1 00:00:00,350 --> 00:00:03,260 - Hello, everyone. Welcome back to Move. 2 00:00:03,260 --> 00:00:04,880 It is Day 15. 3 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:06,710 We are at the halfway mark, 4 00:00:06,710 --> 00:00:10,110 and it is a beautiful day to celebrate 5 00:00:10,110 --> 00:00:11,830 where we are in this journey, 6 00:00:11,830 --> 00:00:16,110 but also a remarkable time to hit the reset button. 7 00:00:16,110 --> 00:00:18,876 So hop into something comfy and let's get started. 8 00:00:19,748 --> 00:00:23,507 (soft upbeat music) 9 00:00:34,580 --> 00:00:37,700 Okay, we are going to begin standing today. 10 00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:40,790 So just come anywhere on your mat that feels good. 11 00:00:40,790 --> 00:00:43,740 Feet hip width apart or feet together. 12 00:00:43,740 --> 00:00:47,930 We're gonna ease in with a gentle but powerful reset. 13 00:00:47,930 --> 00:00:50,230 So if you are feeling pretty lethargic, 14 00:00:50,230 --> 00:00:52,910 or you're having a hard day, don't worry. 15 00:00:52,910 --> 00:00:53,743 I got your back. 16 00:00:53,743 --> 00:00:55,640 The important thing is that you're here. 17 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:57,510 Thank you for meeting me here. 18 00:00:57,510 --> 00:00:59,763 Let's begin in Mountain Pose. 19 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:04,180 So stand up nice and tall 20 00:01:04,180 --> 00:01:05,710 and just check in with your energy level. 21 00:01:05,710 --> 00:01:10,260 This is a great moment in the journey to just check in. 22 00:01:10,260 --> 00:01:13,340 And you may recognize that some days you're like 23 00:01:14,740 --> 00:01:16,560 ready to hit it, right? 24 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,500 And everything's falling into place, 25 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:23,240 and tears of joy streaming down your cheeks. 26 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,440 And some days it's really hard to show up. 27 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:28,956 You think you wanna throw in the towel. 28 00:01:30,540 --> 00:01:35,260 Different kind of salty tear drips down your cheek. 29 00:01:35,260 --> 00:01:38,040 And this is the journey that we're on. 30 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:42,240 And so this 30 Day framework really allows us 31 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:43,893 to kind of embrace that. 32 00:01:44,950 --> 00:01:46,893 Remember that that's a part of life, 33 00:01:48,020 --> 00:01:51,190 and it gives us a tool set, 34 00:01:51,190 --> 00:01:56,190 opportunity to really keep coming back to ourselves. 35 00:01:58,310 --> 00:02:00,093 So draw the hands together. 36 00:02:01,580 --> 00:02:03,120 Stand up nice and tall 37 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,450 and close your eyes if you haven't already. 38 00:02:05,450 --> 00:02:08,063 Allow the shoulders to relax and just check in, 39 00:02:09,460 --> 00:02:13,190 acknowledging where you are, 40 00:02:13,190 --> 00:02:18,495 and just noticing what it feels like 41 00:02:18,495 --> 00:02:20,450 to be alive today. 42 00:02:20,450 --> 00:02:22,060 And let me tell ya, 43 00:02:22,060 --> 00:02:25,870 I'm so glad you're alive and you're here. 44 00:02:25,870 --> 00:02:27,880 Thank you. Thank you for being here. 45 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:29,636 Let's take a deep breath in. 46 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,263 And a long breath out. 47 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:37,130 Deep breath in. 48 00:02:39,370 --> 00:02:42,551 And a slow long exhale. 49 00:02:45,870 --> 00:02:49,520 And deep breath in. Slow, long inhale, 50 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:50,963 just slowing it all down. 51 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,391 And long breath out. 52 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,330 Great. Open the eyes. 53 00:03:00,330 --> 00:03:03,250 Relax your hands gently at your sides. 