Welcome, today is all about building courage, that stretch to open into a lightning strike. So that means a fairly wide straddle maybe even wider than what you're comfortable with. As we cultivate courage in our lives, it means we have to put ourselves in positions and situations that asked us to be courageous. So we're going to work with that state and we work with warrior to all work in a mirror image format. Let's turn out with the laptops. Why not the outer edge of the fog with the outer edge of the map, and then pivot your back foot to some sort of an angle behind you.
Being mindful not to roll into the ankle, really cheap, each corner of the back foot salad and into the floor. Now gently open your hips towards me as your hip, your glutes underneath you. Feel along through the waistline and relax through the progress. Now on the next explanation, send your property And we want to situate the knee as happening ankle. So if that means you need a longer stride, I want you to lengthen it. If that means you need a shorter stride, feel free to shorten it.
If you need a chair and work for your two, I absolutely encourage you to do that today. strapping straight down. Now imagine hugging the heels together like magnets, engaging the glutes underneath you, igniting our energy points, our navel point our identity center. Keep that energy to yourself. Now draw the arms up in front of you and so you're breaking a stick. Draw the arms externally to the shoulder blades lie down.
Now open your palms and serve your arms wide. gently turn the palms down. Turn out looking over your left shoulder fully and completely. inhale through the nose. Keep hugging your heels and sail through the notes. Inhale Trust your breath and keep your eyes on a focal point.
Just listen to my voice. When the mind is tempted to wander, remind yourself to keep yourself focused. One more breath. Exhale, lower the arms down, roll the shoulders, gently lengthen the front leg and we're going to do the same thing to the opposite side. Turn out with the toes. What was once your front foot is now your back foot, so pivot it so the heel is the furthest point back.
Level your hips and keep your belly to yourself. Then the front knee and look at your front foot. Do you need a longer stride, hugging the heels and glutes together? contract your front four. arms come up in front, pull up the arms back, break your stick and serve your arms open. Check your back on so it's behind the shoulder.
Now turning your palms down, full rotation out over the front fingertips. For the next several products. Your challenge is to not fool your eye. breed into one point only. Be courageous as you move forward. Even if you're getting fearful in your life, even if there's uncertainty cuz you're a long tail with their breed confidently after arm's length, down like the front leg, we're going to do each side.
One more time. Turn out with your left goes in with your right. And now with your pelvis back, bend your front knee, lengthen your stride, and hopefully your hips have opened up a little bit. The strength of the glutes is gonna keep you in that great space here through the pelvis. Arms drop up, break the stick, slide your arms open powerfully as you turn your palms down. Now notice how my shoulders are on top of my hips.
For year two is all about the past, present, and future. The back arm symbolizes the past strong, keep it within an arm's reach, but keep it that the future looking out towards what's ahead of you. Be optimistic, be hopeful, gaze forward with courage, but we're working with the city in the present. That's the center of our body. That's a staff position. That's going to strike Hold back courage pull that strike as you gave a few more graphs becomes often the job.
Checking with your breathing. Lower the arms down, try the opposite side like the front leg lets you over to the right. Set yourself up, level the hips. Then the front knees strong back leg hugging underside. arms come up rake the stick. strong, powerful arms as you open.
Checking the back arm turn palms down, full rotation as you gaze forward. Imagine yourself at a point in your life right now that you need courage. Free. Keep the past in the past the future ahead of you, and be okay with being exactly where you are right now. Now for the next several rounds of breath, keep your eyes on the gaze out over the fingertips. One pointedness use your breath to support that gaze.
Deep in your head, the underside of the legs welcome in any key into the wall. Welcome in your breath. You're doing great. So lower the arms down, lengthen the front leg, philosophy together. Standing tall and mountain pose or sitting in Mountain Pose. three deep breaths.
Inhale courageously. Inhale. Don't be afraid to breed. Last time take one step forward into a new day.