Grounding Into Gratitude - Root Chakra Yoga - Yoga With Adriene 

Hello dear friends! What is something you are grateful for today?

I notice several times throughout this practice you would say or do something cute and silly and then respond to yourself with "Stop it Adriene." I just wanted to say that you shouldn't feel like you need to censor yourself here. You are such a joy to literally millions of people. Please don't reproach yourself for having a little fun or being a little silly. This is your channel, your practice, a warm place you have created. You have every right to be silly and have fun here. It is one of the best things about the practice you offer all of us. You set us free of fear when you are unashamed and fun loving. If in anyway this community has made you feel differently I apologize on the behalf of all of us. Please don't forget that your joy is deeply important. Especially when caring for and serving as many people as you do. Please be gentle with yourself. We love you.

Adriene, you are the Bob Ross of yoga. I feel so relieved with your flows and your instructions. Thank you!

This practice made me cry. I have been so stuck recently between anxiety and depression after a spiritual crisis that was triggered by my life circumstances changing too quickly. My marriage fell apart and I lost my dog, my wife and my home and I have only just had a spiritual awakening so I am really raw and new to all of this. When you said to say the mantra, "I am...." I instinctively finished it with "ok." and this triggered a wave of emotion to wash over me. So thank you for the opportunity to experience such catharsis. Huge love to you all.

"You don't have to be rushed today, or ever." I'm taking this with me. The universe in me honors the universe in you, Adriene.

I had to get up real slow from this practice. The effects of this rout chakra sequence left me calm and rather zenned . I followed your words to the letter Adriene and my arthritis was almost pain free, slow and easy, until Warrior One when I needed a little extra care with arms and shoulders. I cannot no way make the heel down yogic squat ( I senior-started my yoga 🤨 ) but I can achieve a steady toe stand 😃👍 .... For my bodily health I am quite aware of my pelvic floor, so I enjoyed this part throughout the sequence, connecting to my core and up the spine to the crown of my head, quite powerful, and ‘strong’ was my mantra today. It is a beautiful bright chilly day here in England and the sky is blue and YWA always overcomes my troubles and keeps me sane, awesome 🙏 see you tomorrow for a little careful core ? 🧘🏼‍♀️🧘🏻‍♀️🙏💕

what would be really great is a chakra series!

I cried so hard with this practice. A lot of trapped emotions (from my root i guess) have flown away, into the earth, Thank you so much! All the way from Holland.

Hello practicing from my home in Lebanon🇱🇧

doing this from quarantine in Ireland with my best friend who's is quarantined in London

Wow, first day after TRUE this practice is so different, a kind of slow energy, teaching us to think and take control. Very calming and enjoyable, I feel so much benefit , thanks Adriene for your February calendar 🧘🏼‍♀️🙏💞

Who else is here because of the YWA Nov Calendar 2020? Much love to you Adriene!

I love the connection between the serious practice, the intention and the lightness and silliness you bring to your videos. Actually laughed out loud when you said "Pooping. Okay I'll say it! I'm not afraid!" because that's the sort of thing that would totally come to my mind, your typical yoga instructor would keep on with the spiritual aspects of the practice and I would try hard to hush my inner silly voice and bring myself back to "serious" practice. But not you Adriene, you acknowledge the human within and by doing so give us moment to laugh, let it out, connect and move on, continue with the practice from a less distracted space. Thank you.

Returning to my practice this morning after a about a month long break. Was going through a big routine change and hadn't yet figured out how to fit this into my life, but after a break down in a walmart parking lot I decided it was time again to return and make a change haha! This was exactly what I needed to restart this journey of keeping myself balanced and nourished. The mantra this morning was not "I am balanced", but "I will be balanced." Meeting myself where I am and moving forward with the help of your November playlist here in a wee town of Southern Ontario

As an Indian I am so happy that Adriene says ‘chakra’ with the right sound as in ‘channel’ and NOT as in ‘Chicago’ or ‘shark’. And every other Sanskrit word/phrase - absolutely accurate in terms of sound. This is very important as sounds in Sanskrit are important in terms of frequencies.

