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Functional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Return to presenceJoin Ava in this 15 minute spacious guided meditation to experience and embody the presence of your being.
We start by gently moving the body and connecting to the awareness of the breath. Notice the effortless and limitless qualities of your being and connect to the embodied presence and how that feels in your own experience.
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2024-12-2216 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Inner smile technique with musicWelcome to this 20 minute spacious guided meditation with soothing background music.
Follow each breath in and out of your heart space and replace unnecessary thoughts for smiling energy. Connect to the sensations of the inner smile and the peace at the center of your being.
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2023-12-1020 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Embodied awareness'The sensations in your body are an expression of the now'.
Join Ava for this spacious, minimally guided meditation that gives you time to arrive into the body.
Allow the body to gently resolve itself as you practice relaxation, compassion and gratitude with simple and effective techniques.
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2023-11-2620 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Cultivating resilienceLet go of the tension of your nervous system and wake up to the depth of your being.
We've repurposed this guided gratitude practice by Ava to help you cultivate resilience in your life and your relationships.
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2023-10-2913 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: The joy of beingWelcome to this awakening practice guided by Ava.
Empty out your thoughts in exchange for the recognition of ‘now’ and connect to the background of being. An opportunity to experience the formless, existence essence.
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2023-10-1623 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Drawing awareness back to its sourceWelcome to this 16 minute guided meditation by Ava. This guided meditation brings the inspiration from Ramana Maharshi in his teaching on following the I feeling in meditation.
Paired with a Hridaya meditation, the meditation invites seekers to explore what the word "I" refers to, and draws awareness back to its infinite Self-source.
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2023-10-0216 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Opening the heart to stillnessEnjoy this 37 minute guided meditation guided by Ava.
This practice starts with a series of gentle stretches and has an emphasis on your body feeling comfortable. There is an invitation to make adjustments in your body at any time throughout the meditation.
Allow the full breaths to connect you to your experience and sense the intimacy and grounding as the heart opens to stillness.
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2023-09-0437 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Using the breath to relax your bodyNeed some time to rest and relax?
Then listen to this meditation where Anaid guides you to use the breath to relax your body and mind.
Feel the invitation to rest in a deeper state of ease and joy.
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2023-06-1911 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Connecting to the wisdom withinJoin Ava in this 18- minute guided meditation with music and connect to the stillness and awareness within.
Use your breath to calm and nourish your body, transforming any resistance into trust.
Slowly arrive at a space of wisdom and inner strength.
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2023-06-0517 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: 5-minute consecration practiceStart your day with this grounding 5 minute consecration practice. Consecration is a spiritual practice for surrendering the personal will, and opening up to the universal energy of Life itself.
We invite you to take a few deep breaths, slowly letting go of personal struggle, and allowing ourselves to trust life. We offer a prayer to be a vessel for the highest good and let go of attachment to outcome. The perfect morning meditation practice!
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2023-05-0805 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Gratitude for healing.Gift yourself 15 minutes of your day and join Ava in this healing practice cultivating the energy of gratitude. Gratitude can be a healing tool as it helps us connect back to the feelings of joy, love, openness and presence.
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2023-04-2416 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Stillness and relaxationJoin Ava in this spacious guided meditation to slow down, relax and arrive to the present moment through your body and breath. Connect to the intimacy and stillness of your being.
We finalise this meditation with loving breaths and a gratitude practice.
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2023-04-1020 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Connecting to yourselfJoin Ava in this spacious guided meditation to connect to what is meaningful for you at the moment.
Use your breath to drop into your body, your center and your presence.
Give yourself the opportunity to enquire: How do I feel? What do I need?
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2023-03-2715 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Using gratitude to healTake some time to use your breath and awareness to soften the body and arrive into the present moment.
This spacious meditation guided by Anaid applies the energy of gratitude to bring healing and relaxation to your being. As you connect to the heart space, notice the transformative effect that gratitude can bring.
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2023-03-1215 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Positive start to the day!Gift yourself 15 minutes of your day to practice this guided meditation by Ava that will help you cultivate relaxation and joy.
Breathe and connect with the space in which the thoughts arise and explore the sensations of the smiling energy and the heart space.
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2023-02-2614 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Morning presence practiceJoin Ava in this 15 minute spacious guided meditation to experience and embody the presence of your being.
