WEBVTT 00:00:00.434 --> 00:00:01.325 - What's up everyone? 00:00:01.325 --> 00:00:02.703 Welcome to Revolution Yoga. 00:00:02.703 --> 00:00:03.937 It's day 12. 00:00:03.937 --> 00:00:04.938 You're doing awesome. 00:00:04.938 --> 00:00:07.107 Today is a swift and strong practice 00:00:07.107 --> 00:00:10.110 that's gonna guide us to be in sync, 00:00:11.011 --> 00:00:12.980 so say bye, bye, bye to the rest of your day 00:00:12.980 --> 00:00:14.648 and let's come into the now. 00:00:14.648 --> 00:00:16.216 Let's get started. 00:00:16.216 --> 00:00:19.720 (lively orchestral music) 00:00:24.391 --> 00:00:28.128 Alright, let's begin with Cat-Cow today, jumping right in, 00:00:28.128 --> 00:00:30.890 using the flow of Cat-Cow 00:00:30.890 --> 00:00:33.400 to synchronize with our breath 00:00:33.400 --> 00:00:35.002 and to tune in. 00:00:35.002 --> 00:00:38.971 So take your time getting there, 00:00:38.971 --> 00:00:41.575 and then right away you're gonna move with your breath. 00:00:41.575 --> 00:00:45.679 So inhaling, you drop the belly and open the chest. 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:48.749 And on your exhale you round through. 00:00:50.417 --> 00:00:53.020 And so, as you start to move with your breath, 00:00:53.020 --> 00:00:57.224 I'll just speak to you a little bit about today's practice, 00:00:57.224 --> 00:01:01.395 syncing up with the breath and the power of the breath, 00:01:02.462 --> 00:01:06.400 but you can also consider today's sync practice 00:01:07.734 --> 00:01:10.971 an opportunity to synchronize 00:01:12.833 --> 00:01:17.508 or become more receptive to synchronicity. 00:01:21.014 --> 00:01:22.783 Warming up the spine. 00:01:25.752 --> 00:01:28.455 Since we're moving in sun salutations today, 00:01:28.455 --> 00:01:30.090 we'll definitely want to take a moment here 00:01:30.090 --> 00:01:32.259 to really warm up through the spine 00:01:32.259 --> 00:01:35.062 but also connect to the breath. 00:01:35.062 --> 00:01:38.165 And one thing to consider is really using the inhale 00:01:38.165 --> 00:01:42.881 to find buoyancy, a lift, and the exhale 00:01:42.881 --> 00:01:46.711 to find a grounding or a contraction, 00:01:47.341 --> 00:01:50.544 squeezing the abdominals as you empty out. 00:01:50.544 --> 00:01:52.813 So the last couple days we've really been building up 00:01:52.813 --> 00:01:55.984 for today's practice, so that you can do it 00:01:55.984 --> 00:01:58.000 in a supportive way. 00:02:05.092 --> 00:02:08.095 And when you feel pretty good, evened out here, 00:02:08.095 --> 00:02:10.297 make your way to Downward Facing Dog. 00:02:10.297 --> 00:02:12.065 Curl the toes under. 00:02:12.065 --> 00:02:15.035 Move thoughtfully, lovingly. 00:02:15.035 --> 00:02:17.371 Start to deepen your breath. 00:02:18.839 --> 00:02:20.474 Take your dog for a little walk. 00:02:20.474 --> 00:02:21.541 Hips up high. 00:02:22.409 --> 00:02:23.777 Find your alignment. 00:02:23.777 --> 00:02:26.013 Align with what feels good. 00:02:26.013 --> 00:02:27.363 Stay present. 00:02:32.119 --> 00:02:33.987 And then, for those who are willing, 00:02:33.987 --> 00:02:36.323 this might be a bit cheesy for most, 00:02:36.323 --> 00:02:38.158 but whatever this means to you, 00:02:38.158 --> 00:02:41.061 see if you can just sync up with the now. 00:02:41.061 --> 00:02:45.232 So we tend to live in the future, dwell in the past, 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:50.623 see if you can choose to sync up with the now. 00:02:54.674 --> 00:02:56.877 Then make your way to the top of your mat, 00:02:56.877 --> 00:02:59.012 a nice Forward Fold. 00:02:59.012 --> 00:03:00.210 Uttanasana. 00:03:05.352 --> 00:03:07.821 Take a couple moments here. 00:03:07.821 --> 00:03:09.589 Whoa, I had a oxygen bubble. 00:03:09.589 --> 00:03:10.657 (laughs) 00:03:10.657 --> 00:03:15.395 Take a couple moments here to sway a little side-to-side. 00:03:15.395 --> 00:03:16.830 Again, come into the now. 00:03:16.830 --> 00:03:19.690 Sync up to the now. 00:03:19.690 --> 00:03:23.942 Snuggle up to the now with your breath. 00:03:31.711 --> 00:03:33.213 Honor where you are today, 00:03:33.213 --> 00:03:35.482 so we take all the practices thus far 00:03:35.482 --> 00:03:38.552 and we bring 'em into this present moment, 00:03:38.552 --> 00:03:41.621 and we're gonna explore today with the sun salutation 00:03:41.621 --> 00:03:44.991 variations, moving with the breath. 00:03:44.991 --> 00:03:48.495 So here we go, big inhale lifts you up halfway. 00:03:48.495 --> 00:03:50.897 When you get there, pause and continue to breathe 00:03:50.897 --> 00:03:55.068 and refine, finding that length from the crown to the tail, 00:03:56.036 --> 00:03:59.873 engaging the upper abs, hugging the lower ribs in. 00:03:59.873 --> 00:04:00.941 Draw the navel up. 00:04:00.941 --> 00:04:03.043 Pull the elbows back, shoulders back, 00:04:03.043 --> 00:04:05.378 find more length in the neck. 00:04:05.378 --> 00:04:07.180 Then take one more deep breath in. 00:04:07.180 --> 00:04:09.216 Find a buoyancy on the inhale, 00:04:09.216 --> 00:04:12.786 and then again, use the exhale to really empty out 00:04:12.786 --> 00:04:14.572 as you fold down. 00:04:17.057 --> 00:04:18.325 Beautiful. 