WEBVTT 00:00:00.417 --> 00:00:02.419 - Hello everyone. Welcome to Yoga With Adriene. 00:00:02.419 --> 00:00:04.213 I'm Adriene and this is Benji 00:00:04.213 --> 00:00:08.050 and today we have a beautiful practice for vulnerability. 00:00:08.050 --> 00:00:09.510 So if you have a towel or a blanket 00:00:09.510 --> 00:00:11.553 and you want to bring it to practice, please do. 00:00:11.553 --> 00:00:12.804 If not, no worries. 00:00:12.804 --> 00:00:16.024 Hop into something comfy and let's get started. 00:00:16.024 --> 00:00:19.802 (upbeat music) 00:00:28.824 --> 00:00:30.822 Okay, welcome. 00:00:30.822 --> 00:00:34.910 So if you brought a towel or a blanket to the practice today, 00:00:34.910 --> 00:00:39.373 you can go ahead and lay it out on your mat, 00:00:39.373 --> 00:00:42.834 perhaps for this first bit because we are going to begin 00:00:42.834 --> 00:00:48.173 today's session in fetal position. 00:00:48.173 --> 00:00:51.677 So take your time coming down to the ground, 00:00:51.677 --> 00:00:55.264 and you can choose which side, left side or right side. 00:00:55.264 --> 00:01:00.409 And just gonna come to lay on your blanket or on the mat. 00:01:01.290 --> 00:01:05.983 And whatever arm is down, you're going to use that one, 00:01:05.983 --> 00:01:07.712 bottom arm, as a pillow. 00:01:09.466 --> 00:01:12.698 And if you can, right, every body is different. 00:01:13.852 --> 00:01:17.672 So honor your body and the shape of your body here right away. 00:01:18.704 --> 00:01:21.748 But to the best of your ability, think about creating a little 00:01:21.748 --> 00:01:24.793 curvature in the low back by bringing the knees up. 00:01:24.793 --> 00:01:26.878 So you don't have to come super tight. 00:01:26.878 --> 00:01:27.921 Right, we can kind of honor 00:01:27.921 --> 00:01:29.923 a little bit of space for the belly. 00:01:31.758 --> 00:01:33.844 Let's actually do that, all of us, 00:01:33.844 --> 00:01:38.015 embrace that gesture, that loving gesture. 00:01:38.015 --> 00:01:41.143 But best you can, bring the knees up just enough so you feel 00:01:41.143 --> 00:01:44.229 a little bit of length in the low back. 00:01:45.585 --> 00:01:49.651 Alright, and then just take a second to get settled in here. 00:01:49.651 --> 00:01:53.030 Can allow your top arm to rest wherever feels good. 00:01:53.030 --> 00:01:55.532 Either gently on the ground, maybe on the hip, 00:01:55.532 --> 00:01:57.367 the thigh, the booty. 00:01:58.812 --> 00:02:00.110 (chuckles) 00:02:00.958 --> 00:02:04.260 And here we are, man. 00:02:04.260 --> 00:02:07.002 We're doin' it. 00:02:07.002 --> 00:02:09.066 Close your eyes. 00:02:10.339 --> 00:02:12.076 Take a deep breath in. 00:02:13.206 --> 00:02:16.219 And as you exhale, my darling friend, 00:02:18.084 --> 00:02:20.068 just start to notice. 00:02:24.936 --> 00:02:27.939 Notice how you feel. 00:02:27.939 --> 00:02:30.942 And if you ever need to make any adjustments here, 00:02:30.942 --> 00:02:34.154 listen, listen to your body, even if they're small so that 00:02:34.154 --> 00:02:38.662 you can kind of soften into this first shape. 00:02:44.414 --> 00:02:49.429 Whatever brought you to this practice today, trust it. 00:02:49.429 --> 00:02:51.671 And let's lean in. 00:02:55.739 --> 00:02:57.479 Often we get to a place where 00:02:57.479 --> 00:03:00.379 we feel vulnerable 00:03:00.379 --> 00:03:03.558 and it can be scary. (chuckles) 00:03:03.558 --> 00:03:08.480 If not downright frightening, so this practice is designed or the 00:03:08.480 --> 00:03:12.484 intention is to kind of hold you and support you in that 00:03:12.484 --> 00:03:17.333 vulnerability so that you can 00:03:21.111 --> 00:03:23.433 learn from it. 00:03:23.433 --> 00:03:25.237 Use it. 00:03:26.340 --> 00:03:27.768 Find what you need 00:03:27.768 --> 00:03:32.587 from this place of embracing vulnerability. 00:03:36.795 --> 00:03:40.095 As you're ready, I'll invite you to take 00:03:40.095 --> 00:03:42.472 a big breath in through your nose. 00:03:42.472 --> 00:03:44.508 Deep, deep, deep breath. 00:03:44.508 --> 00:03:48.495 And just feel the ribcage kind of expand as you breathe in. 00:03:48.495 --> 00:03:51.078 Feel a lift almost. 00:03:51.078 --> 00:03:53.859 And then notice the softening as you breathe out. 00:03:53.859 --> 00:03:56.403 This gentle fall of the breath. 00:03:58.289 --> 00:04:00.044 So we're just going to kind of play with that, 00:04:00.044 --> 00:04:04.254 exaggerate that a bit. Again, a big inhale in. 00:04:04.254 --> 00:04:06.538 Feel the ribcage expand. 00:04:06.538 --> 00:04:08.540 This gentle lift. 00:04:09.722 --> 00:04:11.390 And a long breath out. 00:04:11.390 --> 00:04:16.548 And just notice the softening there, the fall of the breath. 00:04:17.609 --> 00:04:20.143 One more just like that. Big inhale. 00:04:22.009 --> 00:04:24.389 Feel a little bit of an expansion there. 00:04:25.935 --> 00:04:30.683 And on the exhale, soften. 00:04:32.689 --> 00:04:34.941 Wonderful. Just take one more cycle of breath here 00:04:34.941 --> 00:04:37.681 on your own just to listen. 00:04:37.681 --> 00:04:38.653 What are you feeling? 00:04:38.653 --> 00:04:40.655 What are you coming on to the mat with today? 00:04:42.746 --> 00:04:45.444 Is there a pattern there that when you feel vulnerable, 00:04:45.444 --> 00:04:49.756 you tend to do the same thing each time? 00:04:50.819 --> 00:04:53.251 Whether it's avoiding it, 00:04:55.145 --> 00:04:59.137 avoiding feelings of discomfort or sensitivity. 