We start by gently moving the body and connecting to the awareness of the breath. Notice the effortless and limitless qualities of your being and connect to the embodied presence and how that feels in your own experience.
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2023-02-1216 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Deep sleep affirmationsFind a comfortable position and prepare yourself to relax and receive these deep sleep affirmations and suggestions by Anaid. This meditation works perfectly to reprogram the subconscious mind and relax your body into profound, restful sleep.
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2023-01-2228 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Anchoring a word for 2023Ready to start the new year with intention?
Choosing a 'word of the year' helps bring focus and clarity to what we want to create in our lives.
Struggling to pick a word? No worries, this guided meditation is here to help you!
This isn’t about crossing another goal off your list, it’s about creating an intention to help guide your daily actions and cultivate the qualities you want more of this year.
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2022-12-2523 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: RAIN technique and BeingJoin Ava in this guided meditation where we explore the RAIN technique, one of our favourite deconditioning tools. In the second part of this meditation we deepen our practice using smiling energy to connect us to the heart space, the adult part of our consciousness, our being.
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2022-12-1118 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Presence and trustJoin Ava in this spacious guided meditation with music. Use your breath and relax yourself into a state of depth and presence.
We finalise this meditation with segment intending, a cultivating tool where you choose a segment of your life that is coming up and you visualise that situation working perfectly for you.
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2022-11-2721 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Full body relaxationLet your breath deepen and empty out anything that isn’t this present moment.
Listen inward and relax the unnecessary tensions in your body.
This meditation helps you feel your body, relax and return to stillness.
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2022-10-1715 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Being in the nowGift yourself some minutes to be present. Breathe and connect to the life that is here, right now.
Let your body, your emotions and thoughts ground and melt into the Now and notice the powerful shift that occurs.
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2022-10-0319 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Cultivating trust through the heart spaceA spacious guided meditation to ground your awareness into the body and invite an attitude of softening and allowing the moment to be as it is.
Use your breath and the heart space as a doorway for trusting life and connecting to the stillness of your Being
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2022-09-1918 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Grounding and peace in times of turmoilTake 10 minutes of your day to ground in stillness and peace with this guided meditation.
Let go of any resistance to this moment and allow everything be as it is. Beyond the turmoil in our thoughts, emotions and body, lies a deep, stillness. Explore for yourself.
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2022-09-0510 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Short practice for stillness and presenceThis is a 5 minute guided meditation with music to slow down and allow yourself to become more present in the heart.
A beautiful practice to listen any time of the day to connect inward and explore the stillness at the core of your being.
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2022-08-2905 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: The joy of breathingJoin Ava for a short 12-minute gentle meditation. Use your breath to soften your body and rest in stillness and presence.
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2022-08-1812 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Blowing on the embers of the heartThis week’s guided meditation is a Sufi inspired technique from Hridaya yoga. Join Ava in this simple yet powerful practice using the heart as a tool for meditation and sublimation, an all time favorite!
Breathe through the heart space and connect to the essence of your being.
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2022-08-1017 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Allowing and acceptanceEnjoy this gentle, spacious meditation with music.
Tune inward and bring relaxation to your whole body. Explore and let go of resistance while cultivating the attitudes of allowing and acceptance.
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2022-07-2715 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Exploring joyWelcome to this spacious guided meditation to relax your body and explore joy. Allow peacefulness and gratitude to pervade in your day.
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2022-07-2219 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Consecration practiceExperience a guided consecration practice, uncover the actor behind the actions and find a sense of ease emanate throughout your being in this 7-minute guided practice by Ava Irani.
Want to learn more about consecration and the life-changing benefits? Reach out via Instagram or our facebook group.
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2022-07-0607 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Relaxing tension through the heartIn this week’s free live meditation, Anaid guides us in a 15 minute spacious meditation to relax the body from tension and worry through the heart space.
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2022-07-0115 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Deep sleepEnjoy our most popular guided meditation on the Functional Spirituality podcast!
Allow this soothing deep sleep meditation to send a message of comfort and safety to your nervous system. Invite a deeper sense of calmness into every cell in your body as you settle your body into a deep state of relaxation.
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2022-05-2510 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: 5 minute tension releaseA 5-minute guided meditation that is designed to help you relax tension in the body using your breath. Perfect for any time of the day.
