:13:58.960 Just do your best to really feel your body in this moment. 00:13:58.960 --> 00:13:59.935 Stand up nice and tall. 00:13:59.935 --> 00:14:02.018 Big power pose here, too. 00:14:02.942 --> 00:14:04.242 Then deepen your breath. 00:14:04.242 --> 00:14:06.100 Go that extra mile. 00:14:06.100 --> 00:14:10.267 And soothe your soul with nice, long, smooth, deep breaths. 00:14:14.506 --> 00:14:15.852 Activate the upper back body 00:14:15.852 --> 00:14:19.335 by drawing the shoulder blades together. 00:14:19.335 --> 00:14:21.657 Reaching the fingertips down, 00:14:21.657 --> 00:14:24.095 as you lift up through that center channel. 00:14:24.095 --> 00:14:25.085 Something that we've been talking about 00:14:25.085 --> 00:14:28.357 on the channel, Yoga With Adriene channel, a lot, lately. 00:14:28.357 --> 00:14:30.911 Finding that lift up through the plumb line. 00:14:30.911 --> 00:14:34.994 Really connecting our energy within our practice. 00:14:36.745 --> 00:14:37.578 Great. 00:14:37.578 --> 00:14:41.329 Then find soft knees and inhale, reach for the sky. 00:14:41.329 --> 00:14:42.630 (takes deep breath) 00:14:42.630 --> 00:14:44.301 Exhale, take it all the way down, 00:14:44.301 --> 00:14:47.343 big Forward Fold here, surrender. 00:14:47.343 --> 00:14:49.038 And then inhale half-way lift. 00:14:49.038 --> 00:14:50.757 Open your heart. 00:14:50.757 --> 00:14:53.566 So we play with opening, lengthening. 00:14:53.566 --> 00:14:55.610 And then on an exhale, we bow, 00:14:55.610 --> 00:14:57.328 we play with surrendering. 00:14:57.328 --> 00:14:58.721 Finding a balance between the two. 00:14:58.721 --> 00:15:01.925 Inhale, reach for the sky, press into the earth. 00:15:01.925 --> 00:15:03.667 Lift your kneecaps, draw energy up 00:15:03.667 --> 00:15:05.641 from the arches of the feet. 00:15:05.641 --> 00:15:10.238 And exhale all the way back down, Forward Fold. 00:15:10.238 --> 00:15:12.885 Inhale, half-way lift, your version, just find length 00:15:12.885 --> 00:15:15.068 (takes deep breath) through the crown of the head 00:15:15.068 --> 00:15:17.390 from the tip of the tail. 00:15:17.390 --> 00:15:19.131 And then exhale, Forward Fold. 00:15:19.131 --> 00:15:21.198 You have to excuse me, I have little allergies 00:15:21.198 --> 00:15:22.661 out here in the park. 00:15:22.661 --> 00:15:26.748 Inhale, reach for the sky. (takes deep breath) 00:15:26.748 --> 00:15:30.416 Exhale, back down you go. (blows out breath) 00:15:30.416 --> 00:15:31.623 Start to move with your breath, 00:15:31.623 --> 00:15:32.947 really move with the breath. 00:15:32.947 --> 00:15:34.780 Inhale, half-way lift. 00:15:36.151 --> 00:15:38.821 Exhale to release. (blows out breath) 00:15:38.821 --> 00:15:40.029 Great. 00:15:40.029 --> 00:15:42.049 Plant the palms, step the right toes back 00:15:42.049 --> 00:15:42.955 followed by the left. 00:15:42.955 --> 00:15:45.300 We come into a strong Plank Pose. 00:15:45.300 --> 00:15:47.552 Say the mantra quietly to yourself, I am strong, 00:15:47.552 --> 00:15:49.719 as you rock front to back. 00:15:50.757 --> 00:15:52.568 Try to lift the hips, so if they're hanging low here 00:15:52.568 --> 00:15:55.099 you need to find that length from the crown to the tail. 00:15:55.099 --> 00:15:57.072 Really spike the heels back, you got this. 00:15:57.072 --> 00:15:58.512 Press away from your yoga mat. 00:15:58.512 --> 00:15:59.905 Careful not to lock through the elbows. 00:15:59.905 --> 00:16:02.459 So soft in the elbows here, buoyant. 00:16:02.459 --> 00:16:04.363 Then feel free to lower the knees here, no prob. 00:16:04.363 --> 00:16:05.315 Or shift your weight forward, 00:16:05.315 --> 00:16:07.034 we'll hug the elbows into the side body. 00:16:07.034 --> 00:16:10.354 Then slowly lower down to the belly. 00:16:10.354 --> 00:16:11.678 Press into the tops of the feet. 00:16:11.678 --> 00:16:13.595 Inhale, lift up, Cobra. 00:16:14.534 --> 00:16:16.066 And exhale to release. 00:16:16.066 --> 00:16:17.506 Curl the toes under, you got this. 00:16:17.506 --> 00:16:20.362 Press up to the push-up, inhale. (takes deep breath) 00:16:20.362 --> 00:16:21.779 Exhale, Down Dog. 00:16:23.450 --> 00:16:24.283 Great, great work. 00:16:24.283 --> 00:16:25.116 Let's keep going. 00:16:25.116 --> 00:16:28.404 Drop the left heel down, inhale, lift the right leg up high. 00:16:28.404 --> 00:16:30.865 Nose to knee, cultivate strength. 