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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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Saturday Aug 22, 2020
Saturday Aug 22, 2020
Discover how gratitude helps us move through challenging situations and how gratitude helps us return to 0 by enabling us to see the tension from a place of compassion. Learn the difference between cultivating positive emotions and spiritual bypassing as Ava guides you through.
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
More than ever it's important to cultivate resilience, our ability to overcome & endure difficult situations. In this fascinating podcast, Ava explores the idea of how we can increase our capacity to experience life through gratitude for resilience.
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Presence will continue to deepen if we keep inhabiting our body, notice the subtle energy in our body while bringing loving attention to all parts of our body with this 18 minute half guided and half silent meditation by Ava.
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Discover one of the most important tools in your spiritual practice, 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 with this simple yet profound insight.
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Let your practice be simple and present. Feel how awareness sinks down to the depth of your being. Restore yourself by calming the body. Notice the awareness behind your eyes, uniquely conscious, you are the seer.
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Join Ava for this 40-minute meditation focusing on presence.
Release tension and allow yourself to empty from the crown of the head down to the feet. Empty the thoughts, the stories, the fears and discover more stillness and presence.
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Connect to the inner space, honour any movement the body might be asking for, take a deep breath and relax to this 40 minute guided meditation by Ava Irani.
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Hear Ava's personal story on the unexpected impact heart circling had in her life and discover how group relational healing developed by Tej Steiner can deepen the quality of relationships in your life. A delicious way to expand the depth of your heart, family & community.
This podcast was recorded from the free live-streams via Functional Spirituality group.
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Experience a guided consecration practice, uncover the actor behind the actions and find a sense of ease emanate throughout your being in this 7 minute guided practice by Ava Irani.
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Deepen your connection to the universal aspect of yourself, empty yourself of excess baggage and learn more about the powerful benefits of consecration practice.
Follow Functional Spirituality at @functionalspirituality and follow our Yoga Studio at @spandaschool https://linktr.ee/functionalspirituality