1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,690 - Hey everyone. 2 00:00:00,690 --> 00:00:02,600 Welcome to Yoga With Adriene. I'm Adriene. 3 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,766 Today we have a quick little ditty to get the juices flowing. 4 00:00:05,766 --> 00:00:07,920 So this is a great thing to do first thing in the morning. 5 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:09,480 This is also an awesome thing to do 6 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,420 if you are at work and you need a quick little break 7 00:00:12,420 --> 00:00:15,030 or you're a student and you want to take a little study 8 00:00:15,030 --> 00:00:18,500 break or break from studying to get the juices flowing. 9 00:00:18,500 --> 00:00:21,310 This is also great if you're just needing a little 10 00:00:21,310 --> 00:00:24,030 creativity in your life or you're feeling a little anxious. 11 00:00:24,030 --> 00:00:27,433 So let's hop on the mat and get the juices flowing. 12 00:00:27,433 --> 00:00:30,775 (upbeat music) 13 00:00:38,856 --> 00:00:43,320 So let's begin today standing up nice and tall, 14 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,030 feet hip width apart or flush together, you decide. 15 00:00:46,030 --> 00:00:48,360 But just mindful footing here. 16 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,576 Stand up nice and tall and let's get a big stretch here, 17 00:00:51,576 --> 00:00:54,540 reaching up towards the sky, toes pointing forward. 18 00:00:54,540 --> 00:00:56,480 Take a big breath in. 19 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:58,780 And then exhale, release it down. 20 00:00:58,780 --> 00:01:01,600 Interlace the fingertips behind the tail. 21 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,690 Open your chest and again lift and lengthen up. 22 00:01:04,690 --> 00:01:06,600 Stretch up through the crown of the head, 23 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,060 knuckles down towards the earth. 24 00:01:09,060 --> 00:01:12,390 And then release. Awesome. Then give yourself a big hug. 25 00:01:12,390 --> 00:01:14,520 Inhale, lift your heart. 26 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,240 Lift your elbows. 27 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,450 Exhale, release. 28 00:01:18,450 --> 00:01:19,840 And opposite arm on top this time. 29 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:21,411 Give yourself a big hug. 30 00:01:21,411 --> 00:01:25,030 Inhale, lift your heart, elbows up. 31 00:01:25,030 --> 00:01:27,370 And then release. 32 00:01:27,370 --> 00:01:30,890 Awesome. Left hand. Excuse me, allergies. 33 00:01:30,890 --> 00:01:32,140 Left hand to the waistline. 34 00:01:32,140 --> 00:01:34,300 Right hand is gonna go up and over nice and easy, 35 00:01:34,300 --> 00:01:35,681 side body stretch. 36 00:01:35,681 --> 00:01:37,383 Inhale in. 37 00:01:37,383 --> 00:01:39,214 Exhale, release. 38 00:01:39,214 --> 00:01:40,760 And to the other side. 39 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,332 Deep breathe in as you stretch. Inhale in. 40 00:01:44,332 --> 00:01:46,570 And exhale, release. 41 00:01:46,570 --> 00:01:49,630 Awesome. Woosh the arms forward, up and back. 42 00:01:49,630 --> 00:01:51,707 Big breath in. 43 00:01:51,707 --> 00:01:57,176 And exhale all the way down to a Forward Fold, Uttanasana. 44 00:01:57,176 --> 00:01:59,020 Toes are still pointing forward here. 45 00:01:59,020 --> 00:02:03,276 You might grab the elbows, rock a little side to side. 46 00:02:03,276 --> 00:02:06,578 Inhale, lift up to your flat back. 47 00:02:06,578 --> 00:02:09,380 And then exhale, release. 48 00:02:09,380 --> 00:02:10,560 Tuck the chin to the chest, 49 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,310 bend the knees generously, my friends, 50 00:02:12,310 --> 00:02:15,960 and slowly roll it up, connecting with your breath. 51 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:19,972 Making the most of your time here on the mat. 52 00:02:19,972 --> 00:02:21,190 And then we'll roll it up to 53 00:02:21,190 --> 00:02:25,030 Mountain and loop the shoulders forward, up and back. 54 00:02:25,030 --> 00:02:26,436 Check in with the neck. 55 00:02:26,436 --> 00:02:28,434 Check in with the pelvis. 56 00:02:28,434 --> 00:02:30,325 Lower back supported here. 57 00:02:30,325 --> 00:02:32,430 Big breath in. 58 00:02:32,430 --> 00:02:35,652 And big breath out. 59 00:02:35,652 --> 00:02:37,019 Awesome. 