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- Hi, everyone. 
Welcome to Yoga with Adriene.

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I'm Adriene, and this is Benji

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and today, we have 
Yoga for Cramps and PMS.

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For this session, you might
wanna grab a little blanket.

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If you have a pillow,

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you can grab it from 
your bed or from your couch.

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Hop into something 
extra comfy today,

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and let's get started.

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(upbeat music)

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Alrighty, my friends.

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Let's begin in a nice,
comfortable seat.

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So come on down to the ground.

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You can sit on your 
blanket or your pillow,

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and you're gonna bend the knees,

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bring your feet 
right out in front,

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grounded on the earth.

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And we're gonna start 
with one of my all-time favs,

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you're just gonna 
allow your elbows to rest,

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kind of hook on your knees.

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Clasp one wrist

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and take a deep breath in.

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Open your heart,

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lift the corners of 
your mouth, just slightly.

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And then exhale,

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round forward, 
chin to chest.

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Close your eyes here.

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And slowly begin 
to notice your breath.

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So today's practice is chill.

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Definitely designed 
to support you

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and just help you 
feel a little held

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and hopefully good (chuckles)

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by the end of this session.

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Whether you are 
experiencing a lot of pain,

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or a little, or just 
needed some TLC today,

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we gotcha, I gotcha.

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Benji, how's your back as well.

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Let's bring some 
healing vibes

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into the room or 
wherever you are

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by taking a big conscious
breath, in through the nose.

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(Benji exhales)
And following Benji's lead,

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not sure if my 
mic picked up on that,

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but a big exhale out 
through the nose or mouth.

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And again, a big conscious
inhale, in through the nose.

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Feeling that nice 
passive stretch in the neck.

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And relaxing your 
shoulders as you breathe out.

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And one more time, 
this big conscious breath,

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signaling our self-healing

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powers.

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Inviting both 
the mind and the body

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back to a state of ease,

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equanimity.

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Alright, take one 
more inhale in here.

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And use your exhale 
to bat the eyelashes open

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and gently lift your head.

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And then you can stay seated
on your blanket or pillow,

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keep the feet where they are,

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and you're just 
gonna walk your hands back,

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fingertips turned in to start,

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fingertips turned 
in towards your body.

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And then inhale, 
lift your chest up,

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open through the front body.

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Think Upward Facing Dog 
or Cobra Pose here.

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And then exhale to release.

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Turn the fingertips out,
we will repeat,

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this time fingertips 
turning towards the back.

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Lift your chest,
open your heart.

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Mmm, breathe in

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and breathe out.
Awesome, from here,

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go ahead and walk it forward.

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Now we're gonna 
open the knees wide,

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soles of the feet come together

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for Cobbler's Pose,

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Baddha Konasana.

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So allow your 
belly to be soft here.

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Allow whatever you have going
on in here to just soften.

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So a lot of times in yoga,

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I'll cue inner support system.

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This connection to the core,
Uddiyana Bandha.

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Today, none of that.

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Breathing softly, 
sweetly into the belly,

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letting it be soft
and letting it go.

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Just letting it be natural.

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So once you find that 
soft belly, (chuckles)

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you can grab the ankles.

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Sit up nice and tall once again,

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and we're just gonna tick tock
the ears over the shoulders.

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Left ear over left shoulder,

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right ear over right shoulder,
back and forth.

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(Benji barks softly)
Soft belly.

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Continue to deepen 
your breath here.

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And then bring the 
head over the heart,

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the heart over the pelvis.

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Take a deep breath in,

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breathe into your belly,

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find that big 
balloon breath here.

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And then exhale, 
bend the elbows left to right,

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and send your heart forward.

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No need to push or force here,

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just let it be soft.

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We're creating a gentle

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compression in 
the internal organs.

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We're not trying to like really,

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like win a medal 
(chuckles) in flexibility.

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So, massaging 
the internal organs.

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Nice and easy.

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Allowing the weight of the
head to fall over, once again.

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Breathe long, smooth 
breaths in through the nose,

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out through the nose or mouth.

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Soothing the nervous system.

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Opening up through the hips.

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Awesome work,

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and slowly tuck 
your chin to your chest,

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roll up through the spine.

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Take a deep breath in.

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Lift the corners of 
the mouth just slightly.

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Find just a 
little sense of grace,

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a little lift in the 
sternum and the heart here.

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Use your next exhale to 
relax your shoulders down.

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Maybe you sigh it out if 
you feel like it a little.

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(sighs gently)

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Good. Now, keep your 
left heel snuggling up

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in towards your body,

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and send your 
right leg out long.

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Now, here's an option.

