1 00:00:00,003 --> 00:00:02,360 - Hello my darling friends, welcome back to Flow, 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:04,040 your 30 Day Yoga Journey. 3 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:07,680 It's Day 25, Action. 4 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:09,145 Let's get started. 5 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,872 (light rhythmic music) 6 00:00:30,310 --> 00:00:33,600 Okay, let's begin today on all fours. 7 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,343 Take your time, come on down to the ground. 8 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:41,823 Start to deepen your breath. 9 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:43,720 And when you're ready, 10 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:48,486 we're gonna start with some movement in the rib cage. 11 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,527 Slow circles. 12 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:57,760 And then we've done this before on the journey, 13 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,440 but as you're moving in this circular direction, 14 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,960 see if you can start to find your spinal flexion moving in 15 00:01:04,960 --> 00:01:08,416 and out of Cat-Cow 16 00:01:08,416 --> 00:01:13,721 with these circles of the rib cage. 17 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:19,520 And then start to land here by deepening your breath. 18 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,536 Go ahead and reverse the circle. 19 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,480 Checking in with the shoulders, the hips. 20 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,920 You can start to improvise a little bit here. 21 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,640 Finding movement that feels good. 22 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,974 Maybe bumping the hips a little left to right. 23 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,175 Finding soft easy stretches. 24 00:01:44,320 --> 00:01:47,996 Continuing to gently deepen your breath. 25 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:54,760 And then when you're ready, 26 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:59,840 curl the toes under and walk the hands back. 27 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:02,800 Left fingertips to the ground. 28 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,160 Right fingertips reach up in your squat here. 29 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,440 Breathe in. 30 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,200 And breathe out. 31 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:11,200 Bring it back to center. 32 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,120 Left elbow, left fingertips reach up as you open up 33 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:15,960 through the chest in your squat here. 34 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:17,720 Breathe in. 35 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:18,720 And breathe out. 36 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,120 Walk it through now to your Plank. 37 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,000 Hug the low rib cage in. 38 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,560 Feel the abs turn on. 39 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,800 Breathe in. 40 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,620 Breathe out. 41 00:02:29,620 --> 00:02:33,080 Lower all the way to the belly. 42 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,560 Press the tops of the feet into the earth. 43 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,440 Inhale to lift up. 44 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,249 Breathe in. 45 00:02:40,130 --> 00:02:42,560 Exhale, release. 46 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,480 Breathe out. Forehead to the mat. 47 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:47,800 Curl the toes under, 48 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,720 press up to all fours and then send it back to Child's Pose. 49 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,960 You get to decide knees together or knees wide. 50 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:57,739 Breathe in. 51 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,159 Breathe out. 52 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,240 Now the next time you breathe in, 53 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:09,120 imagine breathing into all four sides of your torso. 54 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:11,880 All around. 55 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:16,200 Feeling that expansion as you breathe in. 56 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,889 And that softening as you exhale. 57 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:30,280 And on your next inhale, let's rise back up to all fours. 58 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:35,280 Curl the toes under and peel the tailbone up for Downward Dog. 59 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:36,560 Bend the knees here. 60 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,160 Take a couple breaths to check in 61 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:44,043 with where you are today. 62 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,320 Letting go of the day thus far. 63 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:56,320 Politely putting your to-do list on hold and 64 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:01,488 giving yourself permission to be here in this moment. 65 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,360 Tending to the energy centers of the body. 66 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,591 Tending to the physical body. 67 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,840 And then slowly we'll make our way to the top. 68 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,440 So bend your knees, inhale to look forward. 69 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:20,560 Exhale, come to the top of your space. 70 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,800 You can baby step. 71 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,080 You can hop. You can float. 72 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:26,760 We'll bring the feet hip width apart, 73 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:28,840 toes pointing forward. 74 00:04:28,840 --> 00:04:31,401 Standing Forward Fold. 75 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:35,446 Relax the weight of your head. 76 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,960 And find that nice wide breath. 77 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:44,472 Breathing into all four sides of the torso. 