1 00:00:00,375 --> 00:00:03,041 - Hello dear friends across the globe. 2 00:00:03,041 --> 00:00:06,417 Welcome to Dedicate, your 30 day yoga journey. 3 00:00:06,417 --> 00:00:09,291 It's Day 11. Can you believe it? 4 00:00:09,291 --> 00:00:11,000 Have courage. 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,125 Let's get started. 6 00:00:13,792 --> 00:00:18,000 (bright music) 7 00:00:36,708 --> 00:00:38,166 Okay, my darling friends, 8 00:00:38,166 --> 00:00:42,125 let's begin in Extended Child's Pose today. 9 00:00:42,125 --> 00:00:43,959 Yay! 10 00:00:43,959 --> 00:00:46,542 As always if this pose is not your jam, 11 00:00:46,542 --> 00:00:47,542 make an adjustment. 12 00:00:47,542 --> 00:00:50,083 Find a nice place where you can get still 13 00:00:50,083 --> 00:00:54,166 and start to spiral into this moment. 14 00:00:56,417 --> 00:00:58,625 Benji's getting settled in his shape. 15 00:00:58,625 --> 00:01:04,083 I invite you to get settled in your shape and together as one 16 00:01:04,083 --> 00:01:06,166 let's take a deep breath in. 17 00:01:08,041 --> 00:01:13,083 Right, I invite you to close your eyes and let's begin this 18 00:01:13,083 --> 00:01:15,750 practice by just acknowledging 19 00:01:17,041 --> 00:01:19,500 how awesome you are for 20 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:21,834 dedicating this time and this energy 21 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:26,166 for yourself. 22 00:01:28,250 --> 00:01:30,208 This takes courage. 23 00:01:30,208 --> 00:01:32,208 It really does. 24 00:01:34,708 --> 00:01:36,792 It's not easy to show up and 25 00:01:36,792 --> 00:01:39,250 look inside and see what's there. 26 00:01:40,417 --> 00:01:42,708 It's not always easy to 27 00:01:44,041 --> 00:01:46,959 work through the things 28 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:48,583 rather than just avoid it. 29 00:01:50,083 --> 00:01:53,041 So let's begin with a little gratitude and a little 30 00:01:53,041 --> 00:01:56,083 acknowledgement for how awesome you 31 00:01:56,083 --> 00:01:58,500 are for showing up here today. Take a deep breath in. 32 00:02:00,750 --> 00:02:02,458 And empty it out. 33 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:07,333 One more breath in. 34 00:02:10,750 --> 00:02:12,750 And exhale. 35 00:02:14,458 --> 00:02:18,208 Awesome. Let's inhale. Slowly come up to all fours. 36 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,417 Keep your knees as wide as your yoga mat. 37 00:02:23,708 --> 00:02:24,792 Hands come to the earth. 38 00:02:24,792 --> 00:02:27,375 We're gonna bring the left fingertips all the way up 39 00:02:27,375 --> 00:02:29,750 towards the sky here. Just nice and easy. 40 00:02:29,750 --> 00:02:31,667 Make sure you're not jerking yourself around here. 41 00:02:31,667 --> 00:02:34,500 We jerk ourselves around off the yoga mat plenty, right? 42 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:37,333 Moving fast from one place to the other 43 00:02:37,333 --> 00:02:39,125 so here's an opportunity to soften. 44 00:02:39,125 --> 00:02:42,542 So think of it more as a reach rather than a, right? 45 00:02:42,542 --> 00:02:44,083 Yesterday's practice taught us to kind of 46 00:02:44,083 --> 00:02:46,500 be present with that expansion. 47 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:48,834 See if you can find expansion here. 48 00:02:48,834 --> 00:02:50,917 Deepen your breath and reach. 49 00:02:50,917 --> 00:02:54,792 Focus on the sensation over the shape. 50 00:02:54,792 --> 00:02:57,000 So you might be here. 51 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,917 Cool, then inhale. 52 00:02:58,917 --> 00:03:00,875 And on your exhale you're going to thread the needle. 53 00:03:00,875 --> 00:03:03,250 Send the left fingertips in and underneath 54 00:03:03,250 --> 00:03:07,166 the bridge of the left, excuse me, right arm. 55 00:03:07,166 --> 00:03:09,750 Good, then inhale, press through your right hand. 56 00:03:09,750 --> 00:03:11,375 Take it all the way back up. 57 00:03:11,375 --> 00:03:14,500 Reach and exhale, twisting. 