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You can grab a 
second pillow here

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or you can take the 
pillow that you have,

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and we're gonna bring it to
the top of the right thigh.

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Then square your hips so
you're facing your right toes,

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inhale, reach for the sky.

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Exhale, fold forward.

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You can grab your shin,
your pant leg,

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your ankle, 
or maybe all the way over

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to clasp the arch of 
the foot or the toes.

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As you're ready,

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experiment with 
softening the skin of the face,

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and rounding your head over,

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letting the 
weight of the head go.

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Three to five deep breaths here.

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As you breathe in,

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think about sending 
that nice expansive breath

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to the low back,

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whatever that means to you.

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So you can feel your 
belly expand, your low back.

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And then exhale,

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see if you can 
relax your shoulders down

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away for your ears,
a little more.

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Soften your jaw.

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Let the hips get heavy,

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and slowly tuck 
your chin and roll it up.

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Nice, slow, yummy 
transitions here today.

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So take your time,

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so you're gonna 
bring your right foot in

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and give your pillow a hug.

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Why not?

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And then let's take 
it to the other side.

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Get those hugs 
wherever you can, right?

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I always say, in yoga,

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like embrace yourself,
feel your own hug.

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It like signals 
the brain, I swear.

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And makes a difference 
in your practice, sometimes.

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Take it or leave it, 
here we go on the other side.

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You wanna square your hips so
you're facing your left foot.

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Take a big breath in.

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Find a little bit of 
energy to reach up, up, up,

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lengthen through the side body,

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and then think up and over

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as you keep that soft belly

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and find this nice restorative
stretch in the other side.

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You can bend this bottom leg,

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this left knee as 
much as you like here.

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And when you're ready,

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reside in the breath.

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So find your shape and 
then return to the breath,

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three to five full, deep cycles.

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In and out, 
in and out, in and out.

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Notice where you might be 
clenching or holding here.

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See if you can use 
your exhale to soften,

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soften those spots.

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And use your inhale

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to create more space.

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Loving awareness 
in the low back,

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the belly, shoulders.

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Great, get heavy in the hips.

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As you're ready, tuck the chin,

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roll it back up, soft fingers.

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Nice, easy, soft, 
yummy transitions here.

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(sighs gently) Excellent.

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Now we'll take the pillow,

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we're gonna bring it 
just to the side for now.

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We're gonna bring the 
soles of the feet together

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one more time.

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Soften the bowl of the pelvis,
open up through the groin.

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Lift up through your heart,
deep breath in.

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Again, exhale, 
heart comes forward,

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we bend the 
elbows left to right.

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Relax the weight 
of the head over.

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Maybe this time,

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you take your thumbs 
to the arches of the feet

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and we do a little foot massage.

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A little self-care 
goes a long way

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in the self-love bucket.

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So you'd be surprised.

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Give yourself a 
little foot massage here,

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especially if you've 
never done it before.

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See what happens.

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Pressing your thumbprint 
into the arch of the foot.

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Inhaling lots of love in.

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Exhaling lots of love out.

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Cool.

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Let's slowly roll up,

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we'll cross one 
ankle over the other.

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And we're gonna roll 
through to all fours.

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Feel free to pad 
the knees if you like.

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Knees underneath the hip points,

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wrists underneath 
the shoulders to start.

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And then walk 'em a 
little wider for today.

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Great. Index fingers 
are pointing forward.

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We're spreading 
the fingertips evenly.

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Keep this soft and easy.

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Gentle inhale, drop your belly,
open the chest,

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tailbone goes 
up towards the sky.

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You can even wag 
your tail a little here,

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just to get a little movement.

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Decompression, and then exhale,

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round through, 
tailbone dips down,

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heart lifts up, chin to chest.

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Alright, now soften your
gaze here or close your eyes.

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You got it, listen to 
the sound of my voice,

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let it guide you.
Inhale, drop the belly.

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Open the chest forward, 
claw through the fingertips.

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Exhale, chin to chest,

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eyes closed or gaze is soft.

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Navel draws up, crown 
of the head dials down,

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we press into the tops 
of the feet and the hands.

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Inhale, smooth and 
steady with your breath.

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Drop the belly, open the chest.

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Heart shines forward.

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Exhale, round through,
chin to chest.

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Really claw through 
the fingertips on this one.

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Good, inhale, come back 
to a nice, neutral spine.

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Bring the big toes to touch.

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Walk your knees out 
as wide as your yoga mat.

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Now repeat.

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Inhale, drop the belly,
Cow Pose.

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Exhale, move through cat,

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Cat Pose first,

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and then bum back 
towards the heels, Child's Pose.

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Let your forehead rest.

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Option here to grab your pillow.

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Recruit your pillow.