60 00:02:37,019 --> 00:02:41,258 We're gonna step the right foot forward and the left foot back. 61 00:02:41,258 --> 00:02:45,520 Coming into a Warrior II here, sinking into it with a 62 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,870 mindfulness so if it's early early morning, 63 00:02:47,870 --> 00:02:49,790 and you haven't had your coffee yet 64 00:02:49,790 --> 00:02:51,100 or you haven't had your juice yet, 65 00:02:51,100 --> 00:02:55,200 just take her easy. Take it nice and slow. 66 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,820 When you're ready, we'll slowly bend that front knee 67 00:02:58,820 --> 00:03:03,441 and begin to scoop the tailbone under, lift your heart. 68 00:03:03,441 --> 00:03:06,140 Find Warrior II, nice and strong. 69 00:03:06,140 --> 00:03:07,640 I can hear Benji in the background. 70 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:10,200 Maybe you have your kids in the other room. 71 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:11,620 Maybe there are other distractions 72 00:03:11,620 --> 00:03:13,890 and you're just breathing deep knowing that 73 00:03:13,890 --> 00:03:16,230 when you take this time for yourself, 74 00:03:16,230 --> 00:03:19,790 you're able to open yourself up to the ones you love, 75 00:03:19,790 --> 00:03:21,297 help others. 76 00:03:21,297 --> 00:03:23,200 One more breath here. You got it. 77 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,740 Then reach the right fingertips forward, up and back, 78 00:03:25,740 --> 00:03:28,025 Peaceful Warrior. 79 00:03:28,025 --> 00:03:29,530 Inhale, open your heart. 80 00:03:29,530 --> 00:03:31,750 Sink deep into that front knee. 81 00:03:34,625 --> 00:03:36,880 Exhale, straighten the front leg. 82 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,257 Slowly, we're gonna tip the right fingertips forward. 83 00:03:40,257 --> 00:03:45,153 Left hip goes back as we come into Trikonasana, Triangle Pose. 84 00:03:45,153 --> 00:03:47,164 Opening up through the chest. 85 00:03:47,164 --> 00:03:49,349 Left fingertips up towards the sky. 86 00:03:49,349 --> 00:03:54,150 Breath deep here, Triangle. Strong grounding in the legs. 87 00:03:54,150 --> 00:03:56,740 Inhale in, remember your neck. 88 00:03:56,740 --> 00:04:00,230 Right rib cage scoops up to get a little sunshine here. 89 00:04:00,230 --> 00:04:02,340 Deep breath in. 90 00:04:02,340 --> 00:04:03,740 And then exhale. 91 00:04:03,740 --> 00:04:06,780 We'll slowly bend that right knee, 92 00:04:06,780 --> 00:04:12,043 pivot everything down to a nice low lunge. 93 00:04:12,043 --> 00:04:13,700 Deep breath in. 94 00:04:13,700 --> 00:04:16,040 Long breath out. 95 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,130 Awesome. Step that back foot up to meet the front, 96 00:04:19,130 --> 00:04:21,310 Forward Fold. 97 00:04:21,310 --> 00:04:23,680 Inhale, lift up halfway. 98 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,310 And exhale, down you go. 99 00:04:25,310 --> 00:04:28,094 Repeating the roll up from before. 100 00:04:28,094 --> 00:04:30,903 Stacking the spine. 101 00:04:30,903 --> 00:04:33,750 And we'll roll it up to standing. 102 00:04:37,662 --> 00:04:39,530 Awesome, and now same thing on the other side. 103 00:04:39,530 --> 00:04:42,370 We're gonna step the left foot front, 104 00:04:42,370 --> 00:04:45,800 right foot back come into your Warrior II. 105 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,450 If you're new to the practice, there's a Foundations of Yoga 106 00:04:48,450 --> 00:04:50,540 video for Warrior II you can check out. 107 00:04:50,540 --> 00:04:52,250 We breath deep in here. 108 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:54,960 Sink down low. Take your time getting into it. 109 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,460 Cultivating a worthy experience for yourself. 110 00:04:58,460 --> 00:05:01,760 So for me that means, really just breathing deep and 111 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:06,300 noticing this body 112 00:05:06,300 --> 00:05:08,180 where it's at today or this morning, 113 00:05:08,180 --> 00:05:10,170 whenever you're practicing. 114 00:05:10,170 --> 00:05:12,650 Notice where you're at today. 115 00:05:12,650 --> 00:05:14,810 Kind of holding space for yourself here. 116 00:05:14,810 --> 00:05:17,930 Tuck the tailbone and lift your heart. 