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July 17th @4pm EST - Exploring the 5 Vayus w/ Anjali Sunita
Prana is the universal vital energy that permeates all things. Many of the functions in our body depend upon the free flow of prana through five primary currents, namely Prana-Vayu, Apana-Vayu, Samana-Vayu, Udana-Vayu, and Vyana-Vayu.
Learn briefly about the 5 vayus from the perspective of Ayurveda, why they are important, and engage together in an applied practice of pranayama designed to remove obstructions of these currents. You will be given time between each technique to share your experience, to feel the qualities and impacts of these techniques as to begin to distinguish the benefits of each technique before learning the benefits that are classically stated. This is an experiential workshop. It will welcome you into expanded awareness.
No experience is needed. Just a curious open mind and willingness to feel and participate.
As a yoga teacher, Ayurvedic consultant, and writer, Anjali shares globally with focus on tradition & accessibility. www.villagelifewellness.com
You may register through the link above however if you would like to donate straight to the selected charity, BMore Community Food, click this link food4bmore.org , take a screen shot of your receipt, and email to me. You will be send all pertinent info including zoom link for the chat.
**Please note the time change for this chat from the regular time of 11am EST to 4pm EST
*Once registered you will receive an email with ZOOM link as well as any other pertinent information for our time together.
TBD
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October 23rd @ 4pm EST - Sutra Study: Practicing Through the Niyamas w/ Vandana Sood-Giddings
Delve deeper into your self through the yogic philosophy of ‘niyamas’ while Vandana leads you through a gentle, accessible practice involving asanas and basic pranayama. Vandana will explain the essence of how we can have a profound connection with our inner landscape through Maharishi Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. Through this practical yet profound application you will find a sense of peace and contentment on your spiritual journey, no matter your faith. Vandana will end the practice with a yoga nidra based final relaxation to allow you to truly integrate and embody these philosophies and teachings.
Vandana Sood-Giddings is a qualified yoga ‘acharya’(scholar) from the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center in India. She is also a filmmaker and a professor at Montana State University. Vandana has completed trainings in Reiki and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and finished her 10 day silent Vipassana meditation course in 2006 from Dharamkot, India. Vandana won the Davis Peace Project for her project Stretching Towards Peace which focused on yoga and meditation as a counter to youth violence in post conflict areas around the world. Vandana is the founder of Prana Buzz, an organization that creates educational and spiritual experiences to nourish ‘prana’ in mind, body and soul. Vandana has taught yoga and meditation for 15 years in India, Europe, New York City and Montana.
**Please note the time change for this chat from the regular time of 11am EST to 4pm EST
*Once registered you will receive an email with ZOOM link as well as any other pertinent information for our time together.
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ghee
November 27th @ 11am EST - Making Ashwaganda Infused Ghee w/ Heidi Audet
Join Heidi for another adventure in ghee-making- with a twist!
Ghee is nourishing and supportive to the tissues, and contains butyric acid, a fatty acid that has been shown to feed the large intestine. This golden elixir also acts as a transporter for Ayurvedic medicine. As the colder weather is coming, we need more supportive nutrients to help us stay healthy. After we make the golden ghee of life, Heidi will teach you how to amplify the nutritive benefits for our body's winter preparedness. We will be creating Ashwaganda ghee!
Ashwaganda helps our minds and bodies build resilience to the stress and cold that winter often brings. Join us for a Sunday adventure into herbal-infused ghee, and get yourself ready for feeling good as the season of Vata deepens.
Heidi Audet, ERYT-500, AHC has been an Ayurvedic Health Counselor since 2015, but personally enmeshed in Ayurveda for 20 years. She loves teaching about Ayurveda in nature but her specialty is Ayurveda Cooking. For the past 15 years, Heidi has been running Chill Yoga a studio she co-owns in Maine. She runs Ayurveda & Yoga Retreats in Maine and Internationally through her private business, The Healing Tide~ Ayurveda, Yoga & Nutrition. Heidi is also the Director of Chill Yoga Outdoors- an outdoor excursion business that weaves Yoga, Meditation and Ayurvedic Adventure (hikes, Fatbiking, trail walking and more, mingled with yummy Ayurvedically inspired snacks) in Maine and New England. When not on her mat, or on a mountain, you can find her in her kitchen making Ayurvedic magic with her foods and remedies.
*Once registered you will receive an email with ZOOM link as well as any other pertinent information for our time together.