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- What's up everyone?

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Welcome to the "Yoga With Adriene" vlog.

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I'm Adriene, that's Benji,
and I'm back in Austin, Texas,

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and I'm here to talk with
you and share with you

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about my trip to New York City.

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New York City?

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(acoustic guitar music by Wild Child)

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So, first of all, I just
have to take a second

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to tell you how much I freaking
love the Austin airport.

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It's so compact, and
efficient, and beautiful.

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It's always so clean and friendly.

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Has great books, great
barbeque, great breakfast tacos.

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And it has a water filtration stop.

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Filtration seems like a weird
word, but that's all right.

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So this time, I got smart,
I took my water bottle,

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filtered my water, and got on the plane.

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Just a little shout out to
Austin airport, love it so much.

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And then it was time to hit the big city.

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So I'm a Texas girl, but
I've been lucky enough

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to be traveling to New York
since I was a teenager.

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One of my best friends,
a lot of my good friends,

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but one of my very best friends

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went to NYU there, so
I've been visiting him

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ever since we were youngins.

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I remember sneaking into,
sneaking me into his dorm

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just so I could have a free
place to stay, back in the day.

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And it was special because he has been

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living in Buenos Aires
for several years now,

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and so this was the first year

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that he's been back in
the city with his partner,

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and so it was just perfect timing for me,

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perfect alignment, to be
returning to the city,

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not sneaking into dorm rooms anymore,

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but there, of course, to
share in my love of yoga,

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and celebrate the community.

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So, here's what happened.

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We posted the class for Sunday,

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and it sold out so fast that we thought

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we'd better add another one.

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So, we were able to add
another class on Saturday,

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at the House of Jai Yoga
Studio, beautiful studio.

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People were coming in, we had a wait list.

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And everyone was just smiles for miles.

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I noticed in this class,

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this one was a really grounded group,

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super cool, really grounded, really smart.

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So we were in the studio downstairs

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at the beautiful House of Jai,

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and we packed them in like sardines,

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which seems appropriate because

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that's Manhattan-style
yoga for you right there.

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And, once again, I was just blown away

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by hearing people's
stories, getting to feel,

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get a feel for what
people are doing at home.

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I only have an idea, and I know what I do,

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but it's so awesome and so inspiring,

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really beautiful to hear people's stories

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and how they participate in self-love

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and yoga practice and
fitness, even, at home.

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So that was a blast.

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A little treat for me after
the House of Jai class,

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was that my cousin, Alicia,

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who is like a sister to
me, I'm an only child,

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but if I had a sister, it would be Alicia.

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And so she took the bus down to meet me,

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and I was so grateful,
and so we got to have

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a bit of a girls night
together, which was really nice.

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We made the trek up from House of Jai

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to the Botanical Gardens.

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Ultimately, we were headed to
the Frida Kahlo exhibit there.

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So, we had a lovely afternoon.

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Actually, it's kind of the perfect time

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to go to the Frida Kahlo
exhibit at the Botanical Gardens

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because it was Saturday night,

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and ain't no one doing
that on a Saturday night,

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at least at that time, at closing time.

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Then, I got to bed early
because we had one more class,

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this time at Reflections.

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This was the first class
where, I just admit,

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I gotta keep it real, I felt grounded,

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I felt more confident.

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I don't know if it was just the timing

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or if I was just starting
to learn from the feedback

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I was getting at the other roadshow stops.

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Or maybe it was my cousin there, but

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I felt ready to rock.

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We all gathered outside
Reflections Studio.

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This is the studio that
we had our first-ever

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Yoga with Adriene meetup in.

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But they actually moved locations,

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but same sort of vibe, same energy,

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really welcoming, really beautiful,

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really kind, really honest.

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They have a picture of Ammachi
Amma on the altar there,

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and I always think
that's just meant to be--

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Once again, we piled in there,
creating space for everyone,

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so that we could come together,
breathe, move, celebrate.

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A lot of the folks in this class

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were people that participate in our

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"Find What Feels Good" facebook group.

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We have a private group for people

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who do the programs Empower, Reboot,

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things like that.

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So, we always have people from that group,

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but this one seemed to have
a lot of special people

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that I met the first yoga meetup, too,

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and people that I've just
come to really know and love,

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via the internet, and
in a more intimate way

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because we had the group.

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So it was really, really
fun and inspiring.

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We laughed, we cried, we
danced, we sweat a lot.

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And then we were so lucky to end class

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with another group picture.

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And then walk over to
Stuyvesant Square Park

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where we shared in some fruit,

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and some sparkling water,

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and shared our stories, took some photos.

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People from the class
the day before joined us.

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It was really nice to look around

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and see other people
talking and sharing stories.

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And then we had other people come out,

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just to say "hi," people
that couldn't make the class,

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or didn't make it in the
registration this time,

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but will next time, and,
man, love was in the air.

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It was just a beautiful day in the park,

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it was Sunday in the park with YWA.

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(laughing)

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Been waiting to say that for weeks.

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Yeah, it was really lovely, and

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I just feel like I'm
probably going to be saying

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the same thing every time
I do a vlog for this,

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but I just cannot tell you how amazing

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and how wonderful everyone was.

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Every single person I
met was truly remarkable.

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These were awesome people.

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You guys are awesome.

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People, I'm like, "Can we be friends?"

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So thank you for your presence.

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Thank you for your honesty.

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Thanks for making it out.

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I know it's an effort,
especially in the city.

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Thank you to everyone who
traveled there to practice,

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and to be there, you know who you are.

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Thank you from the bottom of my heart,

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everyone who helped make

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our two beautiful meetups
in New York possible.

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After our beautiful meetups were done,

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I said a prayer, gave
a big prayer of thanks,

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and then was able to explore
the city a little bit.

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So I met up with my friends Leo and Jen

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from Just Eat Life to do some filming.

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I got to go visit my new
colleagues, or collaborators,

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I'll say, at VHX, who
are freaking so awesome,

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and what they do is amazing.

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They come from roots that I
really respect and admire,

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and just everything that they do, I think,

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is super right on and we're super excited

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to be a part of it.

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So, if you're wondering about that,

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I'll put a link in about
YWA and VHX down below.

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Benji's whining, so we'd
better wrap this up.

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Kids!

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Ultimately, the trip was
an amazing experience,

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full of gratitude, lots of
walking, which is always good,

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lots of laughs, great food, great company,

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great conversations
about where we're headed

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and what we want to do with our practice

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and with this community.

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So, I'm super grateful for that.

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And, ultimately, I end, of course,

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a nice beautiful trip in New York

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with a beautiful rooftop cocktail

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and great old friends with a
beautiful view of the city.

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Thanks so much to everyone who came out.

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Thanks so much for everyone who is

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supporting the road show even from afar.

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We feel you there in spirit with us.

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LA, you're next!

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Toodle-loo, toodle-loo, toodle-loo.

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(piano music)