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In 1989, I had the great good fortune of meeting Jean Klein. Eschewing the title “teacher,” he became my “spiritual friend. He never claimed a label, whether Advaita or Kashmiri Shaiva. In fact, he stated unequivocally, “There is no teacher and there are no teachings.” In fact, I can say that he didn’t teach me anything. His presence simply erased all my preconceptions. – Joan Ruvinsky
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yoga nidra: the thread
A short practice (22 min) during which we fully immerse ourselves in whatever is arising from moment to moment, feeling the thread of unchangingness woven
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yoga nidra: the gravitational pull of love
Occasionally I receive requests to post a particular practice on the website for re-listening. This meditation, which followed a conversation on the Heartfelt Desire, one
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yoga nidra: and this too
This practice followed a conversation during which a number of participants shared their feelings of grief at the loss of loved ones. (Some poetic license
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yoga nidra: being aware
Being aware is not a doing. When there is nothing to reject and nothing to cling to, nothing to fix and nothing to change, then
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yoga nidra: resting the mind
A soft and soothing practice for those times when the mind is active or when the nervous system is agitated.
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yoga nidra: the fantasy of becoming
Some day, with enough practice, I will be…If my body were different, then…If I could just get my emotions under control, then…If only I _,
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yoga nidra: being oneself
Who shows up during our time of practice? The inner critic? The perfectionist? The dreamer? The martyr? The victim? The good student? The spiritual one?
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yoga nidra: awake while asleep
Playing with the boundary between wakefulness and sleep, we enter into nidra, or yogic sleep during which we may discover that even while we are
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yoga nidra: form is emptiness, emptiness is form
A practice that begins with a tune sung by Kermit the Frog, moves through an exploration of the elements in which we simultaneously experience apparently
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yoga nidra: who am i?
A quiet practice during which we explore the perennial question, “Who am I?”
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yoga nidra: fully human, fully divine
Without ignoring or denying the story of our lives, the grip of identity can relax allowing us to experience that which is beyond story. Through
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yoga nidra: relief
I’m running late to pick up the birthday cake, my eyes alternate between road and clock, I’m trying not to speed as I rush toward
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yoga nidra: be still
A practice that explores the nature of mind and the subtle currents which animate the form of body, all against the backdrop of utter stillness.
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yoga nidra: on receiving
A soft, quiet, slow-paced practice with a focus on receiving rather than doing, on yielding rather than efforting. A note to teachers – this practice
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yoga nidra: it happens
Is “doing” a practice necessary? Or does it happen on its own? What about breathing? Or thinking? We explore the notion of doing and being
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yoga nidra: what do emotions feel like?
A thorough investigation of the sensations of body and their various qualities is followed by an exploration of the sensations associated with emotion and that
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yoga nidra: a practice for difficult times
Grief, anxiety, sadness and fear were among the emotions shared during our pre-class conversation, inspiring a practice session which emphasized yielding to the support of
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yoga nidra: the simplicity of being
What might it be like to just be? Letting go of any notion of accomplishing anything during your time of practice? Giving up completely? Simply
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yoga nidra: core beliefs
The practice offers an opportunity to feel into our subtle, long-held assumptions about ourselves, our world and others which drive our behaviours and colour our
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yoga nidra: the story of my life
Captivating and rich, the story of my life… all of the ways that consciousness expresses itself through me and as me. Wow, the gift of
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yoga nidra: exploring sleep
During the practice of yoga nidra, the body moves through different phases of sleep. We can be alert to these changing states. It can be
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yoga nidra: song of myself
The song of this unique expression of Consciousness playing itself. How is it expressed? What is it that wants to be heard… and felt? Listening…
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yoga nidra: gift of breath
A quiet, soothing 30-minute breath-focused practice. Approaching our time of practice as a receiving, rather than as a doing, we begin by listening to the
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yoga nidra: feeling our experiences
A 40-minute practice that includes a sense inquiry into two opposing experiences, one challenging and one pleasant and then an inspection of this “I” or
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yoga nidra: deep rest
Some of the students in the class were sick, others were tired, but they all agreed that a deeply restful practice was in order. Afterward,
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yoga nidra: this magical mystery
Gently and thoroughly exploring a difficult emotion, sensing the “me” who is aware of and distinct from the emotion, then sensing that which seems to
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yoga nidra: unchangingness
A practice of alternating between the specificity of sensation and the globality of sensing. In particular the sensation of “me” is explored and is experienced
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yoga nidra: the clear sky of awareness
The practice alternates between sensing the “contents” of our human experience, sensing the container in which all the contents are bubbling up, and pure sensing.
