WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:04.571 - Hello my sweet friends and welcome to Revolution Yoga. 00:00:04.571 --> 00:00:09.392 It's day 13, and today's practice is about opening. 00:00:09.977 --> 00:00:11.511 Let's get started. 00:00:11.511 --> 00:00:15.015 (lively orchestral music) 00:00:20.153 --> 00:00:21.889 Alright, today is your lucky day, 00:00:21.889 --> 00:00:25.125 because we're gonna begin on our backs. 00:00:26.426 --> 00:00:29.997 So come on down, find length in the neck, 00:00:29.997 --> 00:00:31.665 and let's just get settled in here 00:00:31.665 --> 00:00:35.836 with a reclined Cobbler's Pose, so bring the feet together, 00:00:35.836 --> 00:00:39.106 really mindfully, thoughtfully as always, 00:00:39.106 --> 00:00:42.643 and bring the hands to the hip creases here, 00:00:42.643 --> 00:00:46.580 and just feel the warmth of your hands 00:00:46.580 --> 00:00:48.081 pressing on the hip creases here. 00:00:48.081 --> 00:00:50.617 And if this already is like, whoa Nelly, 00:00:50.617 --> 00:00:55.088 speakin' to ya, in the sync, talk to me daddy, 00:00:55.088 --> 00:01:00.025 talk to me momma, then walk the toes out. 00:01:00.025 --> 00:01:00.928 Okay? 00:01:02.829 --> 00:01:05.933 For a little more, walk the heels in. 00:01:09.202 --> 00:01:11.471 So we're starting with a hip opener, 00:01:11.471 --> 00:01:14.107 opening up through the hips mindfully, thoughtfully, 00:01:14.107 --> 00:01:19.048 just letting a little bit of the day go thus far, 00:01:19.048 --> 00:01:23.500 spilling off and away and coming into the present moment, 00:01:24.751 --> 00:01:27.955 allowing gravity to do some of the opening here 00:01:27.955 --> 00:01:30.457 as we tuck the chin into the chest, 00:01:30.457 --> 00:01:32.893 find length in the back of the neck, 00:01:32.893 --> 00:01:34.828 and then when you're ready, lift, 00:01:34.828 --> 00:01:38.398 literally press into your head, press into your hips, 00:01:38.398 --> 00:01:40.968 your sacrum area, and then lift the chest, 00:01:40.968 --> 00:01:42.970 snuggle the shoulder blades underneath your heart space 00:01:42.970 --> 00:01:46.173 by hugging the elbows in, open the arms out 00:01:46.173 --> 00:01:49.209 like a blossoming, and then feel as you rest 00:01:49.209 --> 00:01:53.380 your chest back down, aw, this opening in your heart. 00:01:54.548 --> 00:01:58.986 So we begin with a gentle opening in the hips. 00:01:58.986 --> 00:02:02.155 We snuggle the shoulder blades underneath the heart space, 00:02:02.155 --> 00:02:04.669 opening your heart. 00:02:06.893 --> 00:02:11.231 Now feel your sweet feet either pressing together firmly 00:02:11.231 --> 00:02:15.135 or softly, so again, using that awareness of thoughtfulness, 00:02:15.135 --> 00:02:18.138 mindfulness to find what feels good 00:02:18.138 --> 00:02:21.041 and then close your eyes, be brave. 00:02:23.377 --> 00:02:27.547 And take a second to notice where you're at today. 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:36.857 And then quietly say the mantra to yourself, 00:02:36.857 --> 00:02:39.857 I am open. 00:02:47.567 --> 00:02:51.772 I am open, ready to receive whatever the practice 00:02:51.772 --> 00:02:54.007 is serving up for me today. 00:02:57.577 --> 00:03:01.326 Maybe you open your mind, your heart 00:03:01.326 --> 00:03:02.816 to a new experience 00:03:02.816 --> 00:03:04.217 with your breath. 00:03:05.385 --> 00:03:07.854 Maybe there's something that you're holding onto, 00:03:07.854 --> 00:03:11.155 gripping onto, hanging on, 00:03:11.155 --> 00:03:13.490 that could use a release 00:03:15.228 --> 00:03:18.065 so that you could find an opening, a new way of seeing it, 00:03:18.065 --> 00:03:21.681 looking at it, dealing with it. 00:03:24.471 --> 00:03:27.707 Take a deep breath in and use an exhale 00:03:27.707 --> 00:03:30.491 to really relax here. 00:03:35.715 --> 00:03:38.618 And then keep the body relaxed and the breath 00:03:38.618 --> 00:03:42.789 slowly beginning to deepen as you rock the head 00:03:42.789 --> 00:03:46.685 side-to-side, ear-to-ear, nice and slow. 00:03:47.194 --> 00:03:50.764 Think about massaging the back of the head. 00:03:51.932 --> 00:03:55.502 Think about connecting to the subtle body, 00:03:55.502 --> 00:03:57.860 the energetic body. 00:03:59.306 --> 00:04:03.810 And think about how it feels or notice, rather, 00:04:03.810 --> 00:04:05.579 as we move through our practice today, 00:04:05.579 --> 00:04:08.248 how it feels to work on opening. 00:04:11.531 --> 00:04:14.654 And then in the same respect, you might notice 00:04:14.654 --> 00:04:16.589 when things are tight how that feels 00:04:16.589 --> 00:04:18.257 and how you respond. 