78 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,320 Slowly draw your hands to your waist now. 79 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,320 Ground through the feet, bend your knees. 80 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:54,200 Inhale in. 81 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,120 And then draw the shoulder blades together, 82 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,139 elbows back to rise up into 83 00:04:59,139 --> 00:05:02,260 Mountain with hands on waist. 84 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:10,320 Boom. Power posture. 85 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:11,320 Ground through the feet. 86 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,310 Draw energy up through 87 00:05:14,310 --> 00:05:16,920 the arches of the legs. 88 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:18,160 Sorry, the arches of the feet. 89 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:19,600 The inseam of the legs. 90 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,880 I was feeling it. (chuckles) 91 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:27,036 Lifting and lengthening through all four sides of the torso. 92 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:30,560 Really pull the shoulder blades together, 93 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:35,160 elbows back, crown of the head reaches up. 94 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:36,680 Now from here, 95 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:42,130 slide your hands from your waist all the way to your ribcage. 96 00:05:42,130 --> 00:05:44,200 Breathe into your fingers here 97 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:49,280 as you feel the inhale expand your ribcage. 98 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:53,000 And soften as you exhale. 99 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,209 Give it a try. Inhale. 100 00:05:57,210 --> 00:05:59,210 Exhale. 101 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,761 Inhale. 102 00:06:04,050 --> 00:06:06,280 Exhale. 103 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:08,840 Fingertips slide down to come up. 104 00:06:08,840 --> 00:06:09,640 Inhale. 105 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:11,400 Lift your heart. Lift your gaze. 106 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:12,560 Reach up. 107 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,760 Exhale, fingertips wiggle as we bring 108 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:19,040 it all the way down into our Forward Fold. 109 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:20,400 Use a block if you like here. 110 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,680 Our fingertips, left fingertips, excuse me, 111 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:24,080 on the mat. 112 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:26,160 Inhale, bend the left knee as 113 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,280 you pull the right hip crease up. 114 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:30,780 Reach the right fingertips across the chest 115 00:06:30,780 --> 00:06:33,640 and all the way up towards the sky. 116 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:35,840 Lengthen through the crown of the head. 117 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:40,040 Breathe into that nice wide ribcage. 118 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,680 Yes. And then slowly bring it back down to center. 119 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,240 Wow, the Texas sky is looking 120 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,240 really beautiful in my neck of the woods today. 121 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:49,440 And let's take it to the other side. 122 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:50,560 Bend your right knee. 123 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,040 Peel your left hip crease up. 124 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,080 Open through your left wing. 125 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:58,800 Lengthen through the crown of the head. 126 00:06:58,800 --> 00:06:59,840 Bring your breath. 127 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:03,280 Bring that conscious breath to it. 128 00:07:03,280 --> 00:07:06,720 And slowly back down 129 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,104 into the fold we go. 130 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:11,200 Nice. 131 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:12,320 Fingertips come to the mat. 132 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,640 We'll step just the right foot back. 133 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,160 Keep the right heel lifted. 134 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:17,160 Right knee lifted. 135 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:19,080 As you inhale, sweep the arms forward, 136 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,080 up and back for a high lunge. 137 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,640 Now it's always an option to bring that back knee down. 138 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,440 Maybe you're feeling a little low in energy or maybe that's 139 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:30,000 just better for your body so you can lower the right knee. 140 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,080 Inhale in. 141 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:32,680 Maybe send your gaze up. 142 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,880 Lift the ribcage. Expand. 143 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,800 Exhale. Float it down. 144 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,080 Bring the right knee to the ground. 145 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:41,880 Bring the left knee to meet 146 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,480 the right knee and come into a Half Plank here. 147 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,160 Walk the knees back, shoulders over the wrists. 148 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,760 Crown of the head extends forward. 149 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:52,440 Three baby push-ups here. 150 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:53,200 Inhale in. 151 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:57,090 Exhale, bend the elbows halfway. 152 00:07:57,090 --> 00:07:58,840 Press it up. 153 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,880 Elbows stay hugging in. 154 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:03,240 Halfway. 