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- Hi, everyone!

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Welcome back to BREATH,
your 30 day yoga journey.

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It's Day 19, baby. 
(mimics kissing)

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Strength. Let's get started.

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(bright upbeat piano music)

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Alright, come on
down to the ground.

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Find a nice, comfortable seat.

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Just gonna take a second

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to tune in to the
sound of the breath.

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Benji, want to
join me for this part?

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Want to come join us, tune in?

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Nope, okay, okay.

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Oh, there we go.

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Alright, so we're
just going to come

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into a comfortable seat,

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and close your
eyes wherever you are.

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And we'll bring our awareness

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inward toward the breath

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because I want to make
sure we begin today's session

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coming together on this idea

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that we get strength

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from having a relationship,

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a conscious relationship rather,
with our breath.

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So I may joke around
talking about building muscle,

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and it's okay to want to build

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that muscle tone and get strong.

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But for me, there's this incredible

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almost poetic strength
that comes from building

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a loving relationship 
with your breath.

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So just take a second here.

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If you want to put
your hands on your heart,

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or on a pet (chuckles) or even
hold hands with a loved one

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just take three more
breaths here, just in quiet.

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And then when you're ready,

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we're gonna come
forward on to all fours.

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Take your breath with you.

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Nice, conscious breath.

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I was going to make a loud
joke about cuing Jock Jams,

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but let's just come to all
fours and keep breathing instead.

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Okay, spread the fingertips.

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Knees underneath the hips,

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wrists underneath the shoulders.

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Inhale, drop the belly.

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Look forward.

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Exhale, navel lifts
you up from center, right?

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Chin to chest, Cat Pose.

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Inhale to drop the belly.

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Follow the breath.

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Exhale, Cat Pose.

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Three more times with
the sound of your breath.

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Nice, and then
turning the fingertips in,

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either one hand at a time or
both hands at the same time.

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Hey bud, do you want to move,

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just so I can
demo this properly?

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Thank you.

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Then small gentle 
circles one way

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and then the other.

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And then we'll
walk the hands out.

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Curl the toes under,
take a deep breath in.

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Exhale, hips up high and back,
Downward Facing Dog.

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Benji goes down too, alright.

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All is right in the world.

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Stretching here, going inward,
claw through the fingertips.

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Feel it out.

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Mm, okie doke.

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Now lower the knees.

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Walk them together and back,

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and shift your heart forward,

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so the shoulders
are over the hips.

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Hands are nice and wide,
shoulders over the hips.

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Sorry, shoulders
are over the wrists.

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Hands are nice and wide.

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And we're nice and
engage in the center here

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and in the glutes.

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You can cross the
ankles here, if you like,

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otherwise just
squeezing the feet together.

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Inhale, look forward.

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Exhale, you're going to
keep the elbows hugging

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into the side body, lower down
halfway or as low as you can,

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and then press back up.

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Breathe out, good.

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Breathe in lower down halfway.

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And exhale, lift up.

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So if it's not halfway for you,

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you just go down as far as
you can without losing control

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and then use your
exhale to press back up.

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Find a little rhythm here,

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inhaling to lower,
exhaling to lift.

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It doesn't have
to be a big move.

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See if you can draw
the navel in and up.

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Find your center.

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Moving in your own time,

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taking breaks, if you need to.

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Inhaling to lower,
exhaling to lift.

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Keep the neck nice and long.

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Good, do one more
wherever you are.

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You got this.
If you took a break,

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come on back into the game.

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Let's do it together.

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Lowering as we breathe in,

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exhaling, as we
lift up, awesome.

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Release your mermaid 
tail to the ground, (laughs)

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and come all the
way to the belly.

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Nice, from here forehead's
going to come to the earth.

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You can center
yourself on the mat.

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Then we're gonna
interlace the fingertips

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behind the back,

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squeeze the feet together.

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Knuckles draw towards the heels.

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So you'll feel this lift up

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through the front of
the shoulder, the chest.

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Keep this low, 
don't overdo it, inhale in.

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Exhale, just lift the
head and the chest.

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Keep your gaze down.

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Breathing here.

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Squeezing the legs.

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Drawing the shoulders 
away from the ears.

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Tuck your chin so
you feel that length

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in the back of the neck.