54 00:03:03,250 --> 00:03:05,650 And you're gonna walk the feet out 55 00:03:05,650 --> 00:03:07,760 a little bit wider than hip width apart. 56 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:09,890 You're just gonna bend the knees a little bit left to right 57 00:03:09,890 --> 00:03:12,360 and start to move your center. 58 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,050 Actually bring their fingertips to the belly here, 59 00:03:15,050 --> 00:03:16,760 to the center of your body, 60 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,450 and just moving your center a little back and forth. 61 00:03:19,450 --> 00:03:20,650 There's no right or wrong here. 62 00:03:20,650 --> 00:03:25,603 Just kind of getting a feel for your center today. 63 00:03:26,730 --> 00:03:28,533 Beautiful Day 15. 64 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:34,090 And in celebration of this glorious halfway mark, 65 00:03:34,090 --> 00:03:36,840 we're gonna do Knocking on Heaven's Door, 66 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,240 which is one of my favorite tools 67 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:41,820 for hitting the reset button. 68 00:03:41,820 --> 00:03:43,890 So we're practically almost there, 69 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:45,810 here in this little warmup. 70 00:03:45,810 --> 00:03:48,550 So you're just gonna allow your hands to fall to the side, 71 00:03:48,550 --> 00:03:51,900 and then you're gonna start to sway a little left to right, 72 00:03:51,900 --> 00:03:54,010 and you'll take the bounce out of the knees, 73 00:03:54,010 --> 00:03:57,390 but you'll still stay really soft 74 00:03:57,390 --> 00:03:59,820 in this back and forth movement. 75 00:03:59,820 --> 00:04:03,140 And that of course will really depend on your feet 76 00:04:03,140 --> 00:04:07,079 being soft and kind of malleable on the earth. 77 00:04:08,670 --> 00:04:12,010 So this movement I call Knocking on Heaven's Door. 78 00:04:12,010 --> 00:04:16,650 You start to really notice how in your head 79 00:04:17,430 --> 00:04:20,090 you are, or at least I do, start to notice how in my head 80 00:04:20,090 --> 00:04:22,750 I can be, even when I'm like, "I got this." 81 00:04:22,750 --> 00:04:25,210 Yoga With Adriene, right? 82 00:04:25,210 --> 00:04:29,873 But my wires are strong. 83 00:04:31,570 --> 00:04:36,010 So we are moving back and forth, left to right, 84 00:04:36,010 --> 00:04:40,760 allowing the weight of the arms to just swing 85 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:45,440 like heavy, heavy noodles. 86 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,880 And there's this wonderful invitation 87 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:53,880 to kind of give your own booty or your hip a little 88 00:04:54,935 --> 00:04:57,481 slap, which can be fun. 89 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:01,890 And just notice if your belly is soft here, 90 00:05:01,890 --> 00:05:02,790 that's beautiful, 91 00:05:02,790 --> 00:05:06,550 but see if you can draw it in just a bit to feel a gentle 92 00:05:07,940 --> 00:05:10,870 sense of stability in your core. 93 00:05:10,870 --> 00:05:13,410 So we're not making, we're not creating tension there, 94 00:05:13,410 --> 00:05:15,550 but there's just this little awareness. 95 00:05:15,550 --> 00:05:17,733 You're engaging those muscles a bit. 96 00:05:18,740 --> 00:05:21,850 Notice if the shoulders have started to creep up here. 97 00:05:21,850 --> 00:05:24,240 And notice if you started to get in your head again, 98 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,910 and you wanna quit, you wanna bow out of this gesture 99 00:05:26,910 --> 00:05:29,743 because it feels foreign or silly. 100 00:05:30,650 --> 00:05:31,960 The knees are slightly bent again. 101 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,540 The feet are kind of soft and malleable. 