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- Hey everyone, 
welcome to Yoga With Adriene.

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I'm Adriene and this is Benji

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and today we have another 
yoga for runners for you.

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So this one's gonna help you
slowly build stamina and help

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you feel good not just in your
body but in your mind as well.

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So hop on the mat 
and let's get started.

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(bright music)

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Alrighty pals, 
let's begin standing today.

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Feet a little bit 
wider than hip width apart.

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And I just wanna 
congratulate you,

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commend you, give you a virtual
hug for taking the time to do

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this in addition to 
your running practice,

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your running routine.

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I think this is really important
and hopefully you can find what

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feels good here today whether
it's in the body or just finding

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some quiet time 
to be still which

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we'll do at the 
end of the practice.

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So important that we do these
things in conjunction with our

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other practices so that we can
feel awesome and balanced and so

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that we can continue on.

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Alright, so Benji's tired.

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He already did his run.
He's takin' a break.

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Let's go ahead 
and bend the knees.

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We're gonna send the hips back.

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Thighs are strong here so engage
and hands are gonna come right

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to the thigh bone.

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Then inhale in, as you exhale
you're going to slowly sink back

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a little deeper into a squat.

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And as much as you can, 
try to resist this collapse of

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the shoulders so you're 
gonna keep nice and long.

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Excellent. Then we're going 
to turn the right toes out,

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turn the left toes out and then

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slowly dip the 
left shoulder into center.

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Keep all four corners the feet
rooted and turn your gaze to

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look past your right shoulder.

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You should feel an awesome

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opening in the left 
inner thigh, the left groin.

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We're, of course, 
getting the hips opened

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by sending them way back.

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Knees are 
stacked over the ankles.

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We're breathing deep here.

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Spreading the sit 
bones left to right.

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Getting a nice 
twist in the thoracic.

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And the upper and 
lower back body as well.

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Great, slowly 
come back to center.

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You're going gonna go 
right into the other side.

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So if your legs are tired you
can take a rest in between but

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otherwise we'll dip the 
right shoulder to center.

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Same thing here.

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Breathing.

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Opening up 
through the right groin.

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Really seeing if you can use
your breath to expand through

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all four sides 
of the torso here.

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Love it. Inhale, 
lengthen through the crown.

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Maybe turn to look 
past your left shoulder

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a little more and then exhale.

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Let's slowly come up.

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We'll straighten the legs.

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We're gonna turn the heels out
from here so you can keep the

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toes exactly where they are.

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And we're gonna bring the hands
either to the heart or to the

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waistline so just 
whatever you prefer.

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And from here we're 
going to lift the chest.

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Take a deep breath in, ground
through the feet and then you're

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gonna gently, you're not gonna
create tension but just squeeze

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the glutes in, hug them in just
a bit so you're nice and engaged

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kind of lighting up the core.

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Fabulous.
Inhale in.

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Exhale, send 
the sits bones back.

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Peel, think of your hip 
creases really peeling back

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as you look forward.

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Nice flat back position here.

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Again, hands can be on 
waistline or hands at heart.

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Nice and easy.

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Lengthening through the 
entire hamstring muscle here.

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Deep breath in.

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Exhale to come back up.

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Use your core, your center.

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Good, twice more like that.

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Inhale in.

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Exhale.

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Nice and easy, looking forward.

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Flat back position.
Just do your best.

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Alright, digging into 
the heels to come back up.

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Reconnect with your breath and
we'll do that one more time.

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Strong in the legs so lift
your kneecaps just a bit here.

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Peel the hip creases back.

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Beautiful, we're kind 
of imagining the femur,

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the top of the thigh bone kind
of hugging in as you send your

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hip creases back.

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Awesome and then option for this
round to release the fingertips

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down if it's available to you.

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And you can even release the
weight of the head down and

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clasp the elbows.

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So an incredible

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and most therapeutic practice,

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standing wide-legged 
Forward Fold.

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Wherever you are 
take one more breath.

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And then use your exhale and
that connection to center to

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slowly come back up 
through flat back position.

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And all the way 
back to standing.

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Great, let your fingertips
slowly drape just down

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right at your side body.

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Feel the blood 
flow opposite direction.

