When we feed insecurities we can easily forget that we are capable, loved, and worthy of so much.
When we are insecure we limit possibilities for growth and turn into folks who are just trying to survive.
I fell in love with yoga because it guides me to recognize my power.
When I choose to recognize my power - my brain, my body, and my spirit taste and feel like a oneness.
I don’t feel insecure or afraid, I feel whole.
Without a doubt, it is my at home yoga practice that has shaped me and provided me with the time and space to explore not just my body but the connection to my spirit.
That recognition will turn your fears away and allow you to flourish in the garden of peace and happiness.
Let me know how it goes in the comment section down below.
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Namaste.
Woke up this morning feeling a little anxious and your email popped up.. just completed your excellent session and its reminded me of my own inner strength.. thank you for your videos .. ps also discovered the beautiful and uplifting poems by Mary Oliver from one of your earlier posts.. have a great day
Fantastic practice thank you - exactly what I needed!
Hi Adriene, peace love and light to you❤
Thank you for this wonderful yoga today I needed this so much and was so helpful. I always find your letter so uplifting and the yoga that comes with it so relevant for what am feeling and I love it! Thanks for sharing your great energy of love and peace , love and peace to you. ❤
Thanks for yoga videos, best way to start the day
Adriene I want to tell you how immensely grateful I feel to you. So glad and happy that my sister sent me a link just a few months ago. I have recently emerged from 5 years of quite crippling chronic illness. I was unable to work and so having been in well paid work became very poor. It's been such a learning journey and I feel so much richer for the experience. However financially I have some catching up to do. So for now my way of paying back is to do as much of my work with children as I can for free. I want you to know that I am paying it forward. I would love to join DWFG soon and I will but for now I am SO benefiting from your free yoga at home videos and I do recommend you to as many as I can along the way. I hope you appreciate what an amazing unique and talented teacher you really are!! Keep on keeping it real sister we are so lucky and blessed to have you! Sending much love xxx
Read your comment after doing this practise this morning. Something you wrote about resonated work wise with me too . Sometimes the universe takes a hammer to us but for higher callings maybe I hope you are feeling stronger- I think those children you now share your creativity with have been given you as an inspiration. . Adriene is an amazing teacher and I felt particularly connected to this practise this morning. It comes at the right time for me as I struggle to make sense of things after a hard year.
We are lucky to have her. Free and spirited as she is.
Thank you Adriene for bottom of my heart for yoga in my life. This video is fantastic, I can not explain how my body and energy changed from being off this morning and having a sort of low day to now I am going to do a lot of fun things. It is simple, strengthening and fun. Personally also great,is that I felt that my body has become much more alined and strong. A little bit of fun yoga and the body starts to change incredibly. Thank you, lost of love.
Loved todays practice. I didn't realise I needed to surrender until I did this. Thanks Adriene for these videos. Its literally changed my life since I started following you two years ago. My mind and body are finally heading towards the right direction. Thanks for your kindness, hard work and generosity through sharing your practice. Namaste.
Dearest Adriene,
I was feeling weird. Strange. I’m 7 months pregnant, traveling through Malta. I couldn’t exactly pinpoint why I felt, well, low. And then I came upon your practice. With some adjustments to accommodate the bump, I feel myself again. I’m so thankful Big love, Bianca
Adriene, You are incredibly Thank You so much for everything your energy is so beautiful and strong. i look forward to your video's every Sunday they inspire me to keep rolling my mat out everyday. i've been following you since mid January 2018 and i'm not going anywhere i have found a real home here with you and the 3.5 million followers around the world Family. Namaste !
I love this practice! I am considering a job change which is scary...I need less insecurity in my life! I need to not let fear guide my decisions but it is difficult.
Thank you for your positive messages, your positive practices!
Thank you, Adriene, again and again, and again. I have been following you for probably two years now, and I still love to come to the mat each and every time. You have such a good presence and the day just gets better after meeting you <3. So I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Best wishes from Iceland
Just what I needed! A complicated relationship of mine has finally gotten unstuck this morning, though not in the way I want right now. I know it's for the best in the long run! Finding self-love and confidence is just what I was craving. Thank you!
You Go ADRIENE!!!! You are definitely a bright light for so many and the practices you are inspiring are most notable and cherished. I hope you feel the love and appreciation being reflected back to you.
This was just what I needed on this rainy Sunday.
Warm regards,
Lauren
Thank you! Just what I needed. The mantras were especially helpful 🙂
Great Sunday session, just what I needed. I’m ready and feeling strong and centred. Thank you Adrienne for bring light and love into my day.
I woke up feeling insecure and doubting my choice to become a manager again a month ago. A perfect practice to light my new "Power" candle today (I always burn a candle during my practice). Thank you for helping me tap into my power and push away my insecurities! You seem to know just what I need. I feel connected to the YWA community (the power, love, peace). Thank you. Namaste
Hi! We got to vacation and from the hustle bustle and excitement tension has been high. I’m doubting my parenting ability and stressing. When I started this I immediately could recognize that I had no connection to my core. By the end I could feel more connected. I will be doing this again to keep working on it. What great timing for me! Beautiful practice.
Beautiful practice, much needed for my spirit and mind this morning --- not to mention my body. When I started doing yoga a few years ago on a regular basis, I could not sit on my feet in hero position. Now I can easily do it for a few minutes without pain. I believe this is at the root of so much of yoga practice for me -- gently easing into my potential.
Adriene ,
After 4+ days of migraine pain I worked up the courage to unroll my mat and your video and letter were perfect . You make my day when you “ I love you!” Because I feel it!
I love you back.
Adrienne, I recently found you on YouTube earlier this year. I have a practicing yoga for years but have never been compelled to be so consistent until now. I love the combination of yoga, fun, find what feels good, meditation and growth. You are so inspiring and helping me to want to be my best self and inspire others. Peace and Love!
Adrienne,
I watched and did this yoga for insecurity video. It was wonderful as were all your online videos. May God give you his richest blessings. You are wonderful and my hero.
I'm doing this and I'm a member now of FWFG, just wanted to say I love you, like a sister in yoga faith. The calm that comes with regular practice is wonderful, and the relief from minor back strain that used to be common is super nice. My balance is better and I'm comfortable in many environments that used to be intimidating..This is so good, I just need a slightly bigger yoga mat.
love this practice adriene, i really admire your aproach on yoga, you always make the most of it, pranayama, mantra, mind, meditation, asana prctice. always a pleassure
Im not sure how you do it but you always give me exactly what I need. Last night i was having many insecurities about my career path and being back in school while simultaneously working full time and raising a child as a single parent. At many points in my situation i think 'can i REALLY do this?' This practice today helped me calm my nerves and prepared me for a big day spend with my son and studying. Thank you Adriene for helping me help myself and inspiring me eaeach and every day!
I got quite emotional during the plank when we said 'i am strong.' Whispering that softly to myself was really powerful in that moment. Thank you everyone for such a wonderful practice.
Adriene, I was introduced to your videos in January of this year. I had been only running and some weight training for many years. Now that I have discovered your sessions and am participating regularly, i feel stronger and more flexible. I love your ambiance, your voice, your pace. Thank you so much for sharing yourself.
Miraculously you always know just what I need. Adriene you are an angel. I love you.
Namaste.
Loved this practice today. Yoga slipped the last few weeks and feeling it in this practice but feeling accomplished to be back on the mat again.
Thinking I might concentrate on this session for the rest of the week tomorrow get back to routine and see progess as week moves on.
Love YWA so much !
Just back from a 9.5 mile walk and completed this yoga practice, now feeling awesome 🙂
Beautiful, calming and strengthening practice for this Sunday morning. You’ve changed my life over the last two years. Thank you.
Thank you for the support, love, and patience Adriene. I was only able to manage the breathing and affirmations and it was totally worth it.
Love and gratitude, Dane
Thankyou for your wonderful yoga videos which have been really great for my new yoga journey ....you seem to sense what we all need so well and touch the heart with your blessings and words ....I am here to stay !
Beautiful! Perfect as I’ve been working with love and mindfulness on my 3rd chakra so the extra guidance during knee in “swim” section was magical. Just the right amount of work and stretch and breath to center ourselves and reclaim our power
Thanks. Perfect timing.