00:16:30.865 --> 00:16:33.443 Stay present as you step your right foot up. 00:16:33.443 --> 00:16:37.526 Pivot on the back foot and we roll up, Warrior I. 00:16:39.341 --> 00:16:40.641 Present in the body. 00:16:40.641 --> 00:16:43.265 Really drawing energy up from the ground. 00:16:43.265 --> 00:16:45.656 When you're ready reach the fingertips up high. 00:16:45.656 --> 00:16:48.396 Big beach ball up and overhead. 00:16:48.396 --> 00:16:49.836 Little detail note. 00:16:49.836 --> 00:16:52.065 Hug the lower ribs in, find that containment 00:16:52.065 --> 00:16:53.511 that we've been working on here. 00:16:53.511 --> 00:16:54.344 That support. 00:16:54.344 --> 00:16:56.071 Not only is this gonna support your back, 00:16:56.071 --> 00:17:00.877 but help you cultivate strength from your center, your core. 00:17:00.877 --> 00:17:02.311 Big breath in here. 00:17:02.311 --> 00:17:04.684 Big breath out as you open up Warrior II. 00:17:04.684 --> 00:17:06.704 Some people might like to take a wider stance here, 00:17:06.704 --> 00:17:09.769 everyone sink a little deeper, you got this. 00:17:09.769 --> 00:17:11.998 Pull the pinkies back. 00:17:11.998 --> 00:17:14.157 Then inhale, straighten the front leg. 00:17:14.157 --> 00:17:17.175 Take your gaze past your right fingertips. 00:17:17.175 --> 00:17:18.638 We're gonna bump the hips back. 00:17:18.638 --> 00:17:21.240 Keep length in both side bodies as long as possible 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:25.332 as you slowly tilt down, Triangle Pose, Trikonasana. 00:17:25.332 --> 00:17:27.608 Fingertips are gonna go maybe gently on the shin 00:17:27.608 --> 00:17:31.393 or just behind, or fingertips on the earth. 00:17:31.393 --> 00:17:34.621 Can also hover here for more core activation. 00:17:34.621 --> 00:17:37.686 Maybe you keep your gaze straight down. 00:17:37.686 --> 00:17:41.494 Maybe you take it all the way up or out, yogi's choice. 00:17:41.494 --> 00:17:44.605 Just don't press on the knee here. 00:17:44.605 --> 00:17:47.600 Big strong pose, lengthen through the crown of the head. 00:17:47.600 --> 00:17:49.203 Draw the shoulders away from the ears, 00:17:49.203 --> 00:17:50.364 work on that containment. 00:17:50.364 --> 00:17:51.501 Whoa, did you see that bird? 00:17:51.501 --> 00:17:52.384 Amazing. 00:17:52.384 --> 00:17:54.288 Inhale. Exhale. 00:17:54.288 --> 00:17:55.705 Slowly look down. 00:17:56.610 --> 00:17:57.910 Bend the front knee. 00:17:57.910 --> 00:17:59.164 We're gonna bring it all the way back 00:17:59.164 --> 00:18:00.812 to the low lunge here. 00:18:00.812 --> 00:18:02.275 And then find a twist, 00:18:02.275 --> 00:18:04.574 opening right fingertips up towards the sky. 00:18:04.574 --> 00:18:06.873 Big breath in here. (takes deep breath) 00:18:06.873 --> 00:18:08.963 Exhale, all the way back down to your lunge. 00:18:08.963 --> 00:18:09.796 Awesome work. 00:18:09.796 --> 00:18:11.128 Plant the palms, stick with me. 00:18:11.128 --> 00:18:12.591 Step the right toes back. 00:18:12.591 --> 00:18:15.865 Lower the knees or we begin to lower down, Chaturanga. 00:18:15.865 --> 00:18:19.023 So repeat, belly to Cobra, or now, Chaturanga, 00:18:19.023 --> 00:18:20.764 to Upward-Facing Dog. 00:18:20.764 --> 00:18:21.931 Big breath in. 00:18:22.808 --> 00:18:26.151 Big breath out sends you to Down Dog. 00:18:26.151 --> 00:18:28.380 So working to stay focused on the present, 00:18:28.380 --> 00:18:30.099 using the physical asana to do that. 00:18:30.099 --> 00:18:33.094 So stick with me, don't get frustrated with this pace. 00:18:33.094 --> 00:18:34.139 Take breaks when you need to. 00:18:34.139 --> 00:18:35.469 Drop the right heel. 00:18:35.469 --> 00:18:37.256 And inhale, lift the left leg up high. 00:18:37.256 --> 00:18:39.671 Slow and mindful here as we lift. (takes deep breath) 00:18:39.671 --> 00:18:41.767 And step it up all the way to your lunge. 00:18:41.767 --> 00:18:43.067 (blows out breath) 00:18:43.067 --> 00:18:46.318 Pivot on the back foot, find your foundation first, 00:18:46.318 --> 00:18:49.993 then roll it up, Warrior I, you got this. 00:18:49.993 --> 00:18:51.943 Big power pose here. 00:18:51.943 --> 00:18:54.683 Notice how you feel as you take this shape. 00:18:54.683 --> 00:18:59.234 Press it to the outer edge of the back foot, strong legs. 00:18:59.234 --> 00:19:01.928 Then find that Uddiyana Bandha, drawing the navel inward 00:19:01.928 --> 00:19:04.343 and upward, that support from within. 00:19:04.343 --> 00:19:06.874 That support that you need, that you crave, is within. 