This month we explore a niyama from the Hatha Yoga Pradipika: MATI or self-reflection. Mati invites us into the practice of deep self-inquiry: a commitment to exploring our values, questioning our unconscious patterns, and aligning our actions with our aspirations.

It challenges us to pause and...

Live Movement + Meditation 11/24/24 - Grounding ~ Apana Vayu with guest teacher Tracey Garcia. Glorious, simple, grounding movement followed by a beautiful nature-based visualization meditation.

Time stamps:
Opening: 0:00 - 4:45
Movement: 4:45 - 31:00
Meditation: 31:00-52:00
Closing: 52:00-53:35...

Live Asana 11/10/24 A grounding practice from New Zealand

Lots of technical difficulties but we finally made it happen using my phone and cellular so please excuse both the blurred background and the lack of music for this one.

Includes breathwork, kriya (purification), opportunities to dischar...

In this live Satsang Soul Circle, we focus on Grounding, what it is and how to support it physically, mentally and energetically both through the lens of Yoga + Ayurveda and general Wellness principles, both evidence backed and experience backed!

Audio only: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yVDc...

A meditation on time (kala) as cycles, inspired by breath waves. The breath is the greatest teacher of all of time as cyclical, of impermanence and the connection of all things.

Audio-only of meditation + soul circle: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H_M71y9371knql1FKRRe38CWVbR74oW7/view?usp=sha...

Live Asana 10/13/24 - Time, Cycles, Kala - a big fun Progressive Namaskar sequence. A progressive Namaskar is a big cycle made up of smaller, repetitive cycles but each new cycle brings a new movement. We get to bear witness to what remains similar in each cycle of our lives and how there is alwa...

Live Satsang Soul Circle 10/6/24 Time / Kala

In this Satsang we explore our relationship with TIME. Most Westerners think of time as LINEAR, while the source of Yoga considers time to be CYCLICAL. We explore the differences between the two and the potential benefits of seeing time as cyclical vs...

Live Movement + Meditation 9/29/24 - Kindness & Compassion

Audio-only version:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T841_qLCYWYXHBc9BYQmYwR5vfM1srJV/view?usp=sharing

Intro: 0:00-2:41
Movement: 2:42-17:40
Guided Meditation:17:41-45:51

This practice will liberate your upper back, neck, shoulders, chest and sides - if your heart is the epicenter of kindness, compassion and all forms of moral beauty then we gotta set it freeeeee.

Practice playlist: https://www.yogapotluck.com/forums/monthly-playlists/70310-september-2024-servic...

September's focus is service through the lens of yoga and the concept of "moral beauty". We discuss general service, karma yoga and seva (or SELFLESS service) and the idea of liberating ourselves and others from the suffering that comes from human conditioned consciousness through acts of moral b...

Inspired by the positions we usually take for stargazing, this sweet practice is largely seated and on your back.

In spite of it’s grounded nature, we’ll still explore all 4 movements of your spine and several different hip openers for a full spectrum hip tension release.

And of course we’ll fi...

Honor is a practice with heart. In this flow, we embody the qualities of humility and honor through a series of spacious heart openers followed by reverential bows and forward bends before culminating in a moment of deep gratitude.

Spontaneous Soul Circle just because! This Satsang is on kindness and compassion and a quote I couldn't stop thinking about all week:

The faster you're moving, the more you're in fear.
The more you're in fear, the more you're only thinking about yourself.
The more you're only thinking about your...

Live guided Movement & Meditation on Auspiciousness - cultivate the qualities of devotion, empathy, equanimity, truth, acceptance, compassion and gratitude.

Subtitles available and audio-only version of the meditation is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aFKPvUxBqkWp4fCcOzH0o8EAL2kUxdo-/vie...

A sweet, low to the ground practice to help you wind down and give a little gratitude to your body.

We explore all 4 movements of your spine and hip stretches to give you a chance to discharge any stress from the day and to leave you feeling absolutely chill.

You might like to have a block for ...

Live Asana with Tracey Garcia 8/18/24

A short and flow practice of just the right intensity to get yourself centered for the day.

Hip mobility and twists are emphasized to support you feeling great in your body.

Grab your pillows and blankets, this deeply relaxing restorative yoga practice will help take you from NO CHILL to GLORIOUSLY STILL.

If you have yoga bolsters, blankets and blocks, you’ll want to use them and if you don’t, bed pillows, throw pillows and blankets or beach towels will absolutely w...

For August we explore AUSPICIOUSNESS - those moments in life that are most favorable and likely to bear fruit. These are excellent times to explore growth. In this video I talk about ways to tune towards your own intuition and included several journal prompts for how connected you are to signs of...

This practice is all about RISE and SHINE!

It’s a flow practice designed to get your energy moving and the light in your eyes burning bright again!

Though it’s made for morning, it’s a great practice for anytime you’re feeling a little flat!

Whether you feel physically stiff and stuck or mentally unable to break out of a rut, this dynamic practice will help you move things through.

We’ll especially liberate your hips, chest and spine to get energy flowing again!

Enjoy a sweet return to nervous system homeostasis.

Life often has us amped up, pedal to the metal and gentle, mellow practices like this help us tap the brakes and return to that perfect balance.

Simple and sweet wind-down practice to regulate your nervous system and return to balance.

Live Movement + Meditation 7/28/24 on WONDER. We begin with some context for the sit, go into about 12 minutes of gentle movement to prepare to sit and then a 20 minute guided meditation with prompts to elicit a connection with WONDER in your life.

Time stamps:

0:00-6:15 - Context
6:15-18:00 - ...

A playful practice emphasizing the WONDERousness of our spines and hips! It includes some opportunities to push your growth edges or release into a hip opener! Have some fun, be curious, that's what feeds WONDER!

Links to the playlist are here: https://www.yogapotluck.com/forums/monthly-playlis...