WEBVTT 00:00:00.310 --> 00:00:03.469 - Hey everyone and welcome to your 31 Day Yoga Revolution. 00:00:03.469 --> 00:00:05.638 It's day 24, 00:00:05.638 --> 00:00:07.908 and today is really awesome. 00:00:07.908 --> 00:00:10.878 We are practicing patience. 00:00:10.878 --> 00:00:13.046 Chka-chka-chka-chka-chkhhhh! 00:00:13.046 --> 00:00:14.281 Let's get started. 00:00:14.281 --> 00:00:17.784 (lively orchestral music) 00:00:23.023 --> 00:00:25.726 Alright, today let's begin on our backs, 00:00:25.726 --> 00:00:27.060 so come on down. 00:00:28.462 --> 00:00:31.298 Take a second to hug your knees into your chest. 00:00:31.298 --> 00:00:34.768 When you get there, rock a little side to side. 00:00:34.768 --> 00:00:36.737 Feel the earth 00:00:36.737 --> 00:00:38.906 ♫ Move under my feet 00:00:38.906 --> 00:00:41.942 Just kidding, feel the earth underneath you. 00:00:41.942 --> 00:00:44.778 Maybe a little foot massage today. 00:00:49.716 --> 00:00:52.219 Alright, and here is where we transition 00:00:52.219 --> 00:00:55.422 from whatever it was that you were doing before 00:00:55.422 --> 00:00:59.173 to the present moment, your practice. 00:01:01.295 --> 00:01:04.096 So many of us have a lot of responsibilities. 00:01:04.096 --> 00:01:07.808 The world asks us 00:01:07.808 --> 00:01:09.598 to be ambitious, 00:01:09.598 --> 00:01:11.538 to work hard, 00:01:11.538 --> 00:01:15.876 to take care of others, so now is the time 00:01:15.876 --> 00:01:17.878 to take care of yourself. 00:01:17.878 --> 00:01:22.349 To practice, to play, and to just be present 00:01:22.349 --> 00:01:25.152 with what is, and sometimes that can be really frustrating 00:01:25.152 --> 00:01:29.089 and so we use the yoga asana to help navigate that, 00:01:29.089 --> 00:01:33.160 negotiate that, so today's practice is about patience, 00:01:33.160 --> 00:01:36.209 practicing, keyword patience. 00:01:37.497 --> 00:01:40.100 So after you've taken a couple moments to roll around 00:01:40.100 --> 00:01:44.425 like a bug, come into this moment 00:01:44.425 --> 00:01:45.605 really owning it, 00:01:45.605 --> 00:01:47.541 taking it for yourself. 00:01:49.276 --> 00:01:50.444 We're gonna do some core. 00:01:50.444 --> 00:01:51.278 (laughs) 00:01:51.278 --> 00:01:53.747 So after you've settled in, we're gonna do some core. 00:01:53.747 --> 00:01:55.849 But, nice and mindful, so we're just gonna start 00:01:55.849 --> 00:02:00.714 by opening the legs out wide and closing, 00:02:01.755 --> 00:02:04.725 and then open the knees out wide. 00:02:04.725 --> 00:02:05.892 And close. 00:02:05.892 --> 00:02:09.062 And nothin' like doin' this on YouTube, love my life. 00:02:09.062 --> 00:02:10.931 Just kidding, and close. 00:02:10.931 --> 00:02:13.066 And open one more time. 00:02:13.066 --> 00:02:13.900 And close. 00:02:13.900 --> 00:02:16.136 Next time you open, stay there. 00:02:16.136 --> 00:02:17.838 Flex the feet, spread the toes. 00:02:17.838 --> 00:02:19.506 You can also point the toes, just lots of energy 00:02:19.506 --> 00:02:23.443 in the toes, and you're gonna reach forward, 00:02:23.443 --> 00:02:24.945 and scoop the tailbone up, 00:02:24.945 --> 00:02:27.748 and we're just gonna breathe here. 00:02:28.915 --> 00:02:30.384 Careful not to really crunch here, 00:02:30.384 --> 00:02:34.554 so keep a little space between your chin and your chest. 00:02:36.590 --> 00:02:39.760 And this is really great if you're working on Crow Pose. 00:02:39.760 --> 00:02:42.396 Scoop the tailbone up. 00:02:42.396 --> 00:02:45.565 Lift your heart, really feel that squeeze 00:02:45.565 --> 00:02:48.602 in the abdominal wall, and then reach a little further, 00:02:48.602 --> 00:02:51.505 lift your head, your neck, your chest up even more, 00:02:51.505 --> 00:02:53.674 and then one more breath, reach a little further. 00:02:53.674 --> 00:02:54.875 Give it all you've got. 00:02:54.875 --> 00:02:55.942 Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze. 00:02:55.942 --> 00:02:56.810 Feel that tremble. 00:02:56.810 --> 00:02:58.945 All those muscles turn on. 00:02:58.945 --> 00:03:02.516 Yay, and then release, give yourself a hug. 00:03:02.516 --> 00:03:03.750 Be affectionate. 00:03:03.750 --> 00:03:05.485 Be kind to yourself. 00:03:05.485 --> 00:03:06.319 Mmmm. 00:03:08.355 --> 00:03:09.523 Wonderful. 00:03:09.523 --> 00:03:12.359 Cross the right leg over the left. 00:03:13.193 --> 00:03:15.429 Grab the ankles, the big toes, 00:03:15.429 --> 00:03:18.098 or if you can grab on to the outer edges of the feet here, 00:03:18.098 --> 00:03:20.267 do, but don't feel like you have to push. 00:03:20.267 --> 00:03:23.603 You can also grab onto your pant leg or again, the ankle. 00:03:23.603 --> 00:03:26.406 And then we're gonna kick the toes out here. 00:03:26.406 --> 00:03:30.310 Breathing, sending lots of awareness and breath 00:03:30.310 --> 00:03:34.047 and love to the hips, something we have to be 00:03:35.482 --> 00:03:38.085 quite patient with I feel like in our yoga practice. 00:03:38.085 --> 00:03:40.353 No matter how many years I've practiced, 00:03:40.353 --> 00:03:43.430 I come to a pose that asks 00:03:43.430 --> 00:03:47.874 my hips to engage and to open 00:03:47.874 --> 00:03:51.431 and I feel like beginner's mind all over again, 00:03:51.431 --> 00:03:54.868 so have to be really patient and present. 00:03:56.870 --> 00:03:59.072 'Tis the way to be, unravel. 00:03:59.072 --> 00:04:01.308 Switch, left leg goes on top. 00:04:01.308 --> 00:04:02.976 This hip will be different. 00:04:02.976 --> 00:04:05.645 Be mindful, so you grab the ankles, the pant leg, 00:04:05.645 --> 00:04:07.981 the big toes, or the outer edges of your feet, 00:04:07.981 --> 00:04:11.751 and then this can sometimes be a little yoga for the brain 00:04:11.751 --> 00:04:13.120 too, a little coordination, 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:16.189 great for mind-body coordination. 00:04:16.189 --> 00:04:19.583 Toes reach out and up. 00:04:21.695 --> 00:04:22.829 Some people know what I'm talkin' about, 00:04:22.829 --> 00:04:25.165 others'll be like, I got it. 00:04:26.133 --> 00:04:27.834 And flex your feet. 00:04:27.834 --> 00:04:30.370 And then send lots of awareness to your left hip, 00:04:30.370 --> 00:04:33.406 to both hips actually, just send some breath down, 00:04:33.406 --> 00:04:35.775 down, down, play with that directional breath 00:04:35.775 --> 00:04:39.112 as you breathe in, the air travels all the way 00:04:39.112 --> 00:04:41.348 down towards your tailbone. 00:04:42.616 --> 00:04:45.318 And as you breathe out, it comes all the way up 00:04:45.318 --> 00:04:47.320 and shoots out the nose. 00:04:49.890 --> 00:04:51.892 Fabulous, unravel. 00:04:51.892 --> 00:04:53.527 Bring your hands to your knees 00:04:53.527 --> 00:04:56.163 and you're just gonna reach your knees towards 00:04:56.163 --> 00:04:59.340 the front edge of your mat so that your lower back comes up. 00:05:00.908 --> 00:05:02.736 So make adjustments as you need. 00:05:02.736 --> 00:05:05.152 Should feel really good. 00:05:05.152 --> 00:05:07.440 Again, I'm reaching my knees forward. 00:05:07.440 --> 00:05:11.411 I'm adjusting so that my lower back can come up 00:05:11.411 --> 00:05:12.646 off of the mat. 00:05:18.151 --> 00:05:22.289 And now we're gonna take it to the opposite dimension, 00:05:22.289 --> 00:05:23.657 so tuck the chin into the chest, 00:05:23.657 --> 00:05:25.892 bring the lower back flush with the mat, 00:05:25.892 --> 00:05:29.362 squeeze the knees in, then engage your abdominal wall, 00:05:29.362 --> 00:05:32.032 hug those lower ribs in, scoop the tail up, 00:05:32.032 --> 00:05:34.601 and lift the shins so they're parallel to the ceiling. 00:05:34.601 --> 00:05:36.703 That's just the guide as always. 00:05:36.703 --> 00:05:38.605 So, parallel to the ceiling may mean 00:05:38.605 --> 00:05:39.973 that your lower back is coming up 00:05:39.973 --> 00:05:43.276 so you might actually bring the knees a little bit forward. 