00:19:06.874 --> 00:19:10.566 So we're just kind of lighting a fire and tapping into that. 00:19:10.566 --> 00:19:12.145 Big stretch. 00:19:12.145 --> 00:19:13.259 Big inhale. 00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:15.535 Exhale, Warrior II. (blows out breath) 00:19:15.535 --> 00:19:19.702 Big stretch, big inhale. (takes deep breath) 00:19:21.108 --> 00:19:22.106 Beautiful. 00:19:22.106 --> 00:19:24.544 Then headed into Triangle on this side as well. 00:19:24.544 --> 00:19:25.589 We'll spread the fingertips 00:19:25.589 --> 00:19:27.702 and move nice and slow, what's the rush? 00:19:27.702 --> 00:19:30.477 We'll straighten the front leg, inhale (takes deep breath), 00:19:30.477 --> 00:19:33.380 bump the hips back and exhale, we begin to stretch, 00:19:33.380 --> 00:19:34.842 reach towards the front edge of your mat 00:19:34.842 --> 00:19:36.143 with the left fingertips. 00:19:36.143 --> 00:19:39.300 And eventually dial the heart down. 00:19:39.300 --> 00:19:40.383 Open up here. 00:19:41.344 --> 00:19:43.364 Stacking the shoulders, staying connected 00:19:43.364 --> 00:19:44.902 to the outer edge of that back foot. 00:19:44.902 --> 00:19:46.040 Breathe. 00:19:46.040 --> 00:19:50.556 (takes deep breath) (blows out breath) 00:19:50.556 --> 00:19:54.353 (takes deep breath) (blows out breath. 00:19:54.353 --> 00:19:56.721 Big breath in. (takes deep breath) 00:19:56.721 --> 00:19:59.345 Then exhale, slowly look down. (blows out breath) 00:19:59.345 --> 00:20:01.328 Soften through that front knee. 00:20:01.328 --> 00:20:03.627 We'll pivot the back foot, come back to your lunge. 00:20:03.627 --> 00:20:05.252 Right hand on the ground, keep going, 00:20:05.252 --> 00:20:07.621 swift movement here as we inhale, open up. 00:20:07.621 --> 00:20:08.921 (takes deep breath) 00:20:08.921 --> 00:20:09.754 Big twist. 00:20:11.197 --> 00:20:13.114 Exhale, hand back down. 00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:16.375 Plant the palms, move through a Vinyasa 00:20:16.375 --> 00:20:19.516 or take it straight to Child's Pose. 00:20:19.516 --> 00:20:24.275 That's where we'll meet, resting for just a moment. 00:20:24.275 --> 00:20:28.844 Hips back, heart melts, forehead down, we surrender. 00:20:28.844 --> 00:20:31.844 (takes deep breath) 00:20:35.764 --> 00:20:39.931 Stay active with your breath. (blows out breath) 00:20:41.383 --> 00:20:44.309 Appreciate your body and appreciate yourself 00:20:44.309 --> 00:20:46.079 for showing up on your mat, 00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:50.162 attempting to shift, stir the energy of the body. 00:20:58.293 --> 00:21:00.290 And then draw your navel up towards your spine. 00:21:00.290 --> 00:21:03.471 Connect to your center as you roll back up. 00:21:03.471 --> 00:21:04.934 Make our way to Downward-Facing Dog. 00:21:04.934 --> 00:21:06.304 You're doing awesome work. 00:21:06.304 --> 00:21:08.556 Let's send the hips up high, heart back. 00:21:08.556 --> 00:21:11.505 Stay present, big breath in. (takes deep breath) 00:21:11.505 --> 00:21:14.222 Big exhale out. (blows out breath) 00:21:14.222 --> 00:21:16.428 Bend the knees, inhale, look forward. 00:21:16.428 --> 00:21:19.702 Step up to the top or hop up to the top. 00:21:19.702 --> 00:21:22.186 Forward-Fold. (takes deep breath) 00:21:22.186 --> 00:21:25.182 Inhale to lift half-way, find length. 00:21:25.182 --> 00:21:27.875 Exhale to release. (blows out breath) 00:21:27.875 --> 00:21:30.389 Inhale, sweep the arms all the way up and overhead. 00:21:30.389 --> 00:21:32.688 Full body stretch here. (takes deep breath) 00:21:32.688 --> 00:21:37.007 Exhale, hands to heart this time, Namaste. 00:21:37.007 --> 00:21:39.932 Now swim the fingertips behind. 00:21:39.932 --> 00:21:41.767 You guys hear those ducks, so funny. 00:21:41.767 --> 00:21:44.925 And interlace the fingertips behind the tail. 00:21:44.925 --> 00:21:47.061 Then draw the knuckles down first, 00:21:47.061 --> 00:21:49.290 so straight down towards the heels first. 00:21:49.290 --> 00:21:50.457 And then away. 00:21:51.612 --> 00:21:52.445 So that's the action. 00:21:52.445 --> 00:21:53.795 So rather than just taking them away, 00:21:53.795 --> 00:21:57.045 kind of circumventing this stretch here. 00:21:57.045 --> 00:21:59.901 Nice and strong and stable, we draw the knuckles down. 00:21:59.901 --> 00:22:03.498 And we open our hearts as we lift the hands away. 00:22:03.498 --> 00:22:06.401 We're working to get the palms together, really together. 