NAMASTE, YOU ARE WONDERFUL. 😉
My partner and I recently moved to a new state with no family and no friends (yet). This has been challenging and has brought up a lot of insecurities. But, I'VE GOT THIS!
Always a pleasure, thank you <3
Yummy! Thanks!!!!!
Great practice I was feeling lony and kind of lost but Adrienne all way ties the body with the mind,and makes you fell so welcome in the yoga practice Thank you !
Thank you, Adriene - this is truly a wonderful practice and one that I will be returning to!
I appreciate you very much!
Adrienne,
You've helped me for YEARS through happy and sad times, and I've kept waiting for your videos to become subscription-based. I hope you're making a happy, comfortable living ... your stuff is definitely worth it. Have you ever heard of Patreon? It's great if you want people to contribute whatever they feel comfortable. Or heck, I'd watch more ads before your stuff.
Thanks for what you do, and for the humor and wackiness with which you do it.
Thank you for your kind message to Adriene, Rob! 🙂 If you are interested in being a part of helping support free yoga for everyone, check out Adriene's membership, FWFG Yoga. It is a subscription-based streaming service that supports the mission of YWA. It has all the videos that are on the YouTube channel, ad-free, plus her digital classes and lots of members-only content. You can learn more about it here: http://fwfgyoga.com.
Thank you for the heat! I hope its not tooo hot where you are?
Cannot thank you enough for the power of your words through your devotion on our cores,
and all your participants. Thank you for your time and extatic energy to keep moving and be centered .
We all need to stay grounded!!! Gratitude to all our highest powers.
How do you always know? I hadn’t been to the mat in four days, and oh, how I missed it. The practice today was just what I needed. You have a way of forgiving me and allowing me to forgive myself.
Wow, Ms. Smarty pants.. This practicd kicked my butt. I was so used to picking restorative videos with extra pampering but this one pampered by brute force. I stuck with it and I have received the benefits!!! thanks.
A wonderful practice. I felt a deeper connection with my breath and a sense of expansion in the body. I wanted to express my thanks here to you Adriene and the community that make this possible.
Thanks for thew video!!!!!!!Have a good day
First time hero pose for me. It felt .... I don't know how to describe it.....good, it felt new, it felt wow.
Thank you for all your wonderful video's. I am greatful for them.
Yoga with Adriene has helped me immensely with my anxiety and self image! This practice felt great physically and mentally! Thank you so much for putting it out there!
By the end I was relaxed. I started irritated by my son's behavior and this completely helped me calm down. I will still address his behavior, but I'm thankful that your guidance helped me enjoy your practice.
This is my very first attempt at yoga! I am embarrased to admit I can't do any sort of plank. I stuck with it and am hoping to get stronger.
Hi Julie! Keeping going! You will get stronger as you practice more and more. Be sure to check out Adriene's videos for beginners on the YouTube channel. Here is a nice playlist of beginner practices. 🙂
Perfect! Thank you for helping me find my strength... I'll need it today as I sit my exam. Namaste xx
It has been a few months since I practiced yoga. It feels good to be back. Some awareness of tightness but gratitude for the awareness and for yoga. Thank you Adriene.
Enjoyed today's Yoga for Insecurities!!
Thank you for coming to me with these wonderful sessions of great poses and inspiring words, to combat my daily responsibilities!
Namaste
First I want to say thank you for being you! You are my only yoga teacher at this point and I have appreciated your guidance at my home practice.
I struggle with mental health issues and choose not to be medicated. It makes the road tough. This past weekend was one of those rough patches, I could not bring myself to even move or practice... much less anything. Today I forced myself to get moving and this practice was perfect for today! I am a very insecure person naturally, but this helped me to feel like I could push thru. Even though I was shaky and weak feeling, I still felt like " I can do this " there were a few happy tears at the end. Anxiousness will not take over today, I can do this!
I am grateful for your care and kindness and teaching. I have had some experiences going to classes ( we don't have a ton of options where I am ) so I am happy to have found a teacher I feel safe with and who encourages the journey!
Sending so much love and appreciation to you today!
Dude you're a badass.
I haven't found any other today teacher that speaks to me the way you do.