102 00:05:34,540 --> 00:05:36,470 And you can keep this nice and slow. 103 00:05:36,470 --> 00:05:38,190 Maybe you started to find a rhythm. 104 00:05:38,190 --> 00:05:41,150 Or I will invite you to start to 105 00:05:41,150 --> 00:05:43,260 pick up the pace a little bit 106 00:05:43,260 --> 00:05:44,620 and marry it with the breath. 107 00:05:44,620 --> 00:05:46,840 That's why we're here ultimately, 108 00:05:46,840 --> 00:05:48,210 to move with the breath. 109 00:05:48,210 --> 00:05:50,440 So you might inhale as you go to one side 110 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,313 and exhale on the other. 111 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,220 Or you might keep the breath long, 112 00:05:58,220 --> 00:06:01,315 just like we started as we were tuning in 113 00:06:02,364 --> 00:06:03,270 for this practice. 114 00:06:03,270 --> 00:06:06,000 Just making it long as you inhale, 115 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,093 and long and smooth as you exhale. 116 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:15,140 Lastly, keep the head in line with your heart. 117 00:06:15,140 --> 00:06:18,050 So allow your nose to kind of track left to right 118 00:06:18,050 --> 00:06:20,150 as you twist in the spine. 119 00:06:20,150 --> 00:06:25,240 We're getting a nice massage internally. 120 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,623 That is with the actual organs. 121 00:06:28,820 --> 00:06:30,900 But also energetically, 122 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:33,540 and everything in between. 123 00:06:33,540 --> 00:06:35,040 We're here for three. 124 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:37,342 Jump back in if you quit. We're here for two. 125 00:06:38,460 --> 00:06:41,440 Knocking on Heaven's Door for one, 126 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:42,690 and then release. 127 00:06:42,690 --> 00:06:44,610 Allow your hands to come gently at your side 128 00:06:44,610 --> 00:06:46,830 and just pause and be still. 129 00:06:46,830 --> 00:06:49,752 Again notice what it feels like to be alive today. 130 00:06:51,670 --> 00:06:53,832 Feel the energy of your body. 131 00:06:55,260 --> 00:06:57,809 Stay open to shifts, 132 00:06:58,652 --> 00:07:01,246 whether they are small or large. 133 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:05,530 Alright, then wiggle the fingertips, 134 00:07:05,530 --> 00:07:07,173 open your eyes if you closed them, 135 00:07:07,173 --> 00:07:08,680 and let's keep moving. 136 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:09,900 Bend the elbows. 137 00:07:09,900 --> 00:07:12,640 You're gonna bring them shoulder height, 138 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,720 then we're just going to keep with this 139 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:17,160 left and right movement here. 140 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:18,040 So soft knees, 141 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,520 but this time the feet are planted, soft knees, 142 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:24,000 and we're really keeping the hips pretty stable 143 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,840 still here to begin with. 144 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:26,930 So you're not moving at the hips 145 00:07:26,930 --> 00:07:28,970 like we were in Knocking on Heaven's Door, 146 00:07:28,970 --> 00:07:31,060 but we're moving from the waist up. 147 00:07:31,060 --> 00:07:33,320 So really keeping it in the spine. 148 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,840 If you're feeling a pinch in the neck or in the traps, 149 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,820 just lower your elbows just a bit. 150 00:07:38,820 --> 00:07:41,680 We wanna get to this place where we're maybe 151 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:43,560 able to lift them in line with the shoulders. 