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