00:05:43.276 --> 00:05:47.180 What you're looking for is that strong, firm connect 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:50.317 to your mat with your lower back, nice and flush. 00:05:50.317 --> 00:05:51.418 Alright, and then when you feel like 00:05:51.418 --> 00:05:53.920 you have that connect, interlace the fingertips, 00:05:53.920 --> 00:05:55.522 bring them behind the head. 00:05:55.522 --> 00:05:59.326 You can extend the thumbs, sneak in a little neck massage. 00:05:59.326 --> 00:06:02.796 Then big inhale, open the elbows wide. 00:06:02.796 --> 00:06:07.334 Maintain that as you slowly exhale, lift the head, 00:06:07.334 --> 00:06:09.269 keep your gaze up so you can look at the video 00:06:09.269 --> 00:06:14.241 if you need to, but then take your gaze up and back. 00:06:14.241 --> 00:06:17.377 So we're keeping this length through the crown of the head 00:06:17.377 --> 00:06:20.480 and this awareness through the whole torso and the spine 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:23.550 as we engage through the core. 00:06:23.550 --> 00:06:25.051 Alright, keep breathing here. 00:06:25.051 --> 00:06:27.687 You can even use your hands to gently tuck the chin 00:06:27.687 --> 00:06:30.023 and lengthen the back of the head 00:06:30.023 --> 00:06:32.392 towards the back edge of your mat. 00:06:32.392 --> 00:06:36.296 Breathe, start to fire up a breath here. 00:06:36.296 --> 00:06:38.331 Alright, and then we're gonna focus on not just 00:06:38.331 --> 00:06:40.767 bringing the right elbow to the left knee, 00:06:40.767 --> 00:06:44.137 but actually the right shoulder to the center of your chest, 00:06:44.137 --> 00:06:45.772 so practice that really fast. 00:06:45.772 --> 00:06:49.409 So rather than trying to kiss elbow to knee, 00:06:49.409 --> 00:06:52.078 bring your right shoulder to the center of your chest, 00:06:52.078 --> 00:06:55.749 so really getting into the abdominals here. 00:06:55.749 --> 00:06:57.017 Yes. 00:06:57.017 --> 00:06:58.818 And then practice the other side. 00:06:58.818 --> 00:07:03.356 So instead of left elbow to knee, think about bringing 00:07:03.356 --> 00:07:06.526 your left shoulder to the center of your chest 00:07:06.526 --> 00:07:10.597 and notice that sensation, that feeling. 00:07:10.597 --> 00:07:13.366 Yep, bring it back to center and let's rock and roll. 00:07:13.366 --> 00:07:14.367 Inhale in. 00:07:14.367 --> 00:07:19.172 Exhale, twist, right shoulder to the center of your chest. 00:07:19.172 --> 00:07:21.207 Inhale to lower. 00:07:21.207 --> 00:07:25.245 Exhale, left shoulder to the center of your chest. 00:07:25.245 --> 00:07:27.180 Maintain this awareness through the spine. 00:07:27.180 --> 00:07:28.915 As you inhale, find length. 00:07:28.915 --> 00:07:30.383 Exhale, twist. 00:07:30.383 --> 00:07:32.652 Right shoulder to the center of your chest. 00:07:32.652 --> 00:07:34.587 Inhale to center. 00:07:34.587 --> 00:07:38.391 Exhale, left shoulder to the center of your chest. 00:07:38.391 --> 00:07:40.327 Inhale, look up. 00:07:40.327 --> 00:07:43.797 Exhale, right shoulder to your heart. 00:07:43.797 --> 00:07:45.832 Inhale, look up, lengthen. 00:07:45.832 --> 00:07:49.135 Exhale, left shoulder to your heart. 00:07:49.135 --> 00:07:51.104 Inhale to lengthen. 00:07:51.104 --> 00:07:53.239 Exhale to twist. 00:07:53.239 --> 00:07:54.808 And feel the difference as you work 00:07:54.808 --> 00:07:58.278 shoulder to heart center, so great. 00:07:58.278 --> 00:07:59.412 Keep it going. 00:07:59.412 --> 00:08:01.581 Inhale to find expansion. 00:08:01.581 --> 00:08:03.350 Exhale to contract. 00:08:03.350 --> 00:08:05.418 Squeeze that tailbone up. 00:08:08.221 --> 00:08:09.389 Keep it going. 00:08:16.529 --> 00:08:19.866 Alright, now the next time you bring right shoulder 00:08:19.866 --> 00:08:22.068 to the center of your chest, you're gonna extend 00:08:22.068 --> 00:08:24.304 the left leg all the way up towards the ceiling, 00:08:24.304 --> 00:08:26.706 and then slowly lower it all the way to the ground, 00:08:26.706 --> 00:08:28.908 just to hover actually, not to the ground. 00:08:28.908 --> 00:08:31.144 Hover, hover, we're here for five. 00:08:31.144 --> 00:08:32.412 Lift the chin. 00:08:32.412 --> 00:08:35.081 Four, soft and easy in the face. 00:08:35.081 --> 00:08:37.884 Three, two, and then all the way back up 00:08:37.884 --> 00:08:39.251 to center on the one. 00:08:39.251 --> 00:08:40.220 Beautiful. 00:08:40.220 --> 00:08:42.121 Here we go, same thing on the other side. 00:08:42.121 --> 00:08:43.022 Inhale in. 00:08:43.022 --> 00:08:46.626 Exhale, left shoulder to your heart center. 00:08:48.661 --> 00:08:50.997 Then when you're ready, extend the left leg out long. 00:08:50.997 --> 00:08:54.000 Inhale, and exhale, slowly lower the left leg down, 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:55.068 let it hover. 00:08:56.236 --> 00:08:57.627 And keep the neck nice and long. 00:08:57.627 --> 00:08:59.806 We're here for five. 00:08:59.806 --> 00:09:01.441 Four. 00:09:01.441 --> 00:09:03.009 Three. 00:09:03.009 --> 00:09:05.011 Two-ooooooooooooooooooo. 00:09:06.913 --> 00:09:08.047 And back on the one. 00:09:08.047 --> 00:09:09.215 (laughs) Alright. 00:09:09.215 --> 00:09:11.424 Release everything, hug the knees into the chest, 00:09:11.424 --> 00:09:13.553 rock a little side to side. 00:09:13.553 --> 00:09:14.687 And then when you're ready, we're gonna rock 00:09:14.687 --> 00:09:16.856 all the way front to back. 00:09:18.458 --> 00:09:22.072 Massaging the back body. 00:09:22.072 --> 00:09:25.198 Letting go of any care or worry you might've been 00:09:25.198 --> 00:09:27.700 holding onto or gripping onto. 00:09:30.470 --> 00:09:32.639 And rising all the way up. 00:09:33.640 --> 00:09:37.744 Alright, when you get there, send the legs out long. 00:09:37.744 --> 00:09:40.747 Dandasana, Stick Pose or Staff Pose. 00:09:41.614 --> 00:09:44.384 Fingertips or palms come right to the hip points 00:09:44.384 --> 00:09:47.120 or maybe even slightly behind. 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:49.722 And we loop the shoulders, really wrap around 00:09:49.722 --> 00:09:52.725 the back body and find that lift in the heart. 00:09:52.725 --> 00:09:54.828 Firm down through the tops of the thighs. 00:09:54.828 --> 00:09:57.764 Take a couple deep breaths in here. 00:09:57.764 --> 00:10:01.634 Using this posture not as a place to sit and wait, 00:10:01.634 --> 00:10:06.487 but rather, to check in with your energetic body, 00:10:07.807 --> 00:10:11.377 to give the thinking mind a break, 00:10:11.377 --> 00:10:15.248 and to tap into that self awareness, that discipline 00:10:15.248 --> 00:10:19.619 of really embodying a posture, maybe lifting the heels up 00:10:19.619 --> 00:10:21.454 or spreading the toes. 00:10:22.352 --> 00:10:24.657 Go through your checklist. 00:10:29.362 --> 00:10:32.932 Wonderful, then press into your hands, lift the hips, 00:10:32.932 --> 00:10:35.835 bring them down so that your knees bend here. 00:10:35.835 --> 00:10:39.138 We open up through the chest, big inhale. 00:10:39.138 --> 00:10:42.175 And then exhale, we're gonna cross the right ankle 00:10:42.175 --> 00:10:43.409 over the left here. 00:10:43.409 --> 00:10:44.944 Start to open up through the hips. 00:10:44.944 --> 00:10:48.381 Now you can adjust your hands now to turn the fingertips out 00:10:48.381 --> 00:10:52.152 or behind, I'm gonna go behind, but keep that lift 00:10:52.152 --> 00:10:53.820 in the armpit chest. 00:10:55.488 --> 00:10:57.657 Nice and active in the foot here. 00:10:57.657 --> 00:11:01.294 To go a little deeper, of course you'll walk the left heel 00:11:01.294 --> 00:11:04.163 closer in towards your body. 00:11:04.163 --> 00:11:08.601 And to ease up you'll inch your toesies out. 00:11:08.601 --> 00:11:11.404 So we're sending breath, love, awareness to the hip, 00:11:11.404 --> 00:11:14.707 but maintaining that lift, that length through 00:11:14.707 --> 00:11:16.473 the entire spine. 