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- Hey everyone.

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Welcome to BREATH,
your 30 day yoga journey.

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It's Day 7, Synchronize.

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Let's get started.

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(bright upbeat piano music)

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Alrighty, my darling friend,
come on down to the ground.

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Let's begin in a
nice seated position.

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Maybe lifting the
hips up here again today.

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And lifting the
heart here to start.

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So we are

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closing Week 1
with this practice.

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Let's lift the heart a little,
relax the shoulders,

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and close the eyes.

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And as you begin to tune
into your breath today,

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I wish (laughs) for 
you to feel the love

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that you are and the
love that you deserve.

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Showing up for yourself
and for a regular practice

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can be a challenge.

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And I just want to
remind you that

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you are worthy,

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and so am I, and it is a
total honor to be your guide

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and your cheerleader here.

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So as you get settled in here,

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start to listen to
the sound of your breath

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and just notice what
it's like here in this moment

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as you arrive on the mat today.

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Relax your shoulders.

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Notice if you're clenching 
or holding in any area

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of the body, perhaps in the jaw,

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or anywhere around
the hips or the belly,

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the legs, the ankles, the feet.

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Then take a deep breath in.

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And a long breath
out through the lips.

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As if you were maybe blowing
out a candle in slow motion.

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Again, inhale in
deeply through the nostrils.

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And with pursed
lips here, exhale.

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And one more just like that,

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make it really slow
and long, deep inhale.

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And exhale through the lips.

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Beautiful, draw
your hands together.

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Bow the head to the heart.

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Start to feel that now nice
stretch in the back of the neck.

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And let's choose 
in this moment to

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let go of the day thus far.

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Or maybe even
letting go of our experience

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of the morning thus far
and really using this practice

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as an opportunity to
embrace the present.

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And it's a practice.

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So I'll do it one
breath at a time.

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Take a deep breath in again.

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Exhale through the nose or
lips as you lift the head.

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And we're gonna
cross the ankles here,

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so if you're in
another variation of a seat,

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go ahead and cross the
ankles and give yourself

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a bit of space.

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So not too tight here,
but really creating

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like a triangle shape
here between the legs.

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Excellent, then we're going
to bring the hands to the knees.

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Sit up nice and tall,
so tuck the chin slightly,

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lengthen through
the back of the neck,

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then lift the chin,
parallel to the earth.

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Again, opening the chest,
lifting the heart,

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relaxing the shoulders down.

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Then we're gonna
take the right hand,

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bring it over to the left knee.

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With your left hand here,
we're going to start

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to synchronize
movement with breath.

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And we're also going to
open up through the neck,

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the shoulders, 
the trapezius, the scap.

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Kind of opening up
so that we can breathe

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fully into the lungs 
and the rib cage.

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Here we go, inhale, reach the
right fingertips on a diagonal

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all the way up.

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All the way up, up, up like so.

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And then exhale, 
continue on the diagonal

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all the way back and down.

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Nice and slow here to begin.

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Inhale, fingertips
reach all the way up.

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We're moving in a
diagonal axis here,

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and then exhale all
the way down, back to one.

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Inhale, reach it up.

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On the diagonal, heart's lifted,
heart stays lifted.

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As you exhale, take it all 
the way down on the diagonal.

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There's energy in
the fingertips here.

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Inhale, reach it up.

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And exhale, bring it down.

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Now inhale, reach it up.

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Really lift, lift,
lift as if someone

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were grabbing your
wrist or your fingertips

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and pulling you up.

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And exhale, 
down on the diagonal.

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Inhale, we come up.

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And exhale, down.

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Now keep it going with
the sound of your breath.

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This is so good. 
You spend so much time kind of

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hunched over,

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working on a phone, computer.

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Maybe you lay on
your side when you sleep.

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This is so good for
the neck, the shoulders,

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again loosening up
that scap/lat area.

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Keep it going here.

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And now we're gonna
start to see if we can integrate

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the neck a little
more by bringing our gaze

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to the right thumb 
and following it

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on that diagonal.

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The right arm may 
get a little tired here.

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But anchor in the
sound of the breath.

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Inhaling to come up.

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Exhaling to bring it down.
Let's do one more.

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And when the right hand
comes down to the left.

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You can go ahead and
slide it over to the right knee

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and just take a second to
pause and notice how you feel.

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Just notice if you feel a difference
between the right neck-

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shoulder area and the
left neck-shoulder area.

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And now we'll slide the
left palm over to the right knee

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and same thing, here we go.

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Big inhale to send the
fingertips all the way up.

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And exhale all the way back.

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Opening up
through that left pec.

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Staying on that diagonal.
We inhale, reach it up.

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And exhale, bring it down.

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Alright, you know 
what to do here.

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See if you can really
find a lift on the inhale.

