- Happy New Year, everyone.

Welcome to Yoga With Adriene.

I'm Adriene and it's 2013.

Can you believe it?

2012 was a great year.

It was a little bit of a doozy,

but I learned a lot,
fell in love,

got to make an awesome movie

and we started this project,
Yoga With Adriene.

I'm thrilled.

I'm so humbled and 
grateful to be back with you.

And we have some

goodies for you, 2013.

Last year, last semester

we focused on the 
foundations of yoga,

building things 
from the ground up.

Trying to welcome 
people who are new to yoga

and welcome people 
who maybe haven't been

on the mat in a while 
back to their practice.

OK, so what you 
can expect in 2013.

Longer sequences.

So even if you 
don't have a lot of time,

we're going to extend the 
practices just a little bit

with a more specific 
focus on weight loss,

speeding up our metabolisms,
stress relief.

I also want to 
offer practices that

just invite you to 
go on a little journey.

Sometimes it's nice 
to have a little guide

so you can put the video on,
hop on your mat,

and we can go 
through a little vinyasa,

or a little flow together.

I want to focus on, in 
the early part of the year,

poses that inspire 
and create space.

More potential.

So in addition to the 
fitness-related things

that we all are kind of 
thinking about right now

at the top of the year,

I also want to offer poses
that inspire and create space,

build potential, confidence,

and the list goes on.

At this time of year, 
we're setting our intentions

for a life, an existence,
that serves us.

And the awesome thing about yoga

is that every time 
we come on the mat

we have an opportunity 
to set a positive intention,

to set an 
intention for ourselves.

And yoga's awesome,
because sometimes

we don't fee like 
setting intentions. (chuckles)

We're just like, meh,
it's much easier

to just let it go, give up.

But when we come to the mat,
even if the practice is

five minutes, two minutes,

a one minute yoga practice,

just a couple 
deep breaths in an out,

or a 20-minute yoga 
for weight loss series,

we have an 
opportunity to set an intention.

And the power of word,

the power of 
thought goes a long way.

So I invite you to 
hop on the mat with me,

subscribe to the channel.

If you're returning to the
practice or if you're beginner,

just know that the beginning 
stages are the hardest.

So here at the top of the year,

we can come together,
band of brothers,

and inspire each other,
encourage each other

to get on the mat,
set our intentions

and find what feels good.

(upbeat music)