what's up everyone welcome to the yoga

with Adriene vlog we are in my breakfast

nook today and we're just takin a second

to answer some questions so we have all

this great conversation going on on the

channel which I'm super grateful for I

know I've said it before so just I won't

babble on about it now but I'm really

excited inspired and grateful for the

the nature and the very fact that we're

actually having an exchange you know

like Chris and I are just putting out

yoga videos we're not just practicing

them like we're actually talking really

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starting off this vlog by saying thank

you

the reason we're answering questions

here is because we're actually talking

and I think that is super awesome so

that's it I put a call out for questions

this week I put it up at like 10:30 p.m.

and the next morning woke up with a

bleep ton of questions saved you from

having to bleep that out Chris okay

anyway so I got so many great questions

I actually sat down I transcribed them

all not even on my computer like

old-fashioned style with a pen and paper

and I organized them so that we will

have like whole videos based on like

frequently asked questions so I'm going

to do another video on nutrition I'm

gonna do

a video just for yoga teachers or

aspiring yoga teachers I'm going to do a

whole video on like my yoga history and

talk about how I got into yoga so if

your question didn't doesn't get

answered today I just wanted to say that

it was definitely noticed and

transcribed and it might even have

inspired a whole other video so for

today we're just going to keep it simple

and I'm going to go through a couple of

fun things and then as time goes on

we'll maybe keep this as a regular thing

so the first one that I wanted to tackle

today really simple but so important

tips for setting intentions and

maintaining them keeping them and some

people just went oh yeah and some people

doesn't at all and I mean I think that

this is a good conversation to have

because the point is that we're actually

talking about setting intentions there

were actually like going into this world

of awareness which again for some is

like yeah I do that every day set

intentions every morning and some days

you know you'll forget or some people

are new to this kind of like awareness

jungle sounds sexy I'm just kidding and

so I think that's a great place to start

with this vlog tips for setting

intentions and maintaining them you know

of course everyone's different so

everyone has their own you know mode but

for me I like to write them down I write

them in my journal I write them on my

to-do list man if I'm really having a

week you know I write them on a big

sticky note and I put it on the mirror

on the computer the desk I also kind of

have a ritual of setting intentions you

know in my bed or just kind of looking

at the day ahead in my bed before I get

up before I pick up my phone before I

take care of the dog you know just kind

of having a conscious moment before I

actually put my feet on the ground where

I'm like wow okay what is it that we're

going to do today that we don't just get

wrapped up in my like to go mind to go

doggy bag mind whatever that means

that really means the thinking mind

which is like what we talked about in

yoga all the time something I talk about

in my public classes you know that are a

little different from the videos you

know we're there and the flash together

it's been so nice meeting people who

come into Austin to practice but kind of

you know not ignoring the thinking mind

but actually the opposite just kind of

acknowledging it and then bringing more

awareness so setting intentions at the

beginning of practice to kind of maybe

take a break from the thinking mind

there's an awesome thing in Yogananda's

book otto his autobiography of a yogi'

