1 00:00:00,334 --> 00:00:02,234 - What's up everyone, welcome to Yoga With Adriene. 2 00:00:02,234 --> 00:00:05,070 I'm Adriene, and today on our Movement Is Medicine practice, 3 00:00:05,070 --> 00:00:08,307 we have a calming balancing sequence for you. 4 00:00:08,307 --> 00:00:10,601 So this is something you can repeat over and over again, 5 00:00:10,601 --> 00:00:12,311 when you know you need to kind 6 00:00:12,311 --> 00:00:15,307 of tend to the energetic body. 7 00:00:15,307 --> 00:00:17,281 This will in turn give you the energy 8 00:00:17,281 --> 00:00:21,452 that you need to be active and fulfill your life's destiny. 9 00:00:21,452 --> 00:00:22,786 But today we're taking a calm 10 00:00:22,786 --> 00:00:25,205 stretchy soothing pranayamic approach. 11 00:00:25,205 --> 00:00:29,094 So hop into something extra comfy, and let's get started. 12 00:00:29,094 --> 00:00:31,420 (upbeat music) 13 00:00:41,892 --> 00:00:45,980 Alrighty my friends, let's begin on the ground, 14 00:00:45,980 --> 00:00:47,356 seated, nice and low. 15 00:00:47,356 --> 00:00:49,441 And we're gonna bring our hands behind us. 16 00:00:49,441 --> 00:00:52,444 When you get there, move the feet out in front. 17 00:00:52,444 --> 00:00:53,696 And if you're on a yoga mat today, 18 00:00:53,696 --> 00:00:56,907 bring your feet as wide as the yoga mat. 19 00:00:56,907 --> 00:01:00,411 And then, turn your fingertips in towards your body, 20 00:01:00,411 --> 00:01:02,496 and then inhale, lift your chest, 21 00:01:02,496 --> 00:01:05,082 and start to feel stretched through the front, 22 00:01:05,082 --> 00:01:08,375 the shoulders, the armpit chest. 23 00:01:08,375 --> 00:01:09,530 And if this is too much 24 00:01:09,530 --> 00:01:12,032 you can turn the palms the other way. 25 00:01:12,032 --> 00:01:14,820 So you can turn the fingertips back like this. 26 00:01:14,820 --> 00:01:17,823 Otherwise we're turning them in towards our body. 27 00:01:17,823 --> 00:01:22,202 Inhale in, lift your chin, lift your chest. 28 00:01:22,202 --> 00:01:26,165 And then exhale out, claw into the fingertips 29 00:01:26,165 --> 00:01:28,417 and see if you can lift your chest a little bit more. 30 00:01:28,417 --> 00:01:30,169 So we're diving right in today. 31 00:01:30,169 --> 00:01:31,003 Inhale. 32 00:01:32,241 --> 00:01:33,743 Then exhale to release. 33 00:01:33,743 --> 00:01:38,372 To release we'll bring the fingertips now to the center. 34 00:01:38,372 --> 00:01:39,915 Feet stay on the ground. 35 00:01:39,915 --> 00:01:41,709 Knees up towards the sky. 36 00:01:41,709 --> 00:01:43,377 Reach the fingertips forward. 37 00:01:43,377 --> 00:01:44,336 Inhale in. 38 00:01:44,336 --> 00:01:46,672 Now we're stretching the back body. 39 00:01:46,672 --> 00:01:49,675 And exhale, maybe your chin to chest. 40 00:01:51,026 --> 00:01:53,529 Get some energy moving up and down the spine 41 00:01:53,529 --> 00:01:55,531 by deepening the breath. 42 00:01:56,812 --> 00:02:01,358 Today's practice is gonna calm or quell any anxiety. 43 00:02:01,358 --> 00:02:05,070 Just chilling out a bit, right, we need that sometimes. 44 00:02:05,070 --> 00:02:06,366 And we have to actively 45 00:02:06,366 --> 00:02:09,825 counteract all the busy bustling energy, 46 00:02:09,825 --> 00:02:12,077 the wicky whacky stuff. 47 00:02:12,077 --> 00:02:13,787 Take a deep breath in. 48 00:02:13,787 --> 00:02:17,333 Exhale, slide the fingertips to the tops of the feet. 49 00:02:17,333 --> 00:02:19,428 Catch your ankles. 