1 00:00:00,458 --> 00:00:02,500 - Hi pals. Welcome to Dedicate, 2 00:00:02,500 --> 00:00:04,542 your 30 day yoga journey. 3 00:00:04,542 --> 00:00:06,125 It's Day 5. 4 00:00:06,125 --> 00:00:07,083 Go ahead and put a hand up. 5 00:00:07,083 --> 00:00:09,208 Let's do like a virtual high five. 6 00:00:09,208 --> 00:00:10,333 (wooshes) 7 00:00:10,333 --> 00:00:11,917 We are doing this. 8 00:00:11,917 --> 00:00:14,000 Today's a really nice day because the world can get a 9 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,834 little chaotic and move fast and we remember that time on the mat 10 00:00:18,834 --> 00:00:21,583 is time well spent because it allows us to help get 11 00:00:21,583 --> 00:00:24,166 in our natural flow state. 12 00:00:24,166 --> 00:00:26,834 So hop into something comfy and let's get started. 13 00:00:29,250 --> 00:00:34,458 (bright music) 14 00:00:51,750 --> 00:00:53,500 Okey doke, my friends. 15 00:00:53,500 --> 00:00:56,166 Let's begin in a nice comfortable seat. 16 00:00:57,083 --> 00:00:59,750 Take a second to get down on the ground. 17 00:00:59,750 --> 00:01:03,667 And remember this is time that you so beautifully 18 00:01:03,667 --> 00:01:05,917 have carved out for yourself. 19 00:01:05,917 --> 00:01:08,583 So right away start to lean in and choose 20 00:01:08,583 --> 00:01:10,291 to enjoy this practice, right? 21 00:01:10,291 --> 00:01:13,875 This time that you've dedicated for your body, 22 00:01:14,875 --> 00:01:17,750 for your mind and 23 00:01:18,875 --> 00:01:21,166 for your spirit or your soul as well. 24 00:01:21,166 --> 00:01:23,625 So come on down to the ground and when you get there, 25 00:01:23,625 --> 00:01:25,750 sit up nice and tall and we're going to start right away with 26 00:01:25,750 --> 00:01:28,500 the fingertips on the earth. 27 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:29,834 So at your sides. 28 00:01:32,041 --> 00:01:36,875 Just take a second to land and just a reminder this is going to 29 00:01:36,875 --> 00:01:39,083 take time some days. 30 00:01:39,083 --> 00:01:41,250 Some days are going to drop right in. 31 00:01:41,250 --> 00:01:44,000 And some days you may spend the entire duration of the practice 32 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,333 just trying to land in this moment. 33 00:01:46,333 --> 00:01:48,542 So just a reminder that that's what it's all about. 34 00:01:48,542 --> 00:01:49,834 It's about that process. 35 00:01:49,834 --> 00:01:53,250 It's about recognizing that and being present with whatever 36 00:01:53,250 --> 00:01:54,959 you're coming to the mat with. 37 00:01:54,959 --> 00:01:58,959 So sometimes if we forget that we can get a little frustrated 38 00:01:58,959 --> 00:02:02,208 and miss out on the valuable moments of just 39 00:02:02,208 --> 00:02:04,792 the me time, the you time. 40 00:02:04,792 --> 00:02:08,375 And I think the more we embrace too this truth of you know some 41 00:02:08,375 --> 00:02:11,625 days are going to be harder than others but you still show up the 42 00:02:11,625 --> 00:02:14,250 easier it will be to keep showing up for yourself. 43 00:02:15,208 --> 00:02:19,917 So you can stick with it all the way 'til Day 30 and well beyond 44 00:02:19,917 --> 00:02:22,458 so that you can be strong and healthy. 45 00:02:22,458 --> 00:02:25,750 So that you can attract positive, vibrant energy 46 00:02:26,875 --> 00:02:31,708 and slowly learn to tend to tend to and then 47 00:02:31,708 --> 00:02:35,333 hopefully release that which simply isn't serving you. 48 00:02:37,834 --> 00:02:41,041 So relax your shoulders, start to notice your breath. 49 00:02:43,041 --> 00:02:46,208 Thank you for being here today for sharing your valuable time 50 00:02:46,208 --> 00:02:49,500 and energy with me and with people 51 00:02:49,500 --> 00:02:52,208 and pets all across the globe. 52 00:02:53,834 --> 00:02:57,625 Today's session we're going to lean into a flow. 53 00:02:57,625 --> 00:03:01,250 So the word vinyasa really just means to move with intention 54 00:03:01,250 --> 00:03:03,250 when we break it down. 55 00:03:04,458 --> 00:03:08,667 So as we begin to introduce a new rhythm and pick up the pace 56 00:03:08,667 --> 00:03:10,250 here in the days to come 57 00:03:11,375 --> 00:03:13,208 remember this is your time. 58 00:03:13,208 --> 00:03:15,041 This is your practice 59 00:03:16,458 --> 00:03:18,959 and it is designed for you to meet and 60 00:03:18,959 --> 00:03:23,000 greet it with whatever you're coming on the mat with each day. 61 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,959 So make it your own. 62 00:03:24,959 --> 00:03:26,000 Learn to adapt. 63 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,458 Question everything and I'll do my best to 64 00:03:28,458 --> 00:03:29,708 guide you in a loving way. 65 00:03:31,125 --> 00:03:32,834 Synchronizing with the breath today. 66 00:03:32,834 --> 00:03:33,834 Here we go. 67 00:03:33,834 --> 00:03:36,500 Inhale, fingertips reach out left to right. 68 00:03:39,166 --> 00:03:42,792 On your exhale, slowly, so slow breath and slow movement 69 00:03:42,792 --> 00:03:44,875 here to start, palms come together at the heart. 70 00:03:44,875 --> 00:03:47,500 Anjuli Mudra. In prayer. 71 00:03:47,500 --> 00:03:48,959 Remember yesterday's practice. 