Pranayama

This class adds to the Yogic Way repertoire series, in which honoring of the sacred roots of yoga is at the heart. In this class, you can expect to drop into and cultivate your own essential peaceful nature, whilst radiating peace outward as a moving prayer for all of humanity. Through this creative flow paired with breath, as well as an added element of working with sound (mantra) you will feel refreshed, revitalized, and restored. This class is perfect for morning, evening, or as a midday reset. You will surely feel tuned into your center, as you will work to cultivate your own inner calm and peaceful quietude through your practice. See you on your mat!

Need to chill out?

Got ten minutes?

Perfect! Join me in seated or lying on your back and connect to your breath while we pay particular attention to extending out the length of your exhale.

We’ll move through three different variations of pranayama that will help you to come back into your body, back into this moment, back into reality.

Pranayama and controlled breathing is a powerful way to get our nervous system to dance and regulate. This breath-infused 30-minute asana class with Kristin encourages you to experience several different breath techniques to help you release, revitalize, and return. "Our breathing is a stable solid ground that we can take refuge in. No matter what is going on inside us – thoughts, emotions, or perceptions – our breathing is always with us, like a faithful friend. Whenever we are carried away by our thinking, when we are overwhelmed by strong emotions, or when our minds are restless and dispersed, we can return to our breathing. - Thich Nhat Hanh

Pranayama is a powerful part of yoga practice that can help balance your energy. In this class, you will be guided through Dirgha Pranayama (Three-Part Breath), an accessible breathing exercise that focuses on directing breath to three areas of the body in a sequential order: the abdomen, diaphragm, and chest. You can practice this class either seated or lying down, at any time of day or night, to promote a sense of balance and calmness. Enjoy!

Tap into your own solar nature in this dynamic and powerful Yogic Way class. Explore elements of pranayama, kriya, mantra, mudra, and a hatha-based postural practice. Drop out of the mind and into the body in exploration of some of yoga's subtler aspects. You will be left feeling enlivened, awake, and ready to step into the rest of your day with easeful grace.

Explore mantra, pranayama, and gentle vinyasa in another installation of the Yogic Way series. This class aims to offer up opportunity to soften into the subtleties of full spectrum yogic practices. Observe cosmic sensations through your physical experience on the mat, and drop into your own expansive and eternal nature through this slow moving, feel good practice.

Evening Practice a movement practice releasing tension in shoulders, neck and spine. A great release at the end of your day.

This class is part lecture and part practice. It will provide a brief introduction into what mantra is, where it comes from, and why it is a beneficial to practice. You will then be guided through a simple Mantra meditation technique that utilizes the vocal cords to stimulate the vagus nerve and bring about deep levels of rest. The meditation portion is accompanied by the harmonium, an ancient yogic instrument that has been used for thousands of years to chant mantra.

It is important to note, that this practice is not religious. It dates back thousands of years and is the source from which all of yoga has evolved. It brings the practitioner directly to the roots of yoga.

The only pre-requisite for this session is openness and curiosity. This class will be sure to leave you bubbling with a blissful sensation, paired with a deep level of peace!

This traditional exploration of yoga aims to enliven awareness of the many ancient facets of yoga that are available to us. Practicing the physical aspect of yoga is just one small sliver of a vast whole where many practices lie waiting to be utilized for greater physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.

In this class, you will explore elements of:
Mudras (energetic hand-gestures)
Mantra (healing frequencies)
Hatha postures
Pranayama (breath)
Kriya (active breath-movement)

Witness how these elements compose a holistic experience that provides a powerful punch for awakening the senses, uplifting vitality and instilling deep inner calm.

The Yogic Way: Movement, Mantra, Breath

The Neuroscience of breath: Learn how to regulate yourself through breath, how your nervous system works, and its relationship to the breath. Through this workshop lecture and practical exercises you will learn how to use your breath with intention and purpose, how to calm down and/or active and energize using your breath as an anchor for awareness.

