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Untethering the mind and drifting into stillness
Thinking is becoming a lost art, not just worrying, planning, remembering, judging and all of the usual mind fluctuations we cram into the b
Carly Chandler-Morris
Feb 25, 20203 min read
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Part 6 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 6 Breath Awareness
This week we explore the breath awareness stage, which also sometimes includes body/floor awareness for grounding. To Breathe Well is to...
Carly Chandler-Morris
Oct 1, 20195 min read
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Part 5 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 5 Opposites
During the preceding stage of rotation of consciousness we induce relaxation of the sensorimotor surface of the brain and then during the op
Carly Chandler-Morris
Sep 24, 20196 min read
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Part 4 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 4 Rotation of Consciousness
The body scan can be used to promote relaxation and body awareness, to invoke or deepen a trance state, to promote healing by reconnecting t
Carly Chandler-Morris
Sep 16, 20198 min read
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Part 3 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 3 Sankalpa
Sankalpa loosely translated from Sanskrit to English means a vow to your highest self or highest truth. Some schools of Yoga Nidra believe t
Carly Chandler-Morris
Sep 10, 20196 min read
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Part 2 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 1-2 Preparation and Settling
This week we explore the first two stages of yoga together – preparation and settling. These are quite practical stages but are crucially im
Carly Chandler-Morris
Sep 3, 20197 min read
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Menstrual cycle awareness saved my life (part 1)
Menstrual cycle awareness has quite literally saved my life. Despite experiencing crushing lows, debilitating pain and extreme...
Carly Chandler-Morris
Jul 3, 20183 min read
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All things are illuminated in the desert...
Yesterday was a real challenge. I was feeling hardened, cold, stuck, rigid and shut down. Deeply engrained coping strategies that were...
Carly Chandler-Morris
Jun 11, 20181 min read
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Emotional Excavations
It’s dusk and I am standing at the edge of a beautiful tarn, behind me rolling hills in front of me expansive forest. I am in one of the mos
Carly Chandler-Morris
Apr 20, 20177 min read
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Body fluid. Mind still.
Water is an incredible element from which we can learn so much! It has a depth that goes far beyond its shimmering surface and it is...
Carly Chandler-Morris
Nov 4, 20163 min read
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Why I Practice
So today is the International Day of Yoga. I thought it would be nice to share a little of how and why I practice. Yoga has not just...
Carly Chandler-Morris
Jun 21, 20162 min read
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The Death of 'I Can't'
One day my Dad sat my siblings and I down and asked us to write out a list of all of the things we felt we couldn’t do. He then took our...
Carly Chandler-Morris
Jun 11, 20166 min read
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Connection
When it comes down to it, connection is what we are all looking for. Connection is our driving force and our ultimate goal, yet we...
Carly Chandler-Morris
Feb 18, 20165 min read
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