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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
Episodes
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Slow down and sink into your body, soften your muscles and joints with your breath and gentle movement. Deepen your presence as you continue to inhabit your body.
Notice the subtle energy in our body while bringing loving attention to your body with this 18 minute guided meditation with music by Ava.
Increasing accessibility to functional healing + non-dual spiritual oneness.
www.functionalspirituality.com
Free resources:
A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month.
Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
Free workshop: Healing complex trauma:
A free workshop on how to optimise your spiritual practice and your daily life by understanding complex trauma.
Connect on Socials
Where you can hear from us in daily life
Personal account: @avairani_
Functional Spirituality: @functionalspirituality
Studio: @spandaschool
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Is meditation one of your new year’s resolutions? How can you incorporate more meditation into your schedule?
In this episode, Ava explains the key elements of meditation that help remove the obstacles for practicing.
Meditation is an activity, a craft that we work on and can get better at. At the beginning it may require some effort but eventually the practice becomes an absolute joy and is weaved effortlessly into your life.
If you want to deepen your practice we recommend you to register in the Start Meditation course, a 21 day journey that breaks down the ultimate keys for meditation in the simplest way possible. With expert support and step-by-step guidance, you will experience meditation in your daily life.
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Chapter markers:
00:00 Introduction to the topic
00:50 Meditation is a craft, a tool
1:30 The intention of this podcast
2:30 Elements to consider when you start practicing meditation
5:00 Setting the space
6:55 When to practice
8:50 Final tip: Choosing the tool that you want to use.
10:00 Creating the conditions that feel good and inspire you to do your practice
11:45 21 day Start Meditation course
12:45 Our FREE weekly meditations are starting in January 2023
13:30 Non-dual awakening techniques
14:58 The difference between healing and being
16:15 The confusion that exists in some ‘awakeing’ teachers and teachings
21:40 How do I bring clarity in my spiritual path?
23:00 Summary about the three part method and the two formats of our Silent Retreats
24:56 Therapeutic Embodiment Facilitator Training
Increasing accessibility to functional healing + non-dual spiritual oneness:
www.functionalspirituality.com
Free resources:
A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month.
Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
Free workshop: Healing complex trauma:
A free workshop on how to optimize your spiritual practice and your daily life by understanding complex trauma.
Connect on Socials
Where you can hear from us in daily life
Personal account: @avairani_
Functional Spirituality: @functionalspirituality
Studio: @spandaschool
Saturday Dec 31, 2022
Saturday Dec 31, 2022
In this episode Ava shares the birth story of Jasmine, born on Christmas day 2022. She describes the timeline and details of this intense, highly inspiring and empowering journey of 100+ hrs of labor.
Chapter markers:
00:00 Introduction
7:30 Timeline of the birth and details of what happened
49:00 Conclusion
Increasing accessibility to functional healing + non-dual spiritual oneness:
www.functionalspirituality.com
Free resources:
A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month.
Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
Free workshop: Healing complex trauma:
A free workshop on how to optimize your spiritual practice and your daily life by understanding complex trauma.
Connect on Socials
Where you can hear from us in daily life
Personal account: @avairani_
Functional Spirituality: @functionalspirituality
Studio: @spandaschool
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Monday Dec 26, 2022
Ready to start the new year with intention?
Choosing a 'word of the year' helps bring focus and clarity to what we want to create in our lives.
Struggling to pick a word? No worries, this guided meditation is here to help you!
This isn’t about crossing another goal off your list, it’s about creating an intention to help guide your daily actions and cultivate the qualities you want more of this year.
To join our free weekly group meditations message us or visit @functionalspirituality
Increasing accessibility to functional healing + non-dual spiritual oneness.
www.functionalspirituality.com
Free resources:
A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month.
Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
Free workshop: Healing complex trauma:
A free workshop on how to optimise your spiritual practice and your daily life by understanding complex trauma.
Connect on Socials
Where you can hear from us in daily life
Personal account: @avairani_
Functional Spirituality: @functionalspirituality
Studio: @spandaschool
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
1. What would balance look like to you?
2. Is there anything I have planned that I am not looking forward to?
3. Is there a boundary that I could set or a resource that I could call on to help me with the above?
4. Is there anything else that I am dreading or worried about?
5. Is there a resource that I could call on or are there a number of resources that I would like to call on to support me?
6. What would these resources give me?
7. Is there something that I can do to support myself knowing that this is what I need?
00:00 Introduction to the topic - have a pen and a journal with you!
00:51 The holiday season can be a time of stress for a lot of people.
02:21 This is the sacred time for rest and reflection.
03:27 How to find balance between social activities and solo, self- care.
04:24 Journal prompts.
6:34 Thank you for listening, wishing you a happy, joyful and easeful holiday season!
Increasing accessibility to functional healing + non-dual spiritual oneness:
www.functionalspirituality.com
Free resources:
A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month.
Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
Free workshop: Healing complex trauma:
A free workshop on how to optimize your spiritual practice and your daily life by understanding complex trauma.
