PraniLife with Kirsten Joy

Practice with me Saturday mornings near Lakewood in Dallas ❤️

Master your Mind & Energy with Yoga & Meditation with Kirsten Joy Burch Saturdays 9:30-10:45am at Atma Bhakti Center in Dallas
In each class we will explore the yoga postures, breath practices, madras, mantras, and more for each category to restore and balance our vital energies.
Reserve your spot!!! 👉👉https://bit.ly/3GglgLX

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We did this today - it was very nice
Come practice 9:30am Saturdays

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Why we practice

“Keep an open mind” my Amy Johnson Class Review

Oh crap - what did I sign up for. I’m just here because I’ve heard Amy is a great teacher and my friends are here. Other people are excited about the class so I peel open my mind and settle in.

Amy explains the PanchaVayus - the 5 currents of energy, or ‘winds’ as it translates from Sanskrit. She explains how they flow, how they pair, and their function. Yep yep yep I say in my open mind as I nod along and feel more comfortable with what’s about to happen. So far we’re in synch.

Then someone says something about sweating? Is this like power flow? Constant movement? Get out of my head and move in all directions around my mat and possibly part of my neighbors? Stop the BOAT!!

I hadn’t planned to sweat during practice - whoops.

Then she explains it’s a Shiva Rea technique - a bit of intuitive movement and sensual flow - hey baby - this will be interesting.

The music is appropriate and seems to fade into the background as I buckle into the technique. It’s a fun and logical krama (sequence) with goal and purpose. Imagine dynamic deep stretch, fluid movement, plus a touch of Tai Chi meets Twister. Requiring my full attention and when I get distracted I’m momentarily confused and facing the wrong way, which was both humbling and humorous.

“Now right leg forward move into the splits.”

Me: did she say splits

Julie: yes splits

Me: splits. She said splits. SPLITS??!!!

Julie: splits

Me: wtf with the splits

Julie:

Me: OMG I DIDN’T KNOW I COULD DO THAT HOW DID THAT HAPPEN

Tara: duh you’re warmed up

Me: daaaaaammmmmmmnnnnnnn

Laughter
Sweat
Fun
Yoga
Splits
Dance
Friends

And I actually feel really good today.

My body feels spacious, a bit stronger than the day before. After Amy’s class I taught at the Festival of Joy. Even in the humming thumping bumping energy of downtown dallas in the middle of a sensory engaging festival, my breath and mind felt shiny, bright, and clear.

Grateful to the next level Teachers who apply their well informed and well practiced technique, enlivening the power of the subtle - that which powers life and colors (or veils) our perception of reality.









Julie Euseppi
📸 Tara Kristof

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The Festival of Joy has gathered a wide range of yoga teachers from all over North Texas. They've agreed to teach a free sample yoga class at the FOJ! This is your chance to learn about Kundalini, Ashtanga, Hatha, Kundalini Ta**ra & Vinyasa Flow.

The Yoga Schedule:
11:00 Shabnam Modjarra - Hatha Yoga
12:00 Dean Hollingsworth - Ashtanga
1:00 Dean Hollingsworth - Ashtanga
2:00 Yamuna Vilasini - Hatha
3:00 Yogi Nataraj - Ashtanga
4:00 Kirsten Joy Burch - Kundalini Ta**ra
5:00 Manjari Gopika - Vinyasa Yoga
6:00 Adriane Wolf - Kundalini

I’m finally in love.
With my practice.

It used to be the thing I needed - the life hack to feel better.

A Weekly Rx: complete Asana practice twice a week. Daily plug ins to re-collect my mind and breath through mindfulness, meditation and or Yoga Nidra. Daily breath practice. From 5 minutes to 90 mins it had to be done. What a whip.

When I didn’t do it, my quality of life was impacted. And the people around me noticed. We all suffered!

I spent the season of global upheaval (spring 2020 through spring 2022) to dive deeper into the fundamentals - into the ancient practice of Vishoka Meditation.

Now I look forward to the deep feeling of joy and power that comes from any of the foundational practices that lead to Stage 1 Vishoka. I seek time in my schedule beyond my ‘minimum daily requirement’.

I look forward to the days when I have enough time for a ‘Full Practice’.

I don’t practice for medicine anymore. I practice because I’ve (re)found the space where my Divine Joy springs from.

Always there - just waiting to welcome me back Home.

This is the space of rainbows and light. This is the space where no pain and suffering can enter. This is Vishoka - and it begins to imbue your days and nights with more vibrancy.

Vishoka va jyotishmati
Yoga Sutra 1:36

(this is yoga - this is why we practice)

5 Simple Ways to Manage Stress — PraniLife with Kirsten Joy

Managing stress is simple, it’s just not easy. Start small with this checklist 🧡

5 Simple Ways to Manage Stress — PraniLife with Kirsten Joy Stress is defined as pressure or tension applied to a material object. Life is the pressure. We are the material object. Whether it’s navigating the big stuff like lifestyle and job changes, or just sitting in traffic, or waiting in line, stress can be a constant nag. Below are a few ideas to wea

3 Savasana Variations to Explore in Your Practice

Give yourself permission to relax. Please.