72 00:03:48,959 --> 00:03:51,083 See if you can feel what does it feel like to bring 73 00:03:51,083 --> 00:03:52,708 the palms together in prayer? 74 00:03:53,750 --> 00:03:55,458 And if it feel like nothing, that's fine. 75 00:03:55,458 --> 00:03:56,667 (laughs) Just notice. 76 00:03:57,667 --> 00:03:59,500 Okay, good. Drop the chin to the chest. 77 00:03:59,500 --> 00:04:02,583 Feel that broadening through the upper back body. 78 00:04:02,583 --> 00:04:04,291 Nice stretch in the back of the neck. 79 00:04:06,083 --> 00:04:08,917 And then when you're ready slowly reach behind, 80 00:04:08,917 --> 00:04:11,083 palms kiss together behind the neck. 81 00:04:11,083 --> 00:04:13,458 Start to draw your navel in here a little bit. 82 00:04:14,333 --> 00:04:18,750 Good, then inhale, fingertips glide up towards the sky. 83 00:04:18,750 --> 00:04:21,083 Take a nice big breath, big stretch here. 84 00:04:22,208 --> 00:04:24,041 And then exhale, wiggle the fingertips, 85 00:04:24,041 --> 00:04:26,125 rain it all the way down moving with your breath. 86 00:04:28,417 --> 00:04:30,834 So the breath is the fuel for the movement 87 00:04:32,375 --> 00:04:33,959 and the movement 88 00:04:33,959 --> 00:04:36,500 has this beautiful marriage with the breath and that's what we 89 00:04:36,500 --> 00:04:39,125 want to really try to build today so that we can take it 90 00:04:39,125 --> 00:04:41,583 into the rest of our practices here together. 91 00:04:42,834 --> 00:04:44,542 So picking up the pace just a bit. 92 00:04:44,542 --> 00:04:48,375 See if you can make your breath long and controlled. 93 00:04:49,542 --> 00:04:51,959 Here we go, inhale. Fingertips reach out. 94 00:04:55,625 --> 00:04:57,542 Exhale, hands to heart. 95 00:04:57,542 --> 00:04:59,500 Long slow breath out. 96 00:05:02,834 --> 00:05:04,708 Beautiful, chin to chest. 97 00:05:04,708 --> 00:05:06,125 Feel that stretch in the back of the neck. 98 00:05:06,125 --> 00:05:07,708 Reach behind. 99 00:05:07,708 --> 00:05:10,959 Inhale, navel draws in as you reach all the way up. 100 00:05:10,959 --> 00:05:11,917 Big breath. 101 00:05:13,875 --> 00:05:16,000 Exhale, float the fingertips down. 102 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Start to open up to the shoulders. 103 00:05:20,458 --> 00:05:22,458 Beautiful, inhale halfway lift. 104 00:05:24,583 --> 00:05:26,333 Exhale, hands to heart. 105 00:05:27,667 --> 00:05:28,875 Notice what it feels like. 106 00:05:29,667 --> 00:05:31,750 Chin to chest, reach behind. 107 00:05:32,417 --> 00:05:34,417 Inhale, reach for the sky. 108 00:05:36,667 --> 00:05:41,166 Exhale, releasing all the way down fingertips kiss the earth. 109 00:05:42,583 --> 00:05:44,667 Let's keep it going. Inhale, halfway lift. 110 00:05:46,834 --> 00:05:48,834 Exhale, palms come together. 111 00:05:50,708 --> 00:05:53,667 Beautiful. Opportunity here to retain the breath, 112 00:05:53,667 --> 00:05:56,125 drop the chin to the chest, reach behind 113 00:05:56,125 --> 00:05:58,291 and now inhale reach for the sky. 114 00:06:00,708 --> 00:06:02,250 Exhale, float it down. 115 00:06:02,250 --> 00:06:04,542 Now this time when you float it down you can start to reach your 116 00:06:04,542 --> 00:06:06,834 fingertips a little bit behind the hips. 117 00:06:06,834 --> 00:06:09,458 If you want to start opening up through the chest, 118 00:06:09,458 --> 00:06:11,667 the pecs, the heart a little more. 119 00:06:11,667 --> 00:06:13,458 Here we go. Inhale, halfway lift. 120 00:06:15,583 --> 00:06:17,166 Exhale, hands to heart. 121 00:06:19,458 --> 00:06:22,792 Retain the breath. Chin to chest, reach behind. 122 00:06:22,792 --> 00:06:24,333 Navel draws in and as you inhale, 123 00:06:24,333 --> 00:06:25,500 reach for the sky. 124 00:06:27,166 --> 00:06:28,583 Exhale, float it down, 125 00:06:28,583 --> 00:06:30,333 fingertips reaching back just slightly. 126 00:06:31,917 --> 00:06:33,542 Once more. Nice audible breath. 127 00:06:33,542 --> 00:06:36,208 Here you go. Nice refreshing breath in. 128 00:06:37,750 --> 00:06:39,750 Exhale, hands to heart. 129 00:06:41,083 --> 00:06:42,792 Chin to chest, reach behind. 130 00:06:43,750 --> 00:06:46,000 Navel draws in as you inhale, lift up. 131 00:06:47,834 --> 00:06:49,917 Exhale, release it all the way down. 132 00:06:51,834 --> 00:06:53,208 Beautiful, left hand to the earth. 133 00:06:53,208 --> 00:06:55,208 Inhale, right fingertips up and over. 134 00:06:57,500 --> 00:06:59,083 Exhale, all the way back to center. 135 00:06:59,083 --> 00:07:00,208 Right hand to the earth. 136 00:07:00,208 --> 00:07:02,208 Inhale, left fingertips up and over. 137 00:07:04,583 --> 00:07:06,208 All the way back to center. 138 00:07:06,208 --> 00:07:09,375 Inhale, both fingertips reach all the way up. 139 00:07:09,375 --> 00:07:12,500 We're gonna just find that big beach ball here. 140 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:14,667 Here to draw their shoulders down. 141 00:07:14,667 --> 00:07:17,917 Imagine your shoulder blades, your scap just kind of rounding 142 00:07:17,917 --> 00:07:19,959 back to hold your heart space. 143 00:07:21,166 --> 00:07:23,166 Beautiful then you're gonna take your fingers 144 00:07:23,166 --> 00:07:25,750 and just the thumbs are going to press up. 145 00:07:25,750 --> 00:07:27,250 Breathing deep. 146 00:07:27,250 --> 00:07:29,834 Lifting the heart, lifting the sternum. 