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Inhale, squeeze the 
shoulders of the ears.

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Exhale, drop them down.
(sighs)

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Twice more like that.
Inhale, squeeze and lift.

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Exhale, drop it down.
(sighs)

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Relaxing any 
tension in the traps,

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the shoulders that 
might have collected there.

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One more time, inhale.

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And exhale to drop it.
(sighs)

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Beautiful.

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From here you can keep 
the toes where they are,

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hands can come to the waistline.

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We're gonna draw 
just the heels in again.

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Beautiful then inhale in.

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Big power pose here.

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Exhale, you're gonna 
bend just your right knee.

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Just the right knee.

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Great.

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Now the bum is gonna want to
come out here so try to keep the

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tailbone lengthening down.

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You're going to really feel this
in the hip socket hopefully.

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Hands on the waistline.

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Beautiful, then straighten and
the right leg and you're going

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to take it over to the left.

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Nice and easy.

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Left knee's tracking left toes.

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Again, center bum typically is
gonna want to come out here so

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lengthen tailbone down and
lift up through the front body.

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So maybe we create this collapse
when we're running we want to

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really train the body re-pattern

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to stack our spine in a way that

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will allow us to be the most
efficient in our movement.

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And when we're moving 
efficiently then we're able to

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create a more sustainable
practice which we'll be able to

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grow which we'll be able to get
so many benefits physically but

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also mentally from.
Okay, straighten that leg.

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We're gonna do that 
one more time on each side

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but with the breath.
So inhale in.

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Exhale, bend your right knee.

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Sink low.

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Inhale in to center.

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Dig into the heels.

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Exhale, bend your 
left knee, sink low.

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So I'm really lengthening 
tailbone down here.

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Okay, cool.

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Rise up, keep the 
right toes where they are.

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You're just gonna turn 
the left toes all the way in.

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And then, let's actually 
hug the right heel in just a bit

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for a Pyramid Pose.

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So you're gonna pull 
the right hip crease back.

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Inhale in, hand on 
waistline or Namaste,

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Anjuli Mudra at the heart.

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And you're just gonna 
take the halfway lift again.

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Pulling the right hip crease
back, looking forward.

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Shoulders are gonna 
want to collapse here

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so keep it nice and open.

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Inhale in.

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Exhale out.

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Inhale in again.

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If it's in your 
body and it feels right,

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exhale, release the 
fingertips to the earth.

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Good, then everyone 
inhale to find expansion.

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Exhale to make your 
way all the back up.

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Nice and slow 
and we'll reverse it.

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So we'll turn the 
right toes in, left toes out.

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Pull the left hip crease in.

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Find that lengthening 
down through the back body.

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Shoulders melt down the back.

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Shoulder blades, 'scuse me,
melt down the back,

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heart lifts, inhale.

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Exhale, take it away.

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Breathing deep.

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Keeping the shoulders back.

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And then if it's in your
practice or if it feels right in

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your body maybe releasing 
the fingertips down for

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your final cycle of breath.

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Beautiful, inhale in.

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Exhale to slowly 
make your way back up.

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Awesome, we'll bring the
feet back underneath the hips.

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Take a deep breath in.

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And a long breath out.

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Awesome. From here 
we're gonna cross

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the right ankle over the left.

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Inhale, reach for the sky.

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Exhale, take it down.

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Touch the toes.

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Beautiful, hang here 
for a cycle breath in.

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And out.

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And then we'll slowly 
inhale reach for the sky.

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Connect to your center.

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You're gonna step it 
back to hip width apart.

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And then right back into the
other side so cross the left leg

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over the right and when you're
ready take the fingertips down

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reaching towards the toes.

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Don't worry if you 
can't get there right away.

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That's what we're working on.
That's what we're here to do.

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Take a cycle of breath here in.

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And out.

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Alright, now we're gonna sync
that to a little breath here so

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you'll inhale reach for the sky.

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Go hip width apart.

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We call this Volcano Pose.

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Full body awareness.

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Exhale, cross 
the right foot over,

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reach down towards the toes.

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Inhale, rise up.

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Ground through the feet.

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Exhale, fold.

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Left leg crosses over.

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Reaching towards the toes.

