Functional Spirituality

The topic today is about how the overarching attitude of meditation is actually great training for how we can respond to our lives and the attitudes we can cultivate.    Join Ava to learn how naturalness can expand your capacity to meet all of life.   Today’s topic is very much a meditative topic. A lot of the content will be pointing towards an inner significance.    Feel free to close your eyes...

Ease into stillness with curiosity and enjoy a guided sound meditation to connect to your body, ground, release and relax.   Links: Our new Embodiement Facilitator Training   Increasing accessibility to functional healing + non-dual spiritual oneness. www.functionalspirituality.com   Free resources:   Newsletter sign up:   A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month. Communit...

A 5-minute guided meditation that is designed to help you relax tension in the body using your breath. Perfect for any time of the day.   Our new facilitator training: https://functionalspirituality.thinkific.com/bundles/therapeutic-embodiment   Increasing accessibility to functional healing + non-dual spiritual oneness. www.functionalspirituality.com   Free resources: Newsletter sign up:   A mont...

In this week's episode, Ava shares the 4 ingredients for a successful business.   Trying to push to get ahead represents the fear and survival complexes that are entrenched in our society and embedded in our conditioning. Learn what steps you need to take to nurture yourself and your business.      chapter markers  00:00 Introduction 01:00 Free workshop: Confident leader 01:30 The aspects of busin...

Use this guided meditation to activate the parasympathetic nervous system. When the nervous system is in the parasympathetic nervous system state, the body is able to function normally, as well as repair and regenerate. In modern culture, our busy lifestyle often makes it difficult to flip back to the parasympathetic state once the sympathetic has been activated, making it easy to experience chron...

This week's meditation invites seekers to explore what the word "I" refers to, and draws awareness back to its infinite Self-source.  Increasing accessibility to functional healing + non-dual spiritual oneness. www.functionalspirituality.com Free resources:   Newsletter sign up:   A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month. Community meditation : Join the Functional Spiritua...

In this week's episode, Ava and Chantelle from Embodied Awakening Academy have a Q&A style debate. They cover subjects such as twin flames, Classical vs Neo-Tantra, open relationships and their different approaches to teaching.   Chapter markers:  00:00 Introduction  02:00 Twin flames 19:37 Classical Tantra vs neo tantra  29:47 How to feel safe in an open relationship 42:10 Pros and cons of our co...

What’s the difference between intention and control? Any moment you’re not connected to your intention and alignment you’re going to lack motivation. Motivation comes naturally when’s there’s a sense of alignment. Control is like a fixation, an unconscious pressure towards something, an intention is an awareness of something we feel called to. Intention connects us to our heart, but also being con...

Join Ava for a short 15 minute guided meditation and melt into a background of stillness, connecting to a peacefulness that exists under the surface. Click here to learn more about our Free Workshop: Confident leader   Increasing accessibility to functional healing + non-dual spiritual oneness. www.functionalspirituality.com   Free resources:   Newsletter sign up:   A monthly update for me on new...

Living on the surface of our language and concepts doesn’t serve us. We need to be willing to think deeper, not to jump to conclusions or live in assumptions. That’s exactly what a functional approach to spirituality should be. In this week’s episode, Ava unpacks the confusion around what an awake teacher even means. 00:30 Introduction  01:24 What is an awake teacher? 03:51 Why I avoid the term aw...

An experience in cultivating Trust. We recommend listening to the previous podcast that explains the 3 ways to cultivate trust.  If we trust life, we love life. Everything feels good. It feels like a flow and things do actually flow more.   Links mentioned 3 ways to cultivate more Trust in your life   Increasing accessibility to functional healing + non-dual spiritual oneness. www.functionalspirit...

Your being, your existence is love. Feel the love in your heart and notice its quality. Explore the universal energy that can be noticed in every cell of your body as Ava graciously guides you through this 15-minute meditation.   Increasing accessibility to functional healing + non-dual spiritual oneness. www.functionalspirituality.com   Free resources:   Newsletter sign up:   A monthly update for...

If we trust life, we love life. Everything feels good. It feels like a flow and things do actually flow more.   But how do we cultivate trust when the world isn't trustworthy? Or stable? Or we feel hurt. Or people hurt us, and circumstances are hard.   Is it still healthy to trust ?   chapter markers  00:10: Welcome back to the series  02:04 What is trust 05:26  Methods to cultivate trust  06:55:...

