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00:00What's up friends? I am so excited to be here with you at the Essence Wellness House.
00:15My name is Brittany, co-founder of Trap Yoga Bay, and we are about to turn your house into
00:22my trap house. Now, the name itself might have raised the eyebrows, so let me just back up
00:28and tell you who I am and what we're doing here. Trap Yoga is a vinyasa style yoga experience,
00:36but we do things a little bit differently. In a typical class with me, you will find trap
00:43music. Yes, fun by my very own DJ, DJ True Star, who is the other founder of this brand, and
00:52there are other things that make this class so much fun and way different. We also twerk.
01:00Yes, you are going to yoga, and we take twerk here, because that makes self-care fun. But
01:08mostly verbally, or maybe not, what I love that absolutely boasts about this experience
01:14is all ratchet affirmations. Ratchet affirmations are just my way of giving you a girl's advice
01:21that sounds like your favorite backwards. In my class, we'll say things like, I am a priority,
01:26in my beautiful ass life. Or we get real deep into it, and we say stuff like, my goal in life
01:33life is to be there for everyone else, but to never leave a motherfucking self behind. So,
01:40if you are ready to spend a couple of minutes with me learning how the things won't be trapped
01:46yoga, let's get to. In this class, I want to just break it down for you. We've got a couple
01:52of minutes, so the first thing I'm going to do is teach you a few sacred purposes, and teach
01:57you how to do it in a way that feels fun, and culturally relevant, and simply do it in
02:03common. So, each pose, it has three names. It has a Sanskrit name. That's the name that
02:10I learned when I studied yoga at the High School of BNASA in Russia, in India. Just in case
02:16you were wondering, yes, I am Sri Lanka. Now, the second name that a pose has is this American
02:24name. That's the name that you find in most yoga studios. But then the third name, that's
02:31the name that I was going to play. That is this trap name, and it's going to be trap friendly. So,
02:38I'm ready. If you're ready, get on your mat, get a water bottle, shake the, any lack of self-confidence,
02:47or any inhibition. It's just me and you right now. Shake that shit out. Let's go. The first
02:54thing we're going to do in this class is set our intentions. And you're going to do that by
02:59standing up and meeting me on the mat. However you find yourself. I like to just hold myself
03:06in a mountain pose. That's going to have my feet planted in front of me. My knees bit just a
03:12little bit, just to hold myself. You're going to take in that tummy. So, just like imagine
03:18that you were locking in those muscles, kind of clenching the abs, whether you've seen them
03:23or not. You got it there. You're going to let your arms melt down to your side. Shoulders
03:30relax away from here. Unclench your jaw.
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03:48who will reach you in turn. If her eyes are still open, close to? If it's no longer
03:55homing,room or listening about me, about me, about me, I will.
03:59bear in front of me.
04:01Ladies on our hands, in the air with me.
04:02Loop 7,ens inside of me when 1000 people press this all out.
04:04Make now a great time to sense your intention.
04:11I intend to be present.
04:14I intend to show you a yoga.
04:17And easy.
04:20I love this jazz.
04:23On the next email, you can open your eyes.
04:28Your knees are going to go through a few bones and then we'll put it together as a club.
04:36So the first thing you're going to do is you're going to look down at your feet.
04:39You're going to bust them open.
04:40You're going to spread it open just a little bit.
04:42Standing your feet about twice as wide as your hips.
04:45That's going to be about three feet apart.
04:48And the next thing you're going to do is you're going to inhale, swing the arms up and above until they meet at the top.
04:56And on the exhale, we're going to do Malasana, a.k.a. yogi squat, a.k.a. bust down pose.
05:05That is the first one.
05:06So you're going to do that by beginning to bend your knees deeply, deeply, deeply.
05:12You're going to bring your hands down through your heart.
05:15You're going to squat all the way, sitting that butt down to the mat.
05:19Now maybe you get down here and you realize that you busted open just a little bit too wide.
05:24So you can just heel toe the feet in until you feel comfortable.
05:29Now you're going to take the outside of those elbows and you're going to press them into your inner thighs.