58 00:03:17,917 --> 00:03:20,458 Beautiful.One more. Inhale, reach for the sky. 59 00:03:21,792 --> 00:03:22,667 Breathe in. 60 00:03:22,667 --> 00:03:25,625 Exhale, take it in and underneath the bridge of the 61 00:03:25,625 --> 00:03:27,959 right arm and then this time pause here. 62 00:03:29,083 --> 00:03:31,083 Make sure your knees are nice and wide here. 63 00:03:32,417 --> 00:03:34,458 Breathe into the upper back body. 64 00:03:34,458 --> 00:03:36,834 And you can take any variation you like with your right hand. 65 00:03:36,834 --> 00:03:39,458 Maybe reaching the right fingertips 66 00:03:39,458 --> 00:03:41,750 all the way forward with a straight arm. 67 00:03:41,750 --> 00:03:43,291 Maybe taking your right hand 68 00:03:43,291 --> 00:03:46,000 to the small of your back, the sacrum. 69 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,208 Or using your left, excuse me, right hand on the earth to get a 70 00:03:49,208 --> 00:03:53,166 little bit of a deeper stretch in the upper left back body. 71 00:03:59,583 --> 00:04:03,208 Remember the process, the practice is the candy, 72 00:04:03,208 --> 00:04:04,583 not the end product. 73 00:04:04,583 --> 00:04:09,250 So whatever you're coming onto the mat with today is all good. 74 00:04:10,083 --> 00:04:12,250 From your center, from the core of your being, 75 00:04:12,250 --> 00:04:16,208 slowly unravel back to all fours. 76 00:04:16,750 --> 00:04:20,208 We'll do the same little ditty daddy do on the right side. 77 00:04:20,208 --> 00:04:22,208 So here we go, inhale, reaching up. 78 00:04:24,208 --> 00:04:27,000 Spread the right fingertips. Just notice how you feel here. 79 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,625 Take a deep breath in 80 00:04:29,375 --> 00:04:31,291 and then exhale thread the needle. 81 00:04:31,291 --> 00:04:33,917 Right fingertips underneath the bridge of the left arm. 82 00:04:33,917 --> 00:04:34,917 Feel it out. 83 00:04:34,917 --> 00:04:37,250 Try to create a full body awareness, 84 00:04:37,250 --> 00:04:39,417 a full body experience here. 85 00:04:39,417 --> 00:04:41,667 Here we go. Pressing into the left hand. 86 00:04:41,667 --> 00:04:43,667 Inhale, reach it up. 87 00:04:43,667 --> 00:04:45,542 Spread the right fingertips. 88 00:04:45,542 --> 00:04:47,708 And exhale, big twist. 89 00:04:47,708 --> 00:04:49,708 Threading the needle. 90 00:04:51,583 --> 00:04:54,166 Nice and then one more big inhale. 91 00:04:54,166 --> 00:04:56,542 Find that expansion. Reach for the sky. 92 00:04:57,417 --> 00:05:01,083 Exhale, thread the needle and let's lean into 93 00:05:01,083 --> 00:05:03,083 this yummy posture for a second. 94 00:05:03,083 --> 00:05:06,166 Let's breathe into the upper back body. 95 00:05:06,166 --> 00:05:07,750 And breathe into the belly. 96 00:05:09,208 --> 00:05:11,041 Just breathe, breathe, breathe. 97 00:05:11,041 --> 00:05:15,375 Maybe taking a little variation with the left hand. 98 00:05:16,375 --> 00:05:18,375 Left arm. 99 00:05:20,583 --> 00:05:22,083 Should feel really good. 100 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,792 Alright, then use your left palm. 101 00:05:28,792 --> 00:05:30,166 Find that hand to earth connection 102 00:05:30,166 --> 00:05:33,250 here as you slowly unravel. 103 00:05:33,250 --> 00:05:34,583 We'll come back to all fours. 104 00:05:34,583 --> 00:05:36,917 Walk the knees underneath the hips. 105 00:05:36,917 --> 00:05:40,792 Curl thy toes under and take the hips up and back, 106 00:05:40,792 --> 00:05:41,959 Downward Facing Dog. 107 00:05:41,959 --> 00:05:44,959 Start to pedal it out, excuse me, immediately. 108 00:05:46,959 --> 00:05:51,792 Just feeling that fresh blood circulate through the legs. 109 00:05:54,291 --> 00:05:58,000 And fresh oxygen 110 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:59,625 in the lungs. 111 00:06:01,041 --> 00:06:03,625 And then when you're ready, bend the knees generously. 112 00:06:03,625 --> 00:06:06,917 Let your belly reach towards the tops of the thighs. 113 00:06:06,917 --> 00:06:08,041 Inhale to look forward. 114 00:06:08,041 --> 00:06:10,166 Careful not to crunch the back of the neck 115 00:06:10,166 --> 00:06:12,166 and then exhale to make your way to the top. 116 00:06:14,208 --> 00:06:15,250 Forward Fold. 117 00:06:15,250 --> 00:06:17,333 Use this as an opportunity to check in. 118 00:06:17,333 --> 00:06:20,834 So the repetition of this posture each day giving us an 119 00:06:20,834 --> 00:06:24,792 opportunity to check in with what's going on now. 120 00:06:24,792 --> 00:06:28,583 Not with what was going on yesterday or what might 121 00:06:28,583 --> 00:06:30,792 happen tomorrow but right now. 122 00:06:33,583 --> 00:06:38,375 The courage to be with what is. 123 00:06:40,792 --> 00:06:41,959 Mhmmm. 