00:04:18.325 --> 00:04:19.826 Slowly roll it up. 00:04:25.732 --> 00:04:27.992 Stack it, sync it. 00:04:29.236 --> 00:04:31.037 Rise up strong. 00:04:31.037 --> 00:04:33.707 Lift your heart, lengthen through the crown. 00:04:33.707 --> 00:04:35.041 Relax your shoulders. 00:04:35.041 --> 00:04:38.445 Find places to lift, places to ground. 00:04:39.646 --> 00:04:40.947 Now big breath. 00:04:40.947 --> 00:04:44.851 As you lift your heart, find buoyancy, expansion, 00:04:44.851 --> 00:04:46.686 fill the lungs with air. 00:04:46.686 --> 00:04:48.421 Then on the exhale, really empty out, 00:04:48.421 --> 00:04:51.258 engage the abdominals, squeeze and contract, 00:04:51.258 --> 00:04:53.593 hug the lower ribs in. 00:04:53.593 --> 00:04:55.061 Again, big breath in. 00:04:55.061 --> 00:04:56.296 Fill it up. 00:04:56.296 --> 00:04:57.831 Find expansion. 00:04:57.831 --> 00:04:59.566 Open your heart. 00:04:59.566 --> 00:05:01.802 And then exhale, draw the navel in. 00:05:01.802 --> 00:05:05.305 Squeeze the abdominal wall, contract. 00:05:05.305 --> 00:05:06.907 Notice if the tailbone's going out here. 00:05:06.907 --> 00:05:08.542 Remember what we've been working on, 00:05:08.542 --> 00:05:11.244 finding that length, that grounding here 00:05:11.244 --> 00:05:14.014 as you lift up through the heart. 00:05:15.148 --> 00:05:16.016 Fabulous. 00:05:16.016 --> 00:05:18.151 We're gonna take the arms all the way up and overhead, 00:05:18.151 --> 00:05:21.288 and you'll just grab opposite elbows here. 00:05:21.288 --> 00:05:24.357 And then try to maintain this connection of your center, 00:05:24.357 --> 00:05:27.194 navel drawing in, and the tailbone lengthening down 00:05:27.194 --> 00:05:29.529 as you pull the elbows back. 00:05:30.764 --> 00:05:32.365 Breathe deep here. 00:05:32.365 --> 00:05:33.967 Soften through the skin of the face. 00:05:33.967 --> 00:05:36.503 Make sure you're not creating or holding 00:05:36.503 --> 00:05:41.474 any tension anywhere, so sometimes we create tension 00:05:41.474 --> 00:05:42.742 and we don't even realize, 00:05:42.742 --> 00:05:45.579 so use the power of the breath and your awareness 00:05:45.579 --> 00:05:49.716 to find places to soften, places to ground, 00:05:49.716 --> 00:05:52.419 and then use your inhale to find expansion, 00:05:52.419 --> 00:05:56.223 to lift your heart, your chest even more. 00:05:56.223 --> 00:05:59.059 Take one more deep breath in. 00:05:59.059 --> 00:06:00.594 Then exhale, release. 00:06:00.594 --> 00:06:03.496 Opposite arm, so we'll just reverse the clasp 00:06:03.496 --> 00:06:06.199 and then inhale one more time, opening up, 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:08.868 hugging the lower ribs in, lengthening the tailbone down, 00:06:08.868 --> 00:06:10.270 grounding through the feet. 00:06:10.270 --> 00:06:14.074 Make sure you're not gripping in the toes. 00:06:14.074 --> 00:06:16.209 Big inhale to find buoyancy. 00:06:16.209 --> 00:06:19.412 Fill the lungs with air, max capacity here. 00:06:19.412 --> 00:06:21.548 Pull the elbows back gently. 00:06:21.548 --> 00:06:26.186 And exhale to hug the lower ribs in, navel to spine, 00:06:26.186 --> 00:06:28.321 tailbone lengthens down. 00:06:28.321 --> 00:06:30.924 Awesome, inhale to reach up. 00:06:30.924 --> 00:06:35.528 Exhale, rain it down all the way, Forward Fold. 00:06:35.528 --> 00:06:37.464 Big inhale lifts you up halfway. 00:06:37.464 --> 00:06:38.832 Find that length. 00:06:38.832 --> 00:06:40.066 Tailbone reaches back. 00:06:40.066 --> 00:06:41.901 Crown reaches forward. 00:06:42.936 --> 00:06:45.538 And exhale to soften and bow. 00:06:45.538 --> 00:06:49.542 Beautiful, bring the fingertips to the mat, feet together. 00:06:49.542 --> 00:06:52.145 And we'll step the right foot back, nice, low lunge. 00:06:52.145 --> 00:06:53.847 Back knee lowered or lifted. 00:06:53.847 --> 00:06:56.883 Inhale, loop the shoulders, open the chest. 00:06:56.883 --> 00:07:00.687 Again, use the inhale to find expansion, buoyancy, 00:07:00.687 --> 00:07:02.455 and then the exhale to contract. 00:07:02.455 --> 00:07:03.690 Draw the navel to the spine. 00:07:03.690 --> 00:07:05.158 Plant the palms. 00:07:05.158 --> 00:07:07.994 Step the left toes back to Plank. 00:07:07.994 --> 00:07:10.530 Again, big inhale to find expansion. 00:07:10.530 --> 00:07:12.132 Lift up between the shoulder blades, 00:07:12.132 --> 00:07:14.768 so your heart space is pressing up towards the ceiling. 00:07:14.768 --> 00:07:17.437 Then exhale to lower the knees. 00:07:17.437 --> 00:07:19.539 Keep this line in the spine nice and long. 00:07:19.539 --> 00:07:21.441 Hug the elbows into the side body. 00:07:21.441 --> 00:07:22.809 Inhale in. 00:07:22.809 --> 00:07:24.477 Find length. 00:07:24.477 --> 00:07:28.782 Exhale, lower all the way down to the belly. 00:07:28.782 --> 00:07:29.816 Release the feet. 00:07:29.816 --> 00:07:32.319 Inhale, Cobra, open the chest. 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:34.421 Again, inhale to find buoyancy. 00:07:34.421 --> 00:07:35.922 Exhale to contract. 00:07:35.922 --> 00:07:37.557 Chin draws in. 00:07:37.557 --> 00:07:39.225 Curl the toes under. 