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Inhale, rise up.

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Exhale, cross and fold over.

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Inhale, rise up.

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Cross and fold over.

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And then one more time, just
with the sound of your breath.

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You got it.

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Beautiful, inhale, 
reach the fingertips up high.

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Feet hip width apart,
Mountain Pose.

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Exhale, hands come to heart.

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Alright, from here zip the 
legs together, really together.

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And nice and easy, 
inhale reach for the sky.

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Exhale, another 
Forward Fold this time

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with the feet together.

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And then from here you're gonna
open your feet up as wide as

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your yoga mat or, 
if you're not on a mat,

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just a little bit wider than hip
width apart and let your toes

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point out, fall off the mat.

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Hi Benji.

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And nice and slow, shake it!

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You're going to drop your center
down and we're gonna come into a

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nice low squat.

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Now really 
deepen your breath here.

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If you need to lift 
the heels here, please do.

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If you need to use 
your hands full palm

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or fingertips on the earth,
please do.

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If it's available, 
you might work to

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bring the palms together here.

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Big opening in the chest.

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No matter what variation 
you're taking dropping

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the shoulder blades again.

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Allowing them 
to melt down, down,

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down the back body.

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Take one big breath here.

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And then exhale to release.

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You're going to come forward
onto all fours nice and easy.

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So you can center 
yourself on the mat.

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Let's rinse it out with 
a little spinal flexion.

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So inhale, drop the belly,
open the chest.

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Exhale, round through.

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Inhale, drop the belly,
open your heart.

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And sharp exhale as you 
round through the spine.

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Good, inhale to a 
nice neutral spine,

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Tabletop Position, and from here
you're gonna curl the right

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toes under, send the right leg
all the way out and then just

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draw a semicircle with your
right toes all the way towards

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the left side of the mat.

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And then take your gaze 
to look at your right foot.

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Should feel awesome.

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Press into both 
palms evenly and,

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best you can, really 
press away from your yoga mat.

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Getting a beautiful 
stretch in the right side body.

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Breathing into 
that right IT band,

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the front of the right
of crease, the psoas.

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Take one more breath.
You got it.

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All the way into the right neck.

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Yes, and then exhale,
slowly bring it back.

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Tabletop.

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Curl the left 
toes under this time.

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Kick it out 
whenever you're ready.

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Then we'll draw a 
semicircle all the way around

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to the right side of the mat.

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Take your gaze, your nose and
look at your left foot and feel

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that awesome opening and 
release in the left waist.

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Drawing a line from 
the left heel all the way

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to the left side of the neck.

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Great, slowly bring it back in.

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You're going to drop the
elbows now where the hands were.

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And yogi's choice, you can
interlaced the fingertips here

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or you can keep the palms
rooted down for a forearm plank.

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Alright, so when you're 
ready kick both legs out.

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Shoulders are 
over the elbows here.

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Neck is nice and long.

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Turning on the core just for
a little lower back support.

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We're not going to be here long.

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So press away 
from your yoga mat.

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Building strength 
and stamina here.

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You can do some hip dips 
if you want a little extra.

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Dipping left hip down,
right hip down.

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Otherwise just keep it nice,
beautiful, aware.

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Static hold.

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We're here for ten.

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Nine. You got it.

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Eight, gaze straight down.

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Seven, six.

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Reach the heels back, five.

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Breathe deep, four.

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Three, two, on the one 
slowly lower your knees.

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Keep your elbows where they are.

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Release the fingertips if they
were interlaced and you're going

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to walk the hips back,
walk the knees back.

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Puppy Posture.

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Start to open up to 
the shoulder girdle.

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Feel a release 
through the rib cage.

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Obviously great 
stretch in the back.

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Hips up high.

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Keep your toes, the tops of your
feet kissing down on the earth.

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Breathe, breathe, breathe.

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Great. Then slowly 
dig into the elbows.

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You're gonna slide through
all the way to a Sphinx Pose.

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Inhale to open the chest.

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And then exhale, you're
gonna bring your right elbow in

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towards the center of your mat.

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We're gonna bend the left knee
and we're going to reach back

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for a nice big quad stretch.

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So try not to collapse 
into your right shoulder here.

