FOR GUT-HEALTH & ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM THEMED PRACTICES
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June 14: Somatic Shake, Breath & Release (32 min)
This is a fusion practice if you are short on time but want to move energy, tension and stress. Expect heel thumbs, shaking the limbs, breath of fire, one set jumping jacks, a long set of Warrior 2, hamstring and hip openers....
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June 5: Stability Breathwork (Advanced 31 min)
Stability Breathwork (Advanced 31 min) includes Wim Hof and a longer deeper ujjayi breath.
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May 19: Advanced Breathwork + Wim Hof with Spinal Pulsing (30 min)
This is an advanced practice not suitable for beginners - we pulse the spine - there is a bit of a 3 min anatomy lesson on the nexus of the nervous system, your ribs, thoracic spine and breath.
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May 12: Gentle Breath for Excessive Adrenaline & Stress (31 min)
This practice is perfect if you have a high-adrenaline job or are constantly "on" lately. We two quick sets of kaphalabhati breath followed by gentle movements of the spine and ribs with cooling/relaxing breath. It is down- regulating.
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May 7: Pillars of Mental Health & Radical Positivity: Advanced Breath (30 min)
The invitation in this advanced practice is "how can we invite in positivity and optimism? "How can be on the brighter side of consciousness?" This is not suitable for newcomers or beginners. We do a long set of breath of fire to prepare for longer variations of Tummo breath/Wim Hof.
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May 6: Processing Stress: Vagus Nerve Deep Rx (22 min)
This is a restorative practice into the neck and vagus nerve - using breath, sound beginning with a brief neuroanatomy of the vagus. This is a soothing, condensed practice that is excellent for exhaustion, bed-prep, processing stress and anxiety.
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May 6: Navigating Challenge & Resistance (Breathwork) 32 min
We begin with focus on your heart - and its relationship to the anatomy of your diaphragm and the theme of resistance. The invitation is "can we turn towards resistance vs running away from it?" My____ is a gift. My "anxiety/tension fill in the blank" as a gift.
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May 5: Traditional Pranayama Set (31 min)
Today's breathwork is suitable for beginners/moderate practitioners. We do three sets of KP breath, three sets of bellows (20, 40, 80) and end with "sitali" cooling breath.
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May 2: Advanced Dopamine-Serotonin Breathwork (37 min)
This practice is not suitable for beginners or those who haven't practiced breathwork for a long time. It is an intense series of adrenaline-enhancing practices with the visualization of green/blue purification of mind/brain connection.
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May 1: Soothing, Calm Breath for Catastrophic Thinking (30 min)
Today is a calming/down-regulating, soothing breathwork for "catastrophic thinking" - if you are in a state of fight or flight "is EVERY thought I have 1000% true?"
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Apr 17: Alleviate Stress & PTSD: Moderate/Beginner Breathwork (32 min)
This is a beginner/moderate breathwork friendly practice. This is Sudarshan Kriya - with the invitation of noticing thoughts in your mind and how they vitiate or support you. Breath is way to access mindfulness - being aware of being aware - and offers an invitation of seeing...other ways - and q...
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Apr 10: Gentle Breath Practice (30 min)
This is a gentle breathwork practice. We do a cooling breath type with spinal flexion and extension, "honey bee breath" as well as intentional breath and movement in the neck, jaw and shoulders.
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Apr 9: Breath for Releasing Fear & Increasing Ease (36 min)
This is for those of you trapped in fear, overwhelm, tension, hopelessness, depression and catastrophic thinking. This is an advanced practice and not suitable for raw beginners who haven't done any breathwork. The intention is to marry your brain body back together to get angst out of way in ord...
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Apr 9: Relax Fear & Restore (30 min)
This is best practiced after today's fear-releasing breathwork. It is a shortened restorative sequence helpful for releasing tension.
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Apr 6: "Broadcast" & Manifest (Advanced Breath) 30 min
I reference the throat region "purification" of the throat, the area from which we are broadcasting information via our voice & inner voice.
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Mar 31: Gut Brain Axis Breathwork (30 min)
Today's practice is themed on the gut-brain axis and breathwork that is all about the GI tract, the "manipura chakra" meaning lustrous-jewel. The seat of your self-esteem.
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Nov 27: Gut-Brain Axis Breathwork (32 min)
This is a hybrid practice that begins with a Kundalini Kriya for clarity + activating modern breath (tummo variation) that will up-regulate and awaken the body's system + serotonin & cortisol chat at the start.
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Disease Resistance & Digestive Kriya (31 min) Breathwork
This practice is a practice to support colds and illness, digestion and elimination. It is a Kundalini Kriya.
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Oct 24: Unedited: Breath of Fire with Arm Variations (30 min)
An invitation to cleanse "the altar of your life" - We engage in classic ego eradicator, breath of fire into the GI tract, intention and variations of somatic movement with the arms.
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Sept 30: Vestibular Asana for fighting Cyber Fatigue & Building Trust (70 min)
This practice encourages closing your eyes for the development of the eyes/ears/brain connection in balance. Especially if you are someone who gets car sick easily - you might also suffer from cyber fatigue. Many people have this as screen time has increased with covid. Not good! Strange side eff...
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Kriya for Conquering Sleep (Shortened Sequence - 30 min)
This is a bit of an odd sequence designed to help with sleep issues. It is meant to be 60 min long. A few tips for breath and insomnia near end of sequence.
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Restorative into Samana Vayu (Digestion) 30 min
Grab a pillow. This is a restorative practice into the digestion - samana vayu is the gut brain axis, digestion and metabolism.
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Rest & Digest Breathwork (Before or After Eating) 30 min
This kriya for digestion and relaxation works with alternating the nostrils and encouraging mostly deep breath + some breath of fire. It requires patience, induces relaxation and reminds us of how pranayama helps spark metabolism even through subtle deep breathing.
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Day Thirteen, Part One: The Digestive System: A Practice (45 min)
A practice to potentiate digestion: a breath practice and meditation/journel time.