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Yoga For Runners | 20-Min Post-Run Stretch | Myprotein
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Jan 30, 2025
Post-run yoga flow from Claudia Mirallegro. This is great to target all the lower body muscles that you’ve worked so hard in your run. Whether you’re smashing out sprints or taking on a long-distance jog, this 20-minute stretch session is the perfect way to relax into recovery once you’re done. ** See more from Claudia here: Instagram: https://bit.ly/3eQOSR3 ** At Myprotein it’s our mission to #FuelYourAmbition and push you forwards on your #ForeverFit journey. We’re here for active men and women who want to invest in themselves mentally and physically — for the long run. Only expert-backed advice. No quick fixes — just the facts. Shop Myprotein https://www.myprotein.com/
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hi everyone my name is claudia and
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welcome to this my proteins yoga for
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runners session
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today we will be targeting the bottom
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half of our bodies
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in all directions so let's go ahead and
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start
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by working on some external hip rotation
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so we'll come to molassener pose bring
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your feet
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as wide as your hips point your toes out
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the heels are in and then lower the hips
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as you lift the chest
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and just take a moment to arrive here
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you can use your inner forearms to push
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into the knees and therefore
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open the hips even more okay so right
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now we're in external hip rotation
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but we're going to add in some internal
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hip rotation since this is something
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which is
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missing and lacking in a lot of modern
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day yoga practices
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so don't worry if you struggle just take
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your time and we'll really use the
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breath
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to sustain us so take a deep breath
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in as you breathe out lower the right
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knee
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to hover from the yoga mat now i'm
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anchoring down through my left foot and
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the inner edge of the right foot
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keep the spine upright and then lengthen
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the neck too
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good inhale bring the right knee all the
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way back up to center
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exhale we lower the left knee as slow
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and as gentle
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as possible try to keep your torso to
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the center
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good inhale bring the knee back up
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exhale lower right
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let's keep moving with the breath inhale
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lifting
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exhale left lowers one more full cycle
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inhale bring it up exhale right
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inhale exhale left
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good now inhale lift the left knee as
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you exhale this time we're gonna drop
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the hands and we're gonna send that left
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foot to the back of the mat
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so i'll just reposition so you can see
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so my right foot is to the outer edge of
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my right wrist and i'm gonna
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just heel toe the foot even wider so i
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can get deeper into this left hip flexor
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my left heel pushes back so the left leg
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is really turned on and then i'm just
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going to rotate into this right
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hip socket into the femur bone
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which is just a ball rotating around a
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socket
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just like that so you might hear a
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little pop a little click or a crackle
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don't worry that's what you want
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as we begin to lubricate and mobilize
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and energize now switch the direction go
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the opposite way
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keep that breath going
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good and then come back to stillness
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let's bring the right foot
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in between the thumbs soften down
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through the left knee
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ascend your hips back and flex the right
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foot
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okay options you can bring your hands to
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some blocks here to help support you
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some more
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if you don't have any blocks at home you
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can just place some books under the
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hands
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or if you have the capacity the range of
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motion you can fall deeper here
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what i want you to focus on is
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elongating the spine as you draw the
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toes
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in in in so really shine the toes up to
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the sky
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keep the navel drawing in so this
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doesn't become about your lower
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back and then breathe in
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breathe out let's do that again and as
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you inhale this time i want you to
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really think about
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lengthening your torso as we exhale
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begin to lead with the chest and see if
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you can fold
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just a little deeper okay good
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now bend back into that right knee let's
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work on opening the hip flexors
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walk the hands up to your right thigh
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and then just pause here for a moment so
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i'm really dropping down through the
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psoas the left hip flexor
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i'm contracting my core to really
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stabilize myself
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making sure i've got a strong base if
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you look after your base the base will
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look after you
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so from this base we'll begin to lift
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the arms all the way up
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keep a strong base reach your right hand
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to grab hold of the left wrist
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and then send the left arm up and then
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over to the right
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hmm let's really arc the body into
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arrival
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working into the hips in extension
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now when we spend a lot of time running
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we're
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contracting the muscles and right now
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we're flexing we're opening we're
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expanding so really do that breathe in
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and expand through the left fingertips
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as you breathe out act the body some
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more
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good now release the grip of the hands
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reach the hands forward and down
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and let's bring that left knee back up
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off the yoga mat
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turn all ten toes to the right so notice
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how i come onto the knife
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edge of that left foot i'm going to
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bring this right foot
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close the rim towards the midline of the
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body now i stomp down through the right