00:05:06.805 --> 00:05:09.267 Just notice how you feel. 00:05:13.035 --> 00:05:16.762 Then on your next breath in, begin to open your eyes. 00:05:16.762 --> 00:05:21.032 As you exhale, press the top hand into the earth first, 00:05:21.032 --> 00:05:23.899 and then the bottom hand and nice and slow 00:05:23.899 --> 00:05:27.118 move like you love yourself, you're gonna slowly, slowly 00:05:27.118 --> 00:05:30.317 come up to a nice cross-legged seat. 00:05:30.317 --> 00:05:33.015 If you have a blanket and you want to use it here, 00:05:33.015 --> 00:05:35.961 you can double up on the blanket or towel 00:05:35.961 --> 00:05:38.391 to give a little lift in the hips. 00:05:43.405 --> 00:05:46.161 Then we'll sit up nice and tall. 00:05:46.161 --> 00:05:48.889 Find that beautiful length through the crown. 00:05:49.740 --> 00:05:51.308 And even though for the most part, 00:05:51.308 --> 00:05:53.372 today's practice is kind of low to the ground, 00:05:53.372 --> 00:05:55.252 we're gonna work to really connect to 00:05:55.252 --> 00:05:56.912 this grounding sensation. 00:05:56.912 --> 00:06:01.708 So there's this beautiful balance of embracing 00:06:02.628 --> 00:06:05.707 this feeling of vulnerability 00:06:05.707 --> 00:06:08.846 and not sweeping it under the rug 00:06:08.846 --> 00:06:13.216 but working to kind of use that acknowledgement of that feeling 00:06:13.216 --> 00:06:17.728 to create some soft, simple movement that grounds you. 00:06:17.728 --> 00:06:20.304 So these things kind of working together so that we can propel 00:06:20.304 --> 00:06:22.546 ourself to the next present moment, 00:06:22.546 --> 00:06:26.597 which could be a beautiful courageous moment. 00:06:26.597 --> 00:06:30.063 It could be a beautiful breakthrough of honesty. 00:06:30.063 --> 00:06:32.467 There's so many possibilities. 00:06:32.467 --> 00:06:34.728 Thinking of Brené Brown right now, actually. 00:06:36.426 --> 00:06:39.499 Some of her invitations and 00:06:40.583 --> 00:06:43.422 thoughts on vulnerability. 00:06:45.202 --> 00:06:48.237 So that said, we find this lift and length through the crown and 00:06:48.237 --> 00:06:50.342 we can already here find a little grounding, right? 00:06:50.342 --> 00:06:53.310 So grounding isn't always like in a Tree Pose, right? 00:06:53.310 --> 00:06:56.129 Vrksasana or something like that. 00:06:56.129 --> 00:06:59.335 Can we find grounding even in a simple seat? 00:07:01.436 --> 00:07:03.941 Gently lift your sternum up high. 00:07:03.941 --> 00:07:05.887 Try to grow a little bit taller, 00:07:05.887 --> 00:07:07.688 a little bit longer through your side body. 00:07:07.688 --> 00:07:09.026 Whatever that means to you. 00:07:09.026 --> 00:07:12.572 It kind of just changes the way you carry yourself here, 00:07:12.572 --> 00:07:14.934 your spine. 00:07:16.098 --> 00:07:19.852 Then soften your gaze down gently past your nose or you can 00:07:19.852 --> 00:07:21.895 close your eyes if you feel comfortable. 00:07:21.895 --> 00:07:25.357 Gently tuck the chin, finding a little more length 00:07:25.357 --> 00:07:26.859 in the back of the neck. 00:07:26.859 --> 00:07:27.901 Inhale in deeply. 00:07:27.901 --> 00:07:31.738 See if you can find that expansion in the ribcage. 00:07:31.738 --> 00:07:36.626 This kind of wide feeling as you breathe in, this widening. 00:07:37.661 --> 00:07:40.831 And then use the exhale to ground down. 00:07:40.831 --> 00:07:42.958 Dropping the shoulders tagging 00:07:42.958 --> 00:07:45.043 a little weight in the elbows, perhaps. 00:07:45.043 --> 00:07:50.090 Feeling all parts of the body that are pressing the earth, 00:07:50.090 --> 00:07:52.092 pressing into the earth. 00:07:56.949 --> 00:07:59.814 Continue to gently deepen your breath here 00:07:59.814 --> 00:08:02.342 and just notice where your thoughts go. 00:08:04.626 --> 00:08:08.203 And let's let the practice today be 00:08:08.203 --> 00:08:12.117 about acknowledging those thoughts, acknowledging the feelings. 00:08:15.249 --> 00:08:17.935 And just putting a little power, a little love, 00:08:17.935 --> 00:08:20.771 behind the acknowledgement. 00:08:22.798 --> 00:08:25.322 Whatever that means to you. 00:08:33.146 --> 00:08:37.359 Then slowly slide your hands to your knees. 00:08:37.359 --> 00:08:40.112 And on your next breath in, keep the hands where they are. 00:08:40.112 --> 00:08:43.448 You're gonna take your heart, you're gonna lean forward, 00:08:43.448 --> 00:08:47.953 and we're gonna just smooth the heart forward as you breathe in. 00:08:47.953 --> 00:08:51.456 And then around the spine, tuck the chin, 00:08:51.456 --> 00:08:54.710 exhale as you breathe out. 00:08:54.710 --> 00:08:57.170 Do this super slow here to start. 00:08:57.170 --> 00:08:59.378 Inhale to come forward. 00:09:01.704 --> 00:09:04.594 And exhale to round the spine, 00:09:04.594 --> 00:09:09.016 think Cat Pose and come all the way back. 00:09:09.016 --> 00:09:11.494 So slow motion here. 00:09:14.896 --> 00:09:17.149 Syncing up with the sound of your breath. 00:09:19.968 --> 00:09:23.801 And if you can, soft gaze or close the eyes here so you can 00:09:23.801 --> 00:09:28.066 really feel what's going on 00:09:28.066 --> 00:09:31.741 in the body today. Where you might be tight. 00:09:37.262 --> 00:09:40.088 Then whenever you're ready, reversing your circle. 00:09:40.088 --> 00:09:42.737 Taking it in the opposite direction. 