WEBVTT 00:00:00.375 --> 00:00:02.583 - Hello, everyone and welcome to Yoga with Adriene. 00:00:02.583 --> 00:00:04.667 I'm Adriene and this is Benji. 00:00:04.667 --> 00:00:06.875 Today we have an awesome full yoga class 00:00:06.708 --> 00:00:08.792 for you to practice at home. 00:00:08.792 --> 00:00:12.625 This practice is a self love practice. 00:00:12.625 --> 00:00:14.667 It's very special because it's a little homage, 00:00:14.667 --> 00:00:15.834 a little tip of the hat 00:00:15.667 --> 00:00:19.834 to the 2017 Find What Feels Good Roadshow. 00:00:19.834 --> 00:00:22.417 It's my intention that you return to this practice 00:00:22.417 --> 00:00:24.834 regularly and I hope that it helps you. 00:00:24.834 --> 00:00:26.750 So hop into something comfy, 00:00:26.750 --> 00:00:28.708 look what I'm wearing today, 00:00:28.708 --> 00:00:30.417 and let's get started. 00:00:30.417 --> 00:00:33.000 (upbeat music) 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:44.000 Alrighty-roo. 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:46.000 We're gonna begin our practice today 00:00:45.875 --> 00:00:48.083 lying flat on our backs. 00:00:48.083 --> 00:00:50.917 Take your time getting there. 00:00:50.917 --> 00:00:53.667 Come on down to the ground. 00:00:55.917 --> 00:00:59.125 Lay down, lie down. 00:00:59.125 --> 00:01:02.417 Tuck your chin slightly. 00:01:02.417 --> 00:01:04.500 Just let everything go here for a moment. 00:01:04.500 --> 00:01:07.458 We're gonna kind of ease in today, 00:01:07.458 --> 00:01:09.417 take a moment to empty our cups 00:01:09.333 --> 00:01:14.041 so that we can fill it lovingly, consciously. 00:01:16.208 --> 00:01:18.333 When you get down low 00:01:18.333 --> 00:01:23.333 let your arms and legs just relax, close your eyes, 00:01:23.333 --> 00:01:25.500 and allow my voice to guide you. 00:01:28.792 --> 00:01:31.291 We can't always have the perfect time and the perfect space 00:01:31.375 --> 00:01:32.917 to do the perfect practice 00:01:32.917 --> 00:01:34.625 so whatever's going on around you 00:01:34.625 --> 00:01:37.125 or whatever's going on inside 00:01:37.125 --> 00:01:39.375 just take a deep breath in and accept it. 00:01:39.375 --> 00:01:42.708 Maybe tap into a little inner smile. 00:01:42.708 --> 00:01:44.250 Again, if you can, close your eyes 00:01:44.250 --> 00:01:48.959 so you can just help yourself go inward. 00:01:52.625 --> 00:01:56.000 Letting go of all the things 00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:00.000 that absorb our attention for now that are external. 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:03.667 Politely putting them on hold 00:02:03.667 --> 00:02:07.834 as you relax your body and begin to deepen your breath. 00:02:10.333 --> 00:02:13.000 Today's practice is about 00:02:15.291 --> 00:02:19.250 tapping into 00:02:19.250 --> 00:02:20.959 the resource 00:02:20.959 --> 00:02:26.000 and the magic and the power of a self love practice. 00:02:28.417 --> 00:02:32.208 Lord knows it doesn't come easy, 00:02:32.208 --> 00:02:36.542 but with the tools of yoga and with the community here, 00:02:36.542 --> 00:02:40.417 with Yoga with Adriene, we can remind ourselves 00:02:40.417 --> 00:02:42.125 and continue to remind each other 00:02:42.083 --> 00:02:45.875 to keep circling back to this super power 00:02:45.875 --> 00:02:49.208 as I have been calling it 00:02:49.208 --> 00:02:51.208 and create a self love practice 00:02:51.208 --> 00:02:55.750 and a relationship with self love 00:02:55.750 --> 00:02:58.834 that really resonates to you. 00:02:58.834 --> 00:03:01.250 One of the beautiful things about this community 00:03:01.250 --> 00:03:04.000 and about Find What Feels Good yoga 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:07.375 is it promotes and is built to inspire. 00:03:07.375 --> 00:03:10.917 My main mission is to 00:03:10.917 --> 00:03:13.917 inspire authentic self esteem, 00:03:15.375 --> 00:03:18.750 authentic self care, 00:03:21.458 --> 00:03:23.917 authentic self love. 00:03:23.917 --> 00:03:27.000 How you move today is everything. 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:29.417 As you begin to lift your left hand 00:03:29.417 --> 00:03:31.000 and place it on your heart 00:03:30.834 --> 00:03:32.708 notice how you do it. 00:03:32.708 --> 00:03:35.250 Can you be creative, can you move slow, 00:03:35.250 --> 00:03:38.417 can you really feel it? 00:03:38.417 --> 00:03:40.667 Then same thing with the right hand. 00:03:40.667 --> 00:03:42.000 Don't just bring it to the belly 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:43.708 because that's what Adriene said. 00:03:43.708 --> 00:03:47.250 Slowly, it helps to slow the tempo down and close your eyes. 00:03:47.250 --> 00:03:50.291 Bring your right hand to your belly. 00:03:50.291 --> 00:03:52.667 You'll land with the left hand on the heart 00:03:52.667 --> 00:03:55.208 and the right hand on the belly. 00:03:55.208 --> 00:03:58.000 Allow your elbows and shoulders to stay relaxed here 00:03:57.917 --> 00:04:00.875 and start to breathe a little deeper into your hands. 00:04:00.875 --> 00:04:04.333 Feel, perhaps, 00:04:04.333 --> 00:04:07.875 the rise and fall of the breath grow here. 00:04:09.875 --> 00:04:12.625 (deep breathing) 00:04:18.625 --> 00:04:20.000 You don't have to do anything 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:22.166 and you don't have to become someone you're not, 00:04:22.166 --> 00:04:25.291 which is kind of the theme of our upcoming 30 Days of Yoga 00:04:25.291 --> 00:04:28.083 if you're doing this in real time. 00:04:31.417 --> 00:04:33.834 Next January we'll be talking more about this 00:04:33.834 --> 00:04:36.041 but you don't have to do anything. 00:04:36.041 --> 00:04:39.583 Just honor your truth, whatever it is today, 00:04:39.583 --> 00:04:42.583 as a way of cultivating self love practice 00:04:42.583 --> 00:04:47.041 that's unique to you, that's authentic. 00:04:49.375 --> 00:04:54.166 Take a deep breath in and start to wiggle your toes. 00:04:54.166 --> 00:04:57.166 Bat the eyelashes open to a soft gaze. 00:04:59.667 --> 00:05:02.083 You're gonna slowly rock the head gently side to side, 00:05:02.083 --> 00:05:03.917 ear to ear. 00:05:03.917 --> 00:05:07.250 See if you can keep it nice and slow. 00:05:07.250 --> 00:05:10.000 Filling your cup really mindfully and lovingly. 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:14.000 This practice of self love has been attributed 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:18.000 or kind of has this stigmatism of being bad 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:22.166 or like oh, I have to do this because I'm in survival mode. 00:05:22.125 --> 00:05:24.750 This practice is a little bit of inspiration 00:05:24.750 --> 00:05:28.583 to implement self love 00:05:28.583 --> 00:05:32.417 as a regular part of your life. 00:05:32.417 --> 00:05:36.625 You're not doing it because you're 00:05:36.625 --> 00:05:39.000 already feeling destroyed, 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:42.375 even though that happens, of course. 00:05:42.375 --> 00:05:47.500 But building a life of self love with confidence 00:05:48.708 --> 00:05:51.041 and in a way that feels really unique to you. 00:05:51.041 --> 00:05:53.208 Bring the head back to center. 00:05:53.208 --> 00:05:55.959 We'll bring the palms down gently at our sides now. 00:05:55.750 --> 00:05:57.750 Press into the earth. 00:05:57.750 --> 00:05:59.500 Press, press, press. 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:01.333 You're gonna turn the toes up towards the sky, 00:06:01.333 --> 00:06:04.166 engage the legs. Inhale. 00:06:04.166 --> 00:06:06.417 Then exhale S-H sound out through the mouth 00:06:06.417 --> 00:06:08.959 as you drive the navel down to the earth. 00:06:08.750 --> 00:06:10.959 (shushing) 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:13.750 You should feel the core, the abdominal wall, engage, 00:06:13.750 --> 00:06:15.250 empty, empty, empty. 00:06:15.208 --> 00:06:17.917 (shushing) 00:06:17.917 --> 00:06:19.750 Then inhale, big breath in. 00:06:19.750 --> 00:06:20.875 (inhaling) 00:06:20.875 --> 00:06:23.000 Then again, exhale, navel down to the earth. 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:26.125 (shushing) 00:06:26.125 --> 00:06:27.542 Empty, empty, empty, empty, empty, 00:06:27.542 --> 00:06:29.583 empty, empty, empty everything out. 00:06:29.583 --> 00:06:31.000 (shushing) 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:32.917 Big breath in. Press into the fingers. 00:06:32.917 --> 00:06:34.291 (inhaling) 00:06:34.291 --> 00:06:36.000 On your last one, S-H sound. 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:37.667 Empty, empty, empty, empty, empty. 00:06:37.667 --> 00:06:38.834 Navel's drawing down. 00:06:38.834 --> 00:06:39.583 I hope you're feeling this 00:06:39.583 --> 00:06:41.708 in the core abdominal wall zipping up. 00:06:41.583 --> 00:06:44.333 From there lift your knees either one at a time 00:06:44.333 --> 00:06:47.917 or both together up towards your chest or your heart. 00:06:47.917 --> 00:06:52.208 Yeah, baby. Then scoop the tailbone up a bit. 00:06:52.208 --> 00:06:56.000 Then your intuition is always right. 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:00.250 Usually right. Give yourself a big hug. 00:07:00.250 --> 00:07:01.667 Find what feels good. 00:07:01.542 --> 00:07:04.041 Develop a deep listening with your intuition. 00:07:04.041 --> 00:07:09.208 Rock a little side to side, make noise, breathe deep. 00:07:09.208 --> 00:07:11.917 Try to take nice, conscious breaths here. 00:07:11.917 --> 00:07:15.500 Then as we get going we'll control the breath, 00:07:15.500 --> 00:07:19.375 anchoring the mind in this pranayama practice. 00:07:19.375 --> 00:07:23.417 Such a amazing tool for self love practice. 