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heel and lift the right arm up
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working into the i-t-band into the glute
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mead
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which is that space between the gluteus
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minimus and the big gluteus maximus and
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this space gets really tight when we do
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a lot of running so we're just gonna
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hang out here
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and breathe so keep pressing down to
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lift up
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lift through the hip inhale exhale right
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hand to the ground
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okay so readjust turn the toes back to
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face forward
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step the left foot back forward malasana
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and then bring the right foot back what
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goes around comes around
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left side now just organize yourself so
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you might have to bring this left foot a
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little further up
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remember the foot is to the outer edge
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of the wrist
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you can heel toe the foot to the long
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side of the mat
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and then rotate into the hip
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work in that circular motion
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and breathing into any tight spots
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working into any spots there just don't
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feel very fluid
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now switch the direction
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very nice and then let's begin to bring
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that foot in between the hands
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right knee kisses the yoga mat the hips
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glide back
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the hands come in option to bring the
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hands to blocks
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or option to fold the chest deeper
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remember we all live
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in different bodies and no matter what
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body you live in you'll probably
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get to a place where you're just like
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that feels tight
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which is like me right now but i don't
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want you to see it as like
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i feel really tight i want you to see it
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as like
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yay i feel thai and i'm practicing yoga
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and i get to
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experience this delicious process of
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opening some more
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so let's really begin to do that as you
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inhale lengthen the spine the toes join
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in
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as you exhale lead with your sternum
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fold just a little bit deeper
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good now bend back into the knee shift
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forward
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walk the hands to your left thigh take
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your time there is no rush
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in this process instead we can just
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really
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simmer in this entire process of
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opening should feel really yummy
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now take a moment here engage in your
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abdominal wall
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pressing down through the right shin and
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the big left toe
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and then once you've got that
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stabilization the arms lift up
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this time your left hand grabs hold of
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the right wrist
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i reach up through the right hand and
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then reach over to the left
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hmm hip flexors so as entire right side
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of the body get the breath
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involved inhale
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exhale gorgeous hands come up
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and then the hands go down let's go for
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the it bench stretch
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curl the right toes under glide the knee
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off the yoga mat turn the toes to the
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left
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and then just bring that left foot
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closer into the midline of the body
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i press down through my points of
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contact the feet and the right hand and
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then extend the left arm up
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we really want to balance and stabilize
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the glute mead because that's a healthy
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place for the biomechanics of the body
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so keep breathing and opening and
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expanding
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inhale exhale hand comes down
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feet turn back to face forward and then
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this time the left foot is going to step
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back
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downward facing dog spread all ten
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fingers and all ten toes bend into their
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knees
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and lift your hips up with lots of
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buoyancy
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and vitality and energy and then take a
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big breath in
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and then a full breath out
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okay yogi so we're gonna work through a
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little flow to get everything mobilized
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and energized which will be perfect
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pre or post room so with your next
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breath in
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let's have you bring your right leg up
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and back behind you
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i want you to find some resistance to
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this right leg so you're not just
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flinging it all the way back
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with that resistance draw the right knee
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in towards your chest
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shift yourself forward and then step the
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foot all the way forward
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in between the hands if it doesn't quite
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get there just give it a little wiggling
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up
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soften down through the left knee find
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that strong base
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extend the arms up low lunge super
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simple
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we're going to begin to move with the
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breath so inhale
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as you exhale drop the hands down
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step the left foot to the top of the
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yoga mat
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drop the skull and just begin to soften
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through the entire back body
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so let the face be soft and let your
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skull just melt down
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and encourage everyone to bring the
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weight forward here into the ball of the
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feet so you can access your hamstrings
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some more
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nice now press down through the feet and
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start to roll the body all the way up to
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standing
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engage those legs lift the arms up
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open the chest palms touch breathing in
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as you breathe out fold all the way back
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down to the ground
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allow the breath to really guide the
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movement as if he was running
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halfway lift from here so your hands are
