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- Hey everyone and welcome to
31 Days of Yoga Revolution.

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It's day 22,

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and today we 
practice being gentle.

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Let's get started.

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(lively orchestral music)

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Hello my sweet friends, 
let's begin in Sukhasana today.

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Sit up nice and tall.

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And today's practice 
is low to the ground,

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so a gentle practice.

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But not only is it a 
gentle yoga practice,

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just kind of giving 
your body a rest day

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and the wrists and the 
arms a bit of relief today,

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but it is a gentle 
practice in that we practice

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moving in a way in 
which feels kind

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and gentle so 
that we practice

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or have this even just

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tiny bit of 
relationship with being kind

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and gentle with ourselves.

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We know a little goes 
a long way in that realm.

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If you want to be healthy, 
it really starts with

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identifying ways in 
which you can be kinder

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to yourself and more gentle,

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and then you'll 
be able to do that

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hopefully with others, you know?

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Random acts of kindness for all!

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Okay.

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So now we got 
that out of the way,

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so no Chaturangas today, 
no Downward Dogs even,

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we're gonna really come 
into a nice, comfy seat here,

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sit up nice and tall.

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And we're working 
on our posture today,

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but in a kind and loving way,

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so hands face down
or palms face up,

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whatever feels 
best for you today,

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and we'll begin the 
process of tuning in

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by closing the eyes.

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And starting to 
notice your breath.

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Starting with just 
the noticing today,

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so just notice where 
your breath is naturally,

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and it's kind of a Catch-22,
because just of course

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by bringing 
your attention to it,

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you might start to 
breathe a little deeper,

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which is great.

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But just notice.

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Notice where you might 
be holding any extra tension

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or even adding tension 
as you try to sit up tall,

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see if you can identify 
those places and soften.

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Then tap into that inner smile.

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Lift your heart a little more.

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And then when you're 
ready, take a big, conscious,

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buoyant breath in.

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And as you exhale, 
relax your shoulders down.

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Again, a big wash of 
breath as you breathe in.

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And relax your 
shoulders as you breathe out.

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Great, we're gonna 
come into a hip opener,

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so draw the left 
heel into your center,

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the right foot comes 
to hug up against it.

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We've been here before.

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And then you're just 
gonna walk the fingertips out

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nice and slow, stretching, 
stretching, stretching,

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pulling the hip creases back.

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Maybe you come 
onto the forearms here.

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And maybe you rest the head.

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And then find a little 
sway here if it feels good.

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So practice being 
gentle with yourself

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and consider how your mind

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can support that cause.

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So be kind, one of 
the things I've been

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thinking about lately is, 
well obviously how powerful

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the mind is and how 
powerful the thought is,

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but for me personally, 
my personal journey,

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what it's like to put 
these practices out on YouTube

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and to see my body 
change, and to get feedback,

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and just how powerful

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and how poignant the practice

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of being kind and 
gentle to yourself can be.

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Can I get a amen?

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Alright, press up, 
nice and easy.

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Flip it, reverse it.

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Right heel comes in.

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Left leg comes in, 
just do your best

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to sit up nice and tall.

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And then walk it forward.

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Maybe you sway gently
side-to-side if it feels good.

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And slowly opening the hips.

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And if you're 
new to the practice,

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your knees might be 
flying up towards the ceiling,

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just know that in time with
this slow, conscious work,

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especially this kind of find
what feels good approach,

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you'll be able to 
open, open, open the hips

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and you'll be surprised.

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Wonderful, when you're ready,
press the palms back up.

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We're gonna 
bring the legs out long

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and dig the 
heels into the earth.

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And bend the knees slightly.

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So nice and slow, 
send your legs out long.

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When you get there, 
spread the toes super wide

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so you can try to see 
between each one of your toes.

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And then when you're ready,
reach your arms up towards

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the sky, and then 
exhale, drape your belly

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over the tops of your thighs,
and try to grab onto your

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ankles or the 
outer edges of your feet.

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Now walk your heels 
hip width apart if I didn't

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say that already, 
so that you can inhale,

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loop the shoulders and 
then exhale, allow the head

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to hang between the 
legs here as you breathe.

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And then let the 
power of the breath

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stretch the back body here.

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And you can stay here 
or you're welcome to start

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sliding the legs out long, 
but there's no rush.

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No rush at all.

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I find it actually more
therapeutic to have that

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gentle rest of the thighs on 
the belly, so just play here,

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couple more breaths.

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Let go of any tension 
in the head, the forehead,

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excuse me, or in the jaw.

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And let go of any added 
tension you might be creating

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in this posture, so 
find ways in which you can be

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more kind and gentle by 
softening areas of tension,

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gripping, holdin' on.

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And then we'll release,
Dandasana, fingertips or palms

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to your hips or slightly behind.

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We'll walk the heels in 
line with the hip points.

