1 00:00:02,589 --> 00:00:06,467 - Hello and welcome to Yoga With Adriene. 2 00:00:06,467 --> 00:00:09,143 I'm Adriene and today's practice 3 00:00:09,143 --> 00:00:13,722 promotes a healthy blood flow. 4 00:00:15,084 --> 00:00:18,668 Hop into something comfy and let's get started. 5 00:00:21,030 --> 00:00:25,220 (creepy music) 6 00:00:34,501 --> 00:00:36,670 Okay my friends, today we're going 7 00:00:36,670 --> 00:00:39,339 to begin lying flat on our backs. 8 00:00:39,339 --> 00:00:43,744 So go down nice and slow and when you get there allow the 9 00:00:43,744 --> 00:00:46,304 weight of your body 10 00:00:46,304 --> 00:00:50,550 to simple release fully into the earth. 11 00:00:50,550 --> 00:00:52,853 So whatever's going on in your life right now, 12 00:00:52,853 --> 00:00:56,823 we have a very short practice today to just get the blood 13 00:00:56,823 --> 00:01:00,160 flowing and find what feels good. 14 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,095 So let's start by just clearing everything. 15 00:01:02,095 --> 00:01:04,598 You're gonna close your eyes. 16 00:01:04,598 --> 00:01:06,199 Again, no matter what's going on around you, 17 00:01:06,199 --> 00:01:07,334 no matter what your day is like, 18 00:01:07,334 --> 00:01:10,504 just let your body release into the earth here. 19 00:01:10,504 --> 00:01:13,307 Trust me, trust yourself, trust this video, 20 00:01:13,307 --> 00:01:16,743 this time, this valuable time. 21 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:18,078 Take a deep breath in. 22 00:01:18,078 --> 00:01:21,615 If you're comfortable, close your eyes and just use the sound 23 00:01:21,615 --> 00:01:25,319 of my voice to guide you. 24 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:28,989 As you exhale, again, let the body get really heavy. 25 00:01:28,989 --> 00:01:30,557 Sinking into the earth. 26 00:01:30,557 --> 00:01:33,794 Just taking a moment before we move and get a healthy 27 00:01:33,794 --> 00:01:37,832 circulation going just taking a moment to find stillness. 28 00:01:39,066 --> 00:01:41,575 Perhaps considering it 29 00:01:42,773 --> 00:01:45,772 a moment to empty your cup. 30 00:01:46,473 --> 00:01:50,377 So that you can fill it consciously for the duration of 31 00:01:50,377 --> 00:01:52,379 our short practice. 32 00:01:55,816 --> 00:01:56,825 As you're ready, you're gonna 33 00:01:56,825 --> 00:02:01,488 rock the head gently side to side, ear to ear. 34 00:02:01,488 --> 00:02:03,256 Nice and slow here to start. 35 00:02:03,256 --> 00:02:05,292 Just rocking the head side to side. 36 00:02:05,292 --> 00:02:08,895 Getting a little massage in the back of the head, the atlas. 37 00:02:08,895 --> 00:02:12,466 Starting to stretch gently through the muscles of the neck. 38 00:02:12,466 --> 00:02:15,002 Keeping the shoulders, the hips, the ankles, 39 00:02:15,002 --> 00:02:17,004 still really, really heavy. 40 00:02:19,406 --> 00:02:22,075 Start to breath a little deeper here, more fully. 41 00:02:22,075 --> 00:02:24,077 Soften through the jaw. 42 00:02:26,513 --> 00:02:29,449 And then bring your head back to center stillness and on your 43 00:02:29,449 --> 00:02:33,186 next inhale reach your fingertips up towards the sky 44 00:02:33,186 --> 00:02:36,302 and on your exhale cross one arm over the other. 45 00:02:36,302 --> 00:02:38,121 Give yourself a big hug. 46 00:02:40,193 --> 00:02:43,463 Then inhale, reach fingertips back up towards the sky. 47 00:02:43,463 --> 00:02:46,066 Exhale, cross the opposite arm over. 48 00:02:46,066 --> 00:02:49,836 Give yourself a big hug. Beautiful, then inhale, 49 00:02:49,836 --> 00:02:51,638 reach the fingertips up towards the sky. 50 00:02:51,638 --> 00:02:53,707 Exhale, take them all the way back. 51 00:02:53,707 --> 00:02:56,109 Big full body stretch here. 52 00:02:56,109 --> 00:02:57,144 Tuck your chin. 53 00:02:57,144 --> 00:02:59,012 Slightly lengthen through the back of the neck. 54 00:03:00,230 --> 00:03:02,052 Start to breathe again a little deeper, 55 00:03:02,052 --> 00:03:04,905 more fully, feeling the lungs, 56 00:03:04,905 --> 00:03:07,467 the ribs expand as you breathe in 57 00:03:07,467 --> 00:03:09,284 and soften as you breathe out. 58 