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Y157: Yogic Breathing - The Most Important Part Of Yoga Practice guided meditation meditation yogic breathing

Today I share a simple 20 minute meditation on the most important part of yoga practice: yogic breathing. This is great for beginners or anyone who wants to deepen the fundamentals of their practice. Yogic breathing may seem really simple - and it is - but It can have profound benefits. The...

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Y150: Meditation To Raise Kundalini Energy + 2021 Teacher Training Open For Enrollment energy guided meditation kundalini meditation

The 2021 Quietmind Yoga Teacher Training is open for enrollment! Learn more and register at http://www.quietmind.yoga/ytt -- Join the free info sessions or email me to learn more. 

Today's class is a meditation to raise the kundalini energy. Kundalini means "coiled" and refers to...

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Y141: Meditation Body Scan + Ayurveda Tips For The Fall Season ayurveda guided meditation meditation vata dosha

Will be sending out a free printout with Ayurvedic Guidelines for the Fall Season to members of the Quietmind Community - Join by signing up for any free offer at http://www.quietmind.yoga

Today I'll share some of the most important teachings of Ayurveda like "like increases like" and "opposites...

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Y135: Minimal Meditation - Half Guided, Half Silence guided meditation meditation

The Fall Quietmind Yoga Teacher Training is now OPEN for enrollment at http://www.quietmind.yoga/ytt -- enrollment closes Sept 4th and class begins Sept 7th! Learn more at the link. 

Today is a simple minimal guided meditation to clear your mind and recenter. Half guided, half in...

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Y124: Hatha Flow & Meditation To Practice The 5th Limb of Yoga (Pratiyahara) hatha yoga meditation pratiyahara

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As millions mourn and process the grief of generations of injustice, I will do my best to continue to share helpful, healing practices I have learned from yoga and related teachings. Personally I will continue to support...

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Y121: Hatha Flow & Meditation for the Heart Chakra hatha yoga heart chakra meditation

Happy Mother's Day! Today's practice is about embodying the energies of the heart chakra: love, compassion, kindness, generosity, forgiveness - first for ourselves, so that we may more easily find those qualities in relationship to others. 

This class was recorded LIVE just this morning as...

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Y115: Hatha Flow & Meditation to Regulate The Central Nervous System flow hatha yoga meditation nervous system

The Quietmind Membership is now open! New weekly live classes, Monthly mini-workshops, 1-1 Feedback and mini trainings in the 10 Core Competencies of Yoga. Learn more at http://www.quietmind.yoga/membership - $9.97/mo or $97/yr

The Membership includes access to all upcoming LIVE Zoom...

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Y113: Meditation For Grounding and Centering (Great For Beginners) beginner centering grounding meditation

I hope you are well and safe. Today’s episode is a grounding and centering practice to support you in regulating your nervous system during this uncertain time we are all experiencing with the unfortunate spread of Covid-19.

From an Ayurvedic perspective we are experiencing a significant...

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Y106: Meditation For Being With The Natural Cycles Of Expansion And Contraction meditation

Today I announce the winner of a spot in the Mindful New Year online course!

Learn more at http://www.mindfulnewyear.com

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Y100: Vinyasa To Practice Moving Meditation With Ujayi Breath And The Bandhas (locks) bandhas meditation ujayi vinyasa

 

A few years ago I went to a Vipassana meditation retreat. There was minimal food. No talking. No yoga. Only Vipassana (“insight meditation”) - 10 hours a day for 10 days.
 
I have always loved seated meditation. It was my first mindfulness practice and it has been...
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Y93: Meditative Hatha Practice With Lots of Props hatha meditation vipassana yoga

Have you wanted to meditate but have a hard time getting into it? What if you could approach yoga as a moving meditation? I'll explore this approach today in your practice and share some of my own experience, including what I learned at a 10 day Vipassana meditation retreat that gave me a new...

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