A Journey Through the Layers of the Heart
‘Heart opening’, a little like ‘letting go’, always sounds so gentle and effortless like a rose unfurling its petals on a warm summer’s...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Dec 18, 20232 min read
I can't 'just be' is there something wrong with me? An alternate view of the holy grail of wellness
Hey loves, I'd love to unpack a mindfulness concept in the context of... yes you guessed it... anthropology. 'Non-doing', 'just being'......
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Carly Chandler-Morris
May 21, 20213 min read
Why I do what I do
From addiction to obsession Before I discovered yoga I was in survival mode. I went from work to sleep to work and from addiction to...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Jan 20, 20213 min read
Emotions as allies
Every year I get braver and braver in meeting my emotions and it seems the more resilience I develop the more challenging the emotional...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Dec 8, 20205 min read
Your Wild Heart
If my heart and I had a status it would definitely be 'it's complicated' but in recent times I'm starting to feel that we're actually in...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Feb 25, 20203 min read
Untethering the mind and drifting into stillness
Thinking is becoming a lost art, not just worrying, planning, remembering, judging and all of the usual mind fluctuations we cram into the b
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Nov 18, 20197 min read
Part 9 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Existential Explorations, Kośas and Bringing It Into Our Everyday
This is the stage that seems to keep people coming back for more week after week. At the beginning of class I often have a check in and open
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Oct 14, 20195 min read
Part 8 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Joy, bliss and pure awareness
Our human brains are primed to problem solve for our survival but for many of us our survival needs are no longer about life or death and th
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Oct 8, 20195 min read
Part 7 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 7 Visualisation
This week we explore the visualisation stage of Yoga Nidra. This stage is perhaps one of the most varied in terms of its delivery,...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Oct 1, 20195 min read
Part 6 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 6 Breath Awareness
This week we explore the breath awareness stage, which also sometimes includes body/floor awareness for grounding. To Breathe Well is to...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Sep 24, 20196 min read
Part 5 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 5 Opposites
During the preceding stage of rotation of consciousness we induce relaxation of the sensorimotor surface of the brain and then during the op
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Sep 16, 20198 min read
Part 4 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 4 Rotation of Consciousness
The body scan can be used to promote relaxation and body awareness, to invoke or deepen a trance state, to promote healing by reconnecting t
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Sep 10, 20196 min read
Part 3 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 3 Sankalpa
Sankalpa loosely translated from Sanskrit to English means a vow to your highest self or highest truth. Some schools of Yoga Nidra believe t
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Sep 3, 20197 min read
Part 2 - The Stages of Yoga Nidra: Stage 1-2 Preparation and Settling
This week we explore the first two stages of yoga together – preparation and settling. These are quite practical stages but are crucially im
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Aug 27, 20197 min read
The magic that is yoga nidra....
I bloody love yoga nidra. It's without doubt one of my favourite things to 'do', talk about and teach but it's still a relatively little...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Apr 16, 20193 min read
Softening to the possibility of the moment
Two weeks ago I took myself to the lake on our land for a few hours to drink cacao and meditate in nature to harness the often insightful...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Jun 11, 20181 min read
All things are illuminated in the desert...
Yesterday was a real challenge. I was feeling hardened, cold, stuck, rigid and shut down. Deeply engrained coping strategies that were...
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Carly Chandler-Morris
Nov 4, 20163 min read
Body fluid. Mind still.
Water is an incredible element from which we can learn so much! It has a depth that goes far beyond its shimmering surface and it is...
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