- Hey everyone, welcome to the Yoga with Adriene vlog.
I am Adriene, and today I'm here
on the set of EMPOWER!
(imitates explosion sounds)
Cue 'Eye of the Tiger'.
Just kidding!
Well, not really kidding, I am on the set of EMPOWER.
Do you call it a set?
Anyway, and we just wanted to take a quick break
and shoot a vlog for you to tell you what is up!
Because it's so exciting,
we finally have a new project for you...
(loud metallic crash)
Cool, real cool.
We're on the water, anything can happen.
We have a new project for you, it's called
EMPOWER, it's my version of power yoga.
EMPOWER is a direct response to your call,
a call and response if you will.
You know, we get a lot of great feedback
from a quite diverse group
of community members, which is cool and awesome.
But one of the biggest things we hear about is,
you know, we want more yoga for weight loss!
And I always kind of am tickled by that, because,
you know, yoga's just yoga for me.
Of course, we have different styles,
different ways of branding.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that
we've tried to take all of the requests
and figure out what would be most helpful right now,
and EMPOWER is what we came up with.
Everyone wants to get that bikini body,
which I totally understand!
But EMPOWER is really not about getting a bikini body,
although you could get your version
of a bikini body with it.
It's about coming into the best and most
beautiful version of yourself, which is what
yoga's all about for me.
It is about strengthening, it is about toning,
it's about sweating.
But it's about being awesome.
It's about feeling empowered.
I like power yoga a lot.
I like to go to power yoga classes,
you know, balance, everything in moderation.
So this is my take on power yoga.
It's mindful, it's active,
it's not for everyone.
It's challenging, and hopefully, it's fun.
It's built around the mantra, "Find what feels good,"
so the idea is to challenge ourself,
but when we fall, to smile and get back up.
Talk to our community members online,
share our love of yoga with others,
and basically, yeah, become the best
and most beautiful version of yourself.
So, yeah.
EMPOWER includes this!
Ready, nine videos!
What?
Nine videos, plus a daily email,
which we were gonna nix, but we had such
a great response for Reboot and the daily emails
that we're gonna do it again.
So you can opt out of that if you want,
but I recommend you opt in,
because it turned out to be really lovely
in the Reboot community,
a way for us all to stay connected
and just get that extra push to get on the mat
when you're feeling tired.
So we have nine videos, four core videos,
a couple supplemental videos,
some "day off" videos, a relax and restore video,
and a full guided meditation Savasana video.
You also get that daily email, which I mentioned.
You also get a full PDF file
that links you to some foundations of yoga videos,
which will help you if you're new to the practice
and you decided to jump on the EMPOWER wagon.
You also get access to the EMPOWER community,
which is totally awesome and inspiring.
Our last project, our first big project, Reboot,
29 day yoga experience, the community group soared.
It blew my yoga socks off, like,
it was so amazing and so inspiring.
And still, this very morning that we shoot this,
I was reading the community group today.
Some really inspiring posts from around the world.
So you get a lot!
OK, so I think that's it, EMPOWER is about being
fierce, it's about, you know, shedding off
the old layers of paint and coming back to your finest,
most truest, beautiful version of yourself.
You decide what that looks like.
Does it look like six-pack abs, 'cause we can get them.
Does it look like a calm, beautiful soul,
'cause we can get that.
Does it just look like a free, open spirit?
I think so, for me, anyway,
I'm already feeling (sings) free, and open!
Just kidding. (laughs)
So, I think that's it.
I'm gonna start, uh...
I'm gonna stop talking. (laughs)
Start doing some yoga after this.
OK, love you guys, namaste!
Have a beautiful rest of your day.
Peace!
(mellow acoustic guitar music)