00:04:20.861 --> 00:04:22.929 And definitely off the mat, we can practice 00:04:22.929 --> 00:04:25.365 the same thing, noticing how it feels 00:04:25.365 --> 00:04:29.765 when we can remain open-minded or work, 00:04:29.765 --> 00:04:34.785 practice being open to a new route, 00:04:34.785 --> 00:04:38.678 a new way of looking at things. 00:04:38.678 --> 00:04:41.181 And then alternatively noticing off the mat 00:04:41.181 --> 00:04:44.718 how it feels when we cut ourselves off 00:04:44.718 --> 00:04:46.720 or cut someone else off. 00:04:49.523 --> 00:04:53.059 Move from a place of close-mindedness, 00:04:53.059 --> 00:04:54.227 just noticing how that feels. 00:04:54.227 --> 00:04:58.698 Again, not saying right or wrong, just paying attention. 00:04:58.698 --> 00:05:00.834 Alright, bring the head back to center. 00:05:00.834 --> 00:05:03.170 Slowly bring your fingertips delicately 00:05:03.170 --> 00:05:05.872 to the outer edges of your legs. 00:05:05.872 --> 00:05:07.240 Then press your feet together. 00:05:07.240 --> 00:05:08.909 Press into the outer edges of the feet 00:05:08.909 --> 00:05:10.877 and slow and steady, see if you can see, 00:05:10.877 --> 00:05:12.979 imagine that ball and socket in the hip 00:05:12.979 --> 00:05:16.550 as you close the legs, so everything counts here. 00:05:16.550 --> 00:05:17.384 Mmmmmmm. 00:05:19.085 --> 00:05:20.320 Yummy! 00:05:20.320 --> 00:05:23.490 Then dig into the heels, lift your tailbone all the way up, 00:05:23.490 --> 00:05:26.693 and then place the lower back on the mat flush, 00:05:26.693 --> 00:05:28.094 so you really feel. 00:05:28.094 --> 00:05:30.096 Take a deep breath in, find that buoyancy 00:05:30.096 --> 00:05:32.165 that we practiced yesterday, and then exhale, 00:05:32.165 --> 00:05:35.335 navel draws down and in as you lift both knees up, 00:05:35.335 --> 00:05:37.370 moving from a place of connect. 00:05:37.370 --> 00:05:39.172 Send the legs up high. 00:05:40.207 --> 00:05:42.509 And then slowly we'll bend the knees, 00:05:42.509 --> 00:05:45.278 grab the outer edges of the feet, Happy Baby, 00:05:45.278 --> 00:05:46.112 take your time. 00:05:46.112 --> 00:05:49.449 You can do one leg at a time if it feels best, 00:05:49.449 --> 00:05:52.252 giving yourself more time and space 00:05:52.252 --> 00:05:54.921 as you open up through the hips. 00:05:56.122 --> 00:05:59.426 Now reach the tailbone towards the front edge of the mat, 00:05:59.426 --> 00:06:03.363 relax the shoulders down, find an opening in the chest, 00:06:03.363 --> 00:06:05.732 lengthen through the back of the neck. 00:06:05.732 --> 00:06:08.335 Inhale in, spread the toes. 00:06:08.335 --> 00:06:11.004 And then exhale to release. 00:06:11.004 --> 00:06:12.872 Cross the right ankle over the left, 00:06:12.872 --> 00:06:15.375 grab onto the tops of the feet, 00:06:15.375 --> 00:06:18.044 or you might even grab onto the big toe here, 00:06:18.044 --> 00:06:20.046 and we'll begin to rock front to back, 00:06:20.046 --> 00:06:23.550 taking your time massaging all the way up 00:06:23.550 --> 00:06:25.385 whenever you're ready. 00:06:29.589 --> 00:06:32.092 Activate a strong breath here. 00:06:33.059 --> 00:06:34.394 And when you're ready, we're gonna come up 00:06:34.394 --> 00:06:36.830 to a nice, comfortable seat. 00:06:36.830 --> 00:06:38.164 Draw the left heel in. 00:06:38.164 --> 00:06:41.801 No rush getting there, and then the right heel in to follow, 00:06:41.801 --> 00:06:45.705 so we have left foot in and then right foot in. 00:06:46.973 --> 00:06:50.977 And just take a moment to get situated, as am I. 00:06:52.078 --> 00:06:53.380 And sit up nice and tall. 00:06:53.380 --> 00:06:55.048 Sitting up on a blanket if you need to 00:06:55.048 --> 00:06:56.783 or rolling your mat up underneath your bum 00:06:56.783 --> 00:06:58.952 if you need a little lift. 00:07:00.553 --> 00:07:03.156 And then sit up nice and tall. 00:07:03.156 --> 00:07:07.327 And imagine you're leaning up against a wall here. 00:07:08.995 --> 00:07:11.197 Great, then inhale, reach the fingertips up. 00:07:11.197 --> 00:07:14.434 They're gonna kiss up and overhead here, big stretch. 00:07:14.434 --> 00:07:16.169 Inhale to lift. 00:07:16.169 --> 00:07:19.639 And then exhale, glue the sits bones to the ground, 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:23.076 so send your fingertips forward, but keep an awareness 00:07:23.076 --> 00:07:26.112 on the hips, the sitting bones pressing down, down, down 00:07:26.112 --> 00:07:29.849 as you come all the way diving forward. 00:07:29.849 --> 00:07:31.785 Now, for some we'll stay lifted here, 00:07:31.785 --> 00:07:34.754 feeling it in the hip already, the right hip. 00:07:34.754 --> 00:07:36.923 To go a little deeper, you might walk the fingertips 00:07:36.923 --> 00:07:40.593 further out or come to the forearms 00:07:40.593 --> 00:07:43.029 and start to deepen the breath here. 00:07:43.029 --> 00:07:45.665 Now find places to ground here. 00:07:45.665 --> 00:07:50.769 You're thick, juicy, hey-o, quad muscles draw down. 00:07:52.205 --> 00:07:55.008 We're creating a full body experience here, 00:07:55.008 --> 00:07:59.212 so again, this holistic approach of really syncing up 00:07:59.212 --> 00:08:03.383 everything or working in a way 00:08:03.383 --> 00:08:06.633 that invites that to happen 00:08:06.633 --> 00:08:10.167 naturally, not forcing anything. 