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Yoga for Kids with Rachel Rush
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Jul 15, 2020
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hello everyone karen glasser here and
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welcome to once upon a yoga time i'm so
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glad you're here
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we have a great great day planned for
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you today
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and we'd love to hear from you so
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whether you're here live or on replay it
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doesn't matter we love you comment below
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and say hi so let's jump in and have
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some fun today we are welcoming back the
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creator of
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mindful circle rachel rush she created
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mindful circle to bring the practice of
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mindfulness and yoga to families and
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schools rachel's goal is to help
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students live in the present
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moment and enjoy life and so we welcome
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rachel to the show hey rachel welcome
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back hi thank you so much
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really happy to have you here it's kind
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of sad this is your last time with us
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and um just want to thank you because
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the classes have been
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phenomenal and all of our friends out
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there you know the drill
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get comfortable with whoever came
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because we have
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yoga time for you today are you ready
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okay there we go sounds good
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hi everyone thank you so much for
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joining us today i'm really excited for
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today's class
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because it's a heart opening class and
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we're really going to focus on our
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hearts
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and sending love to ourselves and anyone
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in our lives or around the world that
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might need some extra love today
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so we're going to begin by stretching
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our arms
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way up high taking a big deep breath in
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and exhaling bringing our arms down
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let's do that again big inhale up
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and exhaling our arms down we'll do
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one more just to settle our minds and
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our bodies big inhale up
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and exhale our arms down we could even
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make a big
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heart so you can put your hands at your
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heart center and we'll take a big
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inhale bringing our arms up and around
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exhaling bringing your hands to your
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knees
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and we'll try that the opposite way so
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starting at our knees
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big inhale exhale bring your hands to
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your heart center
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all right so now that we've taken a few
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deep breaths
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we might feel a little bit more calm
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maybe we even feel excited
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and today i'd like you to put one hand
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on your heart
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just notice your heartbeat
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if it's fast or slow
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and today we'll just take some time to
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appreciate
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all of the amazing things our heart does
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for us
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and for others so let's go ahead
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and sit crisscross if you're not already
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and
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we will be doing some heart opening
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poses today so where we're really
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bringing our chest and our heart forward
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and opening it up
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so we'll begin by taking some sufi rolls
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so we're just going to go down and
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around
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and when you come back you can kind of
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round your back
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and then when you come forward you can
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arch it a little bit
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so just warming up our spine here
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you can go slow or a little faster
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and then let's stop and go in the
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opposite direction
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you can kind of switch which way you go
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notice what feels good what might need
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some warming up
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all right i love these souffy rolls
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warms up my whole body
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okay then we're going to come on to our
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mats
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and we'll come into tabletop i'm sure
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many of you are familiar with this
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and we'll warm up um but before we do
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i'd like you to bring your feet together
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and sit back
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on your heels coming into child's pose
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so you'll bring your heart down to your
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mat or to the floor
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and just rest your forehead on the mat
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take a nice deep breath here
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you can walk your hands over to one side
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stretching out your side
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and then we'll walk our hands to the
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opposite side
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come back to center and just reach your
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heart forward
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and then we'll come up to tabletop so
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knees are directly under our hips
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and our hands are directly under our
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shoulders
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and we're going to push into the mat as
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we lift
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our tailbone up and our chest forward
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coming into cow pose
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exhale round your back tuck your chin
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coming into cat
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and then we'll inhale coming into cow
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this is another heart opener bringing
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our heart forward
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exhale come into cow sorry to cat
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and we'll do that one more time you can
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do a few on your own
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all right and we're going to do this
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balancing pose that i always start my
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classes with
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but today pay special attention because
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we're going to going to add
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an extra part to it that's a little bit
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of a challenge so we'll push our right
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foot back
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stretching our calf muscle here
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and then we'll lift our back foot and
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then try to lift your left hand
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up we'll just start with this on this
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side
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seeing how our balance is today staring
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at one point on your mat
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and then we'll release and kind of
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wiggle it out and let's try it on the
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other side so pushing your left foot
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back
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and lifting it up and then raising your
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right arm
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up checking your balance on this side
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i have to catch my balance a little bit
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and then we'll place everything down
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wiggle it out wiggle wiggle okay so now
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here's the
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the extra challenge so we'll place our
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right foot back again
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lifting up our foot and our arm and this
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time i want you to see if you can bend
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your back leg