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Loop the shoulders, 
and we breathe here

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creating length from 
the base of the spine

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all the way through the crown.

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And one more breath, and
if this is simple-d-dimple

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for you, then you really 
need to bring the breath,

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but for a lot of folks, 
just sitting up here

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is really difficult 
with the way in which we

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put our body through 
the works in our culture,

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in most cultures, not 
every culture, my culture.

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So, if this is easy 
for you, you can practice

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lifting up through your
center or bring on the breath.

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Wonderful.

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Then, one more inhale in 
here and on your next exhale

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everyone, really 
press into your palms,

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lift the hips up 
and drag them down.

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We're gonna come to our 
backs, hugging the knees

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into the chest.

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Move nice and easy, breezy.

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Mmmm.

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Then give yourself 
a great big hug here.

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Move my ponytail.

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Gotta move the mic, 
move the ponytail.

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Lord.

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Give yourself a big hug here
and really feel supported

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by your yoga mat.

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I know that can 
sound a little cheesy,

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but I find it very 
loving to just feel like ah,

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I am supported.

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So if your energy 
level is high today

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and you were hoping for 
a strengthening practice,

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you can, of course, tag on


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some more conditioning asanas,

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but I also just feel 
like it's really nice

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to force ourselves 
when we're feeling like,

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oh, I gotta get ripped 
or I gotta get swole,

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or I gotta get, to 
really remember how important

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the rest day is, not just
for the body and the muscles,

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but for our 
mental health as well.

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So hopefully you've rocked
a little side-to-side here

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or you've just enjoyed 
feeling your lower back

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support system here.

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Tuck your chin into your 
chest and then nice and slow

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we're gonna send the left
leg high up towards the sky.

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And squeeze the right 
knee in towards your heart.

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And what our Hatha Yoga is
all about here, opposition,

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finding balance between 
the two opposing forces,

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so while we're gonna go 
into a great stretch here,

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consider that as you 
squeeze the right knee

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in towards your heart, 
and slowly on an exhale,

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lower that left heel all 
the way down to the earth.

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Feel it out, 
notice that breaking point

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where your center has to
engage or your whole body says,

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"Yes," in order to balance

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out the push and the pull.

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I'm gonna center 
myself on my mat.

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Breathe.

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Left heel comes to the ground.

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And then we're just 
gonna rotate the right ankle

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one way and then the other.

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Left toes up towards the sky,

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really firm through 
that left thighbone.

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How cool is it 
that we are taking time

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out of our day to practice,

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to connect to the mind,
the body, and the soul?

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It's pretty awesome.

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Take your right knee and
slowly move it across your body

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over towards the 
left side, supine twist.

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If you want, you can shift
your hips a little bit over

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to the right to get a 
little deeper stretch,

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and we breathe here, turning
maybe onto the right ear,

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maybe opening the arms out wide,

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or you can keep your 
left hand on the hip.

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Definitely find what 
feels good here by breathing

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nice, long, smooth deep breaths.

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Once again, notice if 
there are any areas in which

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you can soften

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or let go of any added tension.

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Glorious, slowly 
come back to center.

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You're gonna hold 
onto your right knee.

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So come back to center 
and grab your right knee.

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And then you're 
gonna slide the hand behind

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the right thigh, 
so the hamstring,

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interlace the fingertips, 
keep nice and firm

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through your left leg, 
and slowly send

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the right leg up high.

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Try to flex your right 
toes towards your face.

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If that leg doesn't 
straighten, no worries.

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Breathe.

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To intensify or to go 
deeper, you can of course

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grab the calf or 
the ankle or the foot,

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but keep a nice foundation
firm through that right hip,

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so right hip 
crease pulling down.

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Lower back nice 
and snugly on your mat.

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Take one more breath.

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And then exhale, cross 
the right ankle over the left,

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lift your left foot up.

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We create that figure four here

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and we interlace the 
fingertips, bring them behind

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the left thigh, kick your left
foot into an imaginary wall,

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and then squeeze your 
legs up towards your heart.

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Breathe.

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Listen to the 
sound of your breath.

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That's the ticket, 
and then send both feet

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up towards the sky.

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Reach your fingers towards
the outer edges of the feet

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and we'll slowly 
lift up, nice and slow.

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Scoop the tailbone 
up and lower down.

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And inhale,
lift up nice and slow.

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Scoop the tailbone up.

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And lower down and 
last time, inhale, squeeze,

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navel draws down to 
the core of the earth,

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tailbone scoops 
up towards the sky.

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And exhale, release 
everything, beautiful.

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Alright, feet come to the earth.

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And when you're ready, 
left knee comes in.

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Interlace and squeeze, keep
the shoulders down and relaxed,

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heart open, and right 
foot up towards the sky.