124 00:06:41,959 --> 00:06:43,875 Then when you're ready, bend the knees, 125 00:06:43,875 --> 00:06:47,708 tuck the chin and roll it up nice and slow. 126 00:06:51,291 --> 00:06:56,125 And right away as you align head over heart, 127 00:06:56,125 --> 00:06:58,500 heart over pelvis begin to shift 128 00:06:58,500 --> 00:07:01,166 your weight gently over to your left foot. 129 00:07:01,166 --> 00:07:04,708 And we're gonna imagine there's like a marionette string pulling 130 00:07:04,708 --> 00:07:06,375 our right knee up high. 131 00:07:06,375 --> 00:07:08,166 We'll connect to our core. 132 00:07:08,166 --> 00:07:10,375 We'll integrate all of the things we've learned together 133 00:07:10,375 --> 00:07:13,333 thus far as we come into a Standing One-Legged Tadasana. 134 00:07:13,333 --> 00:07:14,750 Have courage. 135 00:07:14,750 --> 00:07:16,917 Hands on a waistline here. 136 00:07:16,917 --> 00:07:19,375 Take a deep breath in 137 00:07:19,375 --> 00:07:21,625 and a long breath out. 138 00:07:21,625 --> 00:07:25,291 Then interlace the fingertips and catch your right knee. 139 00:07:25,291 --> 00:07:27,417 Squeeze it up in towards your chest. 140 00:07:27,417 --> 00:07:30,000 So right away, this isn't working for you you can just 141 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,792 work with the big toe on the ground, 142 00:07:31,792 --> 00:07:32,834 palms at the heart. 143 00:07:32,834 --> 00:07:35,917 Rotate the ankle one way and then the other. 144 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,250 Awesome, awesome. 145 00:07:41,250 --> 00:07:44,041 Then slowly we're gonna release. Bring the hands to the heart. 146 00:07:44,041 --> 00:07:47,250 Listen carefully. You're going to slowly kick your right foot 147 00:07:47,250 --> 00:07:49,375 all the way back to a nice high lunge. 148 00:07:51,500 --> 00:07:53,333 Check it out. Make sure you're not on a tight rope. 149 00:07:53,333 --> 00:07:56,708 Widen your stance if you need to and then settle in here. 150 00:07:56,708 --> 00:07:59,166 Breathe. Bend your back knee if you need. 151 00:08:00,875 --> 00:08:03,834 Awesome work. Take a deep breath in. 152 00:08:03,834 --> 00:08:05,125 A long breath out. 153 00:08:05,125 --> 00:08:06,959 On your next inhale, reach for the sky. 154 00:08:06,959 --> 00:08:08,583 You got it, inhale. 155 00:08:09,750 --> 00:08:12,083 Exhale. Create space. 156 00:08:12,083 --> 00:08:15,291 Big beach ball up and overhead. Find that loop of energy. 157 00:08:15,291 --> 00:08:17,166 That lift up through the front body. 158 00:08:17,166 --> 00:08:19,250 That grounding through the back body. 159 00:08:19,250 --> 00:08:21,500 And then check it out. Inhale in. 160 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:25,458 Exhale, slowly coming forward on to your right toes. 161 00:08:25,458 --> 00:08:27,583 Keeping the front knee over the front ankle. 162 00:08:27,583 --> 00:08:29,083 You're gonna send the fingertips back. 163 00:08:29,083 --> 00:08:31,583 We're gonna come to those airplane arms from yesterday. 164 00:08:31,583 --> 00:08:34,291 And once again, find that expansion as you breathe in. 165 00:08:35,250 --> 00:08:36,041 And breathe out. 166 00:08:37,667 --> 00:08:38,667 Breathe in. 167 00:08:39,792 --> 00:08:40,667 And breathe out. 168 00:08:40,667 --> 00:08:42,250 Now imagine you're looking into 169 00:08:42,250 --> 00:08:46,125 a reflection of like a body of water. Maybe a pond. 170 00:08:46,125 --> 00:08:48,208 You're looking and you're getting your reflection back so 171 00:08:48,208 --> 00:08:50,000 there's length in the neck here. 172 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,333 Give yourself that image. 173 00:08:51,333 --> 00:08:53,125 Seeing your face. 174 00:08:53,125 --> 00:08:55,625 I like to think of that moment in Zoolander where he's like, 175 00:08:55,625 --> 00:08:57,041 "Who am I?" 176 00:08:57,041 --> 00:08:59,000 Okay, and then turn on your core. 177 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,291 Bend your right knee. 178 00:09:00,291 --> 00:09:03,375 Hands are gonna come slowly to the heart and with control we're 179 00:09:03,375 --> 00:09:07,500 gonna step it all the way back up to Mountain Pose. 180 00:09:07,500 --> 00:09:08,834 Awesome work. 181 00:09:08,834 --> 00:09:10,041 Breathe in. 182 00:09:11,500 --> 00:09:12,166 Breathe out. 183 00:09:12,166 --> 00:09:14,500 Shift your weight to your right foot. 184 00:09:14,500 --> 00:09:16,625 Hands come to the waistline. 