There will be no Sangha Breath Sesh this week, as I'm unwell after a big weekend out of routine. Feel free to use last week's recording to maintain your practice 🕉

Sankalpa: "For mind tranquility and wisdom" This morning our sangha gathered in practice with a shared intention - to cultivate tranquility of mind and clarity of wisdom. Through breath, mantra, mudra, and awareness we aligned our energy and opened the space for deeper insight to arise. ✨ The Gayatri Mantra Sanskrit: Om Bhur Bhuvah Svaha Tat Savitur Varenyam Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat English Translation: We meditate upon the divine light of the radiant source that illuminates all realms - physical, mental, and spiritual. May that divine light illuminate and guide our intellect. Meaning & Purpose The Gayatri Mantra is one of the most revered mantras of the Vedic tradition. It is a prayer for illumination, clarity, and wisdom. By invoking the light of higher consciousness, we invite our mind to become calm, clear, and aligned with truth. 🤲 Mudras We Used Brahma Mudra Both hands are placed in fists with the thumbs inside the fingers, knuckles touching, palms facing upward, resting near the navel or lower abdomen. Purpose: Brahma Mudra helps consolidate and direct prana within the body. It promotes grounding, strengthens diaphragmatic breathing, and helps awaken the inner fire at the navel center. Energetically it symbolizes drawing our energy inward so it can be consciously directed. 🫴Bhairava Mudra Hands rest gently in the lap with one palm placed on top of the other (traditionally the right hand resting over the left), thumbs lightly touching. Purpose: Bhairava Mudra represents the union of masculine and feminine energies - Shiva and Shakti. It promotes inner balance, stillness, and meditative awareness. The gesture encourages the mind to settle into a state of calm witnessing and spacious presence. 🌬 Pranayama Techniques We Practiced 🐍Kundalini Pranayama (Vitalize) - A dynamic breath used to awaken and energize the body, stimulate prana (life force), and activate our inner vitality. 🦁Simhagargjanasana - Roaring Lion’s Breath A powerful cleansing breath that releases tension from the jaw, throat, and face while liberating suppressed emotional energy.

This morning we gathered in community with a shared Sankalpa: “For the health and wellbeing of self and others.” A powerful reminder that our personal practice is never just personal. When we regulate, strengthen and open our own system, we ripple that coherence outward - into our families, our communities, and the wider world. 🕉 Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra Today we recited the Shiva Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra, a Vedic healing mantra traditionally associated with renewal, protection, and liberation from fear. Sanskrit: ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात्॥ Om Tryambakaṁ Yajāmahe Sugandhiṁ Puṣṭi-VardhanamUrvārukamiva Bandhanān Mṛtyor Mukṣīya Mā’mṛtāt॥ English Translation: “We worship the three-eyed One (Shiva), who is fragrant and who nourishes all beings.May He liberate us from bondage to death, like a cucumber severed from the vine,but not from immortality.” Meaning & Purpose: This mantra is a prayer for healing, resilience, and freedom from fear. It calls in strength during challenge, steadiness during uncertainty, and trust in the natural cycles of life, death, and rebirth -physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It reminds us that true wellbeing is not just the absence of illness, but a deep connection to vitality and wholeness. 🌬 Our Breath Journey We moved through a balanced energetic arc: ⚡ Energise - Chit Shakti Pranayama Building inner power, clarity, and intentional focus. 🔥 Cleanse - Kapalbhati Pranayama Clearing stagnation, sharpening awareness, and stimulating digestive fire. 🌊 Relax - Straw Breath Softening the nervous system and integrating the work. If you’d like a refresher on technique (or are practicing for the first time), head to the Classroom Tab → 21 Day Challenge, where you’ll find the instructional videos for Chit Shakti and Kapalbhati to ensure you’re practicing safely and effectively. Your breath is medicine. Your intention is powerful. Your practice benefits more than just you. 💬 Reflection & Share:

I'm going over week 1 breath work and exercises by doing this I'm finding a deeper connection with myself. I felt I didn't integrate the learnings in week 1. I follow week 1 then week 2 teachings. I'm really having to look at my habits eating under stress and anxiety is my flaw, especially at night I fast every day till 12 at noon or 1 or 2pm anyrhing after 12noon , however i start to over eat at night niggt grazing 😅 i have got lions mane on day 4 , to help with mind and emotions , my sleep patterns are all up n down most nights. The thing I look forward to is doing the practice It calms me and fulls my presence with stability. It's a constant reminder to hum ,breath, let go, be present , every day for me , as I have a block connecting my emotions emotionally if that makes sense. I am greatful for being apart of this group and the lovely beings in it I am greatful to learn more of myself everyday I am greatful for trusting myself I am grateful for my family Thank you all 🩵🌀🩵

Jump on for a 15-20min flow and start you day in Bliss!