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 ...

Mellow movement and stretch before a guided meditation on the 5 Layers of Being or the Pancha Koshas to support your capacity for focus (DHARANA) and presence.

Audio only: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sjI1mDCK9jz-ocvtJSWp-T74Ij7CO7fA

0:00-5:00 - Greetings and context
5:00-25:00 - Mellow mov...

This lively practice emphasizes twists as a way to ring out anything that would dim your inner light and leaves you with a sense of rising up into a fresh start.

We’ll combine flow with core work, balance and standing poses before we wind it down and ground ourselves with a couple well-timed hip...

Stabilize is a practice I created in response to requests for knee friendly practices! It’s the second in the Happy Knees series!

In this one I focus on stability - poses and movements within poses that will strengthen the muscles that support your knee joints including quadriceps and gluteus m...

Live Asana 9/10/23 - A flow, static pose and balance pose practice designed to support DHARANA - your focus + presence!

0:00-11:30 - Greeting, context and education
11:30-end - Practice

Invitation to free-write after your practice about if you felt present and focused, challenges you faced, opp...

Sometimes we love the contemplative pauses and deeper stretch through longer holds and other times we want to find a flow state with continuous synchronized breath and movement.

Today’s practice is just that, smooth and continuous. It challenges you to maintain conscious breath as you move throu...

Live Asana 8/13/23 - Compassion - Live from Portland! We explore Effort + Ease with standing balance poses and a beautiful soundtrack

Renewing ourselves calls for emptying out internal clutter to make space for what we value most.

This quiet practice emphasizes groundedness in hip openers and twists, breathwork and deep stretches to release the dead weight and open us up to what’s possible.

Like a delicious dish rich with layered flavors, this practice includes both dynamic and static stretches to satisfy your entire body mind complex.

We’ll explore creative takes on some classic poses that will leave you feeling nourished on every level.