00:07:39.225 --> 00:07:41.861 Inhale, find buoyancy, Plank. 00:07:41.861 --> 00:07:45.016 Exhale, Downward Facing Dog. 00:07:45.932 --> 00:07:47.600 Deep breath in here. 00:07:48.935 --> 00:07:51.671 Long breath out through the nose. 00:07:53.340 --> 00:07:54.174 Gorgeous. 00:07:54.174 --> 00:07:55.942 Step the right foot up. 00:07:55.942 --> 00:07:57.610 Back knee lowered or lifted. 00:07:57.610 --> 00:07:59.512 Inhale, open the chest. 00:08:00.413 --> 00:08:02.148 Find a buoyancy here. 00:08:03.416 --> 00:08:05.485 Exhale, draw the chin in. 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:08.521 Plant the palms, step it back. 00:08:08.521 --> 00:08:09.356 Inhale. 00:08:10.223 --> 00:08:12.325 Press away from your yoga mat. 00:08:12.325 --> 00:08:16.629 Exhale, lower belly to Cobra or Chaturanga to Up Dog. 00:08:16.629 --> 00:08:18.765 Inhale, open the chest, the heart, 00:08:18.765 --> 00:08:21.067 press into your foundation. 00:08:21.067 --> 00:08:25.238 And then exhale back to Plank or straight to Down Dog. 00:08:27.273 --> 00:08:30.143 So use the exhale to go back to that Down Dog. 00:08:30.143 --> 00:08:32.645 Take a deep breath in. 00:08:32.645 --> 00:08:33.947 Long breath out. 00:08:35.548 --> 00:08:37.784 Inhale to look forward. 00:08:37.784 --> 00:08:39.953 Exhale to step to the top. 00:08:42.020 --> 00:08:43.490 Inhale, halfway lift. 00:08:43.490 --> 00:08:44.870 Find length. 00:08:46.226 --> 00:08:48.161 Exhale, soften and bow. 00:08:50.430 --> 00:08:53.600 Inhale, bend the knees, reach for the sky, 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:56.302 careful not to grip in the toes. 00:08:56.302 --> 00:08:58.304 And exhale, down you go. 00:09:00.807 --> 00:09:02.770 Inhale, halfway lift. 00:09:05.211 --> 00:09:08.281 Exhale, moving with the breath, fold. 00:09:11.217 --> 00:09:14.087 Beautiful, inhale, fingertips to the mat. 00:09:14.087 --> 00:09:16.556 Step the right foot back. 00:09:16.556 --> 00:09:17.957 Find your foundation. 00:09:17.957 --> 00:09:18.958 Breathe out. 00:09:20.460 --> 00:09:24.297 Inhale, open the chest, look forward. 00:09:24.297 --> 00:09:27.367 Exhale, plant the palms, step it back, plank. 00:09:27.367 --> 00:09:28.935 Big inhale in. 00:09:28.935 --> 00:09:31.029 Exhale, belly to Cobra or 00:09:31.029 --> 00:09:33.239 Chaturanga to Upward Facing Down. 00:09:33.239 --> 00:09:36.609 Take the inhale to open your chest. 00:09:36.609 --> 00:09:39.679 And then exhale, Downward Facing Dog. 00:09:41.948 --> 00:09:43.083 Big breath in. 00:09:44.784 --> 00:09:46.119 Long breath out. 00:09:48.088 --> 00:09:51.257 Inhale, step the right foot up. 00:09:51.257 --> 00:09:54.160 Exhale, low lunge, ground. 00:09:54.160 --> 00:09:57.096 Inhale, loop the shoulders, open the chest. 00:09:57.096 --> 00:09:59.866 Find a buoyancy here, a lightness. 00:09:59.866 --> 00:10:03.736 And then exhale, plant the palms, step it back. 00:10:03.736 --> 00:10:06.940 Big inhale, press away from your yoga mat, light it up. 00:10:06.940 --> 00:10:11.511 And then exhale, moving with your breath, nice and slow. 00:10:11.511 --> 00:10:15.014 Inhale to open the chest, Cobra or Up Dog. 00:10:16.249 --> 00:10:20.420 And exhale to release, Downward Facing Dog. 00:10:20.420 --> 00:10:23.323 Big breath in when you get there. 00:10:23.323 --> 00:10:25.711 And then on the exhale, empty it out. 00:10:25.711 --> 00:10:27.760 Draw the abdominals in, in, in. 00:10:27.760 --> 00:10:30.597 Empty it out, empty, empty, empty. 00:10:32.265 --> 00:10:35.401 Beautiful, then inhale, look forward. 00:10:35.401 --> 00:10:38.505 And exhale, make your way to the top. 00:10:40.340 --> 00:10:42.876 Take a couple moments here, Forward Fold. 00:10:42.876 --> 00:10:46.346 Tap into a more audible breath here best you can. 00:10:46.346 --> 00:10:48.348 So maybe that's Ujjayi. 00:10:48.348 --> 00:10:52.519 Maybe you let a couple exhales out through the mouth. 00:10:58.124 --> 00:11:01.427 Bend the knees, maybe clasp the elbows again, 00:11:01.427 --> 00:11:04.030 couple breaths, lighting up a more 00:11:04.030 --> 00:11:06.366 audible breath to work with. 00:11:07.800 --> 00:11:09.869 Then we'll sync up with that audible breath. 00:11:09.869 --> 00:11:12.105 As we inhale, halfway lift. 00:11:13.640 --> 00:11:15.041 And exhale, fold. 00:11:17.076 --> 00:11:19.078 Inhale, root down through the feet. 00:11:19.078 --> 00:11:21.247 Inhale, reach for the sky. 00:11:22.215 --> 00:11:23.983 All the way up you go. 00:11:23.983 --> 00:11:28.154 And exhale, rain it back down all the way, forward fold. 00:11:30.089 --> 00:11:32.191 Big inhale lifts you up halfway. 00:11:32.191 --> 00:11:33.359 Pull the elbows back. 00:11:33.359 --> 00:11:34.994 Open up through the chest. 00:11:34.994 --> 00:11:36.896 Exhale, soften and bow. 00:11:37.830 --> 00:11:42.268 This time plant the palms, step it right back to Plank. 00:11:42.268 --> 00:11:44.370 Inhale, shift forward on the toes. 00:11:44.370 --> 00:11:47.674 Exhale, belly to Cobra or Chaturanga to Up Dog. 00:11:47.674 --> 00:11:51.244 Use your inhale to open, find buoyancy. 