00:11:20.079 --> 00:11:24.844 Wonderful, with control, so we try to watch out 00:11:24.844 --> 00:11:26.486 for that slingshot effect here. 00:11:26.486 --> 00:11:30.890 Try to keep energy through the foot as you release, yeah. 00:11:30.890 --> 00:11:33.927 And we'll take it to the other side. 00:11:33.927 --> 00:11:37.063 Left ankle crosses over the right. 00:11:37.063 --> 00:11:40.633 Just honor, see how this side is different. 00:11:42.835 --> 00:11:45.805 And then again, you can walk the heel in or out, 00:11:45.805 --> 00:11:49.242 breathing deep, lots of awareness in that left foot. 00:11:49.242 --> 00:11:52.078 Lift up through your armpit chest. 00:11:54.714 --> 00:11:56.883 Tap into that inner smile. 00:12:04.557 --> 00:12:07.627 And then again here, try to resist the slingshot effect, 00:12:07.627 --> 00:12:10.597 so with control, moving from your center 00:12:10.597 --> 00:12:12.165 even here, release. 00:12:13.166 --> 00:12:16.169 Yeah, Dandasana, we return. 00:12:16.169 --> 00:12:18.471 Fingertips or palms to the earth. 00:12:18.471 --> 00:12:21.541 We sit up nice and tall, maybe try to lift the heels, 00:12:21.541 --> 00:12:24.877 hug the elbows in, and again, imagine you're sitting up 00:12:24.877 --> 00:12:26.012 against a wall here. 00:12:26.012 --> 00:12:28.181 So we're honoring the natural curve of the spine, 00:12:28.181 --> 00:12:30.750 but the energetic body is trying to be 00:12:30.750 --> 00:12:33.252 really nice and tall and long. 00:12:37.457 --> 00:12:39.826 Alright, big breath in. 00:12:39.826 --> 00:12:40.827 Big breath out. 00:12:40.827 --> 00:12:41.728 Grab the right knee. 00:12:41.728 --> 00:12:42.662 Lift it up. 00:12:44.631 --> 00:12:47.267 And a twist to the right, so you can hook the left elbow 00:12:47.267 --> 00:12:50.036 around the left knee, or you can take the bind, 00:12:50.036 --> 00:12:51.237 but just make sure you're not pinching 00:12:51.237 --> 00:12:52.505 or holding, keep it soft. 00:12:52.505 --> 00:12:54.841 Make sure when you breathe, you can feel that expansion 00:12:54.841 --> 00:12:58.311 we've been working on, that buoyancy as you breathe in. 00:12:58.311 --> 00:13:01.681 And if buoyant breath doesn't really mean anything to you 00:13:01.681 --> 00:13:03.750 then just make sure that you can take a breath 00:13:03.750 --> 00:13:05.718 that feels good. 00:13:05.718 --> 00:13:09.055 Alright, right fingertips come all the way up and around 00:13:09.055 --> 00:13:12.358 and we're twisting to the right here. 00:13:12.358 --> 00:13:13.671 Breathing. 00:13:21.801 --> 00:13:22.769 One more breath. 00:13:22.769 --> 00:13:26.439 See if you can really feel your belly, your waistline 00:13:26.439 --> 00:13:28.508 expand as you breathe in. 00:13:30.543 --> 00:13:32.145 And then exhale to release. 00:13:32.145 --> 00:13:34.013 Keep the right knee hugging in. 00:13:34.013 --> 00:13:36.249 Send the right fingertips forward. 00:13:36.249 --> 00:13:37.450 Then reach, reach, reach forward 00:13:37.450 --> 00:13:39.752 and we're gonna actually wrap around. 00:13:39.752 --> 00:13:43.990 So we're just gonna wrap around so that the right hand 00:13:43.990 --> 00:13:46.759 is coming to the hip crease here. 00:13:49.295 --> 00:13:51.164 But, if you'd like to start to work with the bind, 00:13:51.164 --> 00:13:53.366 you'll swim the left fingertips around 00:13:53.366 --> 00:13:56.803 and then maybe they interlace here right on my mic pack. 00:13:56.803 --> 00:13:57.804 Cool. 00:13:57.804 --> 00:14:00.826 Okay, so when we learn things 00:14:00.826 --> 00:14:03.576 like binds or balancing poses 00:14:03.576 --> 00:14:05.978 in yoga, we can get really caught up in the goal 00:14:05.978 --> 00:14:10.995 of the pose, so we practice patience and remember, 00:14:12.318 --> 00:14:15.755 our focus, our commitment to the process. 00:14:16.756 --> 00:14:20.393 So we're here, everyone loop the shoulders, open the chest, 00:14:20.393 --> 00:14:22.528 or maybe we're working towards that bind, 00:14:22.528 --> 00:14:24.464 but we're honoring each breath, 00:14:24.464 --> 00:14:29.202 super present for every inhale and every exhale. 00:14:29.202 --> 00:14:32.405 Great, take one more inhale as you open the chest 00:14:32.405 --> 00:14:34.107 and find length through the crown. 00:14:34.107 --> 00:14:35.708 Look forward. 00:14:35.708 --> 00:14:38.611 And then exhale, again, resist the slingshot effect 00:14:38.611 --> 00:14:41.317 as you slowly release, 00:14:41.317 --> 00:14:44.659 Dandasana, Stick Pose or Staff Pose. 00:14:46.819 --> 00:14:48.454 And if you've practiced with me before, 00:14:48.454 --> 00:14:51.987 then you know danda is Sanskrit 00:14:51.987 --> 00:14:54.227 for the stick or the staff, 00:14:54.227 --> 00:14:56.529 literally here Dandasana, right, that holds us up, 00:14:56.529 --> 00:14:59.165 so focus on that lift up through the front body 00:14:59.165 --> 00:15:01.701 and that grounding energy through the back body. 00:15:01.701 --> 00:15:02.835 Look at me, I'm like 00:15:02.835 --> 00:15:05.271 ♫ Huh ha ha ha ha 00:15:05.271 --> 00:15:07.940 Yes, okay, hug the left knee in. 00:15:09.408 --> 00:15:10.843 Find your breath. 00:15:12.478 --> 00:15:14.814 Twisting to the left nice and easy. 00:15:14.814 --> 00:15:17.717 We'll hook the elbow or you're welcome to take the bind, 00:15:17.717 --> 00:15:21.888 just make sure you're not pinching off your breath. 00:15:27.593 --> 00:15:29.962 Inhale, think upward. 00:15:29.962 --> 00:15:32.965 Lift up, find that upward current. 00:15:32.965 --> 00:15:35.434 And then exhale, draw the navel in and maybe 00:15:35.434 --> 00:15:39.071 you journey a little more into your twist. 00:15:39.071 --> 00:15:43.042 Twists require a lot of patience as well. 00:15:43.042 --> 00:15:46.279 Wham-bamming into a twist, not a great idea. 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:47.814 Doesn't really feel great either, 00:15:47.814 --> 00:15:51.284 or it feels good for a second and then it's not 00:15:51.284 --> 00:15:53.252 long lasting, right, it's just like a quick 00:15:53.252 --> 00:15:54.921 honeymoon feel good. 00:15:57.557 --> 00:15:59.492 So you can take that into your other practices. 00:15:59.492 --> 00:16:01.794 And in twists, really practicing patience, 00:16:01.794 --> 00:16:02.862 using your breath. 00:16:02.862 --> 00:16:04.697 Inhale as you lift and lengthen. 00:16:04.697 --> 00:16:08.134 Exhale as you twist or journey into the twist 00:16:08.134 --> 00:16:11.871 as I like to say as a reminder to myself. 00:16:11.871 --> 00:16:14.246 Okay, slowly come back. 00:16:15.141 --> 00:16:18.477 Find that Dandasana, keep the left knee hugging in, 00:16:18.477 --> 00:16:21.080 and then we're gonna reach the left fingertips forward, 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:24.183 find length through the left side body. 00:16:24.183 --> 00:16:27.887 Squeeze that left knee in, and then reach around, just play. 00:16:27.887 --> 00:16:29.822 We're just playin' here, havin' some fun 00:16:29.822 --> 00:16:32.158 and reachin' around, do your best. 00:16:32.158 --> 00:16:34.493 Maybe the left hand comes to the left hip crease here. 00:16:34.493 --> 00:16:38.297 If it only comes to the ankle here, amazing, own it. 00:16:38.297 --> 00:16:39.298 Squeeze. 00:16:39.298 --> 00:16:41.367 Find support from within. 00:16:44.470 --> 00:16:47.740 And then maybe in time we reach the right fingertips 00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:52.753 all the way around to join the left fingertips for our bind. 00:16:54.347 --> 00:16:58.899 But maybe not, maybe we 00:16:58.899 --> 00:17:00.119 use this opportunity 00:17:00.119 --> 00:17:03.289 as a reminder 00:17:05.250 --> 00:17:07.291 to focus on the process. 00:17:10.596 --> 00:17:11.464 Are you breathing? 00:17:11.464 --> 00:17:15.001 Find one more big inhale to lift your heart, 00:17:15.001 --> 00:17:18.271 lengthen through the crown of the head. 