As late winter merges into spring - or at the threshold of any major shift in your life where you’re working with any resistance and your creativity needs encouragement - this almost 50 minute practice helps you attune to your heart-led creativity and step courageously into your sacred heart flow.
Begin seated in pranayama to honour the sacred flow of your breath teacher and harness mudra vinyasa as instruments to come into your natural essence.
Your movement meditation through heart-opening expressions emanating from Chandra namaskar takes you into water and air element pathways that aim to gently release any obstacles inhibiting your natural flow.
Under the Full Moon invite this practice to illuminate and access the depths of your being to courageously reveal your most creative and authentic nature.
Here is a soundscape to enjoy while you practice.
A just over 30 minute practice to support you in bringing awareness to your core essence and building solid foundations at the beginning of any new cycle or to ignite focus while you are in process at any point on your journey.
A balanced fire (sama agni) centred practice known as “sacred training” in Prana Flow ideal for the approach of Makar Sankranthi and the invitation to move slowly - in sync with nature - towards more solar focused practice, always with attention to honouring where you are in your life cycle.
The aim here is to lighten and brighten, to dispel doubt or stagnation and to bring in clarity and instinctual awareness through all the layers of your being.
Lean into more solar options or bring lunar wisdom if you need to stay off your wrists or closer to the earth.
Here is a soundscape to enjoy while you practice
A practice to honour and retrieve the wisdom of all the seasons of your life and to drink the nectar of Soma for rejuvenation at this last Full Moon of the year.
Every Full Moon brings an invitation to drink its Soma to both nourish our inner spaces and to perceive your Self more clearly.
Moving with a simple heart opening sequences in a mandala you will invite Soma to infuse every cell for reflection, wisdom retrieval and nourishment for the journey ahead.
Pauses give you an open canvas to move freely so you can realise that all you are searching for is within you as natural flow and lived experience.
You’ll complete in a hip and heart opening mandala of Soma namaskar to catch the classic embodiment of the Moon in its dance with the light of the Sun.
Feel your devotion to your practice and to your natural evolution.
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A 40 minute practice to catch the energy of the Full Moon to invoke Soma - the regenerative heart nectar associated with the Moon - and to honour your inner fire to move with intentions towards positive creativity and transformation.
Soma and Agni - the sacred fire - are the eternal pair, like Yin and Yang. Apparent opposites that compliment each other and are an essential balance for us to thrive in life.
This practice guides you in a mandala to first drink in the power to regenerate - the fuel for your fire. And then to invoke Agni to light your way in life whether you are at a juncture of letting go, sustaining what matters most or igniting your creativity - or all at once!
This movement meditation includes seated pranayama, meditation and mudra vinyasa to best direct your intentions illumined under the Full Moon.
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A 40 minute practice to support you any time you want to circulate a healing and nourishing feeling state and to catch the energy of truth, healing and rebirth that is deeply connected with this first Full Moon since the end of eclipse season.
This practice starts with 15 minutes of pranayama, deep listening and mudra vinyasa to invite in the healing nectar and clarifying light from the Full Moon that is associated with Soma.
You are then guided through rhythmic rounds of Soma namaskar, a Prana Flow movement meditation that helps you deepen your ability to bring about healing and clarity from within.
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A just over 40 minute practice to catch the energy of victory over regressive energy at the culmination of the celebration of the Shakti - the primordial Great Mother/divine feminine energy that is honoured over the 9 nights of Navaratri.
Move through some rounds of Chandra namaskar to enter into the feeling state of listening to your soul's desires.
Then move through rounds of Prana Flow Shakti namaskar to strengthen your ability to clear the path ahead both of any self-created obstacles or limitations as well as any dissonant energies around you.
The bija/seed Shakti mantras circulated at the beginning and end of this practice are AIM (pronounced A-EEM), HRIM (HREEM) KLIM (KLEEM).
If you like you can expand this to Om Aim Hrim Klim Chamundaye Vicey - Victory to Devi and the forces of prosperity and positive evolution.
