The Thrive Yoga and Wellness Podcast

Join Jennifer Dixon ERYT 500 and Merritt Maloof Plumb Master energy worker for a discussion on what Namaste means in today's modern world. 

Go ahead and listen in, then say what you think.

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In today's episode: discovering how yoga helped Lesleigh find balance while trying to navigate through a difficult journey, into her own truth.

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Join Jennifer Dixon ERYT 500, Authorized Ashtanga Yoga teacher and Certified Personal Trainer and Merritt Maloof Plumb master Energy Healer and owner of The Energy Center as they come together in Sacred Spaces. Today’s episode is discussing what it means to be truly content. The art and practice of santosha and exploring these concepts in our personal lives as well as on the mat. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thriveyogaandwelless/message

Join Jennifer Dixon ERYT 500, Authorized Ashtanga Yoga Teacher, and Certified Personal Trainer and Merrit Maloof Plumb Master Energy Healer from the Energy Center as they explore the first NIYAMA. NIYAMAs are ethical principles that make up the second limb of Ashtanga Yoga. We will be covering all 5 in the next few weeks and we hope that you will enjoy them! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thriveyogaandwelless/message

Join Jennifer Dixon ERYT 500, Authorized Ashtanga Yoga teacher and Certified Personal Trainer and Merritt Maloof Plumb Master Energy healer from The Energy Center for a discussion summarizing our journey through the first limb of Ashtanga Yoga, the Yamas. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thriveyogaandwelless/message

Go ahead and sit back and relax--even if you're in your car...just if you're driving, don't let your eyes get heavy.

Stephanie Chance RYT 200 has done it again with this fabulous Gong Meditation.  Today's special episode is RA MA DA SA, a Kundalini Chant that basically means :

Ra- represents sun energy
Ma- moon energy
Da- earth energy
Sa- infinity or universal energy

It is considered a healing meditation and mantra-healing for the body and the planet, which makes it absolutely fitting for today's episode and today's climate.

We hope that you enjoy this meditation and if you do, don't forget to subscribe to this podcast! If you do feel led, consider donating to Thrive Yoga and Wellness at www.paypal.me/thriveyoga

Thank you and Namaste.

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Join Jennifer Dixon ERYT 500 and Merritt Maloof Plumb for a discussion on Aparigraha or Non-possessiveness.

This is the 5th and final Yama, which is the first limb of Ashtanga Yoga.

Non-possessiveness can mean so many things, but we hope that our conversation helped to evoke a deeper sense of awareness to how letting go is freedom. 

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Join Jennifer Dixon ERYT 500 and Authorized Ashtanga Yoga Teacher and Merritt Maloof Plumb Reiki Master and Energy Healer from The Energy Center for a deep dive into the 4th Yama, Brahmacharya.

Brahmacharya, or translated as Brama's Cave means non-excess.  

Sometimes people take this to extremes and it even does mean not wasting energy. However, in today's society, and if you are a typical house holder, then the concept of Brahmacharya takes a slightly different meaning.

For us, it meant practicing awareness of the excess in our lives and how we could come to terms with it (1) and then effectively manage ways to eliminate that excess.

Jennifer confessed to having an excess of clothes and shoes and how even after this idea came to light, how she was still struggling with letting go of the excess clothes.

Merrit talked about releasing excess items in her most recent move and cited an old Indian expression, "if it doesn't grow corn or make your life beautiful, get rid of it."

How many things do you, us, so many folks in the world have that neither grow corn or make the world beautiful? 

Brahmacharya asks us to examine these areas of excess and start to eliminate them. The yoga practice itself has a great way of eliminating excess with regular practice, but that is the key: Regular Practice.

Today, we invite you to meditate on Brahmacharya and practice what non-excess means to you.

We talked about this book: (this is an affiliate link)

https://amzn.to/2HXF7lp THe Yamas and Niyamas by Deborah Adele

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Join Stephanie Chance RYT 200 for a beautiful, balancing and relaxing Gong Meditation. This episode is special because you can sit back and listen and allow the music of the Gong to do all the work.

Now, we recommend the best speakers possible for this experience, however, if you're just driving down the road or stuck in a subway or on a train you will also get the many benefits of the healing music from the gong. 

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Join Jennifer Dixon ERYT 500 and Authorized Ashtanga Yoga Teacher and Merritt Plumb from The Energy Center for a discussion on the 3 Yama, Asteya or non-stealing.  

It goes without saying that, morally speaking, we should not be stealing that which is not ours, but in this discussion, we take it a little deeper and talk about stealing someone else's joy or peace, or the things we do to steal our own happiness.   

This conversation is fun but also thought provoking as we dive into the concept of non-stealing or Asteya.

If you would like to watch this episode go over to our youtube channel here: https://youtu.be/Lz3c_ji2mFs

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