00:11:51.244 --> 00:11:55.315 And your exhale to contract, Downward Facing Dog. 00:11:57.016 --> 00:12:00.053 Walk the feet together here arch to arch. 00:12:00.053 --> 00:12:01.454 Press away from your yoga mat. 00:12:01.454 --> 00:12:04.457 Lift your hip creases up towards the sky. 00:12:04.457 --> 00:12:06.960 Inhale, right leg up high. 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:08.695 Exhale, knee to nose. 00:12:10.463 --> 00:12:13.399 Inhale, right leg up high. 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:14.734 Syncing up with the breath. 00:12:14.734 --> 00:12:16.169 Exhale, knee to nose. 00:12:16.169 --> 00:12:18.071 Claw into the fingerprints. 00:12:18.071 --> 00:12:20.306 Inhale, lift the right leg up high. 00:12:20.306 --> 00:12:23.176 And exhale, knee to nose. 00:12:23.176 --> 00:12:24.744 Step the right foot up. 00:12:24.744 --> 00:12:26.846 Back knee lowered or lifted. 00:12:26.846 --> 00:12:29.248 Inhale, loop the shoulders, open the chest. 00:12:29.248 --> 00:12:31.484 Reach the left heel back. 00:12:31.484 --> 00:12:33.319 Exhale, plant the palms. 00:12:33.319 --> 00:12:36.389 Step the right toes back or maybe you work with Eka Pada, 00:12:36.389 --> 00:12:38.157 a one-legged vinyasa here. 00:12:38.157 --> 00:12:39.859 Moving with your breath. 00:12:39.859 --> 00:12:42.695 Inhale to open your heart. 00:12:42.695 --> 00:12:44.864 And exhale, Downward Facing Dog. 00:12:44.864 --> 00:12:47.300 Stick with me, big breath in. 00:12:48.468 --> 00:12:50.203 Walk the feet together. 00:12:50.203 --> 00:12:53.673 Big breath out as you drop the heels. 00:12:53.673 --> 00:12:55.541 They don't have to come close to the mat, 00:12:55.541 --> 00:12:57.243 just the intention of reaching back 00:12:57.243 --> 00:12:58.878 through the back of the leg. 00:12:58.878 --> 00:13:01.881 Inhale, lift the left leg up high. 00:13:01.881 --> 00:13:03.650 Exhale, knee to nose. 00:13:05.418 --> 00:13:08.921 Inhale, lifting up from the left inner thigh. 00:13:08.921 --> 00:13:12.725 Exhale, knee to nose, moving with the breath. 00:13:12.725 --> 00:13:15.862 Inhale, left leg up high, last time. 00:13:15.862 --> 00:13:17.063 Exhale, knee to nose. 00:13:17.063 --> 00:13:19.465 Really round through the spine, empty, empty, empty out. 00:13:19.465 --> 00:13:23.903 Draw you abdominals up and in, and then step it up. 00:13:23.903 --> 00:13:25.405 Beautiful, loop the shoulders. 00:13:25.405 --> 00:13:27.607 Inhale, smile, open the chest. 00:13:27.607 --> 00:13:28.474 Big stretch. 00:13:28.474 --> 00:13:31.644 Full body experience, look forward. 00:13:31.644 --> 00:13:32.945 Then exhale, plant the palms. 00:13:32.945 --> 00:13:34.147 Move through your flow. 00:13:34.147 --> 00:13:35.415 Synchronize with your breath. 00:13:35.415 --> 00:13:37.417 Maybe you do one-legged. 00:13:38.418 --> 00:13:41.187 Inhale to open the chest. 00:13:41.187 --> 00:13:43.056 Exhale takes you to Down Dog. 00:13:43.056 --> 00:13:46.526 Take a wide Down Dog this time, toes wide. 00:13:47.527 --> 00:13:49.128 Toes turn in slightly. 00:13:49.128 --> 00:13:52.432 Maybe you take the hands out wide. 00:13:52.432 --> 00:13:54.667 Shake the head loose. 00:13:54.667 --> 00:13:57.470 Find that nice, audible breath. 00:13:57.470 --> 00:14:00.807 (exhaling and inhaling) 00:14:04.510 --> 00:14:07.413 Beautiful, and then walk the toes back in line, 00:14:07.413 --> 00:14:09.115 hands back in line. 00:14:09.115 --> 00:14:11.150 Inhale, we'll look forward. 00:14:11.150 --> 00:14:14.887 And exhale to make your way to the top. 00:14:14.887 --> 00:14:18.491 Inhale, halfway lift, find length. 00:14:18.491 --> 00:14:21.000 Exhale to soften and bow. 00:14:22.862 --> 00:14:24.097 Press into your feet. 00:14:24.097 --> 00:14:26.265 Inhale, reach for the sky. 00:14:27.734 --> 00:14:31.738 And this time, exhale, hands to heart. 00:14:31.738 --> 00:14:34.874 Soften your gaze downward or close your eyes 00:14:34.874 --> 00:14:37.613 if you feel comfortable, observe your body, 00:14:37.613 --> 00:14:39.502 observe your breath. 00:14:41.581 --> 00:14:44.016 And find a little peace here. 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:48.357 Presence. 00:14:51.257 --> 00:14:53.726 Keep a gentle lift in your heart. 00:14:53.726 --> 00:14:56.462 Syncing up with that heart space. 00:14:57.463 --> 00:15:00.533 Oh, it's so hard not to sing NSYNC right now. 00:15:00.533 --> 00:15:04.704 ♫ You're tearin' up my heart when I'm with you 00:15:11.978 --> 00:15:16.149 ♫ 'Cause when we are apart I see it too 00:15:18.084 --> 00:15:20.419 Release the fingertips down. 00:15:21.487 --> 00:15:24.490 And we'll come to, you can stand in the middle of your mat, 00:15:24.490 --> 00:15:28.494 but we'll come to just stand feet arch to arch. 00:15:30.496 --> 00:15:33.132 So we sync up with the vinyasa, right, 00:15:33.132 --> 00:15:36.569 we use the tools of the vinyasa to move with the breath, 00:15:36.569 --> 00:15:37.970 to move with intention. 00:15:37.970 --> 00:15:41.607 Now let's see if we can put that same sort of attention, 00:15:41.607 --> 00:15:45.878 of syncing and synchronization into a balancing posture, 00:15:45.878 --> 00:15:47.847 so we'll bring the feet together, 00:15:47.847 --> 00:15:50.116 create a nice, strong base. 00:15:51.651 --> 00:15:53.052 Sorry about the NSYNC moment. 