1 00:00:00,330 --> 00:00:01,250 - Hello, everyone. 2 00:00:01,250 --> 00:00:03,850 Welcome to BREATH, your 30 day yoga journey. 3 00:00:03,850 --> 00:00:08,210 It's Day 24, Rejuvenate. 4 00:00:08,210 --> 00:00:10,262 Let's get started. 5 00:00:10,262 --> 00:00:14,391 (bright upbeat piano music) 6 00:00:28,060 --> 00:00:30,110 Alright, let's begin in a nice, 7 00:00:30,110 --> 00:00:32,190 comfortable seat of your choice. 8 00:00:32,190 --> 00:00:34,210 Sit up on a little something if you like. 9 00:00:34,210 --> 00:00:36,830 Bring the hands to the belly. 10 00:00:36,830 --> 00:00:40,390 And we're gonna jump right in as we are kicking off 11 00:00:40,390 --> 00:00:44,350 our final week of BREATH, 12 00:00:44,350 --> 00:00:46,280 a 30 day yoga journey. 13 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:47,923 Benji's on watch here. 14 00:00:49,010 --> 00:00:51,560 Start to lift up through the heart, 15 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,480 the chest kind of lifting towards the chin. 16 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,323 Chin gently lifting to the sky. 17 00:00:59,350 --> 00:01:01,180 Shoulder blades melting down. 18 00:01:01,180 --> 00:01:03,318 Tag a little weight in the elbows. 19 00:01:05,580 --> 00:01:08,140 So to rejuvenate. 20 00:01:09,070 --> 00:01:12,880 The practice won't always leave you feeling rejuvenated. 21 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:13,989 Right? 22 00:01:15,170 --> 00:01:19,440 But I love this idea of coming into close contact with 23 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,030 what it feels like and kind of understanding and knowing 24 00:01:22,030 --> 00:01:26,320 what it feels like and what it means to 25 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:30,990 bring new energy to something or bring something, 26 00:01:30,990 --> 00:01:33,530 excuse me, bring energy to something at all. 27 00:01:33,530 --> 00:01:36,290 So often we're kind of energizing things 28 00:01:36,290 --> 00:01:38,560 that are not serving us. (laughs) 29 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,290 Whether it's through our thoughts, actions, 30 00:01:41,290 --> 00:01:45,270 our daily rituals, our habits, of course. 31 00:01:45,270 --> 00:01:49,670 So just a little food for thought here 32 00:01:49,670 --> 00:01:52,230 as we move through the practice today. 33 00:01:52,230 --> 00:01:54,210 We're gonna begin with breath of fire, 34 00:01:54,210 --> 00:01:57,520 Kapalabhati, to stir the pot. 35 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:02,685 Energetically give you a little juice for today's flow. 36 00:02:04,930 --> 00:02:07,005 Inhale in through the nose. 37 00:02:08,370 --> 00:02:10,303 Exhale out through the nose. 38 00:02:11,980 --> 00:02:13,891 Inhale in through the nose. 39 00:02:15,290 --> 00:02:16,630 Exhale out through the nose. 40 00:02:16,630 --> 00:02:18,280 Place one hand on top of the other 41 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:22,260 so you have a nice little 42 00:02:22,260 --> 00:02:23,930 marker for where you're moving. 43 00:02:23,930 --> 00:02:25,310 You can even bring fists here. 44 00:02:25,310 --> 00:02:29,130 And just a reminder, on the exhale where we are, 45 00:02:29,130 --> 00:02:30,950 excuse me, drawing the navel in sharply. 46 00:02:30,950 --> 00:02:33,313 Inhale is passive, exhale is sharp. 47 00:02:34,170 --> 00:02:35,810 Sit up nice and tall. 48 00:02:35,810 --> 00:02:39,910 We'll try to lose this cool move 49 00:02:39,910 --> 00:02:41,710 and really isolate it to the belly. 50 00:02:41,710 --> 00:02:44,070 And this is a practice so just do your best. 51 00:02:44,070 --> 00:02:46,850 If you fall off the tracks 52 00:02:46,850 --> 00:02:49,080 just come back whenever you're ready. 53 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:50,753 Alright, here we go. 54 00:02:52,180 --> 00:02:54,403 Breath of fire, Kapalabhati breath. 55 00:02:55,930 --> 00:02:58,880 Just inhale and exhale. 56 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:02,720 Evenly for nothing and then we'll begin. 57 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,100 Ready? 58 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:05,743 Inhale in through the nose. 59 00:03:07,810 --> 00:03:10,590 And exhale out completely. 60 00:03:10,590 --> 00:03:12,491 And we begin. 61 00:03:40,740 --> 00:03:42,510 Keep it going. 62 00:03:42,510 --> 00:03:44,550 Soften your gaze. Close your eyes. 63 00:03:44,550 --> 00:03:45,460 Find your rhythm. 64 00:03:45,460 --> 00:03:48,130 If you fall out of the rhythm, you'll come right back to it. 65 00:03:48,130 --> 00:03:51,955 Keep the shoulders relaxed, skin of the face relaxed. 