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Shake The Dust: Tirodhāna, The Fourth Act
The Fourth Act: Concealment – explore your contractions, habitual patterns, and occlusions through practicing perpetual movement and integrative stillness.
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.
Shake The Dust – The Second Act: SUSTAIN
In this practice we will sustain. We will go into the patterns that we hold, that support us, that allow us to cope and maintain even during tough times. Sometimes these can feel repetitive, in a comfortable way or an irritating way depending on how you relate to them. Bring your patterns and we will Shake The Dust!!!
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
Authentic Flow – Creation: The First Act
CREATION – The First Act – Today we connect to the point from which all things arise, the point of creation, or emission. Lots of free movement, no demonstration.
Authentic Flow: The Alchemy of Space
Authentic Flow: The Alchemy of Space – Tap into the element of space through bija mantra repetition, somatization, asana, and super slow movement meditation. No demonstration, but lots of verbal guidance.
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.
Authentic Flow: Shiva’s Favs
I wanted a practice with all my favorite poses, one I would do over and over myself. This sadhana includes mantra, free movement and a sequence of some of my very favorite poses to get into all the nooks and crannies, including toe stretch, squats, vinyasa with lunges, and more.
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.
Authentic Flow: Spacious Receptivity
In this active class explore the qualities of spaciousness and receptivity with engaging music, vinyasa flows and spontaneous movement.
Authentic Flow: Embodying Abundance
Chant Lakṣmi’s bīja mantra Oṃ śrīm Mahālakṣmyai Namaha and flow through free movement and vinyasa sequences with the prompt of embodying the energy of the goddess.
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.
Authentic Flow: Cellular Breathing
45 minutes Gentle Embodied Yin – Cellular Breathing. Use audio cues only to allow yourself to be guided, eyes closed, into the cellular experience of your tissues.
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.
Spinal Movement, Squats & Meditate
When you’re pressed for time, do this 20 minute moderate to vigorous lower body focused embodiment practice, followed by 10 minutes of silent meditation.
Shake, Sun Salutations & Meditation
When you’re pressed for time, do this 20 minute moderate to vigorous lower body focused embodiment practice, followed by 10 minutes of silent meditation.
Authentic Flow – The Joy of Strength
Use short repetitive sequences as inspiration to challenge yourself and invite asana mudras into your body, identifying any competitive or image-creating thoughts along the way.
Recovery & Release – Shoulders
Use this session when you are recovering from physical activity, or mental and emotional stress. Release and relax the shoulders and all the joints of the body, going deep into silence and stillness, interspersed with gentle movement.
Authentic Flow – From Doing to Being
This movement practice brings the intention to let go of the doer and to embrace being, flowing, and arising energy without needing to direct any energy or intention with the mind. Basic sun salutations and vinyasa flow physical postures are practiced along with non-structured movement.
Sacred Stillness
Gentle Embodiment Sadhana: Practice a few gentle stretches, Samavritti pranayama, and a body scan which includes the 3 bindus.
Authentic Flow – Spanda / Vibration
Motionless Movement – Using a moderate sequence of poses, and unstructured movement, focus on relaxed open awareness to perceive the vibrationless-vibration that is essential to Trika Shaivism.
Authentic Flow – Accessing Innate Joy
Through free movement and structured flows we call on our deep resources of the full heart’s consent, a total YES to what’s happening, and our own inner motivations to access the joy that is within.
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.
Authentic Flow – Alignment for Energetic Activation
We will use alignment cues not for physical correctness, or safety or aesthetics, but instead to generate and connect to lines of energy in the body.
Authentic Flow – Mental Discipline Vs. Embodiment
After invoking Kālī’s bīja mantras to offer strength, energy, and sweetness, we go into an exploration and experimental practice contrasting ignoring the mind and sticking with a pose no matter what with complete freedom and embodying the deepest impulse we can get in touch with. Both practices are essential for the path.
Authentic Flow – Sternum Access Point
Use this authentic flow practice to develop deep listening and use your sternum (with brief anatomy lesson) as an access point to your inner experience.
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.
Authentic Flow – Move Energy
Use this Authentic Flow practice to become intimately aware of energy in your body and move it through using poses and freedom. Squats are included!
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.
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.