00:08:10.167 --> 00:08:13.326 You might find soft, easy movement if it feels good here. 00:08:13.326 --> 00:08:18.005 You might rest the forehead on your mat or on fists. 00:08:19.466 --> 00:08:21.901 And as you send the weight of your head forward, 00:08:21.901 --> 00:08:24.671 keep reaching back with the hips. 00:08:28.208 --> 00:08:30.877 Wonderful, then slowly press up, 00:08:31.811 --> 00:08:35.615 and bring the right heel in, left leg to follow. 00:08:35.615 --> 00:08:39.318 And big inhale to reach the fingertips all the way up. 00:08:39.318 --> 00:08:42.222 Fingertips kiss up and overhead. 00:08:42.222 --> 00:08:44.190 And then exhale, as you send it forward, 00:08:44.190 --> 00:08:47.961 keep an awareness in this center, your hips drawing down, 00:08:47.961 --> 00:08:51.164 down, down as you send your weight forward. 00:08:51.164 --> 00:08:55.201 And then start to feel it out here, palms, forearms, 00:08:55.201 --> 00:08:58.438 breathing deep, anchoring down through 00:08:58.438 --> 00:09:02.075 the muscles of the legs, finding soft, easy movement 00:09:02.075 --> 00:09:03.576 if it feels right. 00:09:10.283 --> 00:09:13.720 So we store a lot of emotion in the hips. 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:16.990 And so you'll want to breathe deep and keep noticing, 00:09:16.990 --> 00:09:20.360 and if anything comes up, I want to invite you 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:22.796 to be kind and gentle with yourself, 00:09:22.796 --> 00:09:26.699 but do allow yourself to feel the power of whatever 00:09:26.699 --> 00:09:30.770 is going on, and then try to stay present and focused, 00:09:30.770 --> 00:09:33.440 returning with the breath. 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:34.541 Lean into it. 00:09:35.408 --> 00:09:37.577 Sync up with it. 00:09:37.577 --> 00:09:39.312 Be thoughtful. 00:09:39.312 --> 00:09:40.713 So just honor where you are today. 00:09:40.713 --> 00:09:43.783 Okay, slowly coming back up, 00:09:43.783 --> 00:09:48.776 just in case anything comes up, 'cause it does, be open. 00:09:49.722 --> 00:09:52.025 Alright, we're gonna move forward onto all fours, 00:09:52.025 --> 00:09:53.693 just a couple Cat-Cows to warm up the spine. 00:09:53.693 --> 00:09:56.262 You can hop right in there, really thoughtful 00:09:56.262 --> 00:09:59.232 as you move with your breath. 00:09:59.232 --> 00:10:00.667 Don't rush it. 00:10:00.667 --> 00:10:02.669 Wassup creaky old floor? 00:10:02.669 --> 00:10:07.106 Drop the belly, as you inhale, feel the expansion. 00:10:07.106 --> 00:10:09.409 And begin to play here as you exhale, 00:10:09.409 --> 00:10:11.311 rounding chin to chest. 00:10:13.379 --> 00:10:16.649 Inhale, we open through the front body. 00:10:17.851 --> 00:10:22.021 And then on the exhale, you open through the back body. 00:10:34.634 --> 00:10:37.604 Great, inhale to tabletop position. 00:10:37.604 --> 00:10:41.441 Bring the knees really wide, big toes come together. 00:10:41.441 --> 00:10:44.077 Right hand comes to the center line of your mat, 00:10:44.077 --> 00:10:46.146 and then make sure to stack your shoulder 00:10:46.146 --> 00:10:48.748 over your wrist here, and then inhale, 00:10:48.748 --> 00:10:50.783 pull your bow and arrow all the way up to the sky. 00:10:50.783 --> 00:10:52.318 Open your heart, your chest. 00:10:52.318 --> 00:10:55.788 Press into the pinky finger and that knuckle, 00:10:55.788 --> 00:10:57.957 so just press into all of your hand there 00:10:57.957 --> 00:10:59.425 and open, open, open. 00:10:59.425 --> 00:11:01.895 Press into your toes, full body experience. 00:11:01.895 --> 00:11:04.063 Lean up against that wall. 00:11:04.063 --> 00:11:06.933 And then we slowly release back down. 00:11:06.933 --> 00:11:08.701 Left hand replaces the right 00:11:08.701 --> 00:11:10.470 and we find our opening on the other side. 00:11:10.470 --> 00:11:12.305 Big inhale to open up. 00:11:13.673 --> 00:11:16.309 Remember to integrate the neck, so nice, 00:11:16.309 --> 00:11:18.645 long, beautiful neck here. 00:11:18.645 --> 00:11:20.580 Press into the tops of the feet. 00:11:20.580 --> 00:11:23.683 Create spaciousness as you inhale. 00:11:23.683 --> 00:11:27.086 And then exhale, bring it on down. 00:11:27.086 --> 00:11:28.321 Fabulous. 