00:09:49.127 --> 00:09:51.141 And the tempo can pick up just a bit, 00:09:51.141 --> 00:09:53.858 but maybe it doesn't, maybe you keep it nice and slow. 00:10:03.477 --> 00:10:05.589 Excellent, then bring it back to center. 00:10:05.589 --> 00:10:08.520 Align head over heart, heart over pelvis. 00:10:08.520 --> 00:10:10.827 You're gonna take your hands, we're gonna bring the fingers 00:10:10.827 --> 00:10:15.832 and we're gonna bring them right to this strong trap muscle here. 00:10:15.832 --> 00:10:19.269 So if you are wearing clothes, 00:10:19.269 --> 00:10:22.130 what are you thinking? Just kidding. 00:10:22.130 --> 00:10:26.218 Then maybe you get your hands underneath any straps or any 00:10:26.218 --> 00:10:28.512 clothes and just get the hands on the traps and 00:10:28.512 --> 00:10:30.055 we're just gonna kind of squeeze. 00:10:30.055 --> 00:10:33.387 Allow the shoulders and the elbows to relax down. 00:10:33.387 --> 00:10:35.435 So instead of being up here, keep them kind of down. 00:10:35.435 --> 00:10:36.686 And you're just gonna kind of 00:10:36.686 --> 00:10:40.607 comb away at this muscle for a couple breaths. 00:10:40.607 --> 00:10:43.122 If you can try to keep a nice tall lift in the spine rather 00:10:43.122 --> 00:10:45.112 than collapsed here. 00:10:45.112 --> 00:10:46.892 We're finding that inner support system. 00:10:46.892 --> 00:10:49.020 That support from within. 00:10:49.020 --> 00:10:52.052 You can move the head a little side to side. 00:10:52.052 --> 00:10:54.955 Continue to deepen your breath. 00:10:54.955 --> 00:10:58.103 Eyes can stay closed here, you can open them and just start to 00:10:58.103 --> 00:11:00.877 notice the quality of light in the room. 00:11:00.877 --> 00:11:03.213 I lit a candle today. 00:11:03.213 --> 00:11:05.181 Maybe any sounds 00:11:06.823 --> 00:11:08.649 around you. 00:11:08.649 --> 00:11:11.464 Paying attention to the quality of air. 00:11:17.269 --> 00:11:19.982 Good, and then when you feel satisfied here, 00:11:19.982 --> 00:11:22.149 we'll sit up nice and tall 00:11:22.149 --> 00:11:25.527 still bring the fingertips to your shoulders. 00:11:25.527 --> 00:11:27.182 And just a gentle heart opener here. 00:11:27.182 --> 00:11:29.030 You're gonna inhale. 00:11:29.030 --> 00:11:30.824 Kiss the elbows towards each other. 00:11:30.824 --> 00:11:33.243 If they don't, if they touch, great, 00:11:33.243 --> 00:11:36.213 they don't have to touch though, kiss them towards each other. 00:11:36.213 --> 00:11:38.080 And then we're gonna reach all the way up, 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:40.412 open the chest, lift your heart up towards the sky, 00:11:40.412 --> 00:11:42.883 and then all the way back down. 00:11:42.883 --> 00:11:46.831 Inhale, elbows kiss, come forward. 00:11:46.831 --> 00:11:49.256 And exhale, 00:11:49.256 --> 00:11:53.063 up, around and down, down, down. 00:11:53.063 --> 00:11:57.516 Inhale, elbows come toward each other and lift up 00:11:57.516 --> 00:12:00.822 and exhale around and back down. 00:12:00.822 --> 00:12:03.381 Good, one more with the sound of your breath. 00:12:08.924 --> 00:12:12.010 Excellent, then slowly release fingertips to the earth. 00:12:12.010 --> 00:12:14.284 Just take a breath in here, inhale. 00:12:16.133 --> 00:12:17.698 And exhale out through the mouth, 00:12:17.698 --> 00:12:19.455 let something go. 00:12:20.509 --> 00:12:22.696 Just notice how you feel. 00:12:23.711 --> 00:12:25.424 Acknowledge. 00:12:28.966 --> 00:12:31.191 Beautiful and moving on. 00:12:31.191 --> 00:12:32.663 So here we go. We're gonna just keep 00:12:32.663 --> 00:12:34.513 the left heel hugging in as you 00:12:34.513 --> 00:12:35.973 extend the right leg out long. 00:12:38.125 --> 00:12:41.270 So we do want to invite a nice stretch into the groin here, 00:12:41.270 --> 00:12:44.147 but this doesn't have to be like a gymnastics competition. 00:12:44.147 --> 00:12:46.149 So (chuckles) it doesn't have to go super wide, 00:12:46.149 --> 00:12:47.868 it can be narrow. 00:12:49.569 --> 00:12:52.726 Then we're gonna flex the right toes up towards the sky. 00:12:52.726 --> 00:12:54.950 We're gonna take the right hand and bring it to 00:12:54.950 --> 00:12:56.994 the top of the left thigh. 00:12:56.994 --> 00:12:58.996 Just do your best. 00:13:00.664 --> 00:13:02.874 Then inhale, send the left fingertips up 00:13:02.874 --> 00:13:06.098 behind the left ear. 00:13:06.098 --> 00:13:08.046 And then we're gonna go all the way up and over. 00:13:08.046 --> 00:13:10.590 And then from here, we're gonna tilt, tilt, tilt. 00:13:10.590 --> 00:13:12.592 So we're not jamming into the posture. 00:13:12.592 --> 00:13:16.042 We're coming at it a different avenue, different way. 00:13:16.042 --> 00:13:19.516 Nice and slow. You're gonna find this side body stretch. 00:13:19.516 --> 00:13:23.020 Really feel that length through the left oblique here. 00:13:23.020 --> 00:13:25.645 And then take your gaze, look down. 00:13:25.645 --> 00:13:27.274 Inhale. 00:13:27.274 --> 00:13:29.484 Exhale, draw a line with your nose, look up. 00:13:29.484 --> 00:13:31.340 Just as far as you can go. 00:13:32.348 --> 00:13:34.197 Good, and then send your gaze back down. 00:13:34.197 --> 00:13:35.615 Breathe in. 00:13:35.615 --> 00:13:37.617 Right foot is still flexed. 