00:07:23.417 --> 00:07:26.625 Instead of spiraling out of control 00:07:26.625 --> 00:07:30.583 we kind of spiral in, gain control of our breath, 00:07:30.583 --> 00:07:32.875 tell the brain it's all good, 00:07:32.875 --> 00:07:36.583 we're worth loving and worth living 00:07:36.583 --> 00:07:38.542 and nothing else. 00:07:38.542 --> 00:07:40.625 Slide the hands to the backs of the legs. 00:07:40.625 --> 00:07:42.708 Lift the shins just a bit. Create a little space 00:07:42.708 --> 00:07:43.917 and you're just gonna give your hamstrings 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:45.333 a little wake-up call. 00:07:45.333 --> 00:07:47.625 (slapping) 00:07:49.375 --> 00:07:52.542 A little pat down. 00:07:52.542 --> 00:07:53.834 Hey, yo. 00:07:53.834 --> 00:07:56.000 Then anchor navel to spine. 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:56.792 Aw, Benji! 00:07:59.041 --> 00:08:01.500 You came to this, huh? 00:08:01.500 --> 00:08:02.834 Anchor navel to spine again 00:08:02.834 --> 00:08:04.750 just like you did with the shh S-H sound. 00:08:04.583 --> 00:08:06.917 Engage from your center 00:08:06.917 --> 00:08:08.583 and then you're gonna rock slowly up 00:08:08.583 --> 00:08:11.250 and down the length of your spine. 00:08:11.250 --> 00:08:14.875 With practice this becomes easier, 00:08:14.875 --> 00:08:15.875 but in the early days 00:08:15.875 --> 00:08:20.000 it can be like, "I don't know if I can get up." 00:08:19.917 --> 00:08:22.917 Massage up and down the length of the spine. 00:08:22.917 --> 00:08:24.708 Then you're gonna come all the way through 00:08:24.708 --> 00:08:27.834 when it feels right and come to all fours, 00:08:27.834 --> 00:08:30.625 Tabletop Position. 00:08:30.625 --> 00:08:33.875 Mmmm. Thanks for joining me, buddy. 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:38.542 Come to Tabletop Position 00:08:38.542 --> 00:08:41.332 and find a strong connection 00:08:41.332 --> 00:08:44.917 from the crown to the tail. 00:08:44.917 --> 00:08:47.000 I need to articulate, sorry. 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:48.000 What does that mean? 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:50.000 Find a strong articulation from the crown to the tail. 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:52.000 Well, start with the hands. 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:53.680 Open them wide. 00:08:53.680 --> 00:08:55.083 A lot of people tend to narrow here 00:08:55.083 --> 00:08:58.708 so give yourself a good amount of space. 00:08:58.708 --> 00:09:00.333 Same with the knees. 00:09:00.333 --> 00:09:04.166 You're wanting to stack the bones here. 00:09:04.166 --> 00:09:07.959 (whooshing) 00:09:07.959 --> 00:09:11.625 Lift your front body up to meet the back body by inhaling 00:09:11.625 --> 00:09:13.000 and exhaling S-H sound. 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:15.291 Draw it back towards the spine. 00:09:15.250 --> 00:09:18.250 (shushing) 00:09:18.250 --> 00:09:20.750 Press away from your yoga mat. Keep emptying it out. 00:09:20.750 --> 00:09:22.667 (shushing) 00:09:22.667 --> 00:09:24.291 Long neck. 00:09:24.291 --> 00:09:26.083 Then we wanna create a healthy flow of energy 00:09:26.083 --> 00:09:29.792 that runs from the base of the spine 00:09:29.792 --> 00:09:30.892 all the way up through the crown. 00:09:30.892 --> 00:09:34.500 If the neck is dropping here, feel free to peek at me. 00:09:34.500 --> 00:09:36.000 Then we're cutting off that energy. 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:37.625 It's not a healthy flow. 00:09:37.625 --> 00:09:39.291 So gaze straight down, lengthen, 00:09:39.291 --> 00:09:42.250 and try to keep this in mind throughout our whole practice. 00:09:42.250 --> 00:09:44.667 Aight, we're gonna test this by curling the toes under 00:09:44.667 --> 00:09:46.542 and drawing the navel up to the spine. 00:09:46.542 --> 00:09:48.000 First with the S-H sound. 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:50.029 Inhale. Exhale, draw it up. 00:09:50.029 --> 00:09:52.083 (shushing) 00:09:52.083 --> 00:09:53.959 Press away from your yoga mat. 00:09:53.959 --> 00:09:56.208 There's no collapse in between the shoulder blades. 00:09:56.208 --> 00:09:57.952 Quite the opposite. We're lifting the heart space 00:09:57.952 --> 00:10:00.542 up between shoulder blades left to right. 00:10:00.542 --> 00:10:02.125 One more time we'll test it out. 00:10:02.125 --> 00:10:03.417 Inhale. 00:10:03.417 --> 00:10:05.792 Exhale S-H sound but this time lift your knees, 00:10:05.792 --> 00:10:06.792 let them hover. 00:10:06.792 --> 00:10:09.333 (shushing) 00:10:09.333 --> 00:10:11.670 Draw the navel up. Empty, empty, empty. 00:10:11.670 --> 00:10:13.000 We're here for three. 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:14.750 Feel that heat, that shake. 00:10:14.750 --> 00:10:16.208 It's not a sign of weakness. 00:10:16.208 --> 00:10:18.041 It's a sign that you're alive. 00:10:18.041 --> 00:10:20.208 Two and one, lower. 00:10:20.208 --> 00:10:22.583 Come on to the tops of the feet. 00:10:22.583 --> 00:10:24.450 Drop the belly. Inhale. 00:10:24.450 --> 00:10:26.417 Open the chest forward. 00:10:26.417 --> 00:10:28.748 Ah. Cow Pose. 00:10:28.748 --> 00:10:31.291 Old familiar friend. 00:10:31.291 --> 00:10:33.959 Cat Pose, round through. 00:10:33.959 --> 00:10:36.000 Now moving with your breath, my darlings, 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:37.708 inhale to drop the belly. 00:10:37.708 --> 00:10:39.125 Open the chest. 00:10:39.125 --> 00:10:43.168 Find length. Exhale to counter that. 00:10:43.168 --> 00:10:47.650 Chin to chest, navel draws up, find length. 00:10:47.650 --> 00:10:49.772 Keep moving on your own. 00:10:49.772 --> 00:10:52.997 If you feel brave, close your eyes. 00:10:56.875 --> 00:10:59.959 Bump the hips from one side to the other. 00:10:59.959 --> 00:11:01.542 Just take a couple cycles of breath 00:11:01.542 --> 00:11:03.667 to find movement that feels really good 00:11:03.667 --> 00:11:05.375 and that feels really you 00:11:05.375 --> 00:11:07.375 and that feels really awesome today. 00:11:07.375 --> 00:11:09.000 Move slow. 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:11.000 Might do a Child's Pose. 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:13.917 Might go in circles. 00:11:13.917 --> 00:11:16.134 Might come forward. 00:11:19.301 --> 00:11:22.938 Waking up through the neck, the shoulders. 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:27.166 Then you're gonna take 00:11:27.166 --> 00:11:30.750 this little choreography that you've developed, 00:11:30.750 --> 00:11:33.333 this movement that has some self expression, 00:11:33.333 --> 00:11:36.581 and that's what's gonna take you up into Downward Dog today. 00:11:36.581 --> 00:11:41.000 You're not taking orders from me or from anyone on a video 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:42.792 or as a teacher, 00:11:42.792 --> 00:11:45.417 but listening to that inner teacher, 00:11:45.417 --> 00:11:49.978 honoring that voice within, your body intelligence. 00:11:51.667 --> 00:11:55.458 That's how we'll make our way to Downward Dog. 00:11:59.667 --> 00:12:02.260 Breathe like you love yourself here. 00:12:02.260 --> 00:12:04.571 Inhale lots of love in 00:12:05.500 --> 00:12:07.625 and exhale lots of love out. 00:12:07.625 --> 00:12:09.000 (exhaling) 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:10.542 Inhale lots of love in. 00:12:10.542 --> 00:12:11.959 (inhaling) 00:12:11.959 --> 00:12:14.542 And exhale lots of love out. 00:12:14.542 --> 00:12:16.500 (exhaling) 00:12:16.500 --> 00:12:18.191 Then turn here. Stick with me. 00:12:18.191 --> 00:12:19.375 I know our arms are tired. 00:12:19.375 --> 00:12:22.083 Turn to look at the video and look at my pants. 00:12:22.083 --> 00:12:24.000 (chuckling) 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:25.792 Self love, that's what's up. 00:12:25.792 --> 00:12:28.000 Bring your gaze back to center. 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:29.450 Bend your knees. 00:12:29.450 --> 00:12:31.217 We're gonna do slow steps. 00:12:31.217 --> 00:12:33.959 You're gonna cross the right foot over the left, 00:12:33.959 --> 00:12:37.000 walking to the top, and then left foot over the right. 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:39.959 As you do this pay attention to the nuance of it all. 00:12:39.959 --> 00:12:42.231 Stretch through the fascia of the foot. 00:12:42.231 --> 00:12:45.542 Stretch all the way up through the back. 00:12:45.542 --> 00:12:47.000 Everything. 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:48.000 Awakening. 00:12:49.125 --> 00:12:50.708 It's a very humbling move 00:12:50.708 --> 00:12:52.500 from the back of the mat to the front. 00:12:52.500 --> 00:12:56.083 When you get there, feet hip width apart. 00:12:56.083 --> 00:12:57.000 Bend the knees. 00:12:57.000 --> 00:13:01.480 Find Uttanasana, Extended Forward Fold. 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:03.458 This move from the back of the mat to the front of the mat, 00:13:03.458 --> 00:13:05.443 it's very humbling. 00:13:05.443 --> 00:13:09.681 Can be a little challenging or forced. 00:13:09.681 --> 00:13:14.000 So this practice really just honors that, 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:17.390 invites you to find humility 00:13:17.390 --> 00:13:19.867 instead of forcing. 00:13:23.041 --> 00:13:25.190 Clasp the elbows. Rock a little side to side. 00:13:25.190 --> 00:13:26.500 Make sure you're breathing deeper. 00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:30.625 Four breaths now with your head below your heart. 00:13:30.625 --> 00:13:32.417 (exhaling) 00:13:32.417 --> 00:13:34.208 Shake the head loose. 00:13:34.208 --> 00:13:36.917 (inhaling) 00:13:36.917 --> 00:13:38.375 Then release the arms. 00:13:38.375 --> 00:13:39.417 (exhaling) 00:13:39.417 --> 00:13:43.000 Bend the knees and tuck the chin into the chest. 