155 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:04,480 Press it up last time. 156 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,560 Neck stays long. 157 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:08,960 And then curl the toes under, 158 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,760 send the hips up high, Downward Facing Dog. 159 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:13,240 Nice work. 160 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,000 Inhale in here. 161 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,273 Exhale. 162 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,280 Inhale, step the right leg all the way up. 163 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,600 Back knee lowered or lifted, your choice. 164 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,000 Sweep the arms forward, up and back. 165 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,760 Strong and steady. 166 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:32,120 Right hip crease pulls back. 167 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:33,200 We inhale. 168 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:34,920 Lift the chest. 169 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,440 Lift the chin. Gaze up. 170 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,840 And exhale to slowly bring it back down. 171 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,640 Step the back foot up to meet the front. 172 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,880 Inhale, halfway lift here. 173 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,000 Exhale to soften and release. 174 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,480 Fingertips come to the mat. 175 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,800 Step the left foot back. 176 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,240 Sweep the arms forward, up and back, 177 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,200 high lunge or back knee lowered. 178 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,560 Release, come all the way back down. 179 00:09:01,560 --> 00:09:03,392 Lower the knees. 180 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,080 Bring the knees together. 181 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:10,480 Shift your weight forward into a Plank, Half Plank. 182 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:11,360 Here we go. 183 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:12,640 Three Chaturanga push-ups. 184 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,320 Crown of the head forward, elbows bend. 185 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:17,240 Maybe we go a little bit lower this time. 186 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,200 Press it up. 187 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,239 Lower and lift. 188 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:27,920 Lower and lift. 189 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:29,920 Toes come to the mat, we lift the knees, 190 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:33,120 hips up high and back, Downward Facing Dog. 191 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,320 Breathe in. 192 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:38,809 Breathe out. 193 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,331 Breathe in. 194 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,070 Breathe out. 195 00:09:46,070 --> 00:09:50,000 Now on your next breath in, step your left foot forward. 196 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,920 Sweep the arms all the way forward, up and back. 197 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:54,640 Big breath, big stretch. 198 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:56,440 Lift the chest. 199 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,200 Reach from your waistline 200 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,760 all the way up to your fingertips here. 201 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:04,520 Maybe gaze looks up. 202 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,840 And then slow and steady we release it back down. 203 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:13,080 Step the right toes all the way up, forward into the fold. 204 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,929 And relax the weight of the head over. 205 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:21,120 Inhale lots of love in. 206 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,350 Exhale lots of love out. 207 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:27,200 Hands draw to the waistline. 208 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:28,720 Bend the knees. Inhale in. 209 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:30,320 Exhale, root to rise here. 210 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,240 Come all the way up to standing. 211 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,280 Deep breath in as you lift the chest. 212 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:37,080 Lift your heart. 213 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:42,360 Deep breath out as you release the fingertips to your sides. 214 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:46,080 Take a step back on your mat and we're gonna turn to one side. 215 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:47,360 Feet nice and wide. 216 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:51,700 We're gonna swing the arms a little left to right here for 217 00:10:53,041 --> 00:10:54,640 Knocking on Heaven's Door. 218 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:55,720 But as you do this, 219 00:10:55,720 --> 00:11:00,194 see if you can keep a little activation 220 00:11:00,194 --> 00:11:03,080 in your core. 221 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,840 We call this Uddiyana Bandha in yoga, 222 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:07,880 drawing the navel in and up, 223 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,720 hugging the low ribs in. 224 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:14,680 So as you sway here, can we play with the opposition 225 00:11:14,680 --> 00:11:18,685 and keep this connection in our core. 226 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:27,240 Then slowly release the swaying of the noodle arms. 227 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,480 You're gonna turn your toes out here, 228 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,960 preparing for Goddess Pose, God Pose, 229 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:34,160 or Horse Posture. 