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You're here for three,
breathe deep, two, on the one,

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with control slowly release.

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Press back up to all fours.

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I'm not that mean,

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so take a nice
Extended Child's Pose here.

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Send the hips back, 
walk the fingertips forward.

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A little counter love
for those half push-ups.

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You're gonna
bring the palms together,

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and then all the
way up and back.

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As you walk the elbows, 
inch them forward.

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Should feel a nice
stretch in the arms,

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particularly the triceps here.

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Draw the deltoids, draw the
tops of the shoulders down.

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Feel nice stretch in
the shoulder girdle,

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and you have a little shark fin.

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Namaste shark fin up and
over your head here, breathe.

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Listen.

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You find the
strength to stay curious

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to keep coming
back for self-inquiry

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through the
relationship with our breath.

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You find that ocean sound

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and here's a great
place to remember,

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and a reminder that
that sound is for you.

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It's not for anyone else.

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It's for you and
maybe a higher power

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if you wish, right?

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It's between you
and your angels.

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How about that?
Okay, release the arms.

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Come on up.

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Now cue Jock Jams.
(imitates techno music)

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(laughing) into Downward Dog.

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Hips up high and back.

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Inhale in here.

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Exhale.

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Alright, walk it all the way up,

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baby steps to the top
of the mat, Forward Fold.

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So you know your body best.

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I'm gonna invite you to
bring the feet hip width apart.

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Sorry, feet together.

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Excuse me, but if you
need to go hip width apart,

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you are the boss.

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Bend the knees,
drop the hips down low.

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Drape the front body
over the lower body here.

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Nice loving stretch 
to the low back.

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Then when you're ready,

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ground your all
four corners of the feet

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and let's roll it up to Mountain,
nice and slow.

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When you get there,
stand up tall.

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Find your center, 
lift the heart.

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And then we'll reach behind,

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interlace the fingertips again,

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draw the knuckles down and away,
open up through the chest.

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Inhale in here.

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Exhale, you're gonna
lift the right knee again

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as if it were on a
marionette string.

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We've practiced this before,

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and if you're not necessarily
balancing on one leg here,

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it's okay to take a break,
come back and give it a try.

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So this can be a process
is what I'm trying to say.

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It doesn't have to be like,
boom, hit your mark. (chuckles)

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So you just kind of
want to start to integrate

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these muscles that

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help us balance on one leg.

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Find your breath.

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So we're not just
kind of holding on

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for a wing and a prayer,

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we're really building the
strength from the inside out.

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Cool, lower the right leg down.

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Inhale, lift your heart again.

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Exhale, Forward Fold,

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diving down fingertips 
stay interlaced,

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but you can square
off the wrists here.

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So open up a little bit.

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Peek at me, if you need to.

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Good, then feet together,
really together.

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We're gonna bend the knees,

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send the hips back,
fingertips go back,

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release the bind
then they go down,

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and then forward as if you're
holding your big beach ball,

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Utkatasana, Chair Pose.

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Drop your center, get down low.

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Lift the toes, press in
all four corners of the feet.

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Low back is long here.

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Sink a little lower, inhale in.

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Exhale, send the
fingertips back,

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airplane arms.

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Good, inhale, send them forward.
You got this.

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Exhale, send them back,
airplane arms.

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Stay low, inhale, reach forward.

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Last one, exhale, airplane arms.

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Then fingertips
go down to come up.

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We rise up,
straighten through the legs.

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Reach for the sky, and
exhale fingertips resting gently

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down at your side.

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Second side, interlace
the fingertips behind.

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This time the thumb that
feels a little bit funky,

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put that one on top,

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so the bind that feels a
little more interesting.

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Knuckles draw down and away,

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we open up through
the pecs, the chest.

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Oh take in this moment, breathe.

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Just coming out
of our shells here,

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where we spend so
many hours on the phone

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or scrolling or
working on the computer,

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or even journaling our feelings,

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because wow what a
time we are living in.

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So open up through your heart.

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Lift up from the pelvic floor.

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Find your center, inhale in.

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Exhale, use this grounding
down of the knuckles

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and all four
corners of the right foot

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to lift that left knee up,
standing one-legged Tadasana.

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Again, it can be a process.

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We're working, we're here
for practice, not perfection.

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Said the perfectionist, 
so it's all good, we're human.