00:15:53.052 --> 00:15:54.620 It was a little off key too, I'm ashamed. 00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:57.523 My voice teacher would not like that. 00:15:57.523 --> 00:15:58.491 We're keepin' it real. 00:15:58.491 --> 00:16:00.927 So squeezing into the midline. 00:16:00.927 --> 00:16:03.029 Find that lift up through the heart, 00:16:03.029 --> 00:16:04.597 and then bring the palms back together 00:16:04.597 --> 00:16:06.432 if they aren't already there, just as a little reminder 00:16:06.432 --> 00:16:09.435 to lift the sternum up to the thumbs. 00:16:09.435 --> 00:16:11.838 And again, we're not grasping for straws here. 00:16:11.838 --> 00:16:15.241 We're present and we're syncing up with the now, what is. 00:16:15.241 --> 00:16:17.009 So, before you catch your right knee, 00:16:17.009 --> 00:16:21.940 just slowly peel the right knee up and work there. 00:16:27.353 --> 00:16:28.988 And remember, it's all connected. 00:16:28.988 --> 00:16:31.224 When you're ready, you might grab the right knee 00:16:31.224 --> 00:16:35.094 or right ankle, rather, and open up that hip. 00:16:35.094 --> 00:16:37.263 Now, we're gonna bring the right heel all the way up 00:16:37.263 --> 00:16:39.866 to the midline here, or below the knee, 00:16:39.866 --> 00:16:41.767 or keep the toes on the ground, 00:16:41.767 --> 00:16:44.337 and we're gonna still work on opening up through the hip 00:16:44.337 --> 00:16:46.906 and finding that lift up through the front body, 00:16:46.906 --> 00:16:48.641 and that grounding through the back body 00:16:48.641 --> 00:16:52.245 as a way of kind of syncing up these two opposing forces 00:16:52.245 --> 00:16:54.547 that we've been playing with. 00:16:54.547 --> 00:16:57.133 And, 00:16:57.133 --> 00:17:00.149 that our hatha yoga practice 00:17:00.149 --> 00:17:04.656 asks us to examine. 00:17:04.656 --> 00:17:07.560 So, if your foot is pressing up against the thigh, 00:17:07.560 --> 00:17:09.795 most people do know this, but see if you can 00:17:09.795 --> 00:17:13.299 really work with this idea of pressing back 00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:16.602 with the left inner thigh and finding that lift, 00:17:16.602 --> 00:17:18.003 that support from within that you've been 00:17:18.003 --> 00:17:19.839 working on this week. 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:21.406 Lifting up through the armpit chest. 00:17:21.406 --> 00:17:23.376 If you want to take a variation here, please do, 00:17:23.376 --> 00:17:25.377 but move with your breath. 00:17:25.377 --> 00:17:27.880 Inhale to find expansion. 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:30.383 Exhale to contract and ground. 00:17:32.785 --> 00:17:34.620 We're not gripping in the toes here. 00:17:34.620 --> 00:17:35.788 Soft and easy. 00:17:46.132 --> 00:17:48.768 Beautiful, take one more breath. 00:17:51.804 --> 00:17:55.541 And then exhale, release hands to heart. 00:17:55.541 --> 00:17:58.144 Bring the right knee all the way up to the chest 00:17:58.144 --> 00:18:01.480 for a standing one-legged Tadasana here. 00:18:02.448 --> 00:18:04.250 Now check it out, we're gonna inhale, 00:18:04.250 --> 00:18:05.851 kick the right foot back. 00:18:05.851 --> 00:18:08.487 So don't worry about Warrior III or Superman, 00:18:08.487 --> 00:18:10.323 just work with the sensations of the breath. 00:18:10.323 --> 00:18:12.091 So we inhale, kick it back. 00:18:12.091 --> 00:18:14.293 Keep the right toes down. 00:18:14.293 --> 00:18:16.562 So you use the inhale to find expansion, 00:18:16.562 --> 00:18:18.931 and then exhale, draw the navel in, 00:18:18.931 --> 00:18:22.034 draw the right knee back to the chest. 00:18:22.034 --> 00:18:22.868 Yes. 00:18:22.868 --> 00:18:24.136 Inhale, expand. 00:18:27.406 --> 00:18:31.777 And exhale, draw it back in and really find that engagement. 00:18:31.777 --> 00:18:32.912 (exhaling breath) 00:18:32.912 --> 00:18:35.915 Beautiful, and one more time, inhale to expand. 00:18:35.915 --> 00:18:38.918 Find length in Cat-Cow here. 00:18:38.918 --> 00:18:43.356 And then exhale, rounding through, squeeze and lift. 00:18:43.356 --> 00:18:45.191 Beautiful, place the right foot down. 00:18:45.191 --> 00:18:47.126 Shake it off if you need to. 00:18:47.126 --> 00:18:51.297 And when you're ready, we'll take it to the other side. 00:18:52.632 --> 00:18:56.202 So, we'll go ahead and turn to the side for this one. 00:18:56.202 --> 00:18:59.338 So when you're ready, lifting that left knee up 00:18:59.338 --> 00:19:02.842 without catching it, finding that connect. 00:19:04.710 --> 00:19:08.447 Noticing what needs to come, what needs to sync up, 00:19:08.447 --> 00:19:11.717 what is feeling detached, what needs to come along 00:19:11.717 --> 00:19:14.754 for the ride, what muscles, what sensations, 00:19:14.754 --> 00:19:17.753 what subtle energy needs to say yes 00:19:17.753 --> 00:19:20.459 in order to lift this knee up with ease. 00:19:22.695 --> 00:19:24.597 Or with thoughtfulness. 