Mandi Garrison

Golden path of light

Feel yourself walking forward into your light body, even during times when it feels like things are going backwards. Connect back to the essence of you beyond the human self and remember how powerful you are.

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Leaning into change

Mark Nepo writes, “leaning into what is gripping us will allow us to work our way free.” In this practice, we’ll cultivate a sense of flow and acceptance by leaning into possibility and exploring the inner workings of the body. Practice seated movements to play around with balance and edge, forward folds, dragon lunge with movement exploration, sphinx flows, and child’s pose. The aura of peace after this practice will have you coming back again and again — especially during Mercury ...

Shakti practice to balance the aura

Balance the mind, brighten your aura, and expand heart energy with this hatha/kundalini fusion practice. Begin in constructive rest and some gentle reclined warm-ups with breath, maintain the breath technique as you continue in seated warm-ups and cat cow (adding an optional breath of fire), and then continue with half-vinyasas, archer pose (warrior II variation), pranayama and meditation. If you’ve been experiencing low energy, this practice will help lift your mood and charge your batteri...

Balance the breath, balance the mind

A meditation and pranayama practice that includes nadi shodhana (alternate nostril breathing) and sama vritti (equal breathing). Use your breath to recalibrate your mind and find peace and balance.

Happy Equinox!

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Moonlight River Yoga Nidra

(Tiers 2 and 3)

A guided yoga nidra journey that takes you down a peaceful river to receive healing and divine gifts from spirit.

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Full Moon Reiki Circle tonight!

This Pisces moon sure is beautiful, even though the increased psychic activity kept me awake much of the night. 🥱 You?

With this moon, you can’t turn down the magic, and my Reiki Circle tonight will include a dreamy yoga nidra journey to help you catch up on rest and tap into your own intuitive channel. This energy can guide us into our greatest dreams for the season ahead. Remember and hold onto the things you love, your imagination, the beauty of the world, the whispers of your h...

Perfection of the universe

A balancing yin/restorative sequence for the fall equinox and full moon. With breath, mudras, and a circular flow around the mat, you’ll activate a conscious awareness of your sacred center and the coming together of polarities (day/night, sun/moon, right/left, practical/imaginative, active/passive). Postures include caterpillar, butterfly, side-lying pose, sphinx, cat/cow, and child’s pose.  

Props: bolster or rolled-up blanket, 2 blocks or cushions  

Physical benef...

40-minute grounding and balance flow

Don’t have a full hour to practice? No worries — this sequence has you covered with a full range of standing postures, spinal openers, and movement meditation. You’ll begin with some stretchy warm-ups before moving into a downward dog series, low lunge flows, chair, tree, wide-legged forward fold, warrior 2, extended side angle, lunge twists, and supported airplane.  

Props: 2 blocks  

Physical benefits: hips, hamstrings, spine, balance, grounding, shoulder openers...

20-minute stretch break when you’ve been sitting too long

Enjoy this lunch break practice that helps to reverse the effects of sitting for long periods of time. You’ll practice seated twists, half shoelace, butterfly, caterpillar fold, and supported fish to open the heart and enjoy the rest of your day from a vibrant place.

Props: two blocks and a blanket or cushion to sit on

Physical benefits: hips, hamstrings, spine, low back

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Patreon Exclusive Content for Tiers 2 and 3

Hi everyone! I created a private Vimeo showcase for your tiers only. This way, you can easily access exclusive videos, moon recordings, and your coupon code for moon-related events. I only have three videos up there now, but it will keep growing as I add more monthly content. I’ll also post this link and password every time I add a new exclusive video. Please keep this private, and I highly recommend saving it to your browser!

Link: 2021-09-15 15:40:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Healing Body Scan

Deeply relax and integrate with a body scan meditation that feels like a full healing session. This can be practiced in a seated meditation or in a comfortable reclined posture.

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**NOTE: YouTube has been giving me a lot of difficulties lately, so I invested in a business Vimeo account to upload my videos. Right now I’m still in the trial version, so please let me know if you have any issues. In the future, Vimeo may provide some additional opportunities to create cus...