147 00:07:29,834 --> 00:07:33,625 Quads get really heavy here so we find that opposition, 148 00:07:33,625 --> 00:07:36,125 that lift up from the pelvic floor. 149 00:07:36,125 --> 00:07:38,417 Benju's here with us breathing deep. 150 00:07:38,417 --> 00:07:40,291 We're here for three. 151 00:07:40,291 --> 00:07:42,834 Soften the skin of the face, two. 152 00:07:42,834 --> 00:07:45,458 And on the one, open the fingertips wide, 153 00:07:45,458 --> 00:07:47,417 stretch them as wide as you can. 154 00:07:47,417 --> 00:07:49,875 Take a deep breath in through your nose, don't think. 155 00:07:49,875 --> 00:07:52,583 On the exhale Lion's Breath, tongue out, look up. 156 00:07:55,250 --> 00:07:56,792 Beautiful, bend the elbows. 157 00:07:57,875 --> 00:08:00,333 Float or melt the fingertips down. 158 00:08:00,333 --> 00:08:03,375 Awesome work, just take a second here to notice how you feel. 159 00:08:03,375 --> 00:08:05,375 Observe. 160 00:08:12,542 --> 00:08:14,667 Letting go of the day thus far. 161 00:08:18,917 --> 00:08:21,792 Politely putting whatever's gonna happen 162 00:08:21,792 --> 00:08:24,041 after this practice, putting your To-Do List, 163 00:08:24,041 --> 00:08:26,250 just gently put them on the shelf. 164 00:08:29,625 --> 00:08:31,625 Take one more deep breath in. 165 00:08:33,667 --> 00:08:36,667 Exhale, just really landing here again. 166 00:08:36,667 --> 00:08:37,708 Present. 167 00:08:40,125 --> 00:08:43,125 And within our flow we'll really just work to be 168 00:08:43,125 --> 00:08:44,959 in one moment into the next. 169 00:08:44,959 --> 00:08:48,083 So one present moment opens a window or a door into the next. 170 00:08:48,083 --> 00:08:50,542 And that's all we do and not really 171 00:08:50,542 --> 00:08:52,959 thinking ahead or 172 00:08:52,959 --> 00:08:54,208 considering the past. 173 00:08:57,708 --> 00:09:01,291 Alright, gently open the eyes and we'll come all the way 174 00:09:01,291 --> 00:09:04,000 forward to your Tabletop Position. 175 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,875 Consider how you move here. Be kind. 176 00:09:06,875 --> 00:09:09,667 Remember the way you move matters. 177 00:09:09,667 --> 00:09:11,291 Picking some Benji hair off my mat. 178 00:09:11,291 --> 00:09:12,834 Keepin' it real. 179 00:09:12,834 --> 00:09:15,875 Hey, speak of the devil or speak of the angel. 180 00:09:16,875 --> 00:09:18,875 Depending on what day it is. 181 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:21,792 Find your base. 182 00:09:21,792 --> 00:09:23,750 Remember the breath comes first 183 00:09:24,959 --> 00:09:27,583 and then next your foundation. 184 00:09:27,583 --> 00:09:32,208 And we tend to do these two things first not because that's 185 00:09:32,208 --> 00:09:34,166 the right way to do it in yoga 186 00:09:35,375 --> 00:09:37,333 but because it really puts us in 187 00:09:37,333 --> 00:09:39,834 the role of our own teacher. 188 00:09:41,583 --> 00:09:45,834 Right? Yoga is about uniting the mind, the body. 189 00:09:45,834 --> 00:09:47,750 Making sure that things work for you. 190 00:09:49,250 --> 00:09:50,792 So I'm just here to guide you. 191 00:09:50,792 --> 00:09:52,417 Listen to the sound of your breath. 192 00:09:52,417 --> 00:09:55,041 Listen to your body and let's flow. 193 00:09:55,041 --> 00:09:56,959 Inhale, dropping the belly. 194 00:09:57,750 --> 00:10:01,417 Finding a significant tilt in the pelvis perhaps today 195 00:10:01,417 --> 00:10:03,208 as you drop the belly, open the chest. 196 00:10:04,125 --> 00:10:07,000 And then on your exhale, opposite tilt. 197 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,208 A bit of a tuck as you round to the spine. 198 00:10:09,208 --> 00:10:11,583 Just bringing awareness to the pelvis today. 199 00:10:12,625 --> 00:10:14,667 Cool, inhale drop the belly. 200 00:10:14,667 --> 00:10:16,125 Listen to the sound of your breath. 201 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,208 And exhale, rounding through. 202 00:10:19,208 --> 00:10:20,500 Right now you're gonna continue 203 00:10:20,500 --> 00:10:21,875 with the sound of your own breath. 204 00:10:21,875 --> 00:10:24,959 Opening up the front and back body. 205 00:10:26,542 --> 00:10:28,542 Awakening the spine. 206 00:10:30,208 --> 00:10:32,417 Trusting the process. 207 00:10:32,417 --> 00:10:35,667 Trusting that whatever benefits you're supposed to receive from 208 00:10:35,667 --> 00:10:38,250 your practice, they're just going to happen no matter what. 209 00:10:39,333 --> 00:10:43,583 All you have to do is be present with your breath and open. 210 00:10:46,834 --> 00:10:49,250 You can even start to change up the breath. 211 00:10:51,917 --> 00:10:54,000 Following any natural rhythm. 212 00:10:56,083 --> 00:10:59,458 And then veering off the railroad tracks as you see fit. 213 00:10:59,458 --> 00:11:02,000 Finding a little freedom within the form. 214 00:11:05,417 --> 00:11:07,917 I like to think of the flow or the vinyasa really being an 215 00:11:07,917 --> 00:11:10,083 opportunity for you to unite with whatever is 216 00:11:10,083 --> 00:11:12,125 going on in your body today. 