66 00:04:12,050 --> 00:04:15,170 Then inhale in through the nose. 67 00:04:15,170 --> 00:04:16,880 Hands rest on the knees or thighs 68 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,459 as you slowly exhale out through the nose. 69 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,010 Pause, remain still. 70 00:04:23,010 --> 00:04:26,993 Just take one second here to notice how you feel. 71 00:04:32,150 --> 00:04:34,690 And then bat the eyelashes open. 72 00:04:34,690 --> 00:04:39,510 Sway your head, your neck, your shoulders a little one way 73 00:04:39,510 --> 00:04:41,087 and then the other. 74 00:04:42,810 --> 00:04:47,090 Alright, we have a week more together, 75 00:04:47,090 --> 00:04:48,500 and then hopefully many more 76 00:04:48,500 --> 00:04:53,790 as this journey is designed to inspire you 77 00:04:53,790 --> 00:04:57,593 to keep showing up for regular home practice. 78 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,330 We're swaying. 79 00:05:00,330 --> 00:05:02,793 Benji's up and so are we. Let's join him. 80 00:05:02,793 --> 00:05:04,340 We're gonna use that swaying motion 81 00:05:04,340 --> 00:05:07,940 to come forward onto all fours. 82 00:05:07,940 --> 00:05:11,480 You can push your pillow or blanket 83 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:12,970 or block or towel aside 84 00:05:12,970 --> 00:05:16,120 and we're gonna find Tabletop Position here, 85 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,770 but we're gonna sway the hips a little left to right. 86 00:05:19,750 --> 00:05:21,160 Knees underneath the hip points. 87 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,540 Wrists underneath the shoulders. 88 00:05:23,540 --> 00:05:25,600 From here we're gonna take this swaying motion, 89 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:30,170 and we're gonna start to move the rib cage in a circle. 90 00:05:30,170 --> 00:05:31,620 So we've been doing Cat-Cow. 91 00:05:31,620 --> 00:05:33,420 You're gonna think about dropping the rib cage 92 00:05:33,420 --> 00:05:35,270 and then lifting it up. 93 00:05:35,270 --> 00:05:37,810 Dropping the rib cage and lifting it up. 94 00:05:37,810 --> 00:05:41,133 And see what that does to the lumbar. 95 00:05:43,390 --> 00:05:47,337 Feel that sensation as you move 96 00:05:47,337 --> 00:05:51,150 the lower back, the lower spine. 97 00:05:51,150 --> 00:05:55,265 And then pay attention to any sensation in the mid back 98 00:05:58,070 --> 00:05:59,190 as well. 99 00:05:59,190 --> 00:06:02,350 Alright, reverse the direction you're moving in. 100 00:06:02,350 --> 00:06:04,790 Gettin' funky in the final week. 101 00:06:04,790 --> 00:06:10,253 Moving at a nice pace with your breath here. 102 00:06:14,350 --> 00:06:17,020 Alright, then bring the big toes to touch. 103 00:06:17,020 --> 00:06:19,480 Walk the knees as wide as your mat. 104 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,470 Keep the left hand where it is. 105 00:06:21,470 --> 00:06:24,270 Press into the tops of the feet and slowly inhale, 106 00:06:24,270 --> 00:06:26,760 reach the right fingertips all the way up towards the sky. 107 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,110 Big twist here, inhale in. 108 00:06:29,110 --> 00:06:30,890 Exhale, thread the needle. 109 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:32,350 Right fingertips come in 110 00:06:32,350 --> 00:06:34,670 and underneath the bridge of the left arm. 111 00:06:34,670 --> 00:06:36,840 You come to rest on. 112 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:37,970 I'm eating my braid hair. 113 00:06:37,970 --> 00:06:39,113 Sorry, my ponytail. 114 00:06:40,550 --> 00:06:43,300 Come to rest on your right ear, right shoulder, excuse me. 115 00:06:43,300 --> 00:06:44,820 Left fingertips are gonna reach 116 00:06:44,820 --> 00:06:46,870 all the way towards the front of the mat. 117 00:06:48,290 --> 00:06:50,560 And then we're gonna pull the right hip crease 118 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,580 towards the right side of your mat. 119 00:06:52,580 --> 00:06:54,208 Breathe deep here. 120 00:06:58,666 --> 00:07:01,310 And then slowly press yourself back up. 121 00:07:01,310 --> 00:07:02,940 Right hand comes to the earth. 122 00:07:02,940 --> 00:07:05,050 Inhale, left fingertips up towards the sky. 123 00:07:05,050 --> 00:07:06,647 Big breath, big stretch. 124 00:07:07,610 --> 00:07:09,629 Exhale, thread the needle. 125 00:07:11,020 --> 00:07:12,690 Right fingertips reach forward. 