Self-care and connection

A healing and relaxing practice that works through the body to develop intuitive awareness and connection. This sequence works with the sacral, solar plexus, and heart chakras to develop a greater understanding of self. Begin in some seated activation exercises before spending time on the floor in constructive rest, half moon, happy baby, spinal twists, and supported bridge with variations. You’ll end the practice with a relaxation in supported butterfly, letting the heart soar!

Props...

TLC for your body

Some days, your body needs to recover. But you can still give it the care it craves with some feel-good stretching and gentle muscle activation. You’ll begin on the back with supported fish, half moon, twisted roots, and hamstring openers with a strap. Then move into sphinx, pigeon, seated neck and shoulder stretches, and a closing meditation with the four-stroke breath for balance. This practice is perfect TLC for tired muscles and overall rebalancing.

Level: Gentle all levels

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Membership tips and coupons

Hi everyone and welcome new members!

Since we’ve had some new additions these past couple of weeks, I wanted to do a quick refresh and overview of the membership portal.

You’ll always find the most recent posts here on Patreon, listed chronologically. But since there are hundreds of classes, the easiest way to access everything is through the membership library at www.mandigarrison.com/li...

Healing hands

Balance the mind with a variation of Kirtan Kriya before practicing a sensory meditation called ”prana hands.” You’ll start to attune your awareness to subtle energy in a powerful way. This is a great practice for those who prefer moving meditations or mantra to focus the mind.

Taking inventory

Attune to your body and energy through this stretchy hip and hamstring practice. You’ll be guided into subtle body awareness so you can ”collect the data” and become clear about your needs and wants. On a physical level, this practice is a great go-to for all kinds of hip and hamstring clearing. You’ll practice reclined twists, figure four, reclined tree, hand-to-big-toe posture, seated tree, seated twists, leg cradle, butterfly, cat/cow, and tension/relaxation.

Props: block, cu...

Golden Hour Yoga Nidra

-Tiers 2&3-

A healing Yoga Nidra practice that helps you release your worries and prepare for shifting energy by meditating on the golden light of sunset. This is perfect for the new moon on Monday or anytime leading up to the fall equinox.

(This is a segment of the New Moon workshop held on 9/3.)

Balance and detox

A strong movement practice that targets the hips and liver meridians to work through emotional discomfort, detox stale energy, and unwind mental tension. By breathing deeply and feeling strong and stable, we can cultivate a new sense of balance and relief. You’ll practice reclined twists and hip openers, seated stretching and twists, tabletop half moon, and a series of lunges, warrior postures, forward folds, heart openers, and tree. End with a brief relaxation and breath meditation.

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Restore and rebalance tonight!

I love the golden hour time of day just before sunset and my evening meal. The body begins to settle and transition from the activity of the day to the slowness of evening, but sometimes it can take a while for the mind to catch up. This is when I like to get quiet, take out my props or meditation cushion and enjoy a much-needed tonic of meditation and restoration.

TONIGHT at the golden hour of 6 pm, I’m offering a 90-minute workshop of rest and stillness as we approach the new moon. ...

Four-stroke breath for balance

This is one of my favorite breath practices that stimulates the pituitary gland (the master gland) and supports physical and mental balance. With regular practice, you can retake the driver’s seat of your internal command center and regulate your emotional experiences for  healing on all levels. I personally like to practice this technique before my evening meal when the overall energy begins to slow down, because then I can shift my own energy to greater stillness and release the acti...

Setting the stage with the new moon in Virgo

Hi everyone! Here's the draft new moon/astro forecast that's scheduled to go out in my newsletter tomorrow. If you want a healing and restorative practice for this new moon, check out my event, New Moon Activation and Healing with Restorative Yoga, coming up this Friday at 6 p.m. Register at https://mandigarrisonyoga.as.me/newmoonrestore and use your coupon code PAT...