00:11:28.321 --> 00:11:30.817 Walk the palms out, walk the knees back 00:11:30.817 --> 00:11:32.859 in line with the hips. 00:11:32.859 --> 00:11:37.196 And then curl the toes under, send the hips up and back 00:11:37.196 --> 00:11:38.565 to Downward Facing Dog. 00:11:38.565 --> 00:11:41.534 Start to open up here in a way that feels good. 00:11:41.534 --> 00:11:42.869 Use your breath. 00:11:49.008 --> 00:11:51.311 So we integrate the pieces that we've been working on 00:11:51.311 --> 00:11:54.714 in this journey, but we come to each day 00:11:54.714 --> 00:11:59.285 with fresh eyes, fresh breath, noticing what's different, 00:11:59.285 --> 00:12:02.956 how we can support ourselves in this moment. 00:12:04.257 --> 00:12:06.659 Wonderful, big inhale in here. 00:12:06.659 --> 00:12:09.329 Exhale, lower back to all fours, 00:12:09.329 --> 00:12:14.207 back down to all fours, sorry, brain-body thing. 00:12:14.207 --> 00:12:15.301 Nobody's perfect! 00:12:15.301 --> 00:12:17.470 Okay, and come back to your 00:12:17.470 --> 00:12:20.740 tabletop position really mindful. 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:22.875 Lovely, so everything we've learned about finding 00:12:22.875 --> 00:12:25.111 that support from within so that you're not sending 00:12:25.111 --> 00:12:27.847 any undue pressure on the wrists, 00:12:29.082 --> 00:12:31.718 upper arm bones turn out, and when you're ready, 00:12:31.718 --> 00:12:34.020 press into the top of the left foot firmly. 00:12:34.020 --> 00:12:35.888 Inhale, lift the right toes up high, 00:12:35.888 --> 00:12:37.724 we're gonna draw big circles here. 00:12:37.724 --> 00:12:39.892 You can point the toes here or flex, 00:12:39.892 --> 00:12:42.495 but we're gonna really draw big circles in the hips here 00:12:42.495 --> 00:12:46.777 one way, and then the other. 00:12:46.777 --> 00:12:47.667 Reverse it. 00:12:47.667 --> 00:12:50.036 And just notice if you're crashing into the left side 00:12:50.036 --> 00:12:52.338 of your body, see if you can keep it even, 00:12:52.338 --> 00:12:54.507 pressing into that right palm firmly, 00:12:54.507 --> 00:12:56.776 keeping length in the neck. 00:12:58.678 --> 00:13:01.614 Wonderful, then bring the right knee in, 00:13:01.614 --> 00:13:05.218 knee-to-nose, so draw the nose in towards the knee here. 00:13:05.218 --> 00:13:06.653 Inhale. 00:13:06.653 --> 00:13:08.287 Exhale, empty it out. 00:13:08.287 --> 00:13:10.089 Draw the navel up. 00:13:10.089 --> 00:13:10.923 Beautiful. 00:13:10.923 --> 00:13:12.125 Then gaze straight down. 00:13:12.125 --> 00:13:14.727 We're gonna bring the right knee all the way up and over 00:13:14.727 --> 00:13:15.895 to the right tricep. 00:13:15.895 --> 00:13:18.197 Gaze straight down. 00:13:18.197 --> 00:13:19.932 Beautiful, and then release. 00:13:19.932 --> 00:13:20.767 Woo! 00:13:20.767 --> 00:13:23.569 If you need to come off your wrist for a second, you can. 00:13:23.569 --> 00:13:24.904 Then we'll switch to the other side, 00:13:24.904 --> 00:13:27.573 starting by pressing into the top of that right foot, 00:13:27.573 --> 00:13:30.977 finding length, tabletop position. 00:13:30.977 --> 00:13:33.413 And then slowly lift your left toes up, 00:13:33.413 --> 00:13:37.183 and we'll draw big circles with that hip, nice and slow, 00:13:37.183 --> 00:13:41.654 there's no rush, considering this full body experience, 00:13:41.654 --> 00:13:43.189 so if you're nailing the circles, 00:13:43.189 --> 00:13:45.858 but you're collapsed in other areas of the body, 00:13:45.858 --> 00:13:49.738 take a second to check yoself, right? 00:13:49.738 --> 00:13:50.830 (laughs) 00:13:50.830 --> 00:13:53.666 Take the holistic approach, slow it down. 00:13:53.666 --> 00:13:57.170 See if you can honor and consider your body 00:13:57.170 --> 00:14:00.640 as one moving part because it is. 00:14:00.640 --> 00:14:02.909 Reverse the circle if you haven't already. 00:14:02.909 --> 00:14:07.080 Can hear these little birds outside, it's so sweet. 00:14:10.750 --> 00:14:13.586 And then when you're ready, draw the knee in, 00:14:13.586 --> 00:14:15.521 and take the nose to the knee. 00:14:15.521 --> 00:14:16.489 Inhale. 00:14:16.489 --> 00:14:20.126 Exhale, empty, press away from your yoga mat even more, 00:14:20.126 --> 00:14:22.228 then bring it all the way out, up and over, 00:14:22.228 --> 00:14:26.332 left knee to left tricep, you got this, gaze straight down. 00:14:26.332 --> 00:14:28.968 And then release, Child's Pose, awesome work. 00:14:28.968 --> 00:14:30.703 Bring the legs together. 00:14:30.703 --> 00:14:33.306 Swim the fingertips around and take a rest. 00:14:33.306 --> 00:14:35.675 Now's the moment to start tapping into 00:14:35.675 --> 00:14:37.710 a nice, audible breath. 