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2022-03-3005 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Slowing down with graceSlow down with grace.
In this guided meditation, Ava gently guides you to step back from thinking as you allow everything to be as it is.
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2022-02-1516 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Healing breathworkA short, simple and gentle practice for your daily dose of meditation.
In this guided meditation, Ava gently guides you to use the breath to connect with your inner space.
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2022-02-1008 minFunctional SpiritualityRetreat question: How do I deal with distractions in meditation?In this weeks episode, Ava answers a question that was asked on retreat: ‘What is your advice in dealing with pain and other distractions during meditation? ‘
Physical and mental distractions, these obstacles are the reason we don’t meditate. In this episode, Ava provides options for those seeking to overcome these obstacles.
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00:10 Introduction
01:00 Curiosity in meditation
03:23 The biggest obstacle to meditation
04:12 Physical distraction
05:04 Mental distraction
07:33 What to do when feeling distracted
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2022-02-0809 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: You are enoughFind relaxation and peacefulness at your core.
Use this meditation to explore the feeling of being enough inside the inner space and the sensations of embodiment.
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2022-02-0316 minFunctional SpiritualityFalse refuge: Compliance vs. conspiracyOur threshold of awareness is getting lower as we regress into the trauma that's being triggered at this time.
In this episode, Ava explains how identifying false triggers can create an opportunity for transformation.
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02:46 My Facebook post
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2022-02-0124 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Daily drop in with musicEnjoy this short drop-in meditation with music.
Become aware of the breath moving through the body and the sensations that may be present, replacing any tension in the body with a soft smiling energy.
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2022-01-2709 minFunctional SpiritualityA theory of how we got hereWhy are we experiencing a downward spiral?
In this episode, Ava reflects on why we are experiencing so much dysfunction.
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04:37 Announcement
07:10 Questioning leadership
10:04 The fear narrative
11:43 Objective perspective
14:30 Reflections on society
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2022-01-2629 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Relax and groundThe body, the breath and the earth are powerful anchors for our nervous system to rest, reset and ground. Join us in this recording of our Monday morning meditation.
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2022-01-2019 minFunctional SpiritualityPSA: Ava’s status & effects on the communityAva runs a yoga centre in Western Australia which is now under strict mandates to not allow access to unvaccinated people.
In this episodes, Ava explains how she navigates challenging situations like this as well as her own vaccination status.
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00:12 Winter is coming
02:51 Beyond the hardship and isolation of winter
04:40 Avas vaccination status
09:07 Powerful narratives
13:05 What’s to come
15:15 Avas stance on vaccinations
17:40 Avas break from teaching + studio updates
18:37 When winter ends
21:36 Conclusion
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2022-01-1825 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Inner smile into pure beingFollow each breath in and out of your heart space, connect to your inner smile, the peace at the centre of your being with this 15-minute meditation gracefully guided by Ava Irani.
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2021-09-1620 minFunctional SpiritualityWhen you‘re at the bottom of the waveAre your healing tools helping or hindering?
More important than trying to tackle your healing work, remember that the place you’re coming from when you use your tools, is really important.
Join Ava today as she discusses how to support yourself when you find yourself at the bottom of the wave.
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2021-09-1015 minFunctional SpiritualityShould you trust your intuition?How much do you rely on your intuition?
Intuition is a word used to describe many different things. Join Ava as she breaks down all things inner space and shares why you shouldn’t be taking messages from your intuition as absolute claims and instructions.
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2021-08-2506 minFunctional SpiritualityHistory of Hatha YogaEven though yoga has historically been defined as both a path to eliminate suffering and also the goal itself of liberation. In practice, it regularly doesn’t fulfil this definition, but this doesn’t have to be the case.
Join Ava in unpacking why we are easily captivated by charisma and guru culture and what that does to our practice.
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2021-08-2321 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Compassion for selfJoin Ava for a more spacious, minimally guided meditation that gives you time to arrive into the body. Allow the body to gently resolve itself as you practice patience and compassion with simple and effective techniques.
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2021-08-1635 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: A loving space to connectSet up your whole day with a connection to your body, trusting its messages and processes. Join Ava in a lightly guided meditation with plenty of space to really connect to the sensations of your body.