3 Savasana Variations to Explore in Your Practice For when lying on your back isn't comfortable, or you just need a change.

Got a day job - enjoying life. Found the espresso machine. Now I’m enjoying life with a bit more zest. Bless my colleagues today!

this is so true 🧡

THE TOXINS OF THE HOUSE ARE:
1. Objects You No Longer Use.
2. Clothes You Don't Like Or Haven't Used In A While. Damaged underwear.
3. Broken Things.
4. Old cards and notes.
5. Plants that are dead or sick.
6. Receipts and Old Magazines.
9. Shoes Broke.
7. Stuff of all kinds calling the past.
8. If you have children, toys that are not used, that do not work or broken.
WITH CLEANING THEM OUT:
1. Health gets better.
2. Creativity grows.
3. Relationships get better.
4. There is greater reasoning capacity.
5? Improved mood.
QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT HELP CLEANSING:
- Why am I saving that?
- Is it about me today?
- How will I feel if I release that?
Separate and classify:
1. To donate.
2. To throw.
3. To sell.
INSIDE CLEANING REFLECTED OUTSIDE.
1. Avoid extreme noises.
2. Less strong lights.
3. Less saturated colors.
4. Less chemical odors.
5. Less sad memories.
6. Finish unfinished projects.
7. Cultivate positive energy in your home.
Do a general cleaning and use boxes for organization. Start with drawers and cabinets and conclude each piece, do everything at your pace...
a) Trash.
b) Arrangements.
c) Recycling.
d) In doubt.
e) Gifts.
(f) Donation.
g) Sell.
As you CLEANSE, watch what changes in you.
As we clean our physical house, we also place order to our mind and heart.
Practice detachment with material things that just fill your space and you'll see how you'll slowly be able to do the same with more momentous situations.
Blessed be for you always

Personal Practice: If it was easy, everyone would be enlightened. But it takes work. It takes time. Its not just one thing or modality.

It’s personal and unique to each of us and requires we look into our shadows as well as our light.

Move the body, train the breath, master your momentum, listen to your higher intelligence, go to therapy, journal - do what you gotta do, boo. You’re not alone, we’re doing it alongside you.



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Quantum Physics: How Thoughts Create Reality

Quantum physics has shown that our experiences in the physical world are deeply connected to the inner workings of our minds.

Our minds create perceptions, and our perceptions result in chemical changes in our bodies that ultimately affect our biology. In other words, how we think has an effect on how we feel. And how we feel, in turn, affects how we think.

So, if we wake up every morning feeling anxious or thinking that life is a struggle, then our brains will initiate the production of stress hormones (cortisol, norepinephrine, adrenaline, etc.), which inevitably shut off our immune system, our growth, and our ability to think. More on the fight-or-flight stress response here.

Now, imagine what would happen if we felt this way day in and day out.

Needless to say, we must break this cycle if we are to achieve mind-body-spirit wellness…

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don’t let your anger scar your friends and family 💚 take a deep breath and respond when and if it’s appropriate

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what is your eating IQ?

Living Yoga Dallas Blog: This may be why your diet isn't working... by Kirsten Joy Burch. It’s not just about what you eat, but how you eat it that impacts your weight management routine.

When I was a corporate worker, meal time was a major inconvenience- taking time away from my work / life schedule to ‘do the needful’ - to fuel up. We would eat in the car, during meetings or on con calls, and before the last bite was swallowed, we were on our way to the next task or project. This reckless lifestyle contributed to inflammation and stagnation leading to chronic pain and disease....read on 👉👉 https://bit.ly/3Bap5iy

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Practice with me at the Holistic Yoga Fest in Plano this weekend! I’m your 11am spot to help you get cool and stay cool!

Dr. Svoboda's June Update

This month’s full moon is known in Sanskrit as Vata Purnima. Not vata like in Ayurveda, but with a retroflex “t” instead, a word that means “banyan tree”, in honor of the story of Savitri and Satyavan.

When Savitri discovers that her fiancé Satyavan is destined to die in one year she still insists on marrying him, and three days before his predicted death she begins to fast and focus, seated under a banyan tree. Satyavan dies as foretold, his head in Savitri’s lap, and Yama the god of Death himself comes to claim the soul of Satyavan.

Savitri then follows Yama as he carries the soul away. He tries to convince her to turn back, she refuses, they engage in an extended conversation, he offers her any wish except the life of Satyavan, she asks for various things and finally requests a hundred children for herself and Satyavan, which of course can only come true if Satyavan comes back to life. Yama then revives Satyavan and blesses them both with long life.