00:14:37.710 --> 00:14:41.047 (inhaling and exhaling) 00:14:42.115 --> 00:14:45.718 Let each breath be like a refreshing wave 00:14:45.718 --> 00:14:48.148 just washing in and out. 00:14:52.692 --> 00:14:56.496 Enjoy this time for yourself, this practice, 00:14:56.496 --> 00:14:59.432 this journey, this body, 00:14:59.432 --> 00:15:01.534 stay open. 00:15:02.735 --> 00:15:05.571 Alright, one more inhale in here. 00:15:06.973 --> 00:15:09.542 And then use your exhale to reach the fingertips 00:15:09.542 --> 00:15:10.543 all the way up. 00:15:10.543 --> 00:15:13.179 We're gonna move towards Downward Facing Dog. 00:15:13.179 --> 00:15:14.447 Take your time. 00:15:16.916 --> 00:15:19.418 Move in a way that feels good. 00:15:22.288 --> 00:15:24.624 And then when you get there, 00:15:25.758 --> 00:15:28.928 bring the breath, anchor through the left heel 00:15:28.928 --> 00:15:32.198 and inhale, lift the right leg up high. 00:15:32.198 --> 00:15:33.699 Then bend your right knee 00:15:33.699 --> 00:15:35.334 and we're gonna draw big circles here, 00:15:35.334 --> 00:15:39.334 one way, pressing into both palms evenly. 00:15:40.740 --> 00:15:43.676 Upper arm rotation is working here 00:15:43.676 --> 00:15:47.914 to stabilize and support you so that you're not finding 00:15:47.914 --> 00:15:51.317 yourself crashing into your wrists. 00:15:51.317 --> 00:15:54.954 Reverse the circle if you haven't already, you got this. 00:15:54.954 --> 00:15:59.091 And then here we go, knee-to-nose, shifting forward. 00:15:59.091 --> 00:16:01.661 Inhale, Three-legged Dog. 00:16:01.661 --> 00:16:04.063 Then right knee to right tricep, you got this, 00:16:04.063 --> 00:16:05.953 gaze straight down. 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:09.101 Beautiful, Three-legged Dog. 00:16:09.101 --> 00:16:11.270 Then step it all the way up into your lunge. 00:16:11.270 --> 00:16:12.939 Lower the back knee. 00:16:14.640 --> 00:16:17.043 Press into the top of the back foot. 00:16:17.043 --> 00:16:21.687 And inhale, reach the fingertips up high. 00:16:21.687 --> 00:16:24.130 Breathing deep here, inhale in. 00:16:24.951 --> 00:16:26.686 Exhale, rain it down. 00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:28.855 Half splits. 00:16:28.855 --> 00:16:30.489 Right toes up towards the sky. 00:16:30.489 --> 00:16:32.124 Pull the right hip crease back. 00:16:32.124 --> 00:16:36.462 Return to this posture, find length as you inhale. 00:16:36.462 --> 00:16:39.400 And bow the head as you exhale. 00:16:42.201 --> 00:16:45.371 Moving to Warrior II, nice and slow. 00:16:45.371 --> 00:16:47.940 Rolling through the front foot. 00:16:47.940 --> 00:16:49.942 Pivoting on the back foot, nice and mindful, 00:16:49.942 --> 00:16:53.179 so lift the back knee, pivot. 00:16:53.179 --> 00:16:55.448 Then here we go, sweeping the arms forward, 00:16:55.448 --> 00:16:58.184 up and back, Warrior II. 00:16:58.184 --> 00:17:00.019 Sink deep, you got this. 00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:01.220 Bend the front knee. 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:03.556 Front knee over front ankle. 00:17:04.624 --> 00:17:08.060 Now notice if you're leaning forward, pull head over heart, 00:17:08.060 --> 00:17:09.595 heart over pelvis here. 00:17:09.595 --> 00:17:11.497 Pull the pinkies back, you got this. 00:17:11.497 --> 00:17:13.382 One more breath. Inhale in. 00:17:14.867 --> 00:17:18.204 Then exhale, come all the way back down. 00:17:19.638 --> 00:17:21.440 Palms are gonna come to the left side of your mat 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:23.175 and we're gonna pivot on the back foot, 00:17:23.175 --> 00:17:24.777 come to Lizard Pose. 00:17:24.777 --> 00:17:26.345 Walk your right toes out. 00:17:26.345 --> 00:17:28.481 You can even keep the right toes turned out here 00:17:28.481 --> 00:17:29.715 if it feels good. 00:17:29.715 --> 00:17:32.451 Back knee lowered or lifted here. 00:17:32.451 --> 00:17:36.322 We're on the palms or we're coming to the forearms. 00:17:36.322 --> 00:17:38.624 Five nice, long, deep breaths here. 00:17:38.624 --> 00:17:40.226 You got this, breathing deep. 00:17:40.226 --> 00:17:41.894 So, variations here. 00:17:43.396 --> 00:17:44.230 Here. 00:17:53.272 --> 00:17:56.709 Listen to the sound of your breath. 00:17:56.709 --> 00:17:58.978 You gotta bring the breath. 00:18:01.580 --> 00:18:03.249 One more big inhale. 00:18:04.116 --> 00:18:07.320 Then use your exhale to very mindfully press back up, 00:18:07.320 --> 00:18:10.756 walk your right foot to the center line. 00:18:10.756 --> 00:18:12.692 Inhale, look forward. 00:18:12.692 --> 00:18:16.195 And exhale, step it back, Downward Facing Dog. 00:18:16.195 --> 00:18:19.832 Take a little rest here if you need, Child's Pose, 00:18:19.832 --> 00:18:23.669 or a couple long, smooth, soothing breaths 00:18:23.669 --> 00:18:25.319 in Downward Dog. 00:18:28.774 --> 00:18:31.811 Second side, right heel comes down, anchor through that 00:18:31.811 --> 00:18:35.281 right heel, so feel a nice stretch through the right calf. 00:18:35.281 --> 00:18:39.251 Then inhale, lift the left leg up high. 00:18:39.251 --> 00:18:42.188 Be thoughtful, connect, sync up with your breath, 00:18:42.188 --> 00:18:43.556 find your alignment. 