00:22:06.401 --> 00:22:10.975 But, for now, we can square the wrists here, like so. 00:22:10.975 --> 00:22:12.955 So there's couple options, 00:22:12.955 --> 00:22:15.300 but we are working to get the palms together perhaps. 00:22:15.300 --> 00:22:16.133 Okay. 00:22:16.133 --> 00:22:17.506 Inhale, find length. 00:22:17.506 --> 00:22:19.967 Exhale, bend the knees, belly comes to the tops 00:22:19.967 --> 00:22:21.854 of the thighs as the hips go back. 00:22:21.854 --> 00:22:23.061 And the knuckles draw a big rainbow 00:22:23.061 --> 00:22:24.547 all the way up and overhead, 00:22:24.547 --> 00:22:27.143 really reaching out through the neck and shoulders here. 00:22:27.143 --> 00:22:30.997 Make sure you're not clenching in the neck. 00:22:30.997 --> 00:22:34.271 Soften, your eyebrows here if you're clenching, 00:22:34.271 --> 00:22:35.618 and the skin of the face. 00:22:35.618 --> 00:22:37.824 Big breath in. (takes deep breath) 00:22:37.824 --> 00:22:39.565 Big breath out. (blows out breath) 00:22:39.565 --> 00:22:41.957 Now one more breath here to lift up halfway, 00:22:41.957 --> 00:22:43.698 knuckles reach back. 00:22:43.698 --> 00:22:44.929 Lengthen through the crown of the head. 00:22:44.929 --> 00:22:48.505 So big stretch here, lengthen, hug the lower ribs in. 00:22:48.505 --> 00:22:51.918 And then exhale, release everything, soft and sweet. 00:22:51.918 --> 00:22:54.635 So we're balancing the effort and the ease, right? 00:22:54.635 --> 00:22:56.191 The strength and the grace today. 00:22:56.191 --> 00:22:58.118 Plant the palms, step it back or hop it back. 00:22:58.118 --> 00:23:01.253 Inhale in, exhale, plank. (blows out breath) 00:23:01.253 --> 00:23:04.225 Beautiful, soft elbows here, find a little buoyancy. 00:23:04.225 --> 00:23:05.293 And we're gonna breathe here. 00:23:05.293 --> 00:23:06.477 So rather than a vinyasa here, 00:23:06.477 --> 00:23:08.172 just working on building strength, 00:23:08.172 --> 00:23:10.262 cultivating strength in our plank. 00:23:10.262 --> 00:23:11.841 Feel free to lower the knees. 00:23:11.841 --> 00:23:13.420 If you want a little extra, 00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:17.791 you can add some slow, mindful Mountain Climbers. 00:23:17.791 --> 00:23:20.020 Everyone breathe deep. (takes deep breath) 00:23:20.020 --> 00:23:22.946 Remember the neck is a nice, long extension of the spine. 00:23:22.946 --> 00:23:23.991 (blows out breath) 00:23:23.991 --> 00:23:26.499 So we're here, we're here. 00:23:26.499 --> 00:23:29.192 We're doing some slow Mountain Climbers, 00:23:29.192 --> 00:23:31.955 mindful Mountain Climbers. 00:23:31.955 --> 00:23:35.253 Say that five times fast, mindful Mountain Climbers. 00:23:35.253 --> 00:23:37.691 Mindful Mountain Climbers. 00:23:37.691 --> 00:23:39.316 And then send it back Downward-Facing Dog. 00:23:39.316 --> 00:23:41.290 Awesome work. (takes deep breath) 00:23:41.290 --> 00:23:42.558 All right, here we go. (blows out breath) 00:23:42.558 --> 00:23:46.248 So now that we've lit up that awareness in the core. 00:23:46.248 --> 00:23:47.081 We're gonna drop the left heel 00:23:47.081 --> 00:23:49.232 and inhale with the right leg up high. 00:23:49.232 --> 00:23:51.275 Exhale, nose to knee. (blows out breath) 00:23:51.275 --> 00:23:53.249 Then step it up, you got it. 00:23:53.249 --> 00:23:54.619 Pivot on the back foot. 00:23:54.619 --> 00:23:56.202 Roll up, Warrior I. 00:23:58.380 --> 00:24:00.215 Take a second here to ground. 00:24:00.215 --> 00:24:05.044 Find places to root and then find places to lift, to rise. 00:24:05.044 --> 00:24:08.156 So that's what it's all about, finding that balance 00:24:08.156 --> 00:24:12.323 between the two opposing forces, or two opposing energies. 00:24:14.263 --> 00:24:16.933 And the idea is that when we work to find balance, 00:24:16.933 --> 00:24:19.139 a sense of ease, or sense of you in that. 00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:22.472 Then we can be present with just what is 00:24:23.852 --> 00:24:28.293 instead of having all this fear and anxiety. 00:24:28.293 --> 00:24:29.315 Easier said than done, right? 00:24:29.315 --> 00:24:31.312 But let's use our practice to explore that at least. 00:24:31.312 --> 00:24:33.843 Inhale, lift and lengthen. 00:24:33.843 --> 00:24:36.304 Then exhale, send the fingertips back. 00:24:36.304 --> 00:24:38.069 Airplane arms. 00:24:38.069 --> 00:24:41.250 Now lift the left heel, stay connected to your center. 00:24:41.250 --> 00:24:42.876 Lift the left heel, pivot. 