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Hi, my name is Ava and I’m delighted to offer you “Functional Spirituality”, a free resource of talks, trainings and guided meditations. I use an academic approach to invite critical thinking into energetic, mystical and heart-based practices. Spirituality has a history of disempowering the individual and worshiping the guru or priest, without question. In this podcast, I aim to reduce the dogma that has rendered so many schools and practices ineffective - (and strange AF) - and to elevate the conversation around spirituality. I want to EMPOWER the meditator and yogi, to place the power back in our hands, to live directly from our own experience. I hope you enjoy! For Q&A questions, topic suggestions email Ava at functionalspiritualityretreat@gmail.com Visit www.functionalspirituality.com Follow us @FunctionalSpirituality or @avairani_ and our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool
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Ava explores the fundamental imbalance in our nervous system: we're over-activated in dopamine-driven "on" mode and under-engaged in rest. The remedy isn't more effort, it's small, real pauses. She explains why phone and screen breaks don't count, then shares a list of short ideas, each under 60 seconds, from barefoot grounding to humming a song. Lock one or two in for a week to toggle your system off and come back into your body.
Chapter Markers
00:00 Welcome + the fundamental imbalance in our nervous system
01:47 Dopamine circuitry vs. the here-and-now circuitry
03:36 Why the goal is to pause and live from inside the body
05:00 What 800+ silent retreat applications reveal
06:00 Micro recoveries: why a real pause beats scrolling
07:10 Ava's story: how quickly the nervous system can toggle off
08:30 Introducing the ideas for pause
09:20 Ideas 1–10: outdoors, slow rituals, and screen-free time
10:12 Ideas 11–27: breath, senses, journaling, and movement
11:25 Bringing your energy inward and downward
12:43 Closing + the Practice Library
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