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2021-08-1114 minFunctional SpiritualityDe-conditioning Part 4: Two ways healing tools workThis series was created to help unpack and clarify the biggest obstacles that I have seen in our healing practices and our spiritual practices.
if you haven’t already listened, I invite you to go back to the first episode of this de-conditioning series.
In this episode of our de-conditioning series, we look at two ways that our healing techniques work. We often confuse these techniques and don’t know how to distinguish them. This makes our practices less efficient.
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2021-07-2719 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Exploring the heart spaceJoin Ava in this simple and spacious guided meditation with music. The heart is a doorway into the infinity of your being, the ultimate tool for the revelation of yourself. The more you relax in today's meditation, the more you can feel
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2021-07-2221 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Short embodiment practiceJoin Ava for a short 3-minute embodiment practice, perfect for any time of day!
drop in and use embodiment as your daily healing practice.
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2021-07-1902 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Melting the bodyJoin Ava for a more spacious, minimally guided meditation that gives you time to arrive into the body. Allow the body to gently resolve itself as you melt into stillness.
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2021-07-1721 minFunctional SpiritualityDe-conditioning Part 3: Energy-body vaguenessJoin Ava in unpacking the confusion and lack of functionality in our daily spiritual practices.
Energy-body vagueness is an obstacle that uses dogmatic practices, keeping us on the surface and distracting us from proper de-conditioning and healing.
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2021-07-1527 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Healing and allowingFind the relaxation you’ve been seeking with today's guided meditation. Arriving into the body with gentle presence, feel how your breath expands the ribs, the heart and the lungs. Using relaxation to allow everything to be as it is.
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2021-07-0918 minFunctional SpiritualityDe-conditioning Part 2: How I healed myselfWould you choose a life of suffering or a life of flow and acceptance? Our experiences in life are completely dependent on our attitudes and conditioning.
With so much confusion surrounding the topic of healing in spirituality, join Ava in continuing our conversation about complex and developmental trauma and the role of de-conditioning.
Did you miss part 1? Look back and find "De-conditioning actually resolve your suffering part 1" to catch up!
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2021-07-0719 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Deep sleepEnjoy our most popular episode on the Functional Spirituality podcast!
Allow this soothing deep sleep meditation to send a message of comfort and safety to your nervous system. Invite a deeper sense of calmness into every cell in your body as you settle your body into a deep state of relaxation.
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2021-07-0610 minFunctional SpiritualityDe-conditioning Part 1: Actually resolving your sufferingWould you choose a life of suffering or a life of flow and acceptance? Our experiences in life are completely dependent on our attitudes and conditioning.
With so much confusion surrounding the topic of healing in spirituality, join Ava in learning about complex and developmental trauma and the role of de-conditioning.
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2021-07-0523 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Curiosity and stillness with musicEase into stillness with curiosity and enjoy a guided sound meditation to connect to your body, ground, release and relax.
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2021-07-0121 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Relaxation and joyWelcome to another guided meditation with Ava. In today's practice, we will be exploring the sensations of relaxation and joy. dropping in as normal, being present to what’s here, whilst we invite our awareness to explore the sensations and ease within joy and relaxation.
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2021-06-1420 minFunctional SpiritualityI believe I am a bad personIn this episode, Ava gives a life update as well as an interesting story about how she discovered and started to resolve a core psychological wound nesting in her personality's centre
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2021-06-1126 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Emotions in the bodyJoin Ava in cultivating space and compassion for self, as she guides you in connecting to the different emotional centres within. Fill your body with awareness and feel what’s present whilst resting in pure listening.
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2021-06-0820 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Space for peacefulnessToday's meditation will cover two areas. We will start with cultivating space for curiosity whilst allowing time to arrive, then we will gently move into cultivating peacefulness. Join Ava and let your body rest in stillness as your attention starts to melt inward.
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2021-06-0221 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Inner smileJoin Ava in letting go of any effort in your day. Letting there be a listening, become present to how the breath moves through the body and what sensations may be present, replacing any tension in the body with a soft smiling energy.
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2021-05-3119 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Using the breath to drop us inA short, simple and gentle practice for your daily dose of meditation. In this episode, join Ava as she softly guides us to use our breath to ease into our practice.
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2021-05-2612 minFunctional SpiritualityMeditation tool: How to use the breath in meditationThe breath is an anchor in meditation and a great tool for self-realisation, there is so much the breath offers us and yet it is so simple to utilise.
