Live Satsang 2/2/25 - Vishāda - Working Skillfully with Emotional Overwhelm

Vishāda is the Sanskrit word for despair, dejection or emotional overwhelm to the point of paralysis or collapse. (please note, spelling of Sanskrit words in the auto-captions is almost always incorrect)

In this Satsang...

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...

This class is inspired by that phrase servers often say with regards to your beverages – "Can I top you up?"

Topping up is replenishing and restoring to the highest level and this class intends to support you in energetically getting back to a place of fullness.

It’s slow and low to the ground ...

This month we explore what constitutes a "Flow State" or the states called Dharana and Dhyana in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras.

Audio-only version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15EA3EI4fv9jg5brtFUnzb-ZVztZ8D5bJ

I reference an important book in my life and personal evolution that I read in college,...

Kicking off 2025 with a ritual practice of 108 cycles of prostration - a more reverential version of Sun Salutations. In each one we take a pranam, or a prostration with the spirit of reverence.

Playlist on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/yoga-mala-2025/pl.u-YmbEg5Mcq1EyPY

Spot...

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 Asana 12/15/24 ~ MATI ~ Self-Reflection ~ Turning your attention inward towards Self with Eagle inspired postures, balance work, forward bends and hip mobility enhancers.

Inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh's quote "Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. The wounded...

This month we explore a niyama from the Hatha Yoga Pradipika: MATI or self-reflection. Mati invites us into the practice of deep self-inquiry: a commitment to exploring our values, questioning our unconscious patterns, and aligning our actions with our aspirations.

It challenges us to pause and...

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...

Live Asana 11/10/24 A grounding practice from New Zealand

Lots of technical difficulties but we finally made it happen using my phone and cellular so please excuse both the blurred background and the lack of music for this one.

Includes breathwork, kriya (purification), opportunities to dischar...

In this live Satsang Soul Circle, we focus on Grounding, what it is and how to support it physically, mentally and energetically both through the lens of Yoga + Ayurveda and general Wellness principles, both evidence backed and experience backed!

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

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...

This practice is full-spectrum and supports the activation of your life force so it’s great for when you’re feeling a little stagnant or sluggish and you want to stir things up!

It’s a flow practice with elements of core strengthening, upper body strengthening and even multiple hip openers to le...

This practice highlights SAMANA VAYU, or the energy that flows from outer self to inner self, a gathering in of energy if you will

We’ll start with a grounded simple flow that leads to a creative, midline energy specific sequence into some supportive hip openers.

You might like to have a block ...

Inspired by the mighty trees and their ability to bend but not break, this class includes a few different tree variations and its offshoots for you to explore steadiness and ease both on and off your mat

Don’t hesitate to practice near a wall or a chair if you want a little extra balance support...

Live Asana 10/13/24 - Time, Cycles, Kala - a big fun Progressive Namaskar sequence. A progressive Namaskar is a big cycle made up of smaller, repetitive cycles but each new cycle brings a new movement. We get to bear witness to what remains similar in each cycle of our lives and how there is alwa...

Live Satsang Soul Circle 10/6/24 Time / Kala

In this Satsang we explore our relationship with TIME. Most Westerners think of time as LINEAR, while the source of Yoga considers time to be CYCLICAL. We explore the differences between the two and the potential benefits of seeing time as cyclical vs...

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

This practice will liberate your upper back, neck, shoulders, chest and sides - if your heart is the epicenter of kindness, compassion and all forms of moral beauty then we gotta set it freeeeee.

Practice playlist: https://www.yogapotluck.com/forums/monthly-playlists/70310-september-2024-servic...

September's focus is service through the lens of yoga and the concept of "moral beauty". We discuss general service, karma yoga and seva (or SELFLESS service) and the idea of liberating ourselves and others from the suffering that comes from human conditioned consciousness through acts of moral b...

Inspired by the positions we usually take for stargazing, this sweet practice is largely seated and on your back.

In spite of it’s grounded nature, we’ll still explore all 4 movements of your spine and several different hip openers for a full spectrum hip tension release.

And of course we’ll fi...

Honor is a practice with heart. In this flow, we embody the qualities of humility and honor through a series of spacious heart openers followed by reverential bows and forward bends before culminating in a moment of deep gratitude.

Spontaneous Soul Circle just because! This Satsang is on kindness and compassion and a quote I couldn't stop thinking about all week:

The faster you're moving, the more you're in fear.
The more you're in fear, the more you're only thinking about yourself.
The more you're only thinking about your...

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...