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and grab your foot and kind of
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kick your foot into your hand and reach
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your heart forward
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how's it going for everyone and then
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we'll
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gently place our knee and our palm back
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on the ground
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so that's just a fun extra balancing
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challenge
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and it really opens up our heart so
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let's try it on the other side
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let's press our left foot back raise it
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up
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not too high just about hip height and
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then our right arm comes forward
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and here comes the extra challenge see
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if you can bend that knee
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grab your foot and kick into your hands
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bring your heart forward and gaze
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forward
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all right and then we'll gently place
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everything down
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we'll take another cat and cow just to
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warm up our bodies
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okay and then can you guess what we're
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going to do next
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let's tuck our toes push firmly into our
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palms and we'll lift our hips
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up and back coming into downward facing
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dog
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i always like to warm up with downward
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facing dog we always come back to this
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position
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or if it's too much you can always do
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child's pose instead
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we'll bend our knees one at a time
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walking our dog stretching it out
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this always feels really nice and then
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we'll take a sun salutation
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so we're going to bend our knees and you
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can
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step or hop to the front of the mat and
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you can widen your feet a little bit and
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just hang down low
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swing back and forth you can get your
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elephant trunk out
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or you can grab your elbows whatever
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feels
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really good here and then we're going to
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slowly as slow as you can
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come all the way up to the top all right
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how's everyone doing
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hopefully you're feeling nice and warm
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we'll place our hands at our heart
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center
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and lift our arms all the way up lifting
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our heart up to the sky too
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and then we're going to fold forward
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lift up halfway bringing our hands to
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our shins
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placing our hands on the ground and you
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can jump back or step back
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and we're going to lower all the way
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down to our mat
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and let's bring our hands right by our
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ribs squeeze our elbows in
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look forward and bring your heart up up
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up as you reach up and then we'll bring
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it back down
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let's try that again bringing our heart
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forward lifting it up higher and higher
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maybe you even come up to upward facing
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dog
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and then we'll tuck our toes and push
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back to downward facing dog
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all right so now we're going to come
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into our first standing pose we're going
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to bring our right leg
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back and up over and then we'll bring
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our knee to our nose and step it through
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our hands
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and your front foot will be flat and
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your back foot you'll just be on your
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toes back
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here and we're going to come into
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crescent pose
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so arms are up high we're using our
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tummy muscles
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our legs pressing our feet firmly into
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the ground
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and here's where our heart opener comes
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in so we're going to clasp our hands
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behind our back
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and then push our heart forward
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and reach up to the sky sending love to
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anyone you want to send it to today
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and then we'll even fold over our leg
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and then come back up release our hands
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good and then we're just going to switch
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our feet real quick so
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let's switch feet bringing your left
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foot forward and your right foot back
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and you can keep this back leg straight
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or bend it whatever feels better for you
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remember to listen to your body so hands
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on our hips
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and then we're going to reach up clasp
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our hands behind
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our our backs
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and reach our hearts up to the sky
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and then we'll gently fold over
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and come back up this is called heroes
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pose
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maybe there's a hero in your life you'd
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like to send some love to today
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and then we'll release our hands shake
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it out and
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come to the center so both feet are
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facing forward
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hands can be on your hips and we're
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going to gently fold forward
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bring our hands down to the mat
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getting a nice stretch here
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and we'll lift halfway up and then i'd
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like you to put your hands
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just above your knees and we're going to
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bend our knees a little bit and go side
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to side
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stretching it out
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and we're going to dip our left shoulder
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down and our right shoulder
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up bringing our heart to the right
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side stretching out our backs
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and we'll come to the center and try
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that on the other side too
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oh this one always feels really good
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how's everyone doing
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hopefully these stretches feel good
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maybe you can make up your own thing to
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do in this position
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go side to side take a couple extra
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stretches
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all right are you guys ready for some
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more challenging poses
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i know i am so let's jump back to center
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jump back and come up to the top of our
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mat
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we'll take another sun salutation so
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bringing our arms up high
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reaching up this is called utita
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hastasana
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we're going to forward fold inhale
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halfway up exhale plant your palms on
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the mat step back
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and we'll lower all the way down into
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cobra
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so coming up or
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you can lift all the way up into upward
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facing dog
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either one's just fine and then come all
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the way back to your mat
