This week’s free practice is a request for surfers but also designed to support anyone who wants to plug in to center, gently light up the core, ease pain, strengthen the back and bring the body into balance.
It comes fully equipped with all encompassing metaphors for riding the wave, aligning with the flow and getting up after a hard crash.
Jump on...and catch a wave!
Thank you Adriene for your candid honesty in your email about how you are really feeling .. and I look forward to hearing about the next guy who does share your vision .. and is up to the challenge!! Much luv xx
Dear Adrienne ,
I feel like your email was directed at me .... ive been ill and have post viral fatigue ... your whisper call to the mat has been heard .... you are a truly wonderful human xxx
Barbara ( Tyneside England)
Good morning Adriene
Thanks for sharing some of your self in the weekly letter today! I do yoga with you every day and it is never hard to get on the mat. I look forward to it and I do it outside on my deck when it is nice enough. I am blessed with a private backyard backing on to a golf course in North Bay Ontario
Love you
Michelle
I want to thank Adrienne for the yoga videos. You’ve really helped me through a tough time xxx
Thank you. Your like my little
Angel. You turn up each Sunday
I am U K you must link in to. Me
Yes that alway how I am feeling.
So jump on my Mat you changed
My life. You. Mending all my wounds.
And taught me. My space. So important
Don't give your power away.
Have wonderful time.
Bless you keep safe. Xxx
Hi Adriene,
You make my Sunday. I haven't done yoga in 4 days because of sore calf.Can I practice this even if i have a sore leg calf?
Thank you for the awesome work.
Love from Philli.!!
I do yoga everyday and you Adriane are my very favorite. I have done all of your 30 day challenges. Do you or will you be releasing any more challenges before 2019? 14 or even a 7 day one would be great. I love the challenges because I know exactly what I will be doing the following day. You are very inspiring.
Naples, fl
Hi Pam, you might want to check out the YWA yoga monthly calendar. This month's theme is Catch a Wave! You can read more about the calendar here.
Great practice. Adiriene’s deeply playful and joyous spirit are contagious! I just sat here on a beautiful Sunday morning in my California coastal town soaking up her joie de vivre to get me off to a good start, and even if I didn’t live near the ocean, this practice would definitely help me feel connected to the ocean, salt air, fresh breezes and the gift of breath!
You’ve brought me to tears many times on my mat over the last six years but today, from my bed on my travels on my smart phone at 7:20am. I love returning to my favorite practices and now this letter, I will return to. Thank you, friend and guru. Much love. I will see you soon, and everyday, on my mat.
Adriene dear, keep those letters coming. I don’t meet you on the mat as often as I’d like, but I always make time for reading your love letters. They always hit the right notes and are such a salve. Thank you.
~Diane in ATX
Love your videos! Having trouble hearing this one on my laptop, so I compared it to a couple others and the volume was better on those. Please keep the volume up! Hugs to Benji!
Hi Adriene!
Thank you for always encouraging me to strive for my inner smile. My oldest daughter turned me on to your site and i have been practicing with you for five months. i have truly enjoyed every minute, even when i was feeling at my lowest ( i have been going through a divorce.... )
Each time i hit the mat my heart is opened to all the wonderful possibilities and opportunities that are out there in this big beautiful world as i begin this new stage in my life.
Thank you for being there for me.
Much love to you, Adriene
Namaste!
Love it! I've been lazy and almost quit half way through. So glad I stayed on board <3 I love your love letters every Sunday! I read it every Sunday morning.
Dear Adriene, it is so good to be back on the mat! I missed this so much after three months of break due to my surgeries and post surgery recovering. Sunday love letters are priceless mirrors that keeps me reminded of human strength and beauty as well as other great people and things that surrounds me. Thank you so much my dear friend! May we continue to support one another and lift higher up - yeah, let's keep on. I got your back too. Namaste 🙂
From your friend Jelena with love <3
Hi Adriene! Thanks for sharing this awesome practice. Today, I want to specially thank you for dedicating this practice to the great soul that was Anthony Bourdain. In these tormentous times, your beautiful practice is a simple reminder that life is precious, and taking a deep breath could shift the dark voices inside of us.
Much love!
TODAY WAS SUPERB YOU ARE GREAT. 😉 NAMASTE.
Oh Em Gee - this is exactly what I needed - your email today struck the exact right nerve to get me back on the mat. I've come to the end of my most stressful teaching year yet - and I've been avoiding the mat, doing very little mindfulness and drinking too much - I'm ready to reverse that and this is the perfect way to start that process. Thank you Adrienne - sitting in gratitude and admiration!!