126 00:07:12,690 --> 00:07:16,660 Should feel this nice, beautiful stretch 127 00:07:16,660 --> 00:07:20,160 and opening in the left upper back body. 128 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,543 That scap area, we're twisting. 129 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:27,400 We're breathing. 130 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,610 We're pulling the left waistline, 131 00:07:30,610 --> 00:07:32,740 the left hip crease towards the left here. 132 00:07:32,740 --> 00:07:35,600 Should feel nice love in the left low back. 133 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,220 Good, and then slow and steady as you're ready, 134 00:07:39,220 --> 00:07:41,670 make your way back up. 135 00:07:41,670 --> 00:07:42,930 Spread the fingertips. 136 00:07:42,930 --> 00:07:44,740 Walk the knees back underneath the hips. 137 00:07:44,740 --> 00:07:45,950 Curl the toes under. 138 00:07:45,950 --> 00:07:49,093 Hips up high and back, Downward Facing Dog. 139 00:07:51,030 --> 00:07:52,900 Pedal it out here for a couple of breaths. 140 00:07:52,900 --> 00:07:57,090 Keep pressing into the knuckles and the fingerprints. 141 00:07:57,090 --> 00:08:00,051 So there's hardly any pressure in the wrists here. 142 00:08:01,860 --> 00:08:02,998 Benji. 143 00:08:05,450 --> 00:08:06,501 Alright. 144 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:09,990 Now find stillness. 145 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:13,300 Turn your toes inward so you feel that inner rotation 146 00:08:13,300 --> 00:08:15,543 of the shin, the knee, the thighbone. 147 00:08:16,500 --> 00:08:18,263 The hip. 148 00:08:19,230 --> 00:08:21,470 Good, then you're gonna bend just your right knee, 149 00:08:21,470 --> 00:08:25,070 just your right knee, and slowly turn to look 150 00:08:25,970 --> 00:08:27,911 under your left armpit chest. 151 00:08:29,540 --> 00:08:30,700 Good. Then drop the right heel. 152 00:08:30,700 --> 00:08:32,320 Bend just the left knee, 153 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,070 and move slowly, turn to look 154 00:08:35,070 --> 00:08:37,174 underneath your right armpit chest. 155 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:40,490 Good, then slowly come back to center. 156 00:08:40,490 --> 00:08:43,130 Bend both knees, inhale, look forward. 157 00:08:43,130 --> 00:08:45,917 And exhale to make your way to the top. 158 00:08:47,850 --> 00:08:51,590 Uttanasana, Standing Forward Fold at the top of your mat, 159 00:08:51,590 --> 00:08:53,170 feet hip width apart or flush together. 160 00:08:53,170 --> 00:08:55,252 You know what to do here, breathe. 161 00:08:56,740 --> 00:08:59,960 Good. Spread awareness through all four corners of the feet. 162 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:02,090 Bend your knees. 163 00:09:02,090 --> 00:09:04,200 And then there's an option here today 164 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,420 to walk the hands underneath the feet. 165 00:09:07,420 --> 00:09:08,530 Now, I'll walk you through it. 166 00:09:08,530 --> 00:09:10,870 So you're gonna take your hands, 167 00:09:10,870 --> 00:09:13,270 toes meet at the wrist line, 168 00:09:13,270 --> 00:09:16,280 and you can do one at a time or both at the same time. 169 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,010 If you feel pretty stable here, or you've been here before, 170 00:09:19,010 --> 00:09:20,860 make sure to relax the weight of your head over, 171 00:09:20,860 --> 00:09:26,110 and you can wiggle your toes here to massage the wrists, 172 00:09:26,110 --> 00:09:27,543 base of the palm. 173 00:09:28,350 --> 00:09:31,720 Maybe shifting a little forward and back. 174 00:09:34,870 --> 00:09:38,920 Getting intimate with the sound of your breath here. 175 00:09:40,950 --> 00:09:46,383 Bringing a new energy to the practice 176 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:52,968 to your commitment for this final week. 177 00:09:54,890 --> 00:09:57,750 Okay, release the hands nice and slow 178 00:09:57,750 --> 00:10:00,246 and start to roll it up to standing. 179 00:10:12,580 --> 00:10:15,020 Take a second to check in with the head, 180 00:10:15,020 --> 00:10:17,530 the neck, the shoulders. 181 00:10:17,530 --> 00:10:21,085 Maybe looping the shoulders one way and then the other. 182 00:10:22,620 --> 00:10:27,620 Then step your feet a little bit wider than hip width apart. 183 00:10:27,620 --> 00:10:28,930 Hands come to the waistline, 184 00:10:28,930 --> 00:10:32,800 and we're gonna move the hips in a circular motion one way 185 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:36,760 and then the other. 