217 00:11:12,125 --> 00:11:14,750 Not necessarily taking orders, right, 218 00:11:16,041 --> 00:11:17,917 from somebody else. 219 00:11:20,708 --> 00:11:25,333 And take whatever flow, whatever little dance you've created here 220 00:11:25,333 --> 00:11:26,875 and make your way to Downward Dog. 221 00:11:26,875 --> 00:11:28,000 Nice and slow. 222 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,500 Again, paying attention to your breath and your foundation so 223 00:11:31,500 --> 00:11:35,500 fingertips are spread nice and white and you make your way up 224 00:11:35,500 --> 00:11:37,708 nice and slow in your own time. 225 00:11:40,333 --> 00:11:42,625 Then find what feels good here. 226 00:11:42,625 --> 00:11:45,959 Maybe it's exquisite stillness with a focus on the breath. 227 00:11:46,875 --> 00:11:49,667 Maybe it's bending one knee as you straighten the other leg 228 00:11:49,667 --> 00:11:51,250 and then switching off. 229 00:11:52,208 --> 00:11:54,583 Maybe it's another Lion's Breath. 230 00:11:54,583 --> 00:11:57,500 Maybe it's a soft gentle 231 00:11:57,500 --> 00:11:59,542 shake in the head, the neck. 232 00:12:04,083 --> 00:12:08,208 Great, then take one more breath here and as you exhale 233 00:12:08,208 --> 00:12:10,166 bend both knees, melt your sternum, 234 00:12:10,166 --> 00:12:12,917 your heart towards the tops of your thighs. 235 00:12:12,917 --> 00:12:16,500 Upper arm bones, again, nice external rotation 236 00:12:16,500 --> 00:12:19,792 to keep the joints nice and happy and stable. 237 00:12:19,792 --> 00:12:22,333 You're here for three, two and on the one 238 00:12:22,333 --> 00:12:23,625 go ahead and drop the heels. 239 00:12:23,625 --> 00:12:25,458 Work to straighten the legs. 240 00:12:25,458 --> 00:12:28,000 Now we'll work with the breath inhale in here. 241 00:12:28,667 --> 00:12:30,125 Exhale to bend the knees. 242 00:12:30,125 --> 00:12:32,625 Belly towards the tops of the thighs. 243 00:12:32,625 --> 00:12:34,417 You got it. nhale, straighten the legs. 244 00:12:35,667 --> 00:12:37,208 Exhale, bend the knees. 245 00:12:38,458 --> 00:12:39,500 Inhale, straighten the legs. 246 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:42,166 Building strength in the upper body. 247 00:12:42,166 --> 00:12:44,208 Exhale, bend the knees. 248 00:12:44,208 --> 00:12:46,375 And once more, you got it, claw through the fingertips, 249 00:12:46,375 --> 00:12:47,792 inhale. 250 00:12:47,792 --> 00:12:48,917 Exhale, bend the knees. 251 00:12:48,917 --> 00:12:52,125 This time inhale, look forward with the knees bent. 252 00:12:52,125 --> 00:12:53,625 Exhale, make your way to the top. 253 00:12:53,625 --> 00:12:57,041 You can take baby steps, do a little ditty 254 00:12:57,041 --> 00:12:59,667 maybe you're working on a float or hop. 255 00:12:59,667 --> 00:13:01,250 We'll meet at the top of the mat. 256 00:13:01,250 --> 00:13:03,500 Feet hip width apart or flush together. 257 00:13:03,500 --> 00:13:07,125 Nice conscious footing and then relaxing over into that 258 00:13:07,125 --> 00:13:10,166 Forward Fold, Uttanasana. 259 00:13:12,250 --> 00:13:15,500 Standing Extended Forward Fold. 260 00:13:18,750 --> 00:13:20,750 Clasp opposite elbow with the hands. 261 00:13:20,750 --> 00:13:23,417 Take a second here to move with your breath. 262 00:13:23,417 --> 00:13:25,750 Gently rocking side to side. 263 00:13:30,417 --> 00:13:33,625 And just here just to stay in the moment but remember you have 264 00:13:33,625 --> 00:13:37,291 everything you need. We have a nice solid tool belt 265 00:13:37,291 --> 00:13:40,959 (chuckles) going on Day 5 so 266 00:13:40,959 --> 00:13:43,208 remembering your foundation. 267 00:13:43,208 --> 00:13:46,041 Paying attention to this sensation. 268 00:13:46,041 --> 00:13:47,667 And again, always with the breath. 269 00:13:47,667 --> 00:13:51,250 Here we go, releasing the hands, begin to slowly roll it up. 270 00:13:51,250 --> 00:13:53,041 Take your time. Feel it out. 271 00:13:57,542 --> 00:14:01,792 Coming to your Mountain Pose. 272 00:14:02,792 --> 00:14:05,500 And again, each time you come to Mountain you have this 273 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:10,291 opportunity, I think, beautiful opportunity to come into 274 00:14:10,291 --> 00:14:13,959 what I like to call or think of quiet Mountain. 275 00:14:13,959 --> 00:14:15,959 Like do you need all of these things, 276 00:14:15,959 --> 00:14:17,375 you know, that you tend to do here? 277 00:14:17,375 --> 00:14:18,875 I see it all the time in myself, too, 278 00:14:18,875 --> 00:14:21,375 but also my friends and class. 279 00:14:21,375 --> 00:14:25,000 And if you do like take it, you know, it's all good. 280 00:14:26,375 --> 00:14:29,917 But just maybe you might like quiet Mountain. 281 00:14:29,917 --> 00:14:33,500 Just coming up knowing that you are exactly where you're 282 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:37,667 supposed to be and in particular with the at home yoga practice, 283 00:14:37,667 --> 00:14:41,125 maybe the temptation to kind of like fix things isn't 284 00:14:41,125 --> 00:14:43,750 necessarily there in the same way that it might be when we're 285 00:14:43,750 --> 00:14:47,166 naturally, very normally, in a public space. 286 00:14:47,166 --> 00:14:50,625 So just a little food for thought. 