00:18:43.556 --> 00:18:45.324 Then when you're ready, bend the left knee 00:18:45.324 --> 00:18:46.993 and draw big circles here. 00:18:46.993 --> 00:18:48.961 Focus on the sensations. 00:18:48.961 --> 00:18:50.229 Don't miss out. 00:18:51.263 --> 00:18:52.698 Big circles. 00:18:52.698 --> 00:18:54.800 Pressing into both palms evenly. 00:18:54.800 --> 00:18:58.771 Upper arms bones rotating away from the ears. 00:18:58.771 --> 00:19:01.340 Hug the lower ribs in. 00:19:01.340 --> 00:19:03.743 And reverse your circle if you haven't already, 00:19:03.743 --> 00:19:06.145 you got this, breathing deep. 00:19:07.546 --> 00:19:09.248 Alright, be fierce here. 00:19:09.248 --> 00:19:11.117 Stay open, you do have this. 00:19:11.117 --> 00:19:12.985 Your mind will wanna give up first. 00:19:12.985 --> 00:19:16.589 Here we go, knee-to-nose, shifting forward. 00:19:18.624 --> 00:19:20.126 Inhale, Three-legged Dog. 00:19:20.126 --> 00:19:21.727 Use your breath. 00:19:21.727 --> 00:19:25.898 Exhale, left knee to left tricep, gaze straight down. 00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:29.802 Beautiful, inhale, lift it up. 00:19:30.903 --> 00:19:33.973 And exhale all the way through and into your lunge, 00:19:33.973 --> 00:19:36.208 lower the back knee. 00:19:36.208 --> 00:19:38.978 Come on to the top of the back foot. 00:19:38.978 --> 00:19:41.947 Then when you're ready, reach the fingertips forward, 00:19:41.947 --> 00:19:44.150 up and back, big stretch here, 00:19:44.150 --> 00:19:46.318 careful not to grip onto those front toes, 00:19:46.318 --> 00:19:47.620 but just spread awareness 00:19:47.620 --> 00:19:49.455 through all four corners of the foot. 00:19:49.455 --> 00:19:52.458 You got it, one more breath, inhale. 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:56.529 And then exhale all the way down. 00:19:57.396 --> 00:19:58.364 Half splits. 00:19:58.364 --> 00:20:00.166 Pull the left hip crease back. 00:20:00.166 --> 00:20:02.001 Left toes towards the sky. 00:20:02.001 --> 00:20:05.204 Use the inhale to find the buoyancy we've been working on, 00:20:05.204 --> 00:20:07.807 the exhale to draw the navel in. 00:20:07.807 --> 00:20:10.209 Inhale, open the chest. 00:20:10.209 --> 00:20:12.824 And exhale, draw it all in. 00:20:16.248 --> 00:20:18.250 Wonderful, here we go, big transition, 00:20:18.250 --> 00:20:20.419 rolling through that front foot. 00:20:20.419 --> 00:20:22.555 Curl the back toes under. 00:20:22.555 --> 00:20:24.523 Pivot on the back foot, Warrior II. 00:20:24.523 --> 00:20:26.559 Big inhale, press into the outer edge 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:28.094 of that back foot strong. 00:20:28.094 --> 00:20:31.964 Engage the inner thighs as you open up, Warrior II. 00:20:31.964 --> 00:20:34.266 Strong and steady. 00:20:34.266 --> 00:20:35.101 Beautiful. 00:20:37.369 --> 00:20:39.805 Finding length down through the tailbone. 00:20:39.805 --> 00:20:41.974 Lift up through the heart. 00:20:46.045 --> 00:20:47.399 Inhale in. 00:20:48.247 --> 00:20:49.682 Exhale, sink a little deeper, 00:20:49.682 --> 00:20:50.983 just notice where your center is. 00:20:50.983 --> 00:20:52.685 Maybe you can stack head over heart, 00:20:52.685 --> 00:20:54.420 heart over pelvis. 00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:57.890 Inhale and exhale all the way back down. 00:20:57.890 --> 00:20:59.792 Bring the hands to the right side of your mat. 00:20:59.792 --> 00:21:03.963 This time pivot on the back foot and walk the left foot out. 00:21:06.999 --> 00:21:09.568 Lizard variation on this side. 00:21:09.568 --> 00:21:11.070 Notice what's going on. 00:21:11.070 --> 00:21:11.937 Breathe deep. 00:21:11.937 --> 00:21:14.573 Maybe you lower the back knee. 00:21:14.573 --> 00:21:16.475 Maybe you come onto the forearms. 00:21:16.475 --> 00:21:18.444 So you decide if you want it more active, 00:21:18.444 --> 00:21:20.579 you keep that back knee lifted and the right heel 00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:25.050 really reaching towards the back edge of your mat. 00:21:25.050 --> 00:21:27.086 To soften, lower the back knee. 00:21:27.086 --> 00:21:31.563 Everyone breathe, remain aware of your neck, 00:21:31.563 --> 00:21:35.282 your shoulders, your core. 00:21:42.701 --> 00:21:44.303 Big inhale in here. 00:21:45.704 --> 00:21:47.449 Long exhale out. 00:21:48.841 --> 00:21:50.449 Big inhale in. 00:21:52.211 --> 00:21:53.546 Long breath out. 00:21:54.914 --> 00:21:56.649 One more, big inhale. 00:21:57.550 --> 00:22:00.085 Use your exhale to slowly press back up. 00:22:00.085 --> 00:22:01.187 Awesome work. 00:22:01.187 --> 00:22:02.688 Bring the left foot back in. 00:22:02.688 --> 00:22:04.256 Your hands frame your left foot. 00:22:04.256 --> 00:22:06.292 We inhale, look forward. 