The Daily Practice Podcast

In this one, we talk a lot about your dharma. Crystal share some big life teachings and continues to educate Andrea on all things Yogic. ßhagavad Gita ~ Chapter two, Verse 15 यं हि न व्यथयन्त्येते पुरुषं पुरुषर्षभ | समदु:खसुखं धीरं सोऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥15॥ ~yaṁ hi na vyathayantyete puruṣhaṁ puruṣharṣhabha sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so 'mṛitatvāya kalpate O Arjun, noblest amongst men, that person who is not affected by happiness and distress, and remains steady in both, becomes eligible for liberation.

We start with a Hari Om and go into quite a conversation centred around a student's question about staying connected to your meditation practice as it continues to evolve. Consistency is key! T's Question: Love it in LA traffic. I actually look forward to the commute. You had asked for any suggestions or topics. I've been wondering about your thoughts on meditation. Different techniques and styles and how to drop in. How did you start, and how did it evolve to what it is now? I found when I was deep in some stuff, it was actually easier to get into that space, but over the last few years, what used to work for me isn't anymore. I really struggle to get to that bliss state where I feel I get clarity or messages. How to come back to what I know I used to be able to do? And has that happened to you and led you to other methods… Listen in to hear all about finding consistency and peace alongside your daily practice. Crystal + Andrea

It's the Spring Equinox and we're delivering up this week's podcast a a few days early with this chat and practice as we transition out of the hibernation of winter and welcome the crocuses and daffodils of the spring.

In this episode, we play an excerpt from our Mythic Mantra course. It's the story of Shiva & Shakti told by Crystal, and it will end with the Shiva Mantra. If you are interested in doing a deep dive into all things mantra, please check out our website at https://www.thedailypractice.life/ our Mantra course is $149.99 and takes you on a journey through yourself and find your way through the setting up a space to do mantras, learning about the mudras and different practices for chanting and singing your mantras.

This episode is with Dr. Amber Kirk, a chiropractor interested in functional medicine, functional neurology and how to focus on the present moment as we journey through life. She talks to us about the tone of our nervous system and how we need to evolve alongside our bodies. We went to her house in the Squamish Valley to record this podcast, and it delivered. We felt full and a little lighter at the end of this conversation. She brings a lot of insight and awareness to the podcast about what is happening in our nervous systems and the profound effect that mantra can have on them. #Enjoy

Julia McCabe returns to the podcast with our second installment about neuroscience. She shares some neuromyths and then we discus them under the lens of Yoga and Neuroscience.

Julia McCabe is on the podcast this week. She is a catalyst in the lives of both Crystal and Andrea, who attended her 300-hour yoga teacher trainings (separately). She is a teachers teacher and a curious student for life that is back in school working on her Masters's in Neuroscience and Psychology of Mental Health at King's College in London, UK. We are three really good friends that move in and out of friendly banter to deep teachings from the ancient and neuroscience lenses. This podcast talks about selective attention, how our attention spans are waning, how to breathe and why it's important, teacher trainings, our triggers and how to deal with them. Today's teachings are ladder breath and adding a ‘what I did' list to your nightly journal practice.

This is a small clip we recorded in December when we first decided to make a podcast. It's a short episode because it's potent. Actually, everything Crystal teaches needs to be out in the world… the podcast is slowly morphing into something… next week's podcast is going to be LONGER as we have our neuroscience YOGI Julia McCabe. This week has a teaching, a story and a mantra to Ram, “Shri Ram”. Declaring oneself a Spiritual Mess presents a ‘beauty' in itself. Remember, we're all just doing our best.

Crystal and Andrea talk about Unsolicited Advice and calling some of that divine Shakti energy in. The mantra is "Om Maha Adi Shakti Kundalini Namo Namaha." The energy to rise into the expansion of consciousness. Calling All Light Workers ✨ Be The Prayer

We start with a grounding Aum, and then Crystal drops into a story of the Koshas. We go through a million tangents about the power of our words, energy, and intentions and ask the universe for what we need. We close the episode with ‘Om Anando Hum Anando Hum' from the Vedic tradition. I AM BLISS // and remember our true self is: BLISSFUL, PEACEFUL, EXPANDABLE, HAPPY, FEARLESS // When we chant, we get out of our heads and into our hearts. We're here to have an experience. How can we hold ourselves in this place? Crystal Rainbow Borrelli and Andrea Helleman