00:24:42.876 --> 00:24:44.780 Then come into a little high lunge variation here. 00:24:44.780 --> 00:24:45.894 Big stretch. 00:24:45.894 --> 00:24:47.845 And then keep the fingertips reaching back. 00:24:47.845 --> 00:24:49.772 No fear, we're gonna fly here. 00:24:49.772 --> 00:24:51.479 Find a (mumbles) focal point, 00:24:51.479 --> 00:24:54.033 something to focus your gaze upon out front. 00:24:54.033 --> 00:24:56.007 I'm gonna do this on a slant too, let's see. 00:24:56.007 --> 00:25:00.174 Inhale in, and exhale, we lift off, Warrior III, we fly. 00:25:01.487 --> 00:25:03.692 Soft bend in the standing leg. 00:25:03.692 --> 00:25:04.528 No fear. 00:25:04.528 --> 00:25:07.036 And no fear of falling too. 00:25:07.036 --> 00:25:09.062 A friend of mine, the beautiful woman that comes 00:25:09.062 --> 00:25:11.881 to my classes recently, shared with me that 00:25:11.881 --> 00:25:16.048 there's no more yoga moment than when you're falling, 00:25:17.305 --> 00:25:19.720 because you're in a complete surrender. 00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:22.437 And I like that, I paraphrased it. 00:25:22.437 --> 00:25:24.457 So we're playing with Warrior III here. 00:25:24.457 --> 00:25:28.010 You can interlace the fingertips just like we did before. 00:25:28.010 --> 00:25:30.750 Or work with airplane arms. 00:25:30.750 --> 00:25:34.488 After a couple minutes of playtime flying, 00:25:34.488 --> 00:25:35.858 stay present with how you feel. 00:25:35.858 --> 00:25:39.364 No fear, we're gonna step all the way back to high lunge. 00:25:39.364 --> 00:25:41.756 Woo, reach the arms all the way up. 00:25:41.756 --> 00:25:43.753 Beautiful big breath in. (takes deep breath) 00:25:43.753 --> 00:25:45.355 Big breath out, Warrior II. 00:25:45.355 --> 00:25:46.330 Beautiful work. 00:25:46.330 --> 00:25:48.420 Pull the pinkies back. (blows out breath) 00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:50.765 Inhale, look forward. (takes deep breath) 00:25:50.765 --> 00:25:52.901 Exhale, relax the shoulders down. (blows out breath) 00:25:52.901 --> 00:25:55.061 Trikonasana, straighten the front leg. 00:25:55.061 --> 00:25:56.274 Get another chance at this. 00:25:56.274 --> 00:25:57.505 Create length. 00:25:57.505 --> 00:25:58.828 Reach. 00:25:58.828 --> 00:26:00.828 And slowly we tilt down. 00:26:02.938 --> 00:26:03.771 Play. 00:26:05.469 --> 00:26:07.302 Play with your breath. 00:26:12.157 --> 00:26:14.897 Trying to draw the right rib cage up, 00:26:14.897 --> 00:26:17.147 opening up towards the sky. 00:26:18.751 --> 00:26:22.211 Inhale in, exhale, send your gaze down. 00:26:22.211 --> 00:26:24.928 Soft and easy, we'll bring the left fingertips down. 00:26:24.928 --> 00:26:27.389 Then the right knee, repeat the twist. 00:26:27.389 --> 00:26:28.271 So we pivot on the back foot. 00:26:28.271 --> 00:26:30.291 Inhale, right fingertips up high. 00:26:30.291 --> 00:26:32.497 Pull the right hip crease back. 00:26:32.497 --> 00:26:34.709 A little detox, letting go of that which 00:26:34.709 --> 00:26:36.961 we don't need anymore and it doesn't serve us. 00:26:36.961 --> 00:26:39.028 And then back down we go. 00:26:39.028 --> 00:26:41.629 Straight to Down Dog or move through a vinyasa. 00:26:41.629 --> 00:26:44.462 Or you might go back to the plank. 00:26:46.342 --> 00:26:48.223 We'll meet hips up high, 00:26:48.223 --> 00:26:51.195 heart melting back down, we're Facing Dog. 00:26:51.195 --> 00:26:52.774 Big breath in. (takes deep breath) 00:26:52.774 --> 00:26:53.607 Big breath out. 00:26:53.607 --> 00:26:56.635 Same thing on the other side and then we're done. 00:26:56.635 --> 00:26:59.117 Right heel grounds down, inhale, lift the left leg up high. 00:26:59.117 --> 00:26:59.950 (takes deep breath) 00:26:59.950 --> 00:27:01.523 Exhale, nose to knee, cultivate strength. 00:27:01.523 --> 00:27:02.684 (blows out breath) 00:27:02.684 --> 00:27:05.029 Step it up, pivot on the back foot. 00:27:05.029 --> 00:27:07.196 Warrior I, take your time. 00:27:09.743 --> 00:27:13.689 Then notice your attitude on this one. 00:27:13.689 --> 00:27:14.966 Just notice. 00:27:14.966 --> 00:27:16.243 Fingertips reach. 00:27:16.243 --> 00:27:17.869 Strong in the back leg. 00:27:17.869 --> 00:27:20.841 Inhale in, big stretch. (takes deep breath) 00:27:20.841 --> 00:27:23.258 Going through your checklist. 00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:29.362 When you're ready, inhale, find length. 