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Somatic Asana: Yielding
Explore the process of yielding through movement meditation and a series of asanas. Merge with the flow of energy moving through your practice.
Authentic Flow – The Third Act: Dissolution
Samhara – The Third Act – Invoke the process of dissolution or reabsorption through your embodiment. Start with guided sequences and dissolve into free form movement. Begins with Kāli mantras and ends with silent savasana.
Somatic Asana: IT Band
Begin with a short meditation and then proceed through mostly gentle asanas (only 2 standing poses) to bring our awareness into the legs, soothe and stretch them.
Somatic Asana: Simple Practice
Sit in silence for a few minutes before diving into a guided asana practice with lots of space for exploration and free movement. Moderate
Somatic āsana: Spine, Ribs, Breath
In this twisting practice we focus on these three elements: spine, ribs, breath, especially where the spine and ribs come together when taking a breath to create space and free the spine and ribcage for fluid movements.
Gentle: Elemental Water
Beginning with mantra meditation and progressing from free movement to more structured āsana, we invite the water in our bodies and the quality of fluidity to inspire our movement.
Authentic Flow: The Alchemy of Water
We’ll be using WATER as our gateway into sensation, this includes the fluids of the body, the blood, and the fluids of the earth. We will also chant bija mantra for the element of water.
Gentle: Earth’s Lullaby
Using the bija mantra for the earth element, meditation, and slow deep stretches and free movement, we commune with the earth. Our experience of grounding, fertility, stability, nourishment and support are invoked, cultivated as well as our energetic connection with the earth below.
Authentic Flow: The Alchemy of Earth
We will use the EARTH element as our entry point to the embodied experience. The bīja mantra for the earth is LAṂ and we’ll start by chanting this and then go into somatic explorations grounded in the earth, our bones and invoking the red bindu which symbolizes EMBODIMENT – our bodies are made of earth, after all.
Gentle Air & Prana
In this practice we aim to inhabit the body, rather than have awareness of it as a separate object. Includes mantra, breath meditation and gentle poses invoking the air element and prana
Authentic Flow: The Alchemy of Air
We will use the AIR element as our entry point to the embodied experience. Using the mantra YAṂ to invite the experience of air into, through, and all around our bodies, we’ll then go into both structured and free movement to explore and invoke air, sky, and change, all set to some pretty awesome music!
Gentle Inquiry
Chant bija mantras of the goddess Om Aim Hrim Srim, energy body meditation and use gentle hips openers to inquire to the body “if you had a message for me what would it be?”
Gentle Kālī: Black Radiance
Using Kali’s mantra, a somatic meditation and poetry, we slip into an energy guided gentle practice on the void within. Please have a strap and a block and set your Spotify Playback to Crossfade 5 sec. In Spotify go to Profile > Settings & Privacy > Playback > Crossfade.
Gentle: Lakṣmi / Desire / Shoulders
Welcome in forgotten or pushed away desires as we work deeply to embody and nourish the shoulders with Downward Dog, Dolphin, shoulder focused sun salutations, and deep floor stretches focusing on the shoulders.
Authentic Flow – Desire
Cultivate willingness to feel all your desires fully. We invoke Lakṣmi with her mantra Om Shrim Mahalakshmiyai Namah and use hip openers and free movement to explore our energy of desire.
Gentle Winter Solstice – Mantra & Prostrations
Gentle Mantra, Meditation, and Prostrations for the Solstice – Agni and Gayatri mantras, free movement, and devotional prostrations to candle light.
Authentic Flow: Agni & Bakāsana
We’ll invoke Agni with a mantra, then using the access point of Navel radiation we’ll activate the energy lines and release the blockages that prevent Bakāsana or Crane pose.
Embodied Yin: MahāŚakti & The Suśumṇa
Honoring the goddess in the central channel, we practice alternate nostril breathing, mantra, and yielding, grounding and balancing poses on the floor.
Embodied Yin: Pose As Prompt
Slow, relaxing and deep stretches with guidance to use the pose as a prompt rather than a directive, and feel into the energy that wants to move through you, even as tiny subtle movements.
Authentic Flow: Mahāśakti & The Suṣumṇa
Use the seed syllable mantras of Mahashakti to worship the goddess in and as the central energetic channel or nadi. We do mantra practice, nadi shodana pranayama, and then keep our attention focused on the central channel throughout our movement practice.
Embodied Yin: Gentle Devotion to Lakshmi
Through mantra, prostrations, and gentle yin poses including inversions, we evoke the abundance and generosity of the heart of the goddess Lakshmi in our practice.
The Source of Movement
An authentic flow practice that is ‘advanced’ due to there being no demonstration, however the poses are simple and can be practiced moderate to vigorously. Go deep within to sense the source of movement within yourself.
