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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
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.
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Wednesday May 26, 2021
Wednesday May 26, 2021
A short, simple and gentle practice for your daily dose of meditation. In this episode, join Ava as she softly guides us to use our breath to ease into our practice.
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Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
The breath is an anchor in meditation and a great tool for self-realisation, there is so much the breath offers us and yet it is so simple to utilise.
In today's episode, join Ava and learn how to use the breath in your meditation practice
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Friday May 21, 2021
Friday May 21, 2021
Join Ava for a guided meditation exploring the attitudes of meditation. Take some time to slow down and notice how the mind unwinds. Do you enjoy these meditations? Let us know by searching our Facebook group or Instagram page. We welcome your feedback.
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Sunday May 09, 2021
Sunday May 09, 2021
The Heart and Stillness are one and the same! Stillness is our essential existence but also a well-spring of nourishment for our individual self. Drink up.
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Thursday May 06, 2021
Thursday May 06, 2021
Our lives our so complex but even more complex is our conditioning. Where they meet... well... its complex! Holding space for yourself is a practice of finding resolution, healing and deeper connection inward so you can thrive outward. Living a life of disconnection isn't sustainable and leads to unnecessary suffering and disease. This practice is so simple and so powerful. Let us know what you think!
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool
https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality