Move with the uplifting current of prana to breathe deeper, expand your heart frequency, and elevate your subtle energy. This practice includes reclined and seated warm-ups with a prana-boosting arm flow, cobra vinyasas, low lunge, melting heart pose, gate pose, side bends, high lunge, warrior 2 flows, and camel variations. End with a mudra meditation to let the energy circulate.
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2021-11-13 18:34:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Uplift and brighten your energy with this quick and effective meditation using arm movements, focused breath, and mudra.
2021-11-10 15:19:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Cultivate a sense of steadiness, nourishment, and grounding in the lower body with this deep-tissue yin sequence. You’ll practice butterfly, spinal flexing, winged dragon, crocodile, sphinx, square pose, constructive rest, and meditation. Let the downward current heal your vital systems and help you be at peace.
Props: 2 blocks and a bolster
Benefits: apana vayu, gro...
2021-11-07 19:23:11 +0000 UTC View Post
The moon is on its way to meet up with the sun in Scorpio, and it will be “void of course” beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET for 2 1/2 hours. Basically this means that before the moon transitions into a new sign, it doesn’t come into contact with any other planets and opens up a portal of stillness before embodying the energy of the next sign (in this case, Scorpio). So we will be IN the void dur...
2021-11-03 19:24:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Ground your energy and connect with the apana current, the winds that travel down and out. This practice includes breath techniques, arm movements to direct life force or chi, and mudra. Great for calming, healthy digestion, immune system support, purification, and stress-relief.
2021-11-03 18:27:53 +0000 UTC View Post
This Samhain brought a lot of purging and releasing. So much so that it manifested physically, and I went *full stop* to rest, heal, and allow everything to recalibrate.
The body knows.
When we stop — even if for a day — it becomes very clear how much we are constantly stimulated, how much we respond to on the day-to-day, and how much we expect from ourselves. In rest, I was fre...
2021-11-02 18:14:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Samhain! This practice can be enjoyed anytime you feel yourself transitioning/rebirthing into a new cycle. Release the old and invite in your greatest dreams and manifestations. You’ll hold just a few postures for a long period of time, using your breath to transmute and transform. Postures include a simple forward fold, simple heart opener, and simple twists with guided awareness, ener...
2021-10-31 23:24:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Nourish your body in these colder months with a practice consisting of joint movements, stretching, breath awareness, and chakra exercises to clear and tune-up the system. Begin on the back with a series of leg, hip, and spine movements and then enjoy some seated chakra exercises with alternate nostril breathing and meditation.
Level: Gentle all levels
Props: optional ...
2021-10-29 22:48:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Feeling restless or antsy? (I know I was!) Then you’ll love this practice that begins with gentle movements to awaken the chakras before exploring a spacious moment of quiet and stillness.
2021-10-27 20:15:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone! Beginning in November, I will be offering themed classes for the five Prana Vayus. These are currents of subtle energy (vaya = wind) that nourish the body and its systems with life force and vitality (see included chart from SequenceWiz). On the first week, we will connect with the energy of Apana Vayu, the downward (grounding) current of energy. A...
2021-10-27 19:54:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome in Scorpio season by going deep into the layers of the body for a healing purification. This practice works primarily with the urinary and bladder meridians. When out of balance, this energy can create too much “holding on” or the opposite effect of an inability to focus, get things done, or show up for commitments. In balance, there’s a perfect harmony of being and doing. You’l...
2021-10-24 16:49:26 +0000 UTC View Post
This practice focuses on energy healing and immune system nourishment using visualization, affirmation, asana, flow, and meditation. Begin with reclined hamstring and hip stretches with a strap and then move through a flow with downward dog, tree, side bends, wide-legged forward fold, warrior 2, triangle, low lunge, low lunge splits, and vinyasas. Finish with a chakra clearing meditation to rai...
2021-10-22 22:16:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Breathe deep and clear your energy centers with intention and awareness. This meditation practice uses gentle arm movements and energy healing.
2021-10-20 17:49:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone! Just a reminder that tonight is the full moon and I’ll be bathing in moon light on the Sterling Rail Trail for those who would like to join. The registration/invitation says 5:45, but I recommend getting there as close to 5:30 as you can so we can start walking at 5:45. The sun sets very quickly these days. It will be dark for part of the walk since it’s in the...
2021-10-20 16:04:38 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a practice that focuses on clearing and nourishing the lungs and heart. It will help you move through congestion, melancholy, and grief — while awakening love, clarity, and healing. Grief has been an energy affecting many of us lately. By witnessing the process and energy of grief, we can receive its gifts of healing and feel the love that’s always moving through us. Begin with a se...