50 00:02:20,427 --> 00:02:22,137 Little core activation. 51 00:02:22,137 --> 00:02:23,806 Lift the feet up. 52 00:02:23,806 --> 00:02:26,392 Bring the arches together. 53 00:02:26,392 --> 00:02:27,643 Lift the chest, lift the chin. 54 00:02:27,643 --> 00:02:30,104 So we're back to where we just started lifting the fronts 55 00:02:30,104 --> 00:02:33,983 of the shoulders up towards the sky, lifting the heart. 56 00:02:33,983 --> 00:02:34,817 Inhale in. 57 00:02:34,817 --> 00:02:35,651 If you want to do something crazy 58 00:02:35,651 --> 00:02:39,905 and stretch your legs, on the exhale you can. 59 00:02:39,905 --> 00:02:42,908 Great, take one more breath, inhale. 60 00:02:42,908 --> 00:02:44,660 Just activating this line that runs up 61 00:02:44,660 --> 00:02:46,704 and down the spine here. 62 00:02:46,704 --> 00:02:47,955 Beautiful, and then with control, 63 00:02:47,955 --> 00:02:50,582 slowly bring the feet to the ground. 64 00:02:50,582 --> 00:02:53,085 Not suped up, Baddha Konasana. 65 00:02:54,075 --> 00:02:56,102 Just straight up Baddha Konasana. 66 00:02:56,102 --> 00:02:57,228 Hold onto the ankles, 67 00:02:57,228 --> 00:03:01,024 or interlace the fingertips around your toes. 68 00:03:01,024 --> 00:03:04,944 And sit up nice and tall, take a big sweeping inhale in. 69 00:03:04,944 --> 00:03:07,030 Imagine the breath traveling down to your belly 70 00:03:07,030 --> 00:03:09,032 as you fill up with air. 71 00:03:10,434 --> 00:03:14,143 Then exhale, tops of the thighs, ground down. 72 00:03:14,143 --> 00:03:18,313 Beautiful inhale, and again lift your chest. 73 00:03:18,313 --> 00:03:20,065 Find expansion, and then exhale. 74 00:03:20,065 --> 00:03:20,899 We can track. 75 00:03:20,899 --> 00:03:23,152 Take the thumbs to the arches of the feet. 76 00:03:23,152 --> 00:03:24,987 Start to open the feet like a book. 77 00:03:24,987 --> 00:03:29,158 And just make this little practice about self inquiry. 78 00:03:30,179 --> 00:03:34,058 We don't need to boost the biceps of the booty here. 79 00:03:34,058 --> 00:03:35,392 We're working on balancing it out 80 00:03:35,392 --> 00:03:38,228 so we can have energy to do all the other stuff. 81 00:03:38,228 --> 00:03:39,605 So balance it out today. 82 00:03:39,605 --> 00:03:43,525 Give yourself a little massage on the arches of the feet. 83 00:03:43,525 --> 00:03:48,576 We are gonna get some good little openings in the hips. 84 00:03:49,408 --> 00:03:51,922 In the inner thighs. 85 00:03:51,922 --> 00:03:54,978 And then again stimulating from the soles of the feet 86 00:03:54,978 --> 00:03:59,960 to the crown of the head, so that we can 87 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:04,021 balance out the energy of the body and find our chill. 88 00:04:04,965 --> 00:04:08,135 Alright, take one more inhale and exhale. 89 00:04:08,135 --> 00:04:12,056 One more cycle of breath here wherever you are. 90 00:04:13,330 --> 00:04:15,374 And then slowly roll up. 91 00:04:15,374 --> 00:04:17,083 And we're just gonna take the right foot out, 92 00:04:17,083 --> 00:04:20,754 and then actually hug the right heel in a little closer. 93 00:04:20,754 --> 00:04:22,548 So create an L shape. 94 00:04:22,548 --> 00:04:24,800 And sit up nice and tall. 95 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:26,552 Then take your right hand to the top 96 00:04:26,552 --> 00:04:29,304 of your left hip crease, and just side body stretch 97 00:04:29,304 --> 00:04:31,849 with the left fingertips over towards the right. 