186 00:10:41,180 --> 00:10:43,410 So think about what it means to rejuvenate, 187 00:10:43,410 --> 00:10:45,840 like bring new energy. 188 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,473 Can you kind of get out of your head? 189 00:10:49,540 --> 00:10:51,460 ♪ And into my car ♪ Just Kidding. 190 00:10:51,460 --> 00:10:52,130 Get out of your head 191 00:10:52,130 --> 00:10:54,540 and kind of into your body in a new way for this final week. 192 00:10:54,540 --> 00:10:55,993 Can we just be open to that? 193 00:10:58,380 --> 00:11:00,237 Take it the other way. 194 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:06,170 And then one more time switching the directions 195 00:11:06,170 --> 00:11:08,368 like you're hula-hooping here. 196 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:11,730 Alright, then without looking down, 197 00:11:11,730 --> 00:11:12,810 you know the ground is there. 198 00:11:12,810 --> 00:11:15,480 Again, see feelingly as you bring the feet together 199 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:17,843 really together and inhale, reach for the sky. 200 00:11:18,740 --> 00:11:21,672 Good, exhale, Forward Fold all the way down. 201 00:11:22,790 --> 00:11:25,680 Inhale, halfway lift with airplane arms. 202 00:11:25,680 --> 00:11:27,930 Now, pause here. Keep breathing. 203 00:11:27,930 --> 00:11:30,450 So the front body is hugging up to meet the back body 204 00:11:30,450 --> 00:11:33,640 so that the low back is nice and long here. 205 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:35,130 I just caught myself locking out my knees. 206 00:11:35,130 --> 00:11:38,770 So soft bend in the knees, airplane arms. 207 00:11:38,770 --> 00:11:41,250 Imagine you're pressing the palms face down 208 00:11:41,250 --> 00:11:43,210 into a hard surface. 209 00:11:43,210 --> 00:11:45,980 It's imaginary obviously, but pressing here. 210 00:11:45,980 --> 00:11:47,420 So there's energy. 211 00:11:47,420 --> 00:11:49,870 And then lengthen a little more through the neck if you can 212 00:11:49,870 --> 00:11:51,590 as you draw the shoulder blades together. 213 00:11:51,590 --> 00:11:52,550 It's a lot. 214 00:11:52,550 --> 00:11:54,810 Good, inhale in here again. 215 00:11:54,810 --> 00:11:56,590 And exhale to let it all go. 216 00:11:56,590 --> 00:11:59,791 Shake the head loose. Wiggle the fingertips. 217 00:12:01,543 --> 00:12:03,470 Fingertips come to the earth. 218 00:12:03,470 --> 00:12:05,430 We're gonna slide the left toes back. 219 00:12:05,430 --> 00:12:07,560 Slide the left toes back. 220 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:10,360 And a nice and easy, left hand comes to the ground. 221 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:12,810 Right fingertips up to the sky as you breathe in. 222 00:12:14,170 --> 00:12:18,260 Exhale, right hand down, right foot back, Plank Pose. 223 00:12:18,260 --> 00:12:20,730 Big breath in here. 224 00:12:20,730 --> 00:12:23,025 Exhale, Downward Facing Dog. 225 00:12:26,110 --> 00:12:29,110 Beautiful. Inhale in again. 226 00:12:29,110 --> 00:12:31,270 Exhale, you're just gonna slide the left foot up 227 00:12:31,270 --> 00:12:32,679 nice and easy. 228 00:12:34,540 --> 00:12:36,130 Right hand to the earth. 229 00:12:36,130 --> 00:12:39,870 Inhale, left fingertips up high. Big breath, big twist here. 230 00:12:39,870 --> 00:12:42,090 And exhale nice and easy. 231 00:12:42,090 --> 00:12:44,880 Left hand comes down, stepping the left foot back. 232 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,480 We're warming up here nice and slow. 233 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:49,320 I'm gonna invite you to rock front 234 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:54,030 and then back in the toes. Front and back, front and back, 235 00:12:54,030 --> 00:12:55,690 front, and then the next time you go back, 236 00:12:55,690 --> 00:12:59,405 send the hips up high and back, Downward Facing Dog. 237 00:13:02,847 --> 00:13:05,830 Beautiful. Drop the left heel, inhale, 238 00:13:05,830 --> 00:13:07,470 lift the right leg up high. 239 00:13:07,470 --> 00:13:10,010 Bend the right knee. Stack the hips here. 240 00:13:10,010 --> 00:13:13,170 So you're gonna bring the right hip over the left here. 241 00:13:13,170 --> 00:13:15,410 I'm gonna try to press into both palms evenly 242 00:13:15,410 --> 00:13:17,670 and drop my right shoulder. 243 00:13:17,670 --> 00:13:19,430 Great, inhale in here. 244 00:13:19,430 --> 00:13:21,397 Exhale, step your right foot all the way up 245 00:13:21,397 --> 00:13:22,950 and through again. 