1oz Practice

By Maha Lakshmi (Bryana)

Hari OM sweet practitioner!

Welcome to One Ounce Practice channel led by Maha Lakshmi(Bryana).

Maha Lakshmi has been practicing Yoga since 2015. Shortly after she started a meditation teacher trai... more

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November 28, 2023 Gratitude, a win-win practice
Om Namo Narayanaya sweet practitioner,
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You for joining me for the practice on gratitude, the most noble virtue. It's a win-win practice in which we fill our heart with love and our mind with humbleness and give another person to be helpful and kind to us.
Swami Sivananda says "Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid."
We take look in the obstacles which disallow us to be grateful and other to be benefactors to us. We explore the relation between gratitude, love, kindness as well as independence and self-reliance. We stay alert for the egoistic tendencies which keep us away from our true nature.
We start our meditation at 12:14 with Analoma Viloma, Alternate nostril breathing (3-6-6) to settle the mind. We then imagine someone who we want to express our gratitude more fully and share with them words of appreciation and kindness. We close with a thank-you note to ourselves for taking the opportunity to be grateful 🙏
Be a blessing and have a lovely Thanksgiving.
May every day be a day full of gratitude, love and kindness 🙏
Om Namo Narayanaya
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23min
November 06, 2023 Generosity in life- threatening times
OM Namo Narayanaya sweet practitioner!
Today we dive into the third method to overcome adversity and practice generosity - we get inspired by our heroes, heroines, idols, saints and sages and find out how they overcome challenges so we can too apply it in our situation, in our lives.
We hear about the true incident when swami Sivananda was physically attacked with an axe by one of the ashramites. Swami Sivananda's hand did get scraped on the axe but thankfully that was the only injury during the attempt. The assailant was protected and saved by Swamiji, guided with techniques to overcome the negative thought tendencies, initiated into yogic mantra and send with a blessings and many gifts.
We get inspired by the love, kindness, generosity, gratitude, grace, worship and mercy swami Sivananda embodied and manifested towards him in a moment of a life-threatening situation.
At 19:36 we start our meditation with centering our mind on a chosen teaching moment. We plant mental affirmations for positive patterns to grow.
We visualize all the people in our life and how we take the strong resolve to be generous with them in our thoughts, words and actions.
Our meditation concludes with chanting of the mantra:
Lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu
May the whole world be in peace and harmony. May every being be happy.
Stay blessed my friend!
Om Namo Narayanaya 🕉 🙏
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32min
October 24, 2023 Generosity & methods to overcome challenging times
🙏OM Namo Narayanaya sweet practitioner!
In this practice session we explore 3 methods to overcome adversity and allow ourselves to practice generosity at times of adversity.
1. We recognize our true Self in the one who present the challenge to us.
2. We see the silver lining and practice the opposite positive quality.
3. We get inspired by our heroes, heroines, idols, saints and sages and find out how they overcome challenges.
At 10:08 we contemplate and meditate on the teachings and make strong resolve to bring the affirmations into our day.
May we all see the silver lining and the blessing in disguise, overcome our challenges and become an inspiration for those around us.
Stay blessed my friend!
Om Namo Narayanaya 🕉 🙏
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25min
October 10, 2023 😊 Generosity's subtle aspects
Om Namo Narayanaya sweet practitioner,
In this practice we further establish and grow our character in the virtue of generosity and its subtle aspects. We continue to grow our positive thinking and purify the mind through the virtue of generosity, beneficence, munificence and treating others kindly and with resect and equanimity.
We share some inspiring stories on true generosity from Swami Sivananda's life before he became a monk as he was true embodiment of generosity.
We choose a centering thought and at 17:00 we start contemplating and meditating on the teachings. We close with a firm determination to embody munificence and smile kindly to everyone we meet.
Remember to take the practice to your day and reflect on the opportunities you took and the ones you missed so you can improve tomorrow.
May we be embodiment of generosity as Swami Sivananda was. 🙏
Om Namo Narayanaya
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30min
September 12, 2023 💪 Self-reliance & independence
Om Namo Narayanaya sweet practitioner!
In this practice we embark on the cultivation of a specific virtue - self-reliance. I read a short story from Swami Sivananda's book "Inspiring stories" to illustrate the importance of self-reliance. We then dive into the meaning, the value and the wisdom of self-reliance and independence.
At 10:13 we start the meditation. We breathe. We visualize. We feel how it feels to possess the virue. We notice how the mind feels when we rely on others. We contemplate on the advantages and we complete the meditation with a strong resolve.
May all beings be peaceful ☮️
May all beings be happy 🙏
Om Namo Narayanaya 🕉
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21min
September 04, 2023 2️⃣ Double lung capacity in 3 mins (10rounds)
Om Namah Sivaya!
Let's double our lungs capacity by breathing rhythmically for the count of 4.
Usually we breathe for the count of 2 so by inhaling for the count of 4 and exhaling for the count of 4 we cleanse the lungs of stale air and double their capacity.
We'll practice 10 rounds but feel free to return to normal breathing at any point. Your body knows best.
Clear lungs, clear mind! 🙏🕉
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4min
August 23, 2023 ☮️😊Virtues' benefits and practice
Om Namo Narayanaya sweet practitioner!
Today's practice includes a nugget of teachings on virtues. I share their benefits according to Swami Sivananda:
"Virtue brings peace. Virtue is greater than life and prosperity. Virtue is the gateway to bliss." ☮️😊
And the yogic methods of cultivating them:
1. Meditation for 10mins at the top of the day.
2. Remember throughout the day.
3. Reflect/self-analysis at the end of the day.
At 8:05 we start the meditation on the self selected virtue. We visualize, we feel the virtue, we contemplate on its advantages for us and others and we close with a strong resolve.