98 00:04:31,849 --> 00:04:33,337 Inhale in. 99 00:04:34,393 --> 00:04:36,854 Exhale all the way back up. 100 00:04:36,854 --> 00:04:37,771 We'll switch. 101 00:04:37,771 --> 00:04:39,523 Dig the left heel into your yoga mat. 102 00:04:39,523 --> 00:04:41,373 Send it out long. 103 00:04:41,373 --> 00:04:43,667 Hike the right heel in. 104 00:04:43,667 --> 00:04:46,754 Left palm gently comes to the top of the right hip crease. 105 00:04:46,754 --> 00:04:48,213 And side body stretches, 106 00:04:48,213 --> 00:04:50,507 you sweep the right fingertips up and overhead. 107 00:04:50,507 --> 00:04:53,177 Now breathe into the lower back. 108 00:04:55,020 --> 00:04:58,607 So great for the internal organs, as you breathe deep, 109 00:04:58,607 --> 00:05:03,403 as you bring these conscious breath, replenishing the organ, 110 00:05:03,403 --> 00:05:04,822 the kidneys, the liver. 111 00:05:04,822 --> 00:05:06,824 Alright, come back up. 112 00:05:06,824 --> 00:05:09,493 Beautiful work, got a hair in my mouth. 113 00:05:09,493 --> 00:05:11,662 Send both legs out long. 114 00:05:11,662 --> 00:05:12,704 Inhale in deeply. 115 00:05:12,704 --> 00:05:13,539 Hook the thumbs. 116 00:05:13,539 --> 00:05:14,623 Wu-Tang Clan. 117 00:05:15,531 --> 00:05:16,448 Exhale forward. 118 00:05:16,448 --> 00:05:19,118 Fold, bend the knees generously. 119 00:05:20,117 --> 00:05:21,618 Big breath in. 120 00:05:21,618 --> 00:05:23,036 If you can bend the knees so much so that you 121 00:05:23,036 --> 00:05:26,123 can bring the hands to the ankles or the feet, great. 122 00:05:26,123 --> 00:05:27,457 If not, just allow the hands 123 00:05:27,457 --> 00:05:30,461 to rest wherever they naturally fold. 124 00:05:30,461 --> 00:05:31,712 Deep breath in. 125 00:05:33,283 --> 00:05:34,618 Long breath out. 126 00:05:37,276 --> 00:05:39,903 Great, slowly roll it up. 127 00:05:39,903 --> 00:05:42,906 Lift the legs up, cross the ankles. 128 00:05:42,906 --> 00:05:45,451 Come through to all fours. 129 00:05:45,451 --> 00:05:47,573 Cat-Cow. 130 00:05:47,573 --> 00:05:48,482 Right away. 131 00:05:48,482 --> 00:05:49,316 Wrists underneath the shoulders. 132 00:05:49,316 --> 00:05:51,819 Knees directly underneath the hips. 133 00:05:51,819 --> 00:05:54,061 Keep checking in. 134 00:05:54,061 --> 00:05:57,209 Again, this practice is about self inquiry. 135 00:05:57,209 --> 00:05:59,545 Balancing out the energy of the body, so you can feel good. 136 00:05:59,545 --> 00:06:01,130 Drop the belly, inhale. 137 00:06:01,130 --> 00:06:03,757 You gotta bring the breath. 138 00:06:03,757 --> 00:06:06,510 And there's an artfulness to the way you breathe today. 139 00:06:06,510 --> 00:06:08,554 Perhaps finding something new. 140 00:06:08,554 --> 00:06:10,806 Exhale as you lift. 141 00:06:10,806 --> 00:06:13,892 Up through the heart, navel to spine. 142 00:06:14,945 --> 00:06:16,278 Inhale. 143 00:06:18,509 --> 00:06:20,325 And exhale. 144 00:06:24,009 --> 00:06:24,843 Inhale. 145 00:06:27,376 --> 00:06:28,604 And exhale. 146 00:06:29,902 --> 00:06:33,530 And then drop the elbows where the hands are. 147 00:06:33,530 --> 00:06:35,157 Keep breathing. 148 00:06:35,157 --> 00:06:36,825 And then keep the hands firmly planted 149 00:06:36,825 --> 00:06:38,786 as you walk the knees back. 150 00:06:38,786 --> 00:06:41,580 And you're gonna bring the knees wide. 151 00:06:41,580 --> 00:06:42,664 Wide as your yoga mat. 152 00:06:42,664 --> 00:06:45,250 And then you're gonna actually bring the elbows 153 00:06:45,250 --> 00:06:47,252 a little bit wider on today's variation. 