00:03:10,957 --> 00:03:14,494 Then slowly dig into your heels, dig into an imaginary surface as 59 00:03:14,494 --> 00:03:17,297 you flex your toes up towards the sky. 60 00:03:17,297 --> 00:03:19,633 Imagine you're standing on the earth reaching fingertips up 61 00:03:19,633 --> 00:03:22,836 towards the sky and allow your joints and your muscles to be 62 00:03:22,836 --> 00:03:27,040 really heavy here as your reach the fingertips back, 63 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,644 flex the toes up towards the face. 64 00:03:30,644 --> 00:03:32,879 Inhale in. 65 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:36,349 Exhale, slowly reach the fingertips all the way up 66 00:03:36,349 --> 00:03:38,585 towards the sky and then all the way down, 67 00:03:38,585 --> 00:03:39,853 palms to earth. 68 00:03:39,853 --> 00:03:42,222 Find that connection to your core, your center. 69 00:03:42,222 --> 00:03:44,958 As you press into the earth, you're gonna lift both knees 70 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:48,128 up towards your heart or your chest. 71 00:03:48,128 --> 00:03:50,730 Then take a little moment here to scoop your tailbone up. 72 00:03:50,730 --> 00:03:53,900 Feel your lower back nice and flush with the mat. 73 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:55,902 Again, neck nice and long. 74 00:03:57,611 --> 00:04:00,474 Great, take a second here to rock gently side to side. 75 00:04:00,474 --> 00:04:03,777 Feel that lower back flush with the mat. 76 00:04:03,777 --> 00:04:06,039 You're gonna get a little massage now here 77 00:04:06,039 --> 00:04:08,348 in the lower back. 78 00:04:08,348 --> 00:04:11,051 Feeling the spine on the earth. 79 00:04:11,051 --> 00:04:14,988 The kidneys, shoulder blades coming together. 80 00:04:14,988 --> 00:04:18,607 So really feeling it out as you rock gently back and forth. 81 00:04:23,897 --> 00:04:25,265 Awesome, then come back to center. 82 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:27,634 Find that connection to your core by drawing from the lower 83 00:04:27,634 --> 00:04:30,871 belly in and your upper abdominals in towards the 84 00:04:30,871 --> 00:04:33,640 center, the midline as we like to call it. 85 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,476 Then use your hands pressing into the earth to slowly send 86 00:04:36,476 --> 00:04:38,445 your toes up towards the sky. 87 00:04:38,445 --> 00:04:41,715 Now take note here, took me years to get my muscles long 88 00:04:41,715 --> 00:04:43,049 enough to have straight legs here 89 00:04:43,049 --> 00:04:45,118 so if your knees are bent here, awesome. 90 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:48,121 Keep breathing, keep working there. 91 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:50,123 Then wherever you are you're gonna point your toes so you can 92 00:04:50,123 --> 00:04:54,161 feel the tops of your feet and the ankles really stretch. 93 00:04:54,161 --> 00:04:56,797 And we started with that sensation of a heavy body so you 94 00:04:56,797 --> 00:05:00,500 can really take that with you on into this practice feeling your 95 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:03,470 femur, your thigh bones drop down into the hip sockets. 96 00:05:04,633 --> 00:05:07,107 Again, stay connected to your core. 97 00:05:07,107 --> 00:05:09,176 Again, lower back flush with the mat, 98 00:05:09,176 --> 00:05:10,577 hands on the earth. 99 00:05:10,577 --> 00:05:11,711 We're pointing the toes here. 100 00:05:11,711 --> 00:05:14,381 We're letting the blood flow opposite direction here. 101 00:05:14,381 --> 00:05:16,216 So you might get a little tired at one point. 102 00:05:16,216 --> 00:05:19,386 Especially if this type of practice is new. 103 00:05:19,386 --> 00:05:23,456 So just stick with it and use your breath to stay present. 