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good and we're going to clasp our hands
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behind our back
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and see if you can lift your heart up
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just for an extra challenge
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all right one more breath here and then
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really said
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okay so tuck your toes you can come up
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back up to tabletop
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or go directly into downward facing dog
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stretch out those legs stretching now
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feeling good our hearts are open our
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minds and bodies are open
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okay so we're going to tuck your toes
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and you can hop to the top of your mat
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or walk up whatever's easier for you
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or feels better and at the top of your
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mat
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you can still face this way i'm going to
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face yeah i'll face this way too that
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sounds pretty good
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so we're going to come into a couple of
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balancing poses
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that are heart openers as well so you
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might be familiar with warrior three
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and we're going to start with that one
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so feet are at the top of your mat
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and let's place all of our weight into
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our left foot so feel all of your weight
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and then we're going to bring our hands
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to our heart center and just warm up our
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balancing skills here
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and we'll start to move forward and
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forward
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you can bend your front leg too and come
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into warrior three
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we've done this before and had an
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airplane arms
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you can have superman or superwoman arms
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and then bring your hands to your heart
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center
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see noticing how your balance is today
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and then we can bring
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it right back okay let's try that on the
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other side
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sometimes my left side is easier than my
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right side and that's perfectly fine
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let's let's see how we're doing so now
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we'll put all of our weight into our
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right foot
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hands are in our heart center and we'll
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slowly lean forward
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bending that front knee just a little
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bit you can bring out your
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airplane arms your superhero arms
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how's the balance if you fall out of it
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it's totally fine you can just hop right
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back into it
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okay so we're just going to twist it out
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stretch it out a little bit
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now that we've warmed up with some
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balancing we're going to go into dancer
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pose which is one of my favorite poses
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because it's balance
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it's opening up our chest and our heart
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and
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i feel really powerful when i do it so
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notice how you feel
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during this pose okay so
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i'm going to put all my weight into my
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left foot and then i'm going to bend my
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right knee
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and grab my foot you can grab the
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outside
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or the inside i kind of prefer the
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outside
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and i'm going to bring my left arm
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forward for balance
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and then what i'll do just like warrior
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three is slowly lean
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forward and this time i'll kick my foot
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push my foot into my hand
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and come forward into dancer pose
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and as you kick your foot into your hand
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it might help you balance a little bit
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more
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and then you can just try to move
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forward or go up
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see where you're comfortable and then
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you can come back down
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really gently how was that for you guys
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remember these are some tricky poses so
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if you fall out of it
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that just means you're growing and
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you're trying new things which is pretty
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awesome
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so let's try it on the other side
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we'll place our right foot down grab
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our left foot and then bring your right
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arm forward for balance
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and kick that left foot into your hand
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pushing your foot into your hands
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and coming forward into dancer pose
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maybe bend that front knee and try to
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look at one thing that's not
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moving to help you with your balance
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and then you can slowly fell out of it a
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little
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gently come back to center maybe twist
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out a little bit stretch out your back
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you can fold
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forward and come back
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up how'd everyone do did you guys like
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dancer pose
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remember you can always practice it
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another thing is you can grab onto
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something to practice too
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so maybe you have a piece of furniture
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to grab onto
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just make sure that we're being safe and
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listening to our bodies
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okay so let's come down to our mat
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and we're going to try
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another heart opening pose and for this
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one i really want to emphasize to be
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safe
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and listen to your body so if anything
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is uncomfortable you can just come right
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out of the pose
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the important thing is that we're not
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forcing it so we'll warm up first we're
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going to
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have our knees directly under our hips
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we'll just be on our knees for this
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and we're going to place our hands on
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our low back
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and squeeze our elbows in and for this
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pose we're going to lead with our hearts
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so we're going to lift up our heart
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and slowly move back
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and look up at the ceiling and then
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come forward so we'll just start with
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that we're really going to use our tummy
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muscles
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we're tucking our tailbone down to
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protect our back
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and our knees and we're leading with our
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heart
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so instead of just thinking of falling
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back
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think about your heart reaching back up
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and back
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as you go so let's try that one more
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time hands are directly
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our low back and then we'll lift up
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coming back tucking your tailbone
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and then you can see if you can reach
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back and feel your ankles
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and if you're ready you can grab both of
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your ankles