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:45.208 Roll it all the way up to Mountain nice and slow, 00:13:45.208 --> 00:13:47.208 feeling every nuance best you can. 00:13:47.208 --> 00:13:48.291 Stay present. 00:13:50.291 --> 00:13:52.000 Really root down through your feet 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:55.000 as you stack up through the spine and stand nice and tall. 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:57.708 Whatever you need here go ahead and take it, 00:13:57.708 --> 00:13:59.583 fix whatever you need. 00:13:59.583 --> 00:14:01.000 Each time you come to Mountain Pose, 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:02.500 and this goes for every practice, 00:14:02.500 --> 00:14:05.291 see if you really need that. 00:14:05.291 --> 00:14:07.417 Do you really need to do the movement that you're doing 00:14:07.417 --> 00:14:09.000 or can you kind of surrender, 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:10.834 root down through the feet and stand up tall? 00:14:10.834 --> 00:14:12.625 If the answer is yes, I need to fix my hair 00:14:12.625 --> 00:14:14.291 or I need to brush it, that's fine. 00:14:14.291 --> 00:14:16.000 But in time just keep that awareness. 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:18.583 Do I need that extra movement? 00:14:21.108 --> 00:14:23.000 So we talk about these headlights on the hips a lot. 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:24.542 Imagine I'm not just shining forward 00:14:24.542 --> 00:14:26.834 but shining up towards the sky. 00:14:26.834 --> 00:14:30.036 Lift your chest and imagine this whoosh of energy up through 00:14:30.036 --> 00:14:33.083 the front body and this grounding through the back. 00:14:33.083 --> 00:14:36.792 Balance out these two opposing forces here. 00:14:37.792 --> 00:14:39.333 Stand up nice and tall. 00:14:39.333 --> 00:14:41.333 Tadasana, Mountain Pose. 00:14:43.125 --> 00:14:45.000 Close your eyes and shift your weight 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:46.125 a little front to back. 00:14:46.125 --> 00:14:50.166 Really feel your feet grounding into the earth 00:14:50.166 --> 00:14:54.333 and allow your breath to ground you, as well. 00:14:54.333 --> 00:14:59.544 So nice, full, conscious pranayama. 00:15:03.041 --> 00:15:06.200 Maybe close your eyes again if you're feeling brave. 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:08.000 And then we'll find stillness. 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:10.959 Head over heart, heart over pelvis. 00:15:14.875 --> 00:15:17.583 On your next big breath lead with the thumbs. 00:15:17.583 --> 00:15:19.917 You're gonna inhale, reach the thumbs forward 00:15:19.917 --> 00:15:21.000 and then up and then back. 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:24.585 So a big V here like you're holding a big beach ball. 00:15:24.585 --> 00:15:26.370 Then inhale, lift the chest. 00:15:26.370 --> 00:15:29.000 Then exhale, take that big beach ball over towards the left. 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:30.834 Side body stretch. 00:15:30.834 --> 00:15:33.346 Breathe. Connect to your center. 00:15:33.346 --> 00:15:35.250 We're gonna practice that by inhaling 00:15:35.250 --> 00:15:37.000 and then exhale S-H sound. 00:15:37.000 --> 00:15:40.417 Draw your navel back to support your spine. 00:15:40.417 --> 00:15:42.000 Here we go. 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:44.375 (shushing) 00:15:44.375 --> 00:15:47.667 Feel that contraction engaging your center, your core. 00:15:47.667 --> 00:15:49.000 You got it. 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:50.625 (deep breathing) 00:15:50.625 --> 00:15:52.291 Slowly bring it back to center. 00:15:52.291 --> 00:15:53.917 We'll do the same thing on the other side. 00:15:53.917 --> 00:15:55.000 Inhale. 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:56.912 Exhale. Stay grounded through your feet 00:15:56.912 --> 00:15:59.708 as you take your big beach ball over to the right. 00:15:59.708 --> 00:16:02.041 Notice if you're kinda dropping off in the neck here. 00:16:02.041 --> 00:16:04.000 You wanna maintain that length. 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:05.608 We don't wanna pinch it 00:16:05.608 --> 00:16:08.466 because we wanna create this clear path 00:16:08.466 --> 00:16:10.000 for the energy to flow. 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:12.866 Nice healthy flow. Here we go, inhale. 00:16:12.866 --> 00:16:15.308 Big stretch, big breath. Then exhale, S-H sound. 00:16:15.308 --> 00:16:16.348 Navels draws in. 00:16:16.348 --> 00:16:18.041 (shushing) 00:16:18.041 --> 00:16:20.306 Focus on the sensation rather than the shape. 00:16:20.306 --> 00:16:23.000 Keep length from crown to tail. 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.917 Awesome. 00:16:23.917 --> 00:16:25.250 Then slowly bring it back up. 00:16:25.250 --> 00:16:26.500 Here we go, big inhale. 00:16:26.500 --> 00:16:28.000 It's a celebration. 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:30.208 Exhale, Ujjayi, clap the palms together. 00:16:30.208 --> 00:16:31.000 (exhaling) 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:33.946 Down you go. Forward Fold. 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:37.875 Ardha Uttanasana, Halfway Lift. 00:16:37.875 --> 00:16:41.041 Inhale, lengthen your version. 00:16:41.041 --> 00:16:43.000 Then exhale to Fold. 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:44.437 Awesome. Bend the knees. 00:16:44.437 --> 00:16:45.500 Fingertips come to the mat. 00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:47.792 You're gonna step just the right toes back. 00:16:47.792 --> 00:16:50.000 Lower the right knee down. 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:51.834 Breathe here, stretch. 00:16:51.834 --> 00:16:54.443 You can walk the right knee back a little if it feels good. 00:16:54.443 --> 00:16:56.125 Make sure front knee's over front ankle. 00:16:56.125 --> 00:16:58.083 Breathing deep. 00:16:58.083 --> 00:17:02.291 Maybe soft, easy movement here as you find a little wave. 00:17:03.166 --> 00:17:05.125 Then when you're ready, squeezing your thighs together 00:17:05.125 --> 00:17:06.600 protect the SI joint 00:17:06.600 --> 00:17:09.458 by really hugging everything into the midline. 00:17:09.458 --> 00:17:12.000 Then inhale, take that big beach ball up and overhead. 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:14.555 Press into the top of the back foot firmly. 00:17:14.555 --> 00:17:17.480 Root down through the top of the back foot. 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:21.458 Then let everything kind of squeeze and lift from there. 00:17:21.458 --> 00:17:23.250 The left knee might splay out here 00:17:23.250 --> 00:17:26.000 so we wanna squeeze, check that, hug into the midline. 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:27.290 Then big beach ball here. 00:17:27.290 --> 00:17:30.333 Inhale, lift everything, squeeze and lift, squeeze and lift. 00:17:30.333 --> 00:17:31.959 Then you're lifting so much. 00:17:31.959 --> 00:17:33.083 Imagine someone's lifting you up 00:17:33.083 --> 00:17:34.333 from the fingertips of the wrist. 00:17:34.333 --> 00:17:36.583 You're gonna lift, straighten that front leg, 00:17:36.583 --> 00:17:38.323 and then paint a wall down 00:17:38.323 --> 00:17:40.792 as you come into a Forward Fold here. 00:17:40.792 --> 00:17:42.166 Front leg straight, 00:17:42.166 --> 00:17:46.792 left toes really flexing towards your third eye. 00:17:46.792 --> 00:17:49.000 I said front leg straight to get you in the posture 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:52.925 but now bend the left knee or a little micro bend at least 00:17:52.925 --> 00:17:57.041 and press into the top of the back foot and breathe. 00:17:57.041 --> 00:18:00.000 Then on your next big inhale drive your heart forward, 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:04.208 look forward, lengthen, and then exhale, fold again. 00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:07.254 Awesome. Roll through your left foot. 00:18:07.254 --> 00:18:10.230 Really articulate. Find grammar of the feet today, 00:18:10.230 --> 00:18:14.000 so really roll through the soles of your feet. 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:15.469 They carry us. 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:18.834 We come back to that nice, low Lunge. 00:18:18.834 --> 00:18:20.625 Right hand's gonna come to the earth. 00:18:20.625 --> 00:18:22.834 Left fingertips all the way up to the sky. 00:18:22.834 --> 00:18:25.139 Big stretch. Reach, reach, reach. 00:18:25.139 --> 00:18:26.083 Inhale. 00:18:26.083 --> 00:18:27.875 Then exhale to come back. 00:18:27.875 --> 00:18:28.834 Awesome. 00:18:28.834 --> 00:18:31.210 Plant the palms, curl the back toes under. 00:18:31.210 --> 00:18:34.875 Lift that back knee and then inhale, open the chest forward. 00:18:34.875 --> 00:18:37.000 Then exhale, step the left toes back. 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:39.082 Plank Pose. Breathe deep. 00:18:39.082 --> 00:18:41.230 Press away from your yoga mat. You got this. 00:18:41.230 --> 00:18:44.291 We're gonna create a little heat here to warm up the body. 00:18:44.291 --> 00:18:47.763 Nice and strong. Left fingertips touch the right shoulder 00:18:47.763 --> 00:18:49.000 and then put 'em down. 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:50.834 And then right fingertips touch the left shoulder, 00:18:50.834 --> 00:18:52.881 put 'em down. Then back and forth. 00:18:52.881 --> 00:18:56.000 The key is to keep your gaze down and slightly out in front 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:58.291 to keep it going, to zip up through the abdominal wall 00:18:58.291 --> 00:18:59.959 and try not to move your hips. 00:18:59.959 --> 00:19:01.291 I know it's impossible. 