00:22:06.292 --> 00:22:08.360 And exhale, Downward Dog. 00:22:10.663 --> 00:22:11.897 Deep breath in. 00:22:13.465 --> 00:22:14.800 Long breath out. 00:22:16.969 --> 00:22:18.037 Fabulous. 00:22:18.037 --> 00:22:20.506 This time, inhale, lift the right leg up high. 00:22:20.506 --> 00:22:23.209 And exhale, bring it all the way up and through 00:22:23.209 --> 00:22:25.644 for One-legged Pigeon. 00:22:25.644 --> 00:22:27.213 So we'll come onto the top of the back foot, 00:22:27.213 --> 00:22:29.081 go ahead and look back at your foot. 00:22:29.081 --> 00:22:30.516 Make sure it comes onto the ground. 00:22:30.516 --> 00:22:32.518 Lift from the left inner thigh. 00:22:32.518 --> 00:22:35.421 And then you'll either keep your right heel 00:22:35.421 --> 00:22:37.590 close to your center line or begin to walk it out, 00:22:37.590 --> 00:22:39.024 feel it out here. 00:22:39.024 --> 00:22:42.428 And we wanna come head and heart lifted. 00:22:42.428 --> 00:22:44.263 So we don't want to be sinking onto the outer edge 00:22:44.263 --> 00:22:46.131 of the right hip here, so you might need 00:22:46.131 --> 00:22:47.600 to bring your heel in so that you can 00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:50.336 come back to the midline. 00:22:50.336 --> 00:22:55.293 And big inhale to find that buoyancy, lift up, expand. 00:22:55.293 --> 00:22:58.077 Lift up through the armpit chest. 00:22:58.077 --> 00:22:59.745 And then use your exhale to contract. 00:22:59.745 --> 00:23:02.181 Draw the navel in, so we're supporting the whole body 00:23:02.181 --> 00:23:03.749 here with the breath. 00:23:03.749 --> 00:23:06.852 Maybe we come all the way down. 00:23:06.852 --> 00:23:09.588 Maybe forehead comes to the mat. 00:23:09.588 --> 00:23:12.238 Or elbows, forearm down. 00:23:12.238 --> 00:23:14.627 Keep active through both feet. 00:23:14.627 --> 00:23:17.363 Close your eyes here and breathe. 00:23:19.031 --> 00:23:22.101 Send some love to someone who could use it. 00:23:22.101 --> 00:23:24.570 Say a little prayer or listen to the powerful 00:23:24.570 --> 00:23:26.639 sound of your breath here, don't give up. 00:23:26.639 --> 00:23:27.806 Stick with it. 00:23:42.655 --> 00:23:43.489 Fabulous. 00:23:43.489 --> 00:23:44.857 Then press into the top of the back foot 00:23:44.857 --> 00:23:49.662 and slowly roll it up, nice and slow, take your time. 00:23:49.662 --> 00:23:52.464 And then plant the palms, loop the shoulders. 00:23:52.464 --> 00:23:53.766 Connect. 00:23:53.766 --> 00:23:55.734 Then big inhale in here. 00:23:55.734 --> 00:23:57.936 Exhale, draw the navel in and up. 00:23:57.936 --> 00:23:59.271 Curl the back toes under. 00:23:59.271 --> 00:24:03.509 Lift the right foot all the way back up, Three-legged Dog. 00:24:03.509 --> 00:24:04.843 Now check it out. 00:24:04.843 --> 00:24:07.046 I'm gonna soften my left knee. 00:24:07.046 --> 00:24:08.514 I'm gonna bring my right toes to the ground 00:24:08.514 --> 00:24:10.683 and then I'm gonna open up a little semicircle 00:24:10.683 --> 00:24:13.786 over to the left as I come to flip my dog here, 00:24:13.786 --> 00:24:16.622 opening up through the front body. 00:24:16.622 --> 00:24:18.357 Then I might straighten the left leg, 00:24:18.357 --> 00:24:22.227 reach my right fingertips forward, wild thing, 00:24:22.227 --> 00:24:24.363 or a flip dog variation. 00:24:24.363 --> 00:24:27.566 And then use an exhale to come all the way back down. 00:24:27.566 --> 00:24:29.735 This is optional, of course, we'll meet back 00:24:29.735 --> 00:24:32.438 in Downward Facing Dog. 00:24:32.438 --> 00:24:34.306 Big breath in. 00:24:34.306 --> 00:24:35.441 Big breath out. 00:24:35.441 --> 00:24:37.409 Anchor through the right heel. 00:24:37.409 --> 00:24:40.145 Inhale, lift the left leg up high. 00:24:40.145 --> 00:24:42.815 Exhale all the way through. 00:24:42.815 --> 00:24:45.551 Pigeon on the other side, so really take a look back 00:24:45.551 --> 00:24:49.221 at your right foot and root down firmly. 00:24:49.221 --> 00:24:50.990 And then we'll sort ourself out here 00:24:50.990 --> 00:24:53.759 with that right foot firmly pressing into the ground. 00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:57.329 Find what feels good here as you inch the left toes out, 00:24:57.329 --> 00:24:59.498 careful not to collapse onto the left hip. 00:24:59.498 --> 00:25:03.615 So if you have to snuggle 00:25:03.615 --> 00:25:05.595 a little something (laughs), 00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:08.574 a pillow or a little support there, 00:25:08.574 --> 00:25:11.543 then that might feel good. 00:25:11.543 --> 00:25:13.779 Inhale, lift your heart, lift your chest. 