Yoga Playlist-Magic

Posted on March 23, 2015
By Clara
In Yoga Music

A playlist inspired by Coldplay…

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This Friday, join me for a short meditation that a

This Friday, join me for a short meditation that asks you to connect to the wisdom and resilience of the heart space.⁠
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🤍This meditation uses the power of visualization to create a sense of boundless compassion that stems from the heart space.⁠
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The practice of visualizing action, has just as much power as doing the activities themselves! Imagined experiences light up the same parts of the brain as acting out the event.⁠
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🤍This meditation will tap into the heart’s expansiveness to bring more attention to The breath⁠
How you feel⁠
How you relate to the environments and individuals in your life.⁠
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So, start by breathing into the heart and thinking of all those people and places you love. Expand your awareness and envision the farther-reaching environments and individuals who you share space.⁠
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🤍Want more meditation and visualization practices?⁠
▷ Visit the LINK IN MY BIO to see the latest yoga, mantra, and meditation classes online. #PracticeWithClara⁠
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Whenever I teach yoga or hold space for others, I

Whenever I teach yoga or hold space for others, I bring people in to explore their inner landscape.⁠
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I like to go deep into the heaviness and darkness within me, so when students join me, we explore the heaviness and darkness together.⁠
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✼Coming together for a shared experience of darkness, grief, or whatever we’re going through is a way to share the pain through a collective experience. When I show that I’m willing to explore the depths, students feel safe to join me.⁠
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✼What do you invite others to do when you bring people together?⁠
What kind of space do you create?⁠
What is your influence on those around you?⁠
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✼More on how to create and hold conscious space for others, in this week’s podcast episode with ✨ Ally Maz (@allymaz)!⁠
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✨ LINK IN BIO to listen or watch the full episode. #PracticeWithClara⁠
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What are some of your coping mechanisms?⁠👀⠀

What are some of your coping mechanisms?⁠👀⠀
What actions do you perform, or what are the things you reach for when you’re feeling anxious or stressed?⁠⠀
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△There’s a profound difference in creating ritual versus falling back on coping mechanisms that may or may not serve you.⁠⠀
One is done with intention, while the other is a habit we’ve grown attached.⁠⠀
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△ Examine how you react to stressors and write down some of the ways you cope with stress.⁠⠀
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Are you able to create a simple ritual to transform your reaction?⁠⠀
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△One method I use is taking five deep breaths before I react when I’m feeling tense, anxious, or angry.⁠⠀
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By becoming more aware of our patterns, we create the space to transform how we respond. Replacing a habit with a routine fills the space with something productive and intentional.⁠⠀
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👉🏼LINK IN BIO for yoga and meditation classes that offer insight into creating new routines to transform. #PracticeWithClara⁠⠀
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Happy Monday!☺️ ⁠ ⁠ Many of you may alread

Happy Monday!☺️ ⁠
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Many of you may already know that the heart is the fourth of the seven chakras. ⁠
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It’s within our hearts that we create harmony and balance our internal and external worlds.⁠
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🤍The heart is where we open up to receive and to create a state of ease, compassion, and serenity. It’s within the heart that we find forgiveness and surrender.⁠
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🧘🏻Meditation for the heart chakra, Anahata, invites us to bring all those we love and wish well into our hearts.⁠
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When we sit with how we feel and honor the heart’s expression, we create the space to shift our current state. The practice is to open the heart and send well wishes to all beings.⁠
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🤍 🤍For meditations and yoga classes on the heart chakra, visit my LINK IN BIO to see curated playlists for each of the seven chakras. #PracticeWithClara⁠
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In yoga, we call the body’s life force or energy

In yoga, we call the body’s life force or energy, prana.⁠
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Vayus represent how prana is directed through the body. There are five vayus - Prana, Apana, Samana, Udana, and Vyana; all of which is a means to understand the subtle body’s anatomy⁠
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△Specific activities stimulate the vayus and affect how the prana is directed.⁠
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Meditation⁠
Acupuncture⁠
Chi Gong are four techniques that encourage the flow of prana.⁠
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△This week’s blog post includes highlights from our discussion with Irene Sanchez (@isanchezcelis) and contains more on the vayus, acupuncture meridians, and how to play in the subtle energy body.⁠
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Want to read more? Head to the LINK IN BIO! #PracticeWithClara⁠
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Explore the bliss body through mantra and meditati