Here is a soundscape to enjoy while you practice.
A 35 minute practice to help you set down the 10,000 things that can start to build up as the transition towards autumn begins and allow you to feel enlivened while taking a dunk into mystic space.
These short rounds of Soma namaskar invite you to feel the regenerative power of lunar movement with added breath awareness that leads you to your mystic heart.
A perfect practice to round out the month of August and Shravana that honours the union of opposites and of creation with consciousness as our lived experience.
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A 30 minute practice to both catch the energy of the Full Moon and to help you settle into yourself wherever you are.
You will be guided through a short Prana Flow Mandala practice all the Dancing Warrior sequences embodying the elements of earth.water. fire, air and space encased in the universal mantra of transformation Om Namah Shivaya.
This practice aims to help you feel a deeper connection to yourself and to your natural surroundings and to catch the energy of the Full Moon that for some ends Shravana - the month celebrating Shiva and spiritual practices to clear the way of any obstacles for an auspicious autumn season.
This 40 minute practice syncs with Guru Purnima - the Full Moon right after the solstice/around Karkara Sankranthi when the Sun's light is now seen to have begun its southward movement - where we are invited to honour our teachers, mentors and guides who have shared wisdom, knowledge, insight and love with us on our paths.
Beginning with pranayama to bow to the great teacher that is your breath and life force, this practice takes you through seated dedication and reflection at this turning point and celebration of all the wisdom that has brought you to this moment (have a journal close by if you like).
Taking nature's cues to now begin the gradual slowdown we shift into a lunar feeling state and flow through a Prana Flow Chandra Namaskar in a mandala to move and breathe with those dedications and to drink in the soul-reflecting light of this auspicious Full Moon.
Om Sri Gurubhyo Namaha
Here is a soundscape to enjoy while you practice.
The recording of a live one hour solstice and Full Moon practice syncing with the auspicious junctures of solar and lunar cycles.
Beginning with pranayama and dedication to returning to the centre of the mandala that you are as unique light in the great macro mandalas of space and time that we can see clearly in the Sun and Moon cycles.
You will be guided through rounds of classical Surya Namaskar followed by Prana Flow Surya Namaskar in a mandala to sync with the rhythm and energy of the Sun at its peaking light moment of stillness.
Sun meets Moon as you then flow into Chandra Namaskar adding heart openers and inviting reflective lunar feeling states.
Enjoy this practice at these sacred junctures or anytime you wish to attune to the cosmic cycles most affecting us here on Earth and to reclaim your space and come back to your centre.
Here is the playlist we flowed to during this practice for you to enjoy.
A 39 minute practice that helps you to cultivate and circulate feelings of friendship so you can radiate those feelings for mutual benefit in your relationships especially in times of tension.
You will be guided through rounds of Surya Namaskar - the first mantra for which is Om Mitraya Namaha - “bowing to the friend of all”.
This is followed by rounds of Chandra Namaskar to bring rejuvenation and soul reflection to balance and befriend the energy and rhythm of the Sun.
We complete in nadi shodhana pranayama honouring the Sun and the Moon within you to step into your day with greater feelings of peace and balance.
Here is a soundscape to enjoy while you practice
A just over 50 minute practice to catch the energy of this Celtic cross quarter juncture that reminds us of the quiet quickening in nature and the potentiality for rebirth and rejuvenation.
This practice is inspired by and embodies Soma - the nectar of vitality connected with the moon and with nourishment of our inner and outer landscapes.
We begin with pranayama honouring the sun and moon and the respective vitality and regeneration their light and rhythms bring to our own embodiment.
Move through lunar namaskar and sequences to feel hip and heart opening to receive wisdom and nourishment at this juncture.
Complete circulating or receiving the bija/seed mantra Saum connected to Soma to seal in your practice.
Here is a soundscape to enjoy while you practice.
