Mandi Garrison

Stability and freedom

Practice fluid warmups and a slow-paced, strength-building flow with balance and heart-openers. By cultivating strength and stability, we can find freedom and flow. You have everything within you to love yourself fully. Postures include child’s pose and downward dog flows, side bends, chair pose, tree, dancing warrior, cat balance, sphinx, pyramid flow, warrior 3, yogi squat, and forward folds. Indulge in your self-healing with an extended relaxation in reclined butterfly.

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Weekly #TarotTuesday Forecast: Ten of Pentacles (reversed)

My #TarotTuesday is a little bit late this week, but it’s hard to keep up with time these days!

The Ten of Pentacles reversed can be a reminder that the external wor...

Heart activation for loving wisdom

Clear the mind and activate the heart center to discover your inner wisdom and receive guidance from your highest self.

Newsletter link and library password reminder

Hi everyone! Hope you’re having a nice week. 💚

My latest newsletter just went out this morning with all of my latest class video links and schedule updates. You can view it at https://us17.campaign-archive.com/?e=cfdda1546a&u=d55d75958b9a0fcf3a33560ed&id=d691be1dbe. 

As a reminder, the class links in the newsletter go to the Pa...

Space to heal

Find healing and comfort in the pause. Notice sensations as they arise, let yourself feel the emotions, and then let go. In this practice, we’ll use a blanket roll to support us in a long-held butterfly, forward folds, supported fetal posture, and pigeon. Receive healing from the earth and visualize the color green as you activate your self-healing abilities.

Props: blanket roll, two blocks

Physical benefits: immune system, liver, sacral chakra, pitta-pacifying, reducing interna...

Weekly #SaturnDay Astrology Forecast

This week’s forecast is about following your heart.

There’s something intense about this weekend that I can’t quite put my finger on. I know for me, it feels like an uncomfortable moment of silence and shadow before something big comes through. The past couple of weeks have been deeply reflective and emotional. How are you feeling?

Anyways, this week Venus is doing the same dance that Mars did last week… and while Mars was pushing us to take action, Venus is activating the...

Cycles of grace

Move with grace along the waves of life with this practice that builds up and comes back down only to start again. Practice with 70 percent effort and cool the fires of summer. This extended Mandi-style sequence includes cat/cow, downward facing dog variations, side bends, warriors I &II variations, low lunge variations, thigh-toning exercises, pigeons,  hamstring stretches, lots of twists, and more. The pace is slow and mindful.

Level: 2

Props: one cushion or blanket, op...

July Moon Circles

Hi everyone! I scheduled two virtual Reiki circles in July to correspond with the moon cycles. These will be recorded, but I definitely recommend attending live if your schedule allows. Use your code MOONLOVE to attend for free.

Dates and Registration: 

New Moon Reiki Circle
Friday, July 9 at 6pm: https://mandigarrisonyoga.as.me/newmoon 

Full Moon Re...

Calm waves of breath

Bring steadiness to turbulent waters through the power of mindful breathing. Observe yourself as the witness and find ease with the ebbs and flows of life.

Stress release and replenish

Replenish your system, quiet your mind, and activate healing with this adrenal-focused practice. Postures include half moon with hip openers, spinal twists, quad stretch, half frog, sphinx, child’s pose, and dynamic movements and meditations throughout. Follow up your practice with a glass of warm or room-temperature water to continue the cleansing process.

Props: blanket (spread it over your mat) and a block or cushion

Physical benefits: side body, lymphatic system, hips, kidne...

Sun salutations and stretch

In this practice, you’ll begin nice and slow with supported fish, butterfly, moving meditation, spinal exercises, and child’s pose. Then flow through sun salutation A variations, practice toning exercises for the thighs and core, and settle back down for twists and hip openers before ending with a breath meditation. You’ll get a little bit of everything in this practice, and it’s a perfect go-to when your mind is anxious, or when you want a workout without working too hard.

Leve...

Healing Moon Nectar: Deep Relaxation and Yoga Nidra

A healing yoga nidra practice that’s wonderful during the full and new moons, or anytime you’re in need of heart soothing and nurturing. Much gratitude to Tracee Stanley for sharing this practice. 🙏🏻

(This is a segment form our recent full moon healing circle on June 24.)

Solar meditation for radiance and vitality

This practice includes focused breathing and surya mudra to tap into your solar energy and feel bright and radiant from the inside out.

Weekly #TarotTuesday Forecast: The 8 of Cups

Letting go seems to be the theme of this week’s #TarotTuesday forecast. A full moon in Capricorn is serious, and requires us to get really clear about our true goals. Not the goals other people expect. Not the goals that will make you look good. Not the goals that you’re fulfilling for someone else. YOUR goals. Capricorn always has this inner knowing of what they’re here to achieve. They know that by grounding into their own purpose for being here, the dharma, they can ...

Sunset yoga this Wednesday night!

Just a reminder that I’m hosting another sunset yoga event this Wednesday from 7-8:30. This will be themed for the full moon and Solstice and will be a gentle integration practice with some sun salutations. Registration is available at https://mandigarrisonyoga.as.me/sunsetyoga — use your coupon code PATREON5OFF.

I will be sending more information to attendees later this week. ❤️

Pause for integration before action

This is a solar-inspired practice that integrates a lot of restorative and moments of stillness to allow the body to integrate before transitioning to a new season — whether that be in nature or in life! Postures include neck stretching, melting heart pose, sphinx, half frog, solar breathing, and 10 full minutes of supported reclined butterfly.