Explore the bliss body through mantra and meditation.⁠
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The new class - Bliss Meditation - invites you to feel joy in your body. As you take your seat for meditation, you’ll explore all the ways you experience joy in your life. ⁠
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Ask yourself, what brings me happiness? How does joy feel? Do I bring joy to my life and those around me?⁠
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This class features "Om Shri Anandaye Namaha" the mantra for bliss. This mantra translates to the idea of recognizing and honoring the joy we carry within. When we focus on creating happiness for ourselves, we spread bliss to all those around us by shifting our attitude and energy.⁠
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LINK IN BIO to head to this class! #PracticeWithClara⁠
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“Energy lives everywhere; we are energy. This wo

“Energy lives everywhere; we are energy. This world is not as solid as we believe; there are more dimensions of reality than the physical world we see. As we become more aware of energy, we become more able to tap into the subtle realms to discover more of our teachers.” - Irene Sanchez.⁠
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I have teachers who show up and work through me. One of them does visualization. Sometimes, specific teachers or people will show up for me, and they become my guide in how I proceed in whatever it is I’m doing.⁠
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⩠But a lot of my practice is spontaneous, and I don’t know why, but I know it feels right. Following your intuition and tapping into your inner ear is one way we work with energy.⁠
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⩠More on energy, intuition, and the power of visualization in our latest podcast episode with Irene Sanchez (@isanchezcelis). LINK IN BIO to listen or watch! #PracticeWithClara⁠
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If you were to take 5-minutes to do only one thing

If you were to take 5-minutes to do only one thing for yourself, what would you choose to do?⁠⠀
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⦿Sometimes all we have is a brief moment to reconnect with ourselves. During your day⁠⠀
In-between activities⁠⠀
In an elevator⁠⠀
Stuck in traffic...⁠⠀
Can you use these fleeting moments to pause and reconnect with YOU?⁠⠀
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⦿Creating a ritual doesn’t have to look fancy. I ask you to consider some of the actions you might do in 5-minutes or less that shape a practice of returning to yourself.⁠⠀
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⦿Swipe left to try these, or you may even have your own already or create them.⁠⠀
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Let us know what you do in the comments! I’d love to hear your ways of honoring ritual during a busy day! #PracticeWithClara⁠⠀
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Energy is expressed in many forms - it may feel da

Energy is expressed in many forms - it may feel dark and heavy, or light and buoyant.⁠
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The energy we receive and give has a profound effect on our environment and how we feel, especially if we’re unaware of how to direct the energies we encounter.⁠
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⩠This week on the podcast, we interviewed Irene Sanchez (@isanchezcelis):⁠
Birth doula⁠
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TCM practitioner.⁠
In a lively discussion on how we play, receive, and re-direct energy, Irene shared the practices she embodies and a few of the alternative techniques she provides clients.⁠
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⩠“I see myself as a facilitator of healing. This means that I do not heal you. The process that you and I will embark together will create a real possibility of personal transformation.⁠
I have a lot of earth energy, I’m very grounded, but I live in the ether. I love to play in the etheric field; it’s why I got into Chi Gong, acupuncture, and meditation.” - Irene Sanchez.⁠
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To listen or watch the full episode, visit the LINK IN BIO⁠
#PracticeWithClara⁠
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According to Vedic philosophy, the individual has

According to Vedic philosophy, the individual has five layers of the self known as the koshas.⁠
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🔻 The 1st and grossest kosha is the Annamaya kosha - the physical body. It deals with all the things that we take in, such as what we feel and eat.⁠
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🟠 The 2nd is the Pranamaya kosha, which represents the energetic body.⁠
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🟨 The 3rd - Manomaya kosha, which represents your emotional body. It represents the mind, emotions, and who we think we are.⁠
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🔷 The 4th - Vijnanamaya kosha, which represents the intuitive or wisdom body.⁠
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🟣 The 5th - Ananadamaya kosha, the bliss body, or what some might call the soul.⁠
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Focusing on one of the layers during meditation may provide a gateway to connect with one of the koshas to develop your understanding of self.⁠
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➠LINK IN BIO for 10-20 minute meditation classes. #PracticeWithClara⁠
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