104 00:05:23,456 --> 00:05:26,802 Super awesome if you are on your feet all day. 105 00:05:28,268 --> 00:05:30,297 Okay, and then gentle move here. 106 00:05:30,297 --> 00:05:32,999 We're just gonna take the toes now towards the face, 107 00:05:32,999 --> 00:05:34,334 heels up towards the sky. 108 00:05:34,334 --> 00:05:37,904 Again, knees can be bent as generously as you need. 109 00:05:37,904 --> 00:05:40,473 We're flexing the feet here. 110 00:05:40,473 --> 00:05:42,111 Breathing deep. You might even start to feel a 111 00:05:42,111 --> 00:05:45,278 little shake in the legs or in the core. That's good. 112 00:05:45,278 --> 00:05:48,048 That means we're moving it around. 113 00:05:48,048 --> 00:05:51,308 Not just the blood but the energy 114 00:05:51,308 --> 00:05:53,720 of the body, the prana. 115 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,957 Keep breathing deep, the shoulders relaxed. 116 00:05:56,957 --> 00:05:59,259 Again, hips heavy, core activated. 117 00:05:59,259 --> 00:06:01,261 You're gonna point the toes now. 118 00:06:01,261 --> 00:06:03,263 One more time breathing deep. 119 00:06:05,432 --> 00:06:07,701 Use your breath if you're getting tired here. 120 00:06:09,390 --> 00:06:13,084 And then on an exhale, flex the feet one more time. 121 00:06:13,084 --> 00:06:14,274 Spread the toes this time. 122 00:06:14,274 --> 00:06:19,052 Really dig your heels up into an imaginary surface. 123 00:06:21,248 --> 00:06:24,284 Awesome work. 124 00:06:24,284 --> 00:06:27,053 Then on your next inhale you can relax the feet a little bit. 125 00:06:27,053 --> 00:06:28,688 You're gonna send your fingertips all the way up 126 00:06:28,688 --> 00:06:31,725 towards the sky and then all the way back. 127 00:06:31,725 --> 00:06:34,027 Just like we did before, the lower back's gonna want to come 128 00:06:34,027 --> 00:06:37,264 up here, keep it flush down so stay connected. 129 00:06:37,264 --> 00:06:38,732 Hug the lower ribs in. 130 00:06:38,732 --> 00:06:40,634 Nice core workout here as well. 131 00:06:40,634 --> 00:06:44,671 Inhale in, exhale, we're gonna find that cinching sensation in 132 00:06:44,671 --> 00:06:47,140 the core as your reach fingertips up towards the sky, 133 00:06:47,140 --> 00:06:49,276 lift the head, the neck, the shoulders. 134 00:06:49,276 --> 00:06:51,044 Try to touch your toes. 135 00:06:51,044 --> 00:06:53,613 And then inhale, release it back down. 136 00:06:53,613 --> 00:06:55,615 Exhale, try to touch your toes. 137 00:06:55,615 --> 00:06:57,484 Lift it up. 138 00:06:57,484 --> 00:06:59,719 Inhale, release it back down. 139 00:06:59,719 --> 00:07:01,087 Exhale, try to touch your toes, 140 00:07:01,087 --> 00:07:02,622 this is the last one, pause here. 141 00:07:02,622 --> 00:07:04,124 Breathe, breathe, breathe. 142 00:07:04,124 --> 00:07:06,839 Scoop your tailbone up towards the sky. 143 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:08,161 And then exhale to release. 144 00:07:08,161 --> 00:07:09,929 Bend the elbows, awesome. 145 00:07:09,929 --> 00:07:13,333 Bring the hands behind the backs of the thighs, 146 00:07:13,333 --> 00:07:14,607 the hamstrings. 147 00:07:14,607 --> 00:07:16,403 You're gonna allow the legs to come down. 148 00:07:16,403 --> 00:07:18,104 Just take a second to feel this out. 149 00:07:18,104 --> 00:07:20,072 Ooh, blood flow. 150 00:07:20,072 --> 00:07:21,941 And then here we go, staying connected to your center. 151 00:07:21,941 --> 00:07:24,177 We're gonna rock up and down the length of your spine. 152 00:07:27,250 --> 00:07:30,721 Find a focal point if you get a little light headed at the top. 153 00:07:30,721 --> 00:07:32,719 Use your breath. 154 00:07:32,719 --> 00:07:34,691 Massaging the back body. 155 00:07:34,691 --> 00:07:36,423 Again, getting the juices flowing. 156 00:07:36,423 --> 00:07:41,127 Creating a healthy flow of blood and energy. 157 00:07:41,127 --> 00:07:42,495 Gonna get you feeling awesome. 158 00:07:42,495 --> 00:07:45,123 Let's do one more here. You got this. 159 00:07:46,127 --> 00:07:49,502 And then you're gonna walk all the way up. 160 00:07:49,502 --> 00:07:50,837 Head over heart, heart over pelvis. 161 00:07:50,837 --> 00:07:53,640 So right away finding lift in the chest. 162 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,442 You're gonna take your fingertips behind you. 163 00:07:55,442 --> 00:07:57,610 Fingers pointing in towards your body. 164 00:08:02,048 --> 00:08:04,818 Then nice and easy we're gonna open the knees wide. 165 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:06,920 You're gonna press the soles of the feet together. 