00:13:38.560 --> 00:13:41.029 And exhale to look up. 00:13:41.949 --> 00:13:44.922 And one more time looking down, breathe in. 00:13:46.961 --> 00:13:49.777 And exhale to look up. 00:13:49.777 --> 00:13:53.550 Nice, really feel a contraction in your right side body, 00:13:53.550 --> 00:13:54.801 your right oblique to maybe 00:13:54.801 --> 00:13:57.554 stretch a little more on the left side. 00:13:57.554 --> 00:13:59.296 Working with opposition here. 00:13:59.296 --> 00:14:02.809 Beautiful and then slowly bend your left elbow. 00:14:02.809 --> 00:14:06.490 Let the weight of your left elbow coming all the way down 00:14:06.490 --> 00:14:08.231 be what brings you back up. 00:14:08.231 --> 00:14:10.317 Head over heart, heart over pelvis. 00:14:10.317 --> 00:14:11.568 Turn your palms face up. 00:14:11.568 --> 00:14:13.965 Take a second here to breathe in. 00:14:15.038 --> 00:14:17.432 And relax your shoulders as you breathe out. 00:14:18.617 --> 00:14:19.368 Awesome work. 00:14:19.368 --> 00:14:23.580 From here, we're gonna turn our center and the heart center so 00:14:23.580 --> 00:14:26.458 your core center and your heart center over 00:14:26.458 --> 00:14:28.919 towards your right foot. And then nice and easy inhale, 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:30.754 send both fingertips behind the ears. 00:14:30.754 --> 00:14:32.337 Think up and over. 00:14:32.337 --> 00:14:36.949 And as you exhale, draping over that front leg. 00:14:38.178 --> 00:14:43.032 So, if you're feeling, if the veil is thin today, 00:14:43.032 --> 00:14:46.436 just notice how you feel and use these forward folds to kind of 00:14:46.436 --> 00:14:48.130 get closer to that. 00:14:52.160 --> 00:14:53.819 And then acknowledge how you feel. 00:14:53.819 --> 00:14:55.278 At the very least getting an 00:14:55.278 --> 00:14:58.338 incredible stretch for these big muscles. 00:14:59.181 --> 00:15:02.029 Finding maybe some relief in the low back. 00:15:05.411 --> 00:15:09.167 Take one more breath in here. 00:15:09.167 --> 00:15:12.519 Feel that nice wide expansion as you breathe in. 00:15:13.402 --> 00:15:16.891 And that softening, that surrender as you breathe out. 00:15:18.964 --> 00:15:21.577 Awesome, tuck the chin, engage the core. 00:15:21.577 --> 00:15:23.265 Hug the low ribs in and from here, 00:15:23.265 --> 00:15:25.267 slowly roll it up. 00:15:26.705 --> 00:15:28.532 Beautiful, right foot comes in. 00:15:28.532 --> 00:15:30.230 We're gonna switch to the other side, 00:15:30.230 --> 00:15:31.649 send the left leg out. 00:15:33.108 --> 00:15:35.068 Stick with the practice, stick with the video. 00:15:35.068 --> 00:15:37.679 Keep using the sound of your breath as an anchor to kind of 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:41.304 come back to the present moment. So take a deep breath in here. 00:15:42.481 --> 00:15:44.862 Ooh, and a long breath out. 00:15:44.862 --> 00:15:48.040 We're gonna flex the left foot and just feel it out. 00:15:48.040 --> 00:15:52.589 Feel the weight of the body pressing into the earth. 00:15:53.640 --> 00:15:55.654 If it feels hard to even hold yourself up today, 00:15:55.654 --> 00:15:58.041 know that you're not alone. There's someone else out there 00:15:58.041 --> 00:16:00.572 also feeling that so stick with it. 00:16:00.572 --> 00:16:01.790 You're doing great. 00:16:01.790 --> 00:16:04.623 Just reconnecting to that inner support system. 00:16:04.623 --> 00:16:07.835 Sometimes the simplicity of just sitting up tall, right, 00:16:07.835 --> 00:16:09.461 how powerful that can be 00:16:09.461 --> 00:16:12.756 and also how difficult that can be sometimes, right? 00:16:12.756 --> 00:16:16.260 When our hearts collapse and when we feel vulnerable. 00:16:16.260 --> 00:16:18.804 So this is enough, doing great. 00:16:18.804 --> 00:16:21.849 When you're ready, take that left hand to the top of the 00:16:21.849 --> 00:16:23.572 right hip crease or thigh, 00:16:23.572 --> 00:16:26.505 or just do your best as close as you can get. 00:16:26.505 --> 00:16:27.397 And then here we go, 00:16:27.397 --> 00:16:30.134 left fingertips are gonna come behind the right ear. 00:16:30.134 --> 00:16:31.743 I like this move. 00:16:31.743 --> 00:16:33.929 And then we'll just continue this line 00:16:33.929 --> 00:16:37.057 all the way over towards the left. 00:16:37.057 --> 00:16:39.977 Left foot still has energy as I slowly, 00:16:39.977 --> 00:16:43.272 slowly lean in, feeling that length, 00:16:43.272 --> 00:16:45.774 that stretch, in the right low back, 00:16:45.774 --> 00:16:48.772 right oblique, right side body. 00:16:48.772 --> 00:16:50.321 And send your gaze down. 00:16:50.321 --> 00:16:53.633 Keep reaching, breathe in. 00:16:53.633 --> 00:16:56.498 And exhale, draw a line with the nose, look up. 00:16:58.596 --> 00:17:00.368 Inhale, look down. 00:17:01.587 --> 00:17:02.853 Reach, reach, reach. 00:17:02.853 --> 00:17:04.908 Exhale, twist. 00:17:04.908 --> 00:17:07.573 Spiral your heart up towards the sky. 00:17:07.573 --> 00:17:10.068 Inhale, look down. 00:17:10.068 --> 00:17:12.082 Exhale, spiral it up. 00:17:12.082 --> 00:17:14.925 Good. Inhale, look down. 00:17:16.322 --> 00:17:18.742 And exhale, spiral it up. 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:22.366 Good. Inhale, look down. 00:17:22.366 --> 00:17:24.980 From here, we're gonna bend the right elbow, 00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:28.274 use the weight of the right elbow to bring you back up 00:17:28.274 --> 00:17:29.468 all the way to center. 00:17:29.468 --> 00:17:31.225 Head over heart, heart over pelvis. 