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:24.005 And then exhale to release, Dandasana. 00:17:28.981 --> 00:17:29.882 Big inhale. 00:17:32.018 --> 00:17:32.952 Big exhale. 00:17:35.688 --> 00:17:37.623 Wonderful, hike the knees up. 00:17:37.623 --> 00:17:39.325 Once again, soles of the feet come to the mat 00:17:39.325 --> 00:17:42.128 and we slide the hands back, and inhale, 00:17:42.128 --> 00:17:44.263 we're gonna lift the hips all the way up. 00:17:44.263 --> 00:17:47.033 Knees are gonna go over the ankles here, 00:17:47.033 --> 00:17:49.001 so you can even eyeball it a little bit, 00:17:49.001 --> 00:17:51.671 and then send your sits bones towards the backs 00:17:51.671 --> 00:17:54.240 of your knees and we open up through the chest here, 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:57.476 wrapping shoulder blades around and underneath. 00:17:57.476 --> 00:17:59.912 Lift, lift, lift, lift, lift, and then just take your gaze 00:17:59.912 --> 00:18:02.014 all the way up, don't take it all the way back today. 00:18:02.014 --> 00:18:03.816 Press into your fingerprints. 00:18:03.816 --> 00:18:05.051 One more breath here. 00:18:05.051 --> 00:18:06.819 Inhale, lift your heart. 00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:08.521 And then exhale with control. 00:18:08.521 --> 00:18:09.789 Slowly release. 00:18:11.324 --> 00:18:16.162 Wonderful, cross the ankles, come forward onto all fours. 00:18:16.162 --> 00:18:17.396 Take your time. 00:18:22.034 --> 00:18:23.536 Tabletop position. 00:18:24.704 --> 00:18:26.305 Curl the toes under. 00:18:26.305 --> 00:18:28.040 Find your foundation. 00:18:28.941 --> 00:18:30.609 And when you're ready, inhale in. 00:18:30.609 --> 00:18:33.746 Exhale, tap into your core, find length. 00:18:33.746 --> 00:18:37.616 Notice how this has changed since day one, day two. 00:18:37.616 --> 00:18:39.485 Just be present with what is. 00:18:39.485 --> 00:18:41.787 We're here for five. 00:18:41.787 --> 00:18:43.389 Four. 00:18:43.389 --> 00:18:45.091 Three, tug the shoulders back. 00:18:45.091 --> 00:18:47.693 Two, and one, Downward Facing Dog. 00:18:47.693 --> 00:18:49.795 Adjust your stance as you need. 00:18:49.795 --> 00:18:53.132 Start to breathe deeper, fuller breaths. 00:19:01.874 --> 00:19:03.743 So when you're really present, 00:19:03.743 --> 00:19:06.045 when you really say yes, when you can be patient 00:19:06.045 --> 00:19:08.748 with the process and alive in that, 00:19:08.748 --> 00:19:10.549 that is the real deal. 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:12.518 That is yoga. 00:19:16.188 --> 00:19:18.958 One more deep breath here. 00:19:18.958 --> 00:19:21.861 And then we'll walk the big toes together. 00:19:21.861 --> 00:19:23.596 And then inhale, lift the right leg up high, 00:19:23.596 --> 00:19:25.731 Three-legged Dog. 00:19:25.731 --> 00:19:29.835 Exhale, knee to nose, and then step it up. 00:19:29.835 --> 00:19:31.971 Back knee is gonna lower. 00:19:31.971 --> 00:19:34.974 And we find that front knee over front ankle. 00:19:34.974 --> 00:19:38.711 Inhale, slowly rising up through the spine. 00:19:38.711 --> 00:19:41.447 Heart opens towards the front. 00:19:41.447 --> 00:19:42.381 And we breathe here. 00:19:42.381 --> 00:19:43.749 See if you can find a lightness. 00:19:43.749 --> 00:19:46.018 So press into the top of that back foot. 00:19:46.018 --> 00:19:47.953 Find a lightness here, so if you're really pressing 00:19:47.953 --> 00:19:50.489 into your fingerprints, tap into your core 00:19:50.489 --> 00:19:55.361 and with practice this becomes, I won't say more easy, 00:19:55.361 --> 00:20:00.034 but we'll be able to access, find more ease. 00:20:02.168 --> 00:20:06.338 I just remember days of like really there's no way 00:20:06.338 --> 00:20:09.942 I could not put weight in my fingers, so just be patient. 00:20:09.942 --> 00:20:11.510 (laughs) 00:20:11.510 --> 00:20:12.542 There you go! 00:20:12.542 --> 00:20:15.381 Alright, inhale, look forward, smile. 00:20:15.381 --> 00:20:20.186 Exhale, send the hips back, runner's lunge, here we go. 00:20:20.186 --> 00:20:22.922 So the hamstrings, ahhh, patience. 00:20:22.922 --> 00:20:24.757 I didn't even need to really speak to that. 00:20:24.757 --> 00:20:25.758 We all know. 00:20:27.026 --> 00:20:28.561 Soft bend in that right knee. 00:20:28.561 --> 00:20:31.430 Maybe you find a little length on the inhale. 00:20:31.430 --> 00:20:33.854 And fold on the exhale. 00:20:41.207 --> 00:20:43.742 Cool, then rolling through that right foot. 00:20:43.742 --> 00:20:45.945 Bring the hands to the left side of your yoga mat 00:20:45.945 --> 00:20:49.982 and walk your right foot out for a Lizard variation. 00:20:49.982 --> 00:20:52.785 Opening the hips, so to each his own today. 00:20:52.785 --> 00:20:55.221 If your energy level's kind of low or the hips are pretty 00:20:55.221 --> 00:20:58.157 tight, you want to be soft and easy, patient. 00:20:58.157 --> 00:21:01.594 Then just keep that back knee lowered. 00:21:01.594 --> 00:21:06.031 And maybe you lower to the forearms, maybe not. 00:21:06.031 --> 00:21:09.502 And as we've been doing, send some love, some awareness, 00:21:09.502 --> 00:21:13.672 just some energy, some breath, whatever you can do 00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:17.610 toward the hips, this awareness. 00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:22.681 And then you can stay here, options, couple other variations 00:21:22.681 --> 00:21:24.750 here is you can lift the back knee 00:21:24.750 --> 00:21:26.986 for a more active practice. 00:21:28.721 --> 00:21:33.592 And then the last variation is you can walk the foot in 00:21:33.592 --> 00:21:35.661 and up, bring the right shoulder 00:21:35.661 --> 00:21:39.498 underneath your right knee here and play here. 00:21:43.002 --> 00:21:46.005 K, just giving some options to play. 00:21:47.206 --> 00:21:52.564 And also, giving us some extra substance 00:21:53.979 --> 00:21:55.748 to practice patience. 00:22:01.187 --> 00:22:04.623 Alright, if you have your right leg hooked over 00:22:04.623 --> 00:22:07.326 your right shoulder, unravel, and let's all come back 00:22:07.326 --> 00:22:09.361 to a nice, low lunge, using the hands 00:22:09.361 --> 00:22:11.764 to frame the right foot again. 00:22:11.764 --> 00:22:13.933 Inhale, look forward. 00:22:13.933 --> 00:22:17.803 And exhale, step it back to Plank or to the knees, 00:22:17.803 --> 00:22:20.306 Half Plank, so we always have options. 00:22:20.306 --> 00:22:22.208 Hug the elbows into the side body. 00:22:22.208 --> 00:22:23.943 Gaze forward. 00:22:23.943 --> 00:22:26.879 And then exhale, slowly lower down. 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:29.915 Press into the tops of the feet. 00:22:29.915 --> 00:22:32.718 Walk the fingertips off the mat, tent the palms, 00:22:32.718 --> 00:22:34.253 so really lift up here. 00:22:34.253 --> 00:22:37.690 Then lift your elbows up towards the sky. 00:22:38.791 --> 00:22:40.192 Then press into the pubic bone, 00:22:40.192 --> 00:22:41.460 press into the tops of the feet. 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:43.295 See if you can root down through your pubic bone 00:22:43.295 --> 00:22:46.966 without necessarily clenching your buttocks. 00:22:47.913 --> 00:22:50.502 Alright, it's an art form, yes? 00:22:50.502 --> 00:22:54.396 Tuck the chin into the chest and inhale, roll up. 00:22:54.396 --> 00:22:55.808 Exhale, release. 00:22:55.808 --> 00:22:57.309 Just go as far as you can. 00:22:57.309 --> 00:23:01.046 Stay connected with your breath, with your core. 00:23:01.046 --> 00:23:01.981 No need to push. 00:23:01.981 --> 00:23:03.949 Inhale, rise up. 00:23:03.949 --> 00:23:04.950 Don't push. 00:23:04.950 --> 00:23:06.619 And exhale, release. 00:23:08.020 --> 00:23:09.922 Inhale, rise up. 00:23:09.922 --> 00:23:11.991 In time, you'll be able to wrap those shoulder blades 00:23:11.991 --> 00:23:14.860 around and find length, but your lower back's gonna speak 00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:17.329 to you here, if it doesn't feel good, 00:23:17.329 --> 00:23:20.724 you need to be patient. 