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Coming out of
that left side waist.

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And when you're ready or
maybe you're already there,

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send your gaze to
follow your left thumb.

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Integrating the neck.

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Inhaling to bring it up.

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And exhaling to bring it down.

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Excellent, do one more round.

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Synchronizing the
breath to the movement,

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the movement to the breath.

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Then we'll bring the left
palm back to the left knee.

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Close your eyes and
just notice the sensation

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from the back of the head,
the jaw, the ear,

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the neck, the shoulders.

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And as you lift your heart,

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lengthening through
the side body, side waist.

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Great, then we'll drop
the chin to the chest.

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Just take a gentle

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circle one way with the nose

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and then the other.
Nice and easy.

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And then when you
feel satisfied here,

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let's slowly come
forward onto all fours.

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Nice and easy.

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Know that have 
that blanket there,

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you can always pad
the knees if you like.

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Tabletop Position, inhale to
drop the belly, open the chest.

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Look forward.

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Benji's on watch
today and exhale,

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rounding through chin to chest.

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Drop the weight of the head.

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Good, inhale, drop the belly.

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Open your heart.

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And exhale, chin to chest,
navel draws up, up, up.

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One more round.

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My hands and feet are engaged,
pressing down into the earth.

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And then on your next inhale,
come to Tabletop Position,

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walk the palms forward,
curl the toes under,

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and send the hips up high
and back, Downward Facing Dog.

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So today walk the toes back,
take a nice long dog.

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So the heels may
not come to the ground

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and that's all right.

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We're spreading the fingertips.

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The upper arm bones
are rotating externally,

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so the elbow creases
are shining forward.

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Now bend your knees here,
lift up from your hip creases.

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So really exaggerate this
lift up through the hips.

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Good, then bend the
knees a little more.

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Lift up through
the hip creases again.

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Then straighten the legs.

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Drop the heels.

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Take a deep breath in
and a long breath out.

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Good, on your next inhale,
bend the knees, look forward.

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Exhale, baby steps to the top.

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So stretching
through the foot, the anklel.

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Feet hip width
apart or flush together

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at the top of the mat,
your choice.

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And then relax the weight of
the head, neck, shoulders over.

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Slight bend in the knees here.

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Careful not to lock out.

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Shake the head a
little yes, a little no.

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Listen to the
sound of your breath.

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Good, now when you're ready,

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send your
awareness to your feet.

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Ground down, root down
firmly to all four corners

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and begin to slowly
roll up to Mountain Pose.

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When you land, 
once again, lift your heart,

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draw the
shoulder blades together

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and then down the back body.

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So we're really creating a
lots of length in the spine.

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Standing tall here.

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Then we're gonna create
a little flow with the hands

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by inhaling, sending the
fingertips out, left to right.

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So like a big Texas T here.

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Pull back in the pinkies a bit.

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It's almost as if your
Kate Winslet at the tip

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of the Titanic.

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Gotta slip that in there always.
It's a good image.

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Lifting the heart,
grounding through the legs.

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So we inhale to come here.

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Exhale, we bring the
hands together with energy.

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We know this.

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Good, and then inhale,
drop your chin.

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Reach behind the neck,
fingertips kiss,

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and then palms
come together again.

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And we inhale, reach all
the way up towards the sky.

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And then exhale, hands come down
to the heart, nice and easy.

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Let's give it a try.

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Inhale, fingertips out,
left to right.

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Wrists in line
with the shoulders.

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Exhale, palms
together in prayer.

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Drop the chin, inhale,
reach behind,

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palms kiss as we reach
the hands all the way up

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towards the sky.

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And then exhale,
hands down to the heart.

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Twice more, inhale,
send the fingertips out.

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Spread the fingertips.

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Good, exhale, palms
kiss together with energy.

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Chin to chest,
reach behind, inhale,

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full body experience,
reach for the sky.

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And exhale, hands to heart.

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Alright, one more time.

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Let's slow it down
with the breath, inhale.

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Send the hands out.

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Exhale, palms kiss together.

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Chin to chest, reach behind.

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Inhale, full body stretch.

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And exhale, hands to heart.

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Beautiful, pause here,
close your eyes.

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Take a cycle of
breath here to just observe.

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Notice if you've shifted
your weight into the toes

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or if you're back in the heels.

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See if you can evenly
distribute your weight

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between all 
four corners of the feet.

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Just feel it out.

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Nice, now drop the fingertips.

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Interlace them behind you.

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Knuckles are going to 
draw down and away

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as we open up through the chest.

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You might be a little sore
from our previous practices

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so this should
feel good in the arms.

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Soft bend in the knees,
we're not locked out here.

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As you lift the heart,
keep lifting, lifting, lifting.

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Then inhale, carve
a line with the nose,

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forward, up and back.

