WEBVTT 00:00:00.213 --> 00:00:01.931 - Hey everyone, and welcome to Yoga with Adriene. 00:00:01.931 --> 00:00:04.231 I'm Adriene and we're in the beautiful park today, 00:00:04.231 --> 00:00:06.633 and we have a video called Yoga Stretch for you. 00:00:06.633 --> 00:00:08.386 This practice is awesome if you're just feeling 00:00:08.386 --> 00:00:11.009 a little bit lazy or heavy and you want to get moving, 00:00:11.009 --> 00:00:11.893 but you don't know what to do 00:00:11.893 --> 00:00:14.017 and you don't want to commit to something big. 00:00:14.017 --> 00:00:14.899 I got your back. 00:00:14.899 --> 00:00:16.825 Let me guide you through some yummy stretches. 00:00:16.825 --> 00:00:18.314 You can use this video in conjunction 00:00:18.314 --> 00:00:19.612 with our Yoga Tone video, 00:00:19.612 --> 00:00:22.131 and work with them together to create balance on your mat 00:00:22.131 --> 00:00:24.938 so that you can have balance off your mat as well. 00:00:24.938 --> 00:00:27.785 Alright, hop into something comfy, and let's get started. 00:00:27.785 --> 00:00:31.972 (bouncy, lively strumming and drumming) 00:00:38.933 --> 00:00:40.663 Alright, welcome my friends. 00:00:40.663 --> 00:00:43.564 Let's begin in a nice, comfortable seat. 00:00:43.564 --> 00:00:45.073 Go ahead and cross at the ankles. 00:00:45.073 --> 00:00:46.803 Sit up nice and tall. 00:00:48.741 --> 00:00:50.134 Give yourself permission here 00:00:50.134 --> 00:00:52.277 to put the day thus far aside. 00:00:52.277 --> 00:00:55.870 Anything on the agenda ahead, put that away, 00:00:55.870 --> 00:00:59.573 and we have a little bit of time to find what feels good. 00:00:59.573 --> 00:01:01.048 So give it your all. 00:01:01.048 --> 00:01:03.045 Focus on your breath. 00:01:03.045 --> 00:01:06.199 Big inhale as you sit up nice and tall. 00:01:07.145 --> 00:01:10.049 Big exhale as you relax the shoulders down. 00:01:10.049 --> 00:01:12.626 Hmmm, sometimes that's all it takes. 00:01:12.626 --> 00:01:14.322 Big inhale in. 00:01:15.452 --> 00:01:18.340 Big exhale, relax your shoulders. 00:01:19.250 --> 00:01:20.771 Big inhale. 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:24.701 And exhale, tag a little weight in your elbows. 00:01:24.701 --> 00:01:25.943 Find length. 00:01:25.943 --> 00:01:27.715 Sit up nice and tall. 00:01:29.083 --> 00:01:33.042 Close your eyes here for a breath cycle or two. 00:01:33.042 --> 00:01:35.086 And just notice how you feel today. 00:01:35.086 --> 00:01:37.210 So if you're really sore, I got your back. 00:01:37.210 --> 00:01:38.498 We're gonna move nice and slow. 00:01:38.498 --> 00:01:41.042 This should be a really yummy practice. 00:01:41.042 --> 00:01:44.026 Leave ya feelin' awesome, 00:01:45.326 --> 00:01:46.801 and ready for whatever's next, 00:01:46.801 --> 00:01:49.251 but for now, stay present, 00:01:49.251 --> 00:01:51.740 and we'll do that by breathing deep. 00:01:51.740 --> 00:01:54.976 See if you can even out your breaths. 00:01:54.976 --> 00:01:59.382 Make the inhalation and the exhalation the same length. 00:02:04.091 --> 00:02:06.948 Then we'll start our movement with some big circles 00:02:06.948 --> 00:02:09.711 with the nose, so keep it nice and slow here 00:02:09.711 --> 00:02:11.916 as you begin to draw big circles with the nose 00:02:11.916 --> 00:02:15.648 one way and then the other. 00:02:15.648 --> 00:02:17.727 Stretching up through the neck. 00:02:17.727 --> 00:02:20.338 And then just notice if taking on this task 00:02:20.338 --> 00:02:23.670 has caused the spine to round. 00:02:23.670 --> 00:02:25.425 See if you can maintain this length 00:02:25.425 --> 00:02:28.805 up through the spine sitting up nice and tall. 00:02:30.976 --> 00:02:33.724 Then again, we have a little bit of time to play here, 00:02:33.724 --> 00:02:35.068 to find what feels good, 00:02:35.068 --> 00:02:36.723 so make the most of it. 00:02:36.723 --> 00:02:38.477 Drop the baggage. 