185 00:09:16,625 --> 00:09:19,708 And here we go, lifting up from the left knee this time. 186 00:09:19,708 --> 00:09:20,959 And be careful here. 187 00:09:20,959 --> 00:09:24,375 I'm not collapsing into my right hip but using everything I've 188 00:09:24,375 --> 00:09:26,792 learned so far to create this yielding, 189 00:09:26,792 --> 00:09:28,792 this pressing away from the earth. 190 00:09:28,792 --> 00:09:30,250 So as I lift my left knee, 191 00:09:30,250 --> 00:09:32,458 I'm pressing away from the earth with my right foot. 192 00:09:33,333 --> 00:09:35,417 And the reason we start with hands on the waistline is to 193 00:09:35,417 --> 00:09:37,458 make sure we're not just kind of catching and holding. 194 00:09:37,458 --> 00:09:39,959 Kind of like we tend to do in Tree but we're really 195 00:09:39,959 --> 00:09:43,875 integrating everything, all of the muscles. 196 00:09:45,250 --> 00:09:47,250 Creating stability in the joints. 197 00:09:48,750 --> 00:09:51,458 And then we can come and we can capture the flag. 198 00:09:51,458 --> 00:09:53,959 So bring your left knee in towards your chest. 199 00:09:53,959 --> 00:09:55,417 We can also be working here. 200 00:09:56,417 --> 00:09:58,917 And rotate the ankle one way and then the other. 201 00:10:03,917 --> 00:10:05,959 Cool, take another deep breath in. 202 00:10:05,959 --> 00:10:09,583 Find that balance of opposition. 203 00:10:09,583 --> 00:10:12,333 So lifting through the front, grounding through the back. 204 00:10:12,333 --> 00:10:16,166 You might feel your right glute turn on here. 205 00:10:16,166 --> 00:10:18,500 Okay, here we go. Inhale in. 206 00:10:18,500 --> 00:10:21,000 Exhale, slowly bring the hands to the heart. 207 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,667 Soft bend in your standing leg. 208 00:10:22,667 --> 00:10:26,667 Again, strengthening that standing leg here as we slowly 209 00:10:26,667 --> 00:10:28,125 kick the left foot back. 210 00:10:28,125 --> 00:10:30,875 Step it all the way, come into a nice high lunge. 211 00:10:30,875 --> 00:10:31,917 Mmmm. 212 00:10:33,041 --> 00:10:34,667 Then notice what's going on in the hips. 213 00:10:34,667 --> 00:10:36,333 You might be a little bit too narrow here 214 00:10:36,333 --> 00:10:38,000 so you can just widen your stance. 215 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,208 So you can find that inner support system. 216 00:10:42,542 --> 00:10:43,542 Cool. 217 00:10:43,542 --> 00:10:45,000 And then when you're ready, inhale, 218 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,500 reach for the sky. Take up space. 219 00:10:51,125 --> 00:10:53,500 Beautiful, inhale in again. 220 00:10:54,250 --> 00:10:57,208 Exhale, slowly bend the elbows. 221 00:10:57,208 --> 00:10:59,875 Send the fingertips back. We find those airplane arms. 222 00:10:59,875 --> 00:11:00,917 Front knee over front ankle. 223 00:11:00,917 --> 00:11:03,000 I'm gonna lift up on to my left toes. 224 00:11:03,458 --> 00:11:06,083 I'm engaging through the core. 225 00:11:06,083 --> 00:11:08,500 But shoulder blades drawing together. 226 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:11,959 And then the image, again, of looking out into the pond. 227 00:11:11,959 --> 00:11:15,625 Looking, having the courage to really look. 228 00:11:15,625 --> 00:11:17,000 See who's there. 229 00:11:18,083 --> 00:11:19,500 What's up? 230 00:11:20,625 --> 00:11:21,583 Breathing deep. 231 00:11:21,583 --> 00:11:23,041 Squeeze the inner thighs to the midline. 232 00:11:23,041 --> 00:11:25,375 Lifting from the pelvic floor, you got it. 233 00:11:25,375 --> 00:11:27,333 Then soft and easy, guys. Here we go. 234 00:11:27,333 --> 00:11:28,959 Bring the hands together at the heart. 235 00:11:28,959 --> 00:11:31,208 Bend your back knee. With control, here we go. 236 00:11:31,208 --> 00:11:33,667 From center, you got it, inhale in. 237 00:11:33,667 --> 00:11:35,917 Exhale, step it forward. 238 00:11:35,917 --> 00:11:37,166 Awesome. 239 00:11:37,166 --> 00:11:38,208 Samasthiti. 240 00:11:38,208 --> 00:11:40,458 We have that four part equal standing here. 241 00:11:40,458 --> 00:11:42,667 Quiet Mountain. Take a deep breath in. 242 00:11:43,959 --> 00:11:45,333 And a long breath out. 243 00:11:46,417 --> 00:11:48,041 Good, now listen carefully. 244 00:11:48,041 --> 00:11:51,500 Inhale, send the fingertips out left to right, Texas T. 245 00:11:52,333 --> 00:11:54,458 Exhale, hands to heart. 