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going to come to your shins you can use
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that connection to lengthen the back
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releasing any tightness in the lower
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back
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in the thoracic spine as we exhale the
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hands are going to frame the right foot
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and you'll step the left foot to the
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back of the mat
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soften down through the left knee we're
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just reversing
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press down and then lift the hands up
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take a
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big beautiful breath in as you breathe
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out hands down right foot steps back
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downward facing dog one cycle of breath
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inhale exhale
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gorgeous lift those left toes up and
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back
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find some resistance like you're moving
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through honey
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so yes there's a stickiness but
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everything is also sweet
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and then the knee comes in
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for all the way forward in between those
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thumbs
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right knee down to the ground from the
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ground you rise up to the sky
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hands up inhale release the hands
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forward and down exhale let this almost
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be like a meditation and moving
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meditation
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right foot comes forward and we fold
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forward
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weight comes forward into the toes
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releasing the hammies dropping the
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skull with the heavy head roll all the
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way up
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and then reach the hands up let the
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hands connect with one another so this
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is super intentional
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breathe in as you breathe out we fold
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lengthen and elongate the spine
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from your forward fold bring the hands
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to the shins and
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inhale halfway lift
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exhale this time we frame the left foot
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right foot steps
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all the way back back back back right
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knee down
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extend through the arms inhale
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hands down downward facing dog
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exhale good take a big breath
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in full breath out
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[Music]
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now let's move on so bring this right
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foot behind the left wrist
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you're on the knife edge of the foot the
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right knee is up into the chest
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we're gonna work through something
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called active pigeon this is a really
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great way to strengthen the hip flexors
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so breathe in here as you breathe out
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lower the right knee to hover
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behind the right wrist hover hover hover
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don't drop the knee
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keep the left heel pushing back inhale
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knee comes back up into the chest
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exhale we lower let's just do one more
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round
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inhale bring the knee up exhale the knee
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hovers
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from the ground we hold for three
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navel is in chest is open two
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smiling helps on one shin comes down
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now reposition the right heel close to
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the left hip flexor
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drop the left knee and just send it
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further back so we
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work deeper into the hips take a moment
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to just elongate through the spine
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as you lift and breathe in breathe into
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the chest cavity
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inhale as you exhale slowly walk the
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hands
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forward come down onto your forearms
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restorative pigeon pose now we'll be
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here for about 60 seconds
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and you have the option to stay here in
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restorative pigeon
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or you can take a twist and work deeper
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into the quad
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in which case you will bring the left
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arm under the right arm
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as you soften through the left shoulder
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and then bend the left knee
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reach the right hand to grab for the
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foot just try it on for size
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if you reach back and you're just like
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that feels too much
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then just release the foot come back to
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the first variation
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and then wherever you are try to connect
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back to a flowing breath
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hmm connect to a flow state
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a flow stay is a direction of energy
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without hindrance or resistance
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and you probably already experienced a
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state of flow before
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if you've been running and you can just
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perform to the very best of your ability
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and when we're in the state of flow our
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critical part of the brain begins to
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shut down
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which leaves space for other parts of
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the brain to really open up
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to expand to flourish it's what we call
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being in the zone
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so really be in the zone find yourself
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there take a breath in
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and then a deep breath out
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connect to that flowing breath
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and then let's start to come on out
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release the foot
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bring the hands under the shoulders
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press yourself all the way up
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curl the left tootsies under and we'll
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begin to meet in downward facing dog
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push the heels down and just pedal the
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feet out
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i have lost a little bit of life in that
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right leg
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i gained a new one depends which way you
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look at it
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okay left side bring the left foot
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behind the right wrist you're on the
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knife edge of the foot
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you press down through your points of
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contact as you take a breath in
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and draw the left knee into the chest as
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you breathe out
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knee hovers behind the left wrist hover
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hover hover don't drop the knee inhale
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bring the knee back up into the chest
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exhale lower one more you're doing
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amazing
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inhale exhale to hover
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and we hold we stabilize we're strong
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three two