Mini Practice: Standing Poses & Meditation
Standing Poses & Meditation – Moderate practice 20 min physical + 10 min meditation.
Mini Practice – Twists & Meditation
Twists & Meditation: Moderate 20 min physical + 10 min meditation. Somatic exploration of energy, blocks, and stagnancy.
Gentle Authentic Flow – Neck Release
Neck Release & Meditation – use slow, explorative movements to release the neck while gently opening the whole body, ending with a meditation on the central channel.
Bedtime Yoga
This is a practice that can be done on your mat, or in bed. Start with standing forward bends and progress into hip openers and leg stretches to put you into deep relaxation, followed by a body scan that may lead you right into sleep!
Sacred Stillness
Gentle Embodiment Sadhana: Practice a few gentle stretches, Samavritti pranayama, and a body scan which includes the 3 bindus.
Full Body Gentle Stretch – Mantras – Meditation
Gentle Forward Bends – Stillness – Goddess Bijas: We start standing and make our way to the floor with various forward bends, practice a channel cleansing pranayama, goddess bijas (Om, Aim, Hreem, Shreem) and silent meditation. A blissful and calming practice.
Authentic Flow – Shake, Meditate, Resonate
This practice begins with 15 minutes of vigorous but basic movement to clear energy then moves into a contemplative practice including pranayama, mantra, and blissfully silent meditation.
Authentic Flow – Back Of The Heart
Cultivate awareness and sensation in the muscles between the scapula and spine, as well as the energetic space of the back door of the heart, through free movement, sun salutations, and side planks. Empower yourself and listen to the inner teacher.
Gentle Forward Bends
In this gentle class use forward bends to open into relaxation and feel energy move through your body freely and spontaneously. Integrate with free movement.
Deep Stretch Shiva Practice
Deep Stretch and Stillness Practice – Embodied Yin – Have a strap, block and bolster, or a big pillow and a scarf and get ready to relax, go deep, and allow.
Authentic Flow – Navel Radiation
In this authentic flow practice our access point will be the navel center. Deep diaphragmatic breathing or kapalbhati are your pranayama choices, followed by a navel radiation meditation, and then movement prompts using the navel as our starting point and guide.
Authentic Flow – Sensory Skin
This 60 minute Authentic Flow practice uses the skin as the focal point and gateway to awareness. Āsana, free movement, kriyas, meditation, and stillness are all utilized for an exploration of consciousness through the access point of the skin.
No Wrist Modified Sun Salutations
This is a modified sequence that can be used in substitute for sun salutations if you are wanting to give your wrists a rest, or just try something new. Work on legs and backbends, with careful attention and awareness.
Joint Mobilization & Kundalini Frogs
In this 50 minute practice meditate for a few minutes then go through all the major joints in the body and move them in all directions to promote lubrication and circulation. Then create full body circulation with kundalini frogs and relax feeling your whole body renewed.
Classical Surya Namaskars with Tantrik Bīja Mantras
Take part in this ritual practice. The first 15 minutes is instruction in the movement patterns and translations of the mantras. The rest of the practice is pranayama and steady namaskars, with mantras to guide our movements. Please note that first mantra in each namaskar is in stillness with hands in namaste.
Tantrik Embodiment Sadhana – Kali & Slow Sun Salutations
This Tantric Embodiment Sadhana works with Kali’s mantra, meditation, asana and exploratory movement to open the body and release attachment and resistance.
Classical Surya Namaskar – Slow
Classical Surya Namaskar – Instruction and Practice
We’ll use Ganesh Mantras and a Ganesh playlist to help us overcome obstacles and get grounded in some of the basics of yoga. You will receive instruction in this sun salutation so that you can practice on your own whenever you want. And this will be a full sadhana as well including ganesh mantras, meditation and embodiment practice.
Authentic Flow – Shoulders
Shoulders and the weight we carry: Using lakshmi mantras to acknowledge the abundance that surrounds us always as support for accessing, becoming aware of, and releasing weight and responsibility that is ready to be released.
Bliss Pod – Restore
45 minutes of completely chill, relaxing stretches. If you have a bolster or two, that will make your practice more cozy, but not entirely necessary. I’m recovering from the flu, so this practice will be well suited to anyone who is recuperating, fatigued, menstruating, etc. Nourish and soothe yourself with this short asana practice.
Nandi & Om Namah Shivaya
a 60 minute easy class that brings awareness to the whole body. Begin with meditation & mantra, practice about 40 minutes of asana, then a deep savasana.
Build Your Own Practice
Learn some short sequences and then take time to bring them to life in your own body. You will be given enough guidance that you are glad you came to class, and enough freedom that you start to feel what your own yoga feels like in your body – not my idea of yoga, or any other teacher. Start to find your own embodiment!