00:27:29.362 --> 00:27:32.822 And then exhale, send the fingertips back, airplane arms. 00:27:32.822 --> 00:27:34.424 Slowly we soften through that back leg, 00:27:34.424 --> 00:27:36.427 and we're gonna pivot on the back foot. 00:27:36.427 --> 00:27:39.794 So I have a little place to lift off from. 00:27:39.794 --> 00:27:41.234 And then no fear. 00:27:41.234 --> 00:27:43.231 Inhale in, find your drishti. 00:27:43.231 --> 00:27:45.483 On an exhale, lift off. (blows out breath) 00:27:45.483 --> 00:27:46.316 We fly. 00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:52.426 So take a variation that feels good on this one. 00:27:52.426 --> 00:27:53.749 I'll stop talking and let you listen 00:27:53.749 --> 00:27:55.776 to the sound of your breath. 00:27:55.776 --> 00:27:58.585 Playing here. (blows out breath) 00:27:58.585 --> 00:28:02.752 (takes deep breath) (blows out breath) 00:28:11.983 --> 00:28:14.142 And after a little bit of playtime, 00:28:14.142 --> 00:28:16.790 smile, inhale in, don't look back, trust. 00:28:16.790 --> 00:28:19.553 Step it back, all the way right toes to the mat. 00:28:19.553 --> 00:28:22.037 High lunge, sweep the arms up and overhead. 00:28:22.037 --> 00:28:23.082 Awesome work. 00:28:23.082 --> 00:28:24.545 Big breath in. (takes deep breath) 00:28:24.545 --> 00:28:27.006 Big breath out, Warrior II. (blows out breath) 00:28:27.006 --> 00:28:28.585 Aw, life is good. 00:28:28.585 --> 00:28:30.304 Relax the shoulders. 00:28:30.304 --> 00:28:32.509 Inhale, look forward. (takes deep breath) 00:28:32.509 --> 00:28:36.676 Exhale, find your foundation. (blows out breath) 00:28:38.036 --> 00:28:39.708 Then Trikonasana one last time, 00:28:39.708 --> 00:28:41.426 straightening that front leg. 00:28:41.426 --> 00:28:43.818 While bringing the hips back, finding length. 00:28:43.818 --> 00:28:45.814 And moving slow. 00:28:45.814 --> 00:28:49.981 Staying aware, paying attention to how you feel here. 00:28:51.457 --> 00:28:53.707 As you evolve this posture. 00:29:01.378 --> 00:29:02.749 (blows out breath) 00:29:02.749 --> 00:29:05.666 Listen to the sound of your breath. 00:29:09.901 --> 00:29:10.734 Inhale in. 00:29:11.921 --> 00:29:15.590 And on an exhale gently send your gaze back down. 00:29:15.590 --> 00:29:17.633 And slowly we'll soften through that left knee, 00:29:17.633 --> 00:29:19.885 pivot on the back foot, right hand comes to the earth. 00:29:19.885 --> 00:29:23.218 Big twist here, inhale, open your heart. 00:29:24.669 --> 00:29:27.014 And exhale all the way down. 00:29:27.014 --> 00:29:28.361 Awesome work. 00:29:28.361 --> 00:29:29.940 Last call. 00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:31.023 Four vinyasa. 00:29:31.867 --> 00:29:32.700 Take it or leave it. 00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:35.582 Send it straight to Child's Pose. 00:29:35.582 --> 00:29:38.090 Or you might insert some mindful Mountain Climbers here. 00:29:38.090 --> 00:29:39.923 Or take one last flow. 00:29:43.964 --> 00:29:46.194 We'll meet in extended Child's Pose. 00:29:46.194 --> 00:29:48.144 (takes deep breath) 00:29:48.144 --> 00:29:49.723 Big toes together. 00:29:49.723 --> 00:29:51.390 Knees nice and wide. 00:29:54.135 --> 00:29:57.052 (blows out breath) 00:30:01.913 --> 00:30:05.211 This time, go ahead and bring the palms together. 00:30:05.211 --> 00:30:08.328 And gently bring them right behind 00:30:08.328 --> 00:30:09.594 the back of the head here, 00:30:09.594 --> 00:30:13.913 maybe walking the elbows out a little bit. 00:30:13.913 --> 00:30:15.213 Big stretch in the shoulders. 00:30:15.213 --> 00:30:16.792 If you want more, you can actually, 00:30:16.792 --> 00:30:20.461 undo the palms and pretend you're holding 00:30:20.461 --> 00:30:23.378 a ball here or block over the head. 00:30:24.733 --> 00:30:27.483 Opening up through the shoulders. 00:30:32.419 --> 00:30:34.834 Take one more loving breath in here. 00:30:34.834 --> 00:30:36.274 (takes deep breath) 00:30:36.274 --> 00:30:37.272 And then on your exhale, 00:30:37.272 --> 00:30:40.453 release the hands back down to the mat. 00:30:40.453 --> 00:30:42.218 Great, slowly lift the head up. 00:30:42.218 --> 00:30:44.635 We'll come back to all fours. 00:30:47.210 --> 00:30:49.486 And this time, I'm gonna bring the two big toes 00:30:49.486 --> 00:30:51.367 together if they aren't already. 