154 00:06:47,252 --> 00:06:50,380 So, a little bit wide with the elbows, 155 00:06:50,380 --> 00:06:51,298 a little bit wide with the knees. 156 00:06:51,298 --> 00:06:52,841 And then, here we go. 157 00:06:52,841 --> 00:06:53,675 Inhale in. 158 00:06:53,675 --> 00:06:54,593 Exhale. 159 00:06:54,593 --> 00:06:56,261 Melt it all down. 160 00:06:56,261 --> 00:07:00,224 Chin comes to the yoga mat, gaze forward. 161 00:07:00,224 --> 00:07:01,809 Tailbone up towards the sky. 162 00:07:01,809 --> 00:07:02,726 Breathe deep. 163 00:07:02,726 --> 00:07:03,560 You got this. 164 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:05,979 Claw into the fingertips. 165 00:07:05,979 --> 00:07:07,144 Breathe. 166 00:07:09,176 --> 00:07:12,012 Wonderful, then activate through the tops of the feet. 167 00:07:12,012 --> 00:07:13,472 Par in line with the nose, come forward. 168 00:07:13,472 --> 00:07:16,266 Walk the elbows back underneath the shoulders. 169 00:07:16,266 --> 00:07:18,102 Hands come into alignment. 170 00:07:18,102 --> 00:07:19,144 We'll curl the toes under. 171 00:07:19,144 --> 00:07:20,270 Walk the knees in. 172 00:07:20,270 --> 00:07:23,440 And here we come into a forearm plank. 173 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,207 Breathe deep. 174 00:07:26,405 --> 00:07:28,699 Didn't expect that did you? 175 00:07:28,699 --> 00:07:29,741 Fire up through the belly. 176 00:07:29,741 --> 00:07:31,243 Get my ponytail out of the way. 177 00:07:31,243 --> 00:07:32,870 Big breath in. 178 00:07:32,870 --> 00:07:33,704 Gaze straight down. 179 00:07:33,704 --> 00:07:34,700 Big breath out. 180 00:07:34,700 --> 00:07:36,186 You got it. One more big breath in. 181 00:07:36,186 --> 00:07:37,354 Feel that shake, that prana, 182 00:07:37,354 --> 00:07:40,190 that's what we want, stirring the pot. 183 00:07:40,190 --> 00:07:42,943 And then slowly lower the knees. 184 00:07:42,943 --> 00:07:45,571 Bring them together, feet together. 185 00:07:45,571 --> 00:07:48,740 And we roll up to a nice seat. 186 00:07:48,740 --> 00:07:51,642 Head over heart, heart over pelvis. 187 00:07:51,642 --> 00:07:53,196 Nice work. 188 00:07:53,196 --> 00:07:55,157 Feel the blood flow, opposite direction. 189 00:07:55,157 --> 00:07:56,783 Close your eyes so you can really feel 190 00:07:56,783 --> 00:07:58,702 the sensation going on. 191 00:08:03,911 --> 00:08:05,871 Excellent, then come forward on the fingertips. 192 00:08:05,871 --> 00:08:06,705 Flip the toes. 193 00:08:06,705 --> 00:08:09,374 Sink the hips back on the heels. 194 00:08:09,374 --> 00:08:10,876 Little yoga for the feet. 195 00:08:10,876 --> 00:08:13,003 Try to press into your pinky toe. 196 00:08:13,003 --> 00:08:15,505 Lift up from the pelvic floor. 197 00:08:17,507 --> 00:08:18,634 Listen to the sound of your breath. 198 00:08:18,634 --> 00:08:20,552 Like waves of the ocean crashing. 199 00:08:20,552 --> 00:08:21,595 So inhale. 200 00:08:21,595 --> 00:08:22,908 And exhale. 201 00:08:22,908 --> 00:08:25,124 Nice full deep breaths. 202 00:08:30,797 --> 00:08:32,341 Wonderful, then walk the knees as wide 203 00:08:32,341 --> 00:08:34,342 as the hips here, hip points. 204 00:08:34,342 --> 00:08:35,885 So just a little bit wide. 205 00:08:35,885 --> 00:08:37,763 And then lift your hips up. 206 00:08:37,763 --> 00:08:42,267 Come onto the tops of the feet, should feel really good now. 207 00:08:42,267 --> 00:08:43,727 Lengthen tailbone down. 208 00:08:43,727 --> 00:08:44,853 Inhale. 209 00:08:44,853 --> 00:08:46,730 Lift your heart. 210 00:08:46,730 --> 00:08:47,939 Awesome, eagle arms. 211 00:08:47,939 --> 00:08:50,317 Send the fingertips forward. 212 00:08:50,317 --> 00:08:54,029 Right arm underneath the left here, wrap around. 213 00:08:54,029 --> 00:08:56,865 Inhale, keep pressing firmly into the tops of the feet. 214 00:08:56,865 --> 00:08:59,493 Lengthening tailbone down, creating spaciousness 215 00:08:59,493 --> 00:09:01,203 through all four sides of the torso. 216 00:09:01,203 --> 00:09:03,372 So really pay attention to this lift up 217 00:09:03,372 --> 00:09:04,998 through all four sides of the torso. 218 00:09:04,998 --> 00:09:06,792 And then from there inhale. 219 00:09:06,792 --> 00:09:09,336 Lift your elbows up a little higher. 220 00:09:09,336 --> 00:09:10,212 Exhale. 221 00:09:10,212 --> 00:09:11,877 Navel to spine. 222 00:09:12,946 --> 00:09:14,365 Inhale to expand. 223 00:09:16,622 --> 00:09:18,486 Exhale. Navel to spine. 224 00:09:20,279 --> 00:09:21,113 One more time. 225 00:09:21,113 --> 00:09:22,180 Inhale in. 226 00:09:23,919 --> 00:09:25,754 Exhale navel to spine. 227 00:09:27,045 --> 00:09:28,046 Beautiful. 228 00:09:28,046 --> 00:09:29,631 Send the fingertips out in front. 229 00:09:29,631 --> 00:09:31,049 Interlace steeple grip. 230 00:09:31,049 --> 00:09:34,511 And I want you to slowly lower back. 231 00:09:34,511 --> 00:09:36,596 Keep head, heart, and pelvis in a line here. 232 00:09:36,596 --> 00:09:38,765 Hold onto that danda strengthening the quads. 233 00:09:38,765 --> 00:09:41,518 Stretching through the fronts of the hips. 234 00:09:41,518 --> 00:09:42,894 Front of the hips. 235 00:09:42,894 --> 00:09:45,897 And baby pulses maybe here for five. 236 00:09:47,150 --> 00:09:47,984 Four. 237 00:09:48,852 --> 00:09:49,686 Three. 238 00:09:49,686 --> 00:09:50,896 You're doing great. 239 00:09:50,896 --> 00:09:52,370 Two. Press from the tops of the feet 240 00:09:52,370 --> 00:09:54,274 to come up on the one. 241 00:09:54,274 --> 00:09:55,233 Beautiful, release the arms. 242 00:09:55,233 --> 00:09:57,836 This time left arm underneath the right. 243 00:09:57,836 --> 00:10:00,797 Inhale, lift and lengthen. 244 00:10:00,797 --> 00:10:02,590 Exhale. Navel to spine. 245 00:10:04,373 --> 00:10:06,583 So find this play of expansion and contraction 246 00:10:06,583 --> 00:10:07,793 in the belly with your breath. 247 00:10:07,793 --> 00:10:08,929 Inhale. 248 00:10:10,539 --> 00:10:11,373 And exhale. 249 00:10:11,373 --> 00:10:12,961 Navel draws in. 250 00:10:15,345 --> 00:10:17,598 Inhale, find expansion. 251 00:10:19,524 --> 00:10:21,943 Press into your feet, exhale. 252 00:10:23,787 --> 00:10:26,373 Beautiful, inhale, unravel. 253 00:10:26,373 --> 00:10:30,877 Exhale, release the fingertips interlace behind the tail. 254 00:10:30,877 --> 00:10:33,422 Knuckles draw down and away, inhale. 255 00:10:33,422 --> 00:10:34,798 Open the chest. 256 00:10:34,798 --> 00:10:36,133 Open your heart. 257 00:10:37,624 --> 00:10:39,334 And then exhale. 258 00:10:39,334 --> 00:10:40,962 Here we go. 259 00:10:40,962 --> 00:10:44,005 Slowly drawing the nose towards the navel. 260 00:10:44,988 --> 00:10:48,033 Head comes down towards the earth. 261 00:10:48,033 --> 00:10:51,411 Crown of the head to a block, or the earth. 