00:23:21.407 --> 00:23:22.692 And we release. 00:23:24.870 --> 00:23:27.439 Great work, bring the palms underneath the shoulders. 00:23:27.439 --> 00:23:28.741 Curl the toes under. 00:23:28.741 --> 00:23:32.044 Plank or all fours, yogi's choice. 00:23:32.044 --> 00:23:34.046 And Downward Facing Dog. 00:23:37.149 --> 00:23:38.817 Big breath in. 00:23:38.817 --> 00:23:42.755 Big breath out, walk the feet together. 00:23:42.755 --> 00:23:45.190 Inhale, lift the left leg up high. 00:23:45.190 --> 00:23:46.925 Exhale, knee to nose. 00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:49.461 Step it up. 00:23:49.461 --> 00:23:50.963 Nice, low lunge. 00:23:50.963 --> 00:23:53.465 Lower the right knee down. 00:23:53.465 --> 00:23:55.956 And we start to open up. 00:23:58.404 --> 00:24:01.974 We start to open up, we start to settle in. 00:24:04.610 --> 00:24:06.278 We start to uncover. 00:24:09.181 --> 00:24:10.783 We start to let go. 00:24:16.789 --> 00:24:18.624 Embracing the process. 00:24:23.128 --> 00:24:25.664 Alright, inhale, look forward. 00:24:25.664 --> 00:24:27.766 And exhale, send it back. 00:24:29.468 --> 00:24:32.171 Hamstrings, pulling the left hip crease back, 00:24:32.171 --> 00:24:34.773 keeping soft bend in that left knee. 00:24:34.773 --> 00:24:37.743 Again you can play with a little wave in the spine here, 00:24:37.743 --> 00:24:41.534 finding a root of firmness through that back foot. 00:24:51.187 --> 00:24:55.294 Start to become absorbed in the sound of your breath here. 00:24:55.294 --> 00:24:58.030 Maybe you haven't quite really gotten into the groove 00:24:58.030 --> 00:25:01.110 with your breath. Maybe today's the day. 00:25:01.110 --> 00:25:03.469 Surprise yourself, be open. 00:25:06.638 --> 00:25:09.108 Cool, rolling through the left foot. 00:25:09.108 --> 00:25:11.810 Bring the hands to the right side of the mat, Lizard 00:25:11.810 --> 00:25:14.113 or Lizard variations. 00:25:14.113 --> 00:25:15.614 Lizard variations. 00:25:18.250 --> 00:25:22.287 Walking the left foot towards the left side of the mat. 00:25:22.287 --> 00:25:23.889 And then listening to your body, 00:25:23.889 --> 00:25:26.258 so maybe you curl the toes under and lift the back knee 00:25:26.258 --> 00:25:28.591 for a more active Lizard today. 00:25:28.591 --> 00:25:30.582 Fierce breath. 00:25:30.582 --> 00:25:32.231 Lowering to the forearms. 00:25:32.231 --> 00:25:34.800 Maybe you keep it nice and low. 00:25:35.968 --> 00:25:39.405 Low to the ground with your knee. 00:25:39.405 --> 00:25:41.907 Maybe walk those left toes up, 00:25:41.907 --> 00:25:45.077 and we bring the left shoulder around. 00:25:46.138 --> 00:25:48.080 And maybe we play here. 00:25:48.080 --> 00:25:49.581 Maybe there's other variations here 00:25:49.581 --> 00:25:53.419 where we're working towards an arm balance. 00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:56.488 So everyone breathe wherever you are. 00:25:59.591 --> 00:26:01.427 Soften the jaw. 00:26:01.427 --> 00:26:05.597 Notice where you might be adding any extra added tension. 00:26:06.498 --> 00:26:08.200 So not only do we carry a tension in our body, 00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:11.637 but I notice through teaching and sharing yoga, 00:26:11.637 --> 00:26:14.306 guiding yoga, that I notice a lot of times 00:26:14.306 --> 00:26:18.143 we don't even realize how we're adding extra tension 00:26:18.143 --> 00:26:22.024 to moments in asana and to our day. 00:26:23.415 --> 00:26:25.083 So it's really about the awareness. 00:26:25.083 --> 00:26:27.753 Okay, take one more breath here. 00:26:35.561 --> 00:26:39.832 And then if your leg is over your left shoulder, unravel. 00:26:39.832 --> 00:26:41.934 And let's all come back to the low lunge. 00:26:41.934 --> 00:26:44.837 Hands framing the left foot. 00:26:44.837 --> 00:26:46.208 And become light on the fingertips. 00:26:46.208 --> 00:26:48.907 As you inhale, look forward. 00:26:48.907 --> 00:26:50.669 And exhale, plant the palms. 00:26:50.669 --> 00:26:53.378 Step it to Plank or Half Plank. 00:26:55.581 --> 00:26:57.883 Wrap the elbows, shoulders in. 00:26:57.883 --> 00:26:59.384 Look forward. 00:26:59.384 --> 00:27:03.522 Hug the elbows into the side body as you lower down. 00:27:05.858 --> 00:27:08.260 Then once again, feet come to the earth, 00:27:08.260 --> 00:27:11.296 fingertips come off the mat. 00:27:11.296 --> 00:27:15.734 And when you're ready, big inhale lifts you up. 00:27:15.734 --> 00:27:17.569 And exhale to release. 00:27:19.071 --> 00:27:20.439 Two more. 00:27:20.439 --> 00:27:21.974 Press into your foundation. 00:27:21.974 --> 00:27:22.808 Inhale. 00:27:25.911 --> 00:27:29.815 Can also just do a baby Cobra here, and exhale. 00:27:30.679 --> 00:27:33.452 And practice today is patience. 00:27:34.386 --> 00:27:36.121 One more, big inhale. 00:27:40.158 --> 00:27:41.059 And exhale. 00:27:42.094 --> 00:27:42.928 Release. 00:27:43.795 --> 00:27:44.930 Fabulous work. 00:27:44.930 --> 00:27:46.565 Curl the toes under. 00:27:46.565 --> 00:27:48.834 Come to all fours or Plank. 00:27:50.202 --> 00:27:52.271 And then to Downward Dog. 00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:57.476 Wonderful, take a deep breath in. 00:27:58.263 --> 00:27:59.778 Long breath out. 00:28:01.250 --> 00:28:03.181 We're gonna walk to the middle of your mat. 00:28:03.181 --> 00:28:05.584 So feet and hands will meet in the middle. 00:28:05.584 --> 00:28:08.186 Bring your feet as wide as your yoga mat. 00:28:08.186 --> 00:28:09.321 And then bring your hands underneath 00:28:09.321 --> 00:28:10.989 your feet for gorilla posture. 00:28:10.989 --> 00:28:13.425 Wiggle your toes at your wrists. 00:28:13.425 --> 00:28:17.296 Hold on to your center, your core, your midline 00:28:17.296 --> 00:28:21.466 for stability and then you can relax the head over. 00:28:23.702 --> 00:28:25.437 Shake the head loose. 00:28:30.175 --> 00:28:33.512 And then slowly release the hands. 00:28:33.512 --> 00:28:36.715 And we're actually going to bring the palms to the shins. 00:28:36.715 --> 00:28:39.651 Inhale, halfway lift, find length. 00:28:39.651 --> 00:28:41.353 Keep your palms on your shins. 00:28:41.353 --> 00:28:43.422 And exhale, fold. 00:28:43.422 --> 00:28:45.891 And then slide the palms to the tops of the thighs. 00:28:45.891 --> 00:28:46.925 Soft bend in the knees. 00:28:46.925 --> 00:28:48.694 Inhale, halfway lift. 00:28:50.862 --> 00:28:53.765 Cue creaky floor, and exhale, fold. 00:28:54.733 --> 00:28:56.668 And inhale, press into your feet. 00:28:56.668 --> 00:28:58.437 Reach for the sky. 00:28:58.437 --> 00:29:00.372 Full body stretch here. 00:29:02.040 --> 00:29:03.609 And exhale, hands to heart. 00:29:03.609 --> 00:29:05.611 Bring the feet together. 00:29:06.812 --> 00:29:10.072 And preparing for Dancer Pose. 00:29:12.464 --> 00:29:13.619 Loop the shoulders. 00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:14.953 Lift your chest. 00:29:18.757 --> 00:29:22.694 So, we have an idea of where the pose is going 00:29:22.694 --> 00:29:24.463 and if you're new to yoga, you're like, "No, I don't." 00:29:24.463 --> 00:29:26.565 (laughs) That's okay, we'll do this together. 00:29:26.565 --> 00:29:29.001 But let's see if we can really challenge ourselves, 00:29:29.001 --> 00:29:30.799 invite each other to really be present 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:34.873 in every step of the way, and just see what happens. 00:29:34.873 --> 00:29:38.744 So find that gathering of energy up from the pelvic floor. 00:29:38.744 --> 00:29:40.979 I love it when I do this. 00:29:40.979 --> 00:29:41.913 This is great. 00:29:41.913 --> 00:29:44.182 And then lift up, up, up, up. 00:29:44.182 --> 00:29:45.917 And then keep the palms at the heart. 