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We're working here,
building strength.

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Beautiful, inhale in.

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Exhale, left leg to the ground.

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Keep the bind.

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We're gonna slowly
dive forward into the fold.

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Keep the bind
square at the wrist.

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Nice for the forearms here.

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The shoulder, of course.

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Now here we go, bend
your knees generously.

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Try to keep the shins
perpendicular to the earth,

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I know it's difficult.

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Send the hips back.

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Ground through all four corners.

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Here we go,
knuckles go back and down.

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We release the bind,
and forward.

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Benji exits the frame,
and Utkatasana, here we go.

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Energy in the fingertips.

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Sit down low.

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This is the only 
round of this so let's

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find our appropriate edge.

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Inhale in.

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Exhale, send the fingertips back

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drop your center, airplane arms.

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Neck is nice and long,
low back is as well.

259
00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,278
Inhale, reach forward.
Sit back low.

260
00:12:52,278 --> 00:12:54,640
Use this reaching
forward to counterweight.

261
00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:55,860
Send the hips back.

262
00:12:55,860 --> 00:12:59,710
Good, and then fingertips
back for airplane arms.

263
00:12:59,710 --> 00:13:01,023
Inhale, reach forward.

264
00:13:02,060 --> 00:13:04,110
Exhale, send it back.

265
00:13:04,110 --> 00:13:06,060
Beautiful fingertips,
go down to come up.

266
00:13:06,060 --> 00:13:08,130
Inhale, reach for the sky.

267
00:13:08,130 --> 00:13:10,630
Exhale, this time
palms come together

268
00:13:10,630 --> 00:13:13,750
and slide back 
to your heart space.

269
00:13:13,750 --> 00:13:16,700
Inhale in here.
Try to control the breath.

270
00:13:16,700 --> 00:13:20,940
Exhale, thumbs to the chest,
lift your chest to the thumb.

271
00:13:20,940 --> 00:13:23,339
See if you can
feel your heartbeat.

272
00:13:25,387 --> 00:13:26,870
Beautiful.

273
00:13:26,870 --> 00:13:28,640
Now turn to the side.

274
00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:30,810
We're gonna keep the
palms together at the heart.

275
00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:33,010
We're gonna walk the
feet just a little bit wider

276
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than hip width apart.

277
00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,840
Toes pointing out,
heels in of course.

278
00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,876
Inhale, lift your
sternum to your thumbs.

279
00:13:42,350 --> 00:13:44,450
Exhale, draw the
shoulder blades together,

280
00:13:44,450 --> 00:13:46,540
and feel them
kind of grounding down

281
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melting down the back body.

282
00:13:48,130 --> 00:13:49,940
So again, we have this loop.

283
00:13:49,940 --> 00:13:52,270
We have this
lift in this ground,

284
00:13:52,270 --> 00:13:54,860
and in this Goddess Pose 
that we're headed into,

285
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you can think of of
those two opposing energies

286
00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:02,600
working together, finding
yourself in between the two.

287
00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:07,103
Finding that effort and
marrying it with the ease,

288
00:14:08,940 --> 00:14:14,380
building strength with grace.

289
00:14:16,020 --> 00:14:19,210
Todo, all of it, okay,
here we go, inhale.

290
00:14:19,210 --> 00:14:20,620
Exhale, drop that center down.

291
00:14:20,620 --> 00:14:21,860
So this doesn't
happen at the knees.

292
00:14:21,860 --> 00:14:24,840
This happens because
we send our center down.

293
00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:28,233
So the knees bend so that
we can do that appropriately.

294
00:14:29,140 --> 00:14:31,740
And we're pressing into
the outer edges of the feet

295
00:14:31,740 --> 00:14:34,550
compared to this wide
legged stance we've done before.

296
00:14:34,550 --> 00:14:36,890
This should feel
really manageable,

297
00:14:36,890 --> 00:14:39,336
but if not use your tools.

298
00:14:40,210 --> 00:14:44,030
Inhale in, exhale
sink a little bit lower.

299
00:14:44,030 --> 00:14:47,880
And then slowly, we're going
to open the arms, cactus arms.

300
00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,160
Try to get the elbow in
line with the shoulders

301
00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:51,450
so you can peek, if you need to.