117 00:05:17,930 --> 00:05:19,305 And then Peaceful Warrior, 118 00:05:19,305 --> 00:05:21,440 we reach the left fingertips forward, up and back. 119 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:23,420 The tendency here is to strain 120 00:05:23,420 --> 00:05:25,040 through that front leg which might feel good 121 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:26,750 and you can do that, but otherwise, 122 00:05:26,750 --> 00:05:30,150 maybe we stay nice and bent in the front knee. 123 00:05:30,150 --> 00:05:31,994 Inhale in. 124 00:05:31,994 --> 00:05:33,540 Exhale. 125 00:05:33,540 --> 00:05:36,020 Trikonasana, straighten through the front leg, 126 00:05:36,020 --> 00:05:38,180 tipping the right hip point back. 127 00:05:38,180 --> 00:05:41,590 We come to teeter- totter in our Triangle here. 128 00:05:41,590 --> 00:05:43,460 That back thigh is spiraling in 129 00:05:43,460 --> 00:05:45,170 and out towards the back of the mat. 130 00:05:45,170 --> 00:05:47,020 If you want more of a core workout here, 131 00:05:47,020 --> 00:05:49,220 you can resist the urge to 132 00:05:49,220 --> 00:05:53,660 collapse onto your shin or the earth and hold strong. 133 00:05:53,660 --> 00:05:55,310 Big breaths here. You got it. 134 00:05:55,310 --> 00:05:57,794 Extension through the neck. 135 00:05:57,794 --> 00:06:00,260 One more big breath in and out. 136 00:06:03,976 --> 00:06:06,914 Awesome. Then soften through that left knee, 137 00:06:06,914 --> 00:06:11,272 pivot on the back foot and come to your low lunge. 138 00:06:13,056 --> 00:06:15,230 Inhale in. 139 00:06:15,230 --> 00:06:17,580 Exhale, this time plant the palms, 140 00:06:17,580 --> 00:06:21,188 step the left toes back, Downward Facing Dog. 141 00:06:21,188 --> 00:06:24,910 We gotta have one juicy Downward Facing Dog in here. 142 00:06:24,910 --> 00:06:27,705 Stretching out the back body, melting the heart. 143 00:06:27,705 --> 00:06:28,940 Work it out here. 144 00:06:28,940 --> 00:06:32,252 And then eventually come to a place of stillness. 145 00:06:40,028 --> 00:06:42,920 Then when you feel satisfied, we'll walk the palms, 146 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,889 the hands back up towards the toes. 147 00:06:45,889 --> 00:06:47,120 Once again, inhale, 148 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,380 lift to that flat back, my friends. 149 00:06:49,380 --> 00:06:52,104 And exhale, fold. 150 00:06:52,104 --> 00:06:54,610 And we roll it up. 151 00:06:56,013 --> 00:06:58,050 Rolling all the way up to standing. 152 00:06:58,050 --> 00:07:00,040 Taking your time. 153 00:07:02,145 --> 00:07:03,380 Pressing into the feet. 154 00:07:03,380 --> 00:07:07,500 Inhale, reach the arms up and overhead. 155 00:07:08,982 --> 00:07:10,460 Take your gaze all the way up. 156 00:07:10,460 --> 00:07:14,504 Fill with energy, with love, with gratitude. 157 00:07:14,504 --> 00:07:17,900 And then you can use your exhale. 158 00:07:17,900 --> 00:07:18,890 You can move in your own time 159 00:07:18,890 --> 00:07:20,600 to bring the palms back to the heart. 160 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,727 Just whenever you're ready. 161 00:07:23,727 --> 00:07:25,713 Cool. 162 00:07:25,713 --> 00:07:27,320 If you're practicing this in the morning, 163 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,450 maybe you're like, crack your knuckles, 164 00:07:29,450 --> 00:07:31,960 ready to go. Take care of business. 165 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,327 If you have a little more time, you might use this time here 166 00:07:35,327 --> 00:07:39,170 to practice a balancing pose or maybe you want to do some 167 00:07:39,170 --> 00:07:41,660 jumping jacks or some bunny hops. 168 00:07:41,660 --> 00:07:43,100 Or if you want to work on your core, 169 00:07:43,100 --> 00:07:45,750 maybe you do some Side Plank. 170 00:07:45,750 --> 00:07:47,330 Again, if you're really busy 171 00:07:47,330 --> 00:07:49,140 and that's all the time you have for today, 172 00:07:49,140 --> 00:07:51,050 take a second here, just a quiet moment to 173 00:07:51,050 --> 00:07:53,970 bow your head to your hands or your head to your heart. 174 00:07:56,737 --> 00:07:58,910 And I will pass the torch onto you. 175 00:07:58,910 --> 00:07:59,930 Take it away from here. 176 00:07:59,930 --> 00:08:01,820 Have an awesome day, rest of the day, 177 00:08:01,820 --> 00:08:03,120 wherever you are. 178 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,171 Free Yoga videos every Wednesday. 179 00:08:05,171 --> 00:08:06,140 Take good care, everyone. 180 00:08:06,140 --> 00:08:08,379 I'm gonna practice some more myself. 181 00:08:13,469 --> 00:08:17,973 (upbeat music)