246 00:11:56,625 --> 00:11:59,500 Chin to chest, reach behind. 247 00:11:59,500 --> 00:12:02,166 Inhale, fingertips float up towards the sky. 248 00:12:03,083 --> 00:12:05,333 Exhale, rain it down. Wiggle the fingertips. 249 00:12:05,333 --> 00:12:07,458 Let something go. 250 00:12:07,458 --> 00:12:08,834 Inhale, halfway lift. 251 00:12:08,834 --> 00:12:11,083 Your version, any version. 252 00:12:11,083 --> 00:12:12,792 Find length in the neck. 253 00:12:12,792 --> 00:12:15,500 And exhale to soften and release. 254 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:17,083 Beautiful, plant the palms. 255 00:12:17,083 --> 00:12:19,458 Step the right toes back, step the left toes back. 256 00:12:20,291 --> 00:12:21,583 Inhale in here. 257 00:12:21,583 --> 00:12:23,875 Hollow body, press away from your yoga mat. 258 00:12:23,875 --> 00:12:25,083 A little bit of core. 259 00:12:25,083 --> 00:12:28,500 And then exhale, Downward Facing Dog. 260 00:12:28,500 --> 00:12:32,792 Beautiful. In this Downward Dog bring your toes together. 261 00:12:32,792 --> 00:12:34,458 Legs together, toes together. 262 00:12:34,458 --> 00:12:35,583 Inhale in. 263 00:12:35,583 --> 00:12:37,208 Exhale, just bend the knees a little bit. 264 00:12:37,208 --> 00:12:39,208 You're gonna rock on to the right side, 265 00:12:39,208 --> 00:12:41,375 excuse me, outer edge of you're right foot. 266 00:12:42,250 --> 00:12:44,250 Then slowly come back to center. 267 00:12:44,250 --> 00:12:45,917 Rock on to the left side. 268 00:12:47,417 --> 00:12:49,500 And then back and forth a couple times. 269 00:12:52,166 --> 00:12:54,291 Feeling the obliques turn on here. 270 00:12:55,792 --> 00:12:57,542 Strong in the shoulders. 271 00:13:01,875 --> 00:13:05,500 And then coming back to center after you've evened it out. 272 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:07,000 We'll bend the knees. 273 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,792 Inhale to look forward. 274 00:13:08,792 --> 00:13:10,500 Exhale, make your way to the top. 275 00:13:10,500 --> 00:13:12,708 Feet together or hip width apart. 276 00:13:12,708 --> 00:13:15,083 Inhale, halfway lift, your version. 277 00:13:15,083 --> 00:13:17,333 Exhale to soften and fold. 278 00:13:17,333 --> 00:13:18,917 Inhale, root to rise here. 279 00:13:18,917 --> 00:13:21,291 Big breath, big stretch. 280 00:13:21,291 --> 00:13:23,750 Exhale back all the way down, Forward Fold. 281 00:13:24,834 --> 00:13:26,333 Inhale, halfway lift. 282 00:13:26,333 --> 00:13:28,792 Moving with your breath. Finding length. 283 00:13:28,792 --> 00:13:30,375 Exhale to soften and fold. 284 00:13:30,375 --> 00:13:31,500 Getting the juices flowing. 285 00:13:31,500 --> 00:13:36,000 Plant the palms, step it back, Plank Pose or Half Plank. 286 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,542 Hollow body so we're hugging the low ribs in. 287 00:13:38,542 --> 00:13:40,333 We're pressing away from the yoga mat. 288 00:13:40,333 --> 00:13:42,041 We're building strength mindfully. 289 00:13:42,041 --> 00:13:43,542 We're here for three, two. 290 00:13:43,542 --> 00:13:46,250 Take it to Downward Dog. Breathe out, one. 291 00:13:47,458 --> 00:13:49,625 Awesome work. 292 00:13:49,625 --> 00:13:53,041 Anchor the left heel, lift the right leg up high. 293 00:13:53,041 --> 00:13:56,375 Exhale, shift it forward all the way, step it up. 294 00:13:57,667 --> 00:13:59,750 From here, keep the back heel lifted. 295 00:13:59,750 --> 00:14:01,291 Squeeze the inner thighs together. 296 00:14:01,291 --> 00:14:02,458 You can always come on the back knee 297 00:14:02,458 --> 00:14:04,959 if you're feeling a little low energy today. 298 00:14:04,959 --> 00:14:08,083 Slowly we rise up. Send the fingertips to the sky. 299 00:14:09,125 --> 00:14:12,375 Beautiful, inhale in. Send the fingertips to the sky. 300 00:14:12,375 --> 00:14:15,417 Exhale, hands to heart, Anjuli Mudra. 301 00:14:15,417 --> 00:14:16,625 Alright, so here we go again. 302 00:14:16,625 --> 00:14:18,875 Front knee over front ankle. I'm gonna lean forward. 303 00:14:18,875 --> 00:14:21,125 Come on to the tippy tip toes of my left foot. 304 00:14:21,125 --> 00:14:22,917 Inhale in, exhale, step it up. 305 00:14:22,917 --> 00:14:24,917 Just halfway. Pause here. 306 00:14:24,917 --> 00:14:27,208 Again, strengthening that standing leg. 307 00:14:27,208 --> 00:14:28,750 Strengthening that right booty. 