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- Hi, everyone,
welcome to Yoga With Adriene.

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I'm Adriene, Benji's down here,

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and today we have a
practice called yoga joy.

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Hop into something comfy,
and let's get started.

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(upbeat music)

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Alright, pals,
let's begin standing today

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at the top of the mat.

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Bring the feet hip-width apart,
draw your hands together,

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Prayer Position,
and let's do this thing.

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Let's dig into the heels,
spread awareness

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through all four
corners of the feet.

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Draw your navel in slightly
as you stand up nice and tall.

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And let's take a deep breath in.

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Exhale, relax your shoulders.

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Inhale in deeply.

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Exhale completely.

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And one more,
remember what today's practice

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is all about, finding the joy.

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Big inhale.

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And long exhale.

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Moving with the breath, inhale,

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spread the fingertips wide,
reach up towards the sky.

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Exhale, bend
your knees generously,

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reach down towards your toes,
Forward Fold.

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Inhale, life up halfway, find
that nice flat back position.

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Exhale, Forward Fold.

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All the way back up, big
inhale, reach for the sky.

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Spread your fingertips, smile.

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Exhale, hands to heart.

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Inhale, reach for the sky.
Big breath, big stretch.

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Exhale, moving with your breath

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all the way down, Forward Fold.

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Inhale, lift up halfway,
make sure the neck is nice

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and long here, not
crunched or collapsed.

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Exhale, release.

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Bend the knees, plant the palms,

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step just your right foot back.

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Try to keep your
right knee lifted here.

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Inhale, get light on the
fingertips, look forward.

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Big stretch, so big,
deep breaths here.

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Exhale, plant the palms,

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step the left toes back,
Plank Pose.

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Inhale in here, exhale,
step your right foot up.

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Try to keep the
back knee lifted.

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Here, Benji.

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Gaze forward,
heart opens forward.

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Big stretch here so big breath.

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Good, on an exhale, step the
back foot up to meet the front.

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Back in the Forward Fold,

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shake the head loose
here for a couple breaths.

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If you wanna clasp opposite
elbow with opposite hand,

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maybe find a gentle
rock back and forth.

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Find what feels good.

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Continue to gently
deepen your breath.

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Good, as you're ready,
release the arms.

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On your next inhale,
lift up halfway.

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Remember, long neck here,

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tug the shoulders
away from the ears,

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squeeze the elbows
into your side body

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then exhale, down you go,
Forward Fold.

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Catch a wave here,
spread the fingertips,

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root through the feet, inhale,
reach for the sky.

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And exhale, we're gonna
go all the way back down,

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raining it down.

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Inhale lifts you up halfway,
moving with the breath.

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Exhale to soften and bow.

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Fingertips come to the mat,

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we'll step just
the right toes back.

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Again, keep the
right knee lifted.

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Inhale, get light
on the fingertips.

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Maybe this time
they come up just a bit

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as you breathe in and
then exhale, plant the palms.

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Step the left toes back,
Plank Pose,

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nice wide base in the
hands here, strong and steady.

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Lift your front body,
so your belly,

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your low ribs, up
to meet your back body.

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Find that hollow body here.

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Inhale in, exhale,
step the right foot up.

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Keep the back knee lifted.

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Inhale, rise up, maybe
fingertips come off the ground,

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if not, it's okay.

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And then slowly release.

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Rock the back foot
up to meet the front,

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back to the Forward Fold.

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Here we go, inhale,
halfway lift, your version,

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find length in the spine.

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Exhale to soften and fold.

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Inhale, reach for the skies.

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Spread the fingertips,
find a big beach ball

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up and overhead, so nice wide
stance, palms facing forward,

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excuse me, palms
facing each other.

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Pinkies forward, thumbs back.

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Good, inhale in here,
lift your chest,

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maybe lift your chin
and look up towards the sky.

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And then exhale, down we go,
moving with the breath.

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Inhale, halfway lift.

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Exhale, soften and bow.