00:17:31.225 --> 00:17:33.644 Flip the palms up towards the sky. 00:17:33.644 --> 00:17:37.940 Just kind of open, receptive, just notice how you feel. 00:17:42.349 --> 00:17:43.780 Lovely. 00:17:43.780 --> 00:17:47.419 From here, we're gonna send the heart center and the core center 00:17:47.419 --> 00:17:49.790 towards that left foot. You can kind of turn here. 00:17:49.790 --> 00:17:51.894 Feel that left femur kind of hug in. 00:17:51.894 --> 00:17:53.497 And here we go head-to-knee pose. 00:17:53.497 --> 00:17:55.317 Send the fingertips behind the ears. 00:17:55.317 --> 00:17:57.079 Inhale to reach up high. 00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:59.690 Length through the front belly, front body. 00:17:59.690 --> 00:18:02.421 And then exhale, coming into the fold. 00:18:02.421 --> 00:18:05.593 You can bend this knee as generously as you like. 00:18:05.593 --> 00:18:07.970 Let the right leg ground you here. 00:18:07.970 --> 00:18:12.558 So a little bit of awareness pressing down into the earth. 00:18:12.558 --> 00:18:14.560 Then come into the fold. 00:18:16.758 --> 00:18:19.042 Listen to the sound of your breath. 00:18:21.665 --> 00:18:23.530 Relax your jaw. 00:18:26.105 --> 00:18:28.780 Trust this time is valuable. 00:18:37.027 --> 00:18:40.316 To come out into the posture, 00:18:40.316 --> 00:18:42.607 take a deep breath in. 00:18:42.607 --> 00:18:44.849 Feel that expansion. 00:18:45.771 --> 00:18:48.470 Use an exhale to soften. 00:18:49.576 --> 00:18:51.853 And then slowly roll it up. 00:18:57.614 --> 00:18:58.745 Beautiful. 00:18:58.745 --> 00:19:00.502 Center yourself on the mat. 00:19:00.502 --> 00:19:02.192 Bring the left foot in to meet the right. 00:19:02.192 --> 00:19:05.278 We're gonna allow the soles of the feet to kiss together. 00:19:07.088 --> 00:19:09.199 You can grab onto the ankles here. 00:19:09.199 --> 00:19:11.201 Find that lift up through the heart. 00:19:12.685 --> 00:19:14.964 You got it. Inhale in. 00:19:16.382 --> 00:19:18.659 And then exhale, navel draws in. 00:19:18.659 --> 00:19:20.037 We're gonna round through this spine. 00:19:20.037 --> 00:19:22.379 You can allow the shoulders to round forward. 00:19:22.379 --> 00:19:24.680 We're just gonna let the weight of the head bow towards the 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:26.365 soles of the feet. 00:19:27.958 --> 00:19:31.702 So some practices, we really kind of keep that flat back 00:19:31.702 --> 00:19:33.019 or we 00:19:35.496 --> 00:19:37.843 engage the arms to get a deeper stretch in the groin. 00:19:37.843 --> 00:19:39.511 Just let this be a little more passive, 00:19:39.511 --> 00:19:41.481 a little more loving. 00:19:43.972 --> 00:19:46.277 A little more gentle, perhaps. 00:19:51.995 --> 00:19:54.189 And returning to your inhale. 00:19:54.189 --> 00:19:56.162 Here we go, big inhale. 00:19:57.356 --> 00:20:00.119 Big exhale. 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:01.646 Big inhale. 00:20:03.488 --> 00:20:05.531 Long exhale. 00:20:06.817 --> 00:20:09.179 Great, ground through the sits bones. 00:20:09.179 --> 00:20:11.093 Ground through the outer edges of the feet. 00:20:11.093 --> 00:20:13.304 Anything that's touching the ground here. 00:20:13.304 --> 00:20:16.039 Press down and from there we rise up slowly, 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:18.449 stacking up through the spine. 00:20:18.449 --> 00:20:21.497 Great, keep the hands on the shins or ankles as you align 00:20:21.497 --> 00:20:22.973 head over heart, heart over pelvis. 00:20:22.973 --> 00:20:25.867 Take a deep breath in. 00:20:25.867 --> 00:20:27.304 Feel that lift. 00:20:27.304 --> 00:20:29.931 And then exhale, a softening. 00:20:30.947 --> 00:20:31.808 Awesome. 00:20:31.808 --> 00:20:33.685 We're gonna bring the knees together here. 00:20:33.685 --> 00:20:35.235 Cross one ankle over the other. 00:20:35.235 --> 00:20:37.157 We're gonna come forward onto all fours. 00:20:37.157 --> 00:20:39.862 You can use your blanky here to pad the knees if you like, 00:20:39.862 --> 00:20:43.002 if it's there, or you can toss it to the side. 00:20:46.152 --> 00:20:48.438 Come to Tabletop Position. 00:20:56.473 --> 00:20:58.517 Take a deep breath in here. 00:20:58.517 --> 00:21:01.561 Then you use your exhale to just find that inner support again. 00:21:01.561 --> 00:21:03.814 So instead of just kind of spilling out, 00:21:03.814 --> 00:21:06.441 just notice how your body is doing today and then see if 00:21:06.441 --> 00:21:08.944 there are places where you can just create a little more 00:21:08.944 --> 00:21:11.488 support perhaps for the low back. 00:21:11.488 --> 00:21:15.242 Maybe by drawing the ribs in. 00:21:15.242 --> 00:21:19.496 Feeling that connection to your core, your center. 00:21:19.496 --> 00:21:22.082 Cool, then from here, walk your hands out in preparation for 00:21:22.082 --> 00:21:25.544 Downward Facing Dog. Upper arm bones rotate out. 00:21:25.544 --> 00:21:27.587 When you're ready to curl the toes under. 00:21:27.587 --> 00:21:30.048 Inhale in, exhale, keep the knees bent as 00:21:30.048 --> 00:21:32.395 you peel the tailbone up high. 00:21:34.678 --> 00:21:37.097 Then bend the knees one and then the other. 00:21:37.097 --> 00:21:40.392 Keep clawing through the fingertips and see if during 00:21:40.392 --> 00:21:43.395 this first Downward Dog here especially, 00:21:43.395 --> 00:21:45.939 you can still keep that connection to the front body, 00:21:45.939 --> 00:21:50.152 that inner support system kind of hugging up and in 00:21:50.152 --> 00:21:51.801 to meet the spine. 