Wind-Down Stretch

Hi, I'm Rina. Thanks for joining me today. This is a 20 minute yoga class that focuses on restorative stretches to get you into a nice, relaxed state. We'll start with a five minute meditation that focuses on appreciation. After that, we'll have 15 minutes of gentle movement with special attention to your back. Let's get started. Sitting up tall, shoulder blades draw together, hands over the knees, and close your eyes. Begin to take deep breaths in and out through the nose. Take a deep breath in for the count of one, two, three, and as you exhale for three, two, one. One more time, inhale for one, two, three, and exhale for three, two, one. Bring your hands together in front of your heart and set an intention for today's class, realizing that appreciation is a form of valuing what you have and what you don't have. Place your hands right back down onto your knees. With your eyes closed, expanding the sides of your body, exhaling entirely, and inhale again for one, two, three, rhythm of the breath, and exhale, three, two, one. Relax your tongue in your mouth. Inhale one, two, three, and exhale, three, two, one. Connecting with your breath is the easiest way for you to show appreciation to your life. Every single breath, keep breathing with the rhythm, inhale one, two, three, exhale, three, two, one. Because every time that you breathe, it's a way to remind yourself that yes, you are here, you matter, you are enough, and that you can carry that with you with everything that you do, everything that you have, and what you don't have. Inhaling for one, two, three, exhaling for three, two, one. Keep it smooth, inhale one, two, three, exhale three, two, one. (gentle music) And in this centered space, we can start to move our body gently. Not too quickly, that same slow rhythm. Inhale, bring your chest forward and arch back. Exhale, round your back and look towards your belly button. Inhale, bring the chest forward and arch back, and exhale, round your back and look at your belly button. One more time, inhale, chest forward and arch back, and exhale, round your back and look towards your belly button. Inhale, come back to the center. We're gonna do circles with our chest here. So you're gonna exhale back, inhale forward, exhale back, inhale forward, exhale back, inhale forward and switch directions. Good, exhale back. Inhale forward. Exhale back. Inhale forward. One more circle, exhale back and inhale forward. Beautiful, you're gonna bring your left arm by your side, right arm up and over the ear and stretch the right side of your body for three deep breaths, two deep breaths, and one, inhale gently coming up. Bring the right arm down, left arm up and over the head, opening up the chest, taking three deep breaths, two deep breaths, one more full breath. And come back to the center. You're gonna cup...