00:19:01.291 --> 00:19:03.000 (whooshing) 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:04.883 Speed it up. 00:19:04.883 --> 00:19:07.875 Then release it and slowly lower all the way to the belly. 00:19:07.875 --> 00:19:09.578 Oh, yeah. 00:19:09.578 --> 00:19:11.000 Slide the hands in line with the ribcage. 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:12.827 Tug 'em back. 00:19:12.827 --> 00:19:14.950 Squeeze the elbows into the side body. 00:19:14.950 --> 00:19:18.000 Press into your foundation to inhale, lift up, Cobra. 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:20.000 Exhale to fold. 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:21.472 Twice more. Inhale, Cobra. 00:19:21.472 --> 00:19:23.847 Tug the hands back. Heart drives forward. 00:19:23.847 --> 00:19:26.340 And fold. 00:19:26.340 --> 00:19:28.000 Find more ease here, more sukha. 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:29.667 Inhale. 00:19:29.667 --> 00:19:32.208 And release, folding forehead to the earth. 00:19:32.208 --> 00:19:34.000 Awesome, curl the toes under. 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:36.041 Lift the kneecaps, tone the quads. 00:19:36.041 --> 00:19:37.000 Here we go. 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:38.625 You're gonna press up into your power. 00:19:38.625 --> 00:19:40.708 When you do you can do this to yourself 00:19:40.708 --> 00:19:43.250 or you can quietly whisper, "I am strong." 00:19:43.250 --> 00:19:44.834 Here we go, inhale. 00:19:44.834 --> 00:19:47.380 Exhale, power up. Press into your power. 00:19:47.380 --> 00:19:49.583 Quietly whisper, "I am strong." 00:19:49.583 --> 00:19:51.000 Downward Facing Dog. 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:53.282 Awesome. Hips up high. 00:19:53.282 --> 00:19:55.001 Bend the knees. Pedal it out. 00:19:55.001 --> 00:19:55.959 (exhaling) 00:19:55.959 --> 00:19:58.333 Stay present with your breath. 00:19:59.667 --> 00:20:03.625 This time we're gonna cross the left foot over the right 00:20:03.625 --> 00:20:06.834 and slowly walk criss-cross all the way to the top, 00:20:06.834 --> 00:20:10.458 waking up through the Achilles, the calf, 00:20:10.458 --> 00:20:14.667 the IT as you cross, criss-cross all the way to the top. 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:18.388 Forward Fold. 00:20:18.388 --> 00:20:20.211 Inhale, Halfway Lift. 00:20:21.333 --> 00:20:23.000 Exhale, Fold. 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:24.417 Really root to rise here. 00:20:24.417 --> 00:20:26.592 Inhale, lead with the thumbs. Reach for the sky. 00:20:26.592 --> 00:20:27.917 Ground through the feet. 00:20:27.917 --> 00:20:29.380 Inhale. 00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:31.834 Exhale, clap the palms together, Ujjayi. 00:20:31.834 --> 00:20:33.166 All the way down you go. 00:20:33.166 --> 00:20:35.322 Forward Fold. 00:20:35.322 --> 00:20:37.458 Inhale, Halfway Lift, your version. 00:20:37.458 --> 00:20:39.083 Tug the shoulders away from the ears. 00:20:39.083 --> 00:20:41.849 Long neck. Exhale, Fold. 00:20:41.849 --> 00:20:43.771 Great, bend the knees. Fingertips come to the mat. 00:20:43.771 --> 00:20:45.333 This time slide the left toes back 00:20:45.333 --> 00:20:46.500 or step the left toes back 00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:49.000 and then lower the left knee to the ground. 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:50.416 Take your time. 00:20:50.416 --> 00:20:53.208 Front knee over front ankle, start to stretch it out. 00:20:53.208 --> 00:20:56.253 Wake up your body, 00:20:56.253 --> 00:20:57.875 your container, your vehicle. 00:20:57.875 --> 00:21:00.000 Walk the left knee back if you like. 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:03.330 Check your front knee and front ankle. 00:21:07.959 --> 00:21:09.208 You may just stay low. 00:21:09.208 --> 00:21:11.583 If the Crescent is too much for you today 00:21:11.583 --> 00:21:16.000 squeeze to the midline here, work on that stability. 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:17.333 Otherwise let's give it a go. 00:21:17.333 --> 00:21:18.250 Squeezing and lifting 00:21:18.250 --> 00:21:19.708 we'll press into the top of the back foot 00:21:19.708 --> 00:21:21.000 and reach the fingertips up high. 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:22.583 Big beach ball up and overhead. 00:21:22.583 --> 00:21:25.232 This is to encourage this external rotation 00:21:25.232 --> 00:21:27.000 of the shoulders so wrapping the 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:29.667 shoulder blade around and behind. 00:21:29.667 --> 00:21:33.992 Then give yourself an image. It just helps to have an image. 00:21:33.992 --> 00:21:35.125 Go through your checklist. 00:21:35.125 --> 00:21:37.413 Then squeeze inner thighs to the midline. 00:21:37.413 --> 00:21:39.208 Lift up from the pelvic floor, Mula Bandha. 00:21:39.208 --> 00:21:42.208 Uddiyana Bandha, navel draws in and up. 00:21:42.208 --> 00:21:45.125 We're not dumping weight into that SI joint. 00:21:45.125 --> 00:21:49.667 Squeeze left knee, excuse me, right knee squeezing in. 00:21:49.667 --> 00:21:51.403 Alright, inhale. Lift, lift, lift. 00:21:51.403 --> 00:21:54.500 Imagine two little angels pulling you up from your wrists. 00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:56.667 Then we're lifting up from the pelvic floor so much so 00:21:56.667 --> 00:21:59.583 that we start to straighten that front leg with ease. 00:21:59.583 --> 00:22:01.917 Then palms press forward 00:22:01.917 --> 00:22:05.083 and we paint the wall slowly down, down, down, down, down. 00:22:05.083 --> 00:22:07.287 Awesome. 00:22:07.287 --> 00:22:08.375 Pull the right hip crease back. 00:22:08.375 --> 00:22:12.285 Really snuggle that right femur into place. 00:22:14.959 --> 00:22:17.333 Flex your right toes towards your face. 00:22:17.333 --> 00:22:20.500 Press into the top of the back foot for stability. 00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.291 Here we go. 00:22:21.291 --> 00:22:25.000 Inhale, open the chest, look forward, find length. 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:27.138 Then exhale to fold. 00:22:28.792 --> 00:22:30.272 Breathe deep. 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:38.047 Here we go. Dig into your right heel. 00:22:38.047 --> 00:22:41.298 Slowly roll it forward. 00:22:41.298 --> 00:22:43.000 Inhale to open the chest. 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:45.250 As you exhale, plant the left palm. 00:22:45.250 --> 00:22:47.000 And then big inhale for your twist. 00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:48.625 Right fingertips reach up towards the sky. 00:22:48.625 --> 00:22:50.498 Really try to revolve your heart 00:22:50.498 --> 00:22:54.000 all the way up towards the ceiling. 00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:56.875 Then slowly bring it back down. 00:22:56.875 --> 00:22:58.363 Frame your right foot. 00:22:58.363 --> 00:23:00.667 Loop the shoulders, curl the back toes under. 00:23:00.667 --> 00:23:02.208 Inhale, look forward. 00:23:02.208 --> 00:23:04.812 Lift that back knee. 00:23:04.812 --> 00:23:06.980 We're gonna plant the palms. 00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:09.621 Lift navel up so think S-H sound. 00:23:09.621 --> 00:23:13.125 Lift navel up and then step your right toes back from there. 00:23:13.125 --> 00:23:15.652 Great. Belly to Cobra or Chaturanga to Up Dog. 00:23:15.652 --> 00:23:16.875 Shift forward on the toes. 00:23:16.875 --> 00:23:19.658 Squeeze the elbows in and slowly lower. 00:23:19.658 --> 00:23:22.834 Inhale to open the chest, open your heart. 00:23:22.834 --> 00:23:25.708 Exhale to make your way back, Downward Dog. 00:23:25.708 --> 00:23:28.411 Awesome work. Take a deep breath in 00:23:28.411 --> 00:23:31.405 and a long breath out. 00:23:31.405 --> 00:23:33.565 Deep breath in 00:23:33.565 --> 00:23:37.410 and a long breath out as you slowly lower the knees down. 00:23:37.410 --> 00:23:39.537 Bring the two big toes to touch. 00:23:39.537 --> 00:23:41.917 Get your knees as wide as the yoga mat. 00:23:41.917 --> 00:23:43.208 Then send the hips back. 00:23:43.208 --> 00:23:46.125 Child's Pose just for three cycles of breath here. 00:23:46.125 --> 00:23:47.000 Enjoy. 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:50.000 Breathe long and steady. 00:23:53.708 --> 00:23:56.375 (deep breathing) 00:24:06.208 --> 00:24:08.000 Then it starts within. 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:11.000 Even if you're tired, feeling like dead weight here. 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:13.375 It starts within your center of gravity. 00:24:13.375 --> 00:24:14.875 Inhale. 00:24:14.875 --> 00:24:17.000 Exhale, navel draws up. 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:19.625 A little light turns on and we begin to rise back up. 00:24:19.625 --> 00:24:21.340 Keep the legs where they are. 00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:23.333 Right hand's gonna come to the center 00:24:23.333 --> 00:24:24.875 and left fingertips are gonna come 00:24:24.875 --> 00:24:28.000 and they're gonna trace all the way across your right arm. 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:29.792 It's like you're pulling a bow and arrow. 00:24:29.792 --> 00:24:32.000 You're gonna pull it across the chest, 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:33.417 press away from your right hand 00:24:33.417 --> 00:24:35.542 so you're not putting pressure on your right wrist. 00:24:35.542 --> 00:24:37.000 You're gonna open up towards the sky. 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:39.350 Try to keep your toes together and the feet pressing down. 00:24:39.350 --> 00:24:43.583 If you don't get it as far as I'm going, all good. 00:24:43.583 --> 00:24:46.101 Opening, opening, revolving. Opening from the chest. 