00:21:53.238 --> 00:21:55.081 Just play, just explore. 00:21:56.366 --> 00:22:00.162 Then on your next inhale, let the left heel get really heavy 00:22:00.162 --> 00:22:02.414 as you lift the right leg of high. 00:22:02.414 --> 00:22:03.952 Three-Legged Dog. 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:07.210 And then exhale, bring it all the way up and through. 00:22:07.210 --> 00:22:08.670 Step the right foot all the way up, 00:22:08.670 --> 00:22:12.181 lower the left knee onto the mat or the blanket and then just 00:22:12.181 --> 00:22:14.718 hang out here for a second here, maybe finding some soft, 00:22:14.718 --> 00:22:17.739 easy movement in this nice low lunge. 00:22:17.739 --> 00:22:19.715 (neck cracks) Ooh. 00:22:21.516 --> 00:22:24.561 Front knee over front ankle. 00:22:24.561 --> 00:22:26.891 Return to the sound of your breath. 00:22:29.024 --> 00:22:30.233 Then here we go. 00:22:30.233 --> 00:22:31.860 Squeeze inner thighs to the midline, 00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:33.549 feel that lift up from the pelvic floor. 00:22:33.549 --> 00:22:37.702 So again, that inner support system coming into play here. 00:22:37.702 --> 00:22:39.327 Then we're gonna be brave. 00:22:39.327 --> 00:22:40.369 We're gonna be strong, 00:22:40.369 --> 00:22:42.371 we're gonna lift our hearts to the sky. 00:22:42.371 --> 00:22:45.957 So on an inhale, send your fingertips forward, up and back. 00:22:45.957 --> 00:22:48.752 Strong here from the base of the spine, 00:22:48.752 --> 00:22:51.106 we lift up, nice Crescent Lunge. 00:22:51.106 --> 00:22:54.368 If this is too much, hands can be in prayer at the heart, 00:22:54.368 --> 00:22:55.887 or maybe hands at the waistline, 00:22:55.887 --> 00:22:58.493 just for a little more stability. 00:22:58.493 --> 00:23:00.871 Now breathe here. 00:23:00.871 --> 00:23:04.624 Inhale to feel the ribcage expand. 00:23:06.036 --> 00:23:09.421 And exhale to find a softening, maybe relaxing the shoulders a 00:23:09.421 --> 00:23:11.882 little down away from the ears. 00:23:11.882 --> 00:23:13.925 Good, from here, palms are going to come together. 00:23:13.925 --> 00:23:17.470 Check it out, left elbow over towards the right knee. 00:23:17.470 --> 00:23:19.940 Do not crank here. Nice, easy, gentle twist. 00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:22.129 So remember we moved the head earlier, 00:23:22.129 --> 00:23:23.547 think about drawing a line with 00:23:23.547 --> 00:23:27.492 your nose all the way past your right elbow. 00:23:28.760 --> 00:23:31.763 Good, inhale in here to grow a little long, 00:23:31.763 --> 00:23:34.766 longer and taller in the spine. 00:23:34.766 --> 00:23:37.144 And then exhale to release. 00:23:37.144 --> 00:23:39.730 Fingertips come to the earth. Pull the right hip crease back. 00:23:39.730 --> 00:23:42.085 Should feel good in the left hip crease, too, 00:23:42.085 --> 00:23:43.650 to pull this back to this runner's stretch. 00:23:43.650 --> 00:23:45.277 Just for one cycle of breath here, 00:23:45.277 --> 00:23:47.196 flex your right toes towards your face. 00:23:47.196 --> 00:23:48.556 Inhale in. 00:23:50.334 --> 00:23:51.730 Exhale out. 00:23:53.173 --> 00:23:54.758 Awesome, then plant the palms here. 00:23:54.758 --> 00:23:56.885 Come back to that nice low lunge. 00:23:56.885 --> 00:23:59.471 You're gonna bring the right hand over to meet the left. 00:23:59.471 --> 00:24:01.598 Little Lizard variation here. 00:24:01.598 --> 00:24:03.767 Inhale in, look forward. 00:24:03.767 --> 00:24:05.686 Exhale, come right back to all fours. 00:24:06.942 --> 00:24:09.847 Hmm, good. 00:24:09.847 --> 00:24:11.990 You can take a couple circles in the hips 00:24:11.990 --> 00:24:14.370 one way and then the other. 00:24:17.575 --> 00:24:19.732 Keep noticing how you feel. 00:24:20.645 --> 00:24:21.708 Hmmm. 00:24:22.453 --> 00:24:25.134 And when you're ready to walk the hands out. 00:24:25.134 --> 00:24:28.258 Upper arm bones spiraling out. 00:24:28.258 --> 00:24:30.645 (laughs) Spiraling out? That's me! Just kidding. 00:24:31.322 --> 00:24:33.664 Externally rotating out left to right. 00:24:33.664 --> 00:24:35.707 So biceps are shining towards the front. 00:24:35.707 --> 00:24:37.399 Let's play with that today. Curl the toes under. 00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:39.109 Hug those low ribs in and when you're ready, 00:24:39.109 --> 00:24:41.862 inhale, use an exhale to peel it up. 00:24:41.862 --> 00:24:46.116 Nice bent knees as we lift up to Downward Dog. 00:24:46.116 --> 00:24:48.285 When you get there, pedal it out. 00:24:48.285 --> 00:24:49.601 Inhale deeply. 00:24:50.215 --> 00:24:52.626 And exhale completely. Okay. 00:24:52.626 --> 00:24:54.371 We're moving it around. Here we go. 00:24:54.371 --> 00:24:56.129 Anchor through the right heel. 00:24:56.129 --> 00:24:57.965 So ground through the right heel first. 00:24:57.965 --> 00:24:59.259 That's your anchor. 00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:02.355 Then inhale, lift the left leg up high. 00:25:03.111 --> 00:25:05.338 Exhale, step it all the way through. 00:25:05.338 --> 00:25:07.186 If it doesn't make it in one step, 00:25:07.186 --> 00:25:09.566 use your left hand to guide it all the way up, no biggie. 