Movement Medicine - Calming Practice - Yoga With Adriene

Movement Medicine - 15 min Calming Practice is one of a two part series called Movement Medicine. It’s designed to help you cultivate balance, peace and poise.This type of practice invites you to use the power tools of breath, movement and discipline to get clear about what you want.

Practice mindfully and regularly so that you can find the energy you need to rise to the occasion you were born to.

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[Emma-zbvx]

I was just going to pick something from your channel but then I saw this and I was like YES THIS IS SOMETHING NEW AND COOL, LET'S GO! I like doing your previous ones but I also love it when every sunday there's a fresh new one waiting. c: And I'm still going strong with my 365 days of yoga that I started on January first. It never feels like a task but like a prize. c: Love it.

[SarahConnor-lyun]

Hi Adrienne, I have just been through 3 months of hell with menopause related anxiety and nausea. I was walking in the park feeling awful and I sat on a bench and cried. A woman walking her dog stopped and asked me if I was alright and sat with me and we talked. I walked around the park with her and she told me about yoga with arienne. I started doing your calm and anxiety and nausea yoga and it’s what got me through the worst days of my life. Thank you, you’re amazing.

[mv]

To everybody practising today: have a good day! 🌞

[astridlim]

Reading the comments here is as delightful as doing the yoga itself, it's like opening a time capsule- people practising during the beginning of quarantine, during the election, etc. It's all connected. We're all connected 😊 namaste🧘‍♀️

[cowardlyheroine]

Who's here from the MOVE calendar? When Adriene said "Didn't see that plank coming, did ya?" I cracked up a bit, and it somehow helped me stay in the position!

[susanfletcher]

I worked 14 hours yesterday, I have another heavy day ahead. I felt tired, anxious and almost didn't make time for my practice. But I did and these 17 minutes have transformed me - I'm calm and positive again with a much looser body. Thank you Adriene, you're a magician.

[sevincaydogan]

This practice reminded me a quote by Barış Bıçakçı, a Turkish author.
"If you do not move, the pain accumulates on you."
Have a nice day or night, yoga friends!

[abigolucky]

I’ve never commented until today, but I began cultivating a home practice after nearly ten years away from the mat back in February, so nearly 8 months ago. I found your channel a couple weeks into my rather desperate little experiment, searching for a new internal anchor after grappling through one of most intense and extended episodes of depression in my life. I had some really, really bad days. So many of them. I felt entirely incapable and so devastated that the toolkit I’d spent years developing was simply not strong enough to pull myself out of that hole.

In one of the first handful of videos I tried on your channel, you said something like, “Even if all you can do is lay on your mat in shavasana and breathe, then today—that’s your yoga!” I thought, as I lay there sobbing, “Well, I can do that.” And something began healing, growing.

I’ve met you on my mat every day since then, and even sometimes when I didn’t have a mat. On the bamboo floor of a ski house in Japan; on a cool brick balcony in Sydney; on the cushy carpet of my best friend’s home in Colorado; out in deep playa at Burning Man; in a jungle haven in Bali; on my beach here in San Francisco; and again and again and again in a little corner of my apartment nestled between my grand piano and my bed, I’ve met myself on the mat, making my way through the amazing library you’ve curated here.

To motivate and reward myself, I bought a ticket to practice with you at Red Rocks at the end of this summer, and—to my great surprise—I felt like a powerful mountain yoga goddess! I almost couldn’t believe how close I’d gotten to returning to ME as I breathed in all the love that day, feeling the sun on my skin and the breeze blowing through my hair.

Today, I cried after this video, which I did in sequence after the Movement Medicine Energy Practice. It seemed to come out of nowhere, as these two practices made me feel strong and capable, almost wondrous at the progress I’ve seen on the mat. I can DO these things now, from start to finish! At the end of this Calm Practice, instead of going into shavasana, you guided us to a meditation pose, and I followed your gentle invitation, putting my left hand on my heart center and my right hand on my belly. The moment I placed my left hand over my chest, I felt my heart rise to meet it, fiercely pounding. It reminded me, even on this bright and sunny autumn day, of the foghorns we hear so often in the Bay. They cry out into the fog, “I am here. I am here. Keep your vessel safe.” In that instant, I felt the release of an audible sob, and tears poured from my closed eyes.

I am here. *thump thump* I am still here.
This is what it feels like to be alive today.

Thank you, Adriene. Namaste.

[theprocess]

I've done this practice so many times that I know the words to it like my favorite movie haha

[mandyb]

I love the soft heart beats that are audible during the quiet moments.

[williamb]

Nothing like yoga at 3:40 am!
Motivate day 12. 889 days in a row.

[zimnotutaj]

Adriene, you have no idea how grateful I am for all the videos you make. Due to depression and an eating disorder my relationship with all kinds of exercise wasn't too great. But you're making me fall in love with yoga (and myself) once again. You did it for me 2 years ago and now you're doing it again. You're such an important part of my recovery. Namaste. ♡

[williamb]

I joined the calendar today. It looked doable, and it was. There were only a couple times when subtle body hints told me to back off a little. Feels good to practice with everyone for Energize day 2.
606 days in a row.

[FreyaHatfield]

Exhale Day 22🎉 I love it when there is a little surprise, that plank got me.🤣 Thank you, Adriene, today's practice was a fun one. 💖🧘🏼‍♀️🙏🏻

[AndreaS-oqqb]

MOVE day 3, who’s with me? Let’s do this❤️

[amritajeremiah]

Nurture Day 2. Quarantined with Adriene. Can’t complain about anything. You’re the best! ♥️

[cosmicvenom]

Exhale Day 22 ✅ Another lovely day! Thank you 🙏

[shirleyquinn]

Just practised this after watching the Trooping of the Colour here in UK. I hope yoga can keep me going for another 22 years so I can reach the Queens age. Thankyou, Adriene and the rest of our yogis for positive encouragement 🙏💕

[radhatanwar]

Feel so good after each practice! They hit the right spot EACH time no kidding. I wanted something short and sweet and this showed up on the calendar for today :) EXHALE March 2024. Namaste everyone.

[collette]

2021 people? Welcome to month 3😁 Loved this practice today, perfect way to zone into yourself and start the day right. Have a wonderful day. Namaste ❤️