Welcome! Concentrating on one thing is the prelude to meditation and it is a skill that must be practiced over and over. This short video gives you an opportunity to do that practice.

This draws in multiple senses to help you stay engaged in your practice. There is continuous water flow (audio) and there is the visual of the stream where I recorded the video in my local area. Every minute, there is a gentle ping. These serve a couple purposes. They count down the time you have left if you feel like you are struggling and want to continue but need the little reassurance that you can (time blindness). AND it gives you the gentle reminder every minute to notice that you are thinking (it is natural, we ALL do it) and to bring your attention back to your practice (this is LITERALLY what you are practicing!!).

Catching your thoughts, or rather that you are thinking thoughts, and bringing your attention back to the video, to your breath, to the sound, that is what you are practicing. That is the work of getting better at meditation.

We need to be patient, gentle with ourselves. This takes SO MUCH effort for our brains. This is not our natural state. BUT, if we can commit and recommit to this practice over and over, it can get better. It can start to help.

When you are able to handle this video more easily, you are ready to move to my next one that adds five minutes of practice.

You can do it!

About Me

I am a 200hr yoga teacher, with several additional certifications including children, yin, chair, restorative, yoga nidra. I am also an Ayurveda coach certified through The Shakti School. I have been teaching group and private yoga classes to adults and kids for a few years in my community.

You can find me and more of my offerings at the links below.

Live Classes: ⁠⁠⁠https://austin.revtrak.net/Community-Education/⁠⁠⁠ (click on Health & Wellness)

YouTube:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WildVioletCrystals⁠⁠

FB: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/wildvioletcrystals⁠⁠

IG: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/wildvioletcrystals⁠⁠

ETSY: ⁠⁠https://wildvioletcrystals.etsy.com⁠⁠

My Teachers and Influences:

Kandice Shaw⁠ ⁠https://sanghayogaandwellness.com/⁠⁠

Heidi Harrabi⁠ ⁠https://www.sistermoontemple.com/⁠⁠

Maria Toso⁠ ⁠mariatoso.com⁠⁠

Cindie Corbin⁠ ⁠https://youtu.be/h50fal_EegQ?si=NTwuIIaflO19EMEX⁠⁠

Trainings I have completed

Steph Ball-Mitchell and Team of Lifted Lotus Online Yoga School⁠ ⁠https://courses.onlineyoga.school/⁠⁠

Samarthya and Preetika Bhatnagar of Bodsphere⁠ ⁠https://www.bodsphere.com/⁠⁠

Jess Fleming⁠ ⁠https://www.jessfleming.com.au/⁠⁠

Katie Silcox and Team of The Shakti School⁠ ⁠https://theshaktischool.com/⁠⁠

Today I invite you to settle in and imagine you are cuddling with a cat in this short visualization.

About Me

I am a 200hr yoga teacher, with several additional certifications including children, yin, chair, restorative, yoga nidra. I am also an Ayurveda coach certified through The Shakti School. I have been teaching group and private yoga classes to adults and kids for a few years in my community.

You can find me and more of my offerings at the links below.

Live Classes: ⁠⁠https://austin.revtrak.net/Community-Education/⁠⁠ (click on Health & Wellness)

YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WildVioletCrystals⁠

FB: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/wildvioletcrystals⁠

IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/wildvioletcrystals⁠

ETSY: ⁠https://wildvioletcrystals.etsy.com⁠

My Teachers and Influences:

Kandice Shaw ⁠https://sanghayogaandwellness.com/⁠

Heidi Harrabi ⁠https://www.sistermoontemple.com/⁠

Maria Toso ⁠mariatoso.com⁠

Cindie Corbin ⁠https://youtu.be/h50fal_EegQ?si=NTwuIIaflO19EMEX⁠

Trainings I have completed

Steph Ball-Mitchell and Team of Lifted Lotus Online Yoga School ⁠https://courses.onlineyoga.school/⁠

Samarthya and Preetika Bhatnagar of Bodsphere ⁠https://www.bodsphere.com/⁠

Jess Fleming ⁠https://www.jessfleming.com.au/⁠

Katie Silcox and Team of The Shakti School ⁠https://theshaktischool.com/⁠

Welcome back! Today we begin looking at the Yamas, the first limb in Patanjali's 8-Limbed Path of Raja Yoga. We begin with Ahimsa, nonviolence. We look at how this applies to actions, words, and thoughts and a simple way to begin cultivating this in your own practice.

Research Credits:

Webpages:

https://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/health/ahimsa-mean-cant-eat-meat/?scope=initial

About Me

I am a 200hr yoga teacher, with several additional certifications including children, yin, chair, restorative, yoga nidra. I am also an Ayurveda coach certified through The Shakti School. I have been teaching group and private yoga classes to adults and kids for a few years in my community.

You can find me and more of my offerings at the links below.

Live Classes: ⁠⁠https://austin.revtrak.net/Community-Education/⁠⁠ (click on Health & Wellness)

YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WildVioletCrystals⁠

FB: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/wildvioletcrystals⁠

IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/wildvioletcrystals⁠

ETSY: ⁠https://wildvioletcrystals.etsy.com⁠

My Teachers and Influences:

Kandice Shaw ⁠https://sanghayogaandwellness.com/⁠

Heidi Harrabi ⁠https://www.sistermoontemple.com/⁠

Maria Toso ⁠mariatoso.com⁠

Cindie Corbin ⁠https://youtu.be/h50fal_EegQ?si=NTwuIIaflO19EMEX⁠

Trainings I have completed

Steph Ball-Mitchell and Team of Lifted Lotus Online Yoga School ⁠https://courses.onlineyoga.school/⁠

Samarthya and Preetika Bhatnagar of Bodsphere ⁠https://www.bodsphere.com/⁠

Jess Fleming ⁠https://www.jessfleming.com.au/⁠

Katie Silcox and Team of The Shakti School ⁠https://theshaktischool.com/⁠