308 00:14:28,750 --> 00:14:31,208 Breathe in deep and then looking forward, 309 00:14:31,208 --> 00:14:32,959 forward, come on to your left big toe. 310 00:14:34,625 --> 00:14:35,458 Have courage. 311 00:14:35,458 --> 00:14:38,041 Draw the shoulder blades together actively. 312 00:14:38,041 --> 00:14:40,500 Keep looking. Looking into the pond. 313 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:43,792 Maybe left leg begins to float up. 314 00:14:44,917 --> 00:14:47,041 Lift from your left inner thigh. 315 00:14:47,041 --> 00:14:48,125 Hold on 316 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:51,583 to the integrity that you have built in your center, 317 00:14:51,583 --> 00:14:54,542 your core, your spine, that awareness in the shoulders, 318 00:14:54,542 --> 00:14:56,083 shoulder blades coming together. 319 00:14:57,667 --> 00:14:58,750 Beautiful. 320 00:15:00,417 --> 00:15:03,250 So have the courage to throw yourself off balance. 321 00:15:03,250 --> 00:15:06,834 Maybe you take a variation here finding airplane arms 322 00:15:06,834 --> 00:15:10,500 or even interlacing the fingertips behind the back. 323 00:15:13,375 --> 00:15:14,917 Remembering your breath. 324 00:15:16,625 --> 00:15:19,291 Alright, listen carefully. Draw the navel in. 325 00:15:19,291 --> 00:15:21,333 Slowly begin to bend the left knee. 326 00:15:21,333 --> 00:15:23,875 You're gonna come into your Standing One-Legged Tadasana. 327 00:15:23,875 --> 00:15:27,375 From here, send the fingertips up towards the sky. 328 00:15:27,375 --> 00:15:29,667 Strong standing leg. Reach, reach, reach. 329 00:15:29,667 --> 00:15:33,375 Inhale, lift the left knee and then exhale hands to heart. 330 00:15:33,375 --> 00:15:36,375 Samasthiti, Mountain. 331 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,542 Beautiful, here we go. Soft bend in the knees. 332 00:15:41,542 --> 00:15:44,333 Inhale, halfway lift, Texas T. 333 00:15:44,333 --> 00:15:45,750 Exhale, hands to heart. 334 00:15:46,708 --> 00:15:49,500 You got it. Chin to chest, reach behind. 335 00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:52,125 Inhale, fingertips to the sky. 336 00:15:52,125 --> 00:15:53,625 Exhale, rain it down. 337 00:15:53,625 --> 00:15:55,125 Nice and slow. 338 00:15:55,125 --> 00:15:57,208 Inhale, halfway lift. 339 00:15:57,208 --> 00:15:59,333 Exhale, soften and bow. 340 00:16:00,166 --> 00:16:02,750 Plant the palms, step it back, Plank Pose. 341 00:16:02,750 --> 00:16:05,000 Your version. Find that hollow body. 342 00:16:06,458 --> 00:16:07,667 Breathing deep. 343 00:16:07,667 --> 00:16:10,291 Shoulder blades are going left to right here. 344 00:16:10,291 --> 00:16:12,000 Neck is nice and long. 345 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,667 Three, two. 346 00:16:13,667 --> 00:16:16,250 You are strong! Downward Facing Dog. 347 00:16:17,625 --> 00:16:19,125 Gorgeous, take a deep breath here. 348 00:16:19,125 --> 00:16:20,250 You're doing great. 349 00:16:21,125 --> 00:16:22,250 Long breath out. 350 00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:26,250 Great, anchor the right heel. Slide the left leg up high. 351 00:16:27,417 --> 00:16:29,333 On an exhale, bring it all the way up and in. 352 00:16:29,333 --> 00:16:30,542 Step it up lightly. 353 00:16:31,417 --> 00:16:32,875 Keep the back heel lifted. 354 00:16:32,875 --> 00:16:34,208 Squeeze your thighs. 355 00:16:34,208 --> 00:16:35,875 Find that inner support system. 356 00:16:35,875 --> 00:16:38,542 You got it. Inhale, reach for the sky. 357 00:16:39,917 --> 00:16:41,917 Check in, front knee over front ankle. 358 00:16:41,917 --> 00:16:43,291 Strong base. 359 00:16:43,291 --> 00:16:45,500 Inhale, reach the fingertips to the sky. 360 00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:47,792 Exhale, hands slide down to the heart. 361 00:16:48,875 --> 00:16:51,792 Alright, try to keep sternum lifting up to the thumbs. 362 00:16:51,792 --> 00:16:53,625 Shoulder blades drawing together. 363 00:16:53,625 --> 00:16:55,291 We're gonna slowly just shift forward, 364 00:16:55,291 --> 00:16:57,291 keeping that integrity in the spine, 365 00:16:57,291 --> 00:17:00,417 bend your back knee and nice and slow just step it up halfway. 366 00:17:01,708 --> 00:17:06,250 Left leg strong, getting strong, slow and steady. 367 00:17:07,458 --> 00:17:09,041 Hold on to your breath. 368 00:17:09,041 --> 00:17:11,166 Then find the image of looking into the pond 369 00:17:11,166 --> 00:17:12,542 as you shift forward. 