00:29:45.917 --> 00:29:47.853 I like to keep the palms here at the heart 00:29:47.853 --> 00:29:52.324 to remind my sternum to lift, lift, lift until we release, 00:29:52.324 --> 00:29:55.360 but for now, lift, lift, lift. 00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:57.442 And then see if you can do this without shifting 00:29:57.442 --> 00:29:59.965 your weight too far into your right hip, 00:29:59.965 --> 00:30:01.566 that's another thing. 00:30:01.566 --> 00:30:04.202 So, lift up, press away from your yoga mat 00:30:04.202 --> 00:30:05.804 and try to lift as we've been doing, 00:30:05.804 --> 00:30:07.873 lift, one moving part here, 00:30:07.873 --> 00:30:10.415 so I'm grounding into my right heel as I lift 00:30:10.415 --> 00:30:12.564 my left leg up. 00:30:12.564 --> 00:30:14.086 Then keep your right thumb here 00:30:14.086 --> 00:30:16.815 as a reminder for your sternum and slide your left hand 00:30:16.815 --> 00:30:20.152 down to grab your ankle, and then squeeze everything in, 00:30:20.152 --> 00:30:23.188 press away from your yoga mat with your standing leg 00:30:23.188 --> 00:30:25.190 or your right foot. 00:30:25.190 --> 00:30:26.491 And then be present here. 00:30:26.491 --> 00:30:31.142 Notice that ooh, that work that goes on, 00:30:31.142 --> 00:30:33.799 that activity, 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:38.170 what is required of you to be here in this present moment. 00:30:38.170 --> 00:30:40.238 And then from here, you might flip the hand around 00:30:40.238 --> 00:30:43.175 to the arch of the foot, but you might just stay here 00:30:43.175 --> 00:30:44.943 working today, going, "Oh, there's so much 00:30:44.943 --> 00:30:47.045 "for me to work on here." 00:30:48.046 --> 00:30:49.347 M-kay. 00:30:49.347 --> 00:30:52.350 Then keep drawing energy up through the front body. 00:30:52.350 --> 00:30:55.287 Grounding through the back body. 00:30:55.287 --> 00:30:57.723 Playing with that opposition. 00:30:58.990 --> 00:31:01.860 And then maybe we release the right hand 00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:03.361 and start to reach it forward. 00:31:03.361 --> 00:31:07.032 Keep the chest open, shoulder blades drawing together. 00:31:07.032 --> 00:31:10.502 Heart space lifting and soft bend in that standing leg 00:31:10.502 --> 00:31:14.673 as you find buoyancy and take your process, your journey 00:31:15.941 --> 00:31:19.544 forward as you kick the left leg back, 00:31:19.544 --> 00:31:23.215 forward and back, breathing into your belly. 00:31:24.516 --> 00:31:26.985 And hold onto your focus here, squeeze the inner thighs 00:31:26.985 --> 00:31:29.054 towards the midline. 00:31:29.054 --> 00:31:31.857 And lift up through your center, so that scissor effect 00:31:31.857 --> 00:31:35.961 we've been playing with, and then just play here. 00:31:37.462 --> 00:31:40.098 Soft and easy in the face. 00:31:40.098 --> 00:31:42.934 Right shoulder dropping down. 00:31:42.934 --> 00:31:43.769 Breathe. 00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:47.806 Breathe, kicking left foot out and up. 00:31:47.806 --> 00:31:48.640 Reach. 00:31:50.315 --> 00:31:53.311 And then slow and resist the slingshot effect, 00:31:53.311 --> 00:31:55.147 come all the way back. 00:31:56.047 --> 00:31:57.649 Hands come together. 00:31:57.649 --> 00:31:59.718 We place the left foot down, so even if you fell out 00:31:59.718 --> 00:32:00.685 of the pose a million times, 00:32:00.685 --> 00:32:04.689 you can place the left foot down here mindfully. 00:32:05.657 --> 00:32:08.260 And then we'll take a deep breath in. 00:32:08.260 --> 00:32:10.228 And exhale to let it go. 00:32:13.064 --> 00:32:14.869 Fabulous. 00:32:14.869 --> 00:32:17.269 Shifting your weight to the left foot 00:32:17.269 --> 00:32:21.139 and then without shifting your weight to that hip, 00:32:21.139 --> 00:32:22.674 see if you can lift that right leg up 00:32:22.674 --> 00:32:25.177 just as we've been working on. 00:32:26.278 --> 00:32:27.879 And if you're really new to the practice 00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:30.649 or you're working on something that's healing, 00:32:30.649 --> 00:32:33.685 you might honestly just play here 00:32:33.685 --> 00:32:37.856 working with this coordination 00:32:37.856 --> 00:32:40.856 and with the muscles here. 00:32:41.626 --> 00:32:42.840 M-kay. 00:32:45.096 --> 00:32:47.599 Pressing firmly into that left heel, 00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:50.468 we might grab the ankle, maybe you're here already. 00:32:50.468 --> 00:32:51.636 And work here. 00:32:53.638 --> 00:32:57.108 And then we might flip it and come around here. 00:32:57.108 --> 00:32:59.211 And then all that gathering of the energy 00:32:59.211 --> 00:33:01.546 that you've done here in your center, your core, 00:33:01.546 --> 00:33:02.914 tap into that. 00:33:02.914 --> 00:33:04.316 Squeeze and lift. 00:33:05.617 --> 00:33:07.953 And then marry all of this beautiful effort 00:33:07.953 --> 00:33:10.755 with an ease as you send the left fingertips forward 00:33:10.755 --> 00:33:15.346 and begin to work here, savoring the process 00:33:15.346 --> 00:33:17.395 as you squeeze and press. 00:33:18.230 --> 00:33:21.266 Kick the right foot out and up. 00:33:21.266 --> 00:33:23.501 Relax the shoulders down. 00:33:23.501 --> 00:33:25.337 Hug the lower ribs in. 00:33:26.705 --> 00:33:28.173 Stay focused. 00:33:28.173 --> 00:33:30.342 Keep breathing, stay calm. 00:33:32.010 --> 00:33:34.512 Use the inhale to find expansion, 00:33:34.512 --> 00:33:36.915 the exhale to find stability. 00:33:41.453 --> 00:33:44.055 Soft bend in your standing leg. 00:33:44.055 --> 00:33:47.359 You got this, take one more breath. 00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:51.296 And then use an exhale to slowly bring it back. 00:33:51.296 --> 00:33:53.531 No matter where you are, everyone find a lightness, 00:33:53.531 --> 00:33:54.633 whatever that means to you. 00:33:54.633 --> 00:33:56.744 Maybe it's hee. 00:33:56.744 --> 00:34:00.071 And then place your right foot down with care. 00:34:01.907 --> 00:34:04.743 Beautiful, big inhale. 00:34:06.011 --> 00:34:07.679 Exhale to let it go. 00:34:08.580 --> 00:34:09.748 Alright, takin' it back down to the ground. 00:34:09.748 --> 00:34:11.783 Inhale, reach for the sky. 00:34:11.783 --> 00:34:14.052 Clap the palms together, Jai Namaste. 00:34:14.052 --> 00:34:14.886 (claps) 00:34:14.886 --> 00:34:15.954 Forward Fold. 00:34:18.322 --> 00:34:20.792 Take a couple breaths here. 00:34:20.792 --> 00:34:22.527 Shake the head loose. 00:34:23.728 --> 00:34:27.465 Maybe bend the knees, one and then the other. 00:34:31.235 --> 00:34:34.306 And we'll walk the feet as wide as the yoga mat once again. 00:34:34.306 --> 00:34:37.909 This time let your toes spill off the edge. 00:34:41.246 --> 00:34:43.815 And then allow your knees to track your toes. 00:34:43.815 --> 00:34:46.952 Press into the outer edges of your feet and come down 00:34:46.952 --> 00:34:49.530 into a nice yogic squat. 00:34:51.989 --> 00:34:53.792 When the cool weather comes in, 00:34:53.792 --> 00:34:56.293 I feel like the floor gets creakier. 00:34:56.293 --> 00:34:57.829 Press the palms together. 00:34:57.829 --> 00:34:59.698 If your heels are lifted here, fabulous. 00:34:59.698 --> 00:35:02.467 Opportunity here to practice Crow, 00:35:02.467 --> 00:35:07.120 a posture that requires patience, discipline. 00:35:08.997 --> 00:35:11.343 Or you're just here in the squat. 00:35:11.343 --> 00:35:13.378 So again, opportunity to practice Crow. 00:35:13.378 --> 00:35:15.580 If you are going to practice Crow, 00:35:15.580 --> 00:35:18.116 bring the toes together, look forward. 00:35:18.116 --> 00:35:20.418 Keep that focus forward, that length. 00:35:20.418 --> 00:35:22.087 We've already tapped into the core here 00:35:22.087 --> 00:35:24.789 so really broadness through the upper back body. 00:35:24.789 --> 00:35:26.925 Then you bring the knees right up to the armpit chest. 