230 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:36,120 Inhale first, send the fingertips out, 231 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,280 Star Pose. Deep breath in. 232 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,110 Then on an exhale, we're gonna bend the elbows, 233 00:11:41,110 --> 00:11:45,320 bend the knees, take your center straight down. 234 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,680 So it's not going to go back or forward, 235 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:53,560 but straight down as if you were sliding your spine down a wall. 236 00:11:53,560 --> 00:11:56,760 Great, then from here, bring the hands back to the rib cage. 237 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,400 Back to this area of the solar plexus and inhale, 238 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,570 feel the expansion. 239 00:12:03,570 --> 00:12:07,760 Exhale, hug the low ribs in. 240 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:12,120 Inhale, feel the expansion get low. 241 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:13,893 Exhale. 242 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,200 Inhale, back to Goddess Pose. 243 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:19,560 Bend the elbows. 244 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:21,280 Pull the backs of the hands 245 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:25,520 open and back so you feel that stretch in the armpit chest. 246 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:27,177 Nice. Now interlace the fingertips 247 00:12:27,177 --> 00:12:29,560 behind your head, elbows wide. 248 00:12:29,560 --> 00:12:31,092 Inhale in, exhale, 249 00:12:31,092 --> 00:12:35,160 left elbow towards the outer left thigh. 250 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:36,480 Good. Stay low here. 251 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:38,040 Back to center. 252 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:42,920 Hug the low ribs in as you take it to the other side. 253 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:45,390 Nice, come back to center. 254 00:12:45,390 --> 00:12:47,453 And to the left. 255 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,713 Back to center, to the right. 256 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,115 Back to center, to the left. 257 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,517 Back to center, to the right. 258 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:02,240 Back to center. 259 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:06,680 Straighten the legs, reach the arms out, Star Pose. 260 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:09,480 Exhale, palms come together back to the heart space and 261 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:12,560 we'll just turn to step back to the front of the mat. 262 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:15,360 Inhale, reach for the sky here. 263 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,520 Exhale, send the fingertips behind you. 264 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:20,040 Lead with the heart. 265 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:21,320 Lead with the sternum. 266 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:25,687 Lead with the rib cage all the way down into a Forward Fold. 267 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,040 Lovely. Inhale, halfway lift. 268 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:33,640 Knit the ribs. Hug the low ribs up and in. 269 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:35,960 Exhale, soften and fold. 270 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,752 This time, step or hop it back to Plank. 271 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,640 Lovely. In Plank, we're gonna press away from the yoga mat. 272 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,600 Reach the heels back, crown of the head forward. 273 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:50,880 Then we're gonna turn the heels 274 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:52,200 towards the right side of the mat 275 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,440 so you're in the inner arch of your left foot 276 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:56,920 and the outer edge of your right foot. 277 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,400 Slide the left hand to the waist. 278 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,160 You can stack the feet here if you want. 279 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,680 You can also bend your top leg 280 00:14:03,680 --> 00:14:07,840 to create a little kickstand for a little more support here. 281 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,240 Now take your left hand and 282 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,600 bring it to the bottom right rib 283 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,440 and smear some imaginary honey, 284 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:18,160 if you will, all the way across that low rib cage. 285 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,400 Opening it up to the sky. 286 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:22,720 Maybe left fingertips reach all the way up, 287 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:25,040 crown of the head extends. 288 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,280 Core is strong. Deep breath in. 289 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:30,360 Lift the hips a little bit higher here. 290 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:32,440 Excuse me, Benji. (chuckles) 291 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:36,840 And then slowly or quickly, release back to center. 292 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,640 Let's take it to the other side. 293 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:41,480 Heels to the left. 294 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,160 Left shoulder over that right wrist. 295 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:45,600 Right fingertips come to the waistline. 296 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:46,640 Lift the hips. 297 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:47,720 Find center. 298 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,520 Hug the low ribs in. 299 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:54,920 Feel that connection of the low ribs to your hip points. 300 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:56,160 Maybe you stack the feet. 301 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,680 Maybe you bend the top leg. 302 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:01,680 Maybe we smear that honey 303 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:05,000 bringing the right hand to the left rib cage this time. 304 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:10,115 Just using the power of our own touch to slowly guide and lift. 305 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:12,787 Breathe. 