Today at corpse pose I fell asleep and started another video. It worked well enough

I am warrior of peace and gratitude - a bit of a paradox there, but that's life, I guess🙏🏼😆😉

you've helped me lose 25 pounds and kept me sane. I think what you helped me learn is to love your body. Losing weight for many comes from a mindset of disliking your body, which is actually the complete opposite of what you should think. You should accept yourself each day with unconditional love and do what is in your power to improve.Thank you x 1000 and you rock.

Thank you Adriene, from down here in New Zealand. This is the root chakra practice I've been looking for all week! I love your humour, your soul talk, your dog and your pace. I've been practicing yoga for 30 years and you are one of my favourite teachers. BTW when I practice the yogic squat I prop a folded blanket under my heels so I can enjoy both stability and my fullest stretch. Wishing you a joyful thanksgiving day in the US, lots of love and gratitude Namaste PS I like your outfit in this video too

that slow roll up from foward fold changed my entire mood completely. this is one of the best yoga routines i've ever done.

"Come on down to Yoga Town" should be on a YWA shirt! (;

I love all your random banter, side comments, etc. It's what has made me stay with you for these past couple years. Yoga doesn't have to be serious all the time, but you bring just enough so that if a beginner stumbles upon one of these deeper practices they won't feel so left out! Have a great week sweetie!

Whoa!!!! I looked at the views before I started and when I finished; I practiced with 522 OTHER members of this community in that moment! You are doing a beautiful thing Adriene thank YOU for sharing YOUR TIME with US!!!

Away from home and wanted to do the gut health sequence scheduled for the 20th so I switched out today. It was perfect. Balance day 12. 434 days in a row.

Adriene, you have literally held my hand this November. I always do YWA from January to December every year but I have never appreciated it the way I did this November. All the practices were nsync with what I was going through. It's like you were talking to me. At home in quarantine with Covid-19. I could only do Yoga. Each day each practice touched me. Today is the highlight. Am so grateful because am healed and going back to work tomorrow. I can only say thanks be to God for healing and thank you Adriene for walking with me through it. Be blessed. Lots of love. 😘.

feeling encapsulated with love and gratitude today. my mantra was I am HEALING as a i have many health issues, but yoga seems to be the only form of exercise that works for me physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I was overcome by tears at the end of todays practice. thank you adriene, i am grateful for you and this community. ❤

I did this today for the April challenge (a few days late) and I felt it super intense as I am supposed to get my period today. And fun ffact: during the practice I did not bleed yet and it was very comforting in general. Right when the practice ended I could feel a lil blood drop coming...My period started literally once the practice was over haha! Amazing and I know this might sound weird or disgusting but its the human body and I love mine! So go and love yours!

Travelling through Europe in a camper van , small space of 1 metre wide and 2 metres high to practice yoga every day, without fail! Grateful to my beautiful daughter, Emily, who introduced me to your yoga channel. 🙏

I'm practicing from Melbourne, Aus! Starting the November calendar but it's too early here for the new video so this will be my first for the month. In Melbourne we have just left what will hopefully be our last ever lockdown and I am so grateful for the health care workers and immunologists who have got us to this point. But Adriene I am so grateful to you, you have almost single handedly gotten me through the past year and a half. Through your practices I have been able to create a routine filled with optimism, gratitude and joy; nothing could ever repay you for how much you have given me. A truly phenomenal being. Sending love and light to all from Down Under. Namaste.

i feel so much gratititude for all the different shapes of love in my life: family, friends, yoga, music, my work.. in today's practice it came in the form of little bits of sillyness and your singing in between - love it!!

Continuing the journey to our true selves :D :D

YWA Calendar for November 2019 - Day #1: I'm committed to take care of myself so that I can take care of those around me without living in a wreck and constantly exploding. I'm grateful for the support of my family and friends, I'm grateful for free and accesible yoga videos, I'm grateful for Adriene's work and for these amazing community to support my journey. It's just a first day. But I did it. Imperfectly. With kids all around me. In a messy room. That once it would break my nerves. But today I chose to dedicate 35 minutes just for myself and embrace the chaos. 🙏

Love your videos and was so happy to find this one today because I want to work on my root Chakra. My daughter is 5 and she decided to join me today. During downward facing dog she goes... 'Mmmm this feels SOOO good.' It was easy to connect with gratitude hearing that from someone so little. Beautiful ❤ Thank you for your work, your energy and your wisdom 🙏

You should do a video for each of the chakras!