00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:15.681 Use your breath to really embody 00:25:15.681 --> 00:25:19.318 the posture, the stretch, the sensation. 00:25:19.318 --> 00:25:21.487 And then exhale to soften. 00:25:23.689 --> 00:25:26.125 Soften your gaze or close your eyes 00:25:26.125 --> 00:25:28.160 and take a couple breaths, really hear the sound 00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:31.997 of your breath, honoring your soul, 00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:35.734 your song, 00:25:35.734 --> 00:25:37.562 your voice, 00:25:38.877 --> 00:25:41.439 the energy that is you. 00:25:46.578 --> 00:25:50.282 We have an opportunity to get strong and toned and fit, 00:25:50.282 --> 00:25:53.385 and just totally baller through yoga, 00:25:55.821 --> 00:25:58.557 but it's not just on the surface. 00:26:00.426 --> 00:26:03.796 Some of these times that we take for ourselves, 00:26:03.796 --> 00:26:09.119 it really is worth it to listen to the sound of your breath, 00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:12.981 to listen to your song, to not take this, 00:26:12.981 --> 00:26:16.942 any of this for granted, your body, your breath, this time. 00:26:31.223 --> 00:26:33.525 Take one more big inhale in. 00:26:34.426 --> 00:26:38.163 Then use your exhale to slide the hands down, 00:26:39.064 --> 00:26:40.833 press up, big breath. 00:26:42.468 --> 00:26:46.271 And then exhale, really find your hands firmly, 00:26:46.271 --> 00:26:48.941 and then use an exhale, so wherever you are 00:26:48.941 --> 00:26:51.310 with your breath, use your exhale to curl the back toes 00:26:51.310 --> 00:26:55.447 under, draw the navel in, and lift up to Three-legged Dog. 00:26:56.782 --> 00:26:59.051 Then, if you're practicing the flip dog, 00:26:59.051 --> 00:27:02.988 you'll lift the left leg up high, then just for beginners, 00:27:02.988 --> 00:27:05.390 this is a great tip, draw the left toes to the ground, 00:27:05.390 --> 00:27:07.226 soften through your right knee 00:27:07.226 --> 00:27:09.995 and then draw a semicircle with your left toes. 00:27:09.995 --> 00:27:12.731 As you press up, remember that bow and arrow we did earlier. 00:27:12.731 --> 00:27:14.800 You open up through the chest, 00:27:14.800 --> 00:27:17.236 straighten the right leg, lift the hip points. 00:27:17.236 --> 00:27:19.571 Breathe, and we have a whole video just on this pose 00:27:19.571 --> 00:27:21.473 if you want to break it down with me. 00:27:21.473 --> 00:27:22.341 You know I got you. 00:27:22.341 --> 00:27:25.477 Big breath in, find expansion. 00:27:25.477 --> 00:27:28.180 And then exhale, all the way back to your dog. 00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:33.018 That's where we'll meet everyone for one more big breath in. 00:27:33.018 --> 00:27:34.586 And big breath out. 00:27:36.855 --> 00:27:40.692 Wonderful, come onto your knees nice and slow. 00:27:42.123 --> 00:27:44.296 And we'll cross the ankles. 00:27:44.296 --> 00:27:49.101 And then use your hands to come all the way through 00:27:49.101 --> 00:27:51.537 and send the legs out long. 00:27:51.537 --> 00:27:53.639 And send it on down home. 00:27:55.541 --> 00:27:57.175 That means come onto your back. 00:27:57.175 --> 00:27:58.710 (laughing) 00:27:58.710 --> 00:28:00.465 Oh, Adriene. 00:28:01.813 --> 00:28:03.615 But we're comin' home. 00:28:06.351 --> 00:28:10.556 So we'll send the legs out long right away here. 00:28:10.556 --> 00:28:12.257 And inhale, reach the arms all the way up 00:28:12.257 --> 00:28:14.660 for a big, full body stretch. 00:28:16.295 --> 00:28:18.964 Opening everything, walk the ankles out, 00:28:18.964 --> 00:28:20.933 spread the fingertips. 00:28:20.933 --> 00:28:21.767 Inhale in. 00:28:23.302 --> 00:28:26.338 And then exhale, float the hands down gently at your sides 00:28:26.338 --> 00:28:27.875 for Corpse Pose. 00:28:31.343 --> 00:28:34.976 Take a moment to be still. 00:28:35.581 --> 00:28:38.917 Close your eyes and try not to fidget here. 00:28:38.917 --> 00:28:41.453 See if you can really just feel your body 00:28:41.453 --> 00:28:45.198 and practice this 00:28:45.198 --> 00:28:48.628 idea of exquisite stillness. 00:28:50.195 --> 00:28:52.464 Let your head become heavy, 00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:57.017 your joints, your muscles. 00:29:07.145 --> 00:29:11.316 Then whisper the mantra quietly to yourself, I am open. 00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:15.487 And then watch what happens. 00:29:15.487 --> 00:29:17.723 Have an amazing rest of your day. 00:29:17.723 --> 00:29:19.524 Thanks for sharing your time, your energy, 00:29:19.524 --> 00:29:21.126 and your practice with me. 00:29:21.126 --> 00:29:23.128 I'll see ya tomorrow. 00:29:23.128 --> 00:29:24.730 Namaste. 00:29:24.730 --> 00:29:28.867 (lively, chiming orchestral music)