1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,009 hello and welcome to yoga with Adriene 2 00:00:02,009 --> 00:00:05,220 I'm Adriene and this is our first video 3 00:00:05,220 --> 00:00:10,620 ever I am a yoga teacher living working 4 00:00:10,620 --> 00:00:13,110 breathing in Austin Texas I'm also an 5 00:00:13,110 --> 00:00:18,529 actor and a dog owner the word yoga has 6 00:00:18,529 --> 00:00:20,820 several different definitions but the 7 00:00:20,820 --> 00:00:23,789 one that I really love is Union I 8 00:00:23,789 --> 00:00:27,240 started my teacher training exactly 10 9 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,420 years ago and I've been teaching for 10 00:00:30,420 --> 00:00:31,349 five years 11 00:00:31,349 --> 00:00:34,350 I teach weekly yoga classes and I'm 12 00:00:34,350 --> 00:00:36,329 constantly promoting them trying to get 13 00:00:36,329 --> 00:00:38,160 people to come to class because I want 14 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:41,340 them to feel good one of the reasons I 15 00:00:41,340 --> 00:00:44,879 love yoga practice is or the rely kit or 16 00:00:44,879 --> 00:00:47,550 not every time I step on the mat I am 17 00:00:47,550 --> 00:00:49,170 reminded that ultimately we are 18 00:00:49,170 --> 00:00:51,570 responsible for our own happiness which 19 00:00:51,570 --> 00:00:54,000 means when we can't do something we 20 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,180 don't go into toxic thought world or get 21 00:00:57,180 --> 00:01:00,000 upset we just be in the moment we take 22 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,100 care of ourselves kind of an ongoing 23 00:01:02,100 --> 00:01:04,229 theme for me as a teacher something that 24 00:01:04,229 --> 00:01:07,909 I like to offer my students is this 25 00:01:07,909 --> 00:01:11,220 invitation to find what feels good if 26 00:01:11,220 --> 00:01:14,330 you came for cooling practice stay cool 27 00:01:14,330 --> 00:01:17,400 cool so West Side Story reference for 28 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:18,840 all your musical theatre fans at the 29 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:20,580 same time if people come for more fiery 30 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:24,030 practice I'm all for your doing an extra 31 00:01:24,030 --> 00:01:25,890 vinyasa an extra minute in this 32 00:01:25,890 --> 00:01:27,960 balancing pose and I feel like sometimes 33 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:31,140 we go into the studio and we don't 34 00:01:31,140 --> 00:01:33,150 really feel welcome to even be ourselves 35 00:01:33,150 --> 00:01:36,210 on the mat so as a teacher I like to 36 00:01:36,210 --> 00:01:38,610 create a space where everyone can really 37 00:01:38,610 --> 00:01:41,040 find their own happiness find what feels 38 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,680 good I feel like if we keep working in a 39 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:45,240 way where we're empowering each other to 40 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,610 feel good in our bodies and we'd all be 41 00:01:47,610 --> 00:01:49,610 a lot happier and healthier 42 00:01:49,610 --> 00:01:52,310 off the mat so whether you want to lose 43 00:01:52,310 --> 00:01:54,740 weight or build strength increase your 44 00:01:54,740 --> 00:01:56,870 flexibility or tone the body or if you 45 00:01:56,870 --> 00:01:58,550 have a current practice and you just 46 00:01:58,550 --> 00:02:01,100 want to deepen your practice yoga with 47 00:02:01,100 --> 00:02:02,780 adriene is the perfect place for you 48 00:02:02,780 --> 00:02:05,360 please join me subscribe to my youtube 49 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,370 channel like the Facebook page so you 50 00:02:07,370 --> 00:02:08,330 don't miss out on anything 51 00:02:08,330 --> 00:02:10,220 I'm going to be writing articles to 52 00:02:10,220 --> 00:02:13,030 accompany the videos each Wednesday and 53 00:02:13,030 --> 00:02:15,740 we should have some really yummy goodies 54 00:02:15,740 --> 00:02:18,560 for you coming up really soon thank you 55 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:19,330 for joining me 56 00:02:19,330 --> 00:02:22,330 namaste 57 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,320 hello and welcome to yoga with Adriene 58 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,260 I'm Adriene and welcome to already said 59 00:02:39,260 --> 00:02:41,480 well she should really want a walk cause 60 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,920 you're so bad okay