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- Hey guys, welcome to 
the Yoga With Adriene Vlog.

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I am Adriene and I am here to

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wish you a very 
Happy Thanksgiving.

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No doubt the theme of 
this vlog is gratitude

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and although I joke 
around a lot I really,

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really wanted 
to do a vlog today.

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One, because we're 
all at home on

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our computers cause 
we have the day off and

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we're stuffed full of food, 
but no, two, because

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one of the kind 
of sister practices

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to my physical 
yoga asana practice,

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is truely a gratitude practice.

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As much as we 
talk about our practice

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being infused with the breath,

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I feel like our practice 
is infused with gratitude,

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or at least it's 
a place to aim for.

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Gratitude is so 
important in our daily lives and

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we can 
cultivate gratitude in our

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daily lives through a practice.

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So a couple of things I 
just wanted to share with you

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about creating a 
gratitude ritual.

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And first of all 
if you're already like

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rolling your eyes and about
to go onto like Reddit now

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and watch somebody slipping on

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the turkey gibbets or 
something stick with me

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because I just 
want to say that this

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kind of idea of 
cultivating gratitude is

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seriously something everyone
can do and will benefit from.

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So it's not just 
for the om shanti yogis,

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or, you know, anyone 
of a particular religion,

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or background or whatever.

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I think that cultivating 
a gratitude practice is

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truly something we 
can all benefit from.

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And just my personal 
humble opinion I feel like

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even if we all 
were to spend just an

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ounce more time 
focusing on gratitude,

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the world would be a much
happier, more beautiful place.

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So, you know, I don't mean to go

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as far to be like, "The 
secret of yoga is gratitude,"

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but the secret of 
yoga is gratitude.

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And since we 
have a yoga channel,

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and a yoga 
lifestyle channel I would be

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remiss if we didn't 
have a vlog just giving

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a special shout-out to gratitude
and a gratitude practice.

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So, some concrete ways, 'cause

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you guys are so 
good about asking,

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"Like what Adriene, like what?"
So here we go:

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like for instance,
write it down.

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Write it down; even if it's
just three things for a day.

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Maybe give yourself a week.

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Seven days of a 
gratitude practice.

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Each night or each morning,
each lunchtime,

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whenever's good for you.

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You can even use your, 
I don't have my phone here,

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but you can use your 
smartphone, the notes.

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You know, the notes section of

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your smartphone, 
you can do it here.

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Or if you're more 
of a pen and paper

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type guy or gal 
or on your computer.

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Write down three things 
each day for seven days,

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that your grateful for, 
that your gratitude for.

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That you're grateful for. 
Three things.

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I think you'll notice 
that right away you'll like

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have more than three things
which is a beautiful thing.

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But just three 
things for seven days.

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Or you can like 
be a teachers pet

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and do this for a whole month.

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See how that goes.

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That's a great little ritual.

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If you want you 
can practice this,

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just connecting 
to three things at

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the end of your 
practice in Shavasana.

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It's a great 
little gratitude ritual.

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If you're a coffee 
person or you drink

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a morning coffee or morning tea,

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that's a great 
maybe moment to connect to

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three things while 
your coffee is brewing or

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while you're sipping 
your hot cocoa or your tea,

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connect to three things there.

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In traffic, in the car,
before you

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jam your jam on the 
radio or on your iPhone,

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connect to three 
things that your,

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I almost did it again, 
that you're gratitude for

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(laughs) I'm 
grateful for the ability to

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articulate and speak 
clearly and thoughtfully.

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Last one I want to say 
and my mom taught me this,

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so it's a shout-out to my momma;

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hi mom, Melba. 
Hey Melba. Hey mom.

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Is whenever you're 
feeling down or blue,

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or you're feeling 
like poo-poo, kaka, shit,

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connect back to gratitude.

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My mom used to tell me this and

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I still do this to 
this day as an adult.

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Whenever you're feeling sad or

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you're feeling like, you know,
that moment where you're like,

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"This is a bad day,"
"A bad hair day."

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"The world's, you know,
against me."

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"Everything's 
going against my wishes,

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"my desires, and my soul."

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Start going through 
that gratitude list.

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And don't stop at 
three for heavens sake,

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start with, I'm 
thankful for the blue sky.

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I'm thankful for 
this Earth beneath me.

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I'm thankful for this body,
this breath and

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then veer off from 
there and take it away.

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And man, thank you mom cause

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that has really 
proved to be an awesome tool

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and of course just 
infuses my gratitude practice.

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So yeah, practice 
gratitude when you can.

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Focus on the things 
you're grateful for.

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Gosh, we have so many 
things to be grateful for.

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I think you'll notice 
that not only will this

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infuse your yoga
practice with more

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lusciousness, more juiciness,
more yummy-ness

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but your daily life.

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Consider it kind of 
an energetic hygiene

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which we talk 
about in yoga a lot.

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Spiritual hygiene if you will.

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That's right, 
(snaps finger) I went there.

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A spiritual, 
energetic hygiene if you will.

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You're keeping your 
vibrational levels high by

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connecting to gratitude,

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improving the 
quality of your life.

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And of course, as I say in my
public classes all the time,

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when we take the 
time to do the work,

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say thanks, we improve 
the quality of our lives but

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by focusing on 
that self-love we also

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of course 
increase our chances or

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our capability of improving the

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lives of others,
those around us.

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Starting of course 
with our loved ones

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and then moving beyond that too.

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Serving others 
in any way we can.

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Alright, so self love,
confidence, all that

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yummy goodness 
starts with gratitude,

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in my Yoga With Adriene opinion.

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So share this 
with your loved ones

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today on this Thanksgiving.

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If you're not 
celebrating Thanksgiving today,

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we can still 
celebrate gratitude,

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depending what 
culture you are watching from;

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what culture? What part of the
world you're watching from.

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Let's spread gratitude today.

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So you can do this 
by sharing this video.

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By commenting below, maybe lets,

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actually let's start out now.

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Three things 
you're grateful for.

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Leave them in the 
comment box below.

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If you want to leave 
more then three you can

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but let's all 
leave three things.

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Share this with our loved ones.

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Make sure to say thank you
and give thanks for everything

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both on and off the mat 
and let me know how it goes.

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Like anything else 
I think it's a practice.

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It definitely takes 
a focus and a choice,

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a conscious decision to say
stop, drop, and be grateful.

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That was so cheesy. (laughs)
Stop, drop, and be grateful.

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Alright, I am very 
grateful for all of you.

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If you're still 
listening to this,

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bless you, I am 
so grateful for you.

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All of us at the 
Yoga With Adriene channel,

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(laughs) there's two of us.

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We're both very 
grateful for all of you and

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Chris is behind 
the camera right now so

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I'm gonna break the 
fourth wall and say,

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Chris I'm very 
grateful for you and

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yeah, I look forward to 
the holiday season with you.

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We have lots of 
great stuff coming up.

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Won't even bother 
talking about it now,

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let's just keep it real 
on the gratitude train but

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stay tuned for 
lots more and Namaste.

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The great, great 
word of gratitude.

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The divine in me 
bows to the divine in you.

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Have a happy 
Thanksgiving everyone.

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Namaste.

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(upbeat music)