Inspired by this story many women in North and West India observe a fast and tie threads around a banyan tree, praying for the well-being of their husbands, on this occasion.

There are always many levels to an Indian myth, and for this myth the many previous weeks of hot dry summer generally render June northern India’s “deadest” month of the year. The return of the rains then (almost miraculously) rejuvenates the world and society and impregnates Earth with new life.

✨✨✨This year it seems particularly appropriate that the moon will be full in Mula nakshatra. Mula means “root”, and is ruled by the goddess Nirrti, who causes deterioration disintegration and calamity. Often known as Alakshmi (“Madame Anti-Prosperity”), Nirrti fosters scarcity and deficiency.

👉🏼 But roots grow in soil, and soil is composed of various substances that were one whole but had to undergo breakdown that they might then serve to nourish new life.

💛 Be aware, therefore, that the challenges that this celestial event may induce in our lives are essential steps in the regeneration that will follow. Next month’s full moon, which will be Guru Purnima, will facilitate this. May all gurus bless us as we transit these trials.

Guru Om!
Dr RS

Why Posture Matters | Himalayan Institute

This is what I’m reading right now. Change your posture, change your health.

Why Posture Matters | Himalayan Institute Learn about posture through the relationship of energy and alignment, and the importance of posture to mental and physical health.

5 Simple Ways to Support Your Nervous System — PraniLife with Kirsten Joy

bellybellybelly- give yourself permission to soften your belly and let it breeeaaattthhhhe

5 Simple Ways to Support Your Nervous System — PraniLife with Kirsten Joy If you live life on the go, or have a non-routine lifestyle, chances are your nervous system can be stuck in ‘go-mode’ and has difficulty slowing down for food, rest, or sleep. Just as you maintain your vehicle and home computer, you must maintain your human vehicle and it’s operating processe...

Soothe Yourself With Delicious Homemade Ginger Tea

This is what’s happening right now - ginger root to brighten a cold day ✨

Soothe Yourself With Delicious Homemade Ginger Tea Treat yourself to a cup of fresh ginger root tea with this simple recipe. Make a healthy drink that is great for digestion and is soothing and healing.

Now you can easily study with Jeff Masters and I from the convenience of your own home! Ayurveda 101 because it’s so simple to live well, when you have Ayurveda Insight!

Ayurveda 101 - Applying Ancient Principles for Healthier Living with Kirsten Joy Burch and Jeff E. Masters. March 19 - 21. Online Academy at The Masters Institute. We will explore how the science of Ayurveda views the mind, and how we can craft our diet, lifestyle, and yoga practice to support body, mind, breath, and spirit. Learn about Mantra, and practice the Shanti Pat (Teacher / Student) Mantra for Peace.

Earn 15 hours of credit towards your 200 hour Yoga Teacher certification, according to Yoga Alliance guidelines, and deepen your knowledge of self healing. https://bit.ly/3iksW3A

Jeff E. Masters and I are at it again - in 2021 join us for all 9 Modules of the ancient wisdom and the science behind it.

One topic at a time, open yourself to the teachings of Self Knowledge and effortless mastery.

Appropriate for the curious, anyone who wants to learn how to practice authentic meditation based yoga, or anyone who wishes to deepen their knowledge as a Teacher.

Join us on the Masters Path of infinite wisdom, knowledge, and action!

Ayurveda 101 - Applying Ancient Principles for Healthier Living with Kirsten Joy Burch and Jeff E. Masters. March 19 - 21. Online Academy at the The Masters Institute. In this weekend module, we will review the underlying philosophy of yoga & ayurveda, called Samkhya Philosophy. We will learn the foundational qualities of the world around us, and how our choices of food and lifestyle can support a healthier balance. Learn about your Dosha, and how to apply ayruvedic principles based on your season of life. https://bit.ly/3iksW3A

mmmm self care

Adopting a yogic lifestyle: Exercising Properly - the right kind of exercise, in the right proportion, at the right time.

Makes the body supple and relaxes the nervous system

Clears the subtle pathways

Brings body’s limbs, systems, and organs into a state of balance

Breath is key

-Vishoka Meditation- The Yoga of Inner Radiance by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, PhD

Kirsten Joy Burch

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If It Brings You Joy, It's Not “Wasting Time”

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If It Brings You Joy, It's Not “Wasting Time” It doesn't matter if you're any good at it, and it's not "wasting time." If it's something that brings you joy, it's worth incorporating into your life.

Yogic Anatomy of the Mind | Himalayan Institute

this is one of my favorite teachings!

Yogic Anatomy of the Mind | Himalayan Institute Delve deep into the yogic anatomy of the mind with Ishan Tigunait and discover its limitless capacity to empower your experience of the world.

The first guideline of conscious living is kindness in all things.

squee - love my retrograde survival kit! ❤️

BOOP! This is why we are grounding our Vata while also reducing accumulated summer Pitta

It’s an abhyanga day 💯