June 15th, 2020: Starting a journey today. Let's see how this goes.

Hi from Quincy, Massachusetts. I’ve been following the daily calendar every day since the end of March. Love watching the seasons change out my yoga window. Grateful for this daily practice, this beautiful community, and our loving teacher Adriene 💜

I practice with your videos every day in my tiny dorm room! There's hardly enough open space on my floor but I'm still so grateful that I can practice yoga :)

Day 2 of Nourish. Wow that was a very intense practice for me. Having been out of yoga for a while I literally had the most wonderful stretches. For that I am definitely grateful 😁 Namaste x

Practicing at home in Milton Keynes, England, in my yoga studio (aka eldest sons bedroom whilst he is at uni) ❣️🙏

Balance Day 12: Today’s practice made me notice I was a little wobbly today. But the focus on gratitude always feels strong. I am rooted again. Thank you, Adriene. Practicing in rainy Oregon today 🙏

I am grateful for my mother who passed away one month ago. Thank you Adriene for a strong practice. 💖

Got up from corpse pose with the feeling of tension I‘d been carrying in my shoulders for days completely gone. Thank you!!! I really needed this today

1st of November 2019, the start of a great monthly playlist ❤️ “I am” is forever a question and an answer

Day 1, November 2019. This brings me hope that I can always start over and that there is a better tomorrow. Also, the rainy season in India gave me a serious flu, this also helped me feel a bit better. Thank you 🙏♥️

I'm doing this over five years after this video was originally posted. It's amazing how much this video affected me so much, despite being in such different times. After COVID lockdowns, I haven't seen my dad for two and a half years as he works abroad. Today is the day he comes home, finally; when Adrienne started speaking about gratitude I completely broke down, but I kept working through the practice and feel like I've rebuilt into gratitude instead of grief for the missed years. I doubt anyone will see this but I hope Adrienne knows how many people she helps, especially by making these videos so accessible for free.

My mind is all over the place again, it was hard to stay present, but I showed up! I send love your way, Namaste ☀️

I love how you say don’t be shy it’s okay to scare the person in the other room lol while exhaling 😂😂

Felt like a box of rice crispies hitting milk during this whole practice. Loved it! Felt so good 🥰

I have been following you for a long time. Today with this video I am practicing in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. (We do legit have polar bears and igloos up here)

Root / 20.04.2023 I'm not ashamed to say I started singing with you and continued for quite a bit 😊 thank you for your videos, they are highly appreciated Greetings from my living room in Austria 🤭

Practising in the Whitsundays, Australia. I love your classes Adriene and sincerely thank you xxx

Practicing in the light of my Christmas tree. I will be a warrior for joy this Christmas!

You asked where we were practicing, and I'm taking advantage to share some related wisdom. When we bought our home last year, it had this ridiculous room called a breakfast nook. My husband gave it to me, and let me turn it into my Meditation Chamber, which is also where I practice my yoga at home. It's a 6x7 foot cell, with huge windows on three sides looking out to the back yard and my gardens (which I'm very proud of.) The fourth side opens into the kitchen through an archway. I painted it a vibrant Baer color called "life force" and filled it with yoga mats and plants. There's hanging baskets full of spider plants and pothos, little window pots with English ivy and morning glory spilling out of them, and two huge pots with philodendron in them that spill over the floor so I have to avoid the leaves when I switch yoga poses. My fingers brush the tendrils of my pothos in standing poses. The light has a dimmer. My lilac is planted right outside the window, and when I face away from the shelf that holds my candles and incense, I look out at my raspberry pushes and pepper plants. A sconce mounted over the archway has a spell written on the back to increase the self-esteem of anyone who walks beneath it. There are very few things that I have done for myself that were more valuable than creating a space that is dedicated to my health and well-being. The simple act of intentionally modifying a piece of my world so that its purpose was to support me created a mindset of self-care in a world where I'm so often measured by my ability to do for others. I'm reminded of that mindset every time I see or think about that space. I encourage everyone to put the same focus into designing their environment as they would into any particular yoga pose. For example, did you design your bedroom to be a place of rest and replenishment, or unapologetic sexuality? Did you think about how you wanted to feel when you chose the color of your kitchen cabinets? How did you decide what pictures to put on your cubical wall? (I spend 40+ hours per week in my damned cubical. You can bet I think carefully about what I allow inside those cardboard walls.)