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Here we go, so we're 
moving in a nice stretch,

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feeling our back 
supported by our yoga mat,

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but again, we have an 
opportunity to go, ah ha,

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I'm practicing 
finding a sense of balance,

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a sense of me in 
between the push and the pull,

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or in this case the 
squeeze and the press.

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When you're ready, on an 
exhale, take that right leg

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down and see what happens.

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So move nice and slow so 
you can notice that moment

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where ah, the abdominal wall
engages the body,

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unites.

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And if this is too much, 
you're like, Adriene,

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then just enjoy the stretch, 
your rest day, homie.

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All good, breathe.

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Enjoy.

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Active through that right leg.

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When you're ready, 
guide your left knee over

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towards the right.

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Maybe you shift the 
hips over towards the center

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of your mat just a hair,

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and we find that 
supine twist here again.

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Breathing deep, maybe you turn
onto your left ear this time.

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And then allow your breath
to guide you back to center.

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Squeeze the left knee in.

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And then slide the hands behind.

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Interlace, and 
when you're ready,

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slowly draw that left foot up.

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We didn't rotate the 
ankle earlier, so go ahead

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and do it here, yeah!

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Nice and firm 
through that right foot.

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Balancing the energy 
of the body, stretching.

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Taking this day to restore,

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but to continue to tend 
to that mental head space.

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(playful exhaling breaths)

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Take a deep breath in, 
really flex your left toes

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towards your face.

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And then we'll release.

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Cross the left ankle over 
the top of the right thigh.

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Find your figure four 
and when you're ready,

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thread the needle, 
kick your right foot

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into an imaginary wall, 
and lengthen through

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the back of the neck.

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Take a couple breaths 
here to really squeeze the legs

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up towards your 
head, your heart.

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Breathe deep.

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Wonderful, take 
a deep breath in.

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And then use your 
exhale to unravel.

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Send both feet 
up towards the sky,

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and this time we'll 
reach to the left side.

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So reaching to the left, 
you're really lifting up

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through the tail.

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Here we go, big inhale.

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Exhale, lift.

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Inhale, lower.

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Exhale, lift to the left side.

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Inhale, lower.

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Exhale, lift.

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Inhale, lower.

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Exhale, lift, please 
switch to the right.

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Inhale, lower.

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Exhale, lift, 
scooping the tailbone up.

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Inhale, lower.

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Exhale, lift.

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Inhale, lower.

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Exhale, lift.

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One more, inhale, lower.

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Exhale, lift.

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Fabulous.

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Bring the feet together.

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Knees open nice and wide.

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Take the hands to 
the hip creases here

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and then just give 
it a little pawing.

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Have you ever seen an 
animal, like a cat or a dog

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make their bed?

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They do this shit 
all over the place.

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(laughs)

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So it's like that, 
you're kind of kneading.

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Vocab word, kneading 
the tops of the hips here.

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Can use your thumbs 
to get down in there too.

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Oh yeah, I'm goin' all 
the way up here too, yeah.

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Find what feels good.

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Alright, and then 
after a little massage,

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bring your hands to 
your belly or your ribs.

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Tuck your chin into your chest.

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Soften your toes, 
so no gripping.

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Soften your fingers.

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And take an inhale 
in through the nose.

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And out through the nose.

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Close your eyes, breathe with me

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in through the nose, 
regulated breath.

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And exhale out through the nose.

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Slow release in the hips here,
just moving with the breath.

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You don't have to do anything,
just allow, big inhale.

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And long exhale.

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Sync up with me, big inhale.

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Big exhale.

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Big inhale.

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Long exhale.

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And three more times, in.

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And out.

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Inhale.

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And exhale.

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Last time, keep your 
eyes closed, breathe in.

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And breathe out.

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Take your fingers, release them,

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bring them to the 
outer edges of your legs.

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Press the feet 
together and lift your legs

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all the way up and in.

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And we'll extend 
the right leg out long.

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And the left leg out long.

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And then inhale, reach 
all the way up and overhead,

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big full body stretch here.

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Spread the fingers, 
spread the toes.

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Feel your body in the 
earth, see if you can move

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your pelvis, your hips here.

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Move your shoulders.

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Then inhale lots of love in,
start to wake up the body

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here a little bit.

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In case you got too 
sleepy and you have to go

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to work next, I gotta 
cover all my bases here.

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If you're goin' to bed, 
then just stay chill.

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And exhale lots of love out.

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Hands come gently at your sides.

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And we take one 
last moment here together

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to be still, to surrender, 
and perhaps consider

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what it feels like when 
you are kind to yourself.

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And gentle with yourself.

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And perhaps we consider that
this is a powerful practice,

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sometimes maybe more powerful
than I wanna pump you up,

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because we are able to be 
kind and gentle with others

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and also with the earth.

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Thanks so much for sharing 
your time and your energy

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and your practice.

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Have a wonderful rest 
of your day or evening.

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I'll see you tomorrow.

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From my heart to yours, namaste.

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(lively orchestral music)