In today's episode, join Ava and learn how to use the breath in your meditation practice
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2021-05-2512 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Attitudes of meditationJoin Ava for a guided meditation exploring the attitudes of meditation. Take some time to slow down and notice how the mind unwinds. Do you enjoy these meditations? Let us know by searching our Facebook group or Instagram page. We welcome your feedback.
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2021-05-2118 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Connecting to stillnessThe Heart and Stillness are one and the same! Stillness is our essential existence but also a well-spring of nourishment for our individual self. Drink up.
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2021-05-0919 minFunctional SpiritualityHow to hold space for yourself as a daily practiceOur lives our so complex but even more complex is our conditioning. Where they meet... well... its complex! Holding space for yourself is a practice of finding resolution, healing and deeper connection inward so you can thrive outward. Living a life of disconnection isn't sustainable and leads to unnecessary suffering and disease. This practice is so simple and so powerful. Let us know what you think!
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2021-05-0618 minFunctional SpiritualityLife update from AvaIn this episode, Ava explains where she's been for the last month, and a bit more about the challenges of the last few years. Connect with us on socials and let us know what parts of her story resonate @FunctionalSpirituality
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2021-05-0525 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Morning drop inWelcome to another morning meditation, sit down and relax while Ava takes you through the perfect motions to start your day.
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2021-04-2821 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Holding space for yourselfEvery day we are called to show up, take action, work towards outcomes and achieve the tasks of the day. We want to show up fully in life, taking up more space in the world, but this needs to be balanced with holding space for ourselves. If we don't ground inward, we loose balance, health, joy and harmony. Commit to take some to nourish yourself and connect to your center.
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2021-04-1622 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Slowing downJoin Ava for a lightly guided meditation with music. Take some time to slow down, unravel the body and find an inner position that offers you nourishment.
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2021-04-1422 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Compassion in the bodyJoin Ava for a more spacious, minimally guided meditation that gives you time to arrive into the body. Allow the body to gently resolve itself as you practice patience and compassion with simple and effective techniques.
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2021-04-0120 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Body scanJoin Ava and settle in, away from the mind and towards the body - your one true home. A body scan meditation to become a delightful being, have a wonderful day.
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2021-03-2615 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: AbundanceThe energy of receiving is the energy of abundance. Relax and tune in to this guided meditation.
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2021-03-2621 minFunctional SpiritualitySexuality part 1: My journeySexuality is alluring, healing, shameful, confusing, rich, interesting - but could it be sacred? Hear part 1 of Ava's journey with sexuality and spirituality.
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2021-03-1528 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Arriving in the nowTake 20 minutes just for yourself, to arrive in the Now. Your body, your emotions, your thoughts - all your layers can only be grounded by one thing - the Now. Treat yourself to presence.
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2021-03-1519 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Blowing on the embers of the heartJoin Ava for one of her favourite meditations as she draws you into the heart-space and releases you from the mind.
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2021-03-1217 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Segment intendingSink in and enjoy a guided meditation to nourish the mind and help bring about relaxation and trust to some future events. Trust what arises, thank you.
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2021-02-1921 minFunctional SpiritualityWhat is Yoga Part 3: There is no such thing as traditional yogaThere's No Such Thing as Traditional Yoga.
Its true. Its good to question, but does this statement have any place in our discussion of What is Yoga? Listen to find out, and let us know what you think. You can search us on Facebook at Functional Spirituality to join our discussion group.
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2021-02-1934 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Blowing on the embers of the heartJoin Ava for a guided meditation using this Sufi inspired technique from the Hridaya Yoga system. This is a favourite! Using the heart as a tool for meditation and sublimation.
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2021-02-1221 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Arriving into the nowWelcome to your weekly drop in! Commit to yourself to join our weekly meditation, either Live on Zoom or on the recordings posted each week. Do you enjoy these meditations? Let us know by searching our Facebook group or Instagram page. We welcome your feedback.
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2021-02-0619 minFunctional SpiritualityWhat is Yoga Part 2: Dogma and egoic attachmentsYoga has always been fluid. There has been inconsistency and competition between its different branches and sometimes within the branches themselves. Continuing on from Part 1, Ava explains how yoga easily lends itself to dogma and egoic attachments. She explains more about her journey with yoga and what the secret ingredient is that has completely refined her practice.