where he talks about or he mentions his

teachers saying you know like what if

you were to take a break from that what

do you know what if you were to just

live life with more awareness he says

something like what if you're to do this

experiment where every thought that you

had when it comes true what if every

thought you had were to come true how

would you kind of reshape your strategy

on thinking or you know how would your

awareness grow and so I think when you

start to think about the big picture and

you can apply this to your yoga asana

practice like letting the thinking mind

take a break and really like I know I

always say it but like get your money's

worth when it comes to setting

intentions then you're going to maintain

them baby like you're going to it's not

going to just become this like have you

know have drink more water today you

know which is great or like you're

really going to start to dig deep and

think about what I think and the

intentions I set are going to come true

and if they are going to come true how

am I going to really commit to that

practice so again I can give you tips on

like write the write the intentions down

that's fun repeat mantras in the shower

but really just like anchor your mind in

this reality or entertain this idea that

every thought you have has the power to

come true and if when you start thinking

about that maybe your you know your

intention practice is going to shift and

just going to start to maintain them

naturally which kind of leads me to the

next question which is how do you stick

with your yoga practice even when you're

feeling sad or shitty great question

especially for me as I continue to grow

my practice in this business of yoga you

know how do you how do you get on your

mat when you feel like just going to a

movie and eating a pizza

well my honest-to-god answer is go to

the movie and eat the pizza you know

that is yoga too for me again most

people just like lit up and half the

people just roll their eyes but for me

and you know I'm a young girl person but

I've been privileged to practice for a

while and for the biggest lesson I've

learned in the last you know five to ten

years is you got it you got to be

yourself like you got to understand that

Yoga is more than the yoga for weight

loss video that you're trying to get

through or the 30 days of yoga you've

been like it starts to bleed into your

daily life you know those are

invitations into a bigger practice which

is being yourself and so for me

sometimes that is not getting on my mat

at all and totally going to the Alamo

Drafthouse

and having a pizza and a party

getting or some days it's a walk and

then a margarita you know or it doesn't

even have to be pizza or alcohol these

extremes you know sometimes it's just a

couple of stretches in my bedroom naked

after a shower just got 10 million

subscribers risking not firing myself

just being funny but um but yeah

sometimes it's not the yoga practice

that you think and so that's how you get

into your yoga practice every day even

when you're sad or feeling you know low

on energy

you've got to be true to the moment and

you've got to give yourself a free pass

and understand that that's the yoga - so

you know what for me when I practice I'm

cultivating

this like insane amount of self-love the

more I practice and that's not just

yogurt talk like that is for real

looking into the camera and telling you

that is for real and so then when I

begin to cultivate this self-love

I begin to like get joy out of giving

myself those free passes forgiving

myself when I don't go to class when I

intended to and I find other ways to

feel good okay so that's neck rolls in

the shower that's doing something nice

for someone having a glass of wine with

a loved one in a real conversation you

know maybe instead of tending to

yourself that day you tend to someone

else and that feeds you so it just

depends on where you're at that day and

the real yoga moment is the listening so

that's how I do my yoga practice even

when I'm feeling sad I stay present I

listen and then the next day I come back

even stronger I was just talking about

that you know like I had a kind of a bad

week last week maybe two weeks and then

this week I just kind of Monday hit and

I reset and I was like okay I'm done

with that time to shift my energy into

you know something new and I'm gonna

help you with that in the next couple

weeks and we're going to talk about what

we're going to do in June on the channel

which which might help you to favor

position when you're stressed this is a

great thing after the last question too

because as I said your yoga practice

doesn't always have to be the same you

can change it up my favorite position is

to widen my feet hip-width apart and go

into a forward fold anywhere do it at

Target who cares

great for the nervous system great to

just kind of hoo rag doll it out and

then you can slowly roll up hit the

refresh button and get it on up and go

that's it seriously it's not a fancy

yoga pose lutenist knows probably mine

not my fave pose to go to when I'm

stressed somebody asked me if I have a

daily routine I feel like that kind of

goes with these questions today or do I

change it up totally change it up as I

said for me the yoga the Uniting of my

mind my body and my spirit in my heart

is really all about listening yesterday

I went to the YMCA with my friend to do

learn a core workout oh and I ran into a

yoga with Adriene

and if you are watching this hello to

you fit man handsome fit man and thank

you for saying hello and that was fun to

kind of connect because I never go to

the gym anymore so it was fun to see are

you with Adriene friend there so that

was my yoga yesterday we did some

stretching on the mats and then I

learned a friend's core yoga routine

which totally inspired me and then I

didn't end up going to the class that I

was going to go to that evening I stayed

home and worked and that was that so I

absolutely switched it up again stay

present with the listening and you know

be open to letting your practice evolve

too sometimes if you just hit the same

practice every time and I'm really into

this as a teacher lately you know like

you got to be you in the moment you got

to listen to the birds listen to the

weather the quality of air in the room

and and pay attention to how you feel in

the present moment and then then you're

going to get the best out of your

practice so yeah I totally change it up

when you're at home in Austin what are

your hobbies you know I don't really

want to like talk about myself but this

came up a lot so I'll answer it like

what kinds of things do you do for fun

um I like to go to the movies I like to

go to Barton Springs it's almost that

time of year here and also I like to

swim I'm definitely like to do anything

with the dog mostly to where I'm out but

also because I love them walking I need

to do you know we have tennis elbow I

need to do a yoga for the chuckit thumbs

up on this video if you know what I'm

talking about if you have a Chuck it

shout out to chuck it users everywhere

oh my god so good if you have a active

dog I like to hang out with friends I

like to go to theater shows puppet shows

I mention the movies here in Austin we

have the summer film series at the

beautiful historic Paramount Theater I

can't wait for that to happen where they

show all kind of like old classic movies

my favorite and it's really funny it's

also really well air-conditioned so in

the Texas summer heat it's a nice place

to go

um what else do I do I like margaritas I

like to drink margaritas and eat Mexican

food with people I love I like to go to

the park I like to go to yoga I mean I

love to teach and I love to you know

like share this message or find what

feels good here in Austin too because a

lot of my friends don't even realize

kind of what we have going on the

internet so I like to kind of welcome

them into that what else I guess that's

it I spent a lot of time at home these

days which is different than yours past

so it's nice to be at home and honestly

I'm going to be traveling a lot more so

um you know I look forward to what that

brings to my kind of daily routine and

it so far every time I leave it just

makes me love you know home more can

benji be in more videos that came up a

couple times i think it's cute again you

know not too serious questions here

today but um the answer is yes we will

bring benji into more videos starting

now benji can you believe this is a six

month old bull healer puppy just chillin

like a villain hey can you say hi to the

camera

wanna come up here no okay

gee he's such a good dog yes you are

thumbs up to dog lovers and animal

lovers out there everywhere

if anyone's concerned about my boys I

think it's just because I had coffee

like an Americano the spring I don't

think anything's wrong with it but I

anticipate that someone's going to bring

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in June we're going to kind of embrace

fitness so you know I definitely

love to talk about the integrity of yoga

and honor the history and the philosophy

of yoga but I just want to let you know

right now that in June we're getting fit

we're kind of doing a fitness focus and

so we have some ideas on how to do that

with you we're definitely going to bring

in power back and we want to invite you

to do that with us even if you've done

it already we're going to talk more

about that later but we'll work together

as a Kula as a group so don't make any

other yoga challenge or fitness plans

for June I invite you to get fit with us

and we're basically just going to kind

of heed the call or answer the request

to get fit for the summer and I'm going

to do it with you

so in June we're going to get sexy

basically what I'm trying to say just

kidding

thank you so much for all your questions

I look forward to having more

conversations with you we have so much

going on and just invite you to stay

connected keep checking in with me and

I'll keep cheat keep checking in with

you keep checking in with you that's it

for the vlog today we have a new video

I'm really excited about coming up next

week and I'll see you on the mat I guess

that's it for now

love you guys so much take good care