WEBVTT 00:00:00.386 --> 00:00:06.742 - Learn Monroe County. If you don't learn, then you're gonna die. We're here at Bloomington Collective, 00:00:06.742 --> 00:00:13.160 - and I'm in tights. Check this out. We're here at Bloomington Yoga Collect, that's the name. That's the 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:19.641 - name. Bloomington Yoga Collective, and my, what a beautiful studio this is. This is, they brought these 00:00:19.641 --> 00:00:26.122 - in from South America. Gorgeous. It's amazing. We're here with Wyatt Kenley, and sometimes we high five 00:00:26.122 --> 00:00:28.926 - when we hang out with each other. Wyatt, hi. 00:00:29.122 --> 00:00:36.975 - So tell me a little bit about yoga. What is yoga? Yoga means to join. It's like a union between mind 00:00:36.975 --> 00:00:40.318 - and body. Like marriage but with yourself. 00:00:40.578 --> 00:00:47.237 - Yes, that's exactly it. Yeah, you're marrying two parts of yourself. Because I always thought of myself 00:00:47.237 --> 00:00:53.704 - as three separate entities, right? There's my body, there's my mind, and there's a little ghost that 00:00:53.704 --> 00:01:00.107 - travels behind me and judges everything. You need some yoga. I think I need some yoga. So how long, 00:01:00.107 --> 00:01:06.574 - you're an instructor, how long have you been instructing for? 2018, it's about six years. Six years? 00:01:06.574 --> 00:01:10.544 - We'll call it seven years. It's a lucky number. That's right. 00:01:10.544 --> 00:01:17.724 - Downward Face Dog and Warrior. Yes. And maybe a couple others I haven't heard of. The most important 00:01:17.724 --> 00:01:24.905 - thing though is your breath. So Wyatt, Wyatt's going to teach us yoga. And what are, what are, like, 00:01:24.905 --> 00:01:32.085 - what are, how do you start yoga? The most important thing to start yoga. Yes. Is centering. Meaning, 00:01:32.085 --> 00:01:39.550 - find your breath. Right, so we're going to come to a child's pose position. What is finding your breath? 00:01:39.938 --> 00:01:47.383 - It means being aware of your breath and being aware of you being in the moment and not acknowledging 00:01:47.383 --> 00:01:54.828 - how much you wanted to crash out during the day. So it's like a mindfulness thing. It's mindfulness. 00:01:54.828 --> 00:02:02.421 - I like that. I try to practice mindfulness. And also, I do meditation. Is there a connection at night? 00:02:02.421 --> 00:02:08.318 - At night? Before I sleep. You meditate before you sleep? Yes. Just lying there? 00:02:40.002 --> 00:02:49.259 - You can take a nice deep breath in through your nose and open mouth, exhale if you could. Full breath 00:02:49.259 --> 00:02:58.335 - in and exhale. Just be vulnerable. Just let it go. Last time, full breath in and just know that you 00:02:58.335 --> 00:03:02.782 - were always loved as a child and always will be. 00:03:09.570 --> 00:03:14.912 - You like that? We're going to slowly get to rise up to a table top position, bringing your shoulders 00:03:14.912 --> 00:03:20.359 - over to your knees. Nice and neutral spine here. Do you feel that support from the ground beneath you? 00:03:20.359 --> 00:03:25.753 - Yes, it's there. I want you to spread those fingers wide. Now, we're going to find a cow pose. You're 00:03:25.753 --> 00:03:31.518 - going to pull the heart forward, pull the shoulders away from the ears, and try not to, like, tense so much. 00:05:05.346 --> 00:05:11.663 - You're going to stay at the position. You feel those legs turn on. Bring those feet together. Okay. 00:05:11.663 --> 00:05:18.359 - Bring those arms up overhead. Bring those palms together overhead. Bring your gaze up toward those palms. 00:05:18.359 --> 00:05:24.739 - Take a deep breath in and then exhale. Bring those palms down to heart center. I want you to find an 00:05:24.739 --> 00:05:31.120 - intention for your practice today. Take a moment. If you want to share your intention, you certainly 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:34.910 - can. I want to learn yoga. That's a good intention. Inhale. 00:05:35.458 --> 00:05:44.447 - And then exhale forward and just hang nice and heavy here. Letting the weight work on your shoulders, 00:05:44.447 --> 00:05:53.260 - your neck, your back, your feet, your crack. I can do that. Sometimes my cousin tells me to work my 00:05:53.260 --> 00:06:00.222 - **** out. Is he gay? No, she's uh, I think she's queer in some regard I think. 00:06:27.426 --> 00:06:29.278 - Keep those hips high, keep those heels low. 00:08:07.074 --> 00:08:13.414 - And sometimes hold there. We do this thing called a hands on assist. I want you to press your foot into 00:08:13.414 --> 00:08:19.937 - my hand. Press harder. Harder. Harder. And then exhale. Send that knee forward and press that foot between 00:08:19.937 --> 00:08:25.546 - the hands. Find the low lunge here. Beautiful, Ethan. How do you feel? Do you feel relaxed? 00:08:25.546 --> 00:08:31.642 - I'm sort of like, my body and mind are a lot wired. And that's what happens at Bloomington Yielding 00:08:31.642 --> 00:08:36.702 - Collective. That's right. So curl that toe. Excellent. Keep that left knee lifted. 00:08:38.754 --> 00:08:43.792 - standing lunge here, crescent lunge or high lunge, how do you want to identify this pose? I'm breathing, 00:08:43.792 --> 00:08:48.782 - right? I hear it, it's great, great. Keep those hips neutral, I don't see those hips neutral. What does 00:08:48.782 --> 00:08:49.310 - that mean? 00:11:23.362 --> 00:11:32.295 - The original. Yeah. And what is it about? It's about centering. And the breath. And finding your breath. 00:11:32.295 --> 00:11:40.803 - It's the original exercise. It's the Snoop Dogg exercises. It's the Yo Double G. This has been yoga 00:11:40.803 --> 00:11:49.566 - at the Bloomington Yoga Collective with Wyatt McKinley. He's leaving soon, so get your butts in there. 00:11:52.898 --> 00:12:01.039 - I can see it. Absolutely. Let's go back to the studio. Thanks, Ethan. Thank you, Wyatt, and thank you, 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:08.469 - Bloomington Yoga Collective. We know each other. That's right. Yeah. We don't gotta be weird. 00:12:08.469 --> 00:12:10.366 - That's true. All right.