Members Vlog - August 2021
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Members Vlog - August 2021

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<p>Hi! I am back for your August Vlog. Here to dole out my gratitude, share from my heart, run over the August Community Calendar plan, and of course highlight some FWFG ONLY goodies.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Oh, and there is a poem too! And a blase Benji.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>As I mention in this video, we have a special project in the works… just. for. you. So I do hope you stick around and stay tuned. (It’s not Beyonce, but it’s the NEXT best. I promise.)</p><p><br></p><p>What do you want to CULTIVATE more of in your life?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://fwfg.com/programs/yoga-calendar-august-2021-cultivate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Find your AUG CALENDAR here.</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://fwfg.com/categories/fwfg-exclusive" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Check out my unfolding Intermediate series Breathing Room here.</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://fwfg.com/categories/fwfg-exclusive" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Visit with Rey for the Chakra Chats here!</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Live your practice.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Yours,&nbsp;</p><p>Adriene</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Poetry read is&nbsp;<strong>The Summer Day by Mary Oliver&nbsp;</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>Who made the world?</em></p><p><em>Who made the swan, and the black bear?</em></p><p><em>Who made the grasshopper?</em></p><p><em>This grasshopper, I mean—</em></p><p><em>the one who has flung herself out of the grass,</em></p><p><em>the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,</em></p><p><em>who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down—</em></p><p><em>who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.</em></p><p><em>Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.</em></p><p><em>Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.</em></p><p><em>I don't know exactly what a prayer is.</em></p><p><em>I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down</em></p><p><em>into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,</em></p><p><em>how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,</em></p><p><em>which is what I have been doing all day.</em></p><p><em>Tell me, what else should I have done?</em></p><p><em>Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?</em></p><p><em>Tell me, what is it you plan to do</em></p><p><em>with your one wild and precious life?</em></p>

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Alma Mijares
Alma Mijares2021-08-12 18:23:06 +0800
Thank you, Adriene! This is exactly what I needed this morning as I embark on another beginning of school season. Could you share the title of the Mary Oliver book in which this poem is found? Namaste
Angela Brisson
Angela Brisson2021-08-12 06:44:11 +0800
I found you and your gift to the world in the summer of 2020, directly following a terminal cancer diagnosis for my mother. She passed this June and words cannot express how grateful I am for Yoga with Adriene. I would not have made it through the last year if it were not for my daily yoga and meditation practice inspired by and following you. Even when things were the worst, I found time every day to connect with myself through yoga and it held me in a truly beautiful way. It continues to help me as I process my grief. Much love, hugs and gratitude to you and your mother. I pray she continues to do well. Every moment is precious. PS - LOVE, LOVE Breathing Room!
Sharon Barnett
Sharon Barnett2021-08-23 03:59:36 +0800
I have cultivated connection with family this month. After two years, my husband and I have finally been able to physically visit, embrace, and enjoy our children, grandchildren, and great grandchild! It has been a special month indeed! Thank you for your VLOG and words of encouragement.
Tim Plummer
Tim Plummer2021-08-16 06:38:21 +0800
Wow. This one was so good i feel i need to comment. Just remember when you’re holding yourself to the very high standards, that it’s the imperfections that we love about each other. And it’s amazing how you convey so much love through your videos. I can’t think of anyone else who does it as well. (Cue Tina Turner, “Simply the Best”)
Jamie Walsh
Jamie Walsh2021-08-16 01:46:16 +0800
I am putting this out there so I'm saying it to someone. I want to cultivate bravery. I'm afraid of everything recently. I'm hoping getting back to the mat will help me rebuild belief in myself and begun to feel braver. ❤️
Monica K Wright
Monica K Wright2021-08-16 00:41:31 +0800
Can you share the neuroscience source?
Janna Brancolini
Janna Brancolini2021-08-14 23:32:09 +0800
Thank you for these wise and beautiful words, Adriene. Lately I've been feeling hopeless watching wildfires rage around the world and Afghanistan descend into humanitarian crisis. I think what I'd like to cultivate today is jope
Carolina Segura Ruiz
Carolina Segura Ruiz2021-08-14 21:13:57 +0800
Thank you Adriene for evertthing you do! I feel very grateful for belonging to this community. Im very glad your Mom is better now. Thank you for reading that poem by Mary Oliver. The first time i truly listened to it was after a sweaty vinyasa session while doing savasana…and the las question got stuck in my heart for ever. I will ask myself this very question after each session this week on august calendar. Sending light, peace and love to you and fwfg community. Un abrazo fuerte!
Elizabeth Morton
Elizabeth Morton2021-08-13 15:46:24 +0800
Sending light and love from south end of france! I dont know what shananagins I would be up to if I had not found you on you tube three years ago but I know deep in my heart that I found my safe space. Thank you for all that you do. Love your self and the rest falls into place.
Julian Herszage
Julian Herszage2021-08-12 08:45:40 +0800
I am glad to hear your mother is doing better, not sure about what happened to your dad, hopefully everyone in the family is doing well. The end of the poem got my attention and now that question, what is it that you are going to do with your one and only life? is bouncing around in my head...