00:24:46.101 --> 00:24:48.959 Inhale and then exhale, release back to center. 00:24:48.959 --> 00:24:50.551 Left hand replaces the right 00:24:50.551 --> 00:24:52.667 and we do the same thing on the other side. 00:24:52.667 --> 00:24:54.458 Draw a line with your right fingertips 00:24:54.458 --> 00:24:56.458 gracefully across the arm, the chest, 00:24:56.458 --> 00:24:58.834 all the way up to the sky. 00:24:58.834 --> 00:25:00.667 The neck is nice and long. 00:25:00.667 --> 00:25:02.208 Breathe, inhale. 00:25:02.208 --> 00:25:05.583 Exhale, come all the way back down. 00:25:05.583 --> 00:25:06.917 Awesome work. 00:25:06.917 --> 00:25:09.959 Plant the palms, walk the knees in, 00:25:09.959 --> 00:25:11.583 curl the toes under. 00:25:11.583 --> 00:25:13.783 Inhale to look forward. Smile. 00:25:13.783 --> 00:25:16.208 Exhale, lift the hips up high. 00:25:16.208 --> 00:25:18.000 Downward Dog. 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:20.227 Nice work. Claw through the fingertips. 00:25:20.227 --> 00:25:22.083 Take a deep breath in. 00:25:22.083 --> 00:25:23.875 Lion's Breath, tongue out. 00:25:23.875 --> 00:25:25.375 (exhaling) 00:25:25.375 --> 00:25:27.125 Nice, inhale, look forward. 00:25:27.125 --> 00:25:29.000 Exhale, make your way to the top. 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:30.708 You can do the criss-cross again. 00:25:30.708 --> 00:25:35.207 You can do Ragdoll or you can start to jump or hop or float. 00:25:36.458 --> 00:25:38.473 Your version. 00:25:38.473 --> 00:25:41.250 Inhale, Halfway Lift when you get there with your breath. 00:25:41.250 --> 00:25:43.417 Exhale to soften and bow. 00:25:43.417 --> 00:25:46.947 Inhale to reach for the sky. 00:25:46.947 --> 00:25:48.834 Exhale hands to heart. 00:25:48.834 --> 00:25:51.568 Length and tailbone down. Stand up nice and tall. 00:25:51.568 --> 00:25:55.000 Just take a second to observe your breath here. 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:57.008 Notice how you feel. 00:25:58.708 --> 00:26:01.792 And then bat the eyelashes open, bend the knees and let's flow. 00:26:01.792 --> 00:26:04.542 Inhale, reach for the sky. 00:26:04.542 --> 00:26:07.417 Exhale, just rain it down any way that feels good. 00:26:07.417 --> 00:26:08.750 Move with your breath. 00:26:08.750 --> 00:26:12.740 Inhale, Ardha Uttanasana, Halfway Lift. Your version. 00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:14.166 Then exhale, flow with your breath. 00:26:14.166 --> 00:26:16.728 Awesome. Bend the knees, plant the palms. 00:26:16.728 --> 00:26:18.792 Step it back, Plank Pose. 00:26:18.792 --> 00:26:21.000 Belly to Cobra or Chaturanga to Up Dog. 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:23.333 So to move with your breath really synchronize here. 00:26:23.333 --> 00:26:25.000 Be true to your breath. 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:27.877 Exhale, Downward Dog. 00:26:27.877 --> 00:26:29.875 Then inhale lift the right leg up high 00:26:29.875 --> 00:26:32.625 as you ground through the left heel. 00:26:32.625 --> 00:26:34.908 Three Legged Dog. Claw through the fingertips. 00:26:34.908 --> 00:26:36.000 Inhale. 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:38.737 Exhale, knee to nose. 00:26:38.737 --> 00:26:41.520 Step it up. Pivot on the back foot. 00:26:41.520 --> 00:26:43.750 Front knee over front ankle as you rise up strong. 00:26:43.750 --> 00:26:45.542 Big beach ball up and overhead. 00:26:45.542 --> 00:26:47.621 Warrior One. 00:26:47.621 --> 00:26:50.321 Breathe deep here. Drop your center. 00:26:50.321 --> 00:26:53.300 Think upward current through the front body, 00:26:53.300 --> 00:26:54.750 downward current through the back body. 00:26:54.750 --> 00:26:58.170 Big beach ball up and overhead. 00:26:58.170 --> 00:27:00.270 Really press into your feet. 00:27:00.270 --> 00:27:02.000 Try to tear the yoga mat apart. 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:03.835 Length and tailbone down. 00:27:03.835 --> 00:27:06.208 Engage the inner thighs without clenching the buttocks. 00:27:06.208 --> 00:27:07.525 Inhale. 00:27:07.525 --> 00:27:09.625 Exhale, Warrior Two. 00:27:09.625 --> 00:27:11.623 With the breath, inhale Peaceful Warrior. 00:27:11.623 --> 00:27:13.815 Right fingertips reach forward, up, and back. 00:27:13.815 --> 00:27:16.000 Big breath, big stretch. 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:18.250 Then exhale to Cartwheel all the way down. 00:27:18.250 --> 00:27:20.177 We're returning to that twist. 00:27:20.177 --> 00:27:22.375 Back knee can stay lifted or you can lower it. 00:27:22.375 --> 00:27:26.000 As you inhale, right fingertips to the sky. 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:28.055 Exhale. Right hand comes down. 00:27:28.055 --> 00:27:30.375 Plant the palms, step the right toes back. 00:27:30.375 --> 00:27:31.458 Vinyasa. 00:27:31.458 --> 00:27:33.834 Belly to Cobra or Chaturanga to Up Dog. 00:27:33.834 --> 00:27:38.187 Move with mindfulness, with love. 00:27:38.187 --> 00:27:42.176 I'll meet you in Downward Facing Dog. 00:27:42.176 --> 00:27:44.125 When you get there take a nice cleansing breath. 00:27:44.125 --> 00:27:45.360 Imagine all the people 00:27:45.360 --> 00:27:47.083 practicing with you all around the world. 00:27:47.083 --> 00:27:49.270 Inhale. (inhaling) 00:27:49.270 --> 00:27:52.686 Exhale to empty it out. (exhaling) 00:27:52.686 --> 00:27:53.637 Anchor the right heel. 00:27:53.637 --> 00:27:54.917 Inhale, lift the right leg up high. 00:27:54.917 --> 00:27:56.875 Three Legged Dog. 00:27:56.875 --> 00:28:00.190 Breathe. Press into both palms evenly. 00:28:00.190 --> 00:28:03.040 Anchor navel to spine support. Here we go. 00:28:03.040 --> 00:28:05.370 Inhale, lift the left heel a little higher. 00:28:05.370 --> 00:28:07.781 Exhale, knee to nose. 00:28:07.781 --> 00:28:09.083 Nice, step it up. 00:28:09.083 --> 00:28:10.708 Pivot on the back foot. 00:28:10.708 --> 00:28:11.917 Take your time. 00:28:11.917 --> 00:28:13.917 Remember the archetype here, warrior. 00:28:13.917 --> 00:28:17.127 So strong base, strong legs, 00:28:17.127 --> 00:28:21.720 and then a little bit of grace. 00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:23.883 Nobility on the top. 00:28:23.883 --> 00:28:27.440 Big beach ball up and overhead as you're ready. 00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:29.583 Work with the energetics lifting through the front body 00:28:29.583 --> 00:28:33.000 and grounding through the back. Finding that balance. 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:34.645 Squeeze and lift. 00:28:34.645 --> 00:28:37.750 The practice of self love is the balance of light and dark, 00:28:37.750 --> 00:28:40.042 up and down. 00:28:40.042 --> 00:28:42.458 Inhale, lift your chest. 00:28:42.458 --> 00:28:44.583 Keep the strong power in the back leg 00:28:44.583 --> 00:28:48.000 as you open up Warrior Two to the right. 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:50.333 Pull the pinkies back. 00:28:50.333 --> 00:28:52.536 Inhale. Here we go. 00:28:52.536 --> 00:28:55.407 Peaceful Warrior. Reach forward, up, and back. 00:28:55.407 --> 00:28:58.417 Keep breathing. Long neck, inhale. 00:28:58.417 --> 00:29:00.590 Big stretch, big breath. 00:29:00.590 --> 00:29:03.000 And then exhale to Cartwheel all the way down. 00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:04.208 Nice work, here we go. 00:29:04.208 --> 00:29:06.310 Big twist, right hand to the earth. 00:29:06.310 --> 00:29:09.750 Big inhale to lift the left fingertips up high. 00:29:09.750 --> 00:29:11.166 Back knee lowered or lifted but it's lifted. 00:29:11.166 --> 00:29:13.927 If it's lifted, really reach that right heel back 00:29:13.927 --> 00:29:15.875 and then bring it back down, 00:29:15.875 --> 00:29:18.586 frame your left foot, plant the palms firmly. 00:29:18.586 --> 00:29:21.000 Navel draws up as you step the left toes back. 00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:22.792 Beautiful. Belly to Cobra. 00:29:22.792 --> 00:29:24.185 Chaturanga to Up Dog 00:29:24.185 --> 00:29:27.422 or maybe you go straight to Downward Facing Dog. 00:29:31.254 --> 00:29:34.542 Find that external rotation of the shoulders. 00:29:36.733 --> 00:29:39.417 Make sure you're not clenching in the jaw or the neck. 00:29:39.417 --> 00:29:40.737 Big inhale. 00:29:42.166 --> 00:29:44.590 Empty it out. 00:29:44.590 --> 00:29:47.055 Make your way to the top. Inhale, look forward. 00:29:47.055 --> 00:29:49.280 Exhale to step or hop it up. 00:29:51.450 --> 00:29:54.506 Inhale, Halfway Lift, your version. 00:29:54.506 --> 00:29:57.744 Exhale to soften and bow. 00:29:57.744 --> 00:30:01.922 Inhale to reach for the sky. Maybe hook the thumbs this time. 00:30:01.922 --> 00:30:05.757 Exhale hands to heart. Namaste. 00:30:05.757 --> 00:30:08.792 Great, if the feet are not together 00:30:08.792 --> 00:30:10.333 go ahead and bring them together now 00:30:10.333 --> 00:30:14.000 and try not to look down if you do it. 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:16.000 So put eyeballs on the soles of your feet 00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:18.708 and just try not to look down. 00:30:18.708 --> 00:30:23.417 See feelingly as my mentor shared with me, taught me. 00:30:23.417 --> 00:30:25.166 There's magic in what you're doing. 00:30:25.166 --> 00:30:27.000 You don't need to look, you know. 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:29.039 Your body is smart. 00:30:31.166 --> 00:30:33.000 Then from here we'll inhale. 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:34.670 Then exhale. 00:30:34.670 --> 00:30:36.625 That same place we've been moving from, the center, 00:30:36.625 --> 00:30:38.500 you're gonna draw it back in space 00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:40.183 so that your knees have to bend 00:30:40.183 --> 00:30:41.375 and your bum has to go out 00:30:41.375 --> 00:30:44.375 and your fingertips have to come forward to balance it. 00:30:44.375 --> 00:30:46.166 You're gonna squeeze the legs together. 00:30:46.166 --> 00:30:47.417 Really zip everything up tight 00:30:47.417 --> 00:30:49.000 and we'll come into yeah, a Chair Pose, 00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:50.959 but don't think about Utkatasana 00:30:50.959 --> 00:30:52.417 and trying to get that perfect alignment. 00:30:52.417 --> 00:30:55.097 Let's just really feel it out. Drop your center down. 00:30:55.097 --> 00:30:57.917 Send your hips and your bum back. 00:30:57.917 --> 00:30:59.731 Squeeze the legs together. 00:30:59.731 --> 00:31:02.720 Big beach ball out in front. 00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:04.750 Then just ask yourself what feels more supportive, 00:31:04.750 --> 00:31:06.863 rocking my pelvis out or in? 00:31:06.863 --> 00:31:09.778 Whew, I can tell you what it is for me. 00:31:09.778 --> 00:31:11.041 Sit down a little lower. 00:31:11.041 --> 00:31:12.460 Inhale. 00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:14.555 Exhale, big open twist to the right. 00:31:14.555 --> 00:31:17.000 You're gonna open right fingertips towards the back, 00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:19.220 left fingertips towards the front. 00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:20.917 Once you have it sit down nice and low. 00:31:20.917 --> 00:31:23.667 Lift your chest, drop your hips. 00:31:23.667 --> 00:31:25.298 Nice. Now, listen carefully. 00:31:25.298 --> 00:31:28.346 From your open twist drop the fingertips down, 00:31:28.346 --> 00:31:30.375 right fingertips come down, 00:31:30.375 --> 00:31:33.166 and then we reach up, standing one legged Tadasana. 00:31:33.166 --> 00:31:36.208 Lift your left knee up high. 00:31:36.208 --> 00:31:37.583 If that's not available to you, 00:31:37.583 --> 00:31:40.166 you can keep the left big toe on the ground. 00:31:40.166 --> 00:31:41.561 No big deal. 00:31:41.561 --> 00:31:43.417 If you're in the standing one legged Tadasana 00:31:43.417 --> 00:31:45.597 find the balance. This is your Tree Pose today. 00:31:45.597 --> 00:31:47.041 This is your Vrksasana. 00:31:47.041 --> 00:31:48.291 Here we go. 00:31:48.291 --> 00:31:51.000 Moving with grace, inhale. 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:52.582 Exhale. If the toe's on the ground 00:31:52.582 --> 00:31:55.000 you can keep it sliding on the ground the whole way. 00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:57.583 If you're lifted you might catch some air 00:31:57.583 --> 00:31:59.750 in a Warrior Three of your choice. 00:31:59.750 --> 00:32:01.417 A little Virabhadrasana Three. 00:32:01.417 --> 00:32:03.708 Maybe you catch some air here. 00:32:03.708 --> 00:32:06.583 Airplane arms or reaching forward. 00:32:06.583 --> 00:32:07.834 If the big toe's on the ground 00:32:07.834 --> 00:32:09.208 you just slide it all the way back 00:32:09.208 --> 00:32:12.125 and we're gonna meet in High Lunge. 00:32:13.542 --> 00:32:16.041 Maybe you catch some air, maybe not. 00:32:16.041 --> 00:32:18.000 We'll meet here in High Lunge. 00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:20.000 The back heel's lifted this time. 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:21.417 Different than Warrior One. 00:32:21.417 --> 00:32:23.834 Once again we find that big beach ball overhead. 00:32:23.834 --> 00:32:25.125 Everyone bend your left knee. 00:32:25.125 --> 00:32:27.000 Get your center right underneath you. 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:29.000 Then straighten that leg out again. 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:32.270 Alright, here we go. Inhale, squeeze everything in. 00:32:32.270 --> 00:32:33.458 Inner thighs to the midline. 00:32:33.458 --> 00:32:35.502 Exhale. Open twist to the right again. 00:32:35.502 --> 00:32:38.208 Right fingertips back, left fingertips forward. 00:32:38.208 --> 00:32:41.010 Then Peaceful Warrior here. Keep the legs where they are. 00:32:41.010 --> 00:32:43.083 Lift the left fingertips all the way up and back. 00:32:43.083 --> 00:32:44.166 Big stretch. 00:32:44.166 --> 00:32:45.834 This is our self love practice. 00:32:45.834 --> 00:32:49.000 Bend your left elbow, contract through the abdominal wall. 00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:51.083 You're gonna bring your left elbow to kiss your right knee. 00:32:51.083 --> 00:32:52.250 Move nice and slow. 00:32:52.250 --> 00:32:53.834 Also a little yoga for the brain. 00:32:53.834 --> 00:32:56.000 Once you do, I like to do a sound effect here. 00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:57.000 (kissing) 00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:59.000 You're gonna open up Warrior Two to the left. 00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:02.292 Ah. This is a pose we know. 00:33:02.292 --> 00:33:04.259 Hallelujah. Peaceful Warrior. 00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:06.041 Right fingertips reach forward, up, and back. 00:33:06.041 --> 00:33:07.750 Big stretch, big breath. 00:33:07.750 --> 00:33:11.208 Then exhale to Cartwheel it all the way back down. 00:33:11.208 --> 00:33:13.548 Find your twist. Right fingertips reach to the sky. 00:33:13.548 --> 00:33:14.458 Inhale. 00:33:14.458 --> 00:33:17.291 Then exhale hands to the earth. 00:33:17.291 --> 00:33:19.125 Step it back straight to Down Dog. 00:33:19.125 --> 00:33:23.000 Maybe you take a little break here or vinyasa. 00:33:24.375 --> 00:33:27.000 Moving with your breath always. 00:33:28.208 --> 00:33:29.601 Paying attention. 00:33:29.601 --> 00:33:32.291 That's what yoga's all about, right? 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:37.000 In Downward Dog take a deep breath in. 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:38.834 Here we go, big Lion's Breath. 00:33:38.834 --> 00:33:40.932 Tongue out. (exhaling) 00:33:40.932 --> 00:33:43.352 Don't be shy. 00:33:43.352 --> 00:33:44.917 Then inhale to look forward 00:33:44.917 --> 00:33:48.937 and exhale to make your way to the top, your version. 00:33:48.937 --> 00:33:51.333 Inhale to Halfway Lift when you get there. 00:33:51.333 --> 00:33:53.000 Exhale to Fold. 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:55.583 Really drawing the nose in towards the navel. 00:33:55.583 --> 00:33:57.000 (exhaling) 00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:58.768 Great. Inhale. 00:33:58.768 --> 00:34:02.264 Thumbs lead the way. Reach for the sky. 00:34:02.264 --> 00:34:06.608 Exhale hands to heart. Right in, drop your center. 00:34:06.608 --> 00:34:09.000 Send the hips back, bend the knees. 00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:10.500 Send the fingertips forward. 00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:12.832 Counter balance. Squeeze legs together 00:34:12.833 --> 00:34:15.792 and check out what's going on in your pelvis. 00:34:15.792 --> 00:34:18.064 You got it. Breathe deep. 00:34:18.064 --> 00:34:19.625 Give the thinking mind a break. 00:34:19.625 --> 00:34:21.917 Let your body intelligence rule here. 00:34:21.917 --> 00:34:24.867 Make adjustments. What needs to happen? 00:34:26.117 --> 00:34:27.875 Here we go, open twist to the left. 00:34:27.875 --> 00:34:29.000 You're doing great. 00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:31.000 Left fingertips go back, right fingertips go forward. 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:32.333 Sink down a little lower. 00:34:32.333 --> 00:34:35.770 You got this. Lower the hips. 00:34:35.770 --> 00:34:39.319 Nice. Then left fingertips are gonna go down to come up. 00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:41.000 This time we rise up catching the right knee 00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:42.375 and lifting it up. 00:34:42.375 --> 00:34:45.000 Or maybe we keep right big toe on the ground. 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:46.500 Big beach ball, everyone. 00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:48.041 Lots of space in the shoulders. 00:34:48.041 --> 00:34:49.333 Wrapping the shoulder blades 00:34:49.333 --> 00:34:51.583 around the back of the heart space. 00:34:51.583 --> 00:34:52.917 Breathe deep here. 00:34:52.917 --> 00:34:56.560 Squeeze and lift, squeeze and lift. 00:34:56.560 --> 00:34:58.917 Soft, easy breezy in the face. 00:34:58.917 --> 00:35:00.563 Maybe slide the right toe 00:35:00.563 --> 00:35:01.834 all the way back to your High Lunge 00:35:01.834 --> 00:35:05.375 or maybe you catch some air here nice and slow. 00:35:05.375 --> 00:35:08.753 Use that shh, that contraction of the navel up 00:35:08.753 --> 00:35:12.267 to find maybe a Warrior Three here. 00:35:12.267 --> 00:35:15.002 Maybe you don't find or catch some air today 00:35:15.002 --> 00:35:18.216 and you do another day. 00:35:18.216 --> 00:35:20.192 We'll meet in High Lunge. 00:35:20.192 --> 00:35:24.391 Find that big beach ball up and overhead again. 00:35:24.391 --> 00:35:26.208 Bend the right knee, get your center underneath you. 00:35:26.208 --> 00:35:28.125 Hug that left femur in. 00:35:29.792 --> 00:35:30.959 Inhale. 00:35:30.959 --> 00:35:32.834 Exhale, open twist to the left. 00:35:32.834 --> 00:35:35.877 This is the last one. Open twist to the left. 00:35:35.877 --> 00:35:37.458 Then right fingertips reach up and back. 00:35:37.458 --> 00:35:40.658 Big stretch, big breath. 00:35:40.658 --> 00:35:42.954 Here we go. Bend the right elbow. 00:35:42.954 --> 00:35:45.873 Listen carefully, navel draws in so there's that contract again. 00:35:45.873 --> 00:35:47.843 Strong center. 00:35:47.843 --> 00:35:50.614 Right elbow to left knee. Give it a kiss. 00:35:50.614 --> 00:35:51.783 (kissing) 00:35:51.783 --> 00:35:56.000 That's your cue to open up Warrior Two to the right. 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:58.790 Awesome, beautiful. Gaze forward. 00:35:58.790 --> 00:36:01.120 Peaceful Warrior. Keep the front knee bent. 00:36:01.120 --> 00:36:04.463 Inhale forward, up, and back. Big stretch, big breath. 00:36:04.463 --> 00:36:06.875 And then Cartwheel it all the way down. 00:36:06.875 --> 00:36:08.291 Big twist here, last one. 00:36:08.291 --> 00:36:09.583 Right hand to the ground. 00:36:09.583 --> 00:36:12.720 Left fingertips reach up high. Big inhale. 00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:16.045 Exhale all the way down. Last call for vinyasa. 00:36:16.045 --> 00:36:17.963 Take it or leave it. 00:36:17.963 --> 00:36:19.250 Moving with the breath. 00:36:19.250 --> 00:36:22.000 (deep breathing) 00:36:23.792 --> 00:36:25.912 Downward Facing Dog. 00:36:25.912 --> 00:36:28.750 Big breath in when you get there. 00:36:28.750 --> 00:36:30.458 Empty it all out, let go. 00:36:30.458 --> 00:36:32.000 (exhaling) 00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:33.337 Bend the knees. 00:36:33.337 --> 00:36:36.625 Slowly walk the hands back towards the toes. 00:36:36.625 --> 00:36:38.578 Walk the hands back towards the toes, 00:36:38.578 --> 00:36:41.208 so a little change of perspective here. 00:36:41.208 --> 00:36:42.784 Forward Fold. 00:36:45.125 --> 00:36:46.458 Nice work. 00:36:46.458 --> 00:36:48.417 Inhale, Halfway Lift. 00:36:48.417 --> 00:36:50.500 Calm your breath. 00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:52.696 Exhale, Fold. 00:36:53.865 --> 00:36:58.000 Leading with the thumbs, inhale, reach for the sky. 00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:01.324 Exhale hands to heart. 00:37:01.324 --> 00:37:03.530 Beautiful. 00:37:03.530 --> 00:37:05.400 Close your eyes. 00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:07.291 Again, only take the movement that you need 00:37:07.291 --> 00:37:08.792 and do take it if you need it, 00:37:08.792 --> 00:37:11.061 but ask yourself, do you? 00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:15.636 We're carving new grooves. 00:37:15.636 --> 00:37:17.750 It's a bit hard to find these practices of self love 00:37:17.750 --> 00:37:21.792 when our grooves are just set so firmly. 00:37:21.792 --> 00:37:23.333 This world we live in, 00:37:23.333 --> 00:37:25.250 our attention is just look here, look here, 00:37:25.250 --> 00:37:26.708 look here, look here. 00:37:26.708 --> 00:37:28.458 And we get so lost in those grooves 00:37:28.458 --> 00:37:32.959 that we lose track of our own true self grooves. 00:37:32.959 --> 00:37:34.166 When we're in those grooves 00:37:34.166 --> 00:37:36.834 it really feel like us that feel like home 00:37:36.834 --> 00:37:39.750 where we can be confident and aware 00:37:40.708 --> 00:37:45.925 and yes, in love with ourselves instead of the opposite. 00:37:48.250 --> 00:37:51.120 Everything gets easier. 00:37:51.120 --> 00:37:54.959 Everything gets easier when we're in those grooves. 00:37:55.875 --> 00:37:57.792 Lift the sternum up to the thumbs. 00:37:57.792 --> 00:37:59.708 Open the eyes if you haven't already. 00:37:59.708 --> 00:38:03.834 Send your gaze out all the way in front, wherever you are. 00:38:03.834 --> 00:38:08.812 You can tell us down below where you are today practicing. 00:38:08.812 --> 00:38:12.607 On the beach, in your apartment, in a closet, 00:38:14.291 --> 00:38:16.710 at a break. 00:38:16.710 --> 00:38:18.000 Bring your fingertips down 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:19.375 and without looking down, 00:38:19.375 --> 00:38:21.000 it's gonna be harder than you think, 00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:23.000 you're gonna step to the center of your mat. 00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:26.586 Have a little coolness, a little calmness 00:38:26.586 --> 00:38:30.250 as you kind of create a little magical step here. 00:38:33.834 --> 00:38:35.458 Keep your chin lifted. 00:38:35.458 --> 00:38:37.750 Gaze forward as you now bring the feet 00:38:37.750 --> 00:38:39.875 as wide as your yoga mat. 00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:45.834 Then think upward current of energy through the front 00:38:45.834 --> 00:38:48.625 and a strong downward grounding through the back 00:38:48.625 --> 00:38:52.170 as you bring your hands together. 00:38:52.170 --> 00:38:54.000 Then let the toes spill off your mat. 00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:56.583 You might feel the coolness of the ground 00:38:56.583 --> 00:38:58.333 underneath your toes, 00:38:58.333 --> 00:39:00.542 unless you're on carpet, then you can feel the fuzziness 00:39:00.542 --> 00:39:02.333 or the firmness of the carpet. 00:39:02.333 --> 00:39:04.250 Don't look down. 00:39:04.250 --> 00:39:05.417 You don't need to look, 00:39:05.417 --> 00:39:07.000 you don't need someone to tell you where to look. 00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:09.320 You can be present. Feel your way. 00:39:11.942 --> 00:39:13.792 Then we're gonna inhale one last time. 00:39:13.792 --> 00:39:15.375 Really lift up from the pelvic floor. 00:39:15.375 --> 00:39:17.458 Hug everything to the midline. 00:39:17.458 --> 00:39:18.750 Then as you exhale 00:39:18.750 --> 00:39:21.000 you're gonna slowly drop your center down in space, 00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:22.000 the knees are gonna bend 00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:24.473 and they're try to track the middle toe. 00:39:24.473 --> 00:39:26.500 You're not gonna look but you're trying to feel it out. 00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:29.000 There's gonna come a breaking point 00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:30.668 where you have to react 00:39:30.668 --> 00:39:33.000 and you have to find support from within 00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:35.880 and how you do that is everything. 00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:37.417 We're dropping down, down, down, 00:39:37.417 --> 00:39:39.792 and then things start to go awry 00:39:39.792 --> 00:39:42.948 and bell and whistles and signs start to go off 00:39:42.948 --> 00:39:45.324 and we just continue down 00:39:45.324 --> 00:39:46.917 and we make adjustments as needed. 00:39:46.917 --> 00:39:48.456 Fingertips to the ground. 00:39:48.456 --> 00:39:51.000 Maybe you need to lift the heels. 00:39:53.166 --> 00:39:55.290 But we did it. 00:39:55.290 --> 00:39:57.643 Maybe the palms come together. 00:39:57.643 --> 00:39:58.959 Maybe you make this shape, 00:39:58.959 --> 00:40:01.500 but maybe it's not this shape for you. 00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:03.542 Then find a place where you can be still 00:40:03.542 --> 00:40:05.542 for three breath cycles. 00:40:08.610 --> 00:40:10.625 Just have so much respect for your body 00:40:10.625 --> 00:40:15.039 and whatever shape its in at this moment. 00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:18.385 Count 'em out if you need to but three full breath cycles 00:40:18.385 --> 00:40:21.250 in and out, in and out, in and out. 00:40:23.083 --> 00:40:24.583 We're kind of getting down 00:40:24.583 --> 00:40:27.000 to this cool off phase of the practice 00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:30.174 with this root chakra pose 00:40:30.174 --> 00:40:34.017 which is all about survival, 00:40:38.583 --> 00:40:41.326 identity, security. 00:40:48.375 --> 00:40:51.271 And then slowly bat the eyelashes open, 00:40:51.271 --> 00:40:52.834 release the fingertips to the ground 00:40:52.834 --> 00:40:55.041 and very mindfully we're gonna come to a seat, 00:40:55.041 --> 00:40:56.580 legs out long. 00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:01.166 If you need to massage the hip creases a little bit here 00:41:01.166 --> 00:41:03.333 go ahead and do so. 00:41:03.333 --> 00:41:04.166 When you're ready 00:41:04.166 --> 00:41:07.416 we'll sweep the arms all the way up and overhead. 00:41:07.416 --> 00:41:11.000 Then exhale, drape belly over the thighs. 00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:14.750 Come to Paschimottanasana or a Seated Forward Fold. 00:41:14.750 --> 00:41:16.793 I like to bend my knees here 00:41:16.793 --> 00:41:18.959 so you can get into the back body. 00:41:18.959 --> 00:41:20.291 But if you want more hamstrings 00:41:20.291 --> 00:41:23.959 you can work to straighten the legs. 00:41:23.959 --> 00:41:26.235 Close your eyes. 00:41:26.235 --> 00:41:29.077 Go inward, breathe. 00:41:29.077 --> 00:41:33.048 Thank yourself for taking this time to replenish 00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:38.240 and to actively seek to create grooves 00:41:38.240 --> 00:41:39.875 and patterns that serve you 00:41:39.875 --> 00:41:42.250 so that you can love yourself, 00:41:46.125 --> 00:41:49.125 so that you can love another person, 00:41:52.415 --> 00:41:56.542 people, every being, but it's gotta start within. 00:41:56.542 --> 00:41:58.625 It's just too impossible 00:41:58.625 --> 00:42:03.420 if you skip that one vital relationship, 00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:05.603 maybe your most important one. Right? 00:42:07.458 --> 00:42:09.000 Tight, tuck the chin to the chest. 00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:12.000 Release the hands and slowly roll up. 00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:14.000 Beautiful. 00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:15.291 We're gonna zip the legs together here 00:42:15.291 --> 00:42:17.000 and go ahead and you're gonna roll back down soon 00:42:17.000 --> 00:42:20.310 so go ahead and shift your booty forward if you need. 00:42:20.310 --> 00:42:22.000 Send the fingertips forward. 00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:23.417 Thriller arms. 00:42:23.417 --> 00:42:26.145 Breathe. Then flip it. 00:42:26.145 --> 00:42:29.083 Take a little extra stretch if you need. 00:42:29.083 --> 00:42:31.250 And then clap it. (clapping) 00:42:31.250 --> 00:42:33.451 Interlace. Index finger points forward. 00:42:33.451 --> 00:42:34.750 Stretch through the tops of the feet. 00:42:34.750 --> 00:42:36.291 Counter all those Downward Dogs 00:42:36.291 --> 00:42:39.000 and then slow and articulate through the spine. 00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:42.000 You're gonna lower all the way down. 00:42:44.291 --> 00:42:47.000 When you get there, hug the knees into the chest. 00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:49.458 Give yourself a big hug again. 00:42:50.750 --> 00:42:51.834 Inhale. 00:42:51.834 --> 00:42:54.667 Exhale, send the left leg out long all the way. 00:42:54.667 --> 00:42:57.125 Squeeze your right knee up towards your heart, your chin. 00:42:57.125 --> 00:42:59.000 Take it over to the left side. 00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:02.825 A little Supine Twist. Open up through your right arm. 00:43:02.825 --> 00:43:05.000 Try to get your right shoulder down to the ground. 00:43:05.000 --> 00:43:07.000 Breathe into your belly. 00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:10.375 Close your eyes. 00:43:16.611 --> 00:43:19.000 Then bring it back to center nice and slow. 00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:22.083 Again, focusing on the quality of movement 00:43:22.083 --> 00:43:25.073 and every transition even. 00:43:26.708 --> 00:43:28.458 Hug both knees into the chest. 00:43:28.458 --> 00:43:32.360 Option here to peel the nose up toward the knees. 00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:35.000 See if you can find that sukha, that grace, that love 00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:39.917 in this compact, tight, almost compromising position. 00:43:39.917 --> 00:43:42.875 Then we'll release that and find the twist on the other side 00:43:42.875 --> 00:43:44.208 by sending the right leg out long 00:43:44.208 --> 00:43:47.875 and squeezing the left knee up towards the chest. 00:43:47.875 --> 00:43:50.035 Guide it over towards the right. When you're ready 00:43:50.035 --> 00:43:53.667 see if you can get your left shoulder down. 00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:59.500 Close your eyes, tap into a little inner smile and breathe. 00:43:59.500 --> 00:44:00.917 Don't you worry about a thing. 00:44:00.917 --> 00:44:03.291 Just breathe, breathe, breathe. 00:44:03.291 --> 00:44:05.875 Everything's gonna be alright. 00:44:15.067 --> 00:44:18.917 Then slowly from your center coming back through 00:44:18.917 --> 00:44:21.312 give yourself one last squeeze 00:44:21.312 --> 00:44:24.395 and then we'll make our way to Happy Baby. 00:44:24.395 --> 00:44:26.000 A blissful Baby Pose. 00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:28.240 You grab the outer edges of the feet, 00:44:28.240 --> 00:44:30.291 send the soles up to the sky, 00:44:30.291 --> 00:44:33.000 lengthen tailbone towards the front edge 00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:37.101 and then just like a happy baby, right, full of love, 00:44:39.291 --> 00:44:43.000 innocence, haven't quite carved these grooves, 00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:45.948 these patterns yet 00:44:45.948 --> 00:44:48.260 that can lead us sometimes to dark places. 00:44:48.260 --> 00:44:49.750 It's a part of life. 00:44:51.125 --> 00:44:53.417 (exhaling) 00:44:57.750 --> 00:44:59.606 Here's to a regular practice 00:44:59.606 --> 00:45:02.291 that helps us create grooves and patterns, 00:45:02.291 --> 00:45:05.416 routes and reroutings 00:45:05.416 --> 00:45:08.708 that feel loving, that feel supportive 00:45:09.875 --> 00:45:11.083 so that we're prepared. 00:45:11.083 --> 00:45:14.000 'Cause when the ball drops, 'cause it does drop, 00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:16.417 we're gonna be prepared 00:45:16.417 --> 00:45:18.000 and we'll be able to guide ourselves 00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:21.708 slowly back to a place of self love. 00:45:21.708 --> 00:45:23.333 It'll get easier with practice 00:45:23.333 --> 00:45:26.500 and some days that practice will just go out the door. 00:45:26.500 --> 00:45:31.000 But luckily we'll be here for each other to remind. 00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:33.667 Release, bring the soles of the feet to the ground. 00:45:33.667 --> 00:45:36.682 Bridge Pose. Fingertips come towards the heels. 00:45:36.682 --> 00:45:38.875 Squeeze an imaginary block between your legs. 00:45:38.875 --> 00:45:40.842 Press into the palms and inhale. 00:45:40.842 --> 00:45:43.959 Slowly send the shins forward as you lift the hips up high. 00:45:43.959 --> 00:45:45.000 Heart opener here 00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:47.500 as you snuggle the shoulder blades underneath. 00:45:47.500 --> 00:45:52.720 Maybe you interlace, lift, shins forward. 00:45:52.720 --> 00:45:55.810 Engage the inner thigh. Soften through the glutes. 00:45:55.810 --> 00:45:56.792 Here we go. 00:45:56.792 --> 00:45:59.542 Lift your heart or your chest to your chin 00:45:59.542 --> 00:46:01.125 and then your chin up to the sky. 00:46:01.125 --> 00:46:03.000 Very subtle but yummy move. 00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:04.458 Chest to the chin. 00:46:05.875 --> 00:46:08.000 Chin towards the sky. 00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:09.333 Soften the skin of the face. 00:46:09.333 --> 00:46:11.000 Take a deep breath in. 00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:13.583 Lift the hip points a little higher. 00:46:13.583 --> 00:46:15.250 Shins forward. 00:46:15.250 --> 00:46:17.400 Then releasing the fingers 00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:20.138 and slowly lowering everything down. 00:46:23.380 --> 00:46:27.792 Bring the soles of the feet together and knees wide. 00:46:27.792 --> 00:46:30.999 Hands slowly move. 00:46:30.999 --> 00:46:33.458 Left hand to the heart. 00:46:33.458 --> 00:46:36.000 Right hand to the belly. 00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:37.959 Inhale lots of love in. 00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:41.291 Exhale lots of love out 00:46:41.291 --> 00:46:42.750 and as you breathe lots of love out 00:46:42.750 --> 00:46:46.250 send some love to someone who could use it. 00:46:48.792 --> 00:46:50.000 Because when we fill our cup 00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:51.959 and we have this practice of self love 00:46:51.959 --> 00:46:53.961 we're more capable, 00:46:56.594 --> 00:47:00.460 more able 00:47:00.460 --> 00:47:03.438 to wish that on others, to support others, 00:47:03.438 --> 00:47:06.542 to find that peace, that inner peace. 00:47:07.625 --> 00:47:09.458 You don't even have to pick a certain person, 00:47:09.458 --> 00:47:13.619 just the generosity of sharing that love. 00:47:16.208 --> 00:47:18.468 Inhaling lots of love in. 00:47:21.375 --> 00:47:25.166 And effortlessly exhaling lots of love out. 00:47:27.765 --> 00:47:32.083 Stay here or begin to straighten the legs nice and slow 00:47:32.083 --> 00:47:33.333 one at a time. 00:47:35.375 --> 00:47:37.000 Maybe windshield wiper, 00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:40.000 dialing the toes in and out a couple times. 00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:41.000 Inhale. 00:47:42.291 --> 00:47:46.000 Exhale to release the arms at your side. 00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:47.458 Corpse Pose. 00:47:47.458 --> 00:47:51.500 Total surrender to the mystery of life, 00:47:51.500 --> 00:47:53.583 to the ups and the downs. 00:47:58.834 --> 00:47:59.875 Soften everything. 00:47:59.875 --> 00:48:04.000 Grow heavy for just a couple of quiet moments here. 00:48:08.333 --> 00:48:10.333 If you made it this far, 00:48:13.125 --> 00:48:14.458 you're my hero. 00:48:17.875 --> 00:48:21.492 Ya done good and so have I. 00:48:25.000 --> 00:48:26.000 We're all in this together. 00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:28.000 We zoom in, we zoom out, we zoom in, we zoom out 00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:31.125 with the Yoga with Adriene conversation 00:48:31.125 --> 00:48:34.333 and the Find What Feels Good community 00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:38.000 and it's awesome. 00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:41.000 Here's to more of that, to self love, 00:48:43.333 --> 00:48:45.542 to cultivating that within 00:48:49.375 --> 00:48:53.000 and respecting that practice in one another. 00:48:54.542 --> 00:48:56.542 Boundaries, am I right? 00:48:56.542 --> 00:48:59.662 Just kidding. Bring the palms together. 00:48:59.662 --> 00:49:03.792 With so much love bring your thumbs up to the third eye. 00:49:05.458 --> 00:49:08.250 It starts with you but isn't there so much beauty 00:49:08.250 --> 00:49:09.417 in kind of zooming out 00:49:09.417 --> 00:49:13.333 and seeing oh yeah, we're all in this together. 00:49:14.166 --> 00:49:17.000 Inhale lots of love in. 00:49:17.000 --> 00:49:18.166 (inhaling) 00:49:18.166 --> 00:49:22.226 Exhale lots of love out. 00:49:24.208 --> 00:49:26.458 Thank you so much for sharing your time and your energy 00:49:26.458 --> 00:49:30.667 and your self love practice with me and with everyone 00:49:32.000 --> 00:49:34.166 in this gorgeous community. 00:49:36.291 --> 00:49:37.834 Share this with someone 00:49:37.834 --> 00:49:41.667 who you think might be able to benefit from it. 00:49:41.667 --> 00:49:43.959 And I'll see you next time. 00:49:45.750 --> 00:49:47.875 Big breath, slight smile. 00:49:49.250 --> 00:49:50.041 Namaste. 00:49:51.250 --> 00:49:54.000 (upbeat music)