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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
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Friday Jan 29, 2021
Friday Jan 29, 2021
The Invitation from the teachings of Mooji is a simple and potent awakening technique. It helps us to reveal our true nature: formless Being. The meditation starts with Ava leading a gentle relaxation and drop-in, before going further into the Self-Enquiry.
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Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Yoga is a loaded topic. In this series called "What is Yoga", Ava debunks the unhelpful assumptions that yoga is inherently good and coherent. Actually, yoga is fluid and riddled with pitfalls. We would gain more by looking into the history of yoga more then solely relying on the ideology of one yoga system.
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Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
A gently guided relaxation meditation to bring you into the body and into an attitude of allowing. You are invited to use the heart space as a doorway for trusting life and connecting to the background of Being and the present moment.
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Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Join Ava Irani for this guided meditation WITH music. You are invited to drop into your body, your centre and your presence. What is your "Truth"? Truth is that which does not change, and this intimate reality can be discovered within your own being.
Happy New Year beautiful people :)
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Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Join Ava Irani for this guided meditation with music. Lightly guided with lots of space, you are invited to drop into your body, your centre and your presence. The perfect way to find inner connection and unravel the tensions of 2020.
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Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
This guided meditation brings the inspiration from Ramana Maharshi in his teaching on following the I feeling in meditation. Paired with a Hridaya meditation, the meditation invites seekers to explore what the word "I" refers to, and draws awareness back to its infinite Self-source.
If you want to learn more about a functional approach to yoga, meditation and spirituality, you may want to consider The Functional Spirituality Retreat, which is a 6-month mentoring program with Ava.
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Saturday Sep 12, 2020
Saturday Sep 12, 2020
The heart is a doorway into the infinity of your being, the ultimate tool for the revelation of yourself. Learn the science behind Heart Math Institute along with 3 useful tools for accessing the profound power of the heart space in this 40-minute podcast.
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Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Follow your breath in and out of your heart space, connect to the stillness, the love and the peace at the centre of your being with this 15-minute meditation gracefully guided by Ava Irani.
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Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Your being, your existence is love. Feel the love in your heart and notice its quality. Explore the universal energy that can be noticed in every cell of your body as Ava graciously guides you through this 15-minute meditation.
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Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Soften unnecessary tension, fan gratitude energy to your whole being with this 15 minute guided meditation by Ava.
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