00:02:38.477 --> 00:02:39.463 Stay present. 00:02:39.463 --> 00:02:41.705 So, present with the sensation. 00:02:43.567 --> 00:02:44.898 Stretching. 00:02:50.615 --> 00:02:52.034 And then when you feel satisfied, 00:02:52.034 --> 00:02:53.875 bring your head back to center, 00:02:53.875 --> 00:02:55.919 and we'll draw the palms together at the heart. 00:02:55.919 --> 00:02:58.552 Go ahead and interlace the fingertips here. 00:02:59.823 --> 00:03:01.148 Sit up nice and tall. 00:03:01.148 --> 00:03:02.801 Breathe. 00:03:02.801 --> 00:03:05.543 Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze the hands together. 00:03:06.431 --> 00:03:09.472 And then slowly, pressing the palms forward, 00:03:09.472 --> 00:03:11.946 up, and back, big stretch here. 00:03:11.946 --> 00:03:13.676 Ground down through the tops of the thighs, 00:03:13.676 --> 00:03:15.471 lift up through the front body. 00:03:15.471 --> 00:03:18.180 Think long, puppy belly here through the front body, 00:03:18.180 --> 00:03:21.113 and then really ground down through the shoulder blades, 00:03:21.113 --> 00:03:22.483 so create space. 00:03:22.483 --> 00:03:25.882 Press up through the palms or through the thumbs. 00:03:25.882 --> 00:03:27.706 Take one more breath here, 00:03:27.706 --> 00:03:29.926 and then exhale, release. 00:03:31.395 --> 00:03:32.336 Beautiful. 00:03:32.336 --> 00:03:35.646 Alright, we're gonna send the right leg out 00:03:35.646 --> 00:03:37.040 while keeping the left leg in, 00:03:37.040 --> 00:03:38.700 so left heel's gonna come into the center, 00:03:38.700 --> 00:03:42.096 Janushirasana, Head to Knee Pose. 00:03:43.416 --> 00:03:46.207 So find your foundation here. 00:03:46.207 --> 00:03:48.786 Flex the right toes up towards the sky, 00:03:48.786 --> 00:03:51.704 and then reach up as if you were climbing up on a rope, 00:03:51.704 --> 00:03:52.795 so you're really reaching, reaching, 00:03:52.795 --> 00:03:54.037 as tall as you can go, 00:03:54.037 --> 00:03:56.614 creating that length that we just had in the front body. 00:03:56.614 --> 00:03:58.950 Reach up and then maintain that length. 00:03:58.950 --> 00:04:03.063 Think up and over as you take your nose toward your knee. 00:04:03.063 --> 00:04:05.191 Now you could just rest here. 00:04:06.077 --> 00:04:09.827 And then we'll just in time work to create space and length 00:04:09.827 --> 00:04:13.070 to come into the full expression. 00:04:13.070 --> 00:04:14.914 Maybe, maybe not. 00:04:14.914 --> 00:04:17.079 We have lots of different options here. 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:19.762 Focus on the sensation, the stretch. 00:04:19.762 --> 00:04:20.759 Enjoy it. 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:22.654 Don't worry about the shape. 00:04:22.654 --> 00:04:25.383 Active foot here, breathe deep. 00:04:39.682 --> 00:04:41.084 Tuck the chin to the chest. 00:04:41.084 --> 00:04:43.459 Slowly roll it up. 00:04:43.459 --> 00:04:46.235 I'm laughing 'cause I kind of snorted a little. 00:04:47.355 --> 00:04:48.464 And we'll switch to the other side. 00:04:48.464 --> 00:04:49.534 Right heel in. 00:04:49.534 --> 00:04:50.236 Left leg out. 00:04:50.236 --> 00:04:52.817 Nice and slow and steady. 00:04:52.817 --> 00:04:56.047 Active foot, again climb up your imaginary rope here. 00:04:56.047 --> 00:04:58.461 Breathe in, and then exhale, 00:04:58.461 --> 00:05:01.191 take it up and over, Head to Knee Pose, 00:05:01.191 --> 00:05:04.395 Janushirasan, so we're working on length. 