1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,507 (upbeat music) 2 00:00:05,588 --> 00:00:08,130 - Alright, let's begin standing at the top of the mat, 3 00:00:08,130 --> 00:00:10,580 feet hip width apart. 4 00:00:10,580 --> 00:00:14,310 Just take a moment to loop the shoulders 5 00:00:14,310 --> 00:00:16,020 and come into a nice conscious breath. 6 00:00:16,020 --> 00:00:18,120 Just do your best, do whatever you can today, 7 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:19,720 but breath a little deeper. 8 00:00:25,124 --> 00:00:27,419 And then on your next big inhale, 9 00:00:27,419 --> 00:00:29,730 send the fingertips all the way up and over head, 10 00:00:29,730 --> 00:00:31,230 lots of energy in the hands here, 11 00:00:31,230 --> 00:00:33,864 as you just take a nice full body stretch. 12 00:00:33,864 --> 00:00:35,470 Pressing the feet into the earth, 13 00:00:35,470 --> 00:00:37,832 inhale, inhale, reach, reach, reach. 14 00:00:37,832 --> 00:00:39,543 And then exhale, release, 15 00:00:39,543 --> 00:00:41,700 interlace the fingertips behind the back, 16 00:00:41,700 --> 00:00:43,030 open up though the chest. 17 00:00:43,030 --> 00:00:45,390 Find a little stretch, a little movement, 18 00:00:45,390 --> 00:00:48,020 in the torso, the ribs. 19 00:00:48,020 --> 00:00:50,870 You can check in with the head, the neck here. 20 00:00:50,870 --> 00:00:55,161 And then inhale in again, exhale to release. 21 00:00:55,161 --> 00:00:57,847 One more time, inhale, reach for the sky. 22 00:00:57,847 --> 00:00:59,840 Really maximize the stretch here. 23 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:01,586 Big full body stretch. 24 00:01:01,586 --> 00:01:04,836 Feel your muscles, maybe tight from a run. 25 00:01:04,836 --> 00:01:08,280 And then on an exhale, release, interlace behind. 26 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,110 Maybe opposite thumb on top this time, 27 00:01:10,110 --> 00:01:12,090 the one that feels a little strange. 28 00:01:12,090 --> 00:01:13,690 And we open up through the chest, 29 00:01:13,690 --> 00:01:17,825 find a little movement in the torso and the ribs. 30 00:01:19,397 --> 00:01:21,877 And maybe the head, the neck. 31 00:01:23,620 --> 00:01:26,380 And then take a deep breath in, lift your heart. 32 00:01:27,371 --> 00:01:29,580 Then exhale to release. Beautiful. 33 00:01:29,580 --> 00:01:33,731 Big inhale to reach the arms all the way up and overhead. 34 00:01:33,731 --> 00:01:35,760 And this time exhale to Forward Fold, 35 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,480 so bring it all the way down. Should feel awesome. 36 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:40,915 Bend the knees generously. 37 00:01:42,215 --> 00:01:44,200 Shake the head loose. 38 00:01:45,811 --> 00:01:48,870 Nice stretch through the backs of the legs here. 39 00:01:49,770 --> 00:01:53,400 Again, bend the knees as generously as you like here, 40 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,810 feeling that nice stretch in the lower back muscles. 41 00:01:58,861 --> 00:02:01,986 And then bring the fingertips to the earth. 42 00:02:01,986 --> 00:02:04,780 We'll walk the feet together, 43 00:02:04,780 --> 00:02:06,660 and bend the knees, plant the palms, 44 00:02:06,660 --> 00:02:08,490 and we're gonna step it back to a Downward Dog, 45 00:02:08,490 --> 00:02:11,110 so just step one foot back then the other. 46 00:02:11,110 --> 00:02:13,330 And then send the hips up high. 47 00:02:13,330 --> 00:02:15,150 And then really press your 48 00:02:15,150 --> 00:02:18,035 index finger and thumb into the earth. 