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Look up and back,
so slight back bend here

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but we're not killing ourselves.

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We're just nice and
steady here in our core.

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Good, just play.

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And then when you're ready,

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slowly, we're gonna keep the bind

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as we send our gaze
forward and down, heart follows.

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And we're gonna come 
into a Forward Fold

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with the bind,
reaching up towards the sky.

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Keep pressing into all
four corners of the feet.

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So remember to send
weight back into those heels.

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We're here for one more breath.

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Then as a friend
of mine likes to say,

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resist the
slingshot effect here,

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so with control, release the fingers,
the hands, the arms,

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bring them all the way
down toward your feet.

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Awesome, inhale, halfway lift,

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follow your breath, sync it up.

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Exhale to soften
and fold it back down.

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Bend the knees, plant the palms.

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Step one foot back,
then the other

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so you're in a Plank Pose.

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Inhale in here. 
Exhale, bend the elbows.

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Keep them hugging
into the side body

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as you lower all
the way to the belly.

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Inhale with the breath,
we rise up, Cobra.

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And exhale with the breath,
we float it down.

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Curl the toes under,

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inhale to all fours or Plank.

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And then exhale,
hips up high and back,

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Downward Facing Dog.

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Play with a nice long dog today.

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So walk the toes out.

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Once again, we'll bend the knees

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and then lift the hip creases.

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Really lift, lift, lift,
exaggerate that lift

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from the hip creases 
up towards the sky.

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Good, then you can
relax the heels down.

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Take a deep breath in.

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A long breath out.

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On your next inhale,
lift the right leg up high.

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Exhale, step it all the
way up into a nice lunge.

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Inhale, lift your heart.

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Get light on the
fingertips here.

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Exhale, pivot on the back foot.

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And we're gonna
open up to a Warrior I.

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So big breath as you
come all the way up,

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leading with the
left fingertips.

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And then right
fingertips reaching forward,

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front knee over front ankle.

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Little Benji hair on my thigh.

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The life, la vida.

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Warrior II. 
Head over heart,

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heart over pelvis here,
strong legs.

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Pull the pinkies back.

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Inhale, look forward.

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Exhale, keep the
front knee bent.

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We're gonna bring the
right elbow to the right thigh.

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Left fingertips are gonna
go down and forward,

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up and around.

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Neck is nice and long.
Back inner thigh is charged.

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Strong legs here.

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Inhale to come forward
with the left fingertips.

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And exhale to come
back and down and around.

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And same thing here.

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If you like, you can follow 
your left thumb with your gaze.

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So we're syncing it all up here.

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And this can be challenging,

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so draw your navel in.

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Strong legs, strong foundation

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to help keep you stable.

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Then we'll do one more.

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And on the next time
you come down and around,

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go ahead and come
all the way down.

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Pivot on the back foot.

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Left hand comes to the earth,
front knee over front ankle.

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Inhale, right fingertips 
towards the sky.

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Breathe into your
belly as we twist.

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And then exhale,
right hand to the earth.

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Step the right toes back.

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Belly to Cobra or
Chaturanga to Upward Facing Dog.

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Move with your breath.

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Inhaling to lift the heart.

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And exhaling to make your
way to that Downward Facing Dog.

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Nice long dog today.

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Just playing with our patterns.

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Just noticing and really
lifting up from the hip creases.

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Good, on your next breath in,

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inhale, lift the 
left leg up high.

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Press into both palms evenly.

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Good, exhale,
step it all the way up

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into your nice low lunge.

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Get light on the fingertips.

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On your next inhale,
look forward.

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Let your heart shine forward.

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And then exhale,
plant the back foot,

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right toes are turned in.

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And here we go, leading
with the right fingertips,

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inhale all the
way up to Warrior II.

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Pull the pinkies back,
sink deep into that front leg.

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Careful to not be
leaning forward here,

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so draw the spine into a nice,
beautiful long line.

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Stack it up.

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Center yourself,
hug the low ribs in,

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connect to that core.

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Beautiful, inhale, 
look forward, nice and tall.

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Exhale, right inner thigh 
is engaged as you press

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into the outer
edge that right foot.

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Inhale in again.

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Exhale, bend the left elbow,

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bring it to the
top of the left thigh.

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Here we go, right fingertips,
go down, forward,

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up and around.

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Nice and slow.

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Now synchronize with the breath,
inhaling as you come up.

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Then exhaling as you
come around and down.

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Maybe following your
right thumb with your gaze,

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with your focus.

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Strong long legs for balance.

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Hug the low ribs in.

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Draw the navel in 
and up for stability.

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Engaging the core.

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Alright, and the
next time you take it up

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and back and down,
we'll pivot on the back foot.

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Bring the right
hand to the earth.