00:35:26.925 --> 00:35:29.160 Keep the gaze forward, neck nice and long 00:35:29.160 --> 00:35:32.797 as you look forward, and then maybe one toe lifts up. 00:35:32.797 --> 00:35:34.933 And then maybe the other, but gaze is forward. 00:35:34.933 --> 00:35:37.769 I'm lifting my heart space through my upper back body 00:35:37.769 --> 00:35:40.195 and pressing away from my yoga mat. 00:35:40.195 --> 00:35:42.007 And I'm breathing. 00:35:47.112 --> 00:35:48.913 And if you're still working on the posture, 00:35:48.913 --> 00:35:51.416 you're welcome to stay there, take your time. 00:35:51.416 --> 00:35:54.586 The rest of us are going to slowly swim the fingertips 00:35:54.586 --> 00:35:58.590 around, use our hands to come back to Dandasana. 00:36:02.827 --> 00:36:04.095 Keep breathing here. 00:36:04.095 --> 00:36:04.929 Active breath. 00:36:04.929 --> 00:36:09.215 This is your time to refresh, rejuvenate. 00:36:10.135 --> 00:36:13.938 Tap into your best and most beautiful side, right? 00:36:13.938 --> 00:36:15.106 (laughs) 00:36:15.106 --> 00:36:16.174 (hisses) 00:36:16.174 --> 00:36:17.008 Alright. 00:36:18.443 --> 00:36:21.780 Then the left leg is gonna be nice and strong here and firm. 00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:23.114 We're gonna peel the right knee up 00:36:23.114 --> 00:36:25.950 just like we did at the beginning of practice. 00:36:25.950 --> 00:36:27.218 Alright, but this time we're gonna grab the leg 00:36:27.218 --> 00:36:29.621 just like we've done before here in our Yoga Revolution, 00:36:29.621 --> 00:36:31.556 and we're gonna pull the right knee back 00:36:31.556 --> 00:36:34.459 and then use your left hand to kind of brace yourself here. 00:36:34.459 --> 00:36:36.394 So working nice hip opener here. 00:36:36.394 --> 00:36:40.365 Stretching through the hamstrings, it takes patience. 00:36:40.365 --> 00:36:42.067 Pulling back. 00:36:42.067 --> 00:36:44.169 Pulling back that bow nad arrow. 00:36:44.169 --> 00:36:45.370 Lifting up through the heart. 00:36:45.370 --> 00:36:48.206 Alright, so this is your bus stop one. 00:36:48.206 --> 00:36:49.474 Lifting up through the chest. 00:36:49.474 --> 00:36:50.308 Working here. 00:36:50.308 --> 00:36:52.010 You can even find a little movement here 00:36:52.010 --> 00:36:55.113 if you're working in bus stop one. 00:36:55.113 --> 00:36:58.049 Another option would be to keep lifting up through 00:36:58.049 --> 00:37:01.586 the chest, take your right foot to your left hand. 00:37:01.586 --> 00:37:03.688 Right hand comes in and underneath, 00:37:03.688 --> 00:37:06.291 and we're going to work and keep a sense of humor here, 00:37:06.291 --> 00:37:09.260 be patient, we're gonna work to hike the right leg 00:37:09.260 --> 00:37:12.230 all the way up over the right shoulder. 00:37:12.230 --> 00:37:14.499 I know, I know, I know. 00:37:14.499 --> 00:37:16.768 Then right hand's gonna come right underneath here 00:37:16.768 --> 00:37:21.239 and I'm gonna really squeeze actually my right leg down 00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:23.908 on that shoulder just to find a little connect, 00:37:23.908 --> 00:37:26.277 and then maybe you lift the shin. 00:37:26.277 --> 00:37:29.280 So a little Elephant Pose variation. 00:37:30.682 --> 00:37:32.217 Bus stop number two. 00:37:32.217 --> 00:37:34.452 Pressing into the palms, keeping the heart lifted. 00:37:34.452 --> 00:37:37.088 So even though I've contorted my sweet body 00:37:37.088 --> 00:37:41.893 into a different shape here, still think Dandasana. 00:37:41.893 --> 00:37:43.528 Firming down through the legs. 00:37:43.528 --> 00:37:44.956 Lifting up through the heart. 00:37:44.956 --> 00:37:47.732 Really strong, strong pose here. 00:37:47.732 --> 00:37:50.668 Alright, so from this bus stop, you might stay here, 00:37:50.668 --> 00:37:54.272 bus stop two, or I might shift back a bit. 00:37:54.272 --> 00:37:57.976 Lift my left leg and cross my left ankle over the right. 00:37:57.976 --> 00:38:01.379 Use your palms to really create stability 00:38:02.647 --> 00:38:05.250 and lift your heart even more. 00:38:05.250 --> 00:38:07.285 Breathing here. 00:38:07.285 --> 00:38:09.320 Breathing here. 00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:10.889 Alright, you can come out of this posture 00:38:10.889 --> 00:38:12.657 whenever you like. 00:38:12.657 --> 00:38:14.759 And then so this was a request and I don't do it 00:38:14.759 --> 00:38:18.496 for a lot of reasons, but patience practice, 00:38:18.496 --> 00:38:19.831 I feel like there's a lesson here, 00:38:19.831 --> 00:38:21.299 so everyone lift your heart. 00:38:21.299 --> 00:38:24.769 Last bus stop is to loop the shoulders, wrap. 00:38:24.769 --> 00:38:26.337 Draw the navel in and up. 00:38:26.337 --> 00:38:28.907 Shift your gaze forward, shift onto the palms, 00:38:28.907 --> 00:38:31.576 and then kick the legs out long. 00:38:32.710 --> 00:38:34.312 So I'm tapping into my core. 00:38:34.312 --> 00:38:36.981 I'm not dumping weight into my shoulders. 00:38:36.981 --> 00:38:39.918 I'm drawing my navel in and up, in and up. 00:38:39.918 --> 00:38:42.253 And then exhale to release, come back. 00:38:42.253 --> 00:38:47.025 So actually in time too this elbow will come out. 00:38:47.025 --> 00:38:50.495 So, that was an experience, and you just have to also 00:38:50.495 --> 00:38:52.197 keep in mind how many people are practicing 00:38:52.197 --> 00:38:53.832 along with this journey. 00:38:53.832 --> 00:38:56.167 So we want to be really mindful of every bus stop. 00:38:56.167 --> 00:38:58.336 Be really kind to our bodies, but then remember, 00:38:58.336 --> 00:39:01.105 this is all just a big ole metaphor. 00:39:01.105 --> 00:39:02.574 How do you deal with things like this? 00:39:02.574 --> 00:39:03.608 What is your approach? 00:39:03.608 --> 00:39:04.442 Can you laugh it off? 00:39:04.442 --> 00:39:05.810 Can you smile? 00:39:05.810 --> 00:39:09.981 Can you enjoy that that just changed the way you breathe? 00:39:11.549 --> 00:39:14.953 And then let it go and let's do the other side. 00:39:14.953 --> 00:39:16.230 Dandasana. 00:39:17.488 --> 00:39:19.691 So, through that process though, 00:39:19.691 --> 00:39:22.126 it's really not about the shape. 00:39:22.126 --> 00:39:24.095 Through that process, we open up the hip. 00:39:24.095 --> 00:39:25.396 We build strength in the arms. 00:39:25.396 --> 00:39:27.599 We tap into the core, which is great for our back bodies, 00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:29.334 so that we can carry our groceries and our neighbor's 00:39:29.334 --> 00:39:32.870 groceries well into our 90s, yeah, right? 00:39:32.870 --> 00:39:35.173 Alright, super loud airplane. 00:39:35.173 --> 00:39:36.107 Alright, let's go. 00:39:36.107 --> 00:39:38.943 Lift the left knee all the way up. 00:39:40.044 --> 00:39:43.648 Find your right hand on the earth. 00:39:43.648 --> 00:39:45.984 Then when you're ready, maybe grabbing that, 00:39:45.984 --> 00:39:48.486 you can just stay here I guess, breathing. 00:39:48.486 --> 00:39:51.656 And maybe you grab that, pull it back. 00:39:52.724 --> 00:39:55.159 Grab your foot, pull it back. 00:39:56.160 --> 00:40:00.331 And so, this is the action, but really where I need to work 00:40:00.331 --> 00:40:02.934 is finding Dandasana here. 00:40:02.934 --> 00:40:03.901 Super tough. 00:40:07.672 --> 00:40:10.441 Reconnect with your breath and this is the first bus stop. 00:40:10.441 --> 00:40:12.644 Can also return to the leg baby. 00:40:12.644 --> 00:40:14.345 I won't start singing today, 00:40:14.345 --> 00:40:17.448 but you can return to the leg baby. 00:40:17.448 --> 00:40:18.583 It's really hard not to sing. 00:40:18.583 --> 00:40:19.417 Okay. 00:40:25.223 --> 00:40:26.758 Second bus stop. 00:40:26.758 --> 00:40:28.993 We'll bring this leg, hike it all the way up 00:40:28.993 --> 00:40:30.628 and so there is a bit of a lift up 00:40:30.628 --> 00:40:33.331 through that sit bone at first to just really 00:40:33.331 --> 00:40:35.366 get it up and over. 00:40:35.366 --> 00:40:36.868 And just do your best. 00:40:36.868 --> 00:40:39.470 And we come into Elephant Pose. 00:40:40.972 --> 00:40:43.441 And think Dandasana. 