Thank you. Welcome to Yoga Download. My name is Kristen Bakken, and this is my friend Megan. She's here to demo the practice today.

Today's class is called Move Your Issues through your tissues. I would say that this is a vigorous vinyasa practice.

However, none of what I'm asking you to do is particularly advanced or complicated. We'll use repetition and beat as a means of increasing

intensity. With that said, child's pose. That's where we'll start. Bring your big toes to touch

on your mat and let your knees draw toward the edges of your mat and place your forehead down.

You can extend your your mat and place your forehead down.

You can extend your arms forward and soften your jaw.

There's the invitation to arrive.

I've set the expectation that we will move, and that is a fact but for a moment find some stillness

extend the length of your inhale extend the length of your exhale do that two

more times.

Slow, smooth breath in, long, steady, complete breath out.

In my experience and in just the anatomy of being a human being, movement is medicine.

As you inhale, lift yourself up to tabletop position,

all fours, stack your shoulders over your wrists

and your knees beneath your hips,

and begin with what feels probably somewhat traditional.

Inhale, cow, drop your belly down and look up as you breathe

out find cat tuck your chin in and round your spine and now you can allow your breath to

continue this movement the opening of your front body and cow the opening of your back body and cat you can

make it a bit more organic can swing your hips a bit side to side roll your ribs

can vary the pace of your movement the pace of your breath.

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