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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
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Ava runs a yoga centre in Western Australia which is now under strict mandates to not allow access to unvaccinated people.
In this episodes, Ava explains how she navigates challenging situations like this as well as her own vaccination status.
chapter markers
00:12 Winter is coming
02:51 Beyond the hardship and isolation of winter
04:40 Avas vaccination status
09:07 Powerful narratives
13:05 What’s to come
15:15 Avas stance on vaccinations
17:40 Avas break from teaching + studio updates
18:37 When winter ends
21:36 Conclusion
Links mentioned
When you’re at the bottom of the wave
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/functional-spirituality/id1503101417?i=1000534868396
Healing Complex Trauma
A free workshop on how to optimise your spiritual practice and your daily life by understanding complex trauma.
healing-complex-trauma-workshop
Free ways I can support you:
NEWSLETTER
~ A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month.
https://functionalspirituality.ck.page/subscribe
COMMUNITY MEDITATION
~Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
functionalspirituality
HEALING COMPLEX TRAUMA
~ A free workshop on how to optimise your spiritual practice and your daily life by understanding complex trauma.
healing-complex-trauma-workshop
SOCIAL MEDIA
where you can hear from me in daily life, what Im up to, reading, working on, who I am playing with etc.
~ Follow my personal account @avairani_
~Follow Functional Spirituality @functionalspirituality
~ and follow our Yoga Studio @spandaschool
Our mission is to increase the accessibility of functional healing and spirituality.
Friday Jan 14, 2022
Friday Jan 14, 2022
Use this guided meditation to connect with your whole life as it truly is right now, without picking apart any parts of your experience, let the breath settle you into the connection between mind and body.
Free-ways I can support you:
COMMUNITY MEDITATION
~Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
HEALING COMPLEX TRAUMA
~ A free workshop on how to optimise your spiritual practice and your daily life by understanding complex trauma.
healing-complex-trauma-workshop
SOCIAL MEDIA
where you can hear from me in daily life, what I'm up to, reading, working on, who I am playing with etc.
~ Follow my personal account @avairani_
~ Follow Functional Spirituality @functionalspirituality
~ Follow our Yoga Studio @spandaschool
Our mission is to increase the accessibility of functional healing and spirituality.
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
In this weeks episode, Ava shares some insights from a recent cacao ceremony.
Use this episode to unpack why you personally try to distract yourself and fulfil urges, discover the deeper issue of why your attachments exist with prompts for reflection at the end of the episode.
Did you enjoy this story sharing episode? Let us know your thoughts!
chapter markers
00:15 Introduction
01:10 Cacao ceremony reflection
05:00 The deeper issue
11:27 Steps to healing
14:52 Prompts for reflection
Links mentioned
I believe I am a bad person https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/functional-spirituality/id1503101417?i=1000524999890
Free ways I can support you:
COMMUNITY MEDITATION
~Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
functionalspirituality
HEALING COMPLEX TRAUMA
~ A free workshop on how to optimise your spiritual practice and your daily life by understanding complex trauma.
healing-complex-trauma-workshop
SOCIAL MEDIA
where you can hear from me in daily life, what Im up to, reading, working on, who I am playing with etc.
~ Follow my personal account @avairani_
~Follow Functional Spirituality @functionalspirituality
~ and follow our Yoga Studio @spandaschool
Our mission is to increase the accessibility of functional healing and spirituality.
Friday Jan 07, 2022
Friday Jan 07, 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, it’s not too late and 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.
Ways I can support you for free:
COMMUNITY MEDITATION
~Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
functionalspirituality
HEALING COMPLEX TRAUMA
~ A free workshop on how to optimise your spiritual practice and your daily life by understanding complex trauma.
healing-complex-trauma-workshop
SOCIAL MEDIA
where you can hear from me in daily life, what Im up to, reading, working on, who I am playing with etc.
~ Follow my personal account @avairani_
~Follow Functional Spirituality @functionalspirituality
~ and follow our Yoga Studio @spandaschool
Our mission is to increase the accessibility of functional healing and spirituality.
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
Most conversations start off harmless and yet they have the potential to transform into arguments or debates. This is what it feels like to be triggered and when we put up our defences. The walls we construct feel tight, constricted, chaotic, and most of all not very nice.
What can we do when this happens? Join Ava as she walks through the answers to these three following questions:
How can I stay present in the moment?
How do I develop the intelligence to consider different dynamics that are at play?