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2021-02-0221 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: The invitation from MoojiThe Invitation from the teachings of Mooji is a simple and potent awakening technique. It helps us to reveal our true nature: formless Being. The meditation starts with Ava leading a gentle relaxation and drop-in, before going further into the Self-Enquiry.
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2021-01-2920 minFunctional SpiritualityWhat is Yoga Part 1: Debunking unhelpful assumptionsYoga is a loaded topic. In this series called "What is Yoga", Ava debunks the unhelpful assumptions that yoga is inherently good and coherent. Actually, yoga is fluid and riddled with pitfalls. We would gain more by looking into the history of yoga more then solely relying on the ideology of one yoga system.
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2021-01-2820 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Trusting life through the background of beingA gently guided relaxation meditation to bring you into the body and into an attitude of allowing. You are invited to use the heart space as a doorway for trusting life and connecting to the background of Being and the present moment.
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2021-01-2019 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Connecting to truthJoin Ava Irani for this guided meditation WITH music. You are invited to drop into your body, your centre and your presence. What is your "Truth"? Truth is that which does not change, and this intimate reality can be discovered within your own being.
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2020-12-3121 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Embodying your centreJoin Ava Irani for this guided meditation with music. Lightly guided with lots of space, you are invited to drop into your body, your centre and your presence. The perfect way to find inner connection and unravel the tensions of 2020.
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2020-12-2920 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Following the I feeling back to it's sourceThis guided meditation brings the inspiration from Ramana Maharshi in his teaching on following the I feeling in meditation. Paired with a Hridaya meditation, the meditation invites seekers to explore what the word "I" refers to, and draws awareness back to its infinite Self-source.
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2020-11-0516 minFunctional SpiritualityMeditation tool: The spiritual heartThe heart is a doorway into the infinity of your being, the ultimate tool for the revelation of yourself. Learn the science behind Heart Math Institute along with 3 useful tools for accessing the profound power of the heart space in this 40-minute podcast.
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2020-09-1242 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: The centre of beingFollow your breath in and out of your heart space, connect to the stillness, the love and the peace at the centre of your being with this 15-minute meditation gracefully guided by Ava Irani.
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2020-09-0915 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: LoveYour being, your existence is love. Feel the love in your heart and notice its quality. Explore the universal energy that can be noticed in every cell of your body as Ava graciously guides you through this 15-minute meditation.
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2020-08-3114 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Gratitude for resilienceSoften unnecessary tension, fan gratitude energy to your whole being with this 15 minute guided meditation by Ava.
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2020-08-3013 minFunctional SpiritualityGratitude for Resilience Part 1: Cultivating resilienceMore than ever it's important to cultivate resilience, our ability to overcome & endure difficult situations. In this fascinating podcast, Ava explores the idea of how we can increase our capacity to experience life through gratitude for resilience.
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2020-08-2021 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Embodied presencePresence will continue to deepen if we keep inhabiting our body, notice the subtle energy in our body while bringing loving attention to all parts of our body with this 18 minute half guided and half silent meditation by Ava.
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2020-08-2018 minFunctional SpiritualityWhat is your presencing tool?Discover one of the most important tools in your spiritual practice, how to connect to your inner resource, the part of yourself that is beyond the body and timeless. Find out what draws you back to calm and peace inside with this simple yet profound insight.
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2020-08-0711 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: PresenceJoin Ava for this 40-minute meditation focusing on presence.
Release tension and allow yourself to empty from the crown of the head down to the feet. Empty the thoughts, the stories, the fears and discover more stillness and presence.
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2020-07-1239 minFunctional SpiritualityGuided meditation: Consecration practiceExperience a guided consecration practice, uncover the actor behind the actions and find a sense of ease emanate throughout your being in this 7 minute guided practice by Ava Irani.
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2020-07-0607 minFunctional SpiritualityConsecration Practice Part 2: How to utilise itDeepen your connection to the universal aspect of yourself, empty yourself of excess baggage and learn more about the powerful benefits of consecration practice.
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2020-07-0614 minFunctional SpiritualityConsecration Practice Part 1: What is it?Discover the Yogi Secret weapon, learn about consecration and the life-changing benefits as Ava retells a fascinating story from the Bhagavad Gita.
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2020-07-0615 min