Intimacy With The Breath
A Gently Moderate practice with focus on intimacy with the breath and with our present experience, we work slowly to open the front of the thigh and hip flexors, with pulsation and breath.
Foundations of Asana & Embodiment Practice 1
This is the practice session that goes with the Foundations of Asana & Embodiment 1 session.
Foundations of Asana & Embodiment Practice 2
This is the practice session to go with the workshop “Foundations of Asana & Embodiment 2”
Deep Stretch – Shoulders & Hips
Focus on the shoulders and hips, with deep breathing and meditation. This class will be a simple, therapeutic practice curated to help you nourish and recharge after the holiday celebrations. It will be mostly gentle, with just a few full body circulation moves to get clear, fresh energy moving through our bodies.
Listen To The Flow
Cultivate the ability to listen inside to how your body wants to move as we practice breathwork, sun salutation variations, and savasana.
Ease Into Slow Flow
start with deep hip stretches, move into a slow lunge flow, end with seated meditation
Tantrik Gratitude Practice w/ Backbends
60 min Moderate practice begins with a gratitude contemplation, followed by gentle opening moves and then sun salutations to warm the body for some beginner level backbends.”
Receptivity & Allowing
This slow and mindful practice will focus on repetition and actually holding back – not pushing the stretch, not trying to go deeper, but will rely on returning to each asana meditatively, again and again, to allow ourselves to enter the poses with ease and awareness. Gentle. 60 min.
Open to What Arises
a 60 minute Gentle class (with moderate options given for raising the intensity level) which will focus on inviting whatever emotions are ready to come up and be seen and holding space for these with meditation and āsana. Options will be given to allow emotion to be fully experienced through stillness, movement, posture, mantra and breath.
Red Bindu – Earth Element
60 minute moderate practice gathering our attention on the lower belly and red bindu in almost every pose, as well as invoking the earthy stabilizing energy of Ganesh with his mantra.
Pure Radiance Retreat Day 4
These practices were recorded for an online retreat and are wonderful all-over practices to support your own home retreat or sadhana.
Pure Radiance Retreat Day 3
These practices were recorded for an online retreat and are wonderful all-over practices to support your own home retreat or sadhana.
Pure Radiance Retreat Day 2
These practices were recorded for an online retreat and are wonderful all-over practices to support your own home retreat or sadhana.
Pure Radiance Retreat Day 1
These practices were recorded for an online retreat and are wonderful all-over practices to support your own home retreat or sadhana.
The Vibrational Lower Body
Cultivating sensation of vibration in the body – focus on grounding and awakening the pelvis, hips, legs and feet in this gentle to moderate practice.
Cultivating Heart Awareness
Cultivate awareness of the heart through this series of simple yet powerful asanas including squats, lunges, and cobra.
Flow Through Structure – Hips
Hips- Gentle+ Use this framework to explore your hips and give your body what it needs with a couple optional moderate moves.
Gentle Embodiment Sadhana
Gentle to Moderate 40 minutes of movement and asana, followed by 10 minutes of prāṇāyāma and 10 minutes of meditation with optional movement component.
Mahavidyas Retreat Day 1
This practice was part of a 5 day online retreat and includes guidance about how to make your yoga or embodiment practice tantrik in approach.
Mahavidyas Retreat Day 2
This practice was part of a 5 day online retreat and includes guidance about how to make your yoga or embodiment practice tantrik in approach.
Mahavidyas Retreat Day 3
This practice was part of a 5 day online retreat and includes guidance about how to make your yoga or embodiment practice tantrik in approach.
Mahavidyas Retreat Day 5
This practice was part of a 5 day online retreat and includes guidance about how to make your yoga or embodiment practice tantrik in approach.
Mahavidyas Retreat Day 4
This class was part of a 4 day online retreat and includes introduction to making your embodiment practice or yoga practice tantrik.
Authentic Flow – Red Bindu Activation
Explore the lower belly, low back and pelvis with awareness, movement and meditation. Activate the Red Bindu energetic center. With music.
Authentic Flow – Heart Access Point
Access the heart center through movement, stillness, meditation and sound. With music played on your own Spotify.
Surya Namaskar A&B Overview
Go over the basic shapes of the poses contained within Sun Salutations A & B, and learn the difference between the two. Frequently in Authentic Flow I’ll say “do a few sun salutations on your own” and this class is meant to give you the tools to be able to do that.
Foundations Asana & Embodiment 2 Workshop
This is part 2 of a series on how to bring the tantrik spiritual view to your practice of embodiment – great for both newbies and seasoned yoga practitioners looking to incorporate tantrik philosophy.
Foundations Asana & Embodiment 1 Workshop
This is a class aimed at both total beginners and also seasoned yoga practitioners wanting to learn how to incorporate tantrik view into their embodiment practice.