152 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:44,750 Just check it out. 153 00:07:44,750 --> 00:07:49,750 So it's like we have two sponges or two rags, 154 00:07:50,370 --> 00:07:54,340 and we're just polishing a surface here 155 00:07:54,340 --> 00:07:56,623 in line with the chest or the breastbone. 156 00:07:57,950 --> 00:07:59,168 Breathe. 157 00:08:00,910 --> 00:08:04,480 Great. Then the next time your elbows pulled, excuse me. 158 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:06,350 The next time your left elbow is pulled back. 159 00:08:06,350 --> 00:08:07,720 So meet me there. 160 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:08,770 We'll slow this down to start. 161 00:08:08,770 --> 00:08:10,720 You're gonna extend the right arm 162 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:16,152 towards the front diagonal here, front left diagonal. 163 00:08:17,430 --> 00:08:18,700 I was gonna say front left corner of the mat, 164 00:08:18,700 --> 00:08:19,600 but it depends where you are. 165 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,030 I'm not at the front of my mat. 166 00:08:22,030 --> 00:08:22,940 wherever you are, it's all good. 167 00:08:22,940 --> 00:08:24,570 So then we're gonna bring it back to center, 168 00:08:24,570 --> 00:08:26,750 kind of cactus arms, elbows lifted. 169 00:08:26,750 --> 00:08:30,760 You're gonna start to feel this in the muscles of the arm, 170 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:31,660 these deltoids. 171 00:08:31,660 --> 00:08:35,360 This is gonna build beautifully for you, 172 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:36,933 create a nice toned shape. 173 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:39,240 Not that that matters, 174 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,850 but hey, might feel nice to see those muscles accentuate. 175 00:08:43,850 --> 00:08:44,730 Take it to the other side. 176 00:08:44,730 --> 00:08:47,670 Extend the left fingertips all the way out 177 00:08:47,670 --> 00:08:51,500 as you pull, pull, pull right shoulder blade, 178 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:52,763 right elbow back. 179 00:08:53,610 --> 00:08:56,290 Alright, then take it to the other side, 180 00:08:56,290 --> 00:08:57,270 and then switch. 181 00:08:57,270 --> 00:08:59,310 And then once you feel like you have this gesture, 182 00:08:59,310 --> 00:09:04,799 this movement, we will pick up the pace. 183 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,340 So now your hip points can move. 184 00:09:08,340 --> 00:09:12,640 In fact, I invite you to press into your heels, 185 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:14,570 press into the ball joint of your big toe 186 00:09:14,570 --> 00:09:15,970 and your pinky toe, 187 00:09:15,970 --> 00:09:18,000 and maybe even lift the toes for a breath or two 188 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,740 to make sure you're not gripping in the toes. 189 00:09:20,740 --> 00:09:22,136 Breathing deep. 190 00:09:24,490 --> 00:09:27,073 Neck is nice and long. Spine is tall. 191 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:31,090 And don't go too fast that you can't really feel 192 00:09:31,090 --> 00:09:33,370 the sensation of what's happening here, right, 193 00:09:33,370 --> 00:09:34,590 through the whole body. 194 00:09:34,590 --> 00:09:35,710 So if you need to slow it down, 195 00:09:35,710 --> 00:09:39,070 in fact, I'm gonna slow mine down to be a good role model. 196 00:09:39,070 --> 00:09:41,020 Slow it down. Whew! 197 00:09:41,020 --> 00:09:45,560 Shoulders, and arms, and scaps, and chest. 198 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:50,150 And let's do this for three, 199 00:09:50,150 --> 00:09:51,150 and two, 200 00:09:51,150 --> 00:09:53,340 and on the one release. 201 00:09:53,340 --> 00:09:56,180 Send both fingertips down to come up, 202 00:09:56,180 --> 00:09:58,330 reach the fingertips all the way up high. 203 00:09:58,330 --> 00:09:59,710 Come on to the tippy tip toes. 204 00:09:59,710 --> 00:10:02,070 Reach, reach, reach, and then exhale. 