306 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:15,000 Inhale in. 307 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:19,080 Exhale to slowly bring it back down. 308 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,578 All the way to the belly we go. 309 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:24,440 Press into the tops of the feet. 310 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,728 Inhale for Cobra, Bhujangasan. 311 00:15:28,700 --> 00:15:31,200 Exhale to release. 312 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,040 Curl the toes under, press it back up to Plank. 313 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:35,840 Strong and steady. 314 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,440 Right knee comes in towards the 315 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:41,080 heart space here for a mindful mountain climber. 316 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,360 And send it back. 317 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,560 Left knee comes in. 318 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:46,440 And send it back. 319 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:48,920 With your breath, inhale. 320 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:50,800 And exhale. 321 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:52,440 Inhale. 322 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,120 Exhale. 323 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:55,720 Inhale. 324 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,000 Exhale. 325 00:15:57,000 --> 00:15:58,640 Inhale. 326 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,600 Exhale. Right knee to left elbow. 327 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,000 Inhale. 328 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,640 Exhale, switch. 329 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:05,000 Inhale. 330 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:05,920 Exhale. 331 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,240 Keep it going. Inhale. 332 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:09,758 Exhale. 333 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:17,583 You got it. 334 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:21,240 Even it out. 335 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:25,880 And then send it back, Downward Facing Dog. 336 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:27,690 Great work. 337 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:33,120 Listen to the sound of your breath. 338 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,495 Slow it down. 339 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,517 From here, slowly lower to the knees. 340 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,480 And slowly return back to your belly. 341 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:50,563 Nice and slow. 342 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:56,280 Stack the palms here. 343 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,586 Rest your forehead on the palms. 344 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:04,478 Take a rest. 345 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:10,800 From here, lift one foot then the other, bending the knees. 346 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,566 And you're just going to windshield wiper 347 00:17:13,566 --> 00:17:15,920 the legs a little bit here from one side 348 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,080 to the other while the upper body relaxes. 349 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:23,800 If it feels good to widen the knees here a little more, 350 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,350 that could be nice. 351 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:34,080 See if you can relax the shoulders, the traps, 352 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,093 the neck. 353 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,680 And then release the legs down. 354 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:46,160 Press into the tops of the feet. 355 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,040 Press into the pubic bone. 356 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,560 And let's rise up for Sphinx Pose. 357 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:52,680 So bring the elbows underneath the shoulders, 358 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:54,800 forearms, parallel. 359 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,200 Spread the fingertips. 360 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:01,160 Inhale, lengthen through the crown. 361 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:04,840 Exhale, your lower rib cage hugs in a bit here. 362 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,410 And you should feel this nice connection 363 00:18:07,409 --> 00:18:09,860 through the front body here 364 00:18:09,860 --> 00:18:14,087 as you do that action. 365 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:21,840 So all these beautiful series of listening and responding, 366 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:25,320 coming into action based on what we're feeling, 367 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:30,017 what we're experiencing from the inside out. 368 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:32,560 Powerful stuff. 369 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:34,520 Take one more breath here. 370 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:37,920 Then exhale. 371 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,880 Slow and steady transition through all fours. 372 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:43,280 You can swing the legs to one side, 373 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,200 any side, or cross the ankles, 374 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,920 and come through to a seat. 375 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,080 Oh, (chuckles) Benji. 376 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:51,560 Bring the hands behind the thighs, 377 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:53,960 loop the shoulders, lift the sternum, 378 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:59,040 coming into little Navasana, Boat Pose, shins parallel. 379 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,600 Maybe we reach the fingertips forward. 380 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,564 Maybe we extend one leg. 381 00:19:04,564 --> 00:19:06,440 Then the other. 382 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,720 Inhale, maybe we exhale, extend both legs, 383 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:11,920 and take it into a low Boat today, 384 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,440 hugging those low ribs in, 385 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,920 keeping the skin of the face soft and relaxed. 