246 00:13:22,950 --> 00:13:24,150 Pivot on the back foot. 247 00:13:24,150 --> 00:13:27,300 Inhale, fingertips reach up, Warrior I. 248 00:13:27,300 --> 00:13:28,600 Front knee stays bent. 249 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:32,380 As you exhale, open up to the left, Warrior II. 250 00:13:32,380 --> 00:13:34,070 Pull the pinkies back. 251 00:13:34,070 --> 00:13:37,100 Front knee stays bent, strong legs. 252 00:13:37,100 --> 00:13:38,840 Right fingertips all the way up and over. 253 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,210 Peaceful Warrior, inhale in. 254 00:13:41,210 --> 00:13:44,180 And exhale, cartwheel all the way back. 255 00:13:44,180 --> 00:13:46,210 Allow the hands to frame the foot. 256 00:13:46,210 --> 00:13:47,710 Come up on the fingertips. 257 00:13:47,710 --> 00:13:50,100 Then we're gonna step that back foot in halfway 258 00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:53,350 for a little Pyramid or modified Pyramid. 259 00:13:53,350 --> 00:13:55,360 So you can keep the heel lifted 260 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:57,840 if the legs are feeling really tight, 261 00:13:57,840 --> 00:13:59,930 or we can drop that back heel 262 00:13:59,930 --> 00:14:02,120 and start to work for that Pyramid Pose. 263 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,140 So it just depends on how long your muscles are today. 264 00:14:05,140 --> 00:14:08,656 Breathe deep, everyone. Pull the right hip crease back. 265 00:14:10,170 --> 00:14:13,160 Alright, option to bring the palms together here 266 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,990 at the heart. Inhale, halfway lift. 267 00:14:15,990 --> 00:14:19,430 And then exhale, fingertips, hands back to the mat. 268 00:14:19,430 --> 00:14:22,390 We'll kick the left foot back, come back to our lunge. 269 00:14:22,390 --> 00:14:24,140 Beautiful. Plant the palms here. 270 00:14:24,140 --> 00:14:25,800 Step the right toes back 271 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,940 and sending it all the way to the belly with control. 272 00:14:29,940 --> 00:14:31,450 Good. Inhale, Cobra. 273 00:14:31,450 --> 00:14:34,040 Breathe in, press into the tops of the feet. 274 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,430 Exhale, slowly release. 275 00:14:36,430 --> 00:14:38,640 Inhale, back up to Plank. 276 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,503 Quietly whisper to yourself, "I am strong." 277 00:14:42,390 --> 00:14:43,600 I am strong. 278 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,830 And then send the hips up high and back. 279 00:14:45,830 --> 00:14:48,600 If you missed the whisper that time, 280 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:50,464 you'll have another chance. 281 00:14:51,630 --> 00:14:53,270 Anchor the right heel. 282 00:14:53,270 --> 00:14:54,580 Inhale, Three-Legged Dog. 283 00:14:54,580 --> 00:14:56,430 We lift the left leg up high. 284 00:14:56,430 --> 00:15:00,160 So feel here, this even distribution of weight 285 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:01,530 between both palms. 286 00:15:01,530 --> 00:15:04,780 Shoulders are in the same plane. 287 00:15:04,780 --> 00:15:06,690 And then we'll bend the left knee, stack the hips, 288 00:15:06,690 --> 00:15:09,800 try to maintain that connection though, 289 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,780 even distribution of weight in the hands, 290 00:15:11,780 --> 00:15:13,180 shoulders in the same plane. 291 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:15,921 Breathe. 292 00:15:18,830 --> 00:15:21,570 And then slowly, guiding that left knee 293 00:15:21,570 --> 00:15:23,110 all the way up and through, 294 00:15:23,110 --> 00:15:25,090 stepping it lightly all the way up. 295 00:15:25,090 --> 00:15:27,530 Reminder, you can always use your left hand 296 00:15:27,530 --> 00:15:29,040 to guide that foot all the way up. 297 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:30,840 And when you're ready, pivot on the back foot. 298 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:32,760 Strong legs. 299 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:34,430 Sweep the fingertips forward, 300 00:15:34,430 --> 00:15:36,674 up and back, Warrior I. 301 00:15:37,790 --> 00:15:40,520 Press into the outer edge of your right foot. 302 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:44,850 And exhale, here we go, Warrior II, open it up wide. 303 00:15:44,850 --> 00:15:46,100 Front knee stays bent. 304 00:15:46,100 --> 00:15:51,081 Inhale, left fingertips reach forward, up and back, way back. 305 00:15:51,081 --> 00:15:54,200 And then exhale, cartwheel it all the way down. 306 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,880 Frame the left foot with your fingertips. 