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yoga nidra: self-compassion
This quiet and soothing 35-minute practice focuses on self-nurturance and interweaves the Ho’oponopono phrases for reconciliation and forgiveness. A steady stream of traffic punctuated by
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yoga nidra: flowing with the current of life
During this 38-minute practice of yoga nidra, we explore sensations of body and energy. Then we settle back, allowing ourselves to simply be carried by
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yoga nidra: on being here
We begin our practice here. Here, where we have always been. Here, where we will remain. Here, where we sense body, breath, emotions and thoughts.
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yoga nidra: living the mystery
Using the five elements as a frame, we explore sensorially the contradictions of life. How is it that we can feel simultaneously dense and diaphanous?
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yoga nidra: watching the show
Watching the show of our lives as if it is being performed on a grand stage, we alternate between identifying with the various characters playing
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video: guided breath sensing practice
A short practice on sensing the flow of breath between the heart centre and the dvādaśānta. Wherever you may be, whatever you may be doing,
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yoga nidra: spaciousness
A slow-moving, quiet practice centered around rediscovering our inherent spaciousness. Note: now that the classes are offered in “hybrid format” – meaning that there are
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yoga nidra: who am I without my story?
Following a thorough exploration of body and breath sensations, as well as those associated with emotional states, we inquire into the various identities we assume
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yoga nidra: oceanic stillness
This 30-minute practice offers a pathway for reconnecting with the oceanic stillness underlying all surface turbulence. The sound quality is not perfect. Such is life.
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yoga nidra: a body inquiry
A 40-minute practice centered on exploring subtler and subtler layers of sensation in the body. It includes an investigation of a contrasting pair, one that
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yoga nidra: kindness
We approach the practice with an attitude of kindness while we explore the feeling of this “I” who grasps hold of sensations, emotions and thoughts,
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yoga nidra: meeting the moment
The rich interchange of our virtual sangha that preceded this practice included the sharing of anxiety, “awfulizing”, wanting to cry, “whiny complaints”, disappointment, exhaustion, inherited
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yoga nidra: last practice?
Entering into our time of meditation contemplating the question, “What if this were the last opportunity to practice?,” we sense all that is present in
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yoga nidra: an emotion at the door
During the practice we settle into our inner resource/inner sanctuary and, utilizing the feeling of safely and security it engenders, we “open the door” to
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yoga nidra: the interconnectedness of all things
Meeting everything as a unique manifestation of the same source expressing itself in an infinite variety of forms, including a chant which spontaneously emerged at
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yoga nidra: this
A 30-minute practice of sinking into the space between. Expect long periods of silence. after the exhalationandbefore the inhalationthis during the inhalationthis during the exhalationthis
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yoga nidra: essence and form
A somatic investigation of essence and form as revealed in the container of body which changes over time and yet remains the same; in the
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yoga nidra: a sense inquiry
In this practice we explore each of the five senses, moving from our perception of the sense object – such as a sound – to
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yoga nidra: emotions
Shame, confusion, discouragement, sadness, rage, grief, etc. Most of us experience some reluctance when it comes to feeling these “more difficult” emotions. This practice was
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yoga nidra: one continuous wow
The first 14 minutes of the recording stand by themselves as a mini-practice, or you can listen further for a leisurely exploration of the inherent
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yoga nidra: sensing acceptance and resistance
yoga nidra: sensing acceptance and resistance “I am a lover of what is, not because I’m a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I
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yoga nidra: on being and doing
This practice followed a discussion about how we can go about doing all of our daily activities without identifying as the doer and how we
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yoga nidra: coming home to ourselves
What is most important to me? Where do I want to put my attention, my energy? How do I wish to live? These questions are
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guided meditation: 2-in-1
The recording begins with an 8-minute mini-practice, guiding us to move quickly and efficiently into meditation— dropping right into awareness. The mini-practice is followed by
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guided meditation: keeping it simple
This 30-minute practice is better described as a guided meditation than as a yoga nidra, since it is a bit of a hybrid. I post
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yoga nidra: what do I believe?
A practice investigating “core beliefs” or those beliefs that deep down we hold to be true about ourselves, other people or the world; beliefs that
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yoga nidra: on gratitude
This practice followed a discussion during which words like, “unsafe,” “doubt,” “tense,” and “suffering” were shared during the check-in. It focuses on relaxing deeply and
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yoga nidra: unique expressions of the one
A practice of alternating between feeling unique regions of body sensation and the body in its entirety, then step-by-step transposing the manner of inquiry into
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yoga nidra: keeping our practice fresh
During this practice we explore our physical form first through its bony structure and then its skin, both inside and outside, sensing how the movement
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video: guided meditation on the breath
A short practice of accompanying the breath while sensing in particular the gaps, or turning points, at the end of each exhalation and at the
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yoga nidra: breath of life
A quiet practice homing in on the gift of breath that sustains form, its eventual ceasing, that which preceded it and that which will remain.