262 00:10:51,411 --> 00:10:55,791 You can curl the toes under here if it feels more stable. 263 00:10:55,791 --> 00:10:56,875 Breathe into the belly. 264 00:10:56,875 --> 00:10:58,043 Knuckles reach towards the sky. 265 00:10:58,043 --> 00:10:59,252 You're doing great. 266 00:10:59,252 --> 00:11:00,415 Big breath in. 267 00:11:01,196 --> 00:11:04,908 Not putting a bunch of pressure on the neck here. 268 00:11:04,908 --> 00:11:08,662 Staying connected lifting up from the shoulders. 269 00:11:10,210 --> 00:11:13,880 With the arms, reaching, reaching, reaching. 270 00:11:15,033 --> 00:11:17,661 Then reach the heels back, and the hips back, 271 00:11:17,661 --> 00:11:19,584 and tuck the chin to slowly roll it up. 272 00:11:21,356 --> 00:11:22,649 Back to the foot stretch. 273 00:11:22,649 --> 00:11:24,317 Release the arms. 274 00:11:24,317 --> 00:11:26,236 Palms come to the tops of the thighs. 275 00:11:26,236 --> 00:11:27,404 Big breath in. 276 00:11:28,897 --> 00:11:31,730 Lion's breath, tongue out. 277 00:11:33,762 --> 00:11:35,962 If this is your first lion's breath ever, 278 00:11:35,962 --> 00:11:38,046 welcome to the club. 279 00:11:38,046 --> 00:11:40,435 Let's do another one, inhale in. 280 00:11:41,863 --> 00:11:44,032 Lion's breath, tongue out. 281 00:11:46,161 --> 00:11:47,329 Rock and roll. 282 00:11:47,329 --> 00:11:48,631 Okay, here we go. 283 00:11:48,631 --> 00:11:50,754 Coming forward onto all fours. 284 00:11:51,945 --> 00:11:55,532 We're gonna come onto the tops of the feet here. 285 00:11:55,532 --> 00:11:57,117 Neutral spine. 286 00:11:57,117 --> 00:11:58,285 When you're ready, inhale. 287 00:11:58,285 --> 00:12:00,370 Send the right leg out long. 288 00:12:00,370 --> 00:12:01,204 And then exhale. 289 00:12:01,204 --> 00:12:04,457 Bring the right leg, right foot all the way up and in. 290 00:12:04,457 --> 00:12:06,459 And the fingertips are gonna come together. 291 00:12:06,459 --> 00:12:08,378 So we're not quite going as wide as lizards. 292 00:12:08,378 --> 00:12:11,840 So go ahead and bring your right foot into the center line. 293 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:14,593 Right hand comes in line with the right arch. 294 00:12:14,593 --> 00:12:16,303 If you want you can use a block, or a pillow, 295 00:12:16,303 --> 00:12:20,890 or a folded up tile to bring the earth up to you here. 296 00:12:20,890 --> 00:12:21,725 Then here you go. 297 00:12:21,725 --> 00:12:23,893 Swing the left toes over towards the right side 298 00:12:23,893 --> 00:12:25,591 of the yoga mat and inhale. 299 00:12:25,591 --> 00:12:27,385 As you're ready open the left fingertips 300 00:12:27,385 --> 00:12:29,428 all the way up towards the sky. 301 00:12:29,428 --> 00:12:31,138 Send the fingertips up high. 302 00:12:31,138 --> 00:12:33,224 If your left shoulder's really coming forward here, 303 00:12:33,224 --> 00:12:35,226 it's a good idea to find that lift here, 304 00:12:35,226 --> 00:12:37,687 so you can get your left shoulder back. 305 00:12:37,687 --> 00:12:42,233 Feel that stretch in the left side body, and the belly. 306 00:12:42,233 --> 00:12:44,986 Breathe into the lower back body. 307 00:12:44,986 --> 00:12:47,613 Love for the liver and the kidneys today. 308 00:12:47,613 --> 00:12:49,325 Inhale in. 309 00:12:49,325 --> 00:12:52,648 As you start to open up through the right inner thigh. 