00:05:04.395 --> 00:05:06.867 Stretching the legs, the hips, 00:05:06.867 --> 00:05:11.117 rounding forward through the spine if it feels right. 00:05:14.523 --> 00:05:18.371 (deep breathing) 00:05:25.313 --> 00:05:27.388 Great, and then tuck the chin into the chest. 00:05:27.388 --> 00:05:29.672 Slowly roll it up. 00:05:31.047 --> 00:05:33.138 And we'll take the right foot down. 00:05:33.138 --> 00:05:35.574 Bring the left foot up to meet it. 00:05:35.574 --> 00:05:37.570 And then, I'm just gonna center myself on the mat. 00:05:37.570 --> 00:05:39.535 And then go ahead and swim the fingertips around. 00:05:39.535 --> 00:05:43.144 Fingertips pointing towards your hips. 00:05:43.144 --> 00:05:45.524 I'm gonna slowly draw my heels in. 00:05:45.524 --> 00:05:46.975 We loop the shoulders. 00:05:46.975 --> 00:05:49.522 Press into all ten knuckles firmly. 00:05:49.522 --> 00:05:52.124 Here we go, lengthening, lifting up. 00:05:52.124 --> 00:05:54.696 Sending the knees forward. 00:05:54.696 --> 00:05:56.996 We're gonna come into a little crab shape here. 00:05:56.996 --> 00:05:58.673 Opening up through the chest. 00:05:58.673 --> 00:06:00.959 A little tabletop here as you lengthen, 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:03.467 sitting bones towards the backs of the knees. 00:06:03.467 --> 00:06:06.545 Inhale in, find length. 00:06:06.545 --> 00:06:09.788 And then exhale, slowly release. 00:06:09.788 --> 00:06:10.696 Gorgeous. 00:06:10.696 --> 00:06:13.642 Great, from here, I'm gonna cross the ankles, 00:06:13.642 --> 00:06:15.477 and come forward onto all fours. 00:06:15.477 --> 00:06:17.617 If you want to take a little Thriller arm in between 00:06:17.617 --> 00:06:20.392 to counter in the wrists, in the forearms, 00:06:20.392 --> 00:06:21.721 this is kind of nice. 00:06:21.721 --> 00:06:24.731 Otherwise, straight through you go. 00:06:25.587 --> 00:06:27.789 We'll come to tabletop position. 00:06:28.673 --> 00:06:30.126 Take a couple Cat-Cows here, 00:06:30.126 --> 00:06:32.095 listening to the sound of your breath. 00:06:32.095 --> 00:06:35.834 (deep breathing) 00:06:36.677 --> 00:06:38.336 As you inhale, drop the belly. 00:06:38.336 --> 00:06:39.947 Stretch the front body. 00:06:39.947 --> 00:06:42.459 Great after core workout. 00:06:42.459 --> 00:06:46.363 Exhale, rounding through, chin to chest. 00:06:46.363 --> 00:06:48.374 Stretching the back body. 00:07:00.076 --> 00:07:03.148 A little love for the spine, do one more. 00:07:06.647 --> 00:07:08.515 Great, then we'll press into the top 00:07:08.515 --> 00:07:11.441 of the back foot firmly, curl the right toes under, 00:07:11.441 --> 00:07:13.653 and slide 'em back for a big calf stretch here. 00:07:13.653 --> 00:07:15.046 Rock front to back. 00:07:15.046 --> 00:07:16.638 Careful you're not locking out through the elbows 00:07:16.638 --> 00:07:18.936 so a little buoyancy here is good. 00:07:18.936 --> 00:07:20.523 Breathing deep. 00:07:22.337 --> 00:07:23.011 Great. 00:07:23.011 --> 00:07:25.405 Then we'll lift the right leg up whenever you're ready. 00:07:25.405 --> 00:07:26.697 Stay connected to your back foot. 00:07:26.697 --> 00:07:27.278 Inhale in. 00:07:27.278 --> 00:07:29.868 Exhale, nose to knee, rounding through, 00:07:29.868 --> 00:07:31.289 and then step your right foot up, 00:07:31.289 --> 00:07:32.253 nice low lunge. 00:07:32.253 --> 00:07:33.386 Big stretch here. 00:07:33.386 --> 00:07:34.223 Work it out. 00:07:34.223 --> 00:07:36.906 Breathe deep, especially if you're sore. 00:07:36.906 --> 00:07:41.652 Finding length, but also building strength to support. 00:07:41.652 --> 00:07:46.176 (squawking, quacking) 00:07:50.522 --> 00:07:52.190 Inhale, lift the chest. 00:07:52.190 --> 00:07:53.674 Open your heart. 