205 00:10:02,070 --> 00:10:03,870 Let it all go without looking down. 206 00:10:03,870 --> 00:10:05,430 Keep your chin up, my friend. 207 00:10:05,430 --> 00:10:07,680 Send your gaze out and walk to the front of your mat. 208 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:09,420 If you're already there, amazing. 209 00:10:09,420 --> 00:10:12,160 Then big inhale to reach the arms all the way up again. 210 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:14,320 Exhale to bend the knees, wiggle the fingertips, 211 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,690 float it down to a Standing Forward Fold, Uttanasana. 212 00:10:17,690 --> 00:10:20,724 Now shake the head little yes and no. 213 00:10:23,350 --> 00:10:25,470 Good. Then bend both knees generously. 214 00:10:25,470 --> 00:10:27,760 Right fingertips come down to the earth. 215 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,500 As you inhale, peel the left hip crease up. 216 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:31,540 Right knee stays bent. 217 00:10:31,540 --> 00:10:32,870 We've done this before in the journey. 218 00:10:32,870 --> 00:10:35,220 Left fingertips all the way up towards the sky. 219 00:10:36,490 --> 00:10:38,483 Right hand can come on a block here. 220 00:10:39,450 --> 00:10:42,510 We're strong and stable through the feet, 221 00:10:42,510 --> 00:10:44,520 connected through center. 222 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,900 Go ahead and release. Bend both knees. 223 00:10:46,900 --> 00:10:48,700 Left hand replaces the right. 224 00:10:48,700 --> 00:10:49,590 Here we go. 225 00:10:49,590 --> 00:10:50,930 Straightening through the right leg, 226 00:10:50,930 --> 00:10:52,240 pulling that right hip crease up. 227 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,170 Neck is nice and long. 228 00:10:54,170 --> 00:10:56,747 Reach the right arm towards the sky, big breath. 229 00:10:58,220 --> 00:11:00,613 And then exhale to release. Plant the palms. 230 00:11:00,613 --> 00:11:03,763 Walk it all the way out to Downward Facing Dog. 231 00:11:05,460 --> 00:11:07,960 When you get there, bend one knee generously 232 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:09,110 and then the other. 233 00:11:09,110 --> 00:11:11,172 Claw through the fingertips. 234 00:11:14,470 --> 00:11:17,360 Nice. Then inhale, lift the right leg up high. 235 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,430 Exhale, step it all the way up. 236 00:11:20,430 --> 00:11:22,300 Right into the twist, left hand to the earth. 237 00:11:22,300 --> 00:11:24,040 Inhale, right fingertips to the sky. 238 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,620 Big breath, big stretch. 239 00:11:26,620 --> 00:11:29,340 Beautiful. Then slowly bring it back down. 240 00:11:29,340 --> 00:11:32,370 Step the right foot back, Downward Facing Dog. 241 00:11:32,370 --> 00:11:34,513 Right away, inhale, left leg up high. 242 00:11:35,540 --> 00:11:37,310 Exhale, step it through. 243 00:11:37,310 --> 00:11:38,720 On your next breath in, 244 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:40,950 left fingertips reach up towards the sky. 245 00:11:40,950 --> 00:11:43,690 Big breath. Big twist here. 246 00:11:43,690 --> 00:11:46,340 Good. Then on the exhale left hand comes down. 247 00:11:46,340 --> 00:11:49,470 Step it to Plank Pose, Plank, inhale. 248 00:11:49,470 --> 00:11:51,090 Look forward, shift forward. 249 00:11:51,090 --> 00:11:53,940 Exhale, lower to the belly slowly. 250 00:11:53,940 --> 00:11:56,673 Inhale, lift up, Cobra. 251 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:00,010 Exhale, soften and fold. 252 00:12:00,010 --> 00:12:01,780 Come onto the elbows here. 253 00:12:01,780 --> 00:12:04,580 Take a deep breath in and release the fingertips. 254 00:12:04,580 --> 00:12:07,050 As you exhale, draw your chin into your chest. 