00:30:51.367 --> 00:30:55.291 And I'm gonna press up off the mat with my palms 00:30:55.291 --> 00:30:56.847 and bring the knees super-wide. 00:30:56.847 --> 00:30:59.912 Kind of coming in to a little Froggie Pose here. 00:30:59.912 --> 00:31:02.234 Come up to the center now. 00:31:02.234 --> 00:31:06.344 So you're gonna stay here in Froggie, stretching the feet. 00:31:06.344 --> 00:31:10.177 Maybe you try to come to a total balance here. 00:31:12.706 --> 00:31:14.958 Or maybe you practice Crow. 00:31:14.958 --> 00:31:17.635 So we're gonna start with, or we're gonna end with rather, 00:31:17.635 --> 00:31:19.237 one last no fear posture, 00:31:19.237 --> 00:31:21.768 just to kind of get us out of our heads. 00:31:21.768 --> 00:31:23.347 And into our bodies and play. 00:31:23.347 --> 00:31:26.830 Nothing like a balancing posture to kind of 00:31:26.830 --> 00:31:29.128 show you the truth of where you're at 00:31:29.128 --> 00:31:33.128 in that day and just help you to accept what is. 00:31:34.074 --> 00:31:37.766 And trust that everything is as it should be. 00:31:37.766 --> 00:31:41.046 You just have to work to honor yourself. 00:31:41.046 --> 00:31:43.275 And enjoy the ride. 00:31:43.275 --> 00:31:46.665 So we're here in the Toestand, we're here in Froggie. 00:31:46.665 --> 00:31:49.080 Or we're working for a little Bakasana here. 00:31:49.080 --> 00:31:51.704 So just take a couple moments to play. 00:31:51.704 --> 00:31:52.958 Stay connected with your breath. 00:31:52.958 --> 00:31:53.817 The minute you stop breathing, 00:31:53.817 --> 00:31:56.284 you need to come back to the Froggie Pose. 00:31:56.284 --> 00:31:59.117 Let's have a little playtime here. 00:32:11.795 --> 00:32:14.094 So the body is prepped for Bakasana, for Crow, 00:32:14.094 --> 00:32:15.677 side body strength. 00:32:16.973 --> 00:32:19.640 Side body length, core strength. 00:32:20.851 --> 00:32:22.871 Shoulders open. 00:32:22.871 --> 00:32:23.704 Hips open. 00:32:25.124 --> 00:32:28.491 Might just work here in Froggie, beautiful. 00:32:28.491 --> 00:32:29.324 Or strong. 00:32:31.045 --> 00:32:33.738 Same principles, core strength, side body length, 00:32:33.738 --> 00:32:36.655 and the Toestand balancing posture. 00:32:41.842 --> 00:32:44.187 Wherever you are, take a couple more breaths. 00:32:44.187 --> 00:32:46.104 Playing, experimenting. 00:32:52.546 --> 00:32:53.379 Whoa. 00:33:00.464 --> 00:33:03.762 And then after you're done playing. 00:33:03.762 --> 00:33:05.666 Wherever you are, come back to the Froggie, 00:33:05.666 --> 00:33:07.918 that's where we'll all meet. (takes deep breath) 00:33:07.918 --> 00:33:08.922 And we're gonna draw the palms together, 00:33:08.922 --> 00:33:09.898 big balancing posture. 00:33:09.898 --> 00:33:11.988 Inhale in. (takes deep breath) 00:33:11.988 --> 00:33:14.820 Exhale out. (blows out breath) 00:33:14.820 --> 00:33:15.912 Beautiful. 00:33:15.912 --> 00:33:18.884 Swim the fingertips behind, close the knees together. 00:33:18.884 --> 00:33:21.624 No fear, just doing things maybe our bodies 00:33:21.624 --> 00:33:23.946 don't normally do on an everyday basis. 00:33:23.946 --> 00:33:26.453 And then reaching fingertips back, 00:33:26.453 --> 00:33:28.961 and then lots of flexibility in the feet required here, 00:33:28.961 --> 00:33:31.376 so, maybe make adjustments if you need to. 00:33:31.376 --> 00:33:34.047 Just coming right back to sit on your bum, 00:33:34.047 --> 00:33:36.312 sending the legs out long. 00:33:36.312 --> 00:33:37.729 Yeah, great work. 00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.934 So really fancy. 00:33:39.934 --> 00:33:41.490 Oh hey, bumblebee. 00:33:41.490 --> 00:33:42.511 Really fancy posture here. 00:33:42.511 --> 00:33:43.788 Go ahead and center yourself on the mat. 00:33:43.788 --> 00:33:45.762 We're just gonna lean back on our hands. 00:33:45.762 --> 00:33:49.617 And then just pretend like you are a sweet child, 00:33:49.617 --> 00:33:51.567 maybe you are a child practicing this, welcome. 00:33:51.567 --> 00:33:55.734 We love you, we're so glad to have yogis of all ages here. 00:33:56.838 --> 00:33:58.069 So just shake the legs a little. 00:33:58.069 --> 00:34:01.110 Pretend like you're watching your favorite show. 00:34:01.110 --> 00:34:04.367 Life is good, windshield wiper the legs. 00:34:04.367 --> 00:34:05.923 If you like anatomy, you might close your eyes 00:34:05.923 --> 00:34:08.338 and imagine what's going on in your hip socket here. 00:34:08.338 --> 00:34:10.799 Just gentle, maybe look at your feet. 00:34:10.799 --> 00:34:12.958 See your sweet feet, imagine your feet 00:34:12.958 --> 00:34:13.956 as an innocent child. 