From North Dakota…where it’s snowing again🙄I appreciate being able to connect with this site❤️I’m following the calendar!

Oh, my dear Adriene, you have become such a sweet friend in this past year guiding me through my first experiences with yoga. What is fun for me the most is how I hear you in my head throughout the day as I find myself sitting and standing better with my head over heart and heart over pelvis or stretching through other postures as I wait in line anywhere. I am truly amazed at how much stronger I feel. Thank you.

Day 51 of the current run - I was stiff as hell this morning, so this was perfectly timed. Yogic squat continues to come naturally to me, much more so than, like, going from downward dog to a lunge. Hips, amirit? Oh, and I'm practicing from LFK

Loved this practice. Busy Christmas rush so ideal to have a long slow Sunday practice. So grateful for so much in my life. Thanks Adrienne, so grateful for all you give to the world. I'm in sunny Perth Australia!

Root day twenty. I am grateful that I am alive. Thank you Adriene. Thank you YWA community. Namaste 🤍

Day 12 of Balance. I was struggling with swollen, stiff knees a little today then the last 5 minutes saw my grandaughters giant German shepherd decide to stand over me and give the wettest kisses ever so I ended this practice giggling 🤣🥰

💕thank you! A gleam of gratefulness to all in this beautiful community💖. Have an amazing day!

This was lovely to start off Nourish November '21! I have some trouble connecting to my pelvic floor muscles bc I had an operation a couple years ago but I'm also -really- fascinated by it, so I keep trying and I have noticed improvements and sensations, hehe. You are a joy and a big help to keep me coming back 😊💕

I got so excited when you started singing 😍 and then you stopped 😞 Great practice and love your pants ❤️

ROOT 🌳 | April 20, 2023 | This is such a great and grounding practice! I was distracted today by some crisis management, but still managed to reap some benefits! 🙏

Love you Adriene! I've stuck with yoga for the first time in my life because of you! 💜🙏🏻

New challenge , who is in ? :)

A mindful cleanse practice for me in Chicago today🙏🏻

Yeay! Love Yo' Self challenge. I'm happy to do this video again. I practice gratitude each morning when i do yoga. I mean, in the end, i say thank for three things in my days. And it's so good. You start to see things... before you don't observe.👀 Anyway, thank you Adriene. You're awesome.😘

Practicing w Lili 🐶 f São Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷 Namaste 🌷🌷🌷

Timmins Ontario Canada! Winter wonderland!

I come back here at the beginning of every month thinking "i will complete this month's calendar" just to drop it the next day. However, I'm so happy I keep trying and that there is a lovely new calendar every month as another opportunity. At the first mountain pose after holding half my body down for a while I literally burst out laughing because of how good my upper back felt! I'm practicing from my room. Thank you for being here for the last 5 years of my life :)

hello from Switzerland :-) Thank you so much! I am grateful to do yoga with Adriene and all the community. I felt "rooted" like I have never felt in mountain pose, in corpse pose today, and it was just what I needed as I am in a difficult transition in my life.

Hi just did this practice in vancouver bc , i love your teaching , when i cant get out of the house i turn you on and find my peace . Thank you very much ,bless you

thank you adrieneeee! 🖤🙏🏽✨

Adriene, I wanted to thank you for this. Never have I felt so relieved and free from a practice as this made me feel. Truly outstanding.