00:19:26.132 --> 00:19:28.000 When you're ready, maybe you come into your Tree Pose, 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:29.835 so often, especially in our public classes, 00:19:29.835 --> 00:19:32.838 they move so swiftly that it's like, okay, Tree Pose, 00:19:32.838 --> 00:19:35.007 you're like, and then you just hold there and grip there 00:19:35.007 --> 00:19:39.111 and pray that you stay there 'til it ends. 00:19:39.111 --> 00:19:40.680 Nah. Nah, nah, nah. 00:19:40.680 --> 00:19:41.914 (laughs) 00:19:41.914 --> 00:19:43.683 Let's play here. 00:19:43.683 --> 00:19:45.684 A little different approach. 00:19:45.684 --> 00:19:46.786 Just playing. 00:19:51.657 --> 00:19:54.026 So if the foot is above the knee, 00:19:54.026 --> 00:19:56.729 use your right inner thigh to press back, back, back, 00:19:56.729 --> 00:19:59.098 back, back into the midline. 00:19:59.098 --> 00:20:01.967 We, of course, roll out through the top of the left thigh, 00:20:01.967 --> 00:20:03.836 lengthen that tailbone down. 00:20:03.836 --> 00:20:05.871 And synchronize with your breath here 00:20:05.871 --> 00:20:08.808 as you inhale to find expansion. 00:20:08.808 --> 00:20:11.610 And then you exhale to draw in navel, 00:20:11.610 --> 00:20:13.546 abdominal wall engages. 00:20:15.181 --> 00:20:17.883 And then you have a couple moments here to just be yourself 00:20:17.883 --> 00:20:21.821 and really just notice what's going on today. 00:20:21.821 --> 00:20:24.256 Maybe you are a swaying tree. 00:20:25.825 --> 00:20:28.494 Maybe you are a frustrated tree. 00:20:30.930 --> 00:20:34.667 Maybe your tree is throwin' up Wu-Tang today. 00:20:36.068 --> 00:20:38.876 So just explore 00:20:38.876 --> 00:20:43.206 and use that audible breath to stay present 00:20:44.911 --> 00:20:46.779 with the sensations. 00:20:49.415 --> 00:20:52.785 I feel like through finding this idea of syncing up 00:20:52.785 --> 00:20:55.554 with where you are each day in your body, 00:20:55.554 --> 00:20:59.258 that is really the way that we find peace. 00:20:59.258 --> 00:21:00.392 (laughs) 00:21:00.392 --> 00:21:03.329 That reality of inner peace and that strength from within, 00:21:03.329 --> 00:21:06.999 it's really not from checkin' off the poses. 00:21:08.601 --> 00:21:10.536 Alright, one more breath. 00:21:10.536 --> 00:21:12.505 Use an exhale to bring the hands to the heart 00:21:12.505 --> 00:21:14.006 even if you're standing there, you already thought 00:21:14.006 --> 00:21:16.575 of the pose, rock on, bring the hands to the heart 00:21:16.575 --> 00:21:19.645 and everyone come to a standing one-legged Tadasana, 00:21:19.645 --> 00:21:23.415 lifting left knee up towards the chest. 00:21:23.415 --> 00:21:27.086 So, let's move from the breath, okay, 00:21:27.086 --> 00:21:30.689 the body is moving because the breath is moving it, 00:21:30.689 --> 00:21:33.659 so we'll inhale, feel that expansion, imagine it. 00:21:33.659 --> 00:21:35.361 Even if you can't feel it, maybe you can use your 00:21:35.361 --> 00:21:38.164 creative brain to imagine this expansion in the lungs. 00:21:38.164 --> 00:21:40.432 Press away from your standing leg. 00:21:40.432 --> 00:21:43.569 And then use the exhale to draw the navel to the spine, 00:21:43.569 --> 00:21:45.671 keep pressing into your standing leg as you kick 00:21:45.671 --> 00:21:48.040 the left foot back. 00:21:48.040 --> 00:21:49.308 Left toes to the ground. 00:21:49.308 --> 00:21:50.743 Lift your left inner thigh. 00:21:50.743 --> 00:21:52.444 Draw it in. 00:21:52.444 --> 00:21:55.214 Beautiful, inhale, standing one-legged Tadasana. 00:21:55.214 --> 00:21:58.851 Inhale, find expansion, a buoyant balloon of a breath. 00:21:58.851 --> 00:21:59.785 Squeeze and lift. 00:21:59.785 --> 00:22:02.221 And then exhale, draw the navel in. 00:22:02.221 --> 00:22:05.925 Abdominal wall contracts as you breathe out, out, out, 00:22:05.925 --> 00:22:09.261 empty, empty, kick it back, find length. 00:22:10.896 --> 00:22:12.965 And then one more time, inhale, 00:22:12.965 --> 00:22:14.233 press into your foundation. 00:22:14.233 --> 00:22:16.068 Don't grip in the toes, we got this. 00:22:16.068 --> 00:22:18.237 Move with the breath, expansion. 00:22:18.237 --> 00:22:20.139 All four sides of the torso filling out 00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:22.141 with your big, beautiful inhale. 00:22:22.141 --> 00:22:26.478 And then exhale, kick it back, nice and slow. 00:22:26.478 --> 00:22:29.248 Finding that support from within. 00:22:31.383 --> 00:22:34.954 Beautiful, bring it back, squeeze and lift. 00:22:36.188 --> 00:22:38.857 And exhale, release, shake it off if you need to 00:22:38.857 --> 00:22:42.361 or bring the feet together, close your eyes. 00:22:42.361 --> 00:22:44.363 And notice how you feel. 00:22:57.076 --> 00:23:00.346 Such a rich practice to be able to carve out the time 00:23:00.346 --> 00:23:04.917 to really sync up with the breath and allow the space 00:23:04.917 --> 00:23:09.581 for the mind, the body and the soul 00:23:09.581 --> 00:23:12.791 to come together. 00:23:12.791 --> 00:23:15.928 Take a deep breath in, reach for the sky. 00:23:15.928 --> 00:23:18.597 Last time, exhale, rain it down. 00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:24.470 Big inhale lifts you up halfway, take your time, breathe. 