As part of my recent work sharing "Spiritual Social Media," I've had some insights around the parallels between our current social media landscape and colonization. This week, we talk about it, and about how creativity is the antidote. We close with a mantra practice for sacred creativity. // Stay connected on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laura__tara/

As a post-midterm election comedown, I'm reflecting on the concept of power through the lenses of yoga and spirituality. We talk about what authentic power means in these traditions, how that intersects with social and political movements, and we practice empowerment through breath and meditation. // 3:52: yoga philosophy discussion, 29:29: guided breath meditation // Stay connected on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laura__tara/

Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual violence. This week, I find myself reflecting on my experience of sexual violence, what they say about entitlement, and how they relate to historical structures and our current cultural landscape. Together, we explore embodiment as an antidote to entitlement and practice a guided embodiment meditation. // 3:07: discussion, 25:08: guided embodiment meditation // Stay connected on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laura__tara/

This week, my teacher said something affirming: "We are in a joy deficit." This helped put words to the sense of disconnection I've been feeling as we process the events of the last 2+ years. I continue to process in this episode, reflect on radical joy, and offer practices for reconnecting to joy. // 3:57: yoga philosophy discussion, 24:41: guided meditation // Stay connected on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laura__tara/

A sequence of events, starting with neck pain and leading me into rabbit pose and teaching several yoga classes about it, has brought me to this point. I am preaching, like it or not, about why we should all be putting our heads on the ground. This week, we talk about the physical, energetic and spiritual benefits, ways to do it, and practice grounding through the crown together. // 3:13: yoga philosophy discussion, 30:48: guided grounding meditation // Stay connected on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laura__tara/

A conscious exploration of the ways good and grief are inherently intertwined throughout the experience of being alive, complete with a deep and spacious guided meditation for witnessing this truth from the compassionate heart. // 3:31: yoga philosophy discussion, 19:13: guided meditation // Stay connected on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laura__tara/

In this Awareness Offering, we're exploring the concept of longing as a spiritual tool, an expression of connection to the sacred... and a way we give ourselves information. What if experiences like overwhelm, exhaustion and frustration are extreme manifestations of the parts of us that long for a deeper, more nourishing experience? We unpack together, then (rather than an in-the-moment, guided meditation), I offer a take-home spiritual practice for honoring longing. // Stay connected on Instagram: https://instagram.com/laura__tara/

This week, I'm sitting with the reality that we get to practice. It is a privilege, and we have a responsibility to use our practice to orient us more toward liberation. In a world where revolution is afoot, especially in Iran, this feels more vital than ever. We ask for authentic liberation through a guided mantra meditation. // 4:01: yoga philosophy discussion , 29:02: guided mantra meditation // Stay connected on Instagram: https://instagram.com/laura__tara/

A programming note and blessings on the Autumnal Equinox.

This week, we explore the concept of Person-First Language. Is the product of a grassroots movement, a therapeutic and mental health skill, a tool for living in the world more compassionately and a spiritual practice. We examine all of these facets together, then practice relating to ourselves with a person-first orientation through a guided meditation. 👁️ 3:51: discussion, 38:33: guided meditation 👁️ Stay Connected on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laura__tara/