00:07:53.674 --> 00:07:55.855 Exhale, I'm gonna use my fingertips to brace here. 00:07:55.855 --> 00:07:59.304 I'm gonna spin the left toes over towards the right 00:07:59.304 --> 00:08:00.418 side of the mat. 00:08:00.418 --> 00:08:01.636 I'm heading into a gate variation. 00:08:01.636 --> 00:08:02.856 Big, big stretch here. 00:08:02.856 --> 00:08:03.832 Really nice opening. 00:08:03.832 --> 00:08:05.709 Use your fingertips to walk it all the way 00:08:05.709 --> 00:08:07.484 towards the back edge of your mat. 00:08:07.484 --> 00:08:09.992 Plant the left palm, and then press away 00:08:09.992 --> 00:08:11.526 from your yoga mat, and as you kind of, 00:08:11.526 --> 00:08:14.206 maybe take this bow and arrow effect we do sometimes, 00:08:14.206 --> 00:08:17.326 and open right fingertips towards the sky. 00:08:17.326 --> 00:08:18.899 Front leg is straight. 00:08:18.899 --> 00:08:22.634 Can either have the foot down or the toes lifted. 00:08:26.153 --> 00:08:28.999 Now again, breathe into the front body. 00:08:28.999 --> 00:08:30.531 Find length. 00:08:30.531 --> 00:08:32.823 Activate through the back body. 00:08:33.850 --> 00:08:35.458 Cultivate strength. 00:08:38.053 --> 00:08:40.038 Notice if the neck is hanging down low. 00:08:40.038 --> 00:08:42.797 Take one more conscious breath here. 00:08:43.893 --> 00:08:46.791 Maybe take the arm all the way back. 00:08:50.090 --> 00:08:51.713 To come out of the posture, 00:08:51.713 --> 00:08:52.993 anchor navel to spine, 00:08:52.993 --> 00:08:54.713 use your fingertips to walk it back. 00:08:54.713 --> 00:08:57.921 Nice stretch here in the transition too, really nice. 00:08:57.921 --> 00:09:00.169 We come back to our nice, low lunge. 00:09:00.169 --> 00:09:02.770 Inhale, sweep the arms up and overhead. 00:09:02.770 --> 00:09:05.230 Exhale, press into the top of that thigh. 00:09:05.230 --> 00:09:07.196 Lift up just a hair. 00:09:07.196 --> 00:09:09.103 Great, and you're gonna keep your right hand 00:09:09.103 --> 00:09:11.480 on the thigh, and just take the left fingertips 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:14.116 out to the left and draw a big rainbow up and over. 00:09:14.116 --> 00:09:15.626 Big stretch. 00:09:15.626 --> 00:09:17.364 Should feel awesome. 00:09:17.364 --> 00:09:18.450 Inhale in, lift the chin. 00:09:18.450 --> 00:09:20.178 If you're lookin' for more fire today. 00:09:20.178 --> 00:09:21.510 You started this video and you didn't realize 00:09:21.510 --> 00:09:23.624 there's not enough fire, you can lift that back knee. 00:09:23.624 --> 00:09:24.992 Otherwise, keep it nice and low. 00:09:24.992 --> 00:09:26.660 Inhale. 00:09:26.660 --> 00:09:28.047 And exhale. 00:09:28.902 --> 00:09:30.506 To come out of this posture, same thing, 00:09:30.506 --> 00:09:32.998 draw the navel in, Uddiyana Bandha. 00:09:32.998 --> 00:09:34.126 Find that lock. 00:09:34.126 --> 00:09:36.566 And then we'll take it all the way back down. 00:09:36.566 --> 00:09:37.926 Beautiful, just plant the palms. 00:09:37.926 --> 00:09:39.877 Come back to all fours. 00:09:41.281 --> 00:09:43.125 We'll do the same little dance on the other side. 00:09:43.125 --> 00:09:45.104 Curl the left toes under, slide 'em back. 00:09:45.104 --> 00:09:47.132 Stretching through the calf. 00:09:47.132 --> 00:09:51.858 Find a little sawing effect front to back. 00:09:53.031 --> 00:09:54.459 Keeping awareness in the shoulders here 00:09:54.459 --> 00:09:56.330 so we're not collapsed. 00:09:57.472 --> 00:09:59.424 Stretch it out. 00:09:59.424 --> 00:10:00.237 Keep breathing. 00:10:00.237 --> 00:10:01.706 Life is good, explore your body. 00:10:01.706 --> 00:10:04.430 Here we go, lift the left leg up. 00:10:04.430 --> 00:10:06.876 Press away from your yoga mat. 00:10:06.876 --> 00:10:08.443 And then here we go, nose to knee, 00:10:08.443 --> 00:10:09.701 rounding through. 