A powerful breathwork series from traditional Hatha yoga that purifies the body and mind. This 4 part practice is used to deepen the effects of yogic practices throughout the physical, mental, and emotional body through the main energy channels (Nadis- Sushumna, Ida, Pingala).

The practice neutralizes a restless mind and works the breath through bandhas (binds) to remove stagnant energy, rebalance energetic flow, strengthen the pranic (subtle body) and connect the intellect with intuition.

Daily practice will create more lasting results to improve focus, relieve nervousness, strengthen yogic practices (asana and pranayama), and deepen meditative states.

This foundational Tantric Sri Vidya practice works to awaken the channels of the body, and strengthen prana (life force). Postures work into the subtle body (mental & emotional) to provide healthy flow of energy. Optional breath retention is incorporated within the postures to release stuck emotions and thoughts. A simple yet powerful practice allows you to control the intensity by incorporating guided breath work. Eliminate the breath work to make it a rejuvenating daily practice that supports energy flow.

Great practice to replace Sun Salutations or add onto either Sun Salutation series (A and/or B).

Kapalabhati Pranayama- Kapalabhati, also called breath of fire, is an important Shatkarma, a purification in hatha yoga. The word kapalabhati is made up of two Sanskrit words: kapala meaning 'skull', and bhati meaning 'shining, illuminating'. Kapalabhati is invigorating and warming. It helps to cleanse the lungs, sinuses, and respiratory system, which can help to prevent illness and allergies. Regular practice strengthens the diaphragm and abdominal muscles. This exercise also increases your body's oxygen supply, which stimulates and energizes the brain while preparing it for meditation and work that requires high focus.

Ready to relax and soothe your nervous system? Learn Vishama Vritti or Uneven Breath Fluctuation. This class teaches you how extending your exhales helps you tap into your parasympathetic nervous system or relaxation response.

Alternate Nostril Breathing aka Nadi Shodhana is a breathing technique that can be used to balance your energy. If you're feeling stressed, low or mildly down, high or low - this can help to bring you back to balance, grounding and calming you.
'Nadi' = Refers to the rivers and currents of energy throughout your body - 'Shodhana' refers to purifying or cleansing.
Once you understand how to do it comfortably and can do it on a relatively consistent basis - you can begin to feel the benefits or the reasons why through your own experience.

Benefits could include: Reducing Anxiety - Lower blood pressure - Lung function/respiratory endurance - overall health and well being!

Sarvesham Shantir Bhavatu. My Presence Creates Peace.

Allow these words to become fuller, as you notice a sensation in your body as it responds to the words.

This practice is an Embodied Mindfulness Meditation.It is a simple, yet impactful practice of anchoring the mind in the body, as a tool to practice "being with whatever is."

Sarvesham Shantir Bhavatu. My Presence - to my Self - Creates Peace.

Use this phrase and this short meditation at any time of the day - morning, noon, night - to re-establish a deeper connection to your Self, so that as you move about your life and your day, you carry that quality of presence, and peace, with you - you EMBODY it.

Settle in as we activate, connect and use the healing power of Reiki in this short mediation.

When you take the time to call in and surrender to the power of Reiki, your day, body, and mind will thank you.

Your breath is magical.

Engaging in Coherant breathing connects the heart energy with the brain energy and brings the entire body into sync.
When this practice is done for a minimum of 3 minuets a day for 3 days it creates a connection that the body finds on its own.

Tap into the magic that is your breath.

Each new day is a blank canvas. How do you want to paint yours today? Here is a chance to sit in stillness, allowing inspiration to bubble up to the surface. Deep and spacious 3 part yogic breath will help you move through any tangled emotions, creating space for what you want to bring in on this new day.

Calm and centering alternate nostril breathing serves to bring you into alignment with what's true in you, so you can radiate your brightest self into the world. Through guided prompts, you get to visualize the ideal day, setting yourself up to have the best day ever!