This practice was nice and slow and perfect after a busy afternoon. I so appreciated those few meditation moments. Thank you!
Dear Adriene
Thank you so much for another amazing practice. Have just spent a blissful half hour out on my mat in the garden. A very good friend in America recommended you to me during our very cold and long UK winter.
You bring light into the darkness.
With much love and thanks.
Namaste
Awww, when I was younger I was OBSESSED with surfing. At 26, I have not yet had a chance to surf, but this sparked a lil bit of nostalgia. How cool I have found love and have made time for daily yoga. I think child me would be proud of adult me 🙂 May we all catch a wave at least a few times every day. Namaste <3
Hi Adriene,
I am so grateful I have found you! Just love all your work, your sincerity, humour and wisdom!
Please keep sending those emails, they are really helpful.
My goal for the rest of the year is to turn up on the mat on a daily basis! Not easy with all the things going on in my life but I know we can always make time for what is really important. And yoga is.
The incomparable atmosphere you create in your videos make practice so much easier and more effective!
Thank you for everything, I hope you find as much joy in making the videos as I find in practising with you!
Lots of love and gratitude,
Namaste,
Nike
That was beautiful. Thank you.
Dear Adriene,
I loved your letter this week - I always do, but this time it was like the words and the language radiated from a strong force in your surroundings.
I lost my brother three years ago on the 10th of June, which was yesterday, and the day I turned to my mat and this fresh video. My own journey the last months has been full of bliss and healthy challenges, and I have rediscovered the waves asking to be surfed, and dared to both go with the flow, initiate and surrender, in some strange pace.
Even though still following along, my presence has been weaker the last weeks. Also on the mat I have noticed something holding me back from connecting fully to what was there and then. When I stepped on the mat yesterday, after having read your letter, I could feel my intention had changed. I almost had no intention - I just started. A couple of times I had to pause the video to stay in what was unfolding. Today I can say i am again much more where I am, and I am (again) truly grateful for your invitation to dive into what the moment offers - all its paradoxes, all its challenges and all its bliss. Lots of love and a big Thank You. 🙂 <3
Thank you. As I went for my run this morning (after a respite from self-care...) I thought, I need to keep going...but should probably give up my dream of trying surfing...and set a more realistic goal. Then your e-mail and video came my way & so DREAMING wins ! Thanks for your inspiration. Namastae
Hi Adriene,
I have enjoyed following your yoga and inspirational writing associated with this.
I have loved your gentleness, humour and integrity when you offer support with all that life throws at us.
Your positive encouragement is well received.
However I have to say I was offended by the use of the ‘f’ word in your blog about yoga for surfers.
Ok, I’m not a surfer and don’t relate to that community where maybe that’s a common word in use, but it struck me as being in conflict with the ethos of the yoga love.
Where I come from that is considered foul language and I was disappointed to see it associated with you and your teachings. Everything I have seen and read on your blog has been nothing but gentle and joyful, so I was sad to see this.
It lowers my opinion and possibly that of others too.
Please continue to share the yoga with integrity and respect.
I hope I will enjoy more of your work and be inspired but not disillusioned.
Sue
Hi Adriene< I love reading you weekly love letters. They make me smile, make me feel connected and make me feel loved. Always a pleasure to read and always resonates with me.Thank you for that gift.
Re FWFG merchandise...Is there a way that the items can be sold in the UK? for us here to order the awesome gear and rock it in the UK, it adds at least another £15 onto the price. Last time I ordered the FWFG vest it cost me £41 because I had to pay tax and customs etc..
I am more than happy to hold stock it here and for me to post out to the FWFG UK community. Actually, I would love to do that. So let me know girlfriend :))
Yours in Yoga
Fliss
xxxx
Hi Fliss, we are actively working on this. Hopefully soon! 🙂
Adriene,
I am a Londoner and not a surfer by any stretch of the imagination! However, I ended up driving for a total of 6 hours last night and my body was so tight as a result. Today I just wanted to do some of your yoga, no idea what, so I went for this one, and it was absolutely perfect for getting all the kinks out of my back!
My body feels right again.
Thank you!
Beth
I didn't receive your love letter this week! 🙁
Sorry to hear that, Mohammad. I just checked your email and you are on the list and were sent the letter. Maybe it landed in your Promotions or Spam folder of your email. Hopefully you can find it and it isn't lost in cyberspace. 🙂
Hi from Maine...Beautiful state,and the summer is here.Adrienne,you deserve the best of everything,Because you bring The best to all of us..You are an inspiration and your dreams and visions will come true..Keep your eyes on the prize! You are a beautiful person..Peace,and Joy to you.