Virtues' benefits and practiceThis is your 1oz practice for today! Thank you for meditating with me.
🕉 Om Namo Narayanaya
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15min
August 20, 2023 50% Lung capacity increase in 3 min (10rounds)
🕉 Om Namah Sivaya!
Let's increase our lungs capacity with 50% by breathing rhythmically for the count of 3.
Usually we breathe for the count of 2 so by inhaling for the count of 3 and exhaling for the count of 3 we cleanse the lungs of stale air and increase their capacity to one and a half regular breath.
We'll practice 10 rounds but feel free to return to normal breathing at any point. Your body knows best.
Enjoy! 🙏🕉
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3min
August 17, 2023 2023 Update
🕉 Om Namah Sivaya, everyone!
I am sooo excited to share that I have obtained a certification as Sivananda yoga teacher 🥳 The past 4+ months I spent studying and volunteering at the Sivananda ashram (yoga school). I learned a lot from the swamis (monks) and brahmacharis (renunciates) at residence there as well as from visiting swamis from the Kailash ashram (the Harvard of yoga studies) in Rishikesh, India. It was an extreme blessing and I got so inspired. Can't wait to share all that I've learned starting with breathing techniques (pranayama), yoga asana (yoga postures), yogic philosophy (advaita vedanta), swami Sivananda and swami Vishnudevananda teachings and more.
As part of this new beginning, I'll be renaming the channel from Bright Avian which was focused mostly on meditation as part of my work as Chopra Center meditation teacher, to 1oz practice. I will still record meditations just will be expanding to all the incredible Sivananda teachings I learned and practiced for the past few years. The new name is inspired by one of Swami Sivananda's teaching: "An ounce of practice is worth a tone of theory." Which means that to be a good yogi, we need to practice daily. As little or as much as we can but we need to build the habit and regularity in practicing.
Thank you for being part of this new chapter!
Sending you much love and light,
Hari Om Tat Sat 🕉
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3min
November 28, 2020 Deepen and Breathe
Welcome my dear friend!
Today's meditation deepens our connection with the higher Self via the breath. By synchronizing breath and movement, movement and breath we get established in the present moment ⭕️.
We explore body awareness by placing our attention in the center of our heart and notice the chest rise and fall as we breathe. We then ask ourselves: "What am I?", "What is the easiest way to expand my awareness?" and "How can I give of myself back to Life? How can I serve Life?"
We continue with the Sanskrit mantra "Āham". We can also choose the English phrase "I am" or if we feel really adventurous we can use our first name to anchor the mind. Choose what resonates with you today.
We complete our meditation with the intention: "Established in peace, I rise above the body consciousness to the supreme light of the Self."
A wonderful complementary practice would be Centered and Balanced with OM 🕉
Let me know how it goes for you and share with anyone who may benefit from it.
Recognizing the higher in You, I bow.
Namastè 🕉
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25min

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