We start with a grounding Aum and then drop into how you start your day and the breath of life. Crystal goes over some of the Vayus, and then, ultimately, we speak on our last breath and death. The mantra this week is a healing mantra the ‘Prajnaparamitra Mantra'// The Heart Sūtra and it is "the single most commonly recited, copied and studied scripture in East Asian Buddhism." It is recited by adherents of Mahayana schools of Buddhism regardless of sectarian affiliation. Crystal calls it the serenade to the soul. Enlightenment. And we sang it to those we loved and wished white light around them.

Standing in Your Power. It's a few weeks after the New Year, and many of us feel lulled as we have drifted from our resolutions or main intentions for the year. In today's episode, we talk about how to check in with yourself. Crystal tells us that often this time of the year is when the universe challenges you to make sure you stay on your course. She tells us about how she did a ceremony in Mexico this New Year's to aid in ‘standing in your power' to embody your resolutions/words/themes/purpose/dharma for this year. Crystal grounds us in with 3 Aums and discusses finishing her manual for her advanced training ‘evolve 300hr' in Bali, Indonesia, this spring. This will deepen your asana, pranayama, kriyas, mantra, mythology, meditation practice, and innate knowledge of functional anatomy. Our Mantra this week is Om Namah Shivaya & heya heyo. It's time for a check-in, let's recalibrate and get you back on track to stand in your true self and your POWER! Stand in your true self. Begin, and the pressure will be off. Start, and it will begin.

We started the daily practice because we want people to sing mantras daily. Mantras are from ancient teaching and are used with the intention of helping us shine a light on parts of ourselves we want to illuminate and dive deeper into. When we repeat a mantra it helps calm our minds and unites our body and mind. This podcast was created to make it really easy for you to listen to a new mantra each week and repeat it all week long. To embody the teachings and become the prayer. It's mid-January and most people have thrown their hands in the air and abandoned their resolutions. Mostly because they try to do too much. Our resolution is to maintain consistency through simplicity with all things mantra. Anywhere, anytime! We encourage you to make the space daily to check out to check-in. So Hum is the mantra for this week, it's a Bija Mantra and we love it. Your homework this week is to go out into nature and create some vibration in the world as you sing So Hum.

It's a new year which brings an opportunity to take stock of your life. What isn't serving you in your life? What word would you attach to that and than what word would you choose to become the opposite. Crystal sings the Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Mahamrityunjaya Mantra. Invoke this to help release any fears & doubts in your thoughts, physically or mentally. New decisions you are making in your life scare you but know in your heart it is the right decision. Shifting the fears into excitement and trusting in the higher self, this Mantra can support you in letting go of it all!

We welcome the Winter Solstice and dive into our shadow work before we go into the light next week. This episode includes the Jyotir Mantra and reflections for the next year. New episodes drop every Wednesday. https://www.thedailypractice.life/ Enjoy a "Free Full Moon Mythic Mantra Course + Practice with Crystal Rainbow" https://www.thedailypractice.life/full-moon-november-2022 Hari Om ✨FIND YOUR DAILY PRACTICE ✨ ॐ Be the Prayer.

In this episode, we talk about energy drains, boundaries, self-care and how to ground yourself and with a Bramari pranayama exercise to help relax our nervous systems and reprogram our trauma on a cellular level. It's a little reboot of the system. In the episode notes, we've got a journal prompt for you to reflect on.

Meet Crystal Borrelli and Andrea Helleman your hosts and creators behind The Daily Practice and all of its teachings to help us embody the teachings of yoga and move through the modern world. In this first episode of ‘The Daily Practice Podcast' we talk about free will, tools to help you shift perspective, the first Yoga sutra, lion's breath and noticing the patterns of life.

the CREATION and the DESTRUCTION. This is 'The Daily Practice' Podcast with Crystal Borrelli and Andrea Helleman. We'll be recording our deep chats, talking mantra, mudras and pranyama practices to keep us grounded to the present moment. It's a daily practice. Check out our FREE FULL MOON CLASS at : https://www.thedailypractice.life/