255 00:12:07,050 --> 00:12:09,610 Walk your elbows underneath your shoulders, 256 00:12:09,610 --> 00:12:11,530 and yep, curl the toes under, 257 00:12:11,530 --> 00:12:13,620 lift the hips up, Forearm Plank. 258 00:12:13,620 --> 00:12:14,530 Reach the heels back. 259 00:12:14,530 --> 00:12:15,870 You can have your knees on the ground 260 00:12:15,870 --> 00:12:19,640 and still feel the muscles in the front body 261 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:21,730 engage tremendously. 262 00:12:21,730 --> 00:12:23,280 So it's okay to lower those knees, 263 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:27,270 protect your shoulders, and work on your alignment 264 00:12:27,270 --> 00:12:28,710 as you build strength. 265 00:12:28,710 --> 00:12:30,970 If the knees are lifted, really reach the heels back. 266 00:12:30,970 --> 00:12:34,560 Everyone, tuck your chin slightly to broaden 267 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:36,240 through the back of the head, the neck. 268 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,460 So tuck your chin, lengthen through the back of the neck, 269 00:12:38,460 --> 00:12:39,630 crown of the head forward. 270 00:12:39,630 --> 00:12:43,020 If the knees are lifted, lower them to kiss the earth 271 00:12:43,020 --> 00:12:44,590 and then lift them up. 272 00:12:44,590 --> 00:12:47,540 Lower and lift. 273 00:12:47,540 --> 00:12:49,190 Lower and lift. 274 00:12:49,190 --> 00:12:51,700 You have one more. Lower and lift. 275 00:12:51,700 --> 00:12:54,830 Beautiful. From here, everyone lower the knees. 276 00:12:54,830 --> 00:12:57,110 Come onto all fours. 277 00:12:57,110 --> 00:13:00,720 Walk the knees as wide as your yoga mat, big toes to touch. 278 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:02,810 Keep the hands where they are, shoulder width apart. 279 00:13:02,810 --> 00:13:05,630 As you inhale, send the right fingertips up high. 280 00:13:05,630 --> 00:13:07,630 Big breath, big stretch. 281 00:13:07,630 --> 00:13:10,410 Exhale, thread the needle here. 282 00:13:10,410 --> 00:13:12,100 Coming onto the right shoulder, right ear, 283 00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:13,740 left fingertips reach forward. 284 00:13:13,740 --> 00:13:14,890 Breathe in. 285 00:13:16,547 --> 00:13:17,739 Breathe out. 286 00:13:19,790 --> 00:13:22,680 Left arm extends all the way up and over head, 287 00:13:22,680 --> 00:13:24,640 or you can bend at the elbow, 288 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:27,650 or again, taking the hand to the small of the back. 289 00:13:27,650 --> 00:13:29,440 We're finding a little bind here. 290 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,660 Take one more cycle of breath. 291 00:13:31,660 --> 00:13:33,460 Think about breathing deep into your belly, 292 00:13:33,460 --> 00:13:37,882 that big full balloon breath, that diaphragmatic breath. 293 00:13:38,900 --> 00:13:40,953 Yeah, and then come back to center, 294 00:13:40,953 --> 00:13:43,230 hands nice and wide. 295 00:13:43,230 --> 00:13:44,210 When you're ready, inhale. 296 00:13:44,210 --> 00:13:47,450 Left fingertips open, reach to the sky. 297 00:13:47,450 --> 00:13:49,650 And exhale, thread the needle. 298 00:13:53,730 --> 00:13:56,830 Find what feels good with that right hand. 299 00:13:56,830 --> 00:14:01,373 Resting your head and the left shoulder here, left ear. 300 00:14:02,290 --> 00:14:04,420 Spiraling your heart up towards the sky, 301 00:14:04,420 --> 00:14:07,000 as you breathe into your belly, breath in. 302 00:14:08,534 --> 00:14:10,146 And empty it out. 303 00:14:12,090 --> 00:14:13,820 One more big belly breath here. 304 00:14:13,820 --> 00:14:18,040 Feel that generous stretch in the left shoulder, 305 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:22,453 the upper back, the mid-back. 306 00:14:23,270 --> 00:14:26,290 And then exhale, slowly release. 307 00:14:26,290 --> 00:14:27,970 Come back to center. 