00:23:25.771 --> 00:23:29.942 And then use your exhale to drape all the way down. 00:23:32.711 --> 00:23:35.247 Beautiful, bend the knees, plant the palms, 00:23:35.247 --> 00:23:38.851 step it back to Plank, big inhale. 00:23:38.851 --> 00:23:41.954 Exhale to lower, belly or Chaturanga. 00:23:43.522 --> 00:23:45.324 Inhale, Upward Facing Dog. 00:23:45.324 --> 00:23:46.904 Take your time. 00:23:49.395 --> 00:23:52.364 And exhale, Down Dog just for one breath, you got this. 00:23:52.364 --> 00:23:54.400 Hips up high, really lift from the hip creases. 00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:55.968 Press away from your yoga mat. 00:23:55.968 --> 00:23:57.636 Find length. 00:23:57.636 --> 00:23:59.545 Inhale in. 00:23:59.545 --> 00:24:01.941 Exhale, lion's breath, tongue out. 00:24:01.941 --> 00:24:05.311 (exhaling breath) 00:24:05.311 --> 00:24:06.378 Alright, let's do one more. 00:24:06.378 --> 00:24:07.212 Inhale in. 00:24:08.914 --> 00:24:11.050 And really practice that abdominal wall, 00:24:11.050 --> 00:24:13.152 contracting in as you breathe out. 00:24:13.152 --> 00:24:15.854 (exhaling breath) 00:24:15.854 --> 00:24:17.022 So good for the body. 00:24:17.022 --> 00:24:19.425 Slowly lower the knees down. 00:24:19.425 --> 00:24:21.593 Swing them on to one side. 00:24:23.095 --> 00:24:27.299 And we'll come to a nice cross-legged seat. 00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:31.470 ♫ You're tearin' up my heart when I'm with you 00:24:32.371 --> 00:24:33.539 That's better. 00:24:35.908 --> 00:24:37.209 Perfectionist. 00:24:37.209 --> 00:24:40.612 It's the opposite of what I'm teaching here. 00:24:40.612 --> 00:24:42.314 Sit up nice and tall. 00:24:42.314 --> 00:24:44.016 Head over heart, heart over pelvis. 00:24:44.016 --> 00:24:46.385 Nice and easy, so moving with the breath, 00:24:46.385 --> 00:24:48.354 inhale to center. 00:24:48.354 --> 00:24:50.656 Exhale, gentle twist to the left. 00:24:50.656 --> 00:24:54.693 So, no forcing, maneuvering, manhandling, 00:24:54.693 --> 00:24:57.529 or female-handling, soft and easy. 00:24:59.598 --> 00:25:01.767 'Kay, then inhale to center. 00:25:01.767 --> 00:25:05.003 And exhale, soft and easy to the right. 00:25:06.238 --> 00:25:08.273 Inhale to center. 00:25:08.273 --> 00:25:10.109 So use the inhale to find that expansion. 00:25:10.109 --> 00:25:12.678 Then exhale, draw the navel in. 00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:15.881 Inhale to find expansion. 00:25:15.881 --> 00:25:17.282 Exhale to the right. 00:25:17.282 --> 00:25:18.183 Draw it in. 00:25:19.685 --> 00:25:22.654 Inhale, lift and lengthen. 00:25:22.654 --> 00:25:24.468 Exhale, twist. 00:25:26.225 --> 00:25:28.427 Inhale to center. 00:25:28.427 --> 00:25:30.396 Last time to the right, twist. 00:25:30.396 --> 00:25:31.363 So you gotta play with the breath. 00:25:31.363 --> 00:25:33.465 And this would be a great practice to repeat, 00:25:33.465 --> 00:25:34.266 to work with that. 00:25:34.266 --> 00:25:35.968 I mean we wanna continue to work with that breath, 00:25:35.968 --> 00:25:37.770 but really, really good, really great 00:25:37.770 --> 00:25:40.105 if you want to grow your asana practice 00:25:40.105 --> 00:25:42.508 in a way that is awesome. 00:25:42.508 --> 00:25:46.712 Okay, send the legs out as wide as your yoga mat. 00:25:46.712 --> 00:25:48.580 Reach the right fingertips up high. 00:25:48.580 --> 00:25:51.049 Think up and over, so imagine you had a big beach ball 00:25:51.049 --> 00:25:53.485 in front of you, so you're gonna reach up 00:25:53.485 --> 00:25:55.587 and dive over to grab either the outer edge 00:25:55.587 --> 00:25:59.925 of the left foot or the outer edge of your left leg. 00:25:59.925 --> 00:26:02.127 Then left fingertips are gonna reach towards the back 00:26:02.127 --> 00:26:04.496 edge of your mat or to the small of your back. 00:26:04.496 --> 00:26:09.001 As you breathe in, tug the right hip crease back. 00:26:09.001 --> 00:26:11.904 Take one more big inhale to expand. 00:26:11.904 --> 00:26:14.540 And exhale to draw the abdominal wall in. 00:26:14.540 --> 00:26:16.241 Really empty it out, empty it out so much 00:26:16.241 --> 00:26:18.744 that you're like uh, uh-uh, uh, uh. 00:26:18.744 --> 00:26:20.345 Beautiful, then release. 00:26:20.345 --> 00:26:23.182 Left fingertips reach up high, create length. 00:26:23.182 --> 00:26:26.118 Then think up and over, create space as you reach 00:26:26.118 --> 00:26:27.553 the outer edge of the right foot 00:26:27.553 --> 00:26:30.055 or the outer edge of your leg. 00:26:32.157 --> 00:26:35.394 Then send the right fingertips all the way back 00:26:35.394 --> 00:26:38.831 or to the small of your back and play with your breath. 00:26:38.831 --> 00:26:39.898 Tug the left hip crease in, 00:26:39.898 --> 00:26:41.433 so if your left foot's going way forward, 00:26:41.433 --> 00:26:44.803 you need to tug that left hip crease in. 00:26:44.803 --> 00:26:46.038 Full body experience. 00:26:46.038 --> 00:26:49.374 Inhale, find that buoyant breath. 00:26:49.374 --> 00:26:51.610 Exhale, empty it all out, so much so 00:26:51.610 --> 00:26:55.414 that you're like (exhaling breath). 