307 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,700 Step the back foot up halfway for Pyramid 308 00:15:59,700 --> 00:16:01,993 or modified Pyramid with the heel up. 309 00:16:03,140 --> 00:16:06,600 So there's a tiny micro bend in that front knee, 310 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:10,173 and we're all actively pulling the left hip crease back. 311 00:16:11,540 --> 00:16:14,500 We're not letting the rib cage splay down and forward 312 00:16:14,500 --> 00:16:17,440 but hugging it in, finding that containment, 313 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,244 finding our center. 314 00:16:20,820 --> 00:16:22,080 Beautiful. Breathe here. 315 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:26,220 Option to inhale, halfway lift palms together at the heart. 316 00:16:26,220 --> 00:16:29,683 Long, beautiful neck. Lots of core connection. 317 00:16:30,810 --> 00:16:33,280 And then exhale, release. 318 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,640 Everyone, kick that right foot all the way back 319 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:36,960 into your lunge. 320 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:40,300 Plant the palms. Step the left toes back. 321 00:16:40,300 --> 00:16:41,420 Okay, listen carefully. 322 00:16:41,420 --> 00:16:44,180 From here, we're gonna turn onto 323 00:16:44,180 --> 00:16:46,060 the outer edge of the right foot, 324 00:16:46,060 --> 00:16:47,800 inner arch of the left foot. 325 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,690 Peek at me if you need to. 326 00:16:49,690 --> 00:16:51,880 Now press away from your yoga mat with the right hand. 327 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:54,370 Take your left hand to your right rib cage. 328 00:16:54,370 --> 00:16:56,460 You got this. Then with your left hand, 329 00:16:56,460 --> 00:16:58,760 imagine you're smearing honey on your rib cage 330 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:02,200 as you open left fingertips all the way up towards the sky. 331 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:03,840 You can stack the feet here. 332 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,230 If this is much too much, bend your top knee, 333 00:17:07,230 --> 00:17:09,430 left foot comes to the ground for a nice kickstand. 334 00:17:09,430 --> 00:17:11,080 Everyone lift your hips, 335 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:12,520 lengthen through the crown of the head. 336 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:14,690 Neck is nice and long. You got this. 337 00:17:14,690 --> 00:17:17,420 Smile if you can. Lift the corners of the mouth. 338 00:17:17,420 --> 00:17:18,510 You're awesome. 339 00:17:18,510 --> 00:17:21,150 Make adjustments if you need to. 340 00:17:21,150 --> 00:17:22,810 And then slowly release. 341 00:17:22,810 --> 00:17:25,040 Beautiful, we're taking it right to the other side. 342 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,960 Outer edge of the left foot, inner arch of the right foot, 343 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,320 press away from your yoga mat with your left hand. 344 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,260 Right hand comes to the left rib cage, 345 00:17:32,260 --> 00:17:35,160 and we smear that honey all the way across. 346 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:36,620 Right fingertips up towards the sky. 347 00:17:36,620 --> 00:17:38,413 We might stack the feet here, 348 00:17:39,380 --> 00:17:40,970 or we might bend the right knee. 349 00:17:40,970 --> 00:17:43,240 Bring the right foot to the ground for a nice kickstand. 350 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:44,700 Everyone lift your hips. 351 00:17:44,700 --> 00:17:46,620 Turn on those obliques. 352 00:17:46,620 --> 00:17:47,453 You got this. 353 00:17:47,453 --> 00:17:51,320 Maybe looking up past your right fingertips. 354 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:52,450 Breathing. 355 00:17:52,450 --> 00:17:54,340 And then slow and with control 356 00:17:54,340 --> 00:17:55,870 bring it all the way back down. 357 00:17:55,870 --> 00:17:57,840 Inhale to look forward, shift forward. 358 00:17:57,840 --> 00:17:59,422 Exhale, lower to the belly. 359 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:03,620 Inhale for Cobra, your version. 360 00:18:03,620 --> 00:18:05,830 And exhale to soften and release. 