Props: two blocks, bolster, blanket

Physical benefits: integration, support during times of change, heart opening

Subtle shifts to clear stagnation

This is a gentle intuitive movement practice that focuses on clearing tension and stagnation from subtle energy channels. You’ll get huge results by taking small shifts and practicing conscious movement. This is one of my favorite ways to practice yoga!

Level: 1

Props: 1 block (optional)

Physical benefits: energy, tension release, overcoming exhaustion and stagnation, support during difficult days, clarity around decision-making

Sunset Yoga for the Full Moon and Summer Solstice

Hi everyone!

Registration is open for the next outdoor class on my property. This one will take place next Wednesday, June 23, from 7-8:30 p.m. (a little bit later this time to catch some of the Solstice setting sun). I also increased the registration to 12 attendees. My plan is to have a gentle class, a lot of yin, and some sun salutations. Register soon to grab your spot! Can’t wait to see you there. ❤️🌞

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Acceptance and BEing

Release past, future, and the present by entering into a space of shunya (the void) and visualizing the green light of acceptance and compassion fill up your being. This meditation is a good reminder to let go of the struggle and practice acceptance with what IS. 

Weekly #TarotTuesday Forecast: The Hanged Man (reversed)

This is a week that brings up a lot of resistance and an underlying feeling of insecurity or anxiety that things aren’t moving forward the way you expect. I know it may seem like you want to push through, to ignore the obstacles and try to fight the process — but something bigger is coming along, and this is something that’s going to ask for your full trust and surrender. Let your intuition guide you. Stay open to new possibilities you didn’t expect. The path forward seems very differ...

Light the inner flame

Connect your will, determination, confidence, and drive to your center of love, compassion, authenticity, and joy. This practice works to clear heaviness in the lower chakras to create a clear channel between your solar plexus and heart. Postures include half straddle variations, spinal twists, and hip openers with focused breath and dynamic movements. If you’ve been feeling stuck in the past, this is a great practice to connect back to creativity and energy of the present moment.

Pro...

The essence of YOU

A kundalini yoga practice that includes spinal warm-ups, breathwork, sun salutation C variations, and a kriya to connect you to the essence of YOU. Activate your heart center and expand your radiance!

Level: 2/3

Props: optional blocks and cushion

Physical benefits: heart, spine, breath, self-love, solar plexus, radiance

New Moon & Solar Eclipse Healing Circle: Little Shifts for Lasting Change

In this session, I share and translate a channeled message I received for the upcoming moon cycle, discuss the related astrology, and offer some Tarot insight for each major transit. The circle ends with a short writing exercise and a guided relaxation/healing session to cultivate “healing, shifting, expanding, and transforming.” Please bring pen/paper and a crystal (recommended clear quartz or anything you’re drawn to). If you don’t have a crystal, then any object of meaning is perfe...

New Moon/Eclipse Healing Circle TONIGHT!

This solar eclipse with Mercury retrograde on the sun is making my head spin! How about you? We need self-care more than ever now, which is what this moon circle will be all about. I’ll offer a forecast for the next couple of weeks and then guide you through a meditation and healing to help you feel balanced and grounded. Registration is available at https://mandigarrisonyoga.as.me/newmoon; use your coupon code ...

Love infusion

A short and powerful meditation to clear your aura and infuse yourself with love. Practice this whenever you need a boost of joy and positivity, and to remind your heart that anything is possible.

Creating space with love and breath

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Practice with the breath as your anchor, allowing the postures to facilitate the movement of breath and love throughout the body. This class activates the major energy centers and meridians and includes supported fish, spinal flexes, butterfly, hamstring and hip stretches, half moon, and plenty of moments of pause and integration. This sequence also helps to release any emotional blocks that may be getting in the way of self-love.

Length: 1 hour...

Power practice kriya for self-love

This is a kundalini practice called “The Kriya to Make You Enchantingly Beautiful.” It helps you remember the essence of who you are and the beauty within, allowing that glow to radiate from the inside out. Practicing this kriya regularly can open up powerful feelings of self-love and divine connection. You can also find this in your library at www.mandigarrison.com/library, password “patreonsangha”.

Length: 30 minutes

Level: 2/3

Props: two blocks, cushion, strap (al...

Feel good flow

An expansive and creative flow that feels like a nice massage for the body. Gentle seated warm-ups lead to a flow that includes dynamic pyramid, low lunge variations, wide-legged forward fold, lunge twists, half splits, kneeling half-moon, yogi squat, and more! Build the prana and feel amazing.

Length: 1 hour

Level: 2

Props: 2 blocks, blanket

Physical benefits: hamstrings, shoulders, glutes, hips, breath, spine

June playlist for self-love and embracing the air element

Hi everyone! Here is my June playlist. The direct link is https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4unblyi6CdcgCYWGJGVkhU?si=o5vWjwl7QtSm3NZubBnISg. I’ll leave it public only until the end of the month, so I highly recommend saving this image or creating your own playlist from it for future use. It looks like like Spotify changed their settings so that I can’t share private...

Dharana SO HUM meditation

The sixth limb of yoga, or dharana, is the practice of concentration and mental focus that leads us to a meditative state and closer to samadhi (pure bliss). This meditation uses the mantra SO HUM to focus the mind and tap into the essence of I AM.