00:10:10.683 --> 00:10:12.494 Step it up whenever you're ready. 00:10:12.494 --> 00:10:14.177 Find front knee over front ankle, 00:10:14.177 --> 00:10:15.049 and we just stretch here. 00:10:15.049 --> 00:10:17.736 Maybe you walk the right knee back a little. 00:10:17.736 --> 00:10:19.434 Breathing deep. 00:10:20.379 --> 00:10:22.635 So we're tryin' to come out of our turtle shell 00:10:22.635 --> 00:10:23.413 a little bit here. 00:10:23.413 --> 00:10:24.906 This is really great if you work at a desk 00:10:24.906 --> 00:10:26.383 or you spend a lot of time with the shoulders 00:10:26.383 --> 00:10:28.181 or the arms rounding forward. 00:10:28.181 --> 00:10:29.551 Open it up. 00:10:39.839 --> 00:10:41.638 And then here we go, inhale. 00:10:41.638 --> 00:10:44.918 Everyone open the chest, wide in the collar bone. 00:10:44.918 --> 00:10:47.703 And exhale, taking the right toes 00:10:47.703 --> 00:10:48.974 towards the left side of the mat, 00:10:48.974 --> 00:10:51.420 and using your fingertips to guide you once again 00:10:51.420 --> 00:10:54.262 all the way towards the back edge of your mat. 00:10:54.262 --> 00:10:55.341 Enjoy the transition here. 00:10:55.341 --> 00:10:56.977 Great stretch in the transitions. 00:10:56.977 --> 00:11:00.218 Nice and slow, right hand comes to the earth, 00:11:00.218 --> 00:11:03.071 and we find our gate variation on the other side. 00:11:03.071 --> 00:11:04.814 Maybe a little bow and arrow action here 00:11:04.814 --> 00:11:07.986 as you peel up and open towards the sky. 00:11:09.940 --> 00:11:12.158 Lots of integrity through the crown, the neck, 00:11:12.158 --> 00:11:14.503 hugging the lower ribs in. 00:11:17.064 --> 00:11:18.800 Breathing deep. 00:11:24.395 --> 00:11:25.742 Take one more breath here. 00:11:25.742 --> 00:11:28.291 Maybe you reach the left fingertips 00:11:28.291 --> 00:11:31.693 all the way up towards the back edge of your mat. 00:11:35.037 --> 00:11:37.483 And then draw the navel in. 00:11:37.483 --> 00:11:38.780 Hug the lower ribs in. 00:11:38.780 --> 00:11:39.656 Soften through that front knee. 00:11:39.656 --> 00:11:41.189 Use your palms or your fingertips 00:11:41.189 --> 00:11:43.603 to walk it all the way back. 00:11:47.010 --> 00:11:48.394 Great, find your foundation. 00:11:48.394 --> 00:11:49.657 Once again, deep stretch, 00:11:49.657 --> 00:11:52.627 interlace the fingertips, pressing up, 00:11:52.627 --> 00:11:54.256 finding length. 00:11:54.256 --> 00:11:55.617 Scissor the legs a little bit, 00:11:55.617 --> 00:11:59.795 so find that lift through your pelvic floor. 00:12:00.914 --> 00:12:02.024 Breathing deep. 00:12:02.024 --> 00:12:05.733 And then this time, keeping the left hand on the thigh 00:12:05.733 --> 00:12:08.145 and taking the right fingertips, really take up space here. 00:12:08.145 --> 00:12:10.403 So stretching through the peck if it's sore. 00:12:10.403 --> 00:12:11.385 Right, to each his own, 00:12:11.385 --> 00:12:14.191 really drawing big rainbow up and over. 00:12:14.191 --> 00:12:15.560 Not dumping into this hip, 00:12:15.560 --> 00:12:18.885 but keeping the hips together. 00:12:20.851 --> 00:12:21.936 Big stretch. 00:12:21.936 --> 00:12:25.244 (deep breathing) 00:12:28.497 --> 00:12:30.622 In time, you can work to take the fingertips 00:12:30.622 --> 00:12:33.483 down to a block or to the earth. 00:12:33.483 --> 00:12:35.788 Big inhale in here. 00:12:35.788 --> 00:12:37.623 Exhale lifts you back up. 00:12:38.581 --> 00:12:42.182 Big inhale in, and then exhale to release back down. 00:12:42.182 --> 00:12:45.808 Plant the palms, come back to all fours. 00:12:45.808 --> 00:12:48.825 Awesome, bring the knees now as wide as your yoga mat. 00:12:48.825 --> 00:12:50.432 Big toes to touch. 