what's up everyone welcome to the yoga

with Adriene vlog I'm Adriene that's

Benji and we're here today to tell you

about my trip to Chicago so when we were

talking about to define what it feels

good roadshow we knew that we had to go

to Chicago for starters I've never been

I've heard nothing about great things

and yeah just based on community

engagement and conversation we knew that

we had to take a trip to Chicago so when

we finally got it all set and booked we

were super excited to go so because of

where we were at with other jobs and

things and you know how just life goes

of busy schedules Chicago had to be a

quick trip but that doesn't mean it

wasn't awesome once I got settled in I

ate some awesome food in fact I want to

go ahead and say in public that I I

don't know about all Chicago cooks let's

face it I was only there for a couple

days but in the short time that I was

there I found it very vegetarian

friendly I found it very delicious

and at this point in my travels like I

was kind of done you know just being

like yeah I'm Coolio v-a-l-e whatever

want at this point some reason by the

time I in Chicago was probably why I

didn't have pizza I was just feeling

like I really just needed to eat

nutritious things and you know keep my

system happy and you know balanced right

that's all we're talking about here

balanced whole living so I had some

awesome food and then a really good

friend of mine lives in Chicago actually

a couple of really good friends of mine

but my friend Alan is an incredible

performer an inspiration to us all he

does it all and so I went to go see Alan

in a comedy show and it was a lot of fun

at first I was a little worried about

going to a show we usually try to take

it really easy before we have to do our

road show that you know class the next

morning I was going to a workshop it's

not really

but since we're only there two nights

and because Alan is so awesome and he's

a yogi and I knew he was planning on

coming to the find what feels good class

I decided I need to buck up and go visit

him so he went to a comedy sports show

thanks for the ticket

Alan and I was brave enough to sit in

the front row and it was super fun and I

laughed like a child I stopped my feet I

participated and I mean I just made

suggestions and and there's a lot of fun

so thanks Alan thanks comedy sports

that's comedy sports with a Z the fine

one feels good road show day in Chicago

is actually magical in the morning after

my ritual we even ran into like ywa

community members like just on the

sidewalk outside the restaurant we were

out having a you know fueling up on

caffeine it was really cool I got to me

a puppy dog hey puppy dog you know who

you are

shout out and and then as I walked up to

this face I got to meet everyone who had

shown up for the class beforehand while

we were waiting to get in and it was so

fun it felt like I was beating a bunch

of old old friends I know it seems hokey

but this the truth there's there's never

anything awkward about meeting complete

strangers and being connected to them

and I find that pretty interesting right

because it should be awkward but I don't

know there's an agreement there's a

there's something there that I will

write about one day but I'm still I'm

still thinking about art pottery and

it's hard to articulate but from the

get-go I felt a little bit of magic we

walked up started getting people checked

in check out the space

this time we're at an awesome space bend

yoga thank you so much for having us

each space is totally different you have

to understand too that I'm walking into

this space for the first time so my

normal things that I rely on you know to

to make myself comfortable to host to

you know own own the room and whole

space for people I don't have so it's

been a really good experience as a

teacher and as a guide I think and as a

person of course you know

of staying present and being on your

toes and oddly enough not to be cheesy

but I actually think a lot of my acting

training and improv training take tying

it into Alan's comedy sports night and

my whole Chicago thing all right the

whole second city thing I'm gonna hate

this vlog I can't tell just King I

really think that that that background

helps in these moments you know you

don't panic you take one thing at a time

you just say yes to everything and you

know you're super gracious and and you

respect the space and each other and

ultimately try to dig down and have some

fun so that's what we did we had an

awesome class a really diverse group I

had such a great time meeting everyone

afterwards and yeah it was it was it was

a really great class again these

desserts serve as little souvenirs to

say thank you to everyone who came and

thank you to everyone who supported us

and Chicago I love you after class we

didn't have much time but Alan took us

to find some food do a little

sightseeing of course I just see the

stadium you know this was a big this was

right right as some serious ballgames

were happening as I understand it and so

that was exciting walked around had some

more awesome vegetarian food at Chicago

diner this time a little different than

the place I was at before totally

different actually but still very

vegetarian friendly super awesome and

then ended it at the violet our son is

called violet our yeah with a cocktail

and I was just a nice little cap on our

short little trip was also chilly so a

little cocktail felt good and I have no

footage from that because if you know

anything about the violent hour you know

that there are rules and so it is

against the rules so no footage from the

violent hour alright that's all for now

I send you my love I give you such such

love everyone who came out thank you so

much I just have so much love for

everyone that I met it for everyone

watching right here right now thanks

again one more a road show stop vlog to

come and then back to the yoga mat we go

enjoy your practice Benji anything oil

brown look at this oh my gosh alright

peace