I use to get in the mat and everything would come swarming down on my head...today I can smile at the little victories.
I noticed that when you mentioned 'letting it all go," -I was already there. That's happens to me more often than naught when I practice with you and the community.
Thank you for helping me reach a goal I had set for myself. Again. You're a badass and Benji is my spirit animal. ❤️♉✌️
So awesome and amazing!!! Feeling empowered and peaceful!! So grateful for you, Adriene!!! You have changed my life!!!! Loves to you and Benji!!!
Beautiful, calming, strengthening & reassuring. Such a treasure. Thank you, Adriene!
many thanks!
Thank you Thank you Thank you
Tough couple of weeks with fear. This video made me feel good alongside a great meditation on fear I found this morning. So happy my niece showed me your beginner videos.
Thankyou Adriene, a lovely practice. I have been an avid follower of yours since January and have had to recently pause for a few months to recover from major surgery for breast cancer. I am just starting to build up my strength again and get into my practice once more. This one really helped and I managed my first downward facing dog in a while! Namaste...
Good day! Your words are so heartfelt and sincere - like you are speaking directly to me. You have a gift. Thank you gor sharing it. Paula
Good morning, this was awesome. I completed YTT 200 in April and haven't keep up my daily practice. I feel awful about it. I feel awkward and less attractive. I love how you teach us to love ourselves and be gentle to ourselves. This video was a little tough but I made it through. Thanks Adriene
Thank you dear girl. Just what I needed this morning. Many blessings on you.
We did the insecurity yoga exercise this morning and really enjoyed the positive process.
I would love to have an app on my iPad that I can just click to access all of Yoga w/ Adrienne since we are supporting members vs finding your recent e-mail to find the site and exercises.
Please let me know if there is a way to bookmark your site.
Barry
Hi Barry, I have good news! As a member of the FWFG Yoga membership site, you do have an app you can use. Download the "FWFG Yoga" app from the App Store. The new videos arrive there a day earlier than YouTube too. 🙂
You wouldn't believe the moment in my life this practice and this message came in! It is one of those little signs from above that I am on a right path. Thank you.
`Loved this practice. It not only helped me reclaim my day but it helped me to assume my inner and outer strength to get through a really tough moment in my evening. I have been doing yoga for six months with you, Adrienne, and feel like I'm reclaiming my life, little by little. Thank you!
Hi Adriene!
I just love your yoga videos! I recently tore the ligaments in my ankle. Do you have any 'ankle-free' routines I can do while recovering?
Namaste xx
So sorry about the injury, Tali. Maybe you would like to try some of the seated practices, Chair Yoga, Wheelchair Yoga, Yoga on a Plane, Yoga for Couch Potatoes. Wishing you a speedy recovery!
This one was a special one. The right thing at the right time. I can feel the calm energy that has replaced anxiety and frustration. Off to work ! Thanks again Adrienne, saving me from wasting some of this fleeting precious life on 'what does not serve' and finding some happy power.
Thank you for this video. Loved it.
I adore you Adriene. Thanks for the light that you light inside of me.
You've learned me to keep believe in me, to keep going on this way, my only way, good way.
This was the first practice I have done in a couple of weeks and, boy, it was rough. But, I got a good understanding of what Adriene often says in "drop the pose." I wanted to do what my body does when I am practicing regularly and that was not happening. I just accepted the parts of my body that were tight or sore and did the pose the way my body could today. I really enjoyed that, it was a good lesson to learn for me!
Oh that was spot on! I have been feeling so anxious and insecure, these past few days particularly, over certain issues, and I couldn't believe it when I read your email! The yoga session really helped to melt a lot of it and really took the edge off. Thank you so much Adriene and Universe
PS. A couple of weeks ago I came home and had a look at your yoga sessions on youtube and chose the one that felt really in tune with my needs/ sentiment right then. Turned out to be a meditation. Well I had to laugh when I later had a look at my emails and found you had sent that exact one! I love it!
Total synchronicity! I woke up this morning a little off and decided to do yoga- your yoga- and the first thing I saw was this video- the perfect video. This morning I had to honor how my mind felt. Today I woke up feeling insecure but with complete resolution and direction. I am strong. I can get my family through these times, I know I can do it. I can conquer and help my loved ones by sustaining them through their rough paths. I know I can and this video gave me the peace and strength I need it to achieve that. Thank you Adrienne.