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Listen carefully, this time,
bend your knees,

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plant your palms,
step your right foot back

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then your left foot back,
come to Plank Pose.

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On your inhale,
extend the crown forward.

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On your exhale,
reach the heels back.

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Find that hollow
body here once again.

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Inhale in.

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Exhale, stay here

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or you can come to Half
Plank here at the knees.

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We wanna maintain
this nice awareness

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from the crown to the tail,
shoulder blades drawing together

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and down the back body, heart
and chest opening forward,

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for three, two, here we go,

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slowly lower all the
way to the belly on the one.

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Hi, Benji.

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Press into the tops of the feet,

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press your pubic
bone into the earth.

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Squeeze your
elbows into the side body,

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inhale, lift up, Baby Cobra.

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Exhale to soften and bow.

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Curl the toes under, inhale in.

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Exhale, press up, Plank Pose
or Half Plank, beautiful.

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Inhale in again.
Exhale to Downward Facing Dog.

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Index fingers are pointing
forward, biceps by the ears.

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Find some soft, easy movement
here that feels awesome.

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(sighs)

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And then on your next inhale,

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lift the right leg up high,
Three-Legged Dog.

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Exhale, straight through center,
knee to nose,

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rounding up through the spine.

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Inhale, kick it up.

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Exhale, shift it
forward knee to nose.

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Inhale, kick it up.

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Exhale, last time, knee to nose.

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Try to touch your right
heel to your right glute.

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Squeeze and lift,
squeeze and lift,

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and then step your
right foot all the way up.

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Pivot on the back
foot and as you're ready,

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hands are gonna come to the
waistline as we rise up strong.

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Front knee bends,
back toes are turned in.

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Warrior I, inhale, sweep
the arms up towards the sky.

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Try to find the joy here, so
the attitude you bring to it.

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Press into the outer
edge of your left foot,

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pull the right hip crease back,
draw your navel in and up.

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Inhale, lift the chest,
lift the chin,

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maybe you look up and back.

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Exhale, Warrior II,
nice wide stance here

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as you open up to your left.

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Pull the pinkies back.

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Make sure you're not shifting
forward here in the spine.

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See if you can stack the spine,
just do your best,

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working, working, working.

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Good, inhale, Peaceful Warrior.

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Keep the front knee bent,
strengthening that front leg

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as you reach the right
fingertips up and back.

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Big breath in here, inhale.

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Exhale, Extended Side Angle,

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right elbow to the
top of the right thigh

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or right fingertips to the earth

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as you send the left fingertips
either up towards the sky

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or all the way up and toward
the front edge of your mat.

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Inhale in, lean back,
spiral your heart up.

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Exhale, dial it down,
moving into a twist.

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Left hand to the earth,
right hand to the sky.

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Big breath, feel free to
lower your back knee here

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if you need to.

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Inhale in.

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Exhale, bring it all the way
back to your nice low lunge.

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Inhale, get light
on the fingertips.

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Look forward,
maybe they lift up.

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Exhale, plant the palms,
step it back, Plank Pose.

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Inhale though look forward,
shift forward.

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Squeeze the elbows
into the side body,

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and exhale, lower
all the way to the belly.

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Hey, buddy.

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Inhale, Cobra, smile here,
breathe, breathe, breathe.

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Exhale to release.

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Inhale in again as
you curl the toes under.

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Exhale to press up
to Plank or Half Plank,

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nice hollow front body.

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Inhale in again here. 

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And then exhale,
Downward Facing Dog.

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Couple breaths here, listen
to the sound of your breath.

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Feel it out,
find what feels good.

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Get in your body.

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Should say get
back in your body.

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Alright, anchor the right heel.

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When you're ready, let's inhale,
lift the left leg up high.

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Exhale, shift forward, knee
to nose, round it through.

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Inhale, claw through the
fingertips, kick it back up.

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Exhale, shift it forward.

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Inhale, kick it up.

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Exhale, shift it forward.

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Pause here, try to
squeeze everything up.

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Lift your left
heel to your left glute.