302
00:14:51,450 --> 00:14:53,290
Elbow in line with the shoulder.

303
00:14:53,290 --> 00:14:57,120
Palms are open,
fingertips are spread.

304
00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,680
Inhale in. Exhale, bring
the palms and the elbows

305
00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:02,910
in towards center to touch.

306
00:15:02,910 --> 00:15:04,393
Good, inhale, open.

307
00:15:05,420 --> 00:15:07,450
Exhale, close.

308
00:15:07,450 --> 00:15:08,880
Head over heart,
heart over pelvis.

309
00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:09,983
Inhale, open.

310
00:15:10,980 --> 00:15:12,840
Exhale, close.

311
00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:13,750
Stay down low.

312
00:15:13,750 --> 00:15:15,985
Inhale, open.

313
00:15:15,985 --> 00:15:18,590
Exhale, close,
drop your center.

314
00:15:18,590 --> 00:15:22,250
Inhale, open, and exhale close.

315
00:15:22,250 --> 00:15:24,880
Beautiful, interlace
the fingertips here.

316
00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:27,140
Stay down low.
Keep the fingertips interlaced

317
00:15:27,140 --> 00:15:28,460
as you press the palms forward.

318
00:15:28,460 --> 00:15:30,330
Maybe you sink down even lower

319
00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:31,900
and then straighten the legs

320
00:15:31,900 --> 00:15:34,170
as you send the
palms all the way up.

321
00:15:34,170 --> 00:15:36,380
Back down, hands in
line with the heart,

322
00:15:36,380 --> 00:15:39,769
bend the knees,
drop it and lift.

323
00:15:39,769 --> 00:15:41,850
Straighten the legs.

324
00:15:41,850 --> 00:15:45,633
Drop, inhale, lift.

325
00:15:47,010 --> 00:15:48,423
Exhale, drop.

326
00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:50,940
Inhale, lift.

327
00:15:50,940 --> 00:15:52,520
Changing to Steeple Grip here.

328
00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:54,940
Drop it, keep the
fingertips interlaced.

329
00:15:54,940 --> 00:15:57,210
But now index
fingers pointing forward.

330
00:15:57,210 --> 00:15:58,300
Inhale, lift.

331
00:15:58,300 --> 00:16:01,053
You got this. 
Exhale, drop.

332
00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,630
Inhale, lift, you got it.

333
00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:05,800
Exhale, drop.

334
00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:07,393
Last one, inhale, lift.

335
00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:09,850
Exhale, drop.

336
00:16:09,850 --> 00:16:11,740
Now from here, hands
come to the waistline.

337
00:16:11,740 --> 00:16:13,900
Lift your right heel,
you got it.

338
00:16:13,900 --> 00:16:15,380
Drop it down,
lift your left heel.

339
00:16:15,380 --> 00:16:17,220
You got this.

340
00:16:17,220 --> 00:16:19,120
Drop both heels, here we go.

341
00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:19,953
All the way up.

342
00:16:19,953 --> 00:16:21,750
Hands can stay on the waistline

343
00:16:21,750 --> 00:16:23,730
or they can come
together in prayer

344
00:16:23,730 --> 00:16:26,060
or all the way up to the sky,
spread your fingertips,

345
00:16:26,060 --> 00:16:27,270
imagine you're
holding a big beach ball,

346
00:16:27,270 --> 00:16:29,250
up and overhead, lift the heels.

347
00:16:29,250 --> 00:16:30,350
We're here for, whoa.

348
00:16:30,350 --> 00:16:33,930
Three, two, one.

349
00:16:33,930 --> 00:16:35,940
Drop the heels,
reach for the sky.

350
00:16:35,940 --> 00:16:37,860
Everyone straighten the legs.

351
00:16:37,860 --> 00:16:39,710
Star Pose, send
it nice and wide,

352
00:16:39,710 --> 00:16:41,250
so you're gonna widen the feet.

353
00:16:41,250 --> 00:16:44,280
Take up space on your mat,
spread the fingertips.

354
00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,923
Inhale in, biggest breath
you've taken all day.

355
00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:52,680
And exhale, floating the
fingertips back to prayer.

356
00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:54,570
Shimmying the feet
back underneath you.

357
00:16:54,570 --> 00:16:59,780
Or you can hop the feet
together underneath you.

