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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 Jul 09, 2021
Friday Jul 09, 2021
Find the relaxation you’ve been seeking with today's guided meditation. Arriving into the body with gentle presence, feel how your breath expands the ribs, the heart and the lungs. Using relaxation to allow everything to be as it is.
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Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Would you choose a life of suffering or a life of flow and acceptance? Our experiences in life are completely dependent on our attitudes and conditioning.
With so much confusion surrounding the topic of healing in spirituality, join Ava in continuing our conversation about complex and developmental trauma and the role of de-conditioning.
Did you miss part 1? Look back and find "De-conditioning actually resolve your suffering part 1" to catch up!
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Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Enjoy our most popular episode on the Functional Spirituality podcast!
Allow this soothing deep sleep meditation to send a message of comfort and safety to your nervous system. Invite a deeper sense of calmness into every cell in your body as you settle your body into a deep state of relaxation.
Do you have requests or favourite meditations you'd like to more of? Let us know! We are @functionalspirituality on social media platforms or say hello in the Facebook group.
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Monday Jul 05, 2021
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Would you choose a life of suffering or a life of flow and acceptance? Our experiences in life are completely dependent on our attitudes and conditioning. With so much confusion surrounding the topic of healing in spirituality, join Ava in learning about complex and developmental trauma and the role of de-conditioning.
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool
https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Ease into stillness with curiosity and enjoy a guided sound meditation to connect to your body, ground, release and relax.
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Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Welcome to another guided meditation with Ava. In today's practice, we will be exploring the sensations of relaxation and joy. dropping in as normal, being present to what’s here, whilst we invite our awareness to explore the sensations and ease within joy and relaxation.
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Friday Jun 11, 2021
Friday Jun 11, 2021
In this episode, Ava gives a life update as well as an interesting story about how she discovered and started to resolve a core psychological wound nesting in her personality's centre
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Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Join Ava in cultivating space and compassion for self, as she guides you in connecting to the different emotional centres within. Fill your body with awareness and feel what’s present whilst resting in pure listening.
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Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Today's meditation will cover two areas. We will start with cultivating space for curiosity whilst allowing time to arrive, then we will gently move into cultivating peacefulness. Join Ava and let your body rest in stillness as your attention starts to melt inward.
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Monday May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
Join Ava in letting go of any effort in your day. Letting there be a listening, become present to how the breath moves through the body and what sensations may be present, replacing any tension in the body with a soft smiling energy.
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool
https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality