Live Meditation - 4/27/25 - Root To Rise - A bit of preparatory movement followed by a guided meditation that includes breath awareness, body awareness and visualizations.

Time stamps:
0:00 - 8:05 - Intro + context
8:05 - 19:10 - gentle movement
19:10-45:00 - guided meditation

Audio-only versio...

A guided meditation on shifting anger into energy that you can choose how to use. And the Soul Circle we didn't have earlier this month! At first glance, you may decide you don't need this because you don't feel angry but this meditation and our conversation that follow uses Yogic perspectives an...

Based on a Yoga Nidra, this guided meditation includes several different techniques for getting focused and grounded including a very powerful mantra. We begin with some simple movement to prepare to sit and then dive in and use several different techniques to cultivate focus. My great hope is th...

This kicks off with a short talk with examples on Flow State challenges, a reminder that our community is a refuge in challenging times, some gentle stretches to discharge stress and tension and then a guided meditation that starts with a body scan, then breath awareness, then focus on Flow State...

Live Movement + Meditation on MATI or Self-Reflection/Perception 12/29/24

Time stamps:
0:00-5:00: Welcome & intro
5:00-21:00: Gentle movement & mobility
21:00-42:00: Guided meditaiton

Audio only version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nVh0_EEglJWrLIeABl6SwCHvxk_uE-yW/

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...

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 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

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...

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 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...

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 Movement + Meditation 4/28/24 - Make Friends With Your Mind 2 - Embrace All Your Parts

0-1:30 Intro to Session
1:30-17:30 Stretch
17:30-23:50 Intro to Meditation
23:50-53:00 Guided Meditation
53:00-End Soul Circle

Audio of entire session: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BuVgB4lSsPKl9Bdxxt...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

Live Movement + Meditation - Winter Solstice - 12/21/23. Simple seated sequence focusing on hip and spine mobility followed by a guided meditation in support of this month's theme of Self-Study or Svadhyaya via awareness of space, body, breath and thoughts.

Intro: Start - 3:30
Movement: 3:30 - 3...

A short, mellow movement session, a short tapping practice and meditation on gratitude!

Tapping points: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xGHgTo5S4KpdTARee2k5qAcDLv2taXPa

Audio-only of this session: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bx47z_VMGAWqnwy09Yf-ng3yLVOPeaDr

Live Movement + Meditation 10/15/23

We start with some simple, gentle stretches then shift into seated meditation beginning with a body scan and focus on breath and connection to past suffering and joy. The only constant is change and when something is changing, there is always POTENTIAL. Even ...

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...

Live Meditation 8/20/23 - Karuna / Compassion

A guided meditation to evoke compassion and a sincere wish for yourself and others to be free of any pain, hurt and sorrow.

0:00-10:00 - Greeting and context for meditation
10:00-35:00 - Meditation
35:00-End - Soul Circle

Audio only meditation with...

Live Meditation 7/23/23 - July focus is on Energy Management - a visualization-based guided meditation that takes you on a journey to support your ability to manage your life force (including energy and time) in alignment with your values and your best life.

Audio only: https://drive.google.com/...

For our June 2023 focus of BLOOM, we explore a chakra-based visualization meditation, with a focus on each individual chakra and it's qualities as well as a energy movement meditation culminating in the thousand-petaled lotus of your crown in full bloom.

Explore which chakras you felt it was ea...

To wrap up this month's theme of Roots + Grounding, a combination asana, breathwork and meditation session focused on what supports you in aligning with your true Self, your truth and your gifts.

Audio only: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vWA3wnb_m44gDAYWp16w5cxppmnyW9Ya/

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0:00-5...