hello everyone welcome to the yoga with

Adriene vlog I'm Adriene and this is

Benji teaming up and I'm here to tell

you about my trip to LA so the find what

feels good Roadshow continues this time

I did not come home in between because

that's silly I flew straight from New

York City to Los Angeles so I'm not

complaining everything about this trip

and this practice is awesome it's

awesome work it's a dream job it's an

incredible opportunity to connect with

real people who have honest-to-god

stories and and really just it's the

most incredible motivation anyone can

ever ask for

but when you leave the city and you have

to get up at 5:00 a.m. to get in your

car

Benji break okay so the time change got

me a little tired that's all but I

bounce back I was super excited this

time I've been staying on the west side

of LA for the last several trips that

I've been there working so this time I

was on the east side great food

awesome shops a real sense of community

great coffee and lots of yoga studios so

this time we were going to have our

meetup at a beautiful little studio

called one down dog

I had heard great things from fellow

Austinites and other friends about the

studio so we hunted them down and I mean

you know they are awesome people and

they really you know there's dogs

everywhere so it just kind of seemed

like a no-brainer on one of my days off

I wanted to kind of just location scout

a little bit we were trying to find a

place to maybe meet up afterwards

weren't sure if it was going to happen

this time and I wanted to just get a

feel for the energy of the studio itself

so I went to their Silver Lake location

to take a class I took a really fun and

sweaty class that bumped some Kanye and

really kicked my ass actually but it was

really awesome I hunted down this

beautiful mural by an awesome artist of

you

dog doing downward dog that kind of look

like Benji I think it's based on another

dog but I'm gonna pretend it's based on

Benji just kidding it was really cool

and the studio itself was really

beautiful the next day we were at the

other location that's where our LA

meetup was in Eagle Rock the class at

Eagle Rock was so much fun it was full

of beautiful people also really diverse

crowd the back of the room got a little

bit sweaty I felt bad or there's a sun

shining in the back of that studio but

there is a sense of like there's a

heightened sense of we're all in this

together because everyone knows that I'm

setting foot into this room to for the

first time which is true for almost

everyone there which is also really good

for the local studios because they're

getting all of these beautiful

passionate authentic gorgeous diverse

group of people these people coming in

to their studio for the first time what

am I trying to say you know what if I

say so I think that's a really nice

exchange as well

after the Meetup and one down dog our

coordinator was trying to get me over to

the pizza place afterwards ultimately

it's been my life goal to host a series

of pizza and beer meetups after the

holistic wholesome yoga meet up this is

something that we've tried to do we've

we did have the beautiful after-party in

New York but in LA with the timing and

the traffic and the fact that I had

another gig the next day it just wasn't

working out so I was kind of unwilling

or just not really wanting to go next

door but we were chatting with people

afterwards everyone was kind of chatting

and we mosey over there and to my

surprise my business partner and friend

Chris and his wife who's also one of my

best friends Hilah and their baby Flint

and some other wonderful friends of mine

were there along with yoga with adriene

community members and they surprised me

with a little pizza and beer and

I don't even know what people are

drinking out just like give me the water

um what else and cake and just beautiful

love it was so nice I'm like I'm like

getting flustered talking about it now

and just because it was I was surprised

it was so nice to see everyone there so

it was for my birthday I should mention

but wait it's not over the next morning

or actually what am I talking on the

next morning right after the pizza party

this is why I didn't have any beer

I had previously packed my bags and I

was headed to Newport Beach so I drove

to Newport Beach because I had been

invited by some very special ladies to

participate in the last day of their

retreat and these are my friends over at

tone and up so this is their second

annual retreat their first one went so

well that they had to do it again this

time even bigger and better and I was so

honored to be invited to teach on their

final day so they do a big booty call on

Friday mornings Saturday morning Friday

morning on Saturday morning they all ran

a 5k and on Sunday morning we surprised

all the women with a yoga with adriene

sessions so it was so fun to just

celebrate each other and the movement

and I could tell it was a really nice

way for them to end their weekend it was

really a nice way for me to end my

weekend too so we really came together

in alignment there and it was so nice to

meet the ladies of tone it up and their

community is pretty pretty awesome I

mean it's super rich and super positive

and it's undeniable that everyone there

is supportive and there to be motivated

and to motivate and similar to our

community and the most honest-to-god way

so it feels really good and so we

thought yep that sounds like a good

mashup and so we'll be doing some

collaborations with the tonot up ladies

in the near future as well all in all

Los Angeles you were a gem I got to

finish my weekend off with a little

Oceanside dinner with one of my favorite

people got to see the ocean it was also

that crazy super moon day and I got to

have dinner with one of my oldest

friends and my acting mentor actually

who's now being a baller at UCLA so it

was really nice to kind of circle back

to roots in that way and also you know

talk about you know what I've been up to

and listen to what he's been up to now

it was really nice I woke up to fly home

early

and I was tired but I was grateful and

happy decided to fly home for my

birthday week so that I could be with my

dog and me around loved ones and connect

and just feel a little bit grounded also

get some new clothes in my suitcase and

then before you know it actually

tomorrow I'm headed out for you Chicago

first time Chicago Shawshank Redemption

Chicago you're out of there

so the time change was up it's good to

be home