358
00:16:59,780 --> 00:17:03,680
Come back to
standing in Mountain Pose,

359
00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:07,030
releasing the
fingertips and we'll return

360
00:17:07,030 --> 00:17:08,967
to the top of the mat.

361
00:17:11,860 --> 00:17:14,010
Take a second here, 
notice how you feel.

362
00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:17,870
Feel those strong muscles
of your legs kind of burning,

363
00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:19,262
whispering your name.

364
00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,013
Mine are going, Adriene.

365
00:17:23,758 --> 00:17:25,414
Yo, Adriene.

366
00:17:27,333 --> 00:17:31,550
That's the first time I
think I've done that to myself.

367
00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:33,040
Hey, there's a
first for everything.

368
00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:35,250
Reach for the sky, inhale in.

369
00:17:35,250 --> 00:17:37,143
Exhale, fold it down.

370
00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,150
Bend your knees, come
into a nice low squat.

371
00:17:41,150 --> 00:17:43,410
From here nice and easy.

372
00:17:43,410 --> 00:17:46,650
Use your hands to come
all the way back to a seat.

373
00:17:46,650 --> 00:17:48,710
Can center yourself on your mat.

374
00:17:48,710 --> 00:17:52,090
Keep the knees
lifted feet on the ground.

375
00:17:52,090 --> 00:17:55,170
Then bring those toes up
so the heels are digging in.

376
00:17:55,170 --> 00:17:56,930
We're gonna bring the
palms together at the heart.

377
00:17:56,930 --> 00:17:59,020
My knees are in line
with the hip points here,

378
00:17:59,020 --> 00:18:01,220
and slowly I'm going
to inhale, lift my chest.

379
00:18:01,220 --> 00:18:03,960
And exhale, just lean back.

380
00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:08,960
I'm using my heels to dig down,
my core's obviously on.

381
00:18:09,430 --> 00:18:13,483
Inhale in here, exhale, 
I'm going to twist to the left.

382
00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,903
Inhale to center, and
exhale twist to the right.

383
00:18:19,210 --> 00:18:20,500
Inhale to center.

384
00:18:20,500 --> 00:18:21,963
Exhale, twist to the left.

385
00:18:23,260 --> 00:18:26,680
Inhale to center,
exhale, twist to the right.

386
00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:27,690
One more on each side.

387
00:18:27,690 --> 00:18:29,553
Inhale, exhale.

388
00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,200
Inhale, exhale, beautiful.

389
00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,513
Extend the legs,
reach for the toes.

390
00:18:37,513 --> 00:18:40,080
Don't have to touch them,
just reaching forward.

391
00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:43,340
Now point the toes and
slowly keep reaching forward,

392
00:18:43,340 --> 00:18:44,173
reaching forward.

393
00:18:44,173 --> 00:18:45,870
We're going to
roll down with control,

394
00:18:45,870 --> 00:18:46,880
slow as you can go.

395
00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,180
Nice and slow,
keep reaching forward.

396
00:18:49,180 --> 00:18:53,310
Eventually the 
heart and the head

397
00:18:53,310 --> 00:18:55,980
come to the earth.

398
00:18:55,980 --> 00:18:57,833
We'll hug the right knee in.

399
00:19:00,290 --> 00:19:04,170
And then take it over to
the left for a little twist.

400
00:19:04,170 --> 00:19:07,837
Right arm opens,
close your eyes, breathe.

401
00:19:11,190 --> 00:19:13,600
And then slowly melt
it back towards center

402
00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:15,943
and switch, 
hug the left knee in,

403
00:19:17,350 --> 00:19:21,030
and then guide it over to
the right for a little twist.

404
00:19:21,030 --> 00:19:23,857
Close your eyes, breathe.

405
00:19:32,350 --> 00:19:35,610
And then back to center,
hug both knees into the chest.

406
00:19:35,610 --> 00:19:37,260
Option to peel the nose,

407
00:19:37,260 --> 00:19:39,770
lift the head up
towards the knees.

408
00:19:39,770 --> 00:19:41,050
Doesn't matter
if they come close,

409
00:19:41,050 --> 00:19:43,700
just lifting up best you can,

410
00:19:43,700 --> 00:19:45,400
feeling that
pressure in the low back.

411
00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:46,713
Nice and easy.