How do I cultivate the freedom to act in alignment with these intentions?
chapter markers
Check-in and catch up with Ava [00:00]
Introduction into podcast topic [02:00]
Reflecting on past conversations [05:55]
What are your options during a triggering conversation? [07:00]
Conclusion [14:20]
Start Meditation course [15:00]
Start meditation
Is 2022 the year that your life starts to spiral UPward?
Join Ava and the community in January 2022 to make SURE you feel supported and effortless on your path.
Effortlessness is exactly what meditation trains us in, and the Start Meditation course is the best support you can get to cement a great meditation style into your daily life.
Receive a 21 day journey teaching you the exact foundations and guiding you through the perfect meditation practice. Cost: $189
Our mission is to increase the accessibility of functional healing and spirituality.
COMMUNITY MEDITATION
~Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
functionalspirituality
HEALING COMPLEX TRAUMA
~ If you didn’t know, Ava offered a free workshop on healing complex trauma.
it lives on our website, I’ll link it below :) it’s such a great resource!
healing-complex-trauma-workshop
OTHER RESOURCES
~Reach out if you’d like the link to some of our free resources
~Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality
~ and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Monday Jan 03, 2022
Discover how to connect to your inner resource, the part of yourself that is beyond the body and timeless. Find out what draws you back to calm and peace inside
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool
https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality
Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
During the silent retreats, retreaters are able to write ava questions each day to be answered in an evening Q&A session.
In this episode, Ava answers a question from a past retreat and discusses which content should be bypassed during meditation and how to do so.
How do we know which content to bypass during meditation? [00:40]
The answer [04:26]
What content do we bypass? [09:00]
Our mission is to increase the accessibility of functional healing and spirituality.
COMMUNITY MEDITATION
~Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
https://functionalspirituality.com/free-meditation/
HEALING COMPLEX TRAUMA
~ If you didn’t know, Ava offered a free workshop on healing complex trauma.
it lives on our website, I’ll link it below :) it’s such a great resource!
healing-complex-trauma-worksho
OTHER RESOURCES
~Reach out if you’d like the link to some of our free resources
~Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality
~ and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Join Ava for a spacious, minimally guided meditation that gives you time to arrive into the body. Allow the body to gently resolve itself, as you practice relaxing through your whole experience.
Our mission is to increase the accessibility of functional healing and spirituality.
COMMUNITY MEDITATION
~Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
functionalspirituality
HEALING COMPLEX TRAUMA
~ If you didn’t know, Ava offered a free workshop on healing complex trauma.
it lives on our website, I’ll link it below :) it’s such a great resource!
healing-complex-trauma-workshop
OTHER RESOURCES
~Reach out if you’d like the link to some of our free resources
~Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality
~ and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool
Friday Dec 24, 2021
Friday Dec 24, 2021
An 8-minute guided meditation that is designed to help you relax tension in the body using your breath. Beginner friendly.
Our mission is to increase the accessibility of functional healing and spirituality.
COMMUNITY MEDITATION
~Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community.
functionalspirituality
HEALING COMPLEX TRAUMA
~ If you didn’t know, Ava offered a free workshop on healing complex trauma.
it lives on our website, I’ll link it below :) it’s such a great resource!
healing-complex-trauma-workshop
OTHER RESOURCES
~Reach out if you’d like the link to some of our free resources
~Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality
~ and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
This is a busy time of year for many of us, there’s so many things we have to do and so many things we need to do when it comes to taking care of ourselves and continuing our self-development journey. During this period, reflection is key.
You don’t just set a goal and hope you get there. You have to take time to really contemplate what actions are needed to help you achieve your goal. In this week’s episode, learn how to support yourself with structure and planning.
Ava shares how to connect to the year that’s past and the year to come. Using these three simple steps.
1. Review the year
2. Reflect on the year
3. Dream into the future / forward reflection
Timestamps:
Silent retreat reflection: 00:30
The momentum of this time of year: 01:00
Review the year: 03:55
Reflect on the year: 05:00
Forward reflection: 06:00
Our mission is to increase the accessibility of functional healing and spirituality.
COMMUNITY MEDITATION
~Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy like-minded community.
functionalspirituality
HEALING COMPLEX TRAUMA
~ If you didn’t know, Ava offered a free workshop on healing complex trauma.
it lives on our website, I’ll link it below :) it’s such a great resource!
healing-complex-trauma-workshop
OTHER RESOURCES
~Reach out if you’d like the link to some of our free resources
~Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality
~ and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool