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- Okay, hey everyone!

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Welcome to Yoga 
With Adriene vlog.

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plus blog equals vlog.

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Um, I'm going to ap, uh,

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I'm gonna learn 
how to talk first.

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I'm going to answer 
a couple of questions

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that I've been getting,

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that I've been 
seeing quite a bit.

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So these are popular questions.

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If you have a question,

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feel free to send it in

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and I'll get to 
it at the next vlog.

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So, a question that I've 
been getting a lot of is,

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What do you mean by 
tucking the pelvis, Adriene?

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What do you mean 
by tuck your pelvis?

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And actually I 
just shot a video where

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I kind of spoke about this.

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But what I mean is the pelvis,

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we'll say this is 
the base of the pelvis,

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often rests like this,

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and then provides this 
nice curve in the spine.

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So often in yoga,

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we talk about 
tucking the pelvis.

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And what I'm 
really trying to say is,

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lengthen your tailbone down.

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So the coccyx and the 
tail is kind of lifting up

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towards the sky.

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And we want to 
kind of curl it in,

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lengthen it down.

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This engages the 
intercostal muscles

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of the front body,
the abdominal wall,

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without creating tension 
or tightening in the belly.

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So we can still 
breathe and have like,

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full breath capacity there.

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So yeah, lengthen 
down through the tailbone,

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and always maintain 
that lift in the heart

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and then maybe 
that's a better way

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of saying tuck the pelvis.

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It's kind of a 
tricky thing to talk about.

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So, we can keep 
this conversation going.

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Also in our next 
Yoga for Weight Loss video

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we address this with a visual.

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So, the next thing is,

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Adriene, what do I wear in yoga?

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And a lot of people are like,

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sorry for the stupid question.

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What do I wear in yoga?

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We'll first of all,

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there's no such 
thing as a stupid question.

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But second of all,

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it's a really good question.

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A lot of my,

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even my own friends.

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Blue, stop.

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Ask me this all the time.

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Because, you 
wanna be comfortable.

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I mean, yoga is 
about becoming empowered.

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So you want to feel good.

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That does not mean 
that you need to have

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the most expensive yoga pants.

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Lord knows I don't.

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But it does mean that 
you should have something

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that you feel comfortable in, A.

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B, make sure it's something
that you can actually move in.

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So, when you bend over 
and your pants fall down,

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you wanna make 
sure they stay up,

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unless you care.

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Pants can fall down in my class,

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I don't really care either way.

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But make sure it's 
something that you can actually

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have full range of movement in.

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So I recommend you know,

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yeah, just pants or 
shorts that are comfortable

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and that you can move in.

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Really, I wanna be 
careful about what I say,

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because I don't want 
you to go spend a bunch

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of money on yoga clothes.

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Per se.

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But, most of all,

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comfortable, and 
that you can move in.

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Something that you can maybe,

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is a little more lightweight.

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If you're like me 
and you're in Texas

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and it's already 
hotter than hell everywhere.

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Hot yoga is good.

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But you know, you 
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have some clothes 
that breathe a little bit.

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The short answer is 
Find What Feels Good, right?

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Find something 
you're comfortable in,

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and that can 
breathe a little bit.

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No pun intended.

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That was a good one though,

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breathe.

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Okay, the last question.

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It was a couple of questions
I kind of combined into one,

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and it was, I have bad knees,

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or I've heard both things,

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I have bad knees, 
can I still do yoga?

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I have bad ankles, 
can I still do yoga?

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I've also heard,

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I have weak wrists, 
can I still do yoga?

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Yes.

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Yoga is,

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about union,

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mind, body, soul.

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So taking in all of 
those truths, or spirit,

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and making the best out of them.

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Finding What Feels Good.

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And often we don't do yoga,

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or we don't do something,

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because we think we 
have a block up against.

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When really, it's the yoga,

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or this practice,

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that is the very thing 
that'll help us kind of

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move through that pain,

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find the in of the pain,
the out of the pain,

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and move on to a new stage,

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with the knees, the 
wrists or the ankles.

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This also a 
very tricky question,

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because I feel like

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it depends on maybe if you have

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an injury that's been healing,

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or if we just need to build
more integrity and strength

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in the body and in the core.

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And I'm not talking again
about the abdominal wall only,

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I'm talking about this integrity
from the crown of the head,

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to the tip of the tailbone.

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So it's going to be 
different for everyone.

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But, the short answer is yes,

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you can still do yoga.

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And for everyone,

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continue to be mindful,

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especially around those joints.

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And if you have had an injury,

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be extra mindful,

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and really pay attention to
the sensations of the body,

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so you don't do anything 
that will cause you pain.

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That's no good.

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Okay, so those are 
all my questions for now.

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We have more videos on the way,

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I'm so excited.

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Lots of stuff coming at 
ya from Yoga With Adriene.

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Make sure you 
subscribe to the channel,

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if you haven't already.

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Like us on Facebook.

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There's tons of 
stuff on Facebook.

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So not just 
pictures of me and Blue.

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But tons of fun stuff.

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Oh I also, I just made 
this homemade mosquito spray.

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And everyone has been asking me

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what is the recipe for this.

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It's really good, 
and it smells wonderful.

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You can just spray it 
in your house like this.

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So good, very 
simple ingredients.

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And smells amazing.

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And I will post that on the
blog very soon, that recipe.

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So, thank you and leave your
questions, comments below.

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I'll see you next time.

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Namaste.