00:25:09.566 --> 00:25:10.893 (floor creaks) 00:25:10.893 --> 00:25:13.681 What's up creaky old floor comin' to play? 00:25:14.833 --> 00:25:16.351 And here we are. 00:25:16.351 --> 00:25:19.938 In this present moment, just find a soft sway, 00:25:19.938 --> 00:25:22.611 maybe just an easy movement left to right. 00:25:26.205 --> 00:25:29.103 Stick with it, you're doing great. 00:25:29.103 --> 00:25:31.422 Find your breath. 00:25:35.719 --> 00:25:37.971 And let's engage front knee over front ankle. 00:25:37.971 --> 00:25:39.556 We're gonna squeeze inner thighs to the midline. 00:25:39.556 --> 00:25:42.851 You literally feel this slight zipper up effect, right? 00:25:42.851 --> 00:25:45.354 We're kind of lifting from the pelvic floor, 00:25:45.354 --> 00:25:48.982 finding that inner support system and then from there, 00:25:48.982 --> 00:25:51.944 everything starts to kind of hug in and that's where we lift 00:25:51.944 --> 00:25:55.489 fingertips forward, up and back or maybe hands at the heart or 00:25:55.489 --> 00:25:57.748 hands on the waistline. 00:25:57.748 --> 00:25:59.119 Breathe here. 00:26:01.001 --> 00:26:03.295 Opening up, fully vulnerable. 00:26:03.295 --> 00:26:06.965 (laughs) Lifting the heart to the sky. 00:26:06.965 --> 00:26:09.426 Long Puppy belly. Take a deep breath in. 00:26:09.426 --> 00:26:13.555 Feel that lift, that inner support system coming to play. 00:26:14.594 --> 00:26:16.558 Feel things turn on and then exhale, 00:26:16.558 --> 00:26:18.769 feel that soften. 00:26:18.769 --> 00:26:20.461 Relaxing any tension. 00:26:21.521 --> 00:26:23.247 Good, inhale in again. 00:26:24.316 --> 00:26:26.944 And exhale, palms are gonna kiss together and nice and easy, 00:26:26.944 --> 00:26:28.570 bring the outer edge of the right elbow to 00:26:28.570 --> 00:26:30.570 the outer edge of the left thigh. 00:26:30.570 --> 00:26:31.907 And you don't have to crank today. 00:26:31.907 --> 00:26:35.285 You don't even need to try to get the thumbs to the center. 00:26:35.285 --> 00:26:38.872 Just let this evolve nice and slow. 00:26:38.872 --> 00:26:42.417 So you're gonna take your nose and draw a line nice and slow 00:26:42.417 --> 00:26:44.593 past your left elbow. 00:26:45.387 --> 00:26:48.627 Then find that wide breath here. 00:26:50.042 --> 00:26:51.275 Ooh. 00:26:51.977 --> 00:26:55.347 And slow and steady with the breath out, 00:26:55.347 --> 00:26:57.516 we will release. 00:26:57.516 --> 00:26:59.768 Excellent, excellent. Pull the left hip crease back. 00:26:59.768 --> 00:27:02.104 When you're flex the left toes to the face. 00:27:02.104 --> 00:27:04.564 One cycle of breath here in the runner's stretch. 00:27:04.564 --> 00:27:05.809 Big inhale. 00:27:07.270 --> 00:27:09.037 Long exhale. 00:27:11.405 --> 00:27:13.657 Good, then rolling through that left foot. 00:27:13.657 --> 00:27:15.659 Bring the left hand around to meet the right. 00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:19.121 We're in a nice, low Lizard here. 00:27:19.121 --> 00:27:20.843 Inhale in deeply. 00:27:21.969 --> 00:27:23.341 And exhale. 00:27:24.285 --> 00:27:25.683 Awesome. Use your hands on the earth 00:27:25.683 --> 00:27:27.713 and a connection to center to step 00:27:27.713 --> 00:27:29.965 the left knee back onto the mat or blanket, 00:27:29.965 --> 00:27:32.301 Tabletop Position. Again, just shake it out here. 00:27:32.301 --> 00:27:34.594 Bump the hips a little left to right. 00:27:34.594 --> 00:27:37.586 You can draw circles one way and then the other. 00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:40.267 Awesome work and then guess what, 00:27:40.267 --> 00:27:42.769 walk the knees together really together. 00:27:42.769 --> 00:27:45.147 Inhale in, exhale, send your hips back. 00:27:45.147 --> 00:27:47.691 And you're gonna walk the fingertips all the way to the 00:27:47.691 --> 00:27:50.360 front edge of the mat as you allow your heart 00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:52.738 and your head to bow. 00:27:52.738 --> 00:27:55.196 Child's Pose, your version. 00:27:59.511 --> 00:28:03.432 Now, let your breath move you here. 00:28:03.432 --> 00:28:05.976 See if you can feel the skin of the back body stretch 00:28:05.976 --> 00:28:07.681 as you breathe in. 00:28:10.478 --> 00:28:15.224 And that softening that gentle just dropping 00:28:15.224 --> 00:28:16.756 as you breathe out. 00:28:18.390 --> 00:28:19.475 And that's it, my friend. 00:28:19.475 --> 00:28:21.143 A couple more breaths just like that. 00:28:21.143 --> 00:28:23.793 Feeling the rise and the fall. 00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:38.658 The rise of the inhale. 00:28:40.829 --> 00:28:43.338 And the fall the exhale. 00:28:53.009 --> 00:28:56.568 Couple more breaths here in your own private little love cave. 00:28:56.568 --> 00:28:59.888 What do you need, what can we just get out? 00:28:59.888 --> 00:29:02.876 What do we need to just get it all out on the mat? 00:29:02.876 --> 00:29:05.381 Maybe even leave it on the mat. 00:29:12.768 --> 00:29:17.147 Excellent, carve a line with the nose, look forward. 00:29:17.147 --> 00:29:18.357 Claw through the fingertips, 00:29:18.357 --> 00:29:21.276 we're gonna pull our heart forward. 