287 00:14:50,625 --> 00:14:52,834 Okay, quiet Mountain. Here we go. 288 00:14:52,834 --> 00:14:54,750 Stand up nice and tall. 289 00:14:54,750 --> 00:14:58,583 You can close your eyes now or gaze down past your nose and 290 00:14:58,583 --> 00:15:01,625 just use the sound of my voice to guide you here. 291 00:15:02,834 --> 00:15:04,625 Here we go. We're going to inhale, 292 00:15:04,625 --> 00:15:05,917 reach the fingertips all the 293 00:15:05,917 --> 00:15:08,583 way up to the sky, just big stretch. 294 00:15:08,583 --> 00:15:11,166 Exhale, bend the knees, Forward Fold. 295 00:15:13,667 --> 00:15:16,000 Inhale, halfway lift just like we've been doing, 296 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,000 moving with the breath. 297 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,917 Exhale, fold all the way down. 298 00:15:19,750 --> 00:15:22,375 Inhale, rewind. Reach all the way back up. 299 00:15:22,375 --> 00:15:23,500 Big stretch. 300 00:15:24,625 --> 00:15:26,583 Exhale, quiet Mountain, 301 00:15:26,583 --> 00:15:28,542 fingertips just gently at your side. 302 00:15:29,667 --> 00:15:30,583 Just like that again. 303 00:15:30,583 --> 00:15:33,417 See if you can do this little ditty with your eyes closed 304 00:15:33,417 --> 00:15:35,041 or the gaze soft. Here we go. 305 00:15:35,834 --> 00:15:37,625 Inhale, reach for the sky. 306 00:15:39,208 --> 00:15:41,208 Exhale, Forward Fold. 307 00:15:43,542 --> 00:15:45,291 Inhale, find length in the spine. 308 00:15:45,291 --> 00:15:47,166 Lift up halfway. 309 00:15:47,166 --> 00:15:49,792 Exhale, fold it down. 310 00:15:50,959 --> 00:15:53,500 Back all the way up, inhale, reach for the sky. 311 00:15:53,500 --> 00:15:55,083 Spread the fingertips. 312 00:15:55,083 --> 00:15:58,000 And exhale, hands gently down at your side. 313 00:16:00,375 --> 00:16:02,625 Pause here. Take a deep breath in. 314 00:16:04,375 --> 00:16:05,542 Long breath out. 315 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,959 Find that upward current of energy through the front body. 316 00:16:11,667 --> 00:16:15,583 Relax the shoulders, find that grounding through the back body. 317 00:16:17,208 --> 00:16:18,250 Okay, let's play. 318 00:16:18,250 --> 00:16:20,625 Inhale, send the fingertips out left to right, 319 00:16:20,625 --> 00:16:22,291 just as we've been doing on the ground. 320 00:16:23,291 --> 00:16:26,208 Exhale hands to heart, Anjuli Mudra, prayer. 321 00:16:27,291 --> 00:16:29,500 Chin to chest, slight bend in the knees this time 322 00:16:29,500 --> 00:16:32,166 as you reach behind. Little shark fin. 323 00:16:32,166 --> 00:16:33,834 Now inhale, ground through the feet. 324 00:16:33,834 --> 00:16:35,834 Find your loop of energy and 325 00:16:35,834 --> 00:16:37,917 reach for the sky as you breathe in. 326 00:16:37,917 --> 00:16:40,792 Exhale, fingertips left to right as you lead with your heart, 327 00:16:40,792 --> 00:16:42,917 bend your knees, take it all the way down. 328 00:16:42,917 --> 00:16:45,125 So we're starting to innegrate, integrate, 329 00:16:45,125 --> 00:16:49,000 not innegrate, integrate or innegrate. 330 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,708 Inhale, halfway lift. You got it. 331 00:16:51,708 --> 00:16:54,542 Move with your breath, exhale, fold. 332 00:16:54,542 --> 00:16:57,125 Root to rise here. Inhale, reach for the sky. 333 00:16:58,291 --> 00:17:00,792 Exhale hands gently down at your side, 334 00:17:00,792 --> 00:17:01,917 Mountain Pose. 335 00:17:02,834 --> 00:17:05,834 Again, inhale, send the fingertips out left to right. 336 00:17:05,834 --> 00:17:07,750 Stretch through the chest. 337 00:17:07,750 --> 00:17:09,250 Exhale, hands to heart. 338 00:17:09,250 --> 00:17:10,458 Draw the navel just in. 339 00:17:11,542 --> 00:17:13,667 Chin to chest, reach behind. 340 00:17:13,667 --> 00:17:15,417 All the way up as you breathe in. 341 00:17:15,417 --> 00:17:17,417 Fingertips to the sky. 342 00:17:17,417 --> 00:17:19,625 Exhale, wiggle the fingertips. 343 00:17:19,625 --> 00:17:20,500 Lead with the heart. 344 00:17:20,500 --> 00:17:22,917 Bend your knees, take it all the way down. 345 00:17:23,625 --> 00:17:25,500 Beautiful, inhale, halfway lift. 346 00:17:25,500 --> 00:17:27,166 Moving with your breath. 347 00:17:27,166 --> 00:17:30,041 Exhale to fold and step the right foot back. 348 00:17:30,875 --> 00:17:34,667 Inhale, open the chest, lower your right knee to the earth. 349 00:17:35,542 --> 00:17:38,834 Exhale, bring the back knee all the way up. 350 00:17:39,750 --> 00:17:40,792 Here we go, inhale. 351 00:17:40,792 --> 00:17:42,667 Drop the right knee, open the chest. 352 00:17:42,667 --> 00:17:44,291 Moving with your breath. 353 00:17:44,291 --> 00:17:46,542 Exhale, lift the right knee all the way up. 354 00:17:46,542 --> 00:17:48,542 Reaching back with the right heel. 355 00:17:48,542 --> 00:17:51,250 Once more, inhale, bend that right knee down, 356 00:17:51,250 --> 00:17:53,000 open your heart. 357 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,917 Exhale, lifting it up. 358 00:17:55,917 --> 00:17:57,583 Now listen carefully, we're gonna squeeze 359 00:17:57,583 --> 00:17:59,166 the thighs together here. 360 00:17:59,166 --> 00:18:01,041 You have everything you need. 361 00:18:01,041 --> 00:18:02,291 Squeezing the inner thighs together, 362 00:18:02,291 --> 00:18:04,083 lifting up from the pelvic floor. 