Root day 20. 928 days in a row.

Loved this practice!!! I got your latest love letter with this offering and it was really what I needed today. Grateful for you, spirit and personality, Adriene! Btw I'm in my new apartment in Sweden, where my intention is to spend more time with myself and cultivate body awareness, among other things. Of all the people in my Life, you have been the most frequent visitor! :)

thank you for his practice adriene

... "I believe that o u r hearts do go on..." 🎶 Namaste 🙏

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Thank you so much for this practice ❤️

Day1 feb done, i love this practice have many things to improve, but i'll just keep up the good work :))) with much love and gratitude to you Adriene and the community Thank you all

Hello and Namaste from Singapore on a rainy TGIF where I choose this flow instead of digestion Its raining and just the Right Balance of this practice to suit the mood :) Grounding and with gratitude I enjoy the tone and pace of this flow :) Finding my Balance of connecting or reconnecting my body & mind (yday, I had my left knee injection so this is just right to push on edge - not too much/less) Thank you for adding as i rediscover how joyful and mindful it is :) I am worthy I am allowing my ease of being be as it is May all find your own balance and ease

I've never commented on a RU-vid video, ever. But I just had to let you know how much I appreciate this video. Thank you (and Benji!) for making me smile today. Looking forward to next Wednesday's yoga sesh.🙏

Gratitude Power!...Thankyou, Adriene xxx

This was a blissful practice. Perfect before my busy day. I know I need lots of work on my root chakra, so this will be one of my go-to practices.

Root Day 20 🙏

Grateful for you in Canyon Lake, TX!

❤ amazing practice 👏 I am so grateful to have found this yoga community 🙏 I feel so great that my practice is progressing, I really noticed it today throughout this practice .... When I started doing yoga 8 months ago I struggled with a lot of these postures and during this practice in particular I felt amazed at my progress where I could do even the yogi squat 🙏 I am grateful beyond measure for the better understanding of myself though the practice of yoga 😊 plus it's so much fun practicing with Adriene ❤🧘‍♀️ namaste everyone 🙏

Awesome to Feel the Body and Muscles on the Ground, it's Relaxing and good for Deep Stretch!!! Done in these days: -1st November 2021: ✅ -12th December 2021: ✅

First time viewer and let me just say I love your little humor you had there! Dont be ashamed of who you are no matter what it is that you're doing! Always be true to yourself! It's never a problem to be silly and have a little fun every once and a while! With that being said based off this first video of me watching, I definitely love your energy, you're an amazing instructor from what I can tell and you have an amazing sense of humor! Definitely dont be afraid to be who you are. Much love and stay blessed/sending good vibes your way!💙😊🧘🏻‍♂️🙏🏼

I'm grateful for my inner self guidance. Today practicing in Chefchaouen, Morocco.

I am in the dorm at my dream university. This practice just made me realise how grateful I am for every single person and every single thing in my life! I just feel this rush of love flooding me over. Reminded of a dear one who passed away. Love

Me again ;-)! This time was much more easier! Namaste!

I'm grateful for finding you and yoga; this squatting knee biz thou .. hmmm .. hurts my knees like the dickens ... :)

Day 20 Root - April 2023 - joining from Prince Edward Island, Canada

I'm in Worcester, MA with my puppy, Lilo!! Always love that the light series comes along at this time of year. I'm usually experiencing some emotional stress either from final exams or from the incredibly short days. The chakra series always helps me find myself again and focus back on what I want and need to be getting from my job, relationships, and myself

Thank you🥰

Thank you for another amazing video. A morning practice today in Christchurch NZ and a very apt one as I'm grateful for a quake free nights sleep so waking up to a grounding practice on a stable earth feels good! Thank you. You are awesome!

Great practice, especially for a rainy bay area Sunday! Thanks, Adriene!

I’m grateful for your yoga classes. It brings me a peacefull state of Mind. To slow down before i start my day. And waken up. Now I go for a swim into the cold water. In amsterdam nov 2021 it is a kind of starting winter. 🧡🧜🏼‍♀️ Gemma