00:12:50.432 --> 00:12:52.636 Inhale, reach the right fingertips forward. 00:12:52.636 --> 00:12:53.889 Exhale, thread the needle. 00:12:53.889 --> 00:12:55.898 Right fingertips go in and underneath 00:12:55.898 --> 00:12:57.460 the bridge of the left arm. 00:12:57.460 --> 00:12:58.831 We breathe deep here. 00:12:58.831 --> 00:13:00.220 Should feel awesome. 00:13:00.220 --> 00:13:03.849 A little rinse for the upper back body. 00:13:03.849 --> 00:13:05.196 Use the left hand. 00:13:05.196 --> 00:13:07.146 Press the left elbow up towards the sky 00:13:07.146 --> 00:13:09.667 or all the way up towards the front edge of your mat. 00:13:09.667 --> 00:13:10.771 Find what feels good here. 00:13:10.771 --> 00:13:13.441 Draw the navel up and in. 00:13:19.974 --> 00:13:21.870 Then gently, releasing back to center. 00:13:21.870 --> 00:13:24.136 Taking this same little twist on the other side, 00:13:24.136 --> 00:13:25.658 finding that length. 00:13:25.658 --> 00:13:26.877 And then threading the needle. 00:13:26.877 --> 00:13:29.047 Left fingertips underneath the bridge of the right arm. 00:13:29.047 --> 00:13:32.484 Come to rest on the left ear and make the most of it. 00:13:32.484 --> 00:13:35.723 Right elbow up towards the sky, 00:13:36.589 --> 00:13:38.478 or right fingertips reaching all the way towards 00:13:38.478 --> 00:13:39.267 the front of your mat. 00:13:39.267 --> 00:13:40.705 Breathe deep. 00:13:52.474 --> 00:13:54.888 Then slowly melting back to center. 00:13:54.888 --> 00:13:57.519 We'll come back to all fours, nist-- 00:13:57.519 --> 00:14:00.140 Wrists underneath the knees, got excited. 00:14:00.140 --> 00:14:02.763 Toes in line with the ankles. 00:14:02.763 --> 00:14:04.968 Go ahead and turn the left fingertips in 00:14:04.968 --> 00:14:05.746 towards the knee. 00:14:05.746 --> 00:14:09.090 Just one arm at a time here, breathing deep. 00:14:10.745 --> 00:14:12.139 Then release. 00:14:12.139 --> 00:14:15.897 And right fingertips turn around and in, don't collapse. 00:14:15.897 --> 00:14:18.318 Breathe, maybe send your gaze a little bit forward 00:14:18.318 --> 00:14:21.138 to help you with the no collapse. 00:14:23.388 --> 00:14:24.679 Great, and then release. 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:26.293 Walk the palms in front. 00:14:26.293 --> 00:14:27.270 Curl the toes under. 00:14:27.270 --> 00:14:28.877 Only one Downward Dog here. 00:14:28.877 --> 00:14:31.527 Inhale, and then exhale, 00:14:31.527 --> 00:14:32.954 send the hips up and back. 00:14:32.954 --> 00:14:34.688 Hmmmm. 00:14:37.458 --> 00:14:40.039 So I was gonna say you can actually repeat this video 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:41.526 after it's done if you want more. 00:14:41.526 --> 00:14:42.884 It might be nice to do the whole thing 00:14:42.884 --> 00:14:44.754 twice in a row if you're craving more, 00:14:44.754 --> 00:14:46.903 or let it inspire you to do more. 00:14:46.903 --> 00:14:49.254 Maybe you put on your favorite song after this, 00:14:50.644 --> 00:14:54.182 and spend a couple more minutes 00:14:54.182 --> 00:14:57.231 tending to whatever is sore on your mat. 00:14:58.146 --> 00:15:00.765 Great and then slowly lower the knees back down. 00:15:00.765 --> 00:15:03.701 And we're gonna end with a one-legged King Pigeon today. 00:15:03.701 --> 00:15:05.467 So we'll slide the right toes out 00:15:05.467 --> 00:15:06.953 just like we did before. 