363 00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:07,291 We're going to inhale, reach fingertips forward, up and back. 364 00:18:07,291 --> 00:18:08,291 High lunge. 365 00:18:08,291 --> 00:18:10,500 Now we've already had our back knee on the ground 366 00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:12,125 so we know that it's there for us. 367 00:18:12,125 --> 00:18:14,959 Totally awesome, totally wonderful to just know, 368 00:18:14,959 --> 00:18:16,458 okay, you know what? 369 00:18:16,458 --> 00:18:18,792 It's better for me to put my back knee down. 370 00:18:18,792 --> 00:18:20,250 And you can be here. 371 00:18:20,250 --> 00:18:21,834 Otherwise, we're lifting the back knee, 372 00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:24,208 we're pulling the left hip crease back just a bit. 373 00:18:24,208 --> 00:18:27,375 Front knee over front ankle, finding that energetic loop. 374 00:18:28,375 --> 00:18:31,959 Lots of stretching here so allow that stretch 375 00:18:31,959 --> 00:18:33,458 to be supported by your breath. 376 00:18:33,458 --> 00:18:36,500 You're here for three, two 377 00:18:36,500 --> 00:18:39,458 and on the one we take it all the way down. 378 00:18:39,458 --> 00:18:42,625 Great, inhale, big open twist to the left. You got this. 379 00:18:43,417 --> 00:18:46,125 Exhale, bring it all the way back down, 380 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:48,625 framing the left foot. Plant the palms. 381 00:18:48,625 --> 00:18:51,000 Step your left toes back, Plank Pose. 382 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,208 Feel free to lower the knees. 383 00:18:52,959 --> 00:18:55,834 Great, inhale to look forward, shift forward. 384 00:18:55,834 --> 00:18:57,917 Squeeze elbows into the side body. 385 00:18:57,917 --> 00:19:00,083 Exhale to lower all the way down to your belly. 386 00:19:00,792 --> 00:19:04,458 With your breath, inhale, Cobra. 387 00:19:04,458 --> 00:19:06,250 Nice and easy. 388 00:19:06,250 --> 00:19:09,166 Exhale, soften and fold. Bring it down. 389 00:19:09,959 --> 00:19:12,792 Curl the toes under. Lift the kneecaps. 390 00:19:12,792 --> 00:19:14,708 Tone your quadriceps. 391 00:19:14,708 --> 00:19:16,250 Find your foundation in the hands here. 392 00:19:16,250 --> 00:19:18,708 Nice and strong and here we go, big inhale. 393 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,959 Exhale, navel draws to the spine. 394 00:19:21,959 --> 00:19:24,291 We press up to Plank or Half Plank. 395 00:19:24,291 --> 00:19:26,667 Now pause here, quietly whisper to yourself, 396 00:19:26,667 --> 00:19:28,917 "I am strong." 397 00:19:28,917 --> 00:19:30,083 I am strong. 398 00:19:30,083 --> 00:19:32,000 And then send it to Downward Facing Dog. 399 00:19:32,959 --> 00:19:34,375 Inhale in deeply. 400 00:19:35,625 --> 00:19:37,792 And exhale, let something go. 401 00:19:40,083 --> 00:19:41,291 Awesome, bend the knees. 402 00:19:41,291 --> 00:19:43,625 Belly comes towards the tops of the thighs again, 403 00:19:43,625 --> 00:19:45,333 sternum towards the knees. 404 00:19:45,333 --> 00:19:47,166 Inhale to look forward. 405 00:19:47,166 --> 00:19:48,834 Exhale to make your way to the top. 406 00:19:50,166 --> 00:19:53,166 Flowing with the breath, inhale, halfway lift. 407 00:19:53,166 --> 00:19:54,250 Exhale, fold. 408 00:19:54,250 --> 00:19:56,458 This time step the left foot all the way back. 409 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,083 Beautiful. 410 00:19:59,083 --> 00:20:00,708 Here we go, lowering the left knee. 411 00:20:00,708 --> 00:20:03,583 Inhale, open the heart. 412 00:20:03,583 --> 00:20:05,458 Exhale, left heel reaches back 413 00:20:05,458 --> 00:20:07,041 as you lift the left knee up high. 414 00:20:07,834 --> 00:20:10,417 Inhale, lower the back knee, open the chest. 415 00:20:10,417 --> 00:20:13,250 Feel that awesome stretch the front of the left hip crease and 416 00:20:13,250 --> 00:20:15,625 then exhale, reach the left heel back, 417 00:20:15,625 --> 00:20:17,417 lift the back knee. 418 00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:19,417 Inhale, open the chest. 419 00:20:19,417 --> 00:20:21,583 Heart radiates forward. 420 00:20:21,583 --> 00:20:23,208 Exhale, lift it up. 421 00:20:24,500 --> 00:20:25,834 Alright, find that connection. 422 00:20:25,834 --> 00:20:27,375 Squeeze inner thighs to the midline. 423 00:20:27,375 --> 00:20:28,959 Lift up from the pelvic floor, you got this, 424 00:20:28,959 --> 00:20:32,041 inhale reach the fingertips forward up and back. 425 00:20:32,041 --> 00:20:34,875 High lunge so you may have been in this posture a million times 426 00:20:34,875 --> 00:20:38,166 but what we're doing is bringing a lot of integrity. 427 00:20:38,166 --> 00:20:40,250 We're connecting to the foundation of not just the 428 00:20:40,250 --> 00:20:43,750 physical body and the alignment but our energetic body 429 00:20:43,750 --> 00:20:46,417 so again making adjustments if you need to by lowering 430 00:20:46,417 --> 00:20:49,417 the back knee or even bringing hands to the waistline. 431 00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:52,166 Give it your all here, find your breath. 