The Daily Practice Podcast Crystal Borrelli & Andrea Helleman

We start with a Hari Om and go into quite a conversation centred around a student’s question about staying connected to your meditation practice as it continues to evolve.

Consistency is key!

T’s Question: Love it in LA traffic. I actually look forward to the commute. You had asked for any suggestions or topics. I’ve been wondering about your thoughts on meditation. Different techniques and styles and how to drop in. How did you start, and how did it evolve to what it is now? I found when I was deep in some stuff, it was actually easier to get into that space, but over the last few years, what used to work for me isn’t anymore. I really struggle to get to that bliss state where I feel I get clarity or messages. How to come back to what I know I used to be able to do? And has that happened to you and led you to other methods…

Listen in to hear all about finding consistency and peace alongside your daily practice.

Crystal + Andrea

It's the Spring Equinox and we're delivering up this week's podcast a a few days early with this chat and practice as we transition out of the hibernation of winter and welcome the crocuses and daffodils of the spring.

In this episode, we play an excerpt from our Mythic Mantra course. It's the story of Shiva & Shakti told by Crystal, and it will end with the Shiva Mantra. If you are interested in doing a deep dive into all things mantra, please check out our website at https://www.thedailypractice.life/ our Mantra course is $149.99 and takes you on a journey through yourself and find your way through the setting up a space to do mantras, learning about the mudras and different practices for chanting and singing your mantras.

This episode is with Dr. Amber Kirk, a chiropractor interested in functional medicine, functional neurology and how to focus on the present moment as we journey through life. She talks to us about the tone of our nervous system and how we need to evolve alongside our bodies. We went to her house in the Squamish Valley to record this podcast, and it delivered. We felt full and a little lighter at the end of this conversation. She brings a lot of insight and awareness to the podcast about what is happening in our nervous systems and the profound effect that mantra can have on them.

 

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Julia McCabe returns to the podcast with our second installment about neuroscience. She shares some neuromyths and then we discus them under the lens of Yoga and Neuroscience.

Julia McCabe is on the podcast this week. She is a catalyst in the lives of both Crystal and Andrea, who attended her 300-hour yoga teacher trainings (separately). She is a teachers teacher and a curious student for life that is back in school working on her Masters's in Neuroscience and Psychology of Mental Health at King’s College in London, UK. We are three really good friends that move in and out of friendly banter to deep teachings from the ancient and neuroscience lenses. This podcast talks about selective attention, how our attention spans are waning, how to breathe and why it’s important, teacher trainings, our triggers and how to deal with them. Today's teachings are ladder breath and adding a ‘what I did’ list to your nightly journal practice.