310 00:12:52,648 --> 00:12:55,442 Now, squeeze the right knee towards your right arm 311 00:12:55,442 --> 00:12:58,403 and press your right arm towards the left, 312 00:12:58,403 --> 00:13:01,259 uh sorry, towards your right knee. 313 00:13:01,259 --> 00:13:02,927 So again, that's squeeze your right knee 314 00:13:02,927 --> 00:13:04,637 towards your right arm. 315 00:13:04,637 --> 00:13:07,098 Press your right arm towards your right knee. 316 00:13:07,098 --> 00:13:11,603 So a little bit of balancing of the opposing forces here. 317 00:13:11,603 --> 00:13:13,313 Just squeeze and lift. 318 00:13:13,313 --> 00:13:14,344 Alright, inhale. 319 00:13:14,344 --> 00:13:15,030 Exhale. 320 00:13:15,030 --> 00:13:17,187 Awesome work, amazing job. 321 00:13:17,187 --> 00:13:20,065 Come all the way back to frame your right foot. 322 00:13:20,065 --> 00:13:23,610 And pull the right hip crease back half splits. 323 00:13:23,610 --> 00:13:24,486 Awesome work. 324 00:13:24,486 --> 00:13:28,282 Come forward, plant the palms back to Tabletop Position. 325 00:13:28,282 --> 00:13:29,916 Neutral spine. Check in. 326 00:13:31,054 --> 00:13:32,390 Fabulous, other side. 327 00:13:32,390 --> 00:13:34,982 Inhale. Send the left leg out long. 328 00:13:34,982 --> 00:13:36,732 Exhale, step it all the way out. 329 00:13:36,732 --> 00:13:38,368 Left hand comes to join the right. 330 00:13:38,368 --> 00:13:40,036 So we're not going as wide as lizards, 331 00:13:40,036 --> 00:13:43,790 so keep that left foot in the center line. 332 00:13:43,790 --> 00:13:45,113 Sorry, I have an itch on my nose. 333 00:13:45,113 --> 00:13:48,164 Plant the left palm next to the arch of the left foot. 334 00:13:48,164 --> 00:13:49,879 And as you're ready, nice and slow. 335 00:13:49,879 --> 00:13:51,089 So move from your center. 336 00:13:51,089 --> 00:13:52,465 Stay connected to your core. 337 00:13:52,465 --> 00:13:55,426 Right toes towards the left side of the mat. 338 00:13:55,426 --> 00:13:57,178 Think Gate Pose prep. 339 00:13:58,418 --> 00:14:00,045 And then find a little resistance here 340 00:14:00,045 --> 00:14:00,879 is what I was trying to say. 341 00:14:00,879 --> 00:14:04,007 So squeeze the left leg in towards your left arm, 342 00:14:04,007 --> 00:14:07,177 and then press left arm into your left leg. 343 00:14:07,177 --> 00:14:08,970 As you inhale, reach to the right, fingertips up. 344 00:14:08,970 --> 00:14:11,056 And if you feel like your right shoulder is forward 345 00:14:11,056 --> 00:14:13,433 and you can't quite get back, maybe come up 346 00:14:13,433 --> 00:14:16,895 onto the fingertips, or come up onto a block here. 347 00:14:16,895 --> 00:14:20,163 And then the biggest most beautiful act of love you can do 348 00:14:20,163 --> 00:14:22,317 for yourself here right now, 349 00:14:22,317 --> 00:14:25,028 is not the pose, but the breath that embodies the pose. 350 00:14:25,028 --> 00:14:26,279 So breathe. 351 00:14:26,279 --> 00:14:29,289 Send awareness to the lower back. 352 00:14:30,227 --> 00:14:34,397 Nourish your systems with this nice full conscious breath. 353 00:14:35,278 --> 00:14:37,320 Lean back into it. 354 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,534 Squeeze the left knee towards the left arm. 355 00:14:40,534 --> 00:14:42,327 Press left arm towards the left knee. 356 00:14:42,327 --> 00:14:45,827 Feel that deep stretch in the left inner thigh. 357 00:14:45,827 --> 00:14:47,388 The groin, you got it, one more breath. 358 00:14:47,388 --> 00:14:49,072 Inhale. 