166 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:10,490 Press up off your fingers to come into Baddha Konasana. 167 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:11,891 You're gonna take your strong hands, 168 00:08:11,891 --> 00:08:14,461 let's go thumbs up and you're gonna take them 169 00:08:14,461 --> 00:08:16,129 to the soles of your feet. 170 00:08:16,129 --> 00:08:18,698 You're gonna give yourself a little massage. 171 00:08:18,698 --> 00:08:20,967 So start at the arches of the feet and then you can go 172 00:08:20,967 --> 00:08:22,602 wherever feels good. 173 00:08:22,602 --> 00:08:25,572 So you can squeeze the toes. Right? 174 00:08:25,572 --> 00:08:28,041 What's going on in your feet today? 175 00:08:28,041 --> 00:08:32,010 Maybe, for me, I went on a run yesterday so I might take my 176 00:08:32,010 --> 00:08:35,764 thumbs to my calves, my ankle, my achilles. 177 00:08:37,817 --> 00:08:39,452 And then as you start to lean into this, 178 00:08:39,452 --> 00:08:42,043 and if this is new to you and it feels really weird, 179 00:08:42,043 --> 00:08:44,190 no worries, but in time you're gonna get used to giving 180 00:08:44,190 --> 00:08:45,658 yourself a massage and it's amazing. 181 00:08:45,658 --> 00:08:47,527 It's a great act of self love. 182 00:08:47,527 --> 00:08:51,031 Ah but on the feet here also a little reflexology. 183 00:08:51,031 --> 00:08:53,366 So we're multi-tasking after you kind of get 184 00:08:53,366 --> 00:08:55,135 your groove on here with the feet. 185 00:08:55,135 --> 00:08:56,603 Remember to sit up nice and tall. 186 00:08:56,603 --> 00:08:59,305 So there's gonna be a temptation to collapse 187 00:08:59,305 --> 00:09:01,274 so keep length in the spine. 188 00:09:01,274 --> 00:09:03,576 We're opening up through the hips of course and then last but 189 00:09:03,576 --> 00:09:06,046 not least the breath in and out. 190 00:09:06,046 --> 00:09:07,396 Deeply, fully. 191 00:09:09,402 --> 00:09:13,553 Maximizing this amazing time that you've carved out to 192 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:15,835 connect to yourself and your body. 193 00:09:18,287 --> 00:09:19,993 Mhmmm, mhmmm, mhmmm. 194 00:09:19,993 --> 00:09:21,828 Okie doke, now we're gonna take the knees, 195 00:09:21,828 --> 00:09:24,597 we're gonna bring them all the way back in to center. 196 00:09:24,597 --> 00:09:25,965 Inhale, sit up nice and tall. 197 00:09:25,965 --> 00:09:27,967 Just do this to the best of your ability. 198 00:09:27,967 --> 00:09:30,770 Exhale, draw your nose towards your knees. 199 00:09:30,770 --> 00:09:32,161 Just round through. 200 00:09:33,431 --> 00:09:35,075 And then inhale to come all the way up. 201 00:09:35,075 --> 00:09:36,676 Fingertips are gonna go back behind you, 202 00:09:36,676 --> 00:09:38,178 fingertips pointing in and 203 00:09:38,178 --> 00:09:39,646 you're going to press into the palms. 204 00:09:39,646 --> 00:09:41,748 No pressure in the wrists. 205 00:09:41,748 --> 00:09:43,917 Loop the shoulders forward, up and back and then you're gonna 206 00:09:43,917 --> 00:09:46,686 walk your feet as wide as your yoga mat. 207 00:09:46,686 --> 00:09:47,754 Be specific about this. 208 00:09:47,754 --> 00:09:50,723 So bring your feet to the edges of your mat. 209 00:09:50,723 --> 00:09:53,329 Press up out of the palms like you're in Cobra 210 00:09:53,329 --> 00:09:54,527 so we're not collapsing here. 211 00:09:54,527 --> 00:09:58,598 But finding that long Puppy belly as I like to think of it. 212 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:00,409 Inhale, lift your heart. Let's focus. 213 00:10:00,409 --> 00:10:02,936 Exhale, take your knees all the way over 214 00:10:02,936 --> 00:10:04,270 towards the right side of your body. 215 00:10:04,270 --> 00:10:07,207 Pause here, let the lower body get heavy again. 216 00:10:07,207 --> 00:10:08,975 Let your heart lift up. 217 00:10:08,975 --> 00:10:11,644 Amazing internal rotation in the left hip. 218 00:10:11,644 --> 00:10:15,081 Amazing external rotation in the right hip. 219 00:10:15,081 --> 00:10:16,216 Keep the feet where they are. 220 00:10:16,216 --> 00:10:17,807 They're gonna want to move. Keep where they are. 221 00:10:17,807 --> 00:10:19,452 As you breath in, look up. 222 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:20,820 Exhale, keep the feet where they are. 223 00:10:20,820 --> 00:10:22,355 You're going to come through center. 224 00:10:22,355 --> 00:10:26,025 Nice booty massage and then all the way over to the left. 225 00:10:26,025 --> 00:10:28,361 Come out of the wrists, lift your chest. 226 00:10:28,361 --> 00:10:30,463 Think Upward Facing Dog here. 227 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:32,198 Again, find that internal rotation. 228 00:10:32,198 --> 00:10:35,101 It's super yummy once you start to really feel it out. 229 00:10:35,101 --> 00:10:37,163 Inhale. 230 00:10:37,163 --> 00:10:40,874 And then exhale, booty massage all the way back through center 231 00:10:40,874 --> 00:10:42,041 and over towards the right. 232 00:10:42,041 --> 00:10:43,076 It's just like anything. 233 00:10:43,076 --> 00:10:45,144 The more you can lean into the sensation 234 00:10:45,144 --> 00:10:48,748 and relax into it, the better. 235 00:10:48,748 --> 00:10:52,285 Inhale, exhale, press into the fingertips. 236 00:10:52,285 --> 00:10:54,821 Take pressure out of wrists as you come through center over 237 00:10:54,821 --> 00:10:56,356 towards the left. 238 00:10:56,356 --> 00:10:57,991 Inhale, lift up and then you're just gonna do 239 00:10:57,991 --> 00:10:59,626 a couple more on your own. 240 00:10:59,626 --> 00:11:02,329 Back and forth. Back and forth. 241 00:11:04,998 --> 00:11:06,499 So we're not just opening up through the hips. 242 00:11:06,499 --> 00:11:08,301 We're opening up the shoulders. 243 00:11:08,301 --> 00:11:10,403 We're opening up through the armpit chest. 244 00:11:10,403 --> 00:11:13,239 Where all the yummy lymph is. 245 00:11:13,239 --> 00:11:15,008 You're getting a nice stretch through the forearms. 246 00:11:15,008 --> 00:11:17,923 You might start really feel that tingly sensation in the arms. 247 00:11:17,923 --> 00:11:19,312 Then even it out. 248 00:11:19,312 --> 00:11:21,463 Even it out, even it out. 249 00:11:21,463 --> 00:11:23,016 And then we're gonna come back to center. 250 00:11:23,016 --> 00:11:24,584 So bring the feet together. 251 00:11:24,584 --> 00:11:26,386 Sit up nice and tall. 252 00:11:26,386 --> 00:11:28,621 Release the fingertips, take them forward. 253 00:11:28,621 --> 00:11:31,291 You should feel this awesome flush of energy here. 254 00:11:31,291 --> 00:11:32,959 Connect to your core here. 255 00:11:32,959 --> 00:11:34,327 And then take the fingertips down, 256 00:11:34,327 --> 00:11:35,618 Thriller Arms. 257 00:11:36,777 --> 00:11:40,161 Cool. Inhale in, exhale lean back, way back. 258 00:11:40,161 --> 00:11:41,971 Lift the shins parallel to the sky. 259 00:11:41,971 --> 00:11:43,803 Now we're in a Boat variation. 260 00:11:43,803 --> 00:11:45,872 Just connecting to our center. 261 00:11:45,872 --> 00:11:47,259 You got it. Really nice. 262 00:11:47,259 --> 00:11:49,642 A little bit of a dead boat here or dead bug. 263 00:11:52,145 --> 00:11:55,248 Then you're gonna take the right ankle cross it over the left. 264 00:11:55,248 --> 00:11:56,616 You're gonna bring the fingertips all the way up 265 00:11:56,616 --> 00:12:00,253 towards the sky and on an exhale you're gonna take the palms 266 00:12:00,253 --> 00:12:02,956 bring them to the right, a little Russian twist. 267 00:12:02,956 --> 00:12:05,091 Inhale, reach the fingertips up. 268 00:12:05,091 --> 00:12:08,228 Exhale, to your left, little Russian twist. 269 00:12:08,228 --> 00:12:10,396 Then you're gonna bring the hands back to the heart, 270 00:12:10,396 --> 00:12:13,132 you're gonna release the legs to the ground and you're gonna come 271 00:12:13,132 --> 00:12:15,134 through all the way to all fours. 272 00:12:17,337 --> 00:12:19,706 Center yourself on the mat nice and easy here. 273 00:12:19,706 --> 00:12:22,590 You're gonna inhale, drop the belly for Cow Pose. 274 00:12:24,277 --> 00:12:26,479 Exhale, round the spine for Cat. 275 00:12:26,479 --> 00:12:28,815 (whooshes) 276 00:12:28,815 --> 00:12:32,039 Inhale, drop the belly for Cow. 277 00:12:33,853 --> 00:12:37,056 Nice audible exhale as your round the spine arching your 278 00:12:37,056 --> 00:12:38,921 back like a black Halloween Cat. 279 00:12:38,921 --> 00:12:41,263 (whooshes) 280 00:12:41,263 --> 00:12:42,161 Awesome, inhale. 