432 00:20:52,166 --> 00:20:53,583 You got it. 433 00:20:58,750 --> 00:21:01,166 Awesome then slowly releasing it down. 434 00:21:01,166 --> 00:21:03,208 Nice work. Left hand to the earth. 435 00:21:03,208 --> 00:21:05,708 Breathe into your belly here. Take it all the way up. 436 00:21:05,708 --> 00:21:08,542 Right fingertips to the sky. Big open twist. 437 00:21:08,542 --> 00:21:11,208 And then on your exhale bring it all the way down. 438 00:21:11,208 --> 00:21:14,000 Awesome, plant the palms, step your right toes back. 439 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,959 Inhale, look forward, shift forward on the toes, 440 00:21:16,959 --> 00:21:17,917 squeeze the elbows in. 441 00:21:17,917 --> 00:21:20,750 This time belly to Cobra or maybe Chaturanga 442 00:21:20,750 --> 00:21:22,458 to Upward Facing Dog. 443 00:21:22,458 --> 00:21:23,625 Move with your breath. 444 00:21:23,625 --> 00:21:27,708 Use an inhale to open your heart and then use your exhale to make 445 00:21:27,708 --> 00:21:31,083 your way to Downward Dog. Nice and smooth. 446 00:21:32,875 --> 00:21:35,500 That's where we'll meet in Downward Dog. 447 00:21:36,583 --> 00:21:37,625 Check in. 448 00:21:41,583 --> 00:21:43,417 Awesome work. From Downward Dog, 449 00:21:43,417 --> 00:21:45,208 anchor the left heel down to the earth. 450 00:21:45,208 --> 00:21:47,458 Inhale, lift the right leg up high. 451 00:21:47,458 --> 00:21:50,041 Exhale, you're gonna slowly shift forward. 452 00:21:50,041 --> 00:21:51,583 Squeeze your right knee in towards 453 00:21:51,583 --> 00:21:52,792 your chest as you breathe out. 454 00:21:52,792 --> 00:21:54,792 Contraction in the abdominals. 455 00:21:54,792 --> 00:21:56,583 Inhale, anchor through the left heel. 456 00:21:56,583 --> 00:21:59,250 Kick the right leg up high. Three-Legged Dog. 457 00:21:59,250 --> 00:22:01,166 Exhale, shift forward with your breath, 458 00:22:01,166 --> 00:22:03,041 contract through your center. 459 00:22:03,625 --> 00:22:05,041 Inhale, kick it up. 460 00:22:06,375 --> 00:22:09,083 Exhale, last one, you got this. Squeeze and lift. 461 00:22:09,083 --> 00:22:11,375 Try to touch your right heel to your right glute. 462 00:22:11,375 --> 00:22:13,583 Hollow body, you got this for three, 463 00:22:13,583 --> 00:22:15,583 two, awesome work, one. 464 00:22:15,583 --> 00:22:17,750 Plant the right foot. High lunge again. 465 00:22:17,750 --> 00:22:20,792 Here we go sweeping the fingertips forward, up and back. 466 00:22:20,792 --> 00:22:22,500 Notice that heat, that warmth. 467 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:25,375 Try to get your center underneath you here. 468 00:22:25,375 --> 00:22:27,834 Maybe by bending your back knee. 469 00:22:29,625 --> 00:22:32,250 Paying attention to what's going on in the pelvis. 470 00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:34,000 Big beach ball up and overhead. 471 00:22:34,667 --> 00:22:36,750 Great, inhale in here. 472 00:22:36,750 --> 00:22:39,291 And exhale, float it all the way down. 473 00:22:39,291 --> 00:22:40,291 Hi Buddy. 474 00:22:40,291 --> 00:22:42,542 From here you're going to plant the palms, 475 00:22:42,542 --> 00:22:44,500 step the right toes back. 476 00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:47,375 Inhale to look forward, shift forward. 477 00:22:47,375 --> 00:22:51,166 Exhale, belly to Cobra or Chaturanga to Up Dog. 478 00:22:51,166 --> 00:22:53,041 Again, use your inhale to open up 479 00:22:53,041 --> 00:22:54,542 through the heart, the chest. 480 00:22:54,542 --> 00:22:56,583 Use your exhale to make your way, 481 00:22:56,583 --> 00:22:58,000 Downward Facing Dog. 482 00:22:59,917 --> 00:23:01,000 Breathe in. 483 00:23:02,375 --> 00:23:03,291 Breathe out. 484 00:23:05,291 --> 00:23:06,708 One more time, breathe in. 485 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,125 You're doing great. Exhale, breathe out. 486 00:23:11,542 --> 00:23:13,375 Great, anchor the right heel. Hang with me. 487 00:23:13,375 --> 00:23:15,625 Claw through the fingertips. Nice strong base. 488 00:23:15,625 --> 00:23:16,959 Hands nice and wide. 489 00:23:16,959 --> 00:23:19,291 Inhale, lift the left leg up high. 490 00:23:19,291 --> 00:23:20,625 So remember to square the hips here. 491 00:23:20,625 --> 00:23:22,834 As we've been doing, dialing toes down. 492 00:23:23,750 --> 00:23:25,417 Moving with the breath, inhale. 493 00:23:26,041 --> 00:23:27,750 Exhale, shift forward. 494 00:23:27,750 --> 00:23:29,542 Squeeze that left knee up and towards your chest. 495 00:23:30,250 --> 00:23:32,500 Inhale, anchor through the right heel. Kick it up. 496 00:23:33,500 --> 00:23:37,000 Exhale, slow and steady, my friends, squeeze and lift. 497 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,000 Neck is nice and long here. 498 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,667 Inhale, kick it up. 499 00:23:40,667 --> 00:23:43,208 Claw through the fingertips, take pressure out of the wrist. 500 00:23:43,208 --> 00:23:45,041 Exhale, shift forward. 501 00:23:45,041 --> 00:23:48,166 Pause here, try to touch your left heel to your left glute. 502 00:23:48,166 --> 00:23:49,041 Hollow front body. 503 00:23:49,041 --> 00:23:51,834 You're here for three, two, you're awesome. 504 00:23:51,834 --> 00:23:54,291 On the one, step it up hallelu. 