00:34:13.956 --> 00:34:16.487 I know this all sounds silly, but it's just so helpful 00:34:16.487 --> 00:34:19.553 to get out of the seriousness of the things 00:34:19.553 --> 00:34:21.085 that we cannot control. 00:34:21.085 --> 00:34:23.476 How many times have we, just like, 00:34:23.476 --> 00:34:24.731 looked back on something and gone, 00:34:24.731 --> 00:34:29.097 oh, I wish I hadn't been a jealous, raging you know what. 00:34:29.097 --> 00:34:31.186 Or I wish I had just realized that 00:34:31.186 --> 00:34:33.462 everything would work out or et cetera. 00:34:33.462 --> 00:34:37.129 Alright, after a little bit of silly shaking 00:34:37.989 --> 00:34:39.453 left to right, go ahead and find that, 00:34:39.453 --> 00:34:42.326 so pressing into the heels, we balance it out 00:34:42.326 --> 00:34:43.998 with a little structure, lifting the head 00:34:43.998 --> 00:34:46.413 over the heart, the heart over the pelvis. 00:34:46.413 --> 00:34:49.687 Palms can come at the sides here. 00:34:49.687 --> 00:34:50.893 Pressing down into the earth. 00:34:50.893 --> 00:34:53.495 Or fingertips, just depends on your arm length. 00:34:53.495 --> 00:34:54.958 Big breath in. 00:34:54.958 --> 00:34:56.699 Big breath out. 00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:59.300 Close your eyes for two more breath cycles, you got this. 00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:01.529 Really firming top of the thighs down, 00:35:01.529 --> 00:35:03.991 flexing the toes up towards the sky, lift your hearts. 00:35:03.991 --> 00:35:08.158 (takes deep breath) (blows out breath) 00:35:11.746 --> 00:35:14.509 Great, then press in to the palms, lift the knees, 00:35:14.509 --> 00:35:16.738 draw the hips down towards the heels. 00:35:16.738 --> 00:35:19.989 Palms come together, interlace. 00:35:19.989 --> 00:35:23.077 Little index finger forward here as we roll it down. 00:35:23.077 --> 00:35:25.864 (blows out breath) 00:35:25.864 --> 00:35:27.954 Arms reach up and overhead, straighten the legs, 00:35:27.954 --> 00:35:29.765 full body stretch, life is good. 00:35:29.765 --> 00:35:32.574 Inhale lots of love in. (takes deep breath) 00:35:32.574 --> 00:35:35.454 Exhale, right arm on top, give yourself a hug. 00:35:35.454 --> 00:35:38.402 Arms cross over the chest. (blows out breath) 00:35:38.402 --> 00:35:39.726 Maybe use the fingertips to give yourself 00:35:39.726 --> 00:35:41.559 a little massage here. 00:35:42.721 --> 00:35:46.460 And then inhale, arms up and overhead. (takes deep breath) 00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:48.039 And then exhale, left arm on top. 00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:49.920 Go ahead and soften through the feet and the toes. 00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:52.837 (blows out breath) 00:35:54.378 --> 00:35:56.045 And close your eyes. 00:35:57.466 --> 00:36:00.485 And then inhale, arms up and overhead. 00:36:00.485 --> 00:36:04.652 And then exhale, release the arms gently down at your side. 00:36:10.887 --> 00:36:15.054 Wherever you are, in your mind, your heart, your body. 00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:20.766 Wherever you are, practicing this around the globe. 00:36:23.287 --> 00:36:26.050 I send you support and hugs. 00:36:26.050 --> 00:36:29.626 And also acknowledge you, appreciate you, and honor you. 00:36:29.626 --> 00:36:31.507 And admire you for showing up on your mat 00:36:31.507 --> 00:36:35.802 to work out, yes, but to also work it out. 00:36:35.802 --> 00:36:37.149 (soft laugh) 00:36:37.149 --> 00:36:39.634 So cheers to you and cheers to us. 00:36:39.634 --> 00:36:41.793 And we bow to this beautiful practice. 00:36:41.793 --> 00:36:43.744 As we settle in for Shavasana 00:36:43.744 --> 00:36:45.903 by bringing the palms together. 00:36:45.903 --> 00:36:48.248 Or you can take one hand over the heart 00:36:48.248 --> 00:36:51.011 and one hand over the belly. 00:36:51.011 --> 00:36:53.124 Take a deep breath in. (takes deep breath) 00:36:53.124 --> 00:36:55.429 Whisper it to yourself. (blows out breath) 00:36:55.429 --> 00:36:58.541 Our final words, recognition, 00:36:58.541 --> 00:37:02.000 honoring the light in me and the light in you. 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:06.342 The light in oneself and the light in others. 00:37:06.342 --> 00:37:08.130 Deep breath in. (takes deep breath) 00:37:08.130 --> 00:37:09.797 And we say, Namaste. 00:37:12.078 --> 00:37:14.911 (energetic music)