A 45 minute practice syncing with the full moon and supportive anytime you want to clarify the sacred vision of your life and illuminate what is most important for you.
This practice invites you to embody Teajs - that principle in Ayurveda that relates to the superfine essence of your inner light, your inner fire in every cell connected to your vision, your intelligence and your ability to clarify and transform your life.
I love this practice for this slow emergence from winter as the sun’s light is waxing ever so subtly supporting you in both building sacred strength and clarity for the path towards peak light in the summer.
Here is a soundscape to enjoy while you practice.
A 30 minute practice to enjoy in these in between days before new year and in the liminal seasonal space to clear the way for the new cycle.
This Rhythm & Flow practice invites you to move freely and cut any chords and release with great tenderness and compassion into the fires of life experience and wisdom anything you do not want to take with you into the next cycle.
Lean in to your feeling state to chose your flow and close your eyes to feel the movement coming from within.
A soundscape is integral to this practice so enjoy this one here
A practice you can enjoy all at once or as two practices.
It will first guide you through a mandala of Prana Flow chandra namaskar to catch the light of the bright moon and circulate and receive regeneration in the darker days towards the solstice. You are then invited into seated breath and short meditation practice.
At around 30 minutes you can continue into lunar heart warming and heart opening hridaya/breath of the heart namaskar to feel the grounded release, warmth and freedom of connecting to your hearth/heart.
Here is a soundscape to enjoy while you practice.
An almost 1 hour lunar Prana Flow practice that begins with rounds of Chandra namaskar to open your body and mind to receive the regenerative energies of soma - the nectar of vitality synonymous with the moon in the Vedic tradition embodied through the water element.
After the opening flow you’ll be guided through grounding seated asana to open your hips and free your heart space to alleviate heavy emotions.
Feel spaciousness to explore open practice in shoulderstand and urdhva dhanurasana if they are suitable for you in accepting the full moon’s invitation to stay in a reflective and meditative state.
Enjoy this practice at the full moon or any time you wish to balance busyness and agitation and dive into your inner depths to restore and renew your body, mind and spirit.
Here is a soundscape for your practice
A practice to help you rejuvenate and bring peace to all aspects of your being at the full moon and final eclipse of the year.
Amidst all the intensity in the world move through a few rounds of Chandra Namaskar to invite soma nectar nourishment, healing and grounding from the full moon.
And enjoy many pauses in pranams and deeper hip opening marinations on the earth to journey within to access the wisdom and peace at your core.
Feel yourself better able to radiate peace and goodwill to those around you after this almost 60 minute practice.
Here is a playlist for this guided journey.
A 30 minute practice to honour the full moon that begins Ancestor Fortnight, a pre-cursor to other ancestor/root remembering festivals of autumn.
Move through rounds of Prana Flow Soma and Chandra/Moon namaskar to invite a purifying and nourishing of your connection from root to source, imbibing the rejuvenative qualities of the soma nectar of the full moon.
Enjoy this practice on its own before or after the Ancestor mantra meditation
Here is a playlist to enjoy while you practice.
A mantra mediation practice to enjoy at the full moon and throughout ancestor fortnight to honour lineages and nourish and purify ancestral pathways.
Begin with pranayama and meditation preparation mudras and dedications before circulating rounds of the mantra SHRIM (pronounced SHREEM) to bring healing and rejuvenation.
Follow this with rounds of a mantra Om Pitara Shundha Tvam aimed to help purify your ancestral channels and connections and also to help circumvent or heal any obstacles in those connections including letting go of inherited negative patterns and conditioning.
Here is a playlist for during your meditation.
A 30 minute practice moving in the four cardinal directions to both embody the energy of the full moon & give yourself a simple summer ritual practice through this month of Shravana dedicated to meditation and spiritual practices.
You will be taken on a journey through movements that are the foundation of entering into a state of meditation in motion & you will then be guided you through rounds of Chandra/Moon namaskar.
Here is a playlist to enjoy while you practice.
