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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
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
How does a self-suggestion tape work to access our subconscious mind? What are autosuggestions and self-hypnosis?
In this episode, Ava explains more about how we can update our operating system of the subconscious mind.
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Tuesday May 26, 2020
Tuesday May 26, 2020
In this episode, Ava and Roger discuss elements of a functional spiritual practice. They speak on the place of non-dual direct paths within the context of a spirituality that is grounded in daily lived experience. Roger Castillo ~ Being Lived
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Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Enjoy this guided meditation with bird sounds. Connect to your body, ground, release and relax. After a big day of work, a life filled with thoughts, it's so important to create a space for your spiritual practice.
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Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
We see the world through a lens constructed by our past experiences. In this episode, we revisit how our beliefs and map of reality always inform how we experience our reality. But this lens that was formed without our permission or supervision... can it be changed? Are we doomed to always see the world through old eyes? Or can we refresh our vision and co-create our future with the wisdom of the past? Hypnosis is the most common answer to this query.
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Saturday Apr 25, 2020
Saturday Apr 25, 2020
Do you ever feel like your emotions hijack you? Perhaps your nervous system is seeking a resolution. Healing unprocessed emotions and trauma in our system starts with presence. Turn inward, find the strength and potency of your inner space, and enjoy this guided meditation to bring you back into wholeness and balance.
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Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
In this episode, Ava and Stephanie have a conversation about conscious activism and the environment. They discuss values and the importance of spiritual practice alongside and as a form of activism. Listen and find out when you can join Stephanie and connect with like-minded people in an online 'Climate Circle' she is hosting soon!
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Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Everything we know is a story. And all of our stories are constructed through a deeper framework called our 'Map of Reality'. This underlying framework of beliefs, assumptions and understandings, provides us with the stability to move around and think about our world. Find out how in this episode.
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Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
In Part 1 of this series, I take us through a very brief introduction to the different theories of the brain, as well as the most popular theory of mind.
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Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Working with the power of the mind is so interesting! But why? Why are we so attracted to it, and what can this work afford us?
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Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Enjoy this guided meditation/talk about the attitudes of meditation. Meditation is different, opposite even, from concentration. In the same way that we can speak about concentration techniques, we can speak about meditation attitudes.
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