Connect on Socials
Where you can hear from us in daily life
Personal account: @avairani_
Functional Spirituality: @functionalspirituality
Studio: @spandaschoolMonday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Join Ava in this guided meditation where we explore the RAIN technique, one of our favourite deconditioning tools. In the second part of this meditation we deepen our practice using smiling energy to connect us to the heart space, the adult part of our consciousness, our being.
If you enjoy this audio you can save the link somewhere on your phone, or make a playlist for it on your Spotify so you have access to this practice with one click.
To join our free weekly group meditations message us or visit @functionalspirituality
Increasing accessibility to functional healing + non-dual spiritual oneness.
www.functionalspirituality.com
Free resources:
A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month.
Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
Free workshop: Healing complex trauma:
A free workshop on how to optimise your spiritual practice and your daily life by understanding complex trauma.
Connect on Socials
Where you can hear from us in daily life
Personal account: @avairani_
Functional Spirituality: @functionalspirituality
Studio: @spandaschool
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
This week's topic is on Awakening; the third part of the three part method in Functional Spirituality.
Inspired by an email we received a couple of months ago that draws attention to how the word ‘awakening’ can be a very confusing topic for some people. Ava talks about the process behind Awakening and the importance of having a clear and simple explanation of exactly what it is, how the awakening techniques work and what you can expect along the way.
Ava encourages us to use our own discernment and create our own framework so we are not completely abnegating our thinking to a system or teachings outside of us.
Relevant links:
Guided meditation: The Invitation by Mooji
Guided meditation: Inner smile into pure Being
Chapter markers:
00:00 Introduction to the topic
02:30 Today’s topic was inspired by an email we received a couple of months ago
6:08 Common misconceptions about awakening
8:25 What is awakening?
12:30 What is ‘the person’ according to non-dual traditions?
13:30 Non-dual awakening techniques
14:58 The difference between healing and being
16:15 The confusion that exists in some ‘awakeing’ teachers and teachings
21:40 How do I bring clarity in my spiritual path?
23:00 Summary about the three part method and the two formats of our Silent Retreats
24:26 Therapeutic Embodiment Facilitator Training
Increasing accessibility to functional healing + non-dual spiritual oneness:
www.functionalspirituality.com
Free resources:
A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month.
Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
Free workshop: Healing complex trauma:
A free workshop on how to optimize your spiritual practice and your daily life by understanding complex trauma.
Connect on Socials
Where you can hear from us in daily life
Personal account: @avairani_
Functional Spirituality: @functionalspirituality
Studio: @spandaschool
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Join Ava in this spacious guided meditation with music. Use your breath and relax yourself into a state of depth and presence.
We finalise this meditation with segment intending, a cultivating tool where you choose a segment of your life that is coming up and you visualise that situation working perfectly for you.
To join our free weekly group meditations message us or visit @functionalspirituality
Increasing accessibility to functional healing + non-dual spiritual oneness.
www.functionalspirituality.com
Free resources:
A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month.
Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
Free workshop: Healing complex trauma:
A free workshop on how to optimise your spiritual practice and your daily life by understanding complex trauma.
Connect on Socials
Where you can hear from us in daily life
Personal account: @avairani_
Functional Spirituality: @functionalspirituality
Studio: @spandaschool
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Regardless of the type of relationship we're in, our interactions with others can sometimes bring out some of the darkest emotions. We can sometimes feel immense pain, and often experience the feeling of being trapped. We tend to label these relationships as ‘toxic’.
In this episode, Ava unpacks this ‘toxic’ label, reframing what it means to experience being trapped in a ‘toxic relationship’.
Although we had another podcast scheduled to be published this week, Ava decided to discuss something that has been present and meaningful for her in the last days.
Join the discussion in our Facebook group.
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Chapter markers:
00:00 Warning: Honey may be snoring in the background 🙂
01:05 Introduction to the topic
04:00 What happens in our brains when something hurts?
05:35 What is a toxic relationship?
8:50 How do I know that I am in a toxic relationship?
11:10 Ingredients to healing
12:00 Some relationships trigger our deepest wounds
15:00 Ava shares about her experience
16:26 What do we do now?
19:30 Let us know what you think of this episode
Increasing accessibility to functional healing + non-dual spiritual oneness:
www.functionalspirituality.com
Free resources:
A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month.
Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
Free workshop: Healing complex trauma:
A free workshop on how to optimize your spiritual practice and your daily life by understanding complex trauma.
Connect on Socials
Where you can hear from us in daily life
Personal account: @avairani_
Functional Spirituality: @functionalspirituality
Studio: @spandaschool
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Join Anaid in this effortless guided cacao ceremony to honor the cacao and connect with this sacred medicine.
Take your time to prepare a cup of cacao or any ritual drink or food you'd like to connect with. Come back to this audio when you are in a comfortable space and ready to start the meditation.
If you enjoy this audio you can save the link somewhere in your phone, or make a playlist for it on your Spotify so you have access to this practice with one click.
Increasing accessibility to functional healing + non-dual spiritual oneness.
www.functionalspirituality.com
Free resources:
A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month.
Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
Free workshop: Healing complex trauma:
A free workshop on how to optimise your spiritual practice and your daily life by understanding complex trauma.
Connect on Socials
Where you can hear from us in daily life
Personal account: @avairani_
Functional Spirituality: @functionalspirituality
Studio: @spandaschool