308 00:14:27,970 --> 00:14:30,710 Walk the knees underneath the hips, curl the toes under. 309 00:14:30,710 --> 00:14:34,360 Send the hips up high, Downward Facing Dog. 310 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,080 Alright, really, really take a look at your hands. 311 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:38,650 Really, really spread the fingertips. 312 00:14:38,650 --> 00:14:42,610 Walk the hands a little bit wider than shoulder width apart. 313 00:14:42,610 --> 00:14:44,483 So you have a nice strong base here. 314 00:14:45,350 --> 00:14:47,940 Then relax the weight of the head over, bend your knees, 315 00:14:47,940 --> 00:14:51,193 lift your hip creases up high towards the sky. 316 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,940 Good. Now draw your navel in and up. 317 00:14:55,940 --> 00:14:59,549 Draw your low belly in to meet the center of 318 00:14:59,549 --> 00:15:01,100 your abdominal wall. 319 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:03,160 So we're creating that engagement. 320 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,260 We call this Uddiyana Bandha. 321 00:15:05,260 --> 00:15:07,190 Navel draws in and up. 322 00:15:07,190 --> 00:15:09,020 So I'm engaging my abs. 323 00:15:09,020 --> 00:15:11,890 I'm going to press into my left hand firmly, 324 00:15:11,890 --> 00:15:14,300 press into my feet firmly. 325 00:15:14,300 --> 00:15:18,390 And I'm gonna reach my right hand over to twist across 326 00:15:18,390 --> 00:15:20,890 to maybe grab the outer edge of my left thigh, 327 00:15:20,890 --> 00:15:22,830 or the outer edge of my left calf, 328 00:15:22,830 --> 00:15:24,880 or the outer edge of my left ankle. 329 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:26,550 If this is much too much, 330 00:15:26,550 --> 00:15:29,570 you can repeat the thread the needle that we did before 331 00:15:29,570 --> 00:15:31,189 by coming onto the knees. 332 00:15:32,500 --> 00:15:35,073 Breathe deep here, a little Down Dog Twist. 333 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:38,695 Feel the heat, that shake, 334 00:15:40,180 --> 00:15:41,690 and then slowly release. 335 00:15:41,690 --> 00:15:42,740 Take a break if you need to. 336 00:15:42,740 --> 00:15:44,830 Otherwise, right to the other side. 337 00:15:44,830 --> 00:15:46,793 Draw the navel in and up. 338 00:15:49,140 --> 00:15:52,610 Breathing deep, grabbing the outer edge of the right thigh, 339 00:15:52,610 --> 00:15:54,553 right shin or right ankle. 340 00:15:57,780 --> 00:15:59,560 Big twist in the spine. 341 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,790 Looking underneath the right armpit chest. 342 00:16:01,790 --> 00:16:04,800 If you don't quite make it to my shape today or any day, 343 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:05,633 don't worry. 344 00:16:05,633 --> 00:16:07,793 Just focus on the sensation. Breathe. 345 00:16:09,020 --> 00:16:10,497 Stay with it. 346 00:16:12,030 --> 00:16:13,580 And then we'll slowly release. 347 00:16:13,580 --> 00:16:16,510 Everyone, lift the knees, come to Downward Dog. 348 00:16:16,510 --> 00:16:19,953 Take a deep breath in and then a Lion's Breath, tongue out. 349 00:16:21,180 --> 00:16:23,000 Big cleansing breath. Two more like that. 350 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:24,773 Inhale in deeply through the nose. 351 00:16:25,690 --> 00:16:27,665 And exhale, Lion's Breath, tongue out. 352 00:16:29,150 --> 00:16:31,098 One more time, deep breath in. 353 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:34,713 Lion's Breath, tongue out. 354 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,690 Slowly lower onto the knees. 355 00:16:38,690 --> 00:16:43,410 Cross one ankle over the other and come through to a seat. 356 00:16:43,410 --> 00:16:44,530 Try not to fidget here. 357 00:16:44,530 --> 00:16:46,640 Just allow the hands to rest gently on the knees 358 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:47,730 or the thighs. 