Have had a bad couple of days but remembered the email coming into the inbox and thought I’d try it. Definitely made me feel more centred and grounded. Thank you.
felt so proud of myself for doing this one today. felt proud of you for sharing it. Thank you Adriene. I am so excited for the weekend retreat!
Thanks for being a part of my day!
Incredible practice, and again, it came at the perfect time for me!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video. It was exactly what i needed today.
Love and peace to you.
Adriene,
I Haven't done this video yet, but I’m sure I will. I love plants and mother earth. I wanted to thank you for the amazing teachings you give out so freely. I wanted to try Yoga and found a video of yours I’ve been doing them ever sense. I have fallen in love with yoga, and all the benefits it offers not just on the physical level-mostly on the mental, and spiritual. In the past couple years i have had my share of struggles, and some low points mentally and emotionally that I didn't even think were possible. And I experienced true loneliness, days when it was unbearable i would take out my matt and “Do what feels good” I have laughed, and cried on my Matt, and your beautiful soul touched mine and made me feel worth it “for me” self love... I know sometimes people do things in life without realizing how truely impacting they are on another human being. So i wanted to let you know the light in me absolutly honors the light in you. You were given a beautiful gift and I am so thankful that I got to experience it, and I can even hit rewind if needed!!! You are an amazing teacher. I always tell poeple about your videos. I hope they get to experience the same emotions ( and weird at first poses haha ) that I do when I practice with you! It has also been wonderful watching your career grow, It makes me truely happy to see that you are getting the appreciation you deserve, while helping others!!!
Namaste
You seem to know just what we need and when we need it. Bubbling anxieties and feelings of uselessness have disappeared again. Thank you for making your videos available to all.
So often your new weekly routine is just what I need! Today was hectic at work & it seemed as if all the crazy people came in & talked to me. But, this video was spot on, exactly what I needed to clear my head. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I can't say thank you enough. Know that your gifts are being put to very good use.
Just what I needed for today. I picture sitting in hero or crossed legs pose, hands together, head down . A jumble of swirling lines falling out the top of my head.
Fantastic, rejuvenating practice. Thank You.
I ended this practice feeling strong on the mat. Thank you!
This is the BEST.
Thank you.
This one gets me feeling more confident in my skin and motivated to try more.
Thank you for spreading the reach of YOGA and reminding us we are awesome.
I love how upbeat your videos are-planting seeds of awareness in us and allowing us to embrace wholeness.
I also love Yoga for Self Doubt, (as someone who has been awhile in some negative mind cycles: 4 decades) It is a joy to come more into my body and deepen my breath. Practicing a little bit at a time, when life becomes so busy it seems like you don't have the space or room to find for an hour class.
Thanks again.
NAMASTE
I found your yoga sessions recommended but hadn't gotten around to trying any yet. This video seemed intriguing so I had always planned to start with this exercise to try it out. Today was the day to start, and within the first few minutes, I realized that it was exactly what I needed at this exact time and I was in tears. It's helping me process some things that just came up in my personal life and I'm so thankful. I can already feel the release of some of my tension and stress of the things and feelings I've been holding on to. Thank you so so so much.
There has been so much anxiety and uncertainty in my life as of late. I've been looking for anything to help calm my nerves and ease my mind. This practice brought some relief tody; even if it was just for those 20 minutes. Thank you for the encouragement and the love you give when I can't find the means to do that for myself.
making some life changes and was feeling so off kilter, this is what i needed, I will return to this video
thank you
Lovely practice. Just what I needed today. Thank you Namaste
This is exactly what I needed today, not just the practice, but the comments resonate with my life right now in an incredibly beautiful and touching way. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this practice. I really appreciate work on the third chakra--it is my downfall. I really like the side plank pose. I also have digestive issues, maybe that is related. Thank you so much for a really blessed practice.
This was a beautiful session; thank you!
However, I did feel pain in my wrists and back- and I am not old…I’m literally in my teens.
So on that note, what modifications can I do to prevent the pain until I build up the muscle?