Getting grounded is always the advice form Ayurveda coming in to autumn & indeed in any phase of change in your life.
This 35 minute practice aims to help you access all of the elements to find a groove to bring yourself to a place of strength & openness to meet the autumn transition ready to take on new rhythms or challenges.
Enjoy spaciousness to move in a solar or lunar way to tend your inner fire and to relax and listen in to your authenticity and wisdom to know what you are dancing with and how best to navigate the path ahead.
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A 30 minute pranam/prostration practice with space for intentional listening at the full moon or any time you want to retrieve a sense of wholeness.
Embody the elements of earth, water, fire, air & space and retrieve your inner intelligence to get real with yourself, to seal the leaks of distraction and listen, receive, let go and or compost.
Lean into this practice according to your life force, choosing a solar or lunar path or flowing between the two.
Express yourself as you are embracing the changes during your practice as you embody the mantra of Om Namah Shivaya which encases all of the 5 great universal elements.
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A 30 minute practice ideal for maintaining sacred strength and core cultivation in a way that also brings about a meditative state in keeping with the seasonal/Shravana spiritual focus vibe.
Move through a ritual and rhythmic flow of prostrations and standing balances according to your life force, and feel yourself empowered to walk your path with humble confidence as you are.
I love this practice for this time of year approaching the transition towards autumn to still enjoy the inward summer spaciousness but also cultivating a sense of grounding and strength that can stand you in good stead when the rhythm shifts in autumn and Vata dosha rises in the winds of change.
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A 40 minute practice to help you at the start of a new moon or new day cycle to find and follow your auspicious current.
You will be guided through earth and water inspired flow to create a supported foundation for the new cycle and one with the power to be fluid and to find your natural flow.
Enjoy this hip and heart opening sequence at the new moon or any time you find yourself in need of daily inspiration from within.
I love this practice in the summer/Shravana mornings after seated pranayama and mantra meditation.
Here is a playlist to help you flow as you move
A 35 minute practice that will guide you through all the Prana Flow Dancing Warrior namaskars in a half mandala to embody all the elemental aspects of space, air, fire, water and earth encased in the mantra Om Namah Shivaya.
A practice to deepen your meditation during the month of Shravana dedicated to spiritual practice and walking a life path where that meditation is stronger than any agitation.
This is one of. my favourite morning practices and completes seated taking you through 108 rounds of the mantra.
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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.
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A 30 minute practice aimed to help you be moved and soothed without interference of outer mind.
The water element pathway Prana Flow practice offers space to move in ways that get into all the sacred crevices of body and mind to promote the flow of your natural creativity and instincts.
A practice I love right now during Saturn retrograde for being with life’s delays and obstacles and allowing yourself to be in the unfolding moment to moment with fluid potentiality.
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A 40 minute practice to invite the flow of love to where it is most needed.
A fluid heart-opening moon & water-element inspired Prana Flow practice ideal for a Friday - Shukravar - a day to invoke love and compassion and when you may feel especially ready for some non-verbal connection to our heart and spirit.
Also ideal in the summer months to enjoy healing and release in the micro moments through movement meditation.
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This 50 minute practice begins with 15 minutes of pranayama and inner reflection followed by 35 minutes of movement meditation aimed at helping you clear space and pierce your heart for clarity about the path ahead.
This is a predominantly standing asana movement practice to help to ground and honour sacred space while catching the energy of the new moon and at this point of Karka Sankranthi when the sun is seen to begin its 6 months of southward movement (dakshinayana).
Move with a dedication to simply listen and find the auspicious current or with the aim - with your astral arrows of clarity - of asking questions aroud ntnat which you wish to sustain, deepen, initiate or let go of on the journey to the full moon, next new moon or all the way to the point when the sun begins its rising cycle again in mid-Jan next year.
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A ritual pranam practice in four directions to invite a receptivity and listening for inner guidance in the space & time between solstice and the beginning of the sun’s southward movement (dakhshinayana).
The looser rhythms of summer can feel like a more spacious time of year for tuning in to your magic and listening for wisdom in a less-projecting way than at the sun’s northbound turning point mid January.
This 40 minute practice can be enjoyed on its own or as a preparation for seated pranayama and reflection or mantra meditation.
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A 60 minute practice to help you feel freedom to be your authentic self and to reclaim your space and perspective.
At the peak of the sun’s light it’s easy to feel overstimulated and overwhelmed even while celebration the fullness of this solar cycle.
This practice takes you through rounds of Prana Flow Akash (space) namaskar to clear and tend to your inner and outer spaces and into a standing vinyasa sequence to honour your boundaries and to regain new perspectives.
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A recording of the live practice at the solstice that invites you to celebrate the peak of solar energy, while also applying a soothing soma/lunar balm to ease any tension or stress associated with the peak activities & excess Pitta/fiery energy at this time of year.
Enter your movement meditation practice through classic Prana Flow breath & meditation rituals to bring forth the qualities most healing to your system and for positive evolution.
You’re invited to use moments of pause for your own expressions of instinctual movement and stillness as you flow through rounds of Soma, Chandra and water pathways to gather sunlight-infused regenerative nectar and apply it for optimal freedom and flow in your body, mind and spirit.
Here is the playlist we enjoyed as we practiced live.
A 60 minute Prana Flow Hridaya namaskar to invite a deepening of awareness of heart consciousness in brining entrainment with brainwaves and breath through your movement meditation.
Feel a greater state of coherence of heart and mind in this heart awareness and hip opening flow and cultivate how you can change space around you with the radiance of your heart field.
Expect a hridaya namaskar with space to move with freedom according to your instinctual heart.
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A 35 minute practice to help you cultivate coherence between heart rhythm, brainwaves and breath rhythm and to feel an expansion of the field of your heart.
Enjoy 3 rounds of hridaya namaskar’s heart and hip opening flow to calm thinking mind and bring you towards a deeper connection with your heart and soul.
A perfect movement meditation to enjoy before some rounds of nadi shodhana alternate nostril breathing and heart chakra focused dharana/meditation.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A roughly 15 minute practice to help you cultivate regeneration & wisdom especially in the heat and when time and space is limited (perhaps on holidays when surrounded by others).
Enjoy earth and water lunar pathways in this Prana Flow chandra namaskar towards a mantra meditation/yoga nidra ending.
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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.
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Enjoy a 50 minute heart space tending practice moving through Prana Flow hirdaya namaskar that opens the heart, and akash namaskar that offers opportunities for new perspectives and clearing your inner and outer spaces to invite and cultivate compassion, goodwill, contentment, freedom and respect.
This practice has often offered me great space to clear all that is in my head before bed.
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In this 70 minute Prana Flow practice recorded on the summer solstice you'll get a chance to honour the sun and catch the energy of this culmination point in nature to honour all you've learned, created and cultivated in the cycle of rising light.
You are guided to embrace and embody space - the host of all the elements - before journeying through all the other elements of earth, water, fire and air, returning to space where we come from, and all will return to
During your practice you are invited to connect with each element and feel how its qualities can bring more balance to your life according to your energy, constitution and moment in time.
I hope it offers you the space to open, acknowledge and reclaim all aspects of who you are to listen, feel and harvest the wisdom from your inner spaces for the next cycle.
Solstice blessings
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