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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 Jun 12, 2020
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Join Ava for this 4-minute drop-in meditation, take a short break out to empty yourself of tensions. Your very own Being, is the emptiness, rest and completion you seek.
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Friday Jun 12, 2020
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Consecration is a spiritual practice for surrendering the personal will, and opening up to the universal energy of Life itself. It is normal to feel overwhelmed by the stories about our life, and the continuous expectations on us from the outside and from the inside. We feel pressure to perform, yet we are actually at the mercy of the flow of life. In reality, it's life that is orchestrating everything. Consecration is a practice of letting go of the personal struggle, and trusting life first, praying to be a vessel for the highest good, letting go of attachment to outcome, before we layer in our personal activities.
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Saturday Jun 06, 2020
Saturday Jun 06, 2020
Find a comfortable position and get ready to relax and receive. Guided relaxations and self suggestions work together perfectly to reprogram the subconscious mind.
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Saturday Jun 06, 2020
Saturday Jun 06, 2020
The long-awaited episode! In this session, Ava explains step by step how to create a self-suggestion tape. This is one of the easiest ways we can create powerful change and integrate meditation and mind work into daily life. Connect with us and ask questions in the Functional Spirituality Facebook group - it's free, and a resource for you to go deeper into this work.
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Friday Jun 05, 2020
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Take some time today to replenish yourself. Amongst the chaos on the surface of the planet, in our thoughts, in our emotions and body, there lies a deep stillness. Ground yourself in the stillness of your Heart.
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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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