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Snuggle it way up 
in there. (chuckles)

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And then allow your sweet belly

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and your front body 
to melt over the pillow.

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Same theme here,

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allow the weight of 
the head to relax down

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as you breathe full, expansive
breaths in through the nose,

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and use the exhale 
to soften and relax.

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Out through the nose and mouth.

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Three to five breaths here,
you got it.

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Soften the jaw,

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relax your tongue in 
the base of the mouth.

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Unfurrow your brow,

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and listen to the 
sound of your breath.

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Take one more cycle.

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Pay attention to the moment

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between the inhale and 
the exhale in this one.

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See what happens.

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Press into the tops of the feet,

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gently, lovingly rise back up.

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(sighs gently) Rise back up.

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You're gonna take 
your pillow out in front.

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Okay, and we're 
gonna come to all fours.

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Walk the knees up, up, up,

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Benji's chillin'. (chuckles)

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You're gonna swing 
the legs to one side

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and then we're going to take
the legs over the pillow,

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you're gonna bring the pillow

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right underneath 
the backs of the legs

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as you come to lie down.

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Hey, sweet boy, can you come?

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Here, buddy. (smacks lips)

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Come over here, 
come here, come on.

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Good boy.

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And then we'll lie 
back down. (chuckles)

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So we're coming onto our backs.

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You're gonna create a 
little bolster with your pillow

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to go underneath your knees.

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And if you wanna use 
your blanket as a pillow here,

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or as a cover up, 
or neck support, you can.

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So take a second to get 
nice and settled in here.

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And then bring your left hand,
when you're ready,

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right to the belly,

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and your right hand 
on top of the left hand.

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Let your feet be relaxed,

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ankles relaxed.

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Inhale lots of love in,

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imagine the yoga mat rising up
to meet your back body here,

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so you feel supported, okay?

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And exhale, relax everything.

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The weight of 
your body into the mat,

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so they're kind 
of meeting together.

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And even if you 
don't feel supported

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actually in this moment,
maybe you feel a little crazy,

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or you know, 
whatever's going on,

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choose to be open to that idea

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of being supported 
in this moment

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by your yoga mat,
by your practice,

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by me, by Benji,

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by all of the people who are
practicing this with you,

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actually all around the world.

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Alright, and as you 
get comfortable here,

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with your hands on your belly,

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your center, this point,
this place of deep listening,

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the Hara,

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you're gonna close your eyes,

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let your breath 
just breathe normal,

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kind of natural 
breath in and out.

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And we're gonna take the hands

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in a slow, clockwise circle.

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Nice and slow.

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And once you find a little
pace here, a little rhythm,

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start to deepen the 
breath gently again.

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And then don't 
decide where it ends.

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Let your breath and this
movement kind of work together

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and any feelings that 
come up, allow them.

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And if no feelings come up,
that's okay too.

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Soothing.

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Again, recruiting our 
healing body to do its thing.

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The body is so powerful.

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Sometimes we just need to take
some proper conscious time

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to be with it,

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work with it,

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care for ourselves.

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Alright, come back to stillness,

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relax the arms.

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Release the right arm, gently
at your side, palm face up.

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And slowly release the 
left arm, gently at your side,

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palm face up.

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Nice and easy, 
begin to rock ear to ear,

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massaging the base of the head,

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top of the neck.

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Let any stress or tension go.

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Bring your head back to center
stillness when you're ready

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and start at the 
soles of the feet,

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and you're gonna just 
take a second to scan the body.

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And as you do this,

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see if you can relax more.

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Release any places 
that might feel tight.

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And last but not least,

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blanket yourself in this,

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just beautiful, 
loving awareness.

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Or it could just be the 
idea of loving awareness,

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this acceptance

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and love for oneself.

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In all circumstances,

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even (chuckles) times 
in which we feel cramped

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or in pain.

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When you scan the body,

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work your way all the way up
to the crown of your head.

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Take one more inhale in here.

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And as you exhale,
let everything go.

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Find stillness.

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Give yourself permission here

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to do absolutely nothing.

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Just allow the magic our
yoga practice to do its thing.

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Let the nutrients of this time

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you carved out for yourself

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seep in, soak in.

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Trust your body.

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Learn to trust your struggle.

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Give thanks for showing up here

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to find what feels good.

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Gently bring the 
hands to the hip creases,

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or you can place them 
anywhere that feels good

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if you're feeling,

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particularly cramped 
or in pain today.

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Alright, and 
on your next inhale,

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slowly bring the palms together,

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thumbs up to third eye.

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Exhale here.

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And we'll seal the deal,

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close today's practice 
by taking a deep breath in.

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Exhale,

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and whisper

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Namaste.

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(upbeat music)