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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 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
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Welcome to another guided meditation with Ava!
Drop into your body and into the present moment, using the breath to help you sink and relax every muscle of the body. Grounding into the heart and into the body.
Use this spacious meditation to cultivate a safe space to let the thoughts and feelings unravel, without any resistance.
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool
https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
In this episode, Ava continues the discussion from last weeks episode, this time diving into the difference between passion and fixation.
Fixation isn’t good for our communities, it takes away freedoms, polarises the conversation and sensitises us to information. Fixation is a mechanism that protected you in the past that hasn’t been softened once the threat was removed and now it's ‘fixed’ in some way.
https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Tuesday Dec 07, 2021
Seeking time and space to connect to yourself? This guided meditation explores the 3 Part Method used in Functional Spirituality. Use this as a time to connect, feel and relax.
Functional Spirituality embraces, both, healing complex trauma and the yogic exploration of infinite Being.
It explores deconditioning, cultivating and awakening through the lenses of functional movement, yoga philosophy, non-dual tantra and the leading science of trauma resolution.
When grounded in an embodiment practice, awakening to infinite awareness acts as a tool for self-discovery, profound connection and stability in Being.
Our mission is to increase the accessibility of functional healing and spirituality.
Reach out if you’d like the link to some our free resources
https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
Tuesday Nov 30, 2021
There is a lot of talk pushing for the sides, for who’s right and who’s wrong, but there’s not enough support for those left in the middle.
If you take a side, you need to know what this is doing to your community, your friends, those who you seek to serve and protect.
Let’s unpack the issues that arise when we have polarised arguments.
If you are in the middle:
You don’t need to turn away, this isn’t going to be space to discuss either side or the stories involved, but a space to offer support and tools to help you find your way.
https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Join Ava in exploring the stillness in the pauses, sensing what’s under the surface and offering it loving breath.
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool
https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
Tuesday Nov 16, 2021
A gentle meditation with Music. Allow the breath to move in and out of the heart space, connecting to your middle unlocking this allowance and acceptance attitude.
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool
https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Slow down, and connect inward to the beautiful sensations of breath, rest and peace that are calling you from the heart space.
This meditation offers guidance for the attention to rest and find space, over light harmonious music.
The meditation can be used before bed, but it is intended to train the attention to be alert while being relaxed, allowing everything to be as it is. Do not meditate with your eyes closed while driving.
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality