good morning yogis this is a 10 minute morning yoga full body stretch not using any props today so you're fine just the way you are if you're new to this morning yoga movement this is day five of a 30 day challenge that i have going on you're welcome to just jump right in and do this video on its own or if you want to i would love for you to join us for the entire program you can click the first link that's right below in the description box or better yet go watch the day zero
introductory introduction video to this challenge to learn more about it so a full body stretch we are going to start this one lying down on our backs and we'll start actually as you lay down just pull your knees in towards your belly holding on wherever feels the best to you just with a little bit of movement by rocking side to side so a great thing about this morning yoga movement is that we use affirmations as a way to theme each of our practices and to really help set the tone for the day ahead and our
affirmation today is one of my own personal favorites that i've been using myself for years and it's i am a money magnet so as you hold here throughout the practice and also just throughout your day see what it feels like to repeat this to yourself a few times i am a money magnet and keep the hold of your knees maybe widen them a little bit more so it's going more towards shoulders and armpits and this might be enough or you can come into your happy baby pose holding onto the soles of the feet widening the
knees and again you might just rock a little bit getting deeper into the hips try to keep your tailbone pressing to the floor soften your shoulders your neck your head so how would your day go if you operated on the belief that you are a money magnet and that's really how we want to work with all of these affirmations what would it look like if you believed this to be true for yourself and carefully release your feet down to the floor and widen them towards the edges of your mat and you can just relax your
arms we're just going to drop the knees down side to side in a little windshield wiper motion this is really great for your low back notice if there's any tension there that you need to be mindful of take about one more in each direction and coming back to center walk your feet in feed our hip with distance apart and just lift up into a little bridge pose squeeze your glutes push into your heels and hug through your inner thighs as you lift up big belly breath exhale to roll all the way back down and let's
come all the way up we're going to go right away into our first downward facing dog so you'll want to have your hands shoulder with the sense of heart feet or hip with distance apart tuck your toes under and lift your hips up and back and just go ahead and alternate here as you paddle through your feet maybe swaying the hips wagging the tail a little bit relaxing your head we'll find a ragdoll fold at the top of the mat so walk your feet forward keep them pretty wide and you can bend your knees a
lot holding onto the elbows swaying side to side just a nice way to decompress through the spine gentle traction and release fingertips down to the floor bend your knees generously and roll all the way up inch by inch so from here we're going to come into a goddess stance so you can widen your feet and you want to turn your heels in and your toes out kind of pointing towards the top corners of your mat as you inhale reach out long through your arms this is your star pose and as you exhale sink down into
that goddess pose as you bend the elbows and bend the knees and you're trying to squeeze your knees open inhale straighten and exhale sink it down one more and exhale and now holding here bring your hands to your thighs and drop your right shoulder down roll the left shoulder back a little twist here switching sides left shoulder down right shoulder back and now facing down towards the mat bring your fingertips to the floor and bend into your right knee as you straighten the left leg maybe flex the foot as you drop the hips down inhale
come all the way up and switch sides left knee bends right leg is straight we'll go once more on each side skandasana right knee bends and left knee bends come all the way to center and turn your feet in so they're parallel towards the shorter edges of your mat wide wide-legged fold you're welcome to hang out here with your arms down if you'd like to stretch into your shoulders and upper back you're going to interlace your fingers and reach the knuckles up and over staying with your intention with your affirmation slow steady breaths in and
out through your nose and release your hands down towards the floor lift up flat back bring your hands to your hips push your feet into the floor and come all the way up and we're gonna do warrior two we'll do it on each side so you can turn your left toes pointing forward towards the top of the mat and bend into your left knee as you open up your arms so as you bend generously here think of squeezing that left knee open and we're just going to reverse right hand down left arm up big stretch
back to your warrior two straighten that front leg turn the left toes in and we'll just do the same thing on the other side so this time turn the right toes out and bend into your right knee trying to keep your shoulders over your hips reverse left hand down right arm up keeping that deep end in your front knee warrior two straighten your front leg bring the toes in we're gonna come back into our wide legged fold so come all the way down walk your hands towards your right foot fold in a little deeper hold
on to whatever you can here and switch sides walk your hands over to the left foot hold on and hug it in coming all the way back through to center lift up halfway hands onto your hips push your feet into the floor come all the way up and just look to the top of the mat so you can step up and we'll take a little flow from here feed our hip with distance apart inhale arms rise exhale fall down release halfway lift flat back plant your palms plank pose exhale to lower inhale cobra or upward
dog and let's find a wide legged child's pose big toes together knees apart press your hips towards your heels and take a few breaths here i'm just noticing already how the sequence feels in your body where you feel it most let's walk our hands in lift your chest and just bring your legs out in front of you we'll come into a passive forward fold so no strength necessary here we're not pushing and pulling so you probably won't be going as far as you would if you were to engage the muscles it's just a different way
of doing the pose you can turn your palms to face up and just let yourself naturally round it's a really wonderful way to stretch the entire posterior chain of muscles so everything along the back side of your body from the crown of your head down your spine down the legs into the soles of your feet a really wonderful stretch to do in the morning and push into your hands roll back up before we close let's take a little twist here bend your right knee cross your right foot over your thigh and you can open up
into a little twist hugging that thigh in close and really think of lengthening and growing a little taller unwind and switch sides left leg in left foot crosses over hug onto that leg as you open up and let's release shake it out and come to take a seat anyway that's comfortable roll your shoulders down and away from your ears really feeling the shifts that have occurred as a result of this time you've dedicated to yourself and your practice join your hands at your hearts anchor in your intention this affirmation i am a money magnet feel
it in and we'll close with a big breath in through the nose out the mouth [Applause] bowing forward namaste thank you so much yogis i hope you enjoyed day five leave me a comment below hashtag good morning so i know that you're part of the morning yoga movement and let me know how this practice went for you have a great day you are not done yet i would love for you to click on this video right here to do a five minute guided affirmation meditation also click the link down below right here in order to
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