Mandi Garrison

Everyday pranayama practice

Practice three sets of pranayam (breath work) practices at 5 minutes each to feel amazing and uplifted! Our breath is the most healing and life-giving tool that we have. This makes a great everyday practice.

Awareness from the inside, out

A gentle yin practice that focuses on meditative awareness and inner listening. Postures are all reclined and include butterfly, simple twists, thread-the-needle, twisted roots, and half moon. The focus of the practice is about cultivating attentive awareness and developing sensitivity to the body’s many messages and subtle signals. The true practice of yoga is this deep intimacy with the body and your ability to recognize the many currents of energy within you and around you.

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Patreon virtual tea party tomorrow!

Hi everyone! Just a reminder that I have a scheduled meeting room for us to gather together after class for some tea and conversation. It’s a nice chance to see other people in the community and ask me any questions on your mind, or talk about yoga, book club, etc. The link to register and get the meeting information is https://mandigarrisonyoga.as.me/teaparty. It’s tomorrow at 11am... so just enough time aft...

Transformation is an inner journey

Go within, build strength and length in this movement practice with a little bit of everything! Warm up with cat cow, downward dog/plank flows, dynamic lunges, and vinyasa. Then practice an extended creative sequence with dragon variations, boat variations, twists, straddle, hamstring stretches, butterfly, three-legged dog, dynamic warrior II, wide-legged forward fold, high lunge twist, and standing hamstring openers. This practice will create healthy circulation and opening in the hips and l...

Sunset Solar Eclipse Yoga & Meditation

Hi everyone! Registration is LIVE for the first planned private outdoor event on June 9 at 6:30 p.m. I will use June 23 as a rain date -- but hopefully we'll be able to do both! I am opening this up to Patreon members ONLY at this time, with a registration cap of 10 people. In the event things change or I need to cancel, everyone will be fully refunded. This is a private link for Patreon members only, so please do not share: 2021-05-12 21:03:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Let go of old stories to embrace the power of gratitude

Through breath and awareness, release any frequencies that have been unnecessarily stored in your body and energy field. Then spend time reflecting on gratitude to fill those empty spaces with possibility and abundance.

New Moon in Taurus Activation and Healing

This recording includes an astrological overview for the weeks following May 10, 2021, an invocation with intention setting, a Tarot reading for insight into the energies at play, a short journaling exercise to tap into what you want to cultivate, and a meditation with healing activations to invite this energy of yourSELF into embodiment for the highest good.

These activations are a reminder of your incredible abilities to tap into SELF in form and formless. They will help you remember ...

Unknot hidden tension for happy hips and mood

A hip-focused practice to release stuck tension and cultivate a deep release. Practice inviting softness and relaxation into postures to shift energy and create the conditions to receive prosperity and joy. Poses include half-frog, pigeon, seated twist, cow-face pose, butterfly, and supported bridge -- all utilizing diaphragmatic breathing to shift your nervous system and feel at ease with what IS.

Length: 1 hour

Props: two blocks, a couple of blankets or cushions

Physical b...

May Playlist for Prosperity & Removing Obstacles

Here is my Ganesha-themed playlist for the month of May! The direct link is https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0F6b9xu4OWmHDy5mCETQt6?si=scyZxjWKRKq0qUzGi5t8oA. If you don’t have Spotify, you can still used the attached image to search for and add the songs via your streaming service of choice.

Note: I think I forgot to post the Crown Chakra playlist, but you’ll...

Monthly reading reminder and free gift

Hello Ascension Temple subscribers! Just a reminder to schedule your free monthly reading by visiting https://mandigarrisonyoga.as.me/intuitive and entering the coupon code PATREONREADING.

Your monthly gifts are running a little bit behind, since I ran out of an important ingredient halfway through. And then I figured, since I’m late anyways, why not charge them under Monday’s new moon in Taurus? The g...

