FOR GUT-HEALTH & ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM THEMED PRACTICES
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Sweat, Cleanse, Core, Twists, Digestion (Sept 20)
A four-min anatomy lesson + juicy, sweaty, cleansing practice.
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Day Five: Meditation + The Pancreas - Lecture (40 min)
- Grounding/opening breath/meditation
- Introduction to the pancreas and its role in digestion and the endocrine system
- Hormones of the pancreas
- Diseases of the pancreas
- Healing practices for the pancreas
- Foods and herbs for the pancreas -
Kriya for Disease Resistance (Advanced) Sept 1
"To avoid persistent colds and illness, it is essential to keep digestion and elimination functioning well. Add to this a strong metabolic balance and you will have heartiness. This kriya develops these capacities. It gives physical strength and builds disease resistance."
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March 17: Elevation Kriya - Int/Advanced Set
As per. "The Aquarian Teacher" (Bhajan):
"This exercise opens the lungs, brings the hemispheres of the brain to a state of alertness and consolidates the magnetic field, stimulates and stretches the lower and mid-spine, helps elimination, stretches the sciatic nerve and brings circulation to th...
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Nov 2: The Vayus: Emotion vs Pragmatism
This is a 60 min asana practice focusing on how the principal of the Vayus - the internal "winds" that govern all health in the body via the teachings of ancient yoga. In this practice we work with five main vayus: prana vayu (inspiration and the inhale) apana vayu (expiration and the exhale) sam...
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Mar 24: Breath for Releasing Negativity & Tension (33 min)
This is a Kundalini breathwork for removing negativity and tension. This is a moderate-intermediate in intensity. I also reference how this shows up in the gut-brain-axis.
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Feb 27: Serotonin & "Gut-Brain" Breathwork (34 min)
This intermediate breath practice begins with a brief education on serotonin and a research piece on Wim Hof breath. Expect the physiological sigh, "stomach pumping" breath and a variation of Wim Hof style breath x 4. This is great for low energy, depressed mood and helps elevate dopamine / sero...
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Day 13: Serotonin & Gut Brain Axis (Example from last Meditation Series)
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Aug 26: Gut-Brain-Core Flow (60 min)
This is an intermediate practice with the focus of your "gut brain" and core strength. This practice uses ancient techniques to massage your inner organs with breath and movement, as well as traditional core strengthening work. We use "Agni Sara" and "Uddiyana" to pull up and in between the diges...
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Oct 30: Dopamine Express Breathwork (31 min)
This is an advanced breathwork practice that integrates a WimHof version x 4 sets with long breath holds of different varieties, followed by breath of fire into the gut and ending with CO2 breathing to calm the mind.
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Twists & Gut Brain Axis Flow (45 min)
This is a twist focus asana practice with cueing based on your internal organs. Twist from the inside out to assist your spine, digestive and elimination systems.
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Light to Intense Breathwork (30 min)
We begin with the physiological sigh, soothing mouth breathing with spinal rock, kp breath with into the guts, belly pumps with breath retention, bellows breath with twists, then ending with the breath we began with!
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Hormones & Breathwork (35 min)
This is breathwork into the guts - some hormone cueing + information on heart rate variabiity.
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Breath, Bandhas & Microbiome Gut Health (30 min)
Today's focus is on the intersection of breath, bandhas and microbiome.
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Breath for Guts/Disease Resistance (30 min)
The gut is where most diseases begin. This kriya will help with that. x
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Day Thirteen, Part Two: The Digestive Organs & Food (55 min)
- The Digestive System
- The organs and structures of the digestive system
- How food travels through the body
- What is the GI tract?
- The stomach
- Gut bacteria and gut health
- Ways to support gut microbiome
- The gut-brain axis -
Gentle Gut-Health Restorative (Nov 1)
If you are fresh off a stomach issue and feel mellow - this may be helpful for you. Focus is on the gut/belly health and low back. Enjoy!
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April 9: Psoas/Diaphragm Restorative
A quick 3-min anatomy lesson and into a belly massage, pillow breathing, feeling into the gut and hip connections and hip openers - very relaxing and energizing. If you are pregnant, trying to get pregnant or have something new/intense going on in your gut, this may not be for you.
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Jan 15: Relax the Gut-Brain Axis
This is a 60 min deeply restorative practice beginning on the belly, into the hips and some twists. Extra attention is paid to the belly and relaxing it so to soften the nervous system-gut health connection towards a coherent state.
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Jan 13: Twists/ Enteric Nervous System
Today begins with a 4-min review/visual aid of a previous class on what the limbic system looks like - as well as a quick definition of this class into the nervous system aka. your "gut brain." Expect sweat, cleansing into the GI tract and spine and a ton of twists!
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Part 2: Detox Flow (2015)
This is an intermediate practice. You will need a block and an extra yoga mat if you happen to have one at home - if not, a pillow will do. *If you are pregnant, trying to get pregnant, have had recent surgery or current issues in your belly - do not do this class. (The end of class it gets a bit...
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Breath for Intrusive Thoughts + GI Tract (32 min)
This one will get you squeaky clean! And wake you up!
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Immune Set: Thymus, Spleen & Liver (30 min)
Today's practice begins with a thymus "thump" spleen breath, liver twists, GI tract set. All are said to release tension and encourage immunity.
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Jan 13: GI Tract Pranayama
Today blends with the asana class: twisty shining skull sets + uddiyana makes for a cleansing experience...If you're new to uddiyana it's a bit intense, try not to have a full stomach...