386 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:22,080 And maybe we bring it back up high Boat. 387 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,160 And one more time, low Boat. 388 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,720 Give it a try. 389 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:28,523 And then we release. 390 00:19:29,696 --> 00:19:31,104 Ah. 391 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:34,720 Bring the hands to the belly, 392 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,600 allow the legs to get heavy here. 393 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:40,890 Allow the shoulders to get heavy. 394 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,200 Nice. And then interlace the fingertips, 395 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,400 bring them behind the head, 396 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,760 extend the thumbs. 397 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:52,880 Bend your right knee, 398 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,240 slide the sole the right foot to the ground. 399 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:57,600 Bend your left knee, 400 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:01,400 slide the sole on the left foot to the ground. 401 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,080 Inhale in, as you exhale, 402 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:06,600 press your low ribs down into the earth to lift the head, 403 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,520 the neck, the shoulders. 404 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,480 Then lift the right shin, 405 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:14,040 lift the left shin and now your legs are in Tabletop. 406 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:18,200 Take your left armpit chest across over to your left thigh, 407 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,400 keep the pelvis heavy and steady. 408 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,400 Then slowly bring it back into center, 409 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:25,040 massage the spine, 410 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:27,640 and take it to the right. 411 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:29,880 Through center, 412 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,800 left armpit chest to the top of the right thigh. 413 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,680 Through center, 414 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,400 right armpit chest to the top of the left thigh. 415 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,640 So we're not doing elbow to knee here. 416 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:44,860 Knees are staying over the hip points. 417 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:47,960 I'm keeping the head, the neck, the shoulders 418 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,006 lifted as I come through center. 419 00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:55,306 Even it out. 420 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:00,120 And we relax everything to the earth. 421 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:01,880 Bring the feet to the ground, 422 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,200 allow the knees to fall to one side, 423 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:05,997 any side, breathe in. 424 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,440 Breathe out. 425 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:11,560 Take it through center, 426 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:15,081 allow the knees to fall to the opposite side as you breathe in. 427 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,602 Breathe out. 428 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,840 Knees come together feet wide, 429 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:26,520 relax the body completely as you inhale in. 430 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,880 And exhale, letting go. 431 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,028 Finding stillness. 432 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,040 Sliding the hands to that 433 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:37,160 third chakra area and feeling the 434 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,560 warmth of your hands here and the low rib cage, 435 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,557 the solar plexus. 436 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:52,521 You might even move the hands around a little bit here. 437 00:21:56,440 --> 00:22:00,022 And then finding that flash of surrender. 438 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:05,759 Permission here to do absolutely nothing 439 00:22:07,934 --> 00:22:13,436 after a practice that is 440 00:22:13,436 --> 00:22:15,200 all about embodying action. 441 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:18,520 Remembering to take this moment 442 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:23,070 at the end, always, 443 00:22:23,070 --> 00:22:26,120 to give it up to something bigger than yourself, 444 00:22:26,120 --> 00:22:30,063 unite with something bigger than yourself. 445 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:37,930 I love the humility that yoga 446 00:22:37,930 --> 00:22:42,500 has brought to my life and practice. 447 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:46,880 It's always good when balancing 448 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:51,083 that third chakra to keep that in mind. 449 00:22:54,610 --> 00:22:57,080 Yep, love you guys. So good. 450 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,080 Bring the palms together. 451 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,400 Thumbs up to the third eye slowly. 452 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,313 Take your time. 453 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,580 Deep breath in, lots of love in 454 00:23:08,580 --> 00:23:12,760 and lots of love out to close this practice. 455 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:14,200 Amazing work. 456 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:15,680 We're almost to the end of the 457 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:20,760 journey but don't worry, in every end is a new beginning. 458 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,440 For now, have a beautiful rest of the day. 459 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,480 I'll see you tomorrow. 460 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:26,760 Namaste. 461 00:23:27,710 --> 00:23:32,602 (upbeat rhythmic music)