412
00:19:47,700 --> 00:19:50,232
I should say compression
rather than pressure,

413
00:19:50,232 --> 00:19:52,260
more accurate.

414
00:19:52,260 --> 00:19:54,720
And then slowly
release the head,

415
00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,410
bring the
shoulders to the earth,

416
00:19:56,410 --> 00:19:57,950
bring the palms to the knees,

417
00:19:57,950 --> 00:20:00,780
and then just let
the low back lift up

418
00:20:00,780 --> 00:20:04,210
as you kick the knees out
and just soft ankles here.

419
00:20:04,210 --> 00:20:07,840
Just neutralizing little bit
in the low back and the spine.

420
00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,200
You can tick tock a
little bit side to side,

421
00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:11,733
if it feels right.

422
00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,930
Then bring the feet 
down to the earth.

423
00:20:18,930 --> 00:20:21,943
Relax the legs out, inhale in.

424
00:20:23,090 --> 00:20:25,160
Exhale, breathing
out through the mouth,

425
00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,790
through the lips here.

426
00:20:27,790 --> 00:20:31,290
And one more time like that,
inhale in through the nose.

427
00:20:31,290 --> 00:20:34,345
Let's sigh it out.

428
00:20:36,340 --> 00:20:40,624
Take a second, close your 
eyelids, get really still.

429
00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:46,653
Strength in surrender.

430
00:20:48,190 --> 00:20:51,940
Practice of surrendering to that

431
00:20:51,940 --> 00:20:55,676
which is beyond your control.

432
00:20:57,810 --> 00:21:01,750
And also this
very special strength

433
00:21:01,750 --> 00:21:03,945
that comes from stillness.

434
00:21:07,730 --> 00:21:12,220
It's not always harder, faster,
stronger, more,

435
00:21:12,220 --> 00:21:14,440
check, check,
check all the boxes,

436
00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:19,704
but knowing when to be still.

437
00:21:24,630 --> 00:21:29,223
I find great strength in that.

438
00:21:44,940 --> 00:21:47,174
Breathe easy here.

439
00:21:51,850 --> 00:21:53,613
Love strength and stillness.

440
00:21:53,613 --> 00:21:58,290
It's like if you're
brave and courageous,

441
00:21:58,290 --> 00:22:00,250
sometimes you're
gonna cross the line,

442
00:22:00,250 --> 00:22:04,963
or you're gonna lose your
footing or your consciousness.

443
00:22:06,490 --> 00:22:09,490
And instead of getting
tripped up over your mistakes

444
00:22:09,490 --> 00:22:11,360
or whatever it is,

445
00:22:13,710 --> 00:22:16,803
you find strength 
in just pausing,

446
00:22:18,660 --> 00:22:20,687
getting real still.

447
00:22:23,070 --> 00:22:26,373
And then starting again
with your consciousness,

448
00:22:27,470 --> 00:22:29,189
with your breath.

449
00:22:37,950 --> 00:22:40,490
Well, that's resonating
with me, I don't know about you.

450
00:22:40,490 --> 00:22:43,410
Bring the palms together.
(chuckles)

451
00:22:43,410 --> 00:22:44,830
Yes or no, it's okay.

452
00:22:44,830 --> 00:22:46,900
Thanks for being here,

453
00:22:46,900 --> 00:22:51,900
for taking the time to be
with yourself and to be with me.

454
00:22:53,210 --> 00:22:56,360
I appreciate you sharing
your valuable time and energy

455
00:22:56,360 --> 00:22:58,800
with me and with the
Yoga With Adriene community.

456
00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:00,650
Bring the thumbs
up to the third eye.

457
00:23:02,179 --> 00:23:05,270
Trust that the
nutrients of your practice

458
00:23:05,270 --> 00:23:07,737
have settled in,
that it's working.

459
00:23:11,090 --> 00:23:12,730
I'll see you tomorrow.

460
00:23:12,730 --> 00:23:14,193
Take good care.

461
00:23:15,140 --> 00:23:19,450
Inhale in, and final
breath here for today,

462
00:23:19,450 --> 00:23:21,578
together we whisper,

463
00:23:21,578 --> 00:23:23,203
Namaste.

464
00:23:25,053 --> 00:23:30,027
(bright upbeat piano music)