361 00:18:05,830 --> 00:18:09,310 Listen up, we got this. Curl the toes under, inhale. 362 00:18:09,310 --> 00:18:11,220 Exhale, press up, power up, Plank. 363 00:18:11,220 --> 00:18:14,260 Quietly, whisper to yourself here, "I am strong." 364 00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:16,050 I am strong. Affirm. 365 00:18:16,050 --> 00:18:18,620 And then send the hips up high and back. 366 00:18:18,620 --> 00:18:20,880 Inhale in deeply. 367 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:22,600 And exhale completely. 368 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:23,790 Listen carefully. 369 00:18:23,790 --> 00:18:27,400 Walk the feet to the middle of your mat, hip width apart, 370 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:30,101 and slowly inhale, halfway lift. 371 00:18:31,020 --> 00:18:32,853 Slowly Forward Fold. 372 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,810 Hands come to the waistline. 373 00:18:35,810 --> 00:18:38,710 And nice and slow here, root to rise, 374 00:18:38,710 --> 00:18:41,270 ground through the feet, lift from your heart, 375 00:18:41,270 --> 00:18:43,270 come all the way to standing. 376 00:18:43,270 --> 00:18:45,040 Pull the elbows back. 377 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,240 Start to open up through the pecs, the chest. 378 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,326 Boom, superhero pose. 379 00:18:58,041 --> 00:18:59,700 Mhmm, mhmm. 380 00:18:59,700 --> 00:19:02,980 Alright, from here, lift your center. 381 00:19:02,980 --> 00:19:05,340 Think up and over as you shift to that right foot. 382 00:19:05,340 --> 00:19:07,637 We're not collapsing here. We know this. 383 00:19:07,637 --> 00:19:09,986 Alright, all the way up and over. 384 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:13,770 Hands are on the waist. I'm gonna take my left toes out. 385 00:19:13,770 --> 00:19:15,450 Again, not collapsing in that right foot 386 00:19:15,450 --> 00:19:18,260 but feeling the muscles of this right leg turn on. 387 00:19:18,260 --> 00:19:20,000 The glute's nice and strong. 388 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,310 Holding onto that midline connection here. 389 00:19:22,310 --> 00:19:25,010 I'm gonna send my right fingertips up on a diagonal, 390 00:19:25,010 --> 00:19:28,430 and left fingertips out as if I was in Warrior II. 391 00:19:28,430 --> 00:19:31,430 Inhale in here, expand. 392 00:19:31,430 --> 00:19:33,160 Exhale, nice and slow, 393 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:37,260 I'm gonna work to bring my right elbow to my left knee, 394 00:19:37,260 --> 00:19:40,060 rounding through the spine as if I were in Cat Pose. 395 00:19:40,060 --> 00:19:43,183 Good, inhale to expand and extend. 396 00:19:44,170 --> 00:19:45,150 Exhale, bring it in. 397 00:19:45,150 --> 00:19:48,200 And left arm is nice and steady here. 398 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,197 Inhale to expand. 399 00:19:51,130 --> 00:19:53,140 Exhale, contract. 400 00:19:53,140 --> 00:19:54,270 Now, to challenge yourself, 401 00:19:54,270 --> 00:19:56,840 you can keep the left toes lifted as you expand. 402 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:59,580 Inhale and exhale. 403 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:04,441 Or left toes on the ground to hold steady. 404 00:20:06,390 --> 00:20:08,381 Three more with your breath. 405 00:20:14,050 --> 00:20:17,930 Really contracting, feeling that low belly as you come in. 406 00:20:17,930 --> 00:20:19,335 Last one. 407 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:23,170 And release. 408 00:20:23,170 --> 00:20:24,890 Mountain Pose. Take a deep breath in. 409 00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:26,740 Squeeze the shoulders up to the ears. 410 00:20:26,740 --> 00:20:29,880 And exhale, drop it with an exhale out through the mouth. 411 00:20:30,750 --> 00:20:32,851 Good, again like that. Squeeze and lift. 412 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:35,253 And exhale, sigh it out. 413 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,318 Good. Shifting over to the left foot. 414 00:20:39,580 --> 00:20:41,403 Hand start on the waistline. 415 00:20:43,130 --> 00:20:44,902 Right toes point out. 416 00:20:45,860 --> 00:20:48,090 Lift through the front body, grounding through the back body. 417 00:20:48,090 --> 00:20:49,323 So I'm not here. 418 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:52,640 I'm working with opposition. 419 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:57,380 I'm marrying this strength with the grace, right? 