BREATHWORK for MOOD, ENERGY & FEELING BETTER (30 min)
These practices are mostly intermediate range breath work practices designed from the practice of pranayama (in yoga prana = energy / ayama = to extend or stop the breath. They range from vigorous Kundalini practices to calmer Iyengar breath practices. Breath-work is an effective tool to expediting the end goal of most practices: a change in mood, a lift in spirits and a feeling of expansiveness. Please be mindful so to not push yourself or force anything that doesn't feel good. Beginners, pregnant students, injuries etc. please be cautious and search for the beginners classes and speak with your doctor first.
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Advanced Breath Practice (30 min)
This is a practice that includes a long breath hold that is not appropriate for raw beginners.
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Collaborate: Surya Kriya w/ Advanced Breath Holds (30 min)
This is our old-faithful of the studio - my favourite Surya (Sun) Breathwork + 30 second breath holds at the top and bottom. I also speak to collaboration as the theme.
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Opening Channels & Advanced Breath Holds (30 min)
This is a breath set + 3 sets of an advanced technique. If you are new, please do the beginner's tutorial first for up to 6 months of breath experience.
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Breathwork for Disease Resistance + Advanced Set (30 min)
This is a set for practitioners who have been doing breathwork for 6months + with confidence. Please take care as the end practice ends with a long set of reed-breathing.
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Elevate Radiance Breathwork (35 min)
This is an extended version of the Elevation Kriya, It is high vibreational breath, spinal movement and full of energy.
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Advanced Breathwork + Guided Visualization (30 min)
This breath set is for advanced practitioners of breath only. If you are pregnant, prone to dizziness, have head injury etc please avoid. This is an activating and awakening type of breath.
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Sudarshan Kriya (30 min) Breathwork
This is a breath set that is extremely helpful and has been in research for PTSD, stress, anxiety and big life movements.
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Lymphatic Breathwork (30 min)
This is a blend of the lymphatic kriya and my own sequence with awareness of the lymphatic nodes = immunity.
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Self-Healing Meditation (Breathwork 30 min)
Today we use 8 stroke breath with Sa-ta-na-ma mantra - focus, concentration, intuition and beauty - it is also valuable for healing yourself: an injury, mental turbulence etc,
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Ego Eradicator + Mixed Breathwork (30 min)
Today's practice begins with Ego Eradicator Breath + some of my favourites.
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Grounding: Iyengar Breathwork (30 min)
This is four types of breathwork - short set kaphalabhati breath + four stroke breath, ujjayi, surya bhedana and chandra bhedana - enjoy!
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Ego Eradicator + Hips (Breathwork 30 min)
This is 4 x sets of "ego eradicator" breath + hip variations
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Kriya for Purifying the "Self" Breathwork (30 min)
This is an infusion of four prep practices + a kriya.
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Kriya for Disease Resistance (30 min)
LIve from Nicaragua - this Kriya works strongly at the navel point - where disease often resides. This is not appropriate if you're pregnant.
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Your Body as Amplifier for Love (Breathwork 30 min)
This is a Tantric teaching of the body as an instrument for amplifying love - be mindful if your heart has closed off - it will show up in your breath and body as shutdown/clamp down.
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Fun & Confidence through Breath: Kundalini Set (30 min)
This is the basic spinal series, with the theme of building confidence.
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Breathwork for Mild Vertigo/Agitated Nervous System
Today is a shortened breath practice using three breath types for sympathetic agitation or overload, like mild vertigo.
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Sun (Surya) Kriya Breathwork (30 min)
This is one of my faves! It is energizing, positive-forward breath with the energy of the sun for lethargy, depression, tension and brain fog.
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Global Overwhelm via the Breath (30 min breathwork)
A brief acknowledgement of why these practices are so important during global tragedy. We begin strong with bellows breath and end with meditative "Brahma Mudra."
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Releasing Tension/Navel Point (Breathwork 30 min)
This is a NEW kriya with my own add-ons that works to release tension from the navel point.
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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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Hips & Breathwork (30 min)
This is my cozy rainy day breath practice that includes the hips with breath of fire + ending with cooling breath (sitali).
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Breathwork: Stabilizing through Change (30 min)
This is Sudarshan Kriya with the theme of stabilizing through change. It is mostly slow deep breathing for stabilizing your nervous system.
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Breathwork: Neuro-Myths of Compassion (30 min)
I speak to research in compassion and we do breath work to help you through hard days.