281 00:12:42,161 --> 00:12:45,164 Neutral spine, Tabletop Position. 282 00:12:45,164 --> 00:12:46,733 Curl just the right toes under. 283 00:12:46,733 --> 00:12:49,469 Shoot the right heel all the way back. 284 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:51,371 Rock front, rock back. 285 00:12:51,371 --> 00:12:54,551 Rock front again, the next time you rock back stay there. 286 00:12:54,551 --> 00:12:56,476 Really reaching the right heel 287 00:12:56,476 --> 00:12:57,810 towards the back edge of your mat. 288 00:12:57,810 --> 00:13:01,147 Feeling nice space in the front of the right hip crease. 289 00:13:01,147 --> 00:13:02,548 Cool, then inhale in. 290 00:13:02,548 --> 00:13:03,950 Exhale, like a rocket ship, 291 00:13:03,950 --> 00:13:05,852 lift just your right heel all the way up. 292 00:13:05,852 --> 00:13:08,254 Engaging the glutes and then you're gonna bend your right 293 00:13:08,254 --> 00:13:11,724 knee and bring it all the way up and into a nice low lunge. 294 00:13:11,724 --> 00:13:14,861 Walk the left knee back just a bit. 295 00:13:14,861 --> 00:13:17,497 Hands are gonna come to the heart as you squeeze the inner 296 00:13:17,497 --> 00:13:19,399 thighs together and power up, press up, 297 00:13:19,399 --> 00:13:21,301 strong and steady. 298 00:13:21,301 --> 00:13:22,368 Breathe into your belly here. 299 00:13:22,368 --> 00:13:24,003 Inhale. 300 00:13:24,003 --> 00:13:26,339 Exhale, relax the shoulders down. 301 00:13:26,339 --> 00:13:27,607 Check it out now, inhale, 302 00:13:27,607 --> 00:13:29,942 fingertips reach up towards the sky. 303 00:13:29,942 --> 00:13:32,378 Just like in the Russian twist, pull the right hip crease back. 304 00:13:32,378 --> 00:13:34,747 You're gonna take it over towards the right. 305 00:13:34,747 --> 00:13:38,084 Now from here we're gonna take outer edge of the left elbow to 306 00:13:38,084 --> 00:13:40,853 the outer edge of the right thigh and you're gonna work in 307 00:13:40,853 --> 00:13:44,323 time to bring your thumbs to your sternum. 308 00:13:44,323 --> 00:13:46,325 Breathing deep here. 309 00:13:49,262 --> 00:13:51,164 Inhaling to find length. 310 00:13:51,164 --> 00:13:53,032 Exhaling, go a little deeper into your twist. 311 00:13:53,032 --> 00:13:54,934 (whooshes) 312 00:13:54,934 --> 00:13:57,770 Great, to come out of the pose press through the ball joint of 313 00:13:57,770 --> 00:13:59,305 your right big toe. 314 00:13:59,305 --> 00:14:02,008 Inhale, reach the fingertips all the way up towards the sky. 315 00:14:02,008 --> 00:14:04,043 Big stretch, big breath. 316 00:14:04,043 --> 00:14:06,812 Exhale to bring it all the way down. 317 00:14:06,812 --> 00:14:07,980 Quick counter pose here, 318 00:14:07,980 --> 00:14:09,782 flex your toes towards your third eye. 319 00:14:09,782 --> 00:14:11,150 Pull back on the right hip crease. 320 00:14:11,150 --> 00:14:13,486 Straighten through the right leg, smile. 321 00:14:13,486 --> 00:14:16,022 Then slowly coming back all the way through. 322 00:14:16,022 --> 00:14:17,490 You're gonna plant the palms and 323 00:14:17,490 --> 00:14:19,125 just nice and easy connect to your core here. 324 00:14:19,125 --> 00:14:20,059 No Plank Pose today. 325 00:14:20,059 --> 00:14:22,662 You're gonna come all the way through all fours and then we're 326 00:14:22,662 --> 00:14:24,263 gonna curl the right toes, excuse me, 327 00:14:24,263 --> 00:14:27,800 left toes under and shoot the left heel out. 328 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:29,902 Rock front, rock back. 329 00:14:29,902 --> 00:14:31,204 Rock front again. 330 00:14:31,204 --> 00:14:32,772 Make sure you're not collapsing in the neck here. 331 00:14:32,772 --> 00:14:35,475 Remember neck is nice and long. 332 00:14:35,475 --> 00:14:36,809 And then next time you rock back, 333 00:14:36,809 --> 00:14:39,212 pause there, breathe, press away from your yoga mat. 334 00:14:39,212 --> 00:14:42,715 Feel that stretch through the front of the left hip crease. 