05:34You're going to use those prayer hands down to your heart to help you get things open.
05:39You're going to sit in your heart forward.
05:41You're going to sit in this pose.
05:43I love it.
05:44Bust down.
05:45It's a hip opener.
05:46It's a lot of fun.
05:47And we're going to sit here for three to five breaths.
05:52Now, I love to do yoga to music.
05:55And that adds so much ability to have movement, which is going to help you get out of your head.
06:01So when I do a pose like this, I like to just kind of break it up.
06:05You know, maybe bounce around a little bit.
06:08Put some shoulders in it.
06:09Maybe even break out of it.
06:11Get your little first dance break on.
06:13Yes.
06:14We're there.
06:15So one more breath.
06:16And on the inhale, we're just going to return to our start position.
06:21So the next pose I want you to try with me is going to be an open leg forward pose, AKA secure the back pose.
06:35I'm going to show it to you twice because I want to show you how it looks from the front and then I'm going to give you a better angle.
06:40So with the feet spread out just like they were before, I actually like to bust it open just a little bit wider.
06:46But you do what works for you.
06:49You're going to take your hands and you'll clasp them behind your back if you're going for a really deep stretch.
06:56But for the first time, let's just modify this.
06:59So you're going to take your hands and move them on your knees.
07:02Forget the back.
07:03We're just going to get something started.
07:05And you're going to lean forward, bringing yourself all the way down to the mat.
07:11When you find yourself as far as your chest can go towards your thighs, that's when you're just going to drop those hands.
07:18If this is too hard to reach the mat, that might be a good time to just open up just a little bit more.
07:26You can exhale, release your head down, or keep it up.
07:32Whatever works for you.
07:33Your toes are pointed forward.
07:35You're shifting your weight between the two.
07:37Heart forward.
07:38You're going to feel a little bit of stretch in those, in the back of your legs, in those hamstrings.
07:44And that's a good thing.
07:46So I'm going to come on up.
07:47I'm going to turn around and I'm going to show it to you again.
07:51This time, adding a little bit of an extra stretch to it.
07:54And always showing you where a little twerk is possible.
07:58So you're going to take those hands, you're going to clasp them behind your back.
08:03And just bend forward like we did before, leading with your heart.
08:08And then setting your hands up over your head.
08:13So we're here.
08:14I want to bust it open a little bit more.
08:16And maybe two to three breaths here.
08:22If you want to add a little movement, it's good to maybe just do like a side squat from side to side.
08:31Create a little extra base here.
08:33Never forgetting to breathe.
08:41On the next inhale, you can release those arms and yourself back up to the top.
08:46And we're here.
08:49Back to our starting position.
08:51Let's try another pose.
08:54So for this next pose, we're actually going to come down to the mat.
08:59And I like this pose a lot, not because of its complexity, but because what it stands for.
09:05This pose that we're about to do, it's very simple.
09:08It's called Hero Pose.
09:10And if there's ever a time in life that you are going through some deep shit, you may be hoping that someone's going to save you.
09:20And I like Hero Pose because it reminds me that in life I have more options than just being the victim or the survivor of things that happen.
09:30This pose reminds me that I can be the hero of my own story.
09:35So, to get into it, you saw that I came down to my knee.
09:39I'm just going to turn to the side so you can get a better view.
09:42And you'll just sit back onto your heels.
09:45Now, if you don't have a lot of space between the top of your thighs or any of this, this might be slightly uncomfortable for you.
09:52So, this is why I would recommend grabbing a pillow or a blanket, standing on that, or anything that's just going to kind of elevate that ass, you know, so that you can get into this position comfortably.
10:05This is also a time that I really like to practice my isolation.
10:11I should turn it to you over to.
10:13So, again, you know, as you get into your practice, it becomes fun.
10:16But this is a pose where I would like to have fun with it and work on my twerk moves, dealing with that inflammation as you please.
10:25So, in that Hero Pose.
10:28And this is a really good alternative to Savasana.
10:33Let me just continue to breathe.
10:36Maybe ground ourselves a little bit.
