- Hello everyone and
welcome to Yoga With Adriene.

I'm Adriene and this is Benji
and today we have a special

meditation for endings 
so hop into something comfy

and let's get started.

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Alright my beautiful friends,

come into a nice 
comfortable seat.

We're gonna just try 
to drop right in today.

Honor your time.

But also we're going to get
started right away because

I think that sometimes we think
we have to have everything

perfect or everything done 
or everything in place

or the right 
experience to meditate.

And the truth is you have the
tools and everything you need to

meditate anytime.

Within reason because then I
get these YouTube comments,

"Well, you wouldn't 
really be able to meditate

"if you were sky diving."

But hopefully you 
understand what I'm saying.

That we don't really 
need a lot to meditate.

You just need the 
willingness and the commitment,

the dedication to practice.

So that's all 
we're gonna do today.

I hope that whatever you're
bringing to the meditation today

you can bring it fully.

So you don't have to be 
again in the perfect mindset.

Just come as you are 
and when you're ready

I'll invite you to

sit up nice and tall in whatever
comfortable seat feels good.

And then just take a second to
imagine the spine from the real

bottom base where your coccyx is

all the way up to the tip top of

the head, the crown.

And again, just a reminder, 
you don't have to have the

perfect focused environment.

If there's stuff going on
around you or if you are feeling

emotional or if 
you're just like,

"Oh, maybe I should 
do a workout instead."

Man, just trust. Can you?

Like just trust maybe that this,
you choosing this video and

getting this far into this video
already is a sign that maybe

you need this video.

So, close your eyes.

And essentially together 
we're making an effort to

just accept and agree that
everything is as it should be.

Allow your hands to 
rest wherever feels good.

Maybe gently on the legs.

Maybe one hand on a loved one

who might be 
sitting next to you.

Maybe you can rest them in your
lap or you're also if you're

already feeling fussy in
the back welcome to take this

meditation lying on your back.

And with the eyes closed, 
together we'll take a deep

breath in through the nose

and nice and easy 
just empty it out

through the nose or mouth.

And continue to breathe,

noticing the quality 
of your breath.

Whatever it may be.

And best you can, allow your
body to come into stillness.

So the breath moves,
but we hold still.

Then notice where your thoughts
go and return to the action of

slowing your breath down.

Today's session 
is beginner friendly

but it's also advanced.

It will be 
different for everyone.

Just as your practice of 
meditation will be different

every single time you show up.

Your job is to stick with it.

To do your best and 
find what feels good.

Find your way to good.

Just continuing to 
slow the breath down.

And then

taking a moment to 
consider our theme.

Seeing if you 
might be open to

honoring endings.

Even if an ending is sad or hard

or as many of 
us practicing here today,

it's the end of the year

when this video's 
coming out live.

There's a lot of pressure.

Whether it's for 
New Year's Eve plans,

something like that 
or maybe a little deeper.

Scattered brain with a
desire to set clear intentions.

Whatever has brought 
you to this practice,

whatever ending you are 
experiencing the invitation

today is to see if 
you can honor the ending.

Which is huge.

Honoring the ending.

Holy cow.

And it doesn't mean 
that we're not

allowing our feelings of

grief or confusion or again,
scatter brained.

In fact we do honor those

while we consider 
what it means to

honor the ending but we just
don't honor those feelings.

We see if we can evolve.

We resolve to evolve.

Honoring the ending.

And the last little bit I will
say or share is the beauty of

endings is within every ending
is a new beginning so that can

be a little motivator for

the practice of 
honoring an ending.

Honoring the ending.

Take a deep breath in.

Relax your shoulders.

And simply 
residing with the breath.

Slow inhalations.

And slow exhalations.

Very gently

begin to deepen your
breath and bring your awareness

back to your body.

Back to the room around you

or the environment around you

and very slowly you 
can blink the eyes open.

In every ending 
is a new beginning.

Remember and practice.

I love you guys so much.

Thank you for your time.

Keep breathing.

You just did a meditation.

So if you're new to meditation,
keep up the good work and

you know I'm gonna be 
here to assist you any day,

any time around 
the clock here on

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Love you guys so much.

Namaste.

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