335 00:14:42,715 --> 00:14:44,422 So good. 336 00:14:44,422 --> 00:14:46,919 And then inhale in, gaze straight down. 337 00:14:46,919 --> 00:14:48,421 Use the the sound of my voice to guide you. 338 00:14:48,421 --> 00:14:51,524 You're gonna slowly like a rocket ship power that left 339 00:14:51,524 --> 00:14:54,293 heel, left leg all the way up. 340 00:14:54,293 --> 00:14:55,928 Pause here, breathe deep. 341 00:14:55,928 --> 00:14:57,563 Inhale in. 342 00:14:57,563 --> 00:15:00,433 Exhale, you're gonna bring it all the way up and through into 343 00:15:00,433 --> 00:15:01,868 a nice low lunge. 344 00:15:01,868 --> 00:15:04,804 Take a second here to walk the right knee back just a bit. 345 00:15:04,804 --> 00:15:08,431 You got this. Front knee over front ankle. 346 00:15:08,431 --> 00:15:10,209 Then squeeze the inner thighs to the midline. 347 00:15:10,209 --> 00:15:12,345 Activate that root chakra, pelvic floor. 348 00:15:12,345 --> 00:15:17,150 Palms come together and then slowly power up, 349 00:15:17,150 --> 00:15:18,484 hands to heart. 350 00:15:18,484 --> 00:15:20,012 Pause here. Careful not to rush. 351 00:15:20,012 --> 00:15:21,320 Breathe into your belly first. 352 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:22,691 Get the breath going. 353 00:15:26,227 --> 00:15:27,560 And then once you have that breath, 354 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,562 once you have your foundation, inhale, 355 00:15:29,562 --> 00:15:31,164 reach fingertips up towards the sky. 356 00:15:31,164 --> 00:15:33,599 Big stretch. 357 00:15:33,599 --> 00:15:35,635 And then exhale, over towards the left. 358 00:15:35,635 --> 00:15:37,470 Pull the left hip crease back. 359 00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:40,006 Think about that Russian twist and then from here, 360 00:15:40,006 --> 00:15:44,010 then we'll take right elbow to the outer edge of the left leg, 361 00:15:44,010 --> 00:15:46,712 left knee and we'll slowly work in our twist here. 362 00:15:46,712 --> 00:15:49,715 Breathing to find length. 363 00:15:49,715 --> 00:15:52,318 Breathing in to find length in and exhaling to twist. 364 00:15:52,318 --> 00:15:54,053 In time you can work to get your thumbs 365 00:15:54,053 --> 00:15:56,289 in towards your heart center. 366 00:15:56,289 --> 00:15:57,824 Breathe deep. 367 00:15:57,824 --> 00:15:58,991 Neck nice and long here. 368 00:15:58,991 --> 00:16:01,160 Shoulders away from the ears. 369 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,138 Awesome work. Big detoxifying twist here. 370 00:16:03,138 --> 00:16:05,097 Breath into the belly. 371 00:16:07,564 --> 00:16:10,469 Good and then slowly press into the ball joint of that front big 372 00:16:10,469 --> 00:16:12,014 toe for stability here. 373 00:16:12,014 --> 00:16:14,307 You're gonna dial it all the way back to center. 374 00:16:14,307 --> 00:16:16,876 Move from your center as you inhale. 375 00:16:16,876 --> 00:16:18,411 Reach the arms all the way up. 376 00:16:18,411 --> 00:16:19,679 Big full body stretch here. 377 00:16:19,679 --> 00:16:20,813 Big breath. 378 00:16:20,813 --> 00:16:22,181 And then exhale to rain it down. 379 00:16:22,181 --> 00:16:24,313 Wiggle the fingertips this time. 380 00:16:24,313 --> 00:16:25,251 Counter stretch. 381 00:16:25,251 --> 00:16:26,586 Straighten the front leg. 382 00:16:26,586 --> 00:16:27,887 Pull the left hip crease back. 383 00:16:27,887 --> 00:16:30,056 Flex your left toes towards your face, 384 00:16:30,056 --> 00:16:31,204 your third eye. 385 00:16:31,204 --> 00:16:35,494 Inhale in here and then exhale to roll all the way through. 386 00:16:35,494 --> 00:16:39,899 Bring a little inner smile back to the dance here and then 387 00:16:39,899 --> 00:16:42,602 you're gonna bring the hands to the earth, 388 00:16:42,602 --> 00:16:44,136 back to all fours here. 389 00:16:44,136 --> 00:16:45,805 We're gonna end with a little core lift 390 00:16:45,805 --> 00:16:47,907 so curl the toes under. 