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And on your next inhale,
big twist,

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left fingertips to the sky.

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You're doing great,
big belly breath here.

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And exhale, 
left hand comes down.

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Step the left toes back.

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This is our last
little vinyasa here.

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So belly to Cobra or Chaturanga

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to Upward Facing Dog,
you decide.

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Move with your breath, way
to bring the breath by the way.

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So cool.

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We'll meet in one
last Downward Facing Dog.

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Inhale in in Downward Dog.

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And exhale out through the lips,

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just like we did
in the beginning.

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Once more like that.
Big inhale in through the nose.

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And exhale through the lips.

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And then slowly come
on to your knees here.

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Swing the legs to
one side, any side.

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Good thing I'm not
about to use this blanket

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'cause Benji has just
claimed it for himself.

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That's fine, 
you can have it, mi amor.

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And here we go, 
a little seated Forward Fold.

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So go ahead and take
your hands to the buttocks.

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Move the cheeks aside. 
(laughs) So immature.

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Bend the knees, it's fun to say.

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It's a fun job, all right.

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Inhale, reach the
fingertips up high.

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Exhale, send them forward.

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Try not to collapse
here in the upper back body,

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but keep the heart lifted,
the chest open.

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Kind of the way we've been doing

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since the
beginning of this session.

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Keep the heart lifted.

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And then from here,
wherever the hands fall,

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allow, right, embrace.

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So hands can come 
to the knees, shins,

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calves, ankles, feet.

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Grab the toes,
maybe grab the big toe

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with the middle finger,
index finger, and thumb.

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Keep the chest open as we
work to straighten the leg,

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they don't have 
to get straight today

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or tomorrow or any day.

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Just the intention
of lengthening here.

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Now inhale with your breath.

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Lift the chest a little more.

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And now exhale,
slowly fold it down.

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Knees can be bent as
generously as you like here.

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So we are ending in a
seated Forward Fold today.

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We'll close with a
Namaste of course,

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but we're going to
spend a couple of deep, long

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moments with the breath here.

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So feel free to
bend those knees,

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again, as generously 
as you need to.

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Close your eyes.

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And I just love Forward Folds,
really folding into yourself.

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It's easier to listen to
the sound of your breath,

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to let go

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of our attachment
to things outside of us

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or in front of us
or even behind us.

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And really just fold 
kind of inward into

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our being. (chuckles)

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And the longer you stay here,
the more you may let go

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of your resistance to
just kind of chewing on things

00:24:25.130 --> 00:24:27.640
like folding
into your own being.

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Just being with yourself
here for a couple of breaths

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at the very least is
so good for the body.

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Feeling the skin of
the back body stretch

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as you breathe in.

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Allowing the weight of the head

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to relax a little
more as you breathe out.

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And it's funny because
even if you're not necessarily

00:24:57.480 --> 00:25:00.410
working on, "Okay, I'm
finding my true self here

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in this Paschimottanasana,"
we're tending to the body,

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which stores all kinds of,
right, energy and emotion.

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So just by tending to

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the body in these shapes we're

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connecting to that inquiry.

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It's all connected.

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In my humble opinion.

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Okay, take three
more quiet breaths here.

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Count 'em out if you need to.

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And after your third breath,

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you can release 
the hands, the arms.

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From the base of the spine,

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:58.190
start to lift some energy
awareness up through the belly,

00:25:58.190 --> 00:26:00.360
the torso, the chest,
all the way up to the head

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until you've rolled
all the way back up.

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You can open the eyes.

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Ah, it's a whole new world.

00:26:07.850 --> 00:26:10.399
Cross the ankles,
let's come back to our seat.

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I'll go butt to butt with Benji.

00:26:13.520 --> 00:26:16.230
Not sure how this
will look in the frame,

00:26:16.230 --> 00:26:20.800
but who cares, life is good.

00:26:20.800 --> 00:26:22.983
Hands come together in prayer.

00:26:25.350 --> 00:26:29.929
Week 1 in the books.

00:26:29.930 --> 00:26:32.170
Our quest for
the breath continues

00:26:32.170 --> 00:26:34.750
with a very yummy
practice tomorrow.

00:26:34.750 --> 00:26:37.460
You do not want to miss Day 8.

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It's a Yoga With
Adriene tradition to

00:26:44.860 --> 00:26:47.260
have a very yummy Day 8

00:26:47.260 --> 00:26:51.723
so I hope you will be
there for that in the meantime.

00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:54.730
Take good care.

00:26:54.730 --> 00:26:57.333
Follow your breath off the mat.

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We'll close with an
inhale in together.

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:07.396
And then an exhale to
bow the head together.

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:11.920
And an invitation
here to whisper

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:14.042
Namaste.

00:27:15.928 --> 00:27:20.883
(bright upbeat piano music)