The following 8 audios are part of the 32 hour Teacher Training Course.
Please listen to each weeks audio BEFORE the Tuesday morning ZOOM class.
The content of the audios below covers the content that will be practiced in the online Tuesday class and in person Saturday class.
The audios are LIVE recordings with trainees from The Sunrise Yoga & Meditation Academy (SYAMA) 200 hour teaching training program in 2020.When students share their experiences, their names have been deleted to protect privacy.
Class 1 : Grounding and Connecting
75 minutes.
Class notes 30/03/2020.
*Opening Poem: ... "Meditation is an act of Love".
*Mindfulness and Meditation : The differences and the power of combining the two.
*Write down your personal reflections to 3 questions.
*Ritual #1: Body Scan.
*Ritual #2: Senses Meditation
*Ritual #3: Poem and Breath Meditation
*Ritual #4: Loving Kindness Meditation.
*Ritual #5: Reflection on your death
*Ritual #6: Listening to Legacy of Light by Fia.
*Closing conversations
** Please note - personal shares by participants have been edited out.
Class #1 - Live audio recording. 75 minutes.
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Class 2: Relaxing and Restoring your nervous system
65 minutes. Class notes 04/01/2020.
* Serenity Prayer
*Second Chakra theme - exploring the pain and pleasures of life. Flowing with life's rhythm with grace.
*Understanding the power of the mind to recreate the 5 basics tastes (embodied visualization).
* The Vagus Nerve and the Ritual #7 Tongue Swirling Ritual
* Clarifying your core values. Are you living by them? What do you need to do to re-align?
*Ritual #8. The Zone-Shift Meditation Ritual. Learn how to shift chronic aches and pains.
*Buddhist psychology. Applying the R.A.I.N acronym = Ritual #9.
* Starting a Mindful Bedtime Ritual - Left Nostril Breathing (Pranayama) = Ritual #10
*With persmission, some participant shares have been included in this track. Names have been edited out.
Class 3: Waking up and creating Magic.
54 minutes.
*Morning reflections - first thoughts, sensations, gratitude.
Awareness of the habits of your mind.
*: Becoming clear on your essential nature.
*: Becoming clear on your core values.
*: Talk on the 2nd Chakra. Water element. Pleasure and Pain. Reflection on our most important relationships.
The sweetness and bitter sweetness of life.
*: Yama, Niyama (purity, contentment, discipline), Brahmacharya (understanding, conserving, and celebrating your sexual energy).
*: Feeling into who and what you want to be today in regards to the relationship you are having with yourself, others, and the Divine.
*: Resting in one asana as you contemplate on your relationship with one person
*: Movement Meditation to "A Good Day" by Priscilla Ahn
*: Creating a magic morning mindset with the M.A.G.I.C acronym.
*: Reflecting on your relationship with life force energy and your sexual energy.
*: Siting in the state of meditation for 3 minutes.
Class #3 - Live audio recording. 54 minutes
This is a MORNING session, setting you up for a positive and inspired day.
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Class 4: Cultivating commitment, courage and compassion.
*Talk about moodiness, irritation, and anger.
*How to find calmness and compassion.
*Seedling Visualization Ritual - Spring and wood element.
*Breath Retention practice - Kumbaka Pranayama.
*Why Kumbaka Pranayama is good training for life.
*Loving Kindness "Metta" Meditation (traditional version)
*Meditation is an act of love - and allows you to be the lover and the beloved.
65 minutes. Class 4 - live audio recording
Ideal class when the moon is full, or when you life feels overwhelming.
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The Loving Kindness Meditation.
21 minutes
Excerpt from class 5 guiding a different version of the Metta Meditation.
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Class #5 (full workshop) - Live, UNEDITED audio recording.
82 minutes
This is evening session is a deep dive into love. I guide you through one of the most powerful reflection practices I know to understand why we humans feel pain and what allows us to feel love and happiness. I'll also guide you through a different version of the Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation. This is a ritual that is evergreen when we repeat it again and again in it's many forms. Repetition reaps rewards.
There may be tears of release, sadness, love, joy, and peace tonight. Have some tissues, a pen and notebook/journal ready.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS FILE IS STILL UNEDITED AND IN IT'S RAW STATE.
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Class #6 - Live audio recording. 89 minutes.
Evening recording.
Explorations of how we listen, feel, and express our Truth. The process and the practice can set you free and bring deep sleep.
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Morning (sunrise) session.
54 minutes.
Throat Chakra theme.
You could also listen to this during your day, when you need quiet inspiration to reconnect with your inner magic.
The 12 minute Kirtan Kriya mantra we chant is a version by Adi Bachan with music by Ray Sharp. There are many versions that I use but this is the one I like for morning practice.
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Class 7 - live audio recording.
82 minutes.
Cultivating self trust and following your intuition.
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Class 8 - live audio recording.
84 minutes.
See the bigger picture of who you are, and how your unique light connects with the divine light.
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(audio only version)
The Video version will be uploaded asap and I will let you know once it is done.
Yoga Nidra WORKSHOP (audio only version)WORKSHOP: Restorative Yoga + Yoga Nidra
62 minutes.
Here is the live workshop audio recording. I guide you through how to create a sacred intention (Sankalpa) and through a Restorative Yoga hip and chest opening pose to prepare you for Yoga Nidra. If you are familiar with Yoga Nidra, have a Sankalpa ready, please move on to the Yoga Nidra only audio recording below.
Yoga Nidra, as a formal practice is best done during the day when you are not so tired that you will fall asleep, but if you do fall asleep then that is OK - you needed to sleep.
Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra - benefits can include: reduced tension, anxiety and pain, increased vitality, lower blood pressure, enhanced focus, deeper sleep, release of destructive habits, cultivation of compassion and love for self and others.
Restorative Yoga : Using pillows and towels from home (or yoga props - bolsters and blocks), create a supportive nest and rest in a simple postures for 5-10 minutes as you are guided through a visualization or meditation. Learn how to release deeply held tension and restore your energy levels.
Yoga Nidra: This is a practice that allows the body to deeply relax while the mind stays inwardly alert. Shivani will guide you into a “hypnagogic state”—the threshold between alpha and theta waves—the place where your body “sleeps” while your mind is peacefully lucid.