420 00:20:57,380 --> 00:21:02,476 The effort and the ease weaving together. (chuckles) 421 00:21:03,750 --> 00:21:06,530 Left fingertips all the way up on a diagonal. 422 00:21:06,530 --> 00:21:08,890 Right fingertips out to hold you steady. 423 00:21:08,890 --> 00:21:11,160 Inhale, expand, blossom. 424 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:12,710 Exhale, here we go. 425 00:21:12,710 --> 00:21:15,850 Left elbow to right knee, squeeze. 426 00:21:15,850 --> 00:21:18,840 Inhale to expand. Strong standing leg. 427 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:20,579 Exhale to contract. 428 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:23,246 Inhale. 429 00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:26,173 Exhale. 430 00:21:27,750 --> 00:21:29,109 Inhale. 431 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,610 And exhale. 432 00:21:32,610 --> 00:21:35,332 Just taking stock. You got this. Inhale. 433 00:21:36,610 --> 00:21:41,120 Exhale, you might start to keep that right foot lifted, 434 00:21:41,120 --> 00:21:42,840 and you might not. 435 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:44,186 No worries. 436 00:21:48,790 --> 00:21:51,300 Pressing into all four corners of the right foot. 437 00:21:51,300 --> 00:21:53,900 Don't forget about the back two corners of the heel. 438 00:21:54,940 --> 00:21:57,026 Three more. We got this. 439 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,140 And slowly release. 440 00:22:10,140 --> 00:22:11,620 Mountain Pose. 441 00:22:11,620 --> 00:22:14,707 This time, inhale, send the fingertips out left to right, 442 00:22:14,707 --> 00:22:16,860 then all the way up towards the sky. 443 00:22:16,860 --> 00:22:20,690 And exhale, hands back down to the heart. 444 00:22:20,690 --> 00:22:22,090 Good, again, inhale. 445 00:22:22,090 --> 00:22:24,780 Send it out, reach it up, 446 00:22:24,780 --> 00:22:26,913 gather it, and bring it back in. 447 00:22:27,950 --> 00:22:31,040 Then again, send it down and out. 448 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,550 Gather it and bring it back in. 449 00:22:33,550 --> 00:22:34,900 Walk the feet together. 450 00:22:34,900 --> 00:22:36,830 No need to look down. You know that earth is there. 451 00:22:36,830 --> 00:22:38,270 Your awareness is so awesome now. 452 00:22:38,270 --> 00:22:39,940 You're like, got it. 453 00:22:39,940 --> 00:22:41,350 There's magic, right? 454 00:22:41,350 --> 00:22:42,870 Fingertips go down to come up. 455 00:22:42,870 --> 00:22:46,990 Inhale, gather it, bring it back in. 456 00:22:46,990 --> 00:22:49,490 Send the fingertips out wide. 457 00:22:49,490 --> 00:22:52,873 Catch a falling star, put it in your pocket. 458 00:22:54,410 --> 00:22:57,758 Save it for a rainy day. Palms together at the heart. 459 00:22:59,514 --> 00:23:00,864 (chuckles) 460 00:23:01,970 --> 00:23:04,480 And take a second to notice. 461 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,797 What does this moment feel like, the present? 462 00:23:13,650 --> 00:23:18,910 What is your relationship or your regard to your own 463 00:23:18,910 --> 00:23:21,878 very beautiful, 464 00:23:21,878 --> 00:23:25,370 if I might slip in that word, 465 00:23:25,370 --> 00:23:28,014 your own very beautiful presence? 466 00:23:33,980 --> 00:23:37,190 I feel like people who are aware of their presence 467 00:23:37,190 --> 00:23:39,253 are so precious, right? 468 00:23:40,070 --> 00:23:43,740 So I hope that this practice is rejuvenating 469 00:23:44,820 --> 00:23:47,160 for you, bringing a new energy to your awareness, 470 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:52,026 maybe even your interests of your own precious presence. 471 00:23:55,050 --> 00:23:57,890 Alright, I look forward to seeing you tomorrow. 472 00:23:57,890 --> 00:24:00,900 Bring the thumbs right up to the forehead. 473 00:24:00,900 --> 00:24:02,364 Take a deep breath in. 474 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:04,750 And a long breath out. 475 00:24:04,750 --> 00:24:07,340 Drop the thumbs right to the lips. 476 00:24:07,340 --> 00:24:09,116 Take a deep breath in. 477 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:12,453 Long sweet breath out. 478 00:24:14,089 --> 00:24:16,970 And one last breath cycle as you draw the hands to the heart. 479 00:24:16,970 --> 00:24:18,966 Inhale, lots of love in. 480 00:24:20,470 --> 00:24:22,610 Relax your shoulders as you bow the head 481 00:24:22,610 --> 00:24:24,843 and breathe lots of love out. 482 00:24:25,929 --> 00:24:27,326 Thank you. 483 00:24:27,326 --> 00:24:28,702 Namaste. 484 00:24:30,894 --> 00:24:35,843 (bright upbeat piano music)