00:26:55.414 --> 00:26:56.615 Yes. 00:26:56.615 --> 00:26:59.028 Inhale, all the way up, 00:26:59.028 --> 00:27:02.453 and exhale, come to your back. 00:27:05.357 --> 00:27:07.793 Hug the knees into the chest. 00:27:08.727 --> 00:27:09.962 Rock gently side-to-side. 00:27:09.962 --> 00:27:12.664 Give yourself a little massage. 00:27:12.664 --> 00:27:14.900 Then take the palms to the knees 00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:18.337 and we're just gonna draw circles one way 00:27:18.337 --> 00:27:19.171 and then the other. 00:27:19.171 --> 00:27:23.242 You can start to relax your upper body. 00:27:23.242 --> 00:27:25.377 Relax your shoulders. 00:27:25.377 --> 00:27:27.379 Keep the feet soft here. 00:27:30.682 --> 00:27:33.519 Moving one way and then the other. 00:27:37.623 --> 00:27:40.225 And then send the legs up high. 00:27:40.225 --> 00:27:41.793 Interlace the fingertips. 00:27:41.793 --> 00:27:43.262 Ending with some core strengthening. 00:27:43.262 --> 00:27:45.330 Extend the thumbs. 00:27:45.330 --> 00:27:46.765 And so if you're not into this today, 00:27:46.765 --> 00:27:48.033 you can just work here letting 00:27:48.033 --> 00:27:49.835 the blood flow opposite direction, 00:27:49.835 --> 00:27:51.169 more restorative, and use your thumbs 00:27:51.169 --> 00:27:53.205 to give yourself a neck massage. 00:27:53.205 --> 00:27:55.073 Otherwise, big inhale in. 00:27:55.073 --> 00:27:56.875 So the reason we're doing this is to practice 00:27:56.875 --> 00:27:57.809 the power of the breath. 00:27:57.809 --> 00:27:59.912 Use the inhale to find expansion. 00:27:59.912 --> 00:28:03.448 Use the exhale to bring that lower back super flush 00:28:03.448 --> 00:28:06.385 with the mat, to squeeze the tailbone up and lift. 00:28:06.385 --> 00:28:10.122 Empty out by drawing all the muscles of the abdominal wall, 00:28:10.122 --> 00:28:12.324 and then the energetic body in. 00:28:12.324 --> 00:28:16.461 So draw your center, your navel down, down, down. 00:28:16.461 --> 00:28:18.363 Lift the head, the neck, the shoulders. 00:28:18.363 --> 00:28:20.966 Take another deep breath in. 00:28:20.966 --> 00:28:24.303 Then exhale, lower the right leg down. 00:28:24.303 --> 00:28:25.754 Inhale, lift. 00:28:26.538 --> 00:28:27.706 Exhale, lower the left. 00:28:27.706 --> 00:28:31.843 So your gaze is up and slightly back towards your third eye. 00:28:31.843 --> 00:28:35.180 And then moving back and forth, finding that scissoring. 00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:37.749 If you want more of a challenge, you can lower both legs 00:28:37.749 --> 00:28:41.320 down as long as you can, until the lower back comes up, 00:28:41.320 --> 00:28:44.089 and then lifting both feet up together. 00:28:44.089 --> 00:28:47.570 So working here mindfully, 00:28:47.570 --> 00:28:49.805 keeping the elbows wide. 00:28:52.998 --> 00:28:55.400 Nice energy through the toes. 00:28:59.638 --> 00:29:03.809 And then we'll even it out here, doing awesome. 00:29:03.809 --> 00:29:08.580 So really playing with that tailbone lifting up. 00:29:08.580 --> 00:29:12.718 And on the exhale, hugging the lower ribs down, down, down. 00:29:12.718 --> 00:29:15.971 Great. Release, everyone bring the feet to the ground. 00:29:15.971 --> 00:29:17.623 Open the knees wide. 00:29:17.623 --> 00:29:21.126 So the arms and the legs now mirror each other 00:29:21.126 --> 00:29:25.697 and the lower back is lifted from your yoga mat. 00:29:25.697 --> 00:29:26.765 Awesome work. 00:29:28.033 --> 00:29:31.269 Deep breath in through the nose. 00:29:31.269 --> 00:29:33.739 And let's do some little horsey lips here, 00:29:33.739 --> 00:29:34.773 just shake it off. 00:29:34.773 --> 00:29:37.776 (lips sputtering) 00:29:37.776 --> 00:29:38.777 Don't be shy. 00:29:38.777 --> 00:29:40.612 I know half of you didn't do it with me, 00:29:40.612 --> 00:29:42.360 so let's do it now. Inhale in. 00:29:43.849 --> 00:29:45.163 And exhale. 00:29:45.817 --> 00:29:48.654 (lips sputtering) 00:29:50.055 --> 00:29:51.590 Fabulous, release the arms. 00:29:51.590 --> 00:29:52.624 Bring them at your sides. 00:29:52.624 --> 00:29:56.294 You might stay here in reclined Cobbler's Pose 00:29:56.294 --> 00:30:00.198 or you might begin to extend the legs out long. 00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:04.903 Let your breath now return to its natural rhythm, 00:30:04.903 --> 00:30:07.277 its natural ebb and flow. 00:30:09.174 --> 00:30:12.511 And feel the weight of your body grow really heavy here 00:30:12.511 --> 00:30:15.766 now syncing up 00:30:15.766 --> 00:30:18.016 with this earth element, 00:30:18.016 --> 00:30:22.087 the ground, the surrender, as you begin to relax. 00:30:25.590 --> 00:30:29.761 And honor 00:30:29.761 --> 00:30:33.682 your body, your mind, 00:30:33.682 --> 00:30:38.043 and your breath as one. 00:30:44.476 --> 00:30:45.744 Awesome work. 00:30:45.744 --> 00:30:47.713 Way to show up for yourself. 00:30:47.713 --> 00:30:48.613 Killin' it. 00:30:48.613 --> 00:30:50.482 I'll see you tomorrow. 00:30:50.482 --> 00:30:52.117 Namaste. 00:30:52.117 --> 00:30:56.288 (lively, chiming orchestral music)