Live Movement + Meditation 3/24/24 - Make Friends With Your Mind - A Self-Compassion Guided Meditation + continued discussion

Time stamps:

0:000-1:40 - Opening
1:40-13:45 - Mindful movement
13:45-29:30 - Teaching on ahamkara, function of ego, how the mind can turn into your enemy
30:00 - 51:45 ...

The first in a series!

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, centered and calm, even when yo...

Live Asana 3/17/24 - St. Patrick's Day - Trinity - Impermanence

0:00-9:00 - Greetings, meaning of St. Patrick's Day and how that relates to Yoga practice and today's offering. Note: In my excitement to share all the things, I neglected to honor my lineage and say that I initially learned this co...

Make Friends With Your Mind - explore identity, ego and AHAMKARA - the "I-Maker" - just as we and those around us construct our identities, we have the power to change them, expand them and continually challenge them to be sure we're living in alignment, vs on auto-pilot or in an effort to fulfil...

This practices supports you in centering and grounding when you’re experiencing a bout of anxiety!

One point of focus is APANA, or the downward flow of energy so you start to come out of the head-spin and get grounded. The other focus is SAMANA or the inward flow of energy so you regain a feelin...

Live Yoga Nidra from Soulshine Bali - This is a practice typically done laying down, in full relaxation!

It's a powerful, guided practice to sink a sankalpa, or powerful affirmation, deep in your consciousness where it can bear fruit.

Audio-only version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16oOGV7H...

Live Asana February 2024 - Focus on Connection of self to Self - conditioned self to True Self

Includes flow, heart openers, side bends, twists and even a little arm balancing + tips.

Contemplate: How does asana practice support the union of conditioned self to True Self? How do all the moment...

Asana – Breathwork – Meditation – the Yoga Trinity

In this practice we’ll move through a hip-centric flow before grounding ourselves with some relaxation inducing breathwork and then settle in for a short meditation practice.

I crafted this for those days when you want it all but have short tim...

February Soul Circle on CONNECTION - Yoga - Union. We explore the key connection of self to Self or individual to Divine and the transcendence of conditioning which impacts our ability to CONNECT with all other living things!

0:00 - 41:00 - Teaching
41:00 - 1:18 - Soul Circle

Audio only version...

This slow flow practice leads to deeper pauses and holds in hip openers to support a need to move energy through your body and then cherish yourself in stillness.

It focuses on hip mobility and centering balance poses while cultivating nervous system equilibrium.

You might enjoy being near a wa...

Includes a refresher on what meditation is, what to expect, how to work with what arises and emphasizes the significance of the balance between effort + ease or sthira + sukha. Intro may be helpful for beginners to meditation. Short movement session into a guided meditation with short periods of ...

I created this practice for anyone craving a simple practice, anyone who never got some of the nuts and bolts of the basics, anyone re-starting a practice and of course, anyone who is new to yoga!

We cover all the orientations – seated, kneeling, inverted, prone, standing and supine and do some ...

Live Satsang - A Gathering Of True People - on SHUNYATA, the absence of the conditioned and the touching of the unconditioned. Plus beautiful, powerful shares, questions and comments from our Potluck community.

Live Satsang 2/21/21 - Brahmacharya/Higher Purpose/Right Use of Energy/Self Love

Live Satsang - Today's topic was jñana - the knowledge of Self. How we don't practice it and practical ways to practice it more. The success or "failure" of our efforts is always tied to our values. Loved your insights here!

Live Satsang 4/18/21 - Santosha/Contentment, Ananda/Bliss, our natural propulsion towards them & Panoramic Vision

Today's Satsang is juicy and human - it's on kriyayoga, or the action plan (kriya) towards self mastery (yoga) and what it takes to change your behaviors and perceptions. Quite literally, yoga in action.

Explore impermanence, its significance, the suffering that comes from attachment and aversion to that which is ever-changing, unstable and unreliable. Understand how the presence of suffering can be the first sign of attachment/aversion which activates the process of contemplating what's really g...

Live Satsang 7/9/23 - Energy Management - this month we're exploring how to manage our energy (life force, prana) to support living our best lives. We discuss some steps for doing an energy audit of yourself that include:

1) Exploring energy leaks
2) Identifying energy vampires
3) Prioritizing a...

Live Satsang 10/01/23 - Impermanence - Anitya - Anicca

Impermanence
Anitya in Sanskrit – Anicca in Pali

Audio only: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14uAflgnTRM-4LNn0Ou74ctLwwtlrlZxO

One of the kleshas, the 5 oot causes of suffering – AVIDYA – ignorance
For example, ignorance of the connection ...

Live Satsang Soul Circle 1/7/24 - Sthira + Sukha - Effort + Ease - Strength + Surrender

Audio only version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FR3wQDeEczyR5t8uP5vc9Nr1IUuptNus

Sthira refers to stability, intent, and strength. Sukha refers to ease, openness and surrender.

CONTEMPLATIONS (for thin...

Live Satsang 7/17/22 - Interdependence, Avidya, Maya & Karma.

Where are you feeling most called to explore your interdependence?

Environment?
Relationships?
Work?
Family?
What else?

Where does your interdependent work lie? What feels like a good place to start?

Thoughts?
Words?
Actions?
What ...

Live Satsang 10/17/22 - From Bali!! Our focus for the month is FEAR and our relationship with it.

Some things I mention in the Satsang:

Fear is one of the kleshas, or root causes of suffering, according to Yoga philosophy.

ABHINIVESHA = Fear

It's compounded by two other kleshas, or causes of ...

Live Satsang - 11/20/22 - Santosha - Contentment - Gratitude

We explore how we can biohack our negativity bias with gratitude and find an acceptance of what is, even in the hard times. NOT toxic positivity or bypassing!

AUDIO only file for those who would prefer to listen (download by clicking ...