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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
Friday Apr 22, 2022
Friday Apr 22, 2022
Do you ever feel like unresolved material is starting to have a snowball effect in your life?
This is the epidemic of trauma.
We ALL experience chronic attunement failures as a child, along with other environmental failures that sculpt our subconscious mind from a young age.
So what is an attunement failure and how do we heal the trauma it causes?
Join Ava in this week’s episode to unpack it all.
Chapter Markers
00:00 Recap on Avas healing journey
02:29 The root of your trauma
04:30 Developmental trauma
06:16 What is an attunement failure?
10:58 The importance of psycho-education
13:57 Internalised badness
21:40 Conclusion
23:41 Subscribe to the podcast
Links mentioned:
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
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
We start today's practice with a formal meditation practice, as well as investigating blocks to feeling compassion in everyday life.
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
Friday Apr 15, 2022
Friday Apr 15, 2022
“You should just let it go”. Has anyone ever said that to you, or have you thought it yourself?
Can simply letting something go, really shift your perspective in such a way that it permanently transforms you?
Join Ava in this week's episode to learn the steps you can take to really let something go.
chapter markers
00:00 Introduction
03:58 Patterns of the mind
07:21 A spiritual practice we can rely on
09:30 So how do we let go?
15:51 The practice
17:18 Conclusion
19:31 The Embodiment Facilitator Training
21:27 Subscribe to the podcast
Links mentioned:
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 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
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Today's meditation is about pure presence.
Settle in and notice what it feels like to surrender resistance
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
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Friday Apr 08, 2022
The topic today is about how the overarching attitude of meditation is actually great training for how we can respond to our lives and the attitudes we can cultivate.
Join Ava to learn how naturalness can expand your capacity to meet all of life.
Today’s topic is very much a meditative topic. A lot of the content will be pointing towards an inner significance.
Feel free to close your eyes and relax as much as you like.
Chapter Markers:
00:00 Drop-in meditation
01:35 Introduction to the topic
03:58 What is an attitude?
06:14 The conscious & subconscious mind
08:55 What we ultimately want
10:30 What is THE attitude?
11:30 What is naturalness?
15:40 How can I just allow everything to be as it is?
26:35 Softening your nervous system
29:07 Homework
31:00 Closing guided meditation
Links Mentioned:
The three attitudes of meditation
Guided meditation: A 5 minute drop in
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
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Ease into stillness with curiosity and enjoy a guided sound meditation to connect to your body, ground, release and relax.
Links:
Our new Embodiement 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 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
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
A 5-minute guided meditation that is designed to help you relax tension in the body using your breath. Perfect for any time of the day.
Our new facilitator training:
https://functionalspirituality.thinkific.com/bundles/therapeutic-embodiment
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
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Friday Mar 25, 2022
In this week's episode, Ava shares the 4 ingredients for a successful business.
Trying to push to get ahead represents the fear and survival complexes that are entrenched in our society and embedded in our conditioning.
Learn what steps you need to take to nurture yourself and your business.
chapter markers
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Free workshop: Confident leader
01:30 The aspects of business
04:23 Ingredients for a successful business
05:15 Resilience
07:46 Attunement
09:38 Relational Skills
11:05 Mindset work
12:00 Opportunity
15:02 Faulty frameworks
15:57 Recap
17:25 What to do if you don’t have all the ingredients?
20:19 What’s one step you can take from this? Let us know
21:00 Therapeutic Embodiment Training
25:02 Thank you for tuning in
Links mentioned:
The 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 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
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
Use this guided meditation to activate the parasympathetic nervous system.
When the nervous system is in the parasympathetic nervous system state, the body is able to function normally, as well as repair and regenerate.
In modern culture, our busy lifestyle often makes it difficult to flip back to the parasympathetic state once the sympathetic has been activated, making it easy to experience chronic over activation of the fight or flight nervous system.
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
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
This week's meditation invites seekers to explore what the word "I" refers to, and draws awareness back to its infinite Self-source.
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