00:15:06.953 --> 00:15:09.735 And this time, reeling it in. 00:15:10.926 --> 00:15:12.285 Sending the left toes back. 00:15:12.285 --> 00:15:14.295 Walking the right foot out. 00:15:14.295 --> 00:15:15.686 We have a Foundations of Yoga video 00:15:15.686 --> 00:15:17.811 for this if you like. 00:15:17.811 --> 00:15:20.348 And then just deciding what feels best today, 00:15:20.348 --> 00:15:25.348 staying up tall, or taking it down to a fold. 00:15:25.508 --> 00:15:27.534 And we're gonna be here for a couple breaths, 00:15:27.534 --> 00:15:29.311 so find what feels good. 00:15:29.311 --> 00:15:31.844 Our practice is almost over. 00:15:31.844 --> 00:15:34.108 The ritual that we share together is almost done 00:15:34.108 --> 00:15:35.710 so stay in the moment if you can. 00:15:35.710 --> 00:15:37.295 Focus on your breath. 00:15:41.044 --> 00:15:43.119 So good for the body. 00:15:45.226 --> 00:15:47.320 Excellent for the mind. 00:15:48.371 --> 00:15:49.814 And a real treat for the heart 00:15:49.814 --> 00:15:53.154 when you can just give yourself this time. 00:15:59.734 --> 00:16:00.652 Stay here. 00:16:00.652 --> 00:16:02.424 If you'd like an added quad stretch, 00:16:02.424 --> 00:16:04.711 we'll gently lift up onto the palms. 00:16:04.711 --> 00:16:06.138 Right palm comes to the mat. 00:16:06.138 --> 00:16:08.019 Again, feel free to stay there. 00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:08.933 And we'll take a look back, 00:16:08.933 --> 00:16:10.528 maybe bend that left knee. 00:16:10.528 --> 00:16:13.570 Nice quad stretch here, so to each his own. 00:16:19.986 --> 00:16:21.193 If you're in the quad stretch, 00:16:21.193 --> 00:16:24.484 take one more breath in and out. 00:16:24.484 --> 00:16:25.968 Gently release. 00:16:25.968 --> 00:16:27.323 If you're in a sleeping pigeon, 00:16:27.323 --> 00:16:30.255 slowly wake it up, make it back. 00:16:30.255 --> 00:16:32.768 And we'll come back to all fours. 00:16:32.768 --> 00:16:34.046 Before you move to the other side 00:16:34.046 --> 00:16:35.966 just take a second to maybe draw a big circle 00:16:35.966 --> 00:16:37.731 with the right knee one way, 00:16:37.731 --> 00:16:38.809 and then the other. 00:16:38.809 --> 00:16:40.200 Hmmmm. 00:16:40.200 --> 00:16:42.103 Yeah, that's what's up! 00:16:42.103 --> 00:16:44.001 Send the left toes back. 00:16:44.001 --> 00:16:46.262 And same thing on the other side. 00:16:49.072 --> 00:16:51.470 Got some crazy hair today. 00:16:56.922 --> 00:16:58.466 So stay present in the sensations, 00:16:58.466 --> 00:16:59.823 what's going on on this side, 00:16:59.823 --> 00:17:02.192 how is it different from the other side? 00:17:03.172 --> 00:17:04.305 I know it seems so obvious, 00:17:04.305 --> 00:17:08.042 but we can never be reminded too much in yoga 00:17:08.042 --> 00:17:10.506 asana practice to remember to pay attention 00:17:10.506 --> 00:17:12.874 to how does it feel? 00:17:12.874 --> 00:17:15.632 ♫ How does it feel ♫ 00:17:22.534 --> 00:17:23.780 That's a song we can sing. 00:17:23.780 --> 00:17:25.608 That's a cool song. 00:17:26.590 --> 00:17:28.989 ♫ How does it feel ♫ 00:17:38.712 --> 00:17:42.089 Stay in your sweet, sleeping pigeon. 00:17:42.089 --> 00:17:44.138 Or if you want the quad stretch on the other side, 00:17:44.138 --> 00:17:45.148 go ahead and lift it up. 00:17:45.148 --> 00:17:46.669 Press firmly into the left palm. 00:17:46.669 --> 00:17:48.945 Don't collapse here, so find length. 00:17:48.945 --> 00:17:51.089 Lots of integrity always. 00:17:51.089 --> 00:17:53.195 Because you're worth it. 00:17:53.195 --> 00:17:55.210 Big stretch here. 00:18:04.760 --> 00:18:06.026 If you're in the quad stretch, 00:18:06.026 --> 00:18:07.474 take a deep breath in. 00:18:07.474 --> 00:18:10.505 Use your exhale to release with control. 00:18:10.505 --> 00:18:11.922 If you're in a sleeping pigeon, 00:18:11.922 --> 00:18:13.511 go ahead and press it up. 00:18:13.511 --> 00:18:15.473 And then we'll all come back to all fours. 