This video is a brief instructional video on the breath exercise, or pranayama, called Nadi Chodhana, or alternate nostril breathing. The name means to cleanse the energy channels, and the exercise is said to also balance the two hemispheres of the brain, making it easier to access our clearest thinking and presence. It's a perfect breath exercise to use to prepare for anything that requires focus, such as meditation, music practice, writing, or any situation where you'd like to have access to both the left, more linear thinking brain, and the right, more free and creative side of the brain. This can be done anywhere, and at any time of the day, since it is a balancing practice. Enjoy!

In Ayurveda the three doshas support our physical and mental body. Integrating the teachings of Ayurveda, this class will offer a unique blend of breathing practices (pranayama) and asana to bring balance & peace.
Each dosha is aligned with 2 elements: Vata (space + air), Pitta (fire + water), Kapha (water + earth) which is the foundation for putting together yoga practices to target exactly what you need. Come explore a complete practice for your mind, body and soul.

Breathing, pranayama. Sometimes it is meant to help us find heat. Other times it is meant to help us find balance. One of the exercises in this video is meant to be a kriya. Kriya means cleansing. This could be for old thoughts and ideas or patterns of behavior and it can also be to literally cleanse the physical body. I want you to feel free to press pause on this video as many times as you want to do longer rounds of all the breathing exercises. How's your breath? How's your life? If you want to know how your life is, check in with your breathing. This video will also help you with your breathing in all the other asana videos.

Full Moon Meditation + Breathwork aligns your mind, body, and spirit with the cosmic energy of Lakshmi and the Full Moon. This relaxing meditation and breathwork illuminate abundance in your life and magnetizes wealth, beauty, and prosperity.

Can be done with any full moon ritual, and 3 days before/after a full moon.

** Recommended to be done with the Full Moon Flow for a complete full moon experience **

New Moon Meditation + Breathwork is dedicated to releasing old patterns, thoughts, and ideas that hold you back from your greatness. Imbued with Kali Ma energy, this meditation brings you into full acceptance and the embodiment of all that you are and all you are becoming.

Great to do during the New Moon, or up to 3 days after.

** Recommended to do with the New Moon Flow for a complete New Moon experience **

In Ayurveda the three doshas support our physical and mental body. Integrating the teachings of Ayurveda, this class focuses on pacifying excess Vata dosha. When there is excess Vata in the body or mind it will manifest as excess thinking in the mind, restlessness, dryness and cold (to name a few).

This class will counter and bring balance to the body and nervous system. Through this progressive sequence, Maria will slowly have you feeling grounded, calm and centered.

Get ready to shift and elevate your vibration. This class begins with breathing exercises (pranayama) to lighten and warm the body then shifts to a progressive flow to slowly melt away the heaviness of depression.

This is perfect class for anyone needing to lift themselves up, invite motivation and restoration to the spirit, body and mind.

This class integrates Ayurveda's wisdom for healthy digestion and the practices of Yoga to support healthy digestion. Specifically designed to strengthen, tone and target the digestive organs, you will be able to reset your digestion one day at a time.

Your efforts will be supported by following a simple grain and vegetable diet, sipping warm water throughout the day, and eating in a calm manner. Just try a few days a week to give your digestive system a break. You will be amazed by the results!

Find peace and calm in 10 minutes or less. Join Maria for a relaxing session to calm the mind and ground into life. In this short session you will explore breathing and an easy short meditation to feel better instantly.

In Ayurveda the three doshas support our physical and mental body. Integrating the teachings of Ayurveda, this class targets the effects of excess Kapha dosha. Enjoy a unique blend of breathing practices (pranayama) and asana to counter heaviness, lethargy and dullness in the mind or body.

Move through specific poses to reduce the lymphatic stagnation, water retention, slow thinking and adipose (fat) tissue in the body. This is the perfect flow to help you feel light, clear and bright.

Learn the art of winding down and relaxing the nervous system for better sleep. Enjoy a quick and easy pranayama and meditation practice you can do in your pajamas and glide right into bed. For best results, do this practice next to or in bed so you can have low lighting and and easy transition to not excite the mind before sleep. Try it out and breathe your way to deep sleep!