10:38Remind ourselves, what are we doing here?
10:41Check any judgment that may have come up.
10:45Other people standing in front of you, even of yourself.
10:49It's not the case for that.
10:52All right.
10:54So, now, you've got quite a few flows or a few asanas, which are poses, under your belts.
11:02I am going to show you my signature pose.
11:05This is the thing that I went viral for for the very first time.
11:10This is the thing that if you know nothing else, I need you to see how it goes.
11:15So, this next pose that we are about to do, it's more of an active pose.
11:20And they call it chaturanga darasana.
11:22I call it twerking chaturanga darasana.
11:27AKA, this shit works.
11:31So, you're going to start off as though you were getting into a pushup position.
11:36So, that's your arms in one straight line.
11:40That means your wrists, your elbows, and your shoulders are stacked.
11:43You're going to step back, maybe the left foot and then the right foot.
11:48It looks like a pushup, but this is going to be something a little bit harder, but more fun.
11:54When you come down for a chaturanga, you're actually going to keep your elbows bent in as close as you can towards your side.
12:02So, then you maybe push yourself up.
12:04And when you exhale, you come down.
12:06Whoa.
12:07Inhale, press the mat away.
12:09Now, I'm about to show you the fun way.
12:11So, this is the sexy cousin of the track, chaturanga darasana.
12:16It's called the twerking one.
12:18And you just wait a minute.
12:20Come on down.
12:27That is the fun stuff.
12:29Okay.
12:30So, we've done quite a few poses.
12:33And I just want to walk you through a quick flow so that we can put these things together.
12:38And other people on the other.
12:40Okay.
12:41Starting from the top.
12:46Starting at that mountain move.
12:47Yes, yes.
12:48Inhale, step your mouth and up.
12:53Exhale, bust down, bust down, bust down.
12:57Planting the hands, lifting the butt up, stretching out.
13:03Maybe you take a little twerk here and I secure the bag.
13:07Hold.
13:08On the inhale, I'm going to just turn myself to the side so that I'm in a way that you can see.
13:14You can walk yourself up to the top.
13:17And that's when you would twerk, twerk, twerk.
13:22All the way down.
13:24Bring yourself up.
13:26That is the flow.
13:27We'll tell you one more time.
13:29With music.
13:30And then...
13:31Weezy.
13:32Weezy.
13:33Weezy.
13:34Weezy.
13:35Weezy.
13:36Weezy.
13:37Weezy.
13:38Weezy.
13:40Back home smoking legal.
13:42I got more slaps than the Beatles.
13:44Deetle.
13:45Working shit running on diesel.
13:47Dawg.
13:48Playing with my name and shit is lethal.
13:50Dawg.
13:51Don Corleone.
13:53Trust me.
13:54At the top it isn't loneliness.
13:57Everybody acting like they know me dog.
13:59Don't just say you got to show me.
14:01What you got to do?
14:02Bring the clip back empty.
14:04You have to see the balls so they sent me...
14:06All right, so we did a trap-friendly flow.
14:11You did it, but I cannot leave you hanging.
14:15Let's wind down a minute.
14:18So remember that hero pose, it's time to return to it.
14:23However it was comfortable for you.
14:27Putting that hand through your left hand,
14:29on your belly, on your right, on your heart.
14:33Take a deep breath.
14:36Yeah, a lot of murk, caught me in a hallway.
14:39You can be declared out loud,
14:43one of my favorite bachelor affirmations.
14:45You can repeat after me.
14:47I am a priority in my beautiful ass life.
14:53Thank you for joining me,
14:56Brittany of Trap Yoga Bay, at the Essence Wellness House.
15:00I hope you have an amazing day,
15:02and that you are as awesome as you absolutely know.
15:07I know.
15:08I know.
15:09I know.
15:10I know.
15:11I know.
15:12I know.
15:13I know.
15:14It's great.
15:15I know.
15:16I know.
15:17I know.
15:17I know.
15:19I know.
15:20I know.
15:20I know.
15:21I know.
15:22I know.
15:24And just a bit.
15:25And you've made a plank!
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