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Squeeze, squeeze, 
queeze, squeeze.

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Upper body's in Plank, good,

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and then step it all the way up.

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Pivot on the back foot.

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Take your time here,
control your breath.

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Pull the left hip crease back.

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Strong foundation
as you rise up.

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Hands on the waistline.

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Good, bend your front knee.
Front knee over front ankle.

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Back toes are turned in.

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We're gonna press
actively through the outer edge

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of that back foot.

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And when you're ready,
you reach fingertips

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up towards the sky, big
beach ball up and overhead.

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Find the joy, soften the
skin of the face, own it.

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Inhale in here, maybe
lift the chest, the heart up,

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chin up, and
maybe gaze up and back.

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And then exhale,
here we go, Warrior II.

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Nice, wide stance.

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Pull the pinkies back, stack
the spine, head over heart,

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heart over pelvis, you got this.

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Breathing, breathing, breathing.

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And here we go.

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Keep the front knee bent,
if you're new to the practice,

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that leg's gonna get tired,
but stick with it, you got it.

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Draw it from the pelvic floor.

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Here we go, left
fingertips reach up

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and then back, Peaceful Warrior.

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Stretch, tuck the chin,
lean back.

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Inhale, exhale,
soften the left elbow,

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bring it to the
top of the left thigh.

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Right fingertips reach up

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or over towards the
front edge of the mat.

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Always an option to
bring the left fingertips down.

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Inhale in, spiral your
heart up towards the sky.

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And exhale, dial it down,
moving into our twist.

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We pivot on the back foot,

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we stay present
in that front leg.

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Right hand to the earth, inhale,

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peel the left hip crease back

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to twist up and open to the sky.

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Left fingertips
reach all the way up,

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crown of the
head reaching forward,

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right heel
reaching back, inhale.

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Exhale, bring
it back to your lunge.

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Inhale, lift up, get
light on the fingertips,

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maybe they come up
off the ground, maybe not.

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Exhale, plant the palms,
step it back.

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And here we go, moving through
a vinyasa of your choice,

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so it can be knees, chest, chin,

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it can be Chaturanga
to Upward Facing Dog,

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it could be belly to Cobra,
or it can be a Child's Pose.

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Find what feels good.

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We will meet in Downward Facing
Dog whenever you're ready.

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Take a couple
cleansing breaths here.

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And then from
Downward Facing Dog,

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bend your knees,
inhale to look forward.

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Exhale, make your way
there in a way that feels good.

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Right, this time bring the
feet together, really together.

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Inhale, halfway lift,

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nice, long spine, flat back.

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Exhale, fold.

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Now bend your knees,
send your hips back.

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Here we go, Chair Pose,

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reaching the fingertips
forward, up, and back.

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So thumbs point up and back,

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pinkies forward,
palms face each other.

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Don't worry about
getting your wrists

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over your shoulders here,
you can work at a diagonal

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as you build this
posture from the ground up.

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Breathing deep, inhale in.

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Exhale, sink a little lower.[
You got this.

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Inhale in, exhale, sink a
little lower, you got this.

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Inhale in, exhale, straighten
the legs, stand up tall.

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Beautiful, hands come
together down at the heart.

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Pause here, try not to fidget,

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smile, breathe deep.

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Observe.

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Inhale in, lift your
sternum to your thumbs.

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Exhale, ground down
through the back body,

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so playing a little
bit with opposition here,

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lifting through the front,
grounding through the back.

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As you're ready,
peel you right heel up,

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shift your weight
to your left foot.

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Just pay attention to
what's going on in the hips.

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If you're
collapsing on that left hip,

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press away from the ground.

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Find that energetic
lift through the front body,

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that grounding
through the back body.

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So lots of options here,
you can do Tree Pose

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or we'll inhale,
lift the right knee up,

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standing one-legged Tadasana,
grab the right ankle,

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cross it over the
top of the left thigh.

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As you bend your left knee,
send your hips back.

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So a little Figure 4 here.