00:29:21.276 --> 00:29:22.611 We're gonna curl the toes under, 00:29:22.611 --> 00:29:24.696 we're gonna extend the right leg back. 00:29:24.696 --> 00:29:28.283 We're gonna curl the toes under, extend the left leg back. 00:29:28.283 --> 00:29:31.120 What? Plank Pose, why? 00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:32.996 Press away from your yoga mat. 00:29:32.996 --> 00:29:35.999 Hug the low ribs up and in. Try to find this hollow body. 00:29:35.999 --> 00:29:38.544 Gaze straight down. You're not here for long. 00:29:38.544 --> 00:29:41.630 Breathing in, find that lift. 00:29:41.630 --> 00:29:44.716 Even in the hard shape. 00:29:44.716 --> 00:29:48.095 And then find that soften with this challenge. 00:29:49.581 --> 00:29:53.219 Soft bend in the elbows as you breathe in, feel the lift. 00:29:54.393 --> 00:29:57.771 You can exhale, feel the soften. 00:29:57.771 --> 00:29:59.905 One more time, inhale in deeply. 00:30:01.454 --> 00:30:04.444 And exhale, you did it. 00:30:04.444 --> 00:30:07.650 Slowly come to the knees, we're gonna swing the legs around. 00:30:07.650 --> 00:30:09.658 We're going to grab the blanket now, 00:30:09.658 --> 00:30:12.536 and we're going to bring it to the front of the hips. 00:30:12.536 --> 00:30:15.372 You can also use it as a pillow if you need the neck support, 00:30:15.372 --> 00:30:19.710 but I'm gonna encourage us to bring the weight of the blanket 00:30:19.710 --> 00:30:22.212 or the towel to the hip creases here 00:30:22.212 --> 00:30:24.399 as you come to lie flat on your back. 00:30:29.341 --> 00:30:32.562 Great, and you can even put your hands there for 00:30:34.113 --> 00:30:37.019 a little more weight here on the hip creases. 00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:39.688 Or if it feels best to maybe have the hands on the belly or 00:30:39.688 --> 00:30:42.941 the heart, might give that a try. 00:30:42.941 --> 00:30:44.943 Inhale in here. 00:30:44.943 --> 00:30:46.570 Exhale, relax the weight of your 00:30:46.570 --> 00:30:49.282 body completely and fully into the earth. 00:30:53.410 --> 00:30:55.584 Close your eyes. 00:30:56.914 --> 00:31:01.408 Allow the tongue to gently relax in the base of the mouth here. 00:31:02.461 --> 00:31:03.712 Soften through your jaw, 00:31:03.712 --> 00:31:06.088 soften through the skin of the forehead. 00:31:12.888 --> 00:31:14.973 And after a couple deep breaths here, 00:31:14.973 --> 00:31:16.975 just allowing the weight of your body 00:31:16.975 --> 00:31:20.979 to relax fully into the earth. 00:31:20.979 --> 00:31:23.963 Notice the parts of your body that are being held. 00:31:29.404 --> 00:31:31.604 By your yoga mat, by the ground. 00:31:35.395 --> 00:31:38.330 And then see if you can relax into that a little more, 00:31:38.330 --> 00:31:41.124 whatever that means to you. Maybe softening any areas 00:31:41.124 --> 00:31:43.944 where you might be holding or gripping. 00:31:43.944 --> 00:31:46.860 Just see if there's little more give there. 00:32:06.595 --> 00:32:10.108 On your next inhale, listen carefully, 00:32:10.108 --> 00:32:11.154 you can move slow, 00:32:11.154 --> 00:32:14.265 slowly reach your fingertips up towards the sky. 00:32:15.450 --> 00:32:17.995 And as you exhale, you're gonna cross one arm over the other. 00:32:17.995 --> 00:32:19.162 Doesn't matter which one. 00:32:19.162 --> 00:32:21.793 We're gonna end with a little embrace here. 00:32:23.250 --> 00:32:25.836 So you might give yourself a hug. 00:32:25.836 --> 00:32:27.587 And you might be like, "Oh man, Adriene, 00:32:27.587 --> 00:32:30.841 "this was so good until you asked me to hug myself." 00:32:30.841 --> 00:32:32.999 But just give it a go. See what happens. 00:32:33.844 --> 00:32:36.013 Let's tell our brains, "It's all good." 00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:41.562 Even when it's not 00:32:43.531 --> 00:32:47.219 seemingly (chuckles) a feel good moment. 00:32:49.693 --> 00:32:54.665 I'm allowed to feel the way I'm feeling. 00:33:04.291 --> 00:33:07.002 Take one more moment here to feel your own embrace. 00:33:16.876 --> 00:33:19.899 And then slowly, we'll release. 00:33:19.899 --> 00:33:21.892 We're gonna hug the knees up into the chest. 00:33:21.892 --> 00:33:24.723 So if you have the blanket, you can pull it to the side. 00:33:27.203 --> 00:33:29.066 Then from here, turn onto one side, 00:33:29.066 --> 00:33:31.818 any side, back to that fetal position. 00:33:37.242 --> 00:33:38.936 And if it feels appropriate for you, 00:33:38.936 --> 00:33:42.951 if not, it's okay, but if it feels appropriate for you, 00:33:42.951 --> 00:33:46.265 begin to gently lift the corners of the mouth just slightly. 00:33:54.526 --> 00:33:56.551 Notice what thoughts come up here. 00:34:00.998 --> 00:34:03.975 And then using the top arm to press into the earth first, 00:34:03.975 --> 00:34:06.907 bottom arm to press into the earth second, 00:34:06.907 --> 00:34:09.615 we'll rise back up to our seat. 00:34:09.615 --> 00:34:11.971 Bring the palms together in prayer. 00:34:13.225 --> 00:34:14.932 Thank you so much for sharing your time 00:34:14.932 --> 00:34:16.663 and your energy 00:34:17.506 --> 00:34:20.450 and yourself. 00:34:20.450 --> 00:34:24.281 You're honest to God self with me and with all the beautiful 00:34:24.281 --> 00:34:29.376 people practicing around the world together. 00:34:31.512 --> 00:34:33.505 Let's take one final breath. 00:34:33.505 --> 00:34:34.952 Inhale in. 00:34:36.532 --> 00:34:39.252 And exhale to bow. 00:34:39.252 --> 00:34:41.253 Take good care. 00:34:41.253 --> 00:34:43.506 Namaste. 00:34:44.845 --> 00:34:48.900 (upbeat music)