In this weeks episode, Ava offers a personal share about a reflection she had on the 4-day silent retreat that just passed. As a collective, we’re getting more stressed and unhealthy. Join Ava as she reflects on her journey with healing and what it means to have the capacity to open up and allow the pain to be felt.   chapter markers  00:11 Welcome back to the podcast 03:35 Retreat reflection 06:3...

Slow down with grace. In this guided meditation, Ava gently guides you to step back from thinking as you allow everything to be as it is.   Free ways I can support you: NEWSLETTER  ~ A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month. https://functionalspirituality.ck.page/subscribe     COMMUNITY MEDITATION ~Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for medita...

A short, simple and gentle practice for your daily dose of meditation. In this guided meditation, Ava gently guides you to use the breath to connect with your inner space.   Links mentioned: www.functionalspirituality.com Connect with us with the free resources below:   Newsletter: (link in the title here) A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month. https://functionalspiritu...

In this weeks episode, Ava answers a question that was asked on retreat: ‘What is your advice in dealing with pain and other distractions during meditation? ‘ Physical and mental distractions, these obstacles are the reason we don’t meditate. In this episode, Ava provides options for those seeking to overcome these obstacles.   chapter markers  00:10 Introduction  01:00 Curiosity in meditation 03:...

Find relaxation and peacefulness at your core.    Use this meditation to explore the feeling of being enough inside the inner space and the sensations of embodiment.    Free ways I can support you: NEWSLETTER  ~ A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month. https://functionalspirituality.ck.page/subscribe     COMMUNITY MEDITATION ~Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enj...

Our threshold of awareness is getting lower as we regress into the trauma that's being triggered at this time.    In this episode, Ava explains how identifying false triggers can create an opportunity for transformation.   Chapter Markers: 00:00 How to subscribe  01:30 Our current series  02:46 My Facebook post 03:36 False refuge   05:40 We are taking refuge in a historical tendency  07:43 Why do...

Enjoy this short drop-in meditation with music. Become aware of the breath moving through the body and the sensations that may be present, replacing any tension in the body with a soft smiling energy.   Free ways I can support you: NEWSLETTER  ~ A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month. https://functionalspirituality.ck.page/subscribe     COMMUNITY MEDITATION ~Join the Fun...

Why are we experiencing a downward spiral? In this episode, Ava reflects on why we are experiencing so much dysfunction.   chapter markers  00:10 Introduction  04:37 Announcement 07:10 Questioning leadership   10:04 The fear narrative  11:43 Objective perspective  14:30 Reflections on society  28:30  Conclusion   Links mentioned Healing complex trauma workshop   Free ways I can support you: NEWSLE...

The body, the breath and the earth are powerful anchors for our nervous system to rest, reset and ground. Join us in this recording of our Monday morning meditation.   Free ways I can support you: NEWSLETTER  ~ A monthly update for me on new offers and the energy of the month. https://functionalspirituality.ck.page/subscribe     COMMUNITY MEDITATION ~Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjo...

Ava runs a yoga centre in Western Australia which is now under strict mandates to not allow access to unvaccinated people.   In this episodes, Ava explains how she navigates challenging situations like this as well as her own vaccination status.   chapter markers  00:12 Winter is coming 02:51 Beyond the hardship and isolation of winter 04:40 Avas vaccination status 09:07 Powerful narratives 13:05...

Use this guided meditation to connect with your whole life as it truly is right now, without picking apart any parts of your experience, let the breath settle you into the connection between mind and body.    Free-ways I can support you:   COMMUNITY MEDITATION ~Join the Functional Spirituality Group and enjoy a free resource for meditators and yogis to connect to and enjoy a like-minded community....

In this weeks episode, Ava shares some insights from a recent cacao ceremony.  Use this episode to unpack why you personally try to distract yourself and fulfil urges, discover the deeper issue of why your attachments exist with prompts for reflection at the end of the episode.  Did you enjoy this story sharing episode? Let us know your thoughts! chapter markers  00:15 Introduction  01:10 Cacao ce...