00:18:15.473 --> 00:18:18.528 Take a moment to draw circles with the left knee 00:18:18.528 --> 00:18:22.062 one way, and then the other. 00:18:23.752 --> 00:18:25.934 Then walk the knees up to center. 00:18:25.934 --> 00:18:28.257 Take the feet to one side, 00:18:28.257 --> 00:18:30.034 and we're gonna come all the way down 00:18:30.034 --> 00:18:32.207 to flat back. 00:18:40.675 --> 00:18:42.341 Extend the left leg out long. 00:18:42.341 --> 00:18:43.954 Bring the right knee in. 00:18:43.954 --> 00:18:46.821 Squeeze right knee up and in towards your heart 00:18:46.821 --> 00:18:48.478 or your chest. 00:18:48.478 --> 00:18:50.012 Inhale in. 00:18:50.012 --> 00:18:52.386 Exhale, take right knee over to the left. 00:18:52.386 --> 00:18:53.544 Supine twist. 00:18:53.544 --> 00:18:55.505 Extend out through the right arm. 00:18:55.505 --> 00:18:58.549 Try to draw your right shoulder blade down to the earth. 00:18:58.549 --> 00:19:00.417 Big breath in. 00:19:01.793 --> 00:19:03.877 Big exhale out. 00:19:06.089 --> 00:19:07.297 Relax your face. 00:19:07.297 --> 00:19:09.101 Relax your body. 00:19:10.871 --> 00:19:13.820 And then slowly melting it back, take your time. 00:19:13.820 --> 00:19:15.726 Same thing on the other side. 00:19:18.566 --> 00:19:19.848 Stretch it out. 00:19:19.848 --> 00:19:21.724 Inhale in. 00:19:21.724 --> 00:19:23.882 Big exhale, guiding it over towards 00:19:23.882 --> 00:19:24.929 the right side of your mat. 00:19:24.929 --> 00:19:26.425 Opening up through the left fingertips. 00:19:26.425 --> 00:19:28.015 This time try to draw your left shoulder 00:19:28.015 --> 00:19:29.500 to your yoga mat. 00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:31.122 Supine twist. 00:19:37.618 --> 00:19:38.757 Inhale in. 00:19:38.757 --> 00:19:41.552 Exhale, come back to center. 00:19:41.552 --> 00:19:43.527 Draw the feet together and the knees 00:19:43.527 --> 00:19:45.816 as wide as your yoga mat. 00:19:45.816 --> 00:19:48.519 Cobbler's Pose, reclined. 00:19:49.488 --> 00:19:52.124 Reclined Cobbler's Pose or Supta Baddha Konasana. 00:19:52.124 --> 00:19:54.782 So great if you just have a little bit of time, 00:19:54.782 --> 00:19:58.229 or maybe before you wake up for your day, 00:19:58.229 --> 00:20:00.355 or as you're headed to bed. 00:20:00.355 --> 00:20:01.887 It's just a nice, restorative posture. 00:20:01.887 --> 00:20:04.232 Bring the hands to the belly. 00:20:04.232 --> 00:20:05.837 Take a couple full deep breaths, 00:20:05.837 --> 00:20:09.015 appreciating yourself, appreciating your body. 00:20:11.303 --> 00:20:15.642 And giving yourself a couple last, sweet, 00:20:15.642 --> 00:20:17.521 private moments of you time. 00:20:17.521 --> 00:20:19.082 Even if there are distractions around you, 00:20:19.082 --> 00:20:21.744 just tap into that inner smile, 00:20:22.633 --> 00:20:23.955 and know that you've done something 00:20:23.955 --> 00:20:26.196 awesome for yourself, stretching it out. 00:20:26.196 --> 00:20:30.092 Finding length, creating space. 00:20:32.201 --> 00:20:34.637 Understanding the importance of tending to the mind 00:20:34.637 --> 00:20:36.693 and the body as one. 00:20:38.429 --> 00:20:41.226 Yoga is awesome and you rock. 00:20:41.226 --> 00:20:43.137 That's how we're gonna end today. 00:20:43.137 --> 00:20:45.410 Draw maybe your left hand to your heart. 00:20:45.410 --> 00:20:48.407 Right hand can stay on the belly. 00:20:48.407 --> 00:20:52.054 The light in me honors the light rock star in you. 00:20:52.054 --> 00:20:53.389 I'll see you next time. 00:20:53.389 --> 00:20:55.560 Free yoga videos every Wednesday. 00:20:55.560 --> 00:20:56.851 Take good care. 00:20:58.054 --> 00:20:59.471 Namaste. 00:20:59.471 --> 00:21:03.574 (lively strumming and drumming music)