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You can work to 
slowly get that right,

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excuse me, left heel towards
your left glute but obviously if

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it's not there yet, no worries.

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We'll just do our best.

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You can even grab 
your pant leg or imagine.

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(giggles)

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Breathe, breathe, breathe.

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When you're ready, slow 
and with control release.

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We'll switch to the other side.

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Bring the left elbow 
into the center line.

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Bend your right knee,
reach behind.

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Notice if this one's 
a little bit different.

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Just take your time.

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In time you can hook that 
elbow over the toes maybe

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if the quads are really tight.

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No toxic thoughts.

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Be kind to yourself, 
that's why you're here.

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Hey buddy, no.

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And then, again, 
with control releasing.

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Slowly bringing a hands
back underneath the shoulders.

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We're gonna press back up

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and we're to come 
all the way through.

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Swing the legs to one side
and come to lie on your back.

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Excellent. When you 
get there, bend the knees.

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Bring the feet to the ground,
we're gonna kick the right foot

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up and we're gonna cross the
right ankle over the left thigh.

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Thread the needle here.

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You can grab and interlace
behind the left thigh here.

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I prefer that over the shin
because it kind of hyperextends

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the knee and if you've
already done a lot of activity,

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I think this is better.

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So maybe interlace 
behind the left hamstring.

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And then squeezing the 
legs up towards the chest.

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Option to extend the 
left leg if you like.

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A little extra 
hamstring lengthen here.

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Maybe option to rock 
a little side to side.

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Now again, close your eyes here

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and Just breathe 
into the sensation.

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And then from here, slowly
release your left foot down.

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Keep your right foot going over
your left leg so you're gonna

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cross it over your left leg and
we're gonna shift the hips to

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the right side of the mat and
allow the weight of the legs to

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continue their 
journey down to the ground.

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You should feel and 
amazing lower lumbar twist here.

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You can open up 
to the right side.

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You can keep your hands
resting gently on your rib cage.

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Whatever feels good.
Bring the breath.

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A little lower back love.

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And then slowly go 
ahead and release that.

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We'll bring the 
right foot to the ground.

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Kick the left foot up high,

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cross it over the 
top of your right thigh.

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Same thing here.

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When you're ready 
thread the needle,

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lift the legs up.

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Breathing, breathing, breathing
as you squeeze your legs in.

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You can extend the right leg or
we can rock gently side to side.

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Or both.

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And then allowing the right
foot to come to the earth.

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Cross the left 
leg over the right.

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We'll shift the hips,
active shift,

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over towards the left side of
the mat and when you're ready

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continue the journey 
into this nice twist.

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Find what feels good here.

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These are the last few beats of
our practice so really just take

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some time here to 
be with the sensation.

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And then we'll 
slowly begin to unravel.

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Release.

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We're gonna just take a second

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here to windshield 
wiper the legs.

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Just finding a little 
internal rotation in the hip.

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Just take your knees to 
one side and then the other.

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Okay, good. And then 
we'll come to one side.

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We're gonna press up slowly.

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Come into our meditation seat.

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Just a second to 
get our minds right.

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To find stillness.

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You know, 
our running practice is

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so much about our
mental headspace.

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It only makes sense to me that
our cool down or the practices

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that we do to make sure

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our routines stay strong.

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Get strong and stay safe.

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It only makes sense to me that
they also incorporate a little

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nourishment for the mind.

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So as you're ready, come
into a nice comfortable seat.

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You can allow your hands to just

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fall wherever 
they naturally did.

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Just nice and intentional.

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And sit up nice and tall.

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Close your eyes and be still.

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And we'll finish 
with three deep breaths.

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Inhaling in through the nose.

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And as you're ready, exhaling
out through the nose or mouth.

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Inhale in.

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And exhale out.

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And one final breath, inhale in.

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Nice and easy as you exhale out.

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Beautiful. Gently bring the 
palms together at the heart.

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Even if you just found a tiny
bit of calm here at the end,

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relish in it, 
embrace it and give thanks.

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Love you guys.
Way to show up today.

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Take good care.

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We'll finish by 
bowing head to heart.

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One final stretch of the neck.

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A reverent bow.

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Namaste.

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(bright music)