Live Asana 1/14/24 - Effort & Ease - Sthira & Sukha

A balanced flow where effort and ease are woven together throughout. Starts seated, moves to standing, culminates in simple, grounded backbends and then settles into hip openers and savasana.

Live Satsang Soul Circle 1/7/24 - Sthira + Sukha - Effort + Ease - Strength + Surrender

Audio only version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FR3wQDeEczyR5t8uP5vc9Nr1IUuptNus

Sthira refers to stability, intent, and strength. Sukha refers to ease, openness and surrender.

CONTEMPLATIONS (for thin...

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...

Live Asana 12/17/23 - A SolaLuna practice that emphasizes the balance of effort and ease with awareness, focus and attention to details in support of our Self-Study or Svadhyaya theme of the month. Alignment isn't about doing it perfectly, what if it was about cultivating self-awareness as a prec...

Live Satsang Soul Circle from December 2023 - Focus of the month is SVADHYAYA or SELF-STUDY. Please ignore the video glitches at the beginning due to poor connectivity. Luckily the audio is constant (more important) and be thankful it's not your face freezing on the screen 🤣 🤣 🤣

We explore 2 de...

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

Sublime Live Slow Flow To Restorative (LunaRest) Practice with guest teacher Tracey Garcia. Focus on gratitude, our theme for November 2023.

November 2023 Satsang + Soul Circle on our monthly focus: Gratitude or Kritanja

What is the spiritual philosophy behind gratitude?
Why purpose does gratitude actually serve?
What is negativity bias, why do we have it and what are the risks of leaving it unchecked?
How and when are we challenged ...

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 ...

Live Asana 10/8/23 - Impermanence - Anitya

This practice opens with an extended "warm up" before we dive into opportunities to weather the storms of challenge and savor the sweetness, all in the spirit of embracing IMPERMANENCE. You can do hard things my friends!

You'll want a block and a strap...

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...

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...

Live Satsang Soul Circle 9/3/23 - this month's theme is DHARANA or presence and focus.

Audio only: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zmKovqfyA_CN0dROFgJOcpHjsIkwlMjX/view

Where focus goes, energy flows
Where energy flows, focus goes

Richard Freeman: “A basic axiom of yoga is that Prana and citt...

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

Live Satsang Soul Circle 8/6/23 on Karuna or Compassion

A lively discussion on compassion and accessing this state of empathy with action via our relationship with OUR OWN suffering.

Learn the 4 main ways we respond to pain/hurt/distress and the incredible power of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - REFRAME - P...

Live Asana 6/11/23 - June BLOOM - Heart openers to activate courage to bloom! Per your previous requests, this blooming practice includes heart openers, shoulder mobility, side stretching and a Camel (Ustrasana) clinic to perhaps improve your relationship with this beneficial pose.

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...

Summer Solstice and International Day of Yoga Bonus Live Practice! Nicely balanced SolaLuna practice with dynamic flow and hip openers alike!

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/...

Live Asana 7/16/23 - Energy Management - Mobility, hip openers, arm balances and lots of CHOICE!

0:00-13:00 - Context and connection to this month's theme of Energy Management
13:00-End - Practice

Live Satsang 7/9/23 - Energy Management - this month we're exploring how to manage our energy (life force, prana) to support living our best lives. We discuss some steps for doing an energy audit of yourself that include:

1) Exploring energy leaks
2) Identifying energy vampires
3) Prioritizing a...

Live Satsang Soul Circle 6/4/23 - BLOOM

Audio-only: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ac4kDZkpYNtSA9FHWNeq-9wUymHhAxCQ

In this Satsang we explore the concept of living in BLOOM and 3 of the main impediments to showing up as your best, most authentic self and the practices and strategies to work ...