370 00:17:12,542 --> 00:17:13,875 I'm not rounding through the spine. 371 00:17:13,875 --> 00:17:15,166 I'm working hard. 372 00:17:15,166 --> 00:17:17,750 Building strength in the muscles of the back body. 373 00:17:17,750 --> 00:17:19,917 Building strength in the muscles of the core. 374 00:17:19,917 --> 00:17:22,333 The left glute, strong left leg. 375 00:17:22,333 --> 00:17:25,458 And then slowly I lift up on my right big toe. 376 00:17:25,458 --> 00:17:26,959 Don't think about Warrior III, guys, 377 00:17:26,959 --> 00:17:31,417 particularly those who have a lot of yoga under the belt, 378 00:17:31,417 --> 00:17:33,000 yoga asana under the belt. 379 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,500 Give yourself the image of looking in the pond. 380 00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:38,583 Strong leg and continue to look down at your reflection as maybe 381 00:17:38,583 --> 00:17:40,750 we float the right inner thigh all the way up. 382 00:17:43,333 --> 00:17:45,792 Again, shoulder blades drawing together. 383 00:17:47,041 --> 00:17:48,208 Drop the right hip down. 384 00:17:48,208 --> 00:17:51,333 So if you're here opening up, we'll save that for Half Moon. 385 00:17:51,333 --> 00:17:53,708 (chuckles) Nice and slow. 386 00:17:54,458 --> 00:17:55,667 With the breath. 387 00:17:55,667 --> 00:17:57,208 Nice and with control. 388 00:17:58,125 --> 00:18:00,792 Then maybe if you're feeling it adventurous, 389 00:18:00,792 --> 00:18:04,500 have a little courage to experiment here. 390 00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:07,500 Maybe it's just the courage to be here at all. 391 00:18:07,500 --> 00:18:08,667 You're doing great. 392 00:18:08,667 --> 00:18:09,959 Continue with the breath. 393 00:18:10,917 --> 00:18:13,166 Make it your own and if you fall, 394 00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:15,959 we'll catch ya. 395 00:18:18,667 --> 00:18:21,083 Gaze is forward looking into your reflection. 396 00:18:21,083 --> 00:18:22,750 You're doing awesome. Take one more breath, 397 00:18:22,750 --> 00:18:25,500 wherever you are find that expansive breath. 398 00:18:25,500 --> 00:18:28,667 And then on an exhale, here we go, hands at the heart. 399 00:18:28,667 --> 00:18:30,583 We're gonna slowly soften through both knees. 400 00:18:30,583 --> 00:18:33,291 You're gonna bring your right knee all the way through. 401 00:18:33,291 --> 00:18:34,667 You have everything you need here. 402 00:18:34,667 --> 00:18:36,000 You are strong, just stick with it. 403 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,000 Just hold on to your focus. 404 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,667 Standing One-Legged Tadasana, 405 00:18:38,667 --> 00:18:40,875 send the fingertips up towards the sky. 406 00:18:40,875 --> 00:18:43,291 Here we go, squeeze and lift, squeeze and lift. 407 00:18:43,291 --> 00:18:45,542 Lift your right knee a little bit higher. 408 00:18:45,542 --> 00:18:46,708 Then palms come together and 409 00:18:46,708 --> 00:18:50,583 we slow and with control release everything down. 410 00:18:51,375 --> 00:18:52,625 Take a deep breath in 411 00:18:53,875 --> 00:18:55,417 and a long breath out. 412 00:18:56,333 --> 00:18:57,583 Deep breath in. 413 00:18:58,917 --> 00:19:00,208 And a long breath out. 414 00:19:01,708 --> 00:19:04,041 One more deep breath in. 415 00:19:05,208 --> 00:19:06,583 Empty it out. 416 00:19:07,917 --> 00:19:11,917 Slowly release the fingertips down and without looking down, 417 00:19:11,917 --> 00:19:14,500 so have the courage. 418 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:16,417 You know that ground is there for you, right? 419 00:19:16,417 --> 00:19:17,834 You can step front, back, side to side, 420 00:19:17,834 --> 00:19:19,417 you don't need to look down. 421 00:19:19,417 --> 00:19:21,458 So without looking down see if you can bring 422 00:19:21,458 --> 00:19:23,458 your feet as wide as your mat. 423 00:19:24,333 --> 00:19:25,333 So we're here. 424 00:19:26,542 --> 00:19:27,500 Okay? 425 00:19:27,959 --> 00:19:31,750 Great and then turn your toes out so they're just spilling off 426 00:19:31,750 --> 00:19:33,750 the edges of your mat if you're on a yoga mat. 427 00:19:35,959 --> 00:19:37,583 Okay and then we're gonna inhale. 428 00:19:37,583 --> 00:19:39,583 Last time, reach for the sky. 429 00:19:39,583 --> 00:19:41,208 Exhale, you have everything you need. 430 00:19:41,208 --> 00:19:42,166 You're gonna bend your knees. 