359 00:14:49,072 --> 00:14:51,574 And then exhale all the way back down. 360 00:14:51,574 --> 00:14:53,368 Bring the right foot back. 361 00:14:53,368 --> 00:14:55,078 Pull the left hip crease back. 362 00:14:55,078 --> 00:14:57,288 Gentle half splits here, don't press, don't push. 363 00:14:57,288 --> 00:14:59,290 Nice and softy and easy. 364 00:15:00,337 --> 00:15:01,558 Yeah baby! 365 00:15:01,558 --> 00:15:03,909 And then roll through. 366 00:15:03,909 --> 00:15:05,118 Plant the palms. 367 00:15:05,118 --> 00:15:08,288 Come back to Tabletop Position. 368 00:15:08,288 --> 00:15:09,456 Great work. 369 00:15:09,456 --> 00:15:11,124 Bump the hips to the left. 370 00:15:11,124 --> 00:15:13,710 Turn to look past your right shoulder. 371 00:15:13,710 --> 00:15:15,462 Beautiful, come to center. 372 00:15:15,462 --> 00:15:17,172 Actively bump the hips to the right. 373 00:15:17,172 --> 00:15:20,467 Turn to look past your left shoulder. 374 00:15:20,467 --> 00:15:21,927 Great, cross the ankles. 375 00:15:21,927 --> 00:15:25,096 Use your hands to guide your way all the way back 376 00:15:25,096 --> 00:15:28,048 through to a nice comfortable seat. 377 00:15:28,048 --> 00:15:30,676 Then a meditation pose. 378 00:15:30,676 --> 00:15:34,846 This is where we'll end today, so, get comfortable. 379 00:15:40,872 --> 00:15:44,022 Great, left hand comes to the heart center. 380 00:15:45,695 --> 00:15:48,750 Excuse me, right hand comes to the lower belly. 381 00:15:52,505 --> 00:15:56,676 Take a second to close your eyes, sit up nice and tall. 382 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:01,451 And just take a couple quiet moments more to yourself. 383 00:16:02,496 --> 00:16:04,831 Just steady your breath. 384 00:16:04,831 --> 00:16:06,745 And to just be present with what it is. 385 00:16:06,745 --> 00:16:10,676 Whatever is going on today. 386 00:16:10,676 --> 00:16:12,614 Just lean in. 387 00:16:12,614 --> 00:16:15,894 Tap and do a little inner smile. 388 00:16:15,894 --> 00:16:19,537 And hopefully you can feel a little bit of warmth here. 389 00:16:20,992 --> 00:16:23,536 A little sensation from that practice. 390 00:16:23,536 --> 00:16:25,038 From our practice. 391 00:16:32,282 --> 00:16:35,452 Take whatever information you received from today's practice 392 00:16:35,452 --> 00:16:36,953 with you off the mat 393 00:16:36,953 --> 00:16:40,623 and into the rest of your day or your night. 394 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:42,971 Move with ease. 395 00:16:43,823 --> 00:16:46,743 I hope you have great sleep tonight. 396 00:16:46,743 --> 00:16:51,175 Continue to stay connected to your song, your breath. 397 00:16:54,219 --> 00:16:56,638 Find what feels good, listen. 398 00:16:58,013 --> 00:17:01,850 Try to move from a big place, an honest place. 399 00:17:02,877 --> 00:17:05,380 Draw the hands together. 400 00:17:05,380 --> 00:17:08,216 Anjuli Mudra, prayer position at the heart. 401 00:17:08,216 --> 00:17:09,049 Inhale. 402 00:17:10,178 --> 00:17:11,011 And exhale. 403 00:17:11,011 --> 00:17:13,722 Bow your brain down to your heart. 404 00:17:13,722 --> 00:17:15,516 Feel the stretch in the back of the neck. 405 00:17:15,516 --> 00:17:19,479 Listen to the sound of your breath as you breathe in. 406 00:17:19,479 --> 00:17:20,523 And out. 407 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,940 The chill in me bows to the chill in you. 408 00:17:29,334 --> 00:17:32,629 Thanks everyone, namaste. 409 00:17:32,629 --> 00:17:35,161 (upbeat music)