A 50 minute practice to catch the effulgence of the full moon and also cool and soothe by cultivating soma - the nectar of regeneration synonymous with the moon.
Begin seated and enjoy settling into your movement meditation before you are guided through rounds of heart and hip opening soma namaskar followed chandra namaskar in a half mandala to honour the 14 phases of the moon.
In the in between moments embrace the invitations to move with your instinctual body’s cues embodying the water element and deepening into following your creativity and how things are vs how they should be.
Here is a playlist to enjoy while you practice
A practice to honour Imbolc and the full moon that invites you to reflect and embody the flow of soma, the rejuvenating nectar synonymous with the moon.
Move through 45 minutes of Prana Flow jala/water element pathways to tune in to the auspicious and instinctual currents of your body and mind, and by embodying the water element bring fluidity, openness and natural flow to stiffness and restrictive thought patterns.
A classical Imbolc tradition was to visit streams and rivers to feel the purification and nourishment of sacred water for seed intentions to grow with the rising sunlight.
Here is a playlist to enjoy while you practice.
A 35 minute practice to sync with nature, catch the energy of the first full moon of the year and embody soma - that ancient nectar of rejuvenation - synonymous with the moon in the yogic tradition.
A practice that begins with meditation and mudra and guides you through some rounds of chandra namaskar in a half mandala to cultivate regeneration and receptivity of nourishment for your evolution.
This practice can also be enjoyed on Monyda/Moonday known in Sanskrit as Somavara or Somavasarah associated with the Moon/Chandra.
Here is a playlist to enjoy while you practice.
A lunar practice to help you draw upon all the elements of earth, water, fire, air and space to help you navigate and harness the energies of the full moon and total eclipse juncture.
This c. 50 minute practice guides you through Prana Flow lunar namaskars of each of the elements in a mandala and invites you to reflect on how their qualities are present within you and how they can help you navigate life, especially in trying times.
Here is a playlist to enjoy while you practice
Catch the nourishment and regeneration of the first full moon of autumn to balance the season’s rising Vata dosha.
This 50 minute lunar practice takes you through rounds of a heart opening and extra grounding Chandra Namaskar towards longer marinations in hip opening asana to catch the subtlety of Vata energy to go deeper towards your inner bliss.
Here is a playlist to enjoy while you practice
A just less than 40 minute practice to cultivate earth and water element qualities to help you smoothly and steadily shift into new seasonal rhythms with grace and wisdom.
Enjoy three different namaskar sequences designed to help you both catch the energy of the full harvest moon and invite instinctual movement and a sense of freedom in your creative impulses that you can draw upon to balance resistance and fear in times of change.
Here is a playlist to enjoy while you practice
A 50 minute practice to catch the illumination of the August full moon to help you both dance life’s realisations with grace and feel the coolness and regeneration of the full moon.
Enjoy a grounding mandala flow followed by Prana Flow namaskar to embody soma and regeneration and inviting instinctual movement meditation to step as gracefully in your life as you do on your mat.
Here is a playlist to enjoy while you practice
A 30 minute holiday-friendly yoga practice recorded into the full moon of Guru Purnima to harness the brightness of this supportive moon's energy.
This is a solar tapas (discipline-inspiring) practice that will aim to help you stay cool and focused in the fires and challenges of life and begin this next 6 month cycle with strength and discernment.
Here is a playlist to enjoy while you practice (includes Om Hrim Hamsa So Ham Svaha mantra mentioned in practice)
70 minute Prana Flow Soma & Chandra namaskar practice to imbibe the full moon’s regenerating & cooling qualities and to help you balance any intensity or sudden change associated with total eclipses.
Here is a playlist to enjoy while you move through this practice
Imbibe the regenerative and soothing qualities of the full moon in this 30 minute soma-infused flow. Perfect for cleansing the day and easing your body, mind and spirit before heading to dreamland.
Here is a playlist to enjoy with this practice or anytime.
Om Shrim Somaye Namaha