505 00:23:55,041 --> 00:23:56,083 Here we go. 506 00:23:56,083 --> 00:23:57,333 Squeezing inner thighs, 507 00:23:57,333 --> 00:23:59,625 finding that connection to midline. 508 00:23:59,625 --> 00:24:02,125 Sweeping the fingertips forward, up and back. 509 00:24:02,125 --> 00:24:04,166 Welcome that heat. 510 00:24:04,166 --> 00:24:06,625 Is the door cracked open for that warmth, 511 00:24:06,625 --> 00:24:10,792 for that powerful shift, that transformation or is there like 512 00:24:10,792 --> 00:24:13,125 a little guard there? Little resistance? 513 00:24:15,834 --> 00:24:17,708 Option to always lower the back me here. 514 00:24:17,708 --> 00:24:18,834 Breathing deep. 515 00:24:19,917 --> 00:24:22,542 Find the full expression. Get your center underneath you 516 00:24:22,542 --> 00:24:24,875 by bending your back knee just for a bit. 517 00:24:25,875 --> 00:24:27,208 And we'll take one more breath. 518 00:24:27,208 --> 00:24:28,917 Big beach ball up and overhead. 519 00:24:29,667 --> 00:24:31,667 And then slowly releasing it down. 520 00:24:31,667 --> 00:24:33,667 Awesome work. Plant the palms. 521 00:24:34,875 --> 00:24:35,750 Step it back. 522 00:24:35,750 --> 00:24:38,500 Nice strong Plank or Half Plank for your vinyasa. 523 00:24:38,500 --> 00:24:40,166 Move with your breath. 524 00:24:40,166 --> 00:24:41,625 Move with intention. 525 00:24:41,625 --> 00:24:43,625 Use the inhale to open your chest, 526 00:24:43,625 --> 00:24:44,708 open your heart. 527 00:24:45,708 --> 00:24:47,542 Soft in the face. 528 00:24:47,542 --> 00:24:49,917 And use your exhale to take it up and back, 529 00:24:49,917 --> 00:24:51,458 Downward Facing Dog. 530 00:24:52,542 --> 00:24:53,959 Now stick with it. 531 00:24:53,959 --> 00:24:56,708 Even if you have to move into a Puppy Posture here, 532 00:24:56,708 --> 00:24:58,750 stay present. Stick with your breath. 533 00:25:04,250 --> 00:25:06,750 Now close your eyes here for this final breath in 534 00:25:06,750 --> 00:25:08,834 Downward Dog and on your inhale 535 00:25:08,834 --> 00:25:10,917 just invite some positive 536 00:25:10,917 --> 00:25:14,583 vibrant energy into your body, 537 00:25:14,583 --> 00:25:15,708 into your life. 538 00:25:18,166 --> 00:25:20,625 It's this type of energy 539 00:25:21,959 --> 00:25:24,542 and awareness that allows us to 540 00:25:25,625 --> 00:25:27,333 be in a flow state. 541 00:25:28,917 --> 00:25:32,834 Open, available, ready to shift and change. 542 00:25:32,834 --> 00:25:36,333 Present with whatever comes our way. 543 00:25:37,917 --> 00:25:39,208 You're doing awesome. 544 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,166 Stick with it, bend the knees. 545 00:25:42,166 --> 00:25:45,583 Slow descend of the knees to the earth. 546 00:25:47,166 --> 00:25:51,417 Awesome. From here you're gonna across one ankle over the other. 547 00:25:51,417 --> 00:25:54,000 Be mindful of the knees here. You're gonna drag your hands, 548 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,583 just paint your favorite color paint, 549 00:25:55,583 --> 00:25:57,875 just paint your mat all the way back. 550 00:25:58,458 --> 00:26:01,291 And try not to shift here, just come right into a seat. 551 00:26:02,333 --> 00:26:04,208 And come into your Sukhasana. 552 00:26:04,208 --> 00:26:07,083 Allow the hands to rest gently on the knees. 553 00:26:07,083 --> 00:26:08,708 Sit up nice and tall 554 00:26:10,291 --> 00:26:13,208 and notice how a little can go a long way 555 00:26:14,583 --> 00:26:16,125 when we're paying attention. 556 00:26:25,333 --> 00:26:27,708 Take one more breath here. Just observe. 557 00:26:34,542 --> 00:26:35,417 Sweet. 558 00:26:35,417 --> 00:26:37,250 Then we'll inhale, reach the fingertips all 559 00:26:37,250 --> 00:26:38,125 the way up towards the sky. 560 00:26:38,125 --> 00:26:40,500 Find that big beach ball up and overhead. 561 00:26:43,083 --> 00:26:44,708 A nice easy twist to your left. 562 00:26:44,708 --> 00:26:46,041 Nice and easy here. 563 00:26:49,083 --> 00:26:50,625 Gently nod the head yes. 564 00:26:57,166 --> 00:26:58,792 And then bring it back to center. 565 00:26:58,792 --> 00:27:00,500 Inhale, reach for the sky. 566 00:27:02,208 --> 00:27:04,250 And exhale, twist to the right. 567 00:27:04,250 --> 00:27:06,208 Nice and easy. 568 00:27:06,208 --> 00:27:07,625 Nodding the head. 569 00:27:24,500 --> 00:27:26,917 And then slowly bringing it back to center. 570 00:27:27,625 --> 00:27:30,375 When you come into to Sukhasana, and once again, 571 00:27:30,375 --> 00:27:32,375 and this time we're going to flip the palms up. 572 00:27:39,291 --> 00:27:41,708 Just take one more moment to notice how you feel. 573 00:27:49,166 --> 00:27:52,250 Then we'll gently bring the hands together at the heart. 574 00:27:56,750 --> 00:27:58,834 Gently bring the thumbs up to the third eye. 575 00:28:01,375 --> 00:28:03,375 Day 5 in the books. 576 00:28:04,875 --> 00:28:07,917 Tomorrow we focus on our core, 577 00:28:08,959 --> 00:28:11,083 center of our being, getting stronger. 578 00:28:12,875 --> 00:28:14,208 Let us know how you're feeling 579 00:28:14,208 --> 00:28:16,208 in the comments section down below. 580 00:28:17,041 --> 00:28:18,917 From my heart to yours, 581 00:28:20,875 --> 00:28:22,041 Namaste. 582 00:28:24,250 --> 00:28:28,250 (bright music)