2021-10-18 16:00:30 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
I apologize for the last minute notice, but I will have to cancel tomorrow morning’s live Shakti Empower Hour class to attend a family memorial. Those who have signed up for class tomorrow will also receive a cancellation email. All other classes, events, and appointments are still running as planned, so I’ll see you soon. <3
All my love,
Mandi
2021-10-14 17:16:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Feeling unsettled, anxious, or fearful? If so, this meditation will help you connect to the earth to feel safe, supported, and receive a root chakra healing.
2021-10-13 13:18:50 +0000 UTC View Post
*UPDATE* Here’s the registration for the rail trail walk! Looks like we will have beautiful weather. https://mandigarrisonyoga.as.me/harvestmoon
Please register so that I can have an idea of how many people to expect, and take any safety pr...
2021-10-12 18:27:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Leave your worries and to-do lists behind in a practice that focuses on muscular release and surrender. Using a blanket roll as a main prop, enjoy releasing postures that add an added benefit of lymphatic massage. This practice includes a seated meditation to begin, supported shavasana, seated butterfly, supported crocodile, child’s pose, hero, double pigeon (square pose), caterpillar folds, ...
2021-10-11 12:15:54 +0000 UTC View Post
This is an energetic practice that uses meridian-focused exercises, power practices, and stretching to awaken your life force and alchemize stuck tension into creativity and freedom. We move in a circular way close to the mat, so this is also beneficial for new and full moons when emotions are high. Begin in a seated meditation and breath practice with ujjayi and breath of fire. Move into circu...
2021-10-08 19:37:26 +0000 UTC View Post
The schedule of yoga classes at Tower Hill has been posted through the end of December! There are so many awesome end-of-year events there, so the schedule is shifting for two months, but there’s plenty to choose from.
November:
December:
*Exclusive content for tiers 2 and 3*
Here’s the recording of last night’s new moon class, which included a restorative yoga session and healing yoga nidra. I don’t usually share the full recording from these workshops, but I felt called this time. <3
The theme of compassion was inspired by Quan Yin who is the goddess frequency representing compassion. Other themes...
2021-10-08 00:20:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Last call for Candlelight Restorative at 6pm tonight for the new moon in Libra! Find peace, balance, and healing from the comfort of your home in this virtual workshop. The class will end with a Reiki-charged Yoga Nidra to melt tension away and deeply relax. Register at https://mandigarrisonyoga.as.me/newmoonrest...
2021-10-06 17:14:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Practice deep complete breathing while meditating on the portal of the heart. This practice awakens compassion, understanding, and loving presence.
Access this video via your Patreon library at www.mandigarrison.com/library, password: patreonsangha
2021-10-06 12:41:13 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! I created a custom showcase of videos for October’s energy if you are debating your next class. ;-)
The link is www.vimeo.com/showcase/october, password: becoming
Enjoy!
Love, Mandi
2021-10-05 00:28:41 +0000 UTC View Post
This yin practice focuses primarily on the breath — using breath to explore and open possibilities. Prepare to breathe deeply and shift your entire state of being. Postures include reclined butterfly, half frog with a sphinx variation, child’s pose, and reclined twists.
Props: two blocks and a blanket
Physical benefits: breath, abdomen, outer hips, psoas, kidneys, ...
2021-10-05 00:21:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone! If you enjoy taking the virtual classes live in real-time, don’t forget to sign up for your favorites in October. Even if you’re unsure whether you’ll attend, it’s always nice to register anyways for the reminders and accountability. The full list is below for your convenience. Use you code PATREON5OFF to attend all live classes for free and receive $5 off ...
2021-10-02 21:42:18 +0000 UTC View Post
A slow-paced and grounding vinyasa flow that supports steadiness, calm, and inner exploration. Allow yourself to lean into the polarities of your practice to find a sense of balance and sink deeper into yourself. The flow includes seated exploration and movement with breath, lunge flows, dynamic sphinx variations, vinyasas, warrior 1, chair, yogi squat, forward folds, and hamstring stretches wi...
2021-10-01 15:49:57 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
I believe I found a workaround where I can still keep videos hidden from my account but embed them into the app — so everything should work via the app AND through the browser while maintaining privacy. I tested it out on my end and it all seems to work out well. If any other issues come up, please let me know. Thank you for your patience!
I do think using Vimeo vs Yo...
2021-09-30 17:39:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Don't you love this magical fairy toadstool I found on my daily woodland walk? :)
I'm taking a little break from 2021-09-29 13:49:35 +0000 UTC View Post