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yoga nidra: everything is changing, la la la…
Everything we can see, hear, smell, taste or perceive changes. When we resist this reality, we suffer. The recording begins with a short talk on
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guided meditation: from perception to perceiving
Zoom yoga nidra classes will begin next week! Mondays at 7:30PM, Wednesdays at 10AM. Eastern time zone. Register in advance at: www.pathlessyoga.com/kathleen A brief guided
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yoga nidra: finding our way home
Experiencing the entirety of life as a succession of “nows.”
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yoga nidra: on identification
During this practice we explore identification by alternating between naming, labelling, describing and claiming our experiences and meeting them as pure sensation without descriptors or
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yoga nidra: wheels of energy
This practice centres around the use of the breath to explore the subtle psycho-spiritual energy centres from the base of the spine to the crown.
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yoga nidra: being aware
Slowly, step by step, the practice explores the difference between being “aware of” the subtle sensations of body, breath, emotions and thoughts that is, being
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yoga nidra: moving between perception and perceiving
This practice centres around an inquiry into the 6 senses (including the mind), alternating between that which is perceived, our response to it, and global
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yoga nidra: a brief inquiry into being human
During this 20-minute practice, we get to know our human experience from the densest and most apparent aspect, our physical body, through progressively subtler layers;
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yoga nidra: the ‘everythingness’ of now
The totality, by definition, cannot be whole unless it includes everything. Yet as humans, we have preferences for some of those “things” over others. Our
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yoga nidra: exploring solitude vs. worldly engagement
This yoga nidra practice follows a discussion about the class members’ mixed feelings in regard to the loosening of social distancing measures as the doors
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yoga nidra: “yes” and “no”
Next session of classes begins June 15. Mondays at 7:30PM and Wednesdays at 10AM EDT. Details and registration here:https://www.pathlessyoga.com/kathleen/#schedule. Exploring what it feels like when
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yoga nidra: living in not knowing
Exploring the relative and absolute, we integrate the grounded reality of body and mind with the mystery that is life.
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yoga nidra: on sleeping and breathing
The recording begins with a short talk on the topic of “yoga nidra” or experiencing the body sleeping while awareness is present. The practice begins
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yoga nidra: everything in its natural rhythm
Zoom classes will begin next week! Mondays at 7:30PM, Wednesdays at 10AM. Eastern time zone. Register in advance at: www.pathlessyoga.com/kathleen. $105/7 weeks, $20 drop-in, or
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yoga nidra: exploring past and future
What does it feel like when we anticipate the future or reminisce about something from the past? In this practice we track body and breath
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yoga nidra: beliefs
How do we respond when we believe something to be true? Or not true? What sensations arise? How is the breath impacted? What emotions are
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yoga nidra: why practice?
Why do we practice anyway? Are we trying to get better at our meditation? A portion of this yoga nidra “practice” is devoted to exploring
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yoga nidra: vulnerability
When we say that we feel “vulnerable,” the word describes a set of sensations. In this practice we explore the very human experience of vulnerability
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yoga nidra: five elements
Our embodied existence is explored using the framework of the five elements. The guidance leads us to recognize ourselves as that which we fundamentally are,
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yoga nidra: experiencing tension?
Recorded live at Pathless Yoga March 23, 2020. In this practice we explore, firsthand, what tension actually feels like, using the technique of progressive muscle
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yoga nidra: exploring wariness and contagion
Recorded live at Pathless Yoga, March 17, 2020. My students (spaced more than 2 meters apart!) asked to use their practice time to explore their
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yoga nidra: an ocean of availability
Recorded live at Pathless Yoga, March 18, 2020. I continue to post these imperfect, unedited, live recordings in hope that they will be of benefit
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yoga nidra: wanting things to be different
What does it feel when we want things to be different than they are? A Yoga Nidra session recorded live at Pathless Yoga in Montreal,
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yoga nidra: quarantine
Recorded live at Pathless Yoga in Montreal, March 10, 2020. By request, I led an iRest Yoga Nidra practice this week exploring the possibility of
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hand-washing with gayatri mantra
For years, I’ve been chanting the Gayatri Mantra while washing my hands. During this time of heightened awareness around hand-washing, I highly recommend the practice.