Moonbeams are rays of light reflected from the moon. Unlike the sun’s rays which are associated with heat and action, moonbeams are only visible in the dark of the night, a quieter and cooler time.

Their energy is that of grounded radiance and this practice embodies that same energy.

This inten...

When stress is rising, sometimes you just need to simplify, ground yourself and dial things back.

This low to the ground practice keeps things simple but thorough so you can restore balance to your nervous system.

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.

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

This is a progressive flow in rounds where each round includes a new pose that builds on the last. Really efficient for when you have short time and want to move some energy!

Not only does it allow us to use more of our body in each round, but it can have a meditative quality when you drop into ...

Live Satsang 7/14/21 - Wonder or Adbhuta Rasa

This month we explore the concept of WONDER or, in Indian Classical Art Adbhuta Rasa, one of the 9 human emotional states. We explore its roots, what it's key features are, what evokes it, why it's challenging as adults, its benefits and practical ti...

Do this short practicedaily to maintain and enhance your thoracic freedom! (includes your chest, back, shoulder blades and shoulders!) Once you learn the flow, you can do it anywhere! 10/10 recommend this investment in your long-term mobility and love of life and living fully!

A short, gentle movement practice sets the stage for acknowledging and caring for your inner warrior. We explore two ways we express our warrior vigor - in crisis and in personal evolution. Our warrior is always within, but not an unlimited resource. Self-care, discernment and boundaries are esse...

Tap into your vigor to face the challenges of life with intention and empowerment. This Satsang was LIT. Give it a listen and explore what is calling for your vigor to rise up right now.

Audio only version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XTp2ynBfReYjMO7BEg-htW6f5XVgnzkQ/

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Live Asana 6/15/24 ~ Virya ~ Vigor + Inner Warrior

This practice opens with my Thoracic Freedom flow to stoke the heart fire, then goes into the Agile Warrior sequence I've been doing, some seated breathwork bookend a sequence of warrior poses followed by hip openers and rest!

Live Movement + Meditation 5/19/24 - Maitri Meditation - Loving Kindness

A little movement practice to support your mobility (every day my friends, a little bit every day goes a long way!) followed by a classic meditation: Maitri Meditation. We generate loving kindness in rounds beginning with o...

Live Satsang 5/5/24 - MAITRI - Loving Kindness - Make Friends With Your Mind Part 3. This month we're exploring a loving-kindness centered approach to the Inner Critic, building off one of the Parts (from Internal Family Systems) and the Cognitive Distortions (part of Maya or illusion, that we fo...

An evening live practice with focus on cultivating loving kindness. Includes Gina's Thoracic Freedom Flow. Emphasizes water and earth elements and has some fabulous hip openers.

Playlists available here: https://www.yogapotluck.com/forums/monthly-playlists/68569-may-2024-focus-maitri-loving-kind...

Some days we just need to surrender the cognitive and emotional load we’re carrying and this practice can help.

It’s a short Yin style practice that emphasizes nervous system downregulation, breath awareness and dropping into a state of calm.

You will need either a bolster or a rolled up blanke...

In this solar Vinyasa practice, I focused on poses that support determination as well as opportunities to explore cognitive distortions arising.

This month we continue Making Friends With Our Minds by identifying, naming and then confronting MAYA, the veil of illusion, often in the form of the c...

Freedom requires that we break loose of the bonds that hold us down.

For many of us, it’s negative self-perception that keeps us restrained from recognizing our actual potential.

This class challenges you to tap into the courage to believe you’re capable of more than you’ve let yourself believe...

This is a shoulder and chest focused practice with the intention of not only stretching and strengthening these parts of your body but also cultivating the energies of courage and open-heartedness.

Through shoulder mobility, chest expansion, core fortification and a final backbend, we’ll leave f...

April 2024 - Making Friends with Your Mind Pt 2: MAYA - The veil of illusion. We explored the major cognitive distortions - the illusions we cognitively participate in.

Audio only: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rrIepa4-c1JcAyRbfAYlOIK0a7othWgb

No time stamping since teaching and sharing are ...

Make Friends With Your Mind Bonus Soul Circle - Exploring obstacles, reframes and new approaches to the usual tricks our ego mind likes to play on us that keep us from moving through the world sure of who we are. We talk about pleasing, selflessness, boundaries, external validation and seeking ap...

The second in a series! This one is entirely seated.

Moon Drops is a series of short, lunar energy practice meant to complement the more solar energy series – 5 Yoga Shorts.

Each practice in this series is meant to help you drop in to the moment, reset yourself and re-emerge feeling grounded, c...

This is another short and sweet lunar energy practice in the Moondrops series.

Each practice is made up of a combination of simple slow flow and hip openers, each with a primary focus on a different quadrant of your hips.

This Moondrops practice focuses on the front of your hips: hip flexors an...