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one one shin comes down left heel
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readjust closer in towards the right hip
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flexor
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right knee kisses the mat and then i
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just send it further back
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i stay lifted through the chest as i
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really prepare for pigeon pose
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you can imagine your chest is like a
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pillow right now and as you breathe in
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you're gonna fluff up the pillow puff it
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up inhale
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exhale begin to walk the hands forward
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and fold into
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an imaginary pillow so bring the
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forearms down
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okay so you can stay here or you can go
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for the twist
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where the right arm threads under the
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left arm
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right shoulder softens right knee bends
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left hand reaches back you can just try
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it on for size
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again it might feel a little intense
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[Music]
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and then just begin to simmer into the
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variation that
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you went to
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notice what comes up maybe just doing a
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body scan from
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the crown of your head to the tips of
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your toes
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bringing in that awareness
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and if there's any little bits of
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irritation that begins to bubble up
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just allow it it's just the nervous
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system trying to hang on
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before it let's go
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now utilize the breath let it flow
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inhale
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[Music]
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exhale
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alrighty let's begin to find our exit
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strategy
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right foot drops back if you reached for
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it hands reposition
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under the shoulders press up
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and then this time we're going to soften
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onto the left hip
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the right leg is going to swing all the
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way around
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and the right leg should meet the inside
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of the left foot just like a jigsaw
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piece so we'll come to
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figure eight pose i'll just reposition
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so you can see right toes are flexed
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drawing in
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i'm grounded down through my sitting
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bones lift the arms up
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and then breathe in as you breathe out
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twist towards the right and fold over
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the right leg
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and just go on your own journey here so
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the hands can come by the side of the
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leg
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or you may have the flexibility to walk
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the hands forward grabbing hold of the
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right foot
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just begin to speak to every sensation
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that you feel with
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your breath and we can speak to all of
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those sensations with the breath
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we can shift our mindset from being so
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goal orientated to
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just enjoying this bodily experience
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so do that breathe into your body inhale
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[Music]
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exhale and again breathe in
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breathe out
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one more cycle inhale
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exhale
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slowly does it lift the chest up
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extend the left leg sole of the right
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foot to the inside of the left thigh
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press down through your sitting bones as
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you extend through the left toes
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and then reach the arms up breathe in
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twist to the left and fold over the leg
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as you breathe out
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again just go on your own adventure
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soften and then find stillness
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now normally generally with runners
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there is an element to
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the intensity of running that is
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actually really comfortable
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and it's this stillness this
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slow pace this quiet place that
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people actually find uncomfortable
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so notice if that's you
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can you just bring awareness and
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attention to the breath
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making your last three cycles even
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longer
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even deeper
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even louder
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very nice now start to lift the chest
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all the way up
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okay so we're going to work through our
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very last position of this practice
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and it's called legs of the wall pose
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and it pretty much is what it says on
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the tin
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so i want you to slide your butt next to
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a wall
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or a window or a pillar whatever you've
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got
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slide the hips up so get nice and close
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get nice and comfortable
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with your wall and then stack the feet
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up over the hips
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now you can place a little pillow under
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the hips
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just for a little bit of extra elevation
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or if you want more weight you can add a
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pillow to the feet
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and then just begin to close your eyes
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now this is a really great pose to
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release the lymph
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and other fluids that can lead to
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swollen ankles and sore knees
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and over time we can just like gravity
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as sisters
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you will begin to feel this
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slow releasing sensation
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as the blood begins to move
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in the opposite direction
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and although this is a super restorative
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position as the blood
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does move towards the head we normally
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leave this
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pose feeling super energized and
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charged up so with that
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i'm gonna leave you right here
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and you will know when it's time to come
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out
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so just trust your body close your eyes
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and allow this slow releasing process
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to take place
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it's been my honor to guide you thanks
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so much for joining me
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and i'll see you next time
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