391 00:16:47,907 --> 00:16:50,343 Inhale in, exhale, lift the knees 392 00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:53,512 and let them hover nice and easy. 393 00:16:53,512 --> 00:16:54,847 Gaze straight down. 394 00:16:54,847 --> 00:16:56,215 Hovering table here. 395 00:16:56,215 --> 00:16:58,484 We start to shake, we start to welcome a little heat. 396 00:16:58,484 --> 00:16:59,318 You're doing awesome. 397 00:16:59,318 --> 00:17:02,088 Breathing deep here. 398 00:17:02,088 --> 00:17:04,824 Finding the Suhka, the ease, the grace here 399 00:17:04,824 --> 00:17:06,925 as you claw through the fingertips. 400 00:17:06,925 --> 00:17:08,394 If you have to have a little more here 401 00:17:08,394 --> 00:17:10,930 you might bring one knee into center. 402 00:17:10,930 --> 00:17:12,431 And then release it. 403 00:17:12,431 --> 00:17:15,166 And then you might bring the other knee into center. 404 00:17:15,166 --> 00:17:15,902 And then release it. 405 00:17:15,902 --> 00:17:17,970 Everyone we're pressing away from the yoga mat. 406 00:17:17,970 --> 00:17:20,071 We're here for three, two. 407 00:17:20,071 --> 00:17:22,974 Slow descend of the knees on one. 408 00:17:22,974 --> 00:17:24,175 Nice, soft landing. 409 00:17:24,175 --> 00:17:27,146 This time you're gonna cross your left ankle over your right. 410 00:17:27,146 --> 00:17:31,250 Be mindful here as you slowly take your center back. 411 00:17:31,250 --> 00:17:33,386 You're gonna drag your fingertips back in space and 412 00:17:33,386 --> 00:17:35,851 we're gonna come all way through 413 00:17:35,851 --> 00:17:38,766 mindfully to Sukhasana. 414 00:17:38,766 --> 00:17:40,559 Flip those palms up towards the sky. 415 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:42,194 Lift your heart, your chest. 416 00:17:42,194 --> 00:17:44,196 Align head over heart, heart over pelvis. 417 00:17:44,196 --> 00:17:46,714 Take the deepest breath you've taken all year. 418 00:17:46,714 --> 00:17:50,336 Inhale and exhale with sound out through the mouth. 419 00:17:50,336 --> 00:17:51,470 Relax your shoulders down. 420 00:17:51,470 --> 00:17:52,905 (sighs) 421 00:17:52,905 --> 00:17:53,839 Two more just like that. 422 00:17:53,839 --> 00:17:55,374 Inhale, lots of love in. 423 00:17:55,374 --> 00:17:56,762 Breathe. 424 00:17:57,743 --> 00:17:59,111 And let something go. 425 00:17:59,111 --> 00:18:00,379 (sighs) 426 00:18:00,379 --> 00:18:02,330 And one more, make it awesome. Here we go. 427 00:18:04,478 --> 00:18:05,685 Empty it out. 428 00:18:05,685 --> 00:18:06,886 (sighs) 429 00:18:08,047 --> 00:18:09,355 Pause here. 430 00:18:09,355 --> 00:18:10,957 Maybe bring index finger to thumb. 431 00:18:10,957 --> 00:18:12,692 Maybe not. 432 00:18:12,692 --> 00:18:13,593 Find what feels good. 433 00:18:13,593 --> 00:18:14,560 Try not to fidget here. 434 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,166 Just notice how you feel, your vibration, your mood. 435 00:18:33,012 --> 00:18:37,750 Taking one more quiet moment to just lean in, 436 00:18:37,750 --> 00:18:39,752 collect yourself. 437 00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:44,724 Tap into that magic. 438 00:18:44,724 --> 00:18:47,560 The magic of yoga where you can come on to your mat feeling one 439 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:51,731 way and then step off your mat feeling completely transformed. 440 00:18:51,731 --> 00:18:54,333 It is magic and it's magic that I think we all possess, 441 00:18:54,333 --> 00:18:57,707 these tools, these power tools to 442 00:18:59,071 --> 00:19:03,542 shape the way we move and guide the way we feel. 443 00:19:03,542 --> 00:19:06,796 Which of course influences the way we act 444 00:19:06,796 --> 00:19:10,216 and converse with others. 445 00:19:10,216 --> 00:19:12,184 So in a nutshell, you rock. 446 00:19:12,184 --> 00:19:15,955 Thank you for taking the time to practice with me and with so 447 00:19:15,955 --> 00:19:17,490 many beautiful people around the world. 448 00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:18,858 We're gonna bring the palms together. 449 00:19:18,858 --> 00:19:20,192 Thumbs right up to the third eye. 450 00:19:20,192 --> 00:19:21,670 Take a deep breath in. 451 00:19:23,035 --> 00:19:25,093 And exhale to close. 452 00:19:25,093 --> 00:19:29,099 We bow and whisper, "Namasate." 453 00:19:30,239 --> 00:19:34,488 (gentle music)