Strong hip activation and release for clearing tension

This practice works to lengthen the front body and release tension through the hips with some strong postures and deep stretching. Begin on the back with diaphragmatic breathing, thread-the-needle, cross-legged twists, and butterfly. Warm up with vinyasa flows, then practice dragon/lunge variations, cat balance with a bind, sphinx, standing balance flow, warrior III, high lunge, pigeon, cow-face pose, seated butterfly, and breath with arm movements to release obstacles. This is spring cleanin...

Save the date! Sunset yoga on the lawn <3

Good morning and much love on this beautiful Friday.

I have been getting quite a few inquiries about in-person yoga on my property, and here are two upcoming dates I have in mind:

Wednesday, June 9, 6:30-8pm (just in time for the new moon/solar eclipse!)

Wednesday, June 23, 6:30-8pm (just in time for the solstice and full moon!)

The front lawn is large enough to hold quite a few people at a safe distance, but I am going to limit it to ...

Upcoming new moon in Taurus, quick astro forecast

(For tiers 2&3)

Hi everyone, I just scheduled this post for next week on social media, but thought I would share with you all now. Remember to use the coupon code MOONLOVE to attend the moon circles for free. (For those who just joined these tiers, your coupon codes will be effective in the following month.) You will see the recording here in the library within 24 hours after the live circle. The live events are typically scheduled as close to the exact transit as p...

15-minute breath practice to calm your nervous system

Let your breath shift your body and mind with a series of three breath practices that will quickly create calm. These are simple enough to practice any time of the day when you feel stressed or anxious.

Tap into your reservoir of power and abundance

A strong yin practice that targets the liver and stretches the tight anterior muscles along the torso and legs. The practice will challenge you to clear anger, frustration, and impatience to align with your power and strength. Move through these areas of discomfort to feel amazing and abundant! Postures include sphinx and child’s pose with a blanket to massage tight muscles, hero pose, dragon, pigeon, and twisted roots. Optional chanting of the Ganesha mantra to remove obstacles. 

May Power Practice for Prosperity and Removing Obstacles

You’ll also find this at the top of your library for easy access: www.mandigarrison.com/library, password “patreonsangha”

Challenge yourself with this strength-building sequence that includes vinyasa flows, low lunge, naval engagement, pigeon, balancing eagle, warrior 3, high lunge, pyramid variation, and wide-legged forward fol...

Chanting Power Practice to Invoke Ganesha

(For tiers 2&3)

Spend five minutes with me chanting the Ganesha mantra, Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha. This is the mantra and energy to remove all obstacles. Feel free to practice again on your own throughout the month and for as long as you’d like. If you have time, spend a couple of minutes after the chant to sit in meditation and integration.

Crown Chakra Practice for Awakening

Awaken and enliven your central channel and your crown chakra that opens the gateway to all. This practice includes dynamic spinal movements to awaken kundalini energy, alternate nostril breathing to balance the nadis,  a meditation to clear the arc line and brighten your aura, and yoga nidra to journey back to all seven chakras. This is one to come to again and again.

Level: 1

Props: bolster or bed pillows, blanket or cushion to sit on, blanket to cover you up

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May Class and Workshop Schedule

Here's your calendar for May! This is a 5/5 month, which is powerful prosperity energy. So the theme for this month is prosperity and removing obstacles, working with Ganesha energy and aligning with what brings us joy.

You will see a monthly 30-minute power practice for prosperity added on May 1, which will be a combination of kundalini and level 2/3 vinyasa. Members at tiers 2&3 will receive a chanting power practice and can attend monthly moon circles for free with the recording ...

Patreon Sunday Tea Party!

Hi everyone! I've scheduled Sunday tea parties through the end of the year. These will take place on the third Sunday of every month at 11 a.m. (this gives you enough time after Sunday Stretch & Restore to brew a cup and settle in). These will be opportunities for us to gather together in sangha, chat about the energies of the month... talk book club, yoga, practice inquiries, and more -- and receive support from your community. <3

Registration is available at 2021-04-28 15:38:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Crown Chakra Meditation

Journey through all energy centers by connecting with the central channel and the light of sahasara. We begin with breath work and then experience meditating on silence.