This page holds a collection of guided practices led by Vaishali. All the practices are short (4-20 minutes), and intended as explorations to guide you into particular aspects of somatic and/or meditative experience. Below each audio file are a few short notes and some images that may catalyse your imagination and understanding of what is … Continue reading Guided Practice Library
Category: Resources
Ode to the Ground
In my sessions and personal practice, my first and last recourse is to something many of us take for granted: the ground. It is one of the best props you could use in your movement practice, and in some cases, may even be the only thing you need to reconnect to your living, breathing, moving … Continue reading Ode to the Ground
FAQs
What do you do? I teach movement and yoga. My focus is on therapeutic and restorative movement, helping people recover from injuries, address chronic pain or find greater ease and efficiency of movement. In order to do this, I use principles and practices from somatics, movement therapy, yoga, and Laban/Bartenieff Movement1. Who is this work … Continue reading FAQs
Dharma Books: Our Recommendations
As we come to the end of the year, with days of leisure and enjoyment before us, we wanted to leave you with a few recommendations for dharma books that you can take with you this holiday season. Our selection is deliberately eclectic, so we hope you find something that speaks to you, no matter … Continue reading Dharma Books: Our Recommendations
Movement Habits for a Healthier You (III)
This is the third post of a series of articles on movement habits you can implement for better health. Read the first part and the second part. 3. Move more and move better throughout the day One of the things I love about the term 'movement' is how broad it is. Movement, unlike exercise, is … Continue reading Movement Habits for a Healthier You (III)
Movement Habits for a Healthier You (II)
This is the second part of a series of articles on movement habits you can implement for better health. Read the first part here. 2. Switch up your relationship to the ground This is a cool one that you probably hadn't thought of, and really simple to do. The premise is this: the way that … Continue reading Movement Habits for a Healthier You (II)
Movement Habits for a Healthier You
As some of you may know, I've been taking some time off from public teaching recently to study and explore different forms of movement. Lately, my focus has been on biomechanics, kinesiology and anatomy. All complex topics that are deeply satisfying for the body nerd in me! However, at the same time, as I've studied … Continue reading Movement Habits for a Healthier You
The Power of Rest: Lessons from Restorative Yoga
This post is intended as inspiration for you to find rest in your life, particularly as we come towards the end of the year. I found restorative yoga at a time of many shifts in my life. It became, for me, a safe space of allowing and accepting where I was and how things were … Continue reading The Power of Rest: Lessons from Restorative Yoga
Living With Loss (Part II)
This is the second part of a two-part blog post on Living With Loss. To read the first part, click here. When I lose you, I lose me too Loss changes our world. The world we live in after a loss is no longer the familiar place from which we can draw comfort. It is … Continue reading Living With Loss (Part II)
Living With Loss
Loss shows us some basic truth about who we are: we are tied to others and to place. Those bonds form us ... When I lose you, I lose me too. Grief challenges the very notion that we are separate selves. We do not always succeed at being whole. The faces of others, the touch … Continue reading Living With Loss
The Still Space 