431 00:19:42,166 --> 00:19:43,834 You're gonna drop your center down. 432 00:19:43,834 --> 00:19:45,000 Stay connected. 433 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,375 Stay rooted through all four corners of the feet and we're 434 00:19:47,375 --> 00:19:49,417 gonna come into a nice yogi squat. 435 00:19:49,417 --> 00:19:52,625 Fingertips, hands can come to the earth for some support, 436 00:19:52,625 --> 00:19:53,708 some connection. 437 00:19:53,708 --> 00:19:57,208 If the hips are going (mimics alarm bell), totally normal. 438 00:19:57,208 --> 00:19:59,959 So maybe lift the heels, walk the toes in. 439 00:20:01,250 --> 00:20:02,708 More of a froggy gesture. 440 00:20:04,667 --> 00:20:06,875 Mhmmm, mhmmm. 441 00:20:06,875 --> 00:20:10,375 So we're gonna be in a little yogi squat here, 442 00:20:10,375 --> 00:20:11,208 your version. 443 00:20:11,208 --> 00:20:16,834 Either a little Malasana variation or a Froggy or if 444 00:20:16,834 --> 00:20:19,667 Bakasana is in your practice or you want to create a little 445 00:20:19,667 --> 00:20:22,875 Bakasana in your home practice we'll work 446 00:20:22,875 --> 00:20:24,625 just for a moment here. 447 00:20:24,625 --> 00:20:28,792 Bringing the hands forward, walking the toes together. 448 00:20:30,208 --> 00:20:33,083 And we'll do a little more of this as we go on through the 449 00:20:33,083 --> 00:20:35,166 practice but just a little play today. 450 00:20:35,166 --> 00:20:37,166 We're gonna lift the hips up high. 451 00:20:37,166 --> 00:20:39,208 Drag the hands towards the body. 452 00:20:39,208 --> 00:20:42,458 Knees are gonna go up towards the armpit and your gaze is 453 00:20:42,458 --> 00:20:44,291 gonna be forward just as we've been practicing, 454 00:20:44,291 --> 00:20:46,125 looking in the reflection. 455 00:20:46,750 --> 00:20:49,000 That's as far as you really need to go. 456 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,667 So keeping that gaze forward, looking into the reflection. 457 00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:52,667 You can rock a little back 458 00:20:52,667 --> 00:20:55,166 and forth getting your center involved. 459 00:20:55,166 --> 00:20:56,750 Maybe lift one toe up. 460 00:20:57,750 --> 00:21:00,041 Maybe the other. 461 00:21:00,041 --> 00:21:02,583 And then maybe today you do catch a little heighth but don't 462 00:21:02,583 --> 00:21:04,083 worry if you do not today. 463 00:21:05,208 --> 00:21:08,667 Main goal today is to continue looking forward 464 00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:11,792 finding that reflection in the pond. 465 00:21:12,583 --> 00:21:15,500 And if you're like, "Hmm, not for me today, Mishler," 466 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:19,250 then a little hip release here or a lot of hip release here. 467 00:21:20,708 --> 00:21:24,083 Some great release for the foot, the feet. 468 00:21:26,500 --> 00:21:28,917 Alright, wherever you are, go ahead and release that 469 00:21:29,834 --> 00:21:31,583 and we'll come to a seat. 470 00:21:34,750 --> 00:21:36,500 Rotate the wrists if you need. 471 00:21:39,917 --> 00:21:42,208 We'll just do a gentle twist to the left. 472 00:21:43,542 --> 00:21:44,708 Breathe in. 473 00:21:44,708 --> 00:21:46,041 Breathe out, bring it back to center. 474 00:21:46,041 --> 00:21:47,250 Gentle twist to the right. 475 00:21:48,625 --> 00:21:49,708 Breathe in. 476 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,041 Breathe out, come back to center. 477 00:21:54,041 --> 00:21:55,208 Hands come together. 478 00:21:55,917 --> 00:21:58,041 We'll bring 'em right up to the third eye. 479 00:22:01,500 --> 00:22:02,625 Way to show up. 480 00:22:03,875 --> 00:22:05,083 Way to be awesome. 481 00:22:05,708 --> 00:22:07,041 It takes courage. 482 00:22:08,250 --> 00:22:13,125 May this be an awesome reminder and an important motivator 483 00:22:13,125 --> 00:22:16,417 to help us all be included, continue to show up for 484 00:22:16,417 --> 00:22:19,500 ourselves on the mat and off the mat. 485 00:22:22,166 --> 00:22:25,583 With palms together at the third eye or at your forehead, 486 00:22:26,875 --> 00:22:30,458 may we always have the courage to see the truth. 487 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,333 Nice work everyone. I'll see you tomorrow. 488 00:22:35,333 --> 00:22:36,834 Namaste. 489 00:22:39,041 --> 00:22:42,375 (bright music)