00:40:43.441 --> 00:40:45.610 And in the traditional posture, you lift your leg 00:40:45.610 --> 00:40:47.111 and everything up. 00:40:48.713 --> 00:40:50.481 Ha-ha-ha-ha. 00:40:50.481 --> 00:40:51.316 Okay. 00:40:53.611 --> 00:40:57.922 Breathing, notice we're not rushing any of this on purpose. 00:41:00.558 --> 00:41:02.794 Take breaks when you need to. 00:41:02.794 --> 00:41:03.861 Breathe deep. 00:41:05.563 --> 00:41:10.034 Think upward current of energy through the front body. 00:41:10.034 --> 00:41:12.337 Kate at the top of the boat. 00:41:12.337 --> 00:41:13.838 Ariel on the rock. 00:41:17.338 --> 00:41:20.244 Alright, and then maybe we shift our weight back a bit. 00:41:20.244 --> 00:41:22.246 Cross the right ankle over the left. 00:41:22.246 --> 00:41:26.317 Activate through the hands and lift, lift, lift. 00:41:26.317 --> 00:41:29.120 Lift here, be patient, be alive, be present. 00:41:29.120 --> 00:41:31.389 You are awesome, you are amazing. 00:41:31.389 --> 00:41:33.191 Keep breathing here. 00:41:33.191 --> 00:41:34.959 The journey is the reward. 00:41:34.959 --> 00:41:37.028 The process is the candy. 00:41:38.563 --> 00:41:40.264 That second quote is mine. 00:41:40.264 --> 00:41:41.532 (laughing) 00:41:41.532 --> 00:41:43.601 The process is the candy. 00:41:45.536 --> 00:41:47.038 The journey is the reward. 00:41:47.038 --> 00:41:48.840 The process is the candy. 00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:50.375 And loop the shoulders, maybe you take it 00:41:50.375 --> 00:41:54.479 to your final bus stop just as an experiment, 00:41:54.479 --> 00:41:55.646 but maybe not. 00:41:56.781 --> 00:41:57.915 Maybe not. 00:41:57.915 --> 00:41:59.350 So we're hugging in here. 00:41:59.350 --> 00:42:00.485 We shift our weight forward. 00:42:00.485 --> 00:42:01.886 We kick the legs out. 00:42:01.886 --> 00:42:04.756 There we go, my elbow's out this time. 00:42:04.756 --> 00:42:06.391 Kicking out, sending the hips up. 00:42:06.391 --> 00:42:07.492 Engaging my core. 00:42:07.492 --> 00:42:08.326 Gaze is forward. 00:42:08.326 --> 00:42:10.628 Lifting up through the upper back body. 00:42:10.628 --> 00:42:11.863 Breathing deep. 00:42:13.264 --> 00:42:16.434 And then we release back with control. 00:42:17.468 --> 00:42:19.103 And shake it off. 00:42:19.103 --> 00:42:20.104 Ha-ha-ha-ha. 00:42:23.641 --> 00:42:25.443 Wonderful, return to Dandasana. 00:42:25.443 --> 00:42:26.511 Awesome work today everyone. 00:42:26.511 --> 00:42:30.681 Send your fingertips forward and then Thriller arms down, 00:42:30.681 --> 00:42:32.283 plug the shoulders. 00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:36.521 Walk your heels towards the front edge of your mat 00:42:36.521 --> 00:42:38.790 and a little zombie crawl. 00:42:38.790 --> 00:42:41.993 And let's take it down, whaddaya say, deep breath in, 00:42:41.993 --> 00:42:44.062 and exhale, slowly release. 00:42:44.062 --> 00:42:47.999 Point the toes if you need to all the way down. 00:42:49.834 --> 00:42:52.069 ♫ Fabulous 00:42:53.071 --> 00:42:55.673 ♫ Hear the call 00:42:55.673 --> 00:42:58.476 ♫ The time has come 00:42:58.476 --> 00:43:01.579 ♫ For one and all 00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:05.750 ♫ To play (laughs) 00:43:07.344 --> 00:43:09.654 ♫ ball 00:43:09.654 --> 00:43:10.955 Lift the knees up. 00:43:10.955 --> 00:43:13.357 Bring the soles of the feet to the mat. 00:43:13.357 --> 00:43:14.992 And you're actually going to bring the palms 00:43:14.992 --> 00:43:17.661 face down here for Texas T. 00:43:19.063 --> 00:43:20.898 Scoop the tailbone up. 00:43:23.067 --> 00:43:26.571 And then send the legs really heavy to the left. 00:43:26.571 --> 00:43:28.105 Turn your gaze to the right. 00:43:28.105 --> 00:43:32.243 Left hand can come to the outer edge of the right thigh, 00:43:32.243 --> 00:43:33.678 and we breathe. 00:43:33.678 --> 00:43:35.947 Listen to the sound of your breath here. 00:43:35.947 --> 00:43:37.748 I'll be quiet. 00:43:37.748 --> 00:43:40.918 Listen to that ocean sound in and out. 00:43:41.786 --> 00:43:43.830 Flowing in and out. 00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:57.301 And big inhale. 00:43:57.301 --> 00:44:00.712 Exhale to bring it all the way back through center. 00:44:02.240 --> 00:44:04.709 And then inhale in again and exhale, 00:44:04.709 --> 00:44:07.481 heavy legs to the right. 00:44:09.531 --> 00:44:13.217 Right hand can come to the outer edge of the left thigh. 00:44:13.217 --> 00:44:17.388 And maybe we turn on the left ear here and breathe. 00:44:18.556 --> 00:44:20.625 Listen to the sounds around you, 00:44:20.625 --> 00:44:24.652 the sound of your breath and any other sound. 00:44:24.652 --> 00:44:26.864 Noise in the other room. 00:44:27.732 --> 00:44:29.901 Really take in your environment here. 00:44:29.901 --> 00:44:31.736 Close your eyes and then just listen. 00:44:31.736 --> 00:44:35.698 Take in your environment through the sounds. 00:44:41.178 --> 00:44:42.847 I like how I said take in your environment 00:44:42.847 --> 00:44:44.348 and then close your eyes. 00:44:44.348 --> 00:44:45.283 (laughs) 00:44:45.283 --> 00:44:47.385 But you know what I mean. 00:44:50.655 --> 00:44:51.656 Great work my friends. 00:44:51.656 --> 00:44:54.292 Take a deep inhale in and then use your exhale 00:44:54.292 --> 00:44:57.061 to melt it back to center. 00:44:57.061 --> 00:44:59.564 Soles of the feet come to the mat. 00:44:59.564 --> 00:45:01.499 And we bring the knees to one side. 00:45:01.499 --> 00:45:03.301 Let's go to the left first, left side. 00:45:03.301 --> 00:45:06.037 Cross the left ankle over the right. 00:45:06.037 --> 00:45:08.005 Feel that wonderful stretch in the front 00:45:08.005 --> 00:45:10.007 of your right hip crease. 00:45:10.007 --> 00:45:11.442 Stay active in the toes. 00:45:11.442 --> 00:45:13.411 Deep breath in. 00:45:13.411 --> 00:45:15.446 Exhale, release, little booty massage 00:45:15.446 --> 00:45:18.716 as you take the knees to the right. 00:45:18.716 --> 00:45:21.719 Cross the right ankle over the left. 00:45:21.719 --> 00:45:23.354 Keep the toes active. 00:45:23.354 --> 00:45:24.188 Inhale. 00:45:25.957 --> 00:45:27.158 And exhale. 00:45:27.158 --> 00:45:30.094 (whistling exhale) 00:45:31.262 --> 00:45:32.496 And we release. 00:45:32.496 --> 00:45:34.732 Send the legs out long. 00:45:34.732 --> 00:45:36.901 Tap into that inner smile. 00:45:36.901 --> 00:45:38.436 You can keep the hands at your sides 00:45:38.436 --> 00:45:41.339 or bring them in to rest gently on your belly, 00:45:41.339 --> 00:45:43.908 your ribs, or perhaps one hand on the heart 00:45:43.908 --> 00:45:46.077 and one hand on the belly. 00:45:51.115 --> 00:45:53.451 Now, inhale lots of love in. 00:45:56.887 --> 00:45:58.546 And as you exhale, lots of love out. 00:45:58.546 --> 00:46:00.858 Relax the weight of your body completely 00:46:00.858 --> 00:46:03.238 and fully into your mat. 00:46:04.829 --> 00:46:09.532 There's such beauty, I find, and such admiration 00:46:12.670 --> 00:46:16.474 in tending to the physical body, gettin' fit, 00:46:16.474 --> 00:46:19.343 trim, toned, while still really paying attention 00:46:19.343 --> 00:46:23.052 to our inner ecosystem, and I feel like 00:46:25.416 --> 00:46:28.586 having a relationship with a patience, 00:46:29.687 --> 00:46:32.923 a practice of patience is really valuable 00:46:32.923 --> 00:46:34.258 so thank you so much for sharing 00:46:34.258 --> 00:46:37.013 your practice with me. 00:46:38.032 --> 00:46:40.308 I'll see you tomorrow. 00:46:40.308 --> 00:46:42.033 Big love. 00:46:42.033 --> 00:46:43.000 Namaste. 00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:47.171 (lively orchestral music)