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or if you just want to stay right here
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you can do that as well
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we're still warming up for this pose
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okay so let's try it the last one you
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can try to grab your ankles if you
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haven't already and this is called camel
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pose
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and it's a huge heart opener it really
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opens our chest
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our hearts and our lungs it just feels
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really good
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so remember you can just stay right here
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or if you'd like to grab your ankles you
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can try it so
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let's see i'm going to notice how my
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body's feeling today sometimes i jump
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into this pose and sometimes i take it a
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little bit slow
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so here we go so hands are on our backs
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up and i think i'm just going to grab my
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right ankle today
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oh maybe my left and then come back out
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all right how's everyone feeling were
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you able to do camel pose
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or maybe you just stayed right here and
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that's perfectly fine too
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oh i like that one a lot i think it's
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kind of fun
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sometimes on the last part i get a
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little nervous to reach back but if
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you're feeling good
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you can go for it all right everyone
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so let's bring our legs out in front of
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us
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and just put your hands on your heart
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for a moment
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notice if it's beating fast
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mine's definitely beating faster than it
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was at the beginning of class
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all right so let's reach our arms up
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high
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and then we will fold forward stretching
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out our legs
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and then i'm going to reach my arms up
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and
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twist to the side stretching out my back
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after camel pose
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one more time up and to the side
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good and then we're going to come into
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child's pose
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just like we started at the beginning of
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class so our knees are out wide
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feet are together sit back just sink
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into your mat
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take a couple of deep breaths here
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and then we'll come up
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and we're going to slowly
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lean all the way back onto our mats
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let's hug our knees
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in hugging them in giving ourselves a
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big
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hug sending ourselves some love
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appreciating that we're trying new
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things and exercising our bodies
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and then we'll grab one knee
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and bring our other foot out long
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stretch this leg up to the sky
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bend it and then let's bring this knee
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across
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our body and then our right arm can come
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out
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and we'll gaze over our opposite
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shoulder
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stretching out starting to cool down a
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bit
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and then we'll bring that knee back up
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and grab the opposite knee for me it's
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the left one
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stretch my left leg up to the sky
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bend that knee bring it over across your
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body
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you can gaze over your left shoulder
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stretching out
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and then we'll bring our knees back to
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center and cram onto the outside of your
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feet
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coming into happy baby
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you can sway side to side you can
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straighten the leg
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whatever feels good just taking a moment
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to hang out here
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and then we'll grab our knees squeeze
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really really tight last
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hug of the day giving yourself a big
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squeeze
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and on your exhale we'll release into
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savasana
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just laying on our backs in our final
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resting pose
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and i'd like you to bring one hand to
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your heart one hand to your belly
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and just notice your breath as it moves
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in
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and out of your body
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and take a moment to appreciate your
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heart and
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all the wonderful things it does for you
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every day
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our hearts keep us alive
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keep energy flowing through our body
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and they also give us compassion and
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love
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take a couple more breaths here
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and then you can tuck your knees in
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bringing them up and curl over to one
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side
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and gently press yourself up into a
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seated position
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and we'll place our hands on our knees
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and then both hands on our heart
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and we're going to send some
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heartfulness some kind wishes
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to ourselves
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so you can just repeat this out loud or
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in your mind
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may i be happy
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may i be healthy
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may i be at peace
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and then maybe choose someone special in
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your life
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that you'd like to send this message to
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may you be happy may you be healthy
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may you be at peace
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and we can send it out to the whole
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world
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may we all be happy
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may we all be healthy
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may we all be at peace
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remember you can send these kind wishes
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and love to anyone at any time
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so we'll bring our hands to our heart
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center take a big deep breath in
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bringing our hands overhead
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bringing our palms together passing our
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thumbs through our forehead
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our nose our mouth and landing in our
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heart center
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and together we'll say namaste
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that was so wonderful
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and i hope that our viewers whether
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you're here live or on replay you send
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out you open your heart and you send out
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these amazing amazing
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blessings really they're blessings to
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everyone
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we have a download for everyone i'm
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going to put them up here
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and this is your once upon a yoga time
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um much success and i know that our
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can always go back and watch
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go out there and give somebody a
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next week on once upon a story time
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goodbye everyone
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