359 00:16:47,730 --> 00:16:50,900 Palms face up, palm face down. 360 00:16:50,900 --> 00:16:53,420 I just fixed my shirt and fidgeted, and I'm the guide. 361 00:16:53,420 --> 00:16:55,050 So I'm human. You're human. 362 00:16:55,050 --> 00:16:57,239 If you're fidgeting, just notice. 363 00:16:58,908 --> 00:17:00,240 Coming to stillness here, 364 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,431 softening the skin of the forehead. 365 00:17:04,670 --> 00:17:07,831 Softening through the jaw, maybe parting the lips. 366 00:17:10,790 --> 00:17:13,200 Draw the hands together at the heart. 367 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,520 Then open the palms like a book. 368 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,150 Draw the fingertips in towards your heart, 369 00:17:18,150 --> 00:17:20,590 and then down and around. 370 00:17:20,590 --> 00:17:23,790 Palms come together, in and down and around. 371 00:17:23,790 --> 00:17:24,623 We've done this before, 372 00:17:24,623 --> 00:17:27,680 just a little release for the wrists. 373 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,042 Nice and easy. 374 00:17:32,350 --> 00:17:33,920 Good, then interlace the fingertips, 375 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:37,740 press the palms forward, up and back. 376 00:17:37,740 --> 00:17:39,340 Reach for the sky. 377 00:17:39,340 --> 00:17:40,900 Biggest breath you've taken all day. 378 00:17:40,900 --> 00:17:43,390 Really lift from the waistline, 379 00:17:43,390 --> 00:17:46,550 all the way up to the shoulders, all the way up to the wrists, 380 00:17:46,550 --> 00:17:50,150 all the way up to the sky. 381 00:17:50,150 --> 00:17:53,230 Then take your nose, carve a line with your nose. 382 00:17:53,230 --> 00:17:54,740 Look up towards your thumbs. 383 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:56,510 Take one more deep breath in here. 384 00:17:56,510 --> 00:18:00,600 Feel weight in the tops of your thighs grounding down. 385 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,820 And then exhale, release the bind, 386 00:18:02,820 --> 00:18:06,300 wiggle the fingertips, and float your hands 387 00:18:06,300 --> 00:18:08,581 sweetly down to the earth. 388 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,020 Tuck the chin into the chest, 389 00:18:11,020 --> 00:18:13,681 close your eyes and just notice how you feel. 390 00:18:20,630 --> 00:18:22,640 You do not have to do this at all, 391 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,050 but there's an invitation here to gently lift 392 00:18:25,050 --> 00:18:27,336 the corners of the mouth slightly. 393 00:18:29,650 --> 00:18:31,423 Relax your shoulders. 394 00:18:32,460 --> 00:18:35,263 And once again, I'll just share this question, 395 00:18:36,470 --> 00:18:38,572 a loving proposal 396 00:18:40,266 --> 00:18:43,310 for you to contemplate or answer. 397 00:18:43,310 --> 00:18:47,915 What do I want to move closer to? 398 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:54,230 With the eyes closed, 399 00:18:54,230 --> 00:18:56,650 see if you can align your head over your heart 400 00:18:56,650 --> 00:18:58,913 and your heart over your pelvis. 401 00:19:00,310 --> 00:19:03,059 What do I want to move closer to? 402 00:19:09,688 --> 00:19:14,840 And then we'll draw the hands together and seal practice 403 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:16,453 with a final breath. 404 00:19:18,380 --> 00:19:19,990 Inhaling lots of love in. 405 00:19:19,990 --> 00:19:21,148 Here we go. 406 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:24,700 And exhaling lots of love out 407 00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:26,996 as we bow the head to the heart. 408 00:19:28,790 --> 00:19:30,200 Thank you so much. 409 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:34,490 I look forward to seeing you for sweet Day 16 tomorrow. 410 00:19:34,490 --> 00:19:36,717 'Til then, Namaste. 411 00:19:39,783 --> 00:19:43,609 (soft upbeat music)