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Inhale in deeply here.

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Exhale, maybe take it
into a Forward Fold,

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fingertips coming to the earth.

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Another option here is to just
work on Vrksasana, Tree Pose,

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opening the hip,
finding that external rotation.

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Both offerings are inviting
us to play with opposition.

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So use your breath here.

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If you have an arm balance,
maybe, here in your practice

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or you want to work towards one,

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you can bring the
palms to the ground,

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create a little shelf
with the arms, gaze forward,

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and work to rock front and back,

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eventually maybe lifting that
back leg up off the ground.

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Another option is to come
into a little toe stand here,

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balancing, maybe one
day bringing one hand

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to the chest and then the other.

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If you're in Tree Pose,
maybe take a variation

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that you haven't taken before,

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maybe arms up and releasing
the fingertips behind the back.

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Then whatever
variation you're in,

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keep the toes,
your right toes bright.

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Inhale, lift the chest,
come all the way through

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that standing
one-legged Tadasana,

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and then let's slowly release.

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Inhale in, reset the feet,
bring them together.

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Exhale to let that go.

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Second side, just a little play.

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Have fun, find the joy,
use your breath.

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Listen to your body, lifting
the left leg up for Tree Pose

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or grabbing the left ankle,
bending your right knee,

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sending the hips back,
creating a little shelf

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for your left ankle
with your right thigh.

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Hands come together
maybe here to start.

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We breathe deep,

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we find something
to focus on out in front,

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and then lots of
options here to play safely.

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Fingertips might
come to the ground,

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you might work
in Vrksasana, Tree Pose,

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maybe the palms come forward,

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you play with a little
arm balance or the process.

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Maybe it's the toe stand.

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Elongate your breath,
control your breath.

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If you are not breathing

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then you need to take
a step back and reset.

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Good life advice. (chuckles)

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If you're not breathing
then you're not living.

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Wherever you are, let's
take one more deep breath in

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and use your exhale to
craft your mindful exit

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out of the posture,

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coming through to
that one-legged Tadasana

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and that eventually will
meet back in Mountain Pose.

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Hands come
together again at the heart

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if they are not there already.

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Take a deep breath in
and a long breath out.

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A deep breath in
and a long breath out.

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Walk the feet wider
than hip-width apart.

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Soft bend in the knees,
allow your right hand

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to release gently at your side,

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left hand to
release gently at your side.

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And you didn't think we were
gonna have a yoga joy practice

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without some
Knocking on Heaven's Door.

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So here we go,
soft bend in the knees.

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You're just gonna start to
let your arms just be heavy

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and relaxed, and
you're gonna sway them

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a little side to side.

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Sync up with your breath
in a way that feels good.

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Feel your feet
grounded on Mama Earth.

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Keep a slight bend in
your knees to protect them

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and let's see what happens here
if we start to lift the heart.

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Create a little
softness in the neck.

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If you feel like a goofball,
perfect, you're doing it right.

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And maybe the tempo here
starts to pick up a little bit.

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Maybe you start to play with
a different kind of Rasa,

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like maybe you've
been doing with this,

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on your own for
awhile or with me for awhile.

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Maybe you can find a softness

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or something new here,
find the joy.

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We're not gonna be here long,
so keep breathing.

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20 more seconds, let it go,

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let it go, have fun.

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10 more seconds,
let it go, breathe deep.

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If I can do this on YouTube,

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you can do it
wherever you are! (chuckles)

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Alright, and then
start to slow it down.

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And start to come back
to yourself in this moment.

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Bring the feet together,
really together.

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Hands come back to the heart.

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Take a second
here before we close

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to just notice how you feel.

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And even if you
don't feel (blows kisses), perfect,

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what does it feel like to take
some time out for yourself?

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To align with body?

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To kind of chill
out the mental chatter?

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And feed your spirit,
even if it's just a little?

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Let's take one more
deep breath in together.

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And we'll exhale to
bow the head to the heart

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and whisper

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 Namaste.

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(upbeat music)