49 00:02:18,035 --> 00:02:20,450 As you lift up from the hip creases 50 00:02:20,450 --> 00:02:23,763 and start to pedal the legs back and forth. 51 00:02:24,783 --> 00:02:27,252 Fire up your breath here. 52 00:02:30,659 --> 00:02:31,620 And then the next time 53 00:02:31,620 --> 00:02:35,240 the left heel is reaching down towards the earth, 54 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,120 take a deep breath in and lift the right leg up high. 55 00:02:39,201 --> 00:02:40,460 Beautiful. 56 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:44,310 Exhale all the way up into a nice low lunge, 57 00:02:44,310 --> 00:02:47,830 lower the back knee, open the chest. 58 00:02:47,830 --> 00:02:50,400 If you're looking for more of a 59 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,290 stretch you can walk that left knee back even more. 60 00:02:53,290 --> 00:02:56,042 Everyone though open up through the chest. 61 00:02:57,390 --> 00:03:01,050 Then right fingertips are gonna come to the arch 62 00:03:01,050 --> 00:03:04,033 of the right foot or the heel of the right foot. 63 00:03:04,033 --> 00:03:06,400 And then just nice and slow you're gonna take your left hand 64 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:07,350 to the small of your back 65 00:03:07,350 --> 00:03:10,730 and start to open up through the chest here. 66 00:03:10,730 --> 00:03:14,940 Breathe deep, stay here, or you can bend that left knee, 67 00:03:14,940 --> 00:03:16,620 and reach back to grab the toes. 68 00:03:16,620 --> 00:03:18,930 Another option here is to maybe 69 00:03:18,930 --> 00:03:21,790 bring the right elbow to the top of the right thigh. 70 00:03:21,790 --> 00:03:25,270 You're gonna wanna squeeze into the midline for support, 71 00:03:25,270 --> 00:03:26,860 for stability. 72 00:03:28,127 --> 00:03:29,580 Wrap your left shoulder blade around, 73 00:03:29,580 --> 00:03:31,310 inhale, open the chest. 74 00:03:31,310 --> 00:03:34,330 Again, you can just be here too or here. 75 00:03:34,330 --> 00:03:35,600 And then on an exhale, 76 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,449 release your left leg and come all the way back, 77 00:03:39,449 --> 00:03:42,951 hands come to the earth and we come back to that Downward Dog. 78 00:03:42,951 --> 00:03:45,480 Pedal it out, pedal it out. 79 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,390 Activate the breath and the next time your right heel is down. 80 00:03:48,390 --> 00:03:50,890 Inhale, lift the left leg up high. 81 00:03:50,890 --> 00:03:53,910 Exhale, step it all the way up and through. 82 00:03:55,616 --> 00:03:57,180 Now lower your back knee, 83 00:03:57,180 --> 00:04:00,807 feel free to walk it back for more of a stretch, 84 00:04:00,807 --> 00:04:03,761 and just be really mindful here as you explore. 85 00:04:04,709 --> 00:04:09,323 Send fresh breaths and awareness to tight muscles. 86 00:04:09,323 --> 00:04:10,960 And when you're ready left fingertips 87 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,254 come around to the inner arch or the inner heel. 88 00:04:14,254 --> 00:04:16,000 And we lift up from the pelvic floor 89 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,070 and we reach the right hand 90 00:04:18,070 --> 00:04:19,650 to the small of the back or the sacrum, 91 00:04:19,650 --> 00:04:20,730 and we open up through the chest. 92 00:04:20,730 --> 00:04:22,220 And you can just stay here 93 00:04:22,220 --> 00:04:25,270 maybe pressing into the top of that back foot, 94 00:04:25,270 --> 00:04:29,184 sinking a little deeper, opening up through your heart, 95 00:04:29,184 --> 00:04:32,511 or maybe you come onto the thigh, 96 00:04:32,511 --> 00:04:34,980 or maybe we bend that right knee, 97 00:04:34,980 --> 00:04:37,830 grab the toes, and stretch it out here. 98 00:04:39,507 --> 00:04:40,380 So again, squeeze, 99 00:04:40,380 --> 00:04:44,302 hug into the midline for stability, for support. 100 00:04:44,302 --> 00:04:46,761 Breathing deep here. One more inhale. 101 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,333 And then exhale to release. 102 00:04:50,333 --> 00:04:51,743 Awesome work. 103 00:04:51,743 --> 00:04:55,325 Plant the palms back to your Downward Facing Dog. 104 00:04:57,837 --> 00:04:59,297 Pedal it out. 105 00:05:03,891 --> 00:05:07,687 Awesome, walk the feet all the way to the center line. 106 00:05:07,687 --> 00:05:10,185 You're just gonna step the right foot behind the left 107 00:05:10,185 --> 00:05:12,600 so that the ankles are crossed here. 108 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:14,190 Then let your head hang over, 109 00:05:14,190 --> 00:05:17,730 relax your shoulders, and you can keep the fingertips 110 00:05:17,730 --> 00:05:19,170 on the earth for a little stability, 111 00:05:19,170 --> 00:05:23,736 and maybe even sway a little side to side. 112 00:05:23,736 --> 00:05:26,401 Nice, soft, easy movement here. 113 00:05:26,401 --> 00:05:28,650 If the fingertips don't come to the ground, no big deal. 114 00:05:28,650 --> 00:05:33,310 You can clasp the elbows here as you breathe. 115 00:05:36,074 --> 00:05:37,900 Beautiful, and then we'll release, 116 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:42,430 and we'll bring the right foot back beside the left, 117 00:05:42,430 --> 00:05:45,299 and then take the left toes around. 118 00:05:46,018 --> 00:05:48,510 Crossing the other direction, and then the same thing, 119 00:05:48,510 --> 00:05:51,002 if the fingertips don't come to the mat here, 120 00:05:51,002 --> 00:05:54,122 you can clasp the elbows, maybe opposite clasp, 121 00:05:54,122 --> 00:05:57,420 and just relax the weight of the head over as you press 122 00:05:57,420 --> 00:06:00,940 evenly through all four corners of your feet. 123 00:06:02,779 --> 00:06:05,090 And take one more deep breath in. 124 00:06:06,484 --> 00:06:07,790 And then nice and slow, 125 00:06:07,790 --> 00:06:11,230 bringing the feet side by side, back together, 126 00:06:11,230 --> 00:06:13,569 rolling up to Mountain Pose. 127 00:06:13,569 --> 00:06:16,150 Tucking the chin into the chest. 128 00:06:17,197 --> 00:06:19,040 Take your time. 129 00:06:20,402 --> 00:06:25,512 And we rise up, Mountain Pose. 130 00:06:27,249 --> 00:06:29,950 Shift your weight to one side, grab the opposite ankle, 131 00:06:29,950 --> 00:06:31,020 quad stretch. 132 00:06:31,020 --> 00:06:32,920 Squeeze inner thighs to the midline. 133 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,880 Smile, you're amazing. Appreciate your body. 134 00:06:36,789 --> 00:06:38,860 So awesome, and release. 135 00:06:38,860 --> 00:06:42,320 Other side, just quick quad release here. 136 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,378 Squeezing in, smiling. 137 00:06:45,378 --> 00:06:47,478 Life is good. 138 00:06:47,478 --> 00:06:51,360 Wonderful, then release, rotate one ankle, 139 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:52,880 then the other. 140 00:06:54,104 --> 00:06:57,200 And then bring the hands together at the heart. 141 00:06